Boon

A boon is a type of effect that provides a positive buff to the recipient. Boons can be stacked by re-applying them: might and stability stack in intensity and the rest stack their duration; the duration can also be extended via the Concentration attribute. In the UI, boons are displayed via orange-colored icons that appear to the right of your health orb, on the top row of active effects; the white outline surrounding the icon indicates the time left before the boon expires. Placing your mouse cursor on the boon's icon will also show the remaining time. A flashing icon indicates that the boon will expire within 5 seconds.

Conditions are the primary counterpart to boons.

Boons appear on the top row of current effects.

List of boons

Icon	Name	Description	Converted into
	Aegis	Block the next incoming attack; stacks duration.	Burning (1 stack, 3 s)
	Alacrity	Skills recharge faster.	Chilled (3 s)
	Fury	Critical Chance increased; stacks duration.	Blinded (5 s)
	Might	Increased outgoing damage; stacks intensity.	Weakness (5 s)
	Protection	Incoming damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.	Vulnerability (3 stacks, 8 s)
	Quickness	Skills and actions are faster.	Slow (3 s)
	Regeneration	Gain health every second; stacks duration.	Poisoned (6 s)
	Resistance	Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.	Chilled (3 s)
	Resolution	Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.	Confusion (3 stacks, 5 s)
	Stability	Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.	Fear (1 s)
	Swiftness	Movement speed increased by 33%; stacks duration.	Crippled (10 s)
	Vigor	Endurance regeneration increased by 50%; stacks duration.	Bleeding (2 stacks, 8 s)

Mechanics

Stacking boons

Primary article: Effect stacking

Gaining a boon while it is already applied will increase its effectiveness. Boons can be stacked in either intensity or duration.

Stacking in intensity

Boons that stack in intensity will cap out at 25 stacks and will provide greater effects per stack. (e.g. 5 stacks of  Might will give a total of 150 power and Condition Damage)

Stacking in duration

Most boons that stack in duration will cap out at 30 seconds. Reapplying the boon while already affected by it will add to the current duration of the boon. For instance, having 15 seconds of  Protection and reapplying with one that lasts 10 seconds will increase the duration to 25 seconds. If you then reapply with another one that lasts 10 seconds, the resulting duration will be 30 seconds, since we've reached the capped duration of the boon.

Boons that stack in duration will start using the strongest application before using the others regardless of when it was applied.

Boon distribution priority

Boons that are given to other players are distributed in the following order based on proximity:

1. Party/Subgroup
2. Squad
3. Allied players (Players not within your party/squad)
4. Your kennel (Pets, minions, illusions)
5. Allied players’ kennels
6. All other allies (such as NPCs)

Related skills

To see the skills which relate to a specific boon, refer to the page on that boon. The following is a list of skills that relate to boons in general.

Skills that remove boons

Weapon skills that remove boons

•   Savage Slash — Unleashed Ambush. Attack in an area around you, creating a spore under each enemy struck.
•   Larcenous Strike — Dual Wield. Stab your foe and steal boons from them. Deals increased damage if it hits a foe with no boons.
•   Mind Spike — Stab your foe and rip a boon off of them. Does additional damage when the target has no boons.
•   Phantasmal Berserker — Phantasm. Throw an illusionary greatsword at your foe, removing boons from struck enemies. Create a phantasm that whirls through foes.
•   Spinal Shivers — Chill your target and remove up to three boons, dealing extra damage based on the number of boons removed.

Healing skills that remove boons

•   Natural Healing — Meditation. Lose boons and conditions, then heal yourself.

Utility skills that remove boons

•   Banish Enchantment — Legendary Demon. Deal damage, apply chill, and remove boons from your foe.
•   Break Enchantments — Meditation. Strike foes around you and remove their boons. Deal more damage to foes that lose a boon.
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget. Deploy a remote-controlled mine that damages nearby foes and removes a boon.
•   Throw Mine — Gadget. Throw out a remote-controlled land mine that damages, knocks back [sic], and removes a boon from nearby foes.
•   Binding Shadow — Cantrip. Reveal yourself if you are stealthed and immobilize your target after a short delay, while also removing boons. If the foe is your marked target, it is also knocked down.
•   Disenchanting Bolt — ...
•   Null Field — Glamour. Create a field of energy that rips boons from foes and cures conditions on allies.
•   Arcane Thievery — Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons. Successfully hitting your target inflicts slow on them while granting you quickness.
•   Phantasmal Disenchanter — Phantasm. Summon an illusion that removes boons from targets it hits. This attack deals increased damage against foes without boons.
•   Well of Senility — Well. Creates a well that steals memories from foes, damaging and chilling them. When it expires, foes still inside the well have boons removed from them.
•   Signet of the Locust — Signet Passive: Your movement speed is increased. Signet Active: Strike and remove boons from nearby foes. Heal for each foe you strike and for each boon removed.
•   "Nothing Can Save You!" — Shout. Damage foes around you, converting their boons into vulnerability. Your next few attacks become unblockable. Gain additional unblockable attacks per foe struck.

Elite skills that remove boons

•   Winds of Disenchantment — Meditation. Create an area of calm in which foes have reduced incoming boon duration and lose boons every interval. Enemy missiles entering this area are blocked.

Profession mechanic skills that remove boons

•   True Nature — Legendary Dragon. Consume. Strip boons from nearby enemies.
•   Breaching Strike — Burst. Strike your target and remove boons. Deal more damage if your target has no boons.
•   Rending Vines — Your pet strikes nearby enemies with vines, removing boons. Disabled or defiant enemies are also slowed. Disables include stun, daze, knock back, pull, knock down, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
•   Throw Unstable Reagent — Creates a spacial fluctuation that pulls foes to the center, making them vulnerable and removing their boons.

Common skills that remove boons

•   Disenchantment Field — Drops a field that removes all boons and all conditions from anyone within the field.

Skills that lengthen boons

Weapon skills that lengthen boons

•   Sand Squall — Apply protection to you and your allies, then increase the duration of all boons currently existing on you and your allies. Gain magnetic aura.

Utility skills that lengthen boons

•   Signet of Inspiration — Signet Passive: Grant swiftness and an additional random boon every ten seconds. Signet Active: Extends the duration of all boons on yourself.

Profession mechanics that lengthen boons

•   True Nature — Legendary Dragon. Consume. Increase the duration of allies' boons.

Skills that transfer boons

Weapon skills that transfer boons

•   Larcenous Strike — Dual Wield. Stab your foe and steal boons from them. Deals increased damage if it hits a foe with no boons.
•   Heat Sync — Give stacks of might to yourself, then spread boons you have to allies.

Utility skills that transfer boons

•   Arcane Thievery — Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons. Successfully hitting your target inflicts slow on them while granting you quickness.

Skills that convert conditions into boons

Bundle skills that convert conditions into boons

•   Epilogue: Eternal Oasis — Tome. Purify your allies with the waters of Amnoon and increase the healing they receive.

Utility skills that convert conditions into boons

•   Contemplation of Purity — Meditation. Convert the conditions you are suffering from into boons.
•   Elixir C — Elixir. Drink Elixir C, converting all conditions into boons.
•   Well of Power — Well. Target area pulses, converting conditions on allies into boons and granting might.

Profession mechanic skills that convert conditions into boons

•   Toss Elixir C — Elixir. Toss Elixir C, converting conditions into boons for allies.
•   Nefarious Favor — Shade. Your shades convert a condition on nearby allies into a boon. Targets affected by this ability can only be affected once per cast.

Common skills that convert conditions into boons

•   Hunker Down — Empower your turtle with a shell of energy, converting incoming damage to ammo and incoming conditons to boons

Skills that convert boons into conditions

Primary article: Condition#Skills that convert boons into conditions

Related traits

To see the traits which relate to a specific boon, refer to the page on that boon. The following is a list of traits related to non-specific boons.

Traits that remove or steal boons

• Dispelling Force (Spellbreaker) — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
• Enchantment Collapse (Spellbreaker) — Removing a boon from a foe causes all nearby foes to lose additional boons.
• Corrupting Vines (Untamed) — Rending Vines corrupts boons into conditions instead of removing them. Unleashed Ambush skills remove boons from enemies. Cannot affect enemies more than once per skill.
• Rending Shade (Shadow Arts) — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.
• Bountiful Theft (Trickery) — Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.
• Shattered Concentration (Domination) — Shatter skills also remove a boon on hit.
• Vicious Expression (Domination) — You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Blurred Inscriptions (Inspiration) — Signets have improved active effects, and activating one grants you distortion.

Trait skills that remove or steal boons

•   Sand Shards — Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed.
•   Lesser Spinal Shivers — Chill your target and remove up to three boons, dealing extra damage based on the number of boons removed.

Traits that add benefit to boon removal or corruption

• Loss Aversion (Spellbreaker) — Removing boons from a foe deals damage and gives you adrenaline.
• Attacker's Insight (Spellbreaker) — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Enchantment Collapse (Spellbreaker) — Removing a boon from a foe causes all nearby foes to lose additional boons.
• Nourishing Ashes (Scourge) — Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.
• Feed from Corruption (Scourge) — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain that boon.

Traits that benefit from boons

• Altruistic Healing (Valor) — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.
• Inspired Virtue (Virtues) — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Resilient Spirit (Salvation) — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.
• Shared Empowerment (Herald) — When applying a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.
• Reinforced Potency (Herald) — Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
• Elevated Compassion (Herald) — Heal allies when you grant them boons. An ally can only be affected by this skill once per interval.
• Empowered (Tactics) — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
• Bountiful Hunter (Nature Magic) — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond (Nature Magic) — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.
• Premeditation (Deadeye) — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
• Bountiful Power (Arcane) — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Blighter's Boon (Reaper) — Gain life force when you apply a boon to yourself. If you are in reaper's shroud, gain health instead.

Traits that lengthen boons

Not to be confused with Boon Duration

• Vassals of the Empire (Vindicator) — Dodging now grants boons to allies and inflicts chill on struck foes when landing. Extend boon duration for allies upon landing.
• Essence of Speed (Soulbeast) — Gaining quickness increases the duration of other boons affecting you.

Traits that convert conditions into boons

• Pure of Voice (Honor) — Shout skills gain reduced recharge and convert conditions to boons on allies.
• Purity of Purpose (Alchemy) — When you would cleanse a condition from an ally, convert it into a boon instead. This can affect multiple targets simuntaneously.
• Prismatic Converter (Holosmith) — Deactivate Photon Forge converts conditions into boons based on your heat level.
• Auspicious Anguish (Chaos) — Convert damaging conditions to boons whenever you gain Distortion or become disabled. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Trait skills that convert conditions into boons

•   Lesser Elixir C — Elixir. Quaff an elixir, converting conditions into boons.

Traits that convert boons into conditions

Primary article: Condition#Traits that convert boons into conditions

Related equipment

To find equipment which affect a specific boon, refer to the page on the boon itself. The following is a list of equipment related to non-specific boons.

Upgrade components that grant boons

Runes

• Rune of Lyssa (rank 6); convert 3 conditions on elite skill.

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Luck; chance on killing an enemy.

Upgrade components that transfer boons

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Absorption; on interrupt

Upgrade components that remove boons

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Nullification; on hit from flank.

Upgrade components that increase boons duration

Primary article: Boon Duration

Trivia

• Boons replace the enchantments from the original Guild Wars and are designed to simplify the buff system.

See also

• Boon Duration
• Effect

References

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Effects (stacking)