Hero point

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You can unlock skills by spending hero points in the training tab inside the hero panel. Hero points are earned by leveling up and by completing hero challenges found throughout Tyria.

— Hero Points

Hero points are character currencies used to progress characters through training skills and traits.

Acquisition

• Level rewards — 398 points

Level	Hero Points Gained
11	5
13	5
15	5
17	5
19	6
21	6
23	6
25	6
27	8
29	8
31	8
33	8
35	10
37	10
39	10
41	10
43	10
45	12
47	12
49	12
51	12
53	12
55	14
57	14
59	14
61	14
63	14
65	16
67	16
69	16
71	16
73	16
75	18
77	18
79	26

• Hero challenge — 1214 points
  • Central Tyria — 189 points
  • Maguuma Wastes — 11 points
  • Heart of Maguuma (Heart of Thorns) — 400 points
  • Crystal Desert (Path of Fire) — 290 points
  • Cantha (End of Dragons) — 310 points
  • Krait Obelisk Shard — 1 point
  • World versus World — 13 points
• Heroics Notary — offers consumables to complete a random hero challenge

Training

Hero points are spent in the Training tab of the Hero panel. See Training for the hero point costs of each unlock.

Notes

• With the Hero points gained only from leveling a character to level 80 it is possible to unlock all core skills and traits entirely.
  • Core skills take 98 points total.
  • Core Specializations are 60 points each so 300 total for all 5.
  • The 398 combined total for all core skills and specializations is the exact amount gained from level rewards.
• To max each Elite Specialization it requires an additional 250 hero points each.
  • This means you need 250 points from hero challenges for each Elite Specialization on top of the level rewards.
  • To max two Elite Specializations would be 500 total, three would be 750, etc.
• It is possible to have excess Hero points after unlocking all skills and traits with no way to spend them.

Trivia

• Skill points were replaced with hero points:
  • Unspent skill points earned through level rewards and skill challenges were converted to hero points.
  • Any remaining unspent skill points were converted to Spirit Shards.
• Trait points were replaced with hero points:
  • Trait guides or trait specific tasks are no longer required to unlock traits.
• When the patch hit, each character got automatic unlocks based on the skills and traits equipped before. Low level character often found themselves with more unlocks than hero points available at their level. In that case, they had a negative amount (even though the value displayed did not reflect it) and were barred from gaining Hero points on level up until they had gained back those missing points. They could still gain points through Hero challenges.

See also

• Hero Challenge

External links

• Specializations, Part Two: Reward Tracks and Elite Specializations
• Ready Up: Specializations system overview on YouTube

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Currencies
General	Gem	Coin	Karma	Laurel
	Spirit Shard	Guild Commendation	Transmutation Charge
Character	Hero point	Supply
Competitive	PvP League Ticket	Ascended Shard of Glory	PvP Tournament Voucher	Badge of Honor
	WvW Skirmish Claim Ticket	Proof of Heroics	Testimony of Desert Heroics	Testimony of Jade Heroics
Guild	Favor	Aetherium
Instanced	Tale of Dungeon Delving	Fractal Relic	Pristine Fractal Relic	Unstable Fractal Essence
	Magnetite Shard	Legendary Insight	Blue Prophet Shard (Crystal)	Green Prophet Shard
Keys	Zephyrite Lockpick	Bandit Skeleton Key	Pact Crowbar	Exalted Key
	Vial of Chak Acid	Machete	Trader's Key	Mistborn Key
	Cache Key	Jade Miner's Keycard
Miscellaneous	Geode	Bandit Crest	Airship Part	Lump of Aurillium
	Ley Line Crystal	Provisioner Token	Unbound Magic	Trade Contract
	Elegy Mosaic	Volatile Magic	Racing Medallion	Festival Token
	War Supplies	Tyrian Defense Seal	Research Note	Imperial Favor
	Unusual Coin	Jade Sliver	Canach Coin
See also: Tokens