Expertise

Expertise is a secondary attribute that increases Condition Duration. Every 15 points of Expertise adds 1% to condition duration.

Related skills

Utility skills that increase expertise

•   Signet of Midnight — Signet of Midnight: 180 Expertise

Related traits

Traits that increase expertise

• Blademaster (Arms) — Gain expertise. Gain condition damage while wielding a sword. Sword skills gain reduced recharge.
• Thermal Vision (Firearms) — Gain expertise. Increase your outgoing condition damage when you inflict burning.
• Preparedness (Trickery) — Increases maximum initiative by 3. Gain increased expertise.
• Chaotic Persistence (Chaos) — Gain concentration and expertise while affected by regeneration.
• Sharpening Sorrow (Virtuoso) — Gain fury when you activate Bladesong Sorrow. Fury increases your expertise.
• Sand Sage (Scourge) — Gain concentration and expertise for each of your active sand shades.

Traits that convert to expertise

• Wounding Precision (Arms) — Gain expertise based on your precision.
• Taste for Danger (Wilderness Survival) — Gain increased vitality. You and your pet gain expertise based on vitality.
• Strength of Shadows (Specter) — Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Incoming damage from enemies is reduced based on the number of conditions they have. Rot Wallow Venom inflicts torment for a longer duration.
• Fell Beacon (Scourge) — Torch skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your condition damage.
• Dark Gunslinger (Harbinger) — Pistol skills gain reduced recharge. Gain expertise based on your vitality.

Related equipment

Equipment prefixes that increase expertise

This table lists attribute combinations that include Expertise.

Prefix	Major attribute(s)	Minor attribute(s)
Bringer's	Expertise	Precision  Vitality
Vigilant	Power  Toughness	Concentration  Expertise
Viper's	Power  Condition Damage	Precision  Expertise
Ritualist's	Vitality  Condition Damage	Concentration  Expertise
Trailblazer's	Toughness  Condition Damage	Vitality  Expertise
Celestial	Small Bonus to:

• For jewels and trinkets, Vigilant is equivalent to Flax Blossom, Viper is equivalent to Black Diamond, and Trailblazer is equivalent to Maguuma Lily.

Upgrade components that increase expertise

Universal upgrades

•   Black Diamond +9 expertise.
•   Flax Blossom +9 expertise.
•   Maguuma Lily +9 expertise.

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Traveler +36 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of Leadership +36 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of the Tempest +36 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of the Weaver +36 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of Divinity +78 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 2) +10 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 4) +14 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
  • (rank 6) +18 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of the Revenant +78 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 2) +10 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +14 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
  • (rank 6) +18 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of the Zephyrite +60 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 2) +10 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 4) +14 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.
•   Superior Rune of the Stars +36 expertise.
  • (rank 1) +8 expertise.
  • (rank 3) +12 expertise.
  • (rank 5) +16 expertise.

Infusions

•   Spiteful +5 Agony Infusion +5 expertise.
•   Spiteful +7 Agony Infusion +5 expertise.
•   Spiteful +9 Agony Infusion +5 expertise.
•   Celestial Infusion (Red) +5 expertise.
•   Expertise WvW Infusion +5 expertise, +1% Damage to Guards, Lords and Supervisors.

Related consumables

Food items that increase Expertise

Req. Level	Name	Expertise	Duration (Minutes)	Other Effect(s)
10	Crunchy Firefly Snack	40	10
13	Petri Dish Delight	40	10
20	Cheese Pizza	20	30
25	Veggie Pizza	40	30
35	Mushroom Pizza	50	30	+40 Condition Damage
45	Blood Orange	100	15	+70 Condition Damage
50	Fancy Veggie Pizza	60	30	+50 Condition Damage
50	Bowl of Fly Soup	60	10	+50 Condition Damage
70	Super Veggie Pizza	80	30	+60 Condition Damage
80	Koi Cake	100	20	+70 Condition Damage
80	Rare Veggie Pizza	100	30	+70 Condition Damage
80	Bowl of Garlic Kale Sautee	100	30	+70 Condition Damage
80	Red-Lentil Saobosa	100	30	+70 Condition Damage, +1% All Experience Gained
80	Plate of Beef Rendang	70	30	+100 Condition Damage
80	Bowl of "Elon Red"	100	30	+70 toughness, +1% All Experience Gained
80	Prickly Pear Stuffed Nopal	100	30	+70 power
80	Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Beans	100	30	+70 power
80	Prickly Pear Pie	100	30	33% chance to steal life on critical
80	Bowl of Cactus Fruit Salad	100	30	33% chance to steal life on critical
80	Sweet Bean Bun	70	30	-20% Incoming Condition Duration, +25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year
80	Dragon's Revelry Starcake	45	30	+45 All Attributes, +20% Magic Find, +10 experience from kills
80	Red Lentil and Flatbread Feast	45	60	-15% Incoming Condition Duration, +45 All Attributes, +1% All Experience Gained

Utility items that increase Expertise

Level Required	Item	Effect	Duration
80	Furious Tuning Crystal	Gain condition damage equal to 3% of your precision Gain expertise equal to 3% of your precision +10% Experience from kills.	30 minutes
80	Corsair Tuning Crystal	Gain condition damage equal to 3% of your toughness Gain expertise equal to 3% of your toughness +10% Experience from kills.	30 minutes
80	Corsair Sharpening Stone	Gain power equal to 3% of your toughness Gain expertise equal to 3% of your toughness +10% Experience from kills.	30 minutes
80	Corsair Maintenance Oil	Gain concentration equal to 3% of your toughness Gain expertise equal to 3% of your toughness +10% Experience from kills.	30 minutes

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Attributes

Primary	Power	Precision Critical Chance
	Toughness Armor	Vitality Health
Secondary	Concentration Boon Duration	Condition Damage	Expertise Condition Duration
	Ferocity Critical Damage	Healing Power
Profession	Guardian	Warrior
	Engineer	Ranger	Thief
	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
Special	Agony Resistance	Gold Find	Fishing Power
	Karma Gain	Magic Find	XP Gain