Relic

This article is about the equipment. For the object in the personal story, see Relic (object).

Relics are a category of equipment, available at level 60. They provide special effects to the character, with many relics covering the previous functionality of popular sixth-tier rune bonuses, with other core relics having updated effect compared to the sixth-tier rune they used to be associated with.

Acquisition

PvE and WvW

• Core relics are available through crafting and the trading post.
  • Recipes are available for purchase from Master Armorsmiths, Master Leatherworkers and Master Tailors.
• Expansion relics are available through collections, instanced content like Fractals of the Mists and Strike Missions, reward tracks, achievements, story progression and more.
  • Expansion relics are unlocked account-wide and can be purchased from Junior Archivist and Archivist Ikur as well as the Heroics Notary in World versus World.

PvP

• All relics are automatically unlocked and are available for use through the PvP Build panel, part of Equipment within the Hero panel.
  • Relic of Mercy and Relic of the Cavalier are unavailable.

Used in

Item	Rarity	Discipline(s)	Rating	Ingredients
Mystic Facet	ERare	Mystic Forge	0	1 Relic 250 Pile of Lucent Crystal 250 Pile of Lucent Crystal 250 Pile of Lucent Crystal

List of relics

Core

• 40 core relics at launch, available for all players.
• Additional core relics will be added over time.

Expansion

• 12 expansion relics at launch, available exclusively for the owners of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure.
• 6 additional expansion relics released with Through the Veil
• Additional expansion relics will be added over time.

Legendary

• Legendary Relics were introduced in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure as part of the second quarterly release, The Realm of Dreams.
• These prestigious relics offer the convenience of freely swapping between different relic effects.
  • New relic effects for future expansions will need to be unlocked in order to be made use of with ones legendary relic.

Relic	Description
Relic of Akeem	When you disable an enemy that is afflicted by 5 or more stacks of confusion or torment, inflict confusion and torment on enemies around the target.
Relic of Antitoxin	Outgoing condition cleanses remove an additional condition. This can only affect an ally once every interval.
Relic of Cerus	Upon using an elite skill, summon an Eye of Cerus that emits a rotating line attack, dealing damage and converting boons into conditions.
Relic of Dagda	After using an elite skill, fire a projectile at the target or nearest enemy that damages and inflicts conditions. Damage scales with the recharge of the elite skill.
Relic of Durability	Gain protection, regeneration and resolution after using a healing skill.
Relic of Dwayna	Regeneration you apply is more effective.
Relic of Evasion	Gain vigor after evading an attack.
Relic of Febe	When you use a healing skill, grant nearby allies swiftness and remove movement-impairing conditions from them.
Relic of Fireworks	Upon dealing strike damage using a weapon skill with a recharge time of 20 seconds or more, deal increased strike damage for a duration. Refreshes duration on stack.
Relic of Isgarren	After evading an enemy's attack, place the Eye of Isgarren on them for a duration. You deal increased strike[sic] and condition duration against enemies with the Eye of Isgarren.
Relic of Karakosa	Heal other nearby allies when you successfully combo a field with a blast finisher.
Relic of Leadership	Convert conditions into boons on nearby allies after using an elite skill.
Relic of Lyhr	Upon healing an ally, shield up to four allies, redirecting a percentage of any strike damage they take to yourself. Allies may only be protected by one shield at a time.
Relic of Mabon	Upon applying might while in combat, gain Mabon's Strength. At 10 stacks, your might stacks become more effective for a duration, after which you lose all might and Mabon's Strength.
Relic of Mercy	Revive allies faster and with more health.
Relic of Nayos	Removing a condition from yourself heals you.
Relic of Nourys	Gain stacks of Nourys's Hunger every interval and when you remove boons from enemies. Consume 10 stacks to grow larger, dealing increased damage, taking reduced damage, and converting a percentage of outgoing damage into healing.
Relic of Peitha	After shadowstepping or using a deception skill, fire a blade at a nearby enemy after a short delay, applying torment and increasing your strike damage against that target.
Relic of Resistance	Gain resistance after using a healing skill.
Relic of Speed	Increase movement speed when under the effect of swiftness.
Relic of the Adventurer	Gain endurance after using a healing skill.
Relic of the Afflicted	Create a Death Nova at a foe's location upon their defeat that inflicts poison and bleeding.
Relic of the Aristocracy	Gain increased condition duration when inflicting weakness or vulnerability on a foe.
Relic of the Astral Ward	Gain a Signet of the Astral Ward after using a signet skill. Using a signet skill while this signet is active consumes it to remove conditions from nearby allies and grant them resistance.
Relic of the Brawler	Deal increased strike damage for a duration when granting protection or resolution to yourself.
Relic of the Cavalier	Grant yourself aegis, quickness, swiftness, resistance, and might when striking an enemy with your mount's engage skill.
Relic of the Centaur	Gain stability when you use a healing skill.
Relic of the Chronomancer	Gain quickness when you use a well skill.
Relic of the Citadel	After using an elite skill, call down an artillery strike on the skill target or nearest enemy that inflicts stun.
Relic of the Daredevil	After dodge rolling in combat or evading an attack, your next attack is guaranteed to be a critical hit. (Cooldown: 1 Second)
Relic of the Deadeye	Gain increased strike damage for a duration when you use a cantrip skill.
Relic of the Defender	Heal a percentage of your maximum health after blocking an attack. If you block again within 5 seconds, you heal less each time down to minimum of 1%.
Relic of the Demon Queen	Poison that you apply reduces healing by an additional amount. Disabling a foe applies poison. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
Relic of the Dragonhunter	Enemies hit by your trap skills become hunted by you, increasing your strike damage and condition duration against them.
Relic of the Firebrand	Upon using the final charge of a mantra skill, gain increased boon duration.
Relic of the Flock	Heal yourself and nearby allies after you use a healing skill. Excess healing is converted to barrier.
Relic of the Fractal	When you inflict bleeding on an enemy with 6 or more stacks of bleeding, also inflict burning and torment.
Relic of the Herald	Gain concentration after granting a boon to an ally
Relic of the Ice	After using an elite skill, launch icicles that inflict chilled at nearby enemies.
Relic of the Krait	After using an elite skill, emit a wave of corruption that inflicts damaging conditions.
Relic of the Midnight King	Grant might and fury to nearby allies when you disable an enemy. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
Relic of the Mirage	Inflict torment upon successfully evading an attack.
Relic of the Monk	Increase healing effectiveness to allies after granting a boon to an ally.
Relic of the Necromancer	Fear you inflict causes foes to move slower.
Relic of the Nightmare	After using an elite skill, send forth a nightmare pulse that inflicts fear and poison on nearby enemies.
Relic of the Pack	Grant superspeed, might, and fury to nearby allies after using an elite skill.
Relic of the Reaper	Chill nearby enemies after executing a shout skill.
Relic of the Scourge	Upon applying barrier to an ally, gain increased condition duration. When this triggers, refresh the duration of all stacks.
Relic of the Sunless	Using an elite skill summons a pool on the target enemy that inflicts poison and cripple. Pool duration scales with the recharge of the elite skill.
Relic of the Thief	Upon striking an enemy with a weapon skill that has a recharge or resource cost, gain increased strike damage. When this triggers, refresh the duration of all stacks.
Relic of the Trooper	Remove a condition from affected allies after using a shout skill.
Relic of the Unseen Invasion	Grant yourself and nearby allies superspeed when you enter or exit stealth.
Relic of the Warrior	Weapon swap recharge time is reduced.
Relic of the Water	Cleanse conditions from yourself and nearby allies after using a healing skill.
Relic of the Weaver	Upon using a stance skill, deal increased strike damage for a duration.
Relic of the Wizard's Tower	After using an elite skill, shield yourself with a projectile-reflecting barrier while summoning a wave that pulls enemies toward you.
Relic of the Zephyrite	Summon crystals that apply protection and resolution to allies after using an elite skill. Crystal duration scales with the recharge of the used skill.
Relic of Vass	After using a healing or elixir skill, your next few attacks inflict poison. Healing skills can only trigger this effect once every interval.

Salvaging results

• Standard Salvage
  • One of the following:
    • Common:
      • Lucent Mote (6-15)
    • Rare:
      • Charm of Brilliance (1)
      • Charm of Potence (1)
      • Charm of Skill (1)
• Research
  • Research Note (5)

Related achievements

• Rare Collections: Relics—Core Set 1 — Collect 40 Core Set 1 relics. Note: Relics from the Level-80 Boost will not count toward progress. (10)
• Rare Collections: Relics—Secrets of the Obscure Set 1 — Collect 12 relics from Secrets of the Obscure Relics Set 1. (10)
• Rare Collections: Relics—Secrets of the Obscure Set 2 — Collect 6 relics from Secrets of the Obscure Relics Set 2. (5)

Notes

• Salvage research can be found here.

Trivia

• Three Relic Chests were distributed to all characters that were level 60 or above at the time of release of the Secrets of the Obscure expansion.

External links

• Combat in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure, GuildWars2.com
• Relics Bring New Equipment to Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure, GuildWars2.com
• Legendary Relics Are Coming Soon, GuildWars2.com
• FAQ posted by Rubi Bayer, en-forum.guildwars2.com
• FAQ continuation posted by Rubi Bayer, en-forum.guildwars2.com
• FAQ continuation 2 posted by Rubi Bayer, en-forum.guildwars2.com

References

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