Burning

Deals damage every second; stacks intensity. — In-game description

Burning

Effect type

Condition

Stacking

Intensity

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Deals damage every second; stacks intensity.

— In-game description

Burning is a condition that inflicts damage over time and stacks in intensity. Like all damaging conditions it can stack up to 1500 stacks. Characters suffering from burning will have flames emanating from them. Damage is determined by the following formula:

(0.155 * Condition Damage) + (1.55 * Level) + 7 damage per stack per second,

(0.155 * Condition Damage) + 131 damage per stack per second at Level 80.

Related skills

See also: Condition#Related skills

Skills that apply burning

Weapon skills that burn

•   Cleansing Flame — Torch
•   Zealot's Fire — Torch
•   Zealot's Flame — Torch
•   Wrathful Grasp — Spear
•   Purify — Trident
•   Purifying Blast — Trident
•   Symbol of Energy — Longbow
•   Blazing Edge — Axe
•   Searing Slash — Axe
•   Searing Fissure — Mace
•   Igniting Brand — Spear
•   Mistsfire — Trident
•   Portal Fire — Trident
•   Reckoning Blast — Trident
•   Torrential Mists — Trident
•   Scorchrazor — Short bow
•   Spiritcrush — Short bow
•   Fan of Fire — Longbow
•   Blaze Breaker — Torch
•   Flames of War — Torch
•   Blowtorch — Pistol
•   Timed Charge — Harpoon gun
•   Bonfire — Torch
•   Throw Torch — Torch
•   Burning Speed — Dagger, when attuned to fire
•   Drake's Breath — Dagger, when attuned to fire
•   Ring of Fire — Dagger, when attuned to fire
•   Dragon's Tooth — Scepter, when attuned to fire
•   Flamestrike — Scepter, when attuned to fire
•   Phoenix — Scepter, when attuned to fire
•   Fire Shield — Focus, when attuned to fire
•   Flamewall — Focus, when attuned to fire
•   Transmute Fire — Focus, when attuned to fire
•   Burning Retreat — Staff, when attuned to fire
•   Flame Burst — Staff, when attuned to fire
•   Heat Wave — Trident, when attuned to fire
•   Lava Chains — Trident, when attuned to fire
•   Wildfire — Warhorn, when attuned to fire
•   Ashen Blast — Dagger, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Plasma Burst — Dagger, when attuned to fire and air
•   Fiery Frost — Scepter, when attuned to fire and water
•   Fracturing Strike — Scepter, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Cauterizing Strike — Sword, when attuned to fire
•   Flame Uprising — Sword, when attuned to fire
•   Lava Skin — Sword, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Pyro Vortex — Sword, when attuned to fire and air
•   Searing Slash — Sword, when attuned to fire
•   Twin Strike — Sword, when attuned to fire and water
•   Pyroclastic Blast — Staff, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Hydrothermal Vent — Trident, when attuned to fire and water
•   Molten Burst — Trident, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   The Prestige — Torch
•   Winds of Chaos — Staff
•   Chaos Vortex — Staff
•   Harrowing Wave — Torch

Bundle skills that burn

•   Chapter 1: Searing Spell — Tome of Justice
•   Chapter 2: Igniting Burst — Tome of Justice
•   Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath — Tome of Justice
•   Epilogue: Ashes of the Just — Tome of Justice
•   Fire Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower
•   Flame Blast — Flamethrower
•   Flame Jet — Flamethrower
•   Napalm — Flamethrower
•   Burning Retreat — Conjured Flame
•   Flame Leap — Conjured Flame
•   Ring of Fire — Conjured Flame
•   Fiery Eruption — Fiery Greatsword

Transform skills that burn

•   Photon Blitz — Engage Photon Forge

Utility skills that burn

•   Purging Flames — Consecration
•   Judge's Intervention — Meditation
•   Signet of Judgment — Signet
•   Flame Rush — Mantra
•   Flame Surge — Final Charge
•   Elemental Blast — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Flame Turret — Turret
•   Solar Flare — Spirit
•   Sun Spirit — Spirit
•   Flame Trap — Trap
•   Cleansing Fire — Cantrip
•   Firestorm — Glyph, when attuned to fire
•   Flame Burst
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph, when attuned to fire
•   Signet of Fire — Signet
•   "Feel the Burn!" — Shout
•   Primordial Stance — Stance
•   Trail of Anguish — Punishment

Elite skills that burn

•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed
•   Conjure Fiery Greatsword — Conjure
•   Flame Barrage
•   Plaguelands — Corruption
•   Ghastly Breach — Punishment

Profession mechanic skills that burn

•   Virtue of Justice — Virtue
•   Spear of Justice — Virtue
•   Tome of Justice — Virtue, Tome
•   Citadel Bombardment — Citadel Order
•   Combustive Shot — Longbow, Burst
•   Berserk — Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Incendiary Ammo — Tool belt
•   Rocket Kick — Tool belt
•   Throw Napalm — Tool belt
•   Cauterize — Tool belt
•   Throw Cursed Artifact — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
•   Throw Lava Rock — Stolen skill
•   Use Scepter — Stolen skill
•   Use Staff — Stolen skill
•   Overload Fire — Overload, when attuned to fire

Pet skills that burn

•   Consuming Flame — Juvenile Fire Wyvern
•   Fire Breath — Juvenile Salamander Drake

Drowning skills that burn

•   Steam Vent

Racial skills that burn

•   Fire Rocket
•   Fire Rocket Barrage
•   Heat Seeker

Skills that convert aegis to burn

Primary article: Condition#Skills that convert boons into conditions

Combos that apply burning

•  Combo Field: Fire ×  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
•  Combo Field: Fire ×  Combo Finisher: Whirl

Common skills that burn

•   Air Blast — Flamethrower (bundle)
•   Balthazar's Breath — Avatar of Balthazar
•   Balthazar's Mercy — Avatar of Balthazar
•   Blast — Skyscale
•   Blazing Spear
•   Blinding Flash — Spirit Axe
•   Blood Flame — Unsheathe Flamesaw
•   Bonfire — Torch (Dry Top)
•   Burning Tide — Unsheathe Flamesaw
•   Burst of Speed — Dune Roller
•   Burst of Speed — Unoccupied Dune Roller
•   Charring Barrier
•   Crashing Flame — Unsheathe Flamesaw
•   Detonate Remote Charge 2.0
•   Detonate Remote Charge
•   Dragon's Breath — Dragon Banner
•   Eat — Ember Apple
•   Engulfing Burning Oil — Burning Oil
•   Explosive Disengagement
•   Fire Impact Incendiary Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Incendiary Shells — Mortar (Silverwastes)
•   Fire Incendiary Shells — Mortar (siege weapon), Pact Mortar
•   Fire Lightweight Incendiary Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Napalm Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Packed Incendiary Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Rocket — Charrzooka (Drizzlewood Coast)
•   Fire Rocket — Charrzooka (Crusader Boomshaker), Charrzooka (bundle), Charrzooka (Freed Merchant), Charrzooka (Keelan Bladestorm)
•   Fire Storm — Ascalon Tome, Ancient Ascalonian Tome, Ancient Orrian Tome
•   Flame Blast — Flame Ram
•   Flame Grenade — Lyan's Grenade Kit, Experimental Grenade Kit
•   Flame Jet — Flamethrower (bundle)
•   Flame Jet — Flamethrower (bundle)
•   Flame Jet — Experimental Flamethrower
•   Flame Wall — Experimental Flamethrower
•   Flickering Flame
•   Grenade Shot — Charr Harpoon Tank
•   Grenade Shot — TT6-B Devourer
•   Ignite
•   Improved Burning Oil — Burning Oil
•   Incendiary Rocket Barrage — Unoccupied Dune Roller
•   Incendiary Rocket Barrage — Dune Roller, Charr Harpoon Tank
•   Intense Flame Blast — Flame Ram
•   Might Missile 2.0 — Rocket Jump/Parachute 2.0
•   Might Missile — Rocket Jump/Parachute
•   Napalm — Experimental Flamethrower
•   Napalm — Experimental Flamethrower
•   Overcharge — Experimental Hammer
•   Place Dragonsblood Shrapnel Mine
•   Pour Oil — Oil Pot
•   Pour Oil — Burning Oil, Burning Oil (Accusation)
•   Remote Charge
•   Remote Charge 2.0
•   Return Fire
•   Rifle Shot — TT6-B Devourer
•   Spray and Pray
•   Stab — Torch (Forsaken Fortune)
•   Stab — Torch (Dry Top)
•   Stab — Rusty Torch
•   Team Fire
•   Throw Charges — Live Explosive
•   Throw EMP Mine
•   Throw Jack-o'-Lantern — Jack-O'-Lantern
•   Throw Lava Rock — Lava Rock
•   Throw Mine — Seaweed Bomb, Mine Strongbox, Seaweed Bomb (bundle)
•   Throw Torch — Sacred Torch
•   Throw Torch — Torch (Thunderhead Peaks)
•   Throw Torch — Torch (campfire)
•   Throw Torch — Torch (Dry Top)
•   Throw Unstable Bloodstone Fragment — Unstable Bloodstone Fragment
•   Torch Strike — Signal Torch
•   Torch Strike — Torch of Divine Fire
•   Torch Strike — Torch (campfire)
•   Torch Strike — Flaming Effigy Piece, Effigy Fragment, Torch (bundle), Brazier
•   Use Scepter — Scepter (bundle)
•   Use Staff — Staff (bundle)
•   Volatile Catalyst — Solvent Sprayer
•   Weakening Flame Blast — Flame Ram
•   Whirling Inferno — DERV (transformation)
•   Whirling Inferno — Rata Novus Golem (suit)
•   Whirling Inferno — Siege Golem

Skills that remove burning

Healing skills that remove burning

•   Hide in Shadows
•   A.E.D.

Skills with special conditions that remove burning

•   Leafy Bandage (tool belt skill with Healing Seed)

Skills that benefit from burning on foes

•   Fire Grab — Dagger, when attuned to fire, increased damage
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower, burning foes that are already on fire
•   Flame Jet — Flamethrower, 10% bonus damage to burning targets

Related traits

See also: Condition#Related traits

Traits that apply burning

• Radiant Fire (Radiance) — Gain Zealot's Flame when you critically hit an enemy. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Permeating Wrath (Virtues) — Virtue of Justice's passive triggers more quickly and now burns in an area.
• Eternal Armory (Zeal) — Spirit Weapons gain additional casts, improved count recharge, and burn foes they strike.
• Quickfire (Firebrand) — Granting quickness to an ally also grants Ashes of the Just This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
• Stoic Demeanor (Firebrand) — Inflict burning and slow on foes you disable or immobilize. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. This trait can only affect the same target once per interval.
• Diabolic Inferno (Corruption) — Invoke Torment applies poison and burning.
• Crack Shot (Discipline) — Warrior ranged weapon skills gain reduced recharge, and their weapon skill 1 attacks are enhanced.
• King of Fires (Berserker) — Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.
• Last Blaze (Berserker) — When you use a rage skill, set nearby foes on fire.
• Incendiary Powder (Firearms) — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.
• Photonic Blasting Module (Holosmith) — Overheat now blasts damage to nearby foes and no longer deals its initial damage to you. The tool belt recharge penalty for Overheat is reduced. Heat can only be lost after overheating. Damage over time from Overheat is still applied.
• Solar Focusing Lens (Holosmith) — Your first few attacks after entering Photon Forge inflict burning and deal additional damage. This bonus is also granted if you overheat.
• Arcane Precision (Arcane) — Your critical strikes have a chance to inflict a condition based on your attunement.
• Elemental Surge (Arcane) — Arcane skills gain reduced recharge, grant increased ferocity, and inflict a condition based on your attunement.
• Burning Precision (Fire) — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Burning Rage (Fire) — Sunspot inflicts burning, and its radius is increased. Your condition damage is increased.
• The Pledge (Illusions) — Reduces recharge on torch skills. Flame bursts from torch skills inflict additional burning.
• Dhuumfire (Soul Reaping) — Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target.
• Demonic Lore (Scourge) — Torment you inflict deals increased damage and causes your foes to burn. This trait can only inflict burning on a particular target once every three seconds.
• Sadistic Searing (Scourge) — Punishment skills gain reduced recharge and cause your next Manifest Sand Shade to inflict burning on foes near it.

Trait skills that apply burning

•   Call of the Dragon (Song of the Mists) — Strike enemies around you, inflicting multiple conditions.
•   Fire Shield (Streamlined Kits) — Activate a fire shield that burns enemies who strike you, granting might for each burn applied.
•   Vent Exhaust (Thermal Release Valve) — Damage nearby foes and apply conditions to them. Lose heat. This attack activates Heat Therapy if you have not overheated.
•   Flame Burst (Evasive Arcana, when attuned to fire) — Burn nearby foes.
•   Flame Expulsion (Pyromancer's Puissance) — After a short delay, consume might on yourself and release a torrent of flame. Allies are granted might, while damage and burning is increased based on might consumed.
•   Lesser Cleansing Fire (Burning Fire) — Cantrip. Cure conditions and burn foes.
•   Dhuumfire (Dhuumfire) — Blast your foe with life force, setting them alight.
•   Dhuumfire (Dhuumfire) — Blast a foe with a plague that transfers one condition to them.

Traits that improve burning

• Radiant Fire (Radiance) — Gain Zealot's Flame when you critically hit an enemy. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath (Radiance) — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by Virtue of Justice's passive effect is increased.
• King of Fires (Berserker) — Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.
• Incendiary Powder (Firearms) — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.
• Burning Precision (Fire) — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Blinding Ashes (Fire) — Inflict blindness on foes you burn. This trait can only affect the same enemy once per interval.

Traits that benefit from burning on self

• Oakheart Salve (Wilderness Survival) — Gain regeneration when you suffer from bleeding, poison or burning. While you have regeneration, you take reduced damage.

Traits that benefit from burning on foes

• Fiery Wrath (Zeal) — Deal increased damage to burning foes.
• Radiant Power (Radiance) — Attacks against burning foes have an increased chance to critically hit. Your ferocity is increased.
• Inner Fire (Radiance) — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Pyromancer's Training (Fire) — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal more damage to burning foes.
• Nourishing Ashes (Scourge) — Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.

Traits that remove burning

See also: Boon#Traits that convert conditions into boons

• Pain Response (Acrobatics) — Gain regeneration and remove conditions when struck while your health is below the threshold.
• Shadow's Embrace (Shadow Arts) — Remove conditions periodically while in stealth.
• Stop, Drop, and Roll (Water) — Dodging removes burning and chilled from nearby allies.

Traits that convert aegis into burning

Primary article: Condition#Traits that convert boons into conditions

Related effects

Effects that apply burning when struck

•   Fire Aura

Related equipment

See also: Condition#Related equipment

Upgrade components that apply burning

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Firebrand (rank 6, On using an elite skill)
•   Superior Rune of the Guardian (rank 6, On blocking an attack)

Upgrade components that affect burning on foes

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Baelfire (rank 2 & 6 - increases duration)
•   Superior Rune of Balthazar (rank 2, 4 & 6 - increases duration)
•   Superior Rune of the Fire (rank 6 - increases duration)
•   Superior Rune of the Flame Legion (rank 2, 4, & 6 - increases duration, 6 increases damage against burning foes)
•   Superior Rune of the Forgeman (rank 2, 4, & 6 - increases duration)
•   Superior Rune of the Weaver (rank 2 - increases duration)

Sigils

•   Superior Sigil of Smoldering (increases duration)

Related consumables

See also: Food#Burning

•   Bowl of Simple Meat Chili - +3% burning duration.
•   Bowl of Meat and Bean Chili - +5% burning duration.
•   Bowl of Chili and Avocado - +7% burning duration.
•   Bowl of Spiced Meat Chili - +10% burning duration.
•   Bowl of Spicy Meat Chili - +12% burning duration.
•   Can of Spicy Meat Chili - +12% burning duration.
•   Bowl of Fire Meat Chili - +15% burning duration.

Player chatter

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Burning.

• When burning is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	I've been immolated!	Burning, burning, burning!
Charr	It burns!	I'm burning!
Human	It burns!	I'm on fire!
Norn	Fire burns!	Fire! Fire!
Sylvari	It's burning me!	It burns!

Version history

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All damage conditions will now stack up to 1500 times. This condition will now stack in intensity. The formula for this condition has been rescaled to account for the new behavior of damaging conditions and to put more focus on the condition damage stat. New damage over time: 7.5 + (1.55 * Level) + (0.155 * Condition Damage)
March 19, 2015	Updated condition damage. Previously, a condition that had a fractional remainder of time after it dealt damage would not inflict the rest of its damage. For example, a 1.5-second burn would deal 1 second of burning damage, then fail to inflict the remaining 0.5 seconds of burning. Conditions will now deal this fractional damage either at the beginning or end of their duration, depending on when the next damage pulse would occur and their remaining duration.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Burning has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This condition was changed to stack in intensity since the June 23, 2015 game update.

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