Nevermore

This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes. • Superior Sigil of Nullification • Unused Upgrade Slot • Unused Infusion Slot • Unused Infusion Slot — In-game description

Nevermore

Type

Staff

Strength

1,034 – 1,166

Skin

Nevermore

Prefix

Selectable

Rarity

HLegendary

Req. level

80

Binding

Account Bound

Item link

Skin link

External links

GW2Efficiency

API

API

Gallery
Click to enlarge. Wielded. Feathery footfalls.

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This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes.

Superior Sigil of Nullification
Unused Upgrade Slot

Unused Infusion Slot

Unused Infusion Slot

— In-game description

Nevermore is a legendary staff crafted in the Mystic Forge, through various materials and tasks tied to the Heart of Thorns expansion.

Lore

Nevermore

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Nevermore is a living reminder that there's always a purpose to Raven's riddles and tests. When you're mired in despair, lost for answers, he pushes because he knows you can fly.

Acquisition

Contained in

•   Legendary Choice Box (choice, discontinued)
•   Legendary Coffer (choice, discontinued)
•   Legendary Eternal Coffer (choice, discontinued)
•   Nevermore (guaranteed, discontinued)

Recipe

Nevermore

Source

Mystic Forge

Output qty.

1

Ingredients

1

  The Raven Staff

1

  Mystic Tribute

1

  Gift of Nevermore

1

  Gift of Maguuma Mastery

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Graphics

Nevermore is a rune-inscribed raven staff. While stowed, three glowing cyan orbs float among the branches of the staff; and an animated raven is perched on the center branch. While drawn, the cyan orbs and raven are replaced by a spirit raven that encompasses the staff.

Aura

• The arm wielding Nevermore is covered in black feathers.
• While drawn, ravens continuously fly in the sky above the wielder.

Draw/Stow effects

• When drawn, the perched raven flies upwards and the three glowing orbs spiral towards it. On impact, the raven dissipates in a burst of cyan feathers, and forms the spirit raven. In addition, a conspiracy of ravens fly above the user and cawing is heard.
• When stowed, the raven re-materializes and perches on the staff, and cawing is heard.

Footfalls

• The user leaves behind wisps of cyan feathers.

Skill effects

• Default class weapon trails are replaced with a cyan mist and feathers.
• Critical hit attacks will spawn faint spirit ravens on the attacked enemy that fly away quickly.
• Default projectiles are replaced with spirit ravens that transform into glowing spheres mid-flight. Additionally, up to three ravens will fly out of the sky and trail the projectile. This effect changes the following skills:
  • Guardian: Bolt of Wrath, Searing Light, and Seeking Judgment.
    • Dragonhunter: Spear of Justice.
  • Revenant: Essence Sap (downed skill), and Rejuvenating Assault's whirl finishers.
    • Renegade: Citadel Bombardment.
  • Druid: Astral Wisp, projectiles that pass through Sublime Conversion, and Throw Dirt (downed skill).
  • Daredevil: Projectiles acquired through Steal, and Trail of Knives (downed skill).
  • Necromancer: Dhuumfire, Dark Path, Life Blast and Necrotic Grasp.
  • Elementalist: Chain Lightning, Fireball, Gust, Shockwave, Stoning, and Water Blast.
    • Tempest: Overload Fire's whirl finishers.
    • Weaver: Monsoon, Plasma Blast, Pressure Blast, and Pyroclastic Blast.
  • Mesmer: Winds of Chaos.

Gallery

• 

  Close up of the perched raven while stowed.

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  Tiny ravens flying up the staff while wielded.

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  Raven spirit drawing and stowing transformation (50% speed)

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  Spirit raven projectile.

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  Raven feathered arm and mist when swung.

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  Front view when stowed.

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  Render of the raven spirit.

Full material list

Required item	Primary ingredients	Component materials
Mystic Tribute	2 Gifts of Condensed Magic	2   Gift of Blood (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Venom (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Totems (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Dust (recipe cost: 10 )
	2 Gifts of Condensed Might	2   Gift of Claws (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Scales (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Bones (recipe cost: 10 ) 2   Gift of Fangs (recipe cost: 10 )
	77 Mystic Clovers	~231   Mystic Coins ~231   Globs of Ectoplasm ~231   Obsidian Shards ~231   Crystals or ~1386   Philosopher's Stones     (cost of either: 139  Spirit Shard)
	250 Mystic Coins
Gift of Nevermore	Gift of the Mists	Gift of Glory   Gift of Battle   Gift of War   Cube of Stabilized Dark Energy
	100 Icy Runestones	100  total, bought from Rojan the Penitent
	Gift of the Raven Spirit	Can be obtained by completing the following Legendary Weapon Collection Achievement: Nevermore IV: The Raven Spirit
	Gift of Energy	Recipe cost: 10 , bought from Miyani Requires 400 Artificer to make. 250   Piles of Crystalline Dust 250   Piles of Incandescent Dust 250   Piles of Luminous Dust 250   Piles of Radiant Dust
Gift of Maguuma Mastery	Gift of Maguuma	Gift of the Fleet   Gift of Tarir   Gift of the Chak   Gift of the Jungle
	Gift of Insights	Gift of the Itzel   Gift of the Nuhoch   Gift of the Exalted   Gift of Gliding
	Bloodstone Shard	200   Spirit Shard
	250 Crystalline Ingots	250   Crystalline Ore 250   Fulgurites 250   Globs of Ectoplasm 250   Amalgamated Gemstones
The Raven Staff	Can be obtained by completing the following Legendary Weapon Collection Achievements: Nevermore I: Ravenswood Branch Nevermore II: Ravenswood Staff Nevermore III: The Raven Staff

Available prefixes

• The following prefixes can be selected:

Prefix	Stats
Apothecary's	+251  Healing Power +179  Toughness +179  Condition Damage
Assassin's	+251  Precision +179  Power +179  Ferocity
Berserker's	+251  Power +179  Precision +179  Ferocity
Bringer's	+251  Expertise +179  Precision +179  Vitality
Carrion	+251  Condition Damage +179  Power +179  Vitality
Cavalier's	+251  Toughness +179  Power +179  Ferocity
Celestial	+118  Power +118  Precision +118  Toughness +118  Vitality +118  Ferocity +118  Healing Power +118  Condition Damage +118  Concentration +118  Expertise
Cleric's	+251  Healing Power +179  Power +179  Toughness
Commander's	+215  Power +215  Precision +118  Toughness +118  Concentration
Crusader's	+215  Power +215  Toughness +118  Ferocity +118  Healing Power
Dire	+251  Condition Damage +179  Toughness +179  Vitality
Diviner's	+215  Power +215  Concentration +118  Precision +118  Ferocity
Dragon's	+215  Power +215  Ferocity +118  Precision +118  Vitality
Giver's	+251  Toughness +179  Concentration +179  Healing Power
Grieving	+215  Power +215  Condition Damage +118  Precision +118  Ferocity
Harrier's	+251  Power +179  Healing Power +179  Concentration
Knight's	+251  Toughness +179  Power +179  Precision
Magi's	+251  Healing Power +179  Precision +179  Vitality
Marauder	+215  Power +215  Precision +118  Vitality +118  Ferocity
Marshal's	+215  Power +215  Healing Power +118  Condition Damage +118  Precision
Minstrel's	+215  Toughness +215  Healing Power +118  Vitality +118  Concentration
Nomad's	+251  Toughness +179  Vitality +179  Healing Power
Plaguedoctor's	+215  Vitality +215  Condition Damage +118  Healing Power +118  Concentration
Rabid	+251  Condition Damage +179  Precision +179  Toughness
Rampager's	+251  Precision +179  Power +179  Condition Damage
Ritualist's	+215  Vitality +215  Condition Damage +118  Concentration +118  Expertise
Sentinel's	+251  Vitality +179  Power +179  Toughness
Seraph	+215  Precision +215  Condition Damage +118  Healing Power +118  Concentration
Settler's	+251  Toughness +179  Condition Damage +179  Healing Power
Shaman's	+251  Vitality +179  Condition Damage +179  Healing Power
Sinister	+251  Condition Damage +179  Power +179  Precision
Soldier's	+251  Power +179  Toughness +179  Vitality
Trailblazer's	+215  Toughness +215  Condition Damage +118  Vitality +118  Expertise
Valkyrie	+251  Power +179  Vitality +179  Ferocity
Vigilant	+215  Power +215  Toughness +118  Concentration +118  Expertise
Viper's	+215  Power +215  Condition Damage +118  Precision +118  Expertise
Wanderer's	+215  Power +215  Vitality +118  Toughness +118  Concentration
Zealot's	+251  Power +179  Precision +179  Healing Power

Notes

• It is recommended that you do not attempt to stat change your precursor item with the standard stat swap recipe in the Mystic Forge. While you will be provided with an item with the desired stats, it will have been replaced with a generic ascended item that cannot be used as a legendary precursor.
• The ravens spawned flying around the enemy after a critical hit scale with the size of that enemy's model. As such, they are almost imperceptible on small enemies like Lashtail Devourers, and massive on enemies like the Legendary Icebrood Construct.

Anomaly:

Critical hits of Weakening Charge no longer create ravens briefly flying around the target. It is unknown when this change occurred, but it can be argued that it was intentional so as to reduce visual clutter due to the skill having no recharge and hitting three times.

Trivia

• The staff is named for Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven", which frequently repeats the word "nevermore."
• The staff's skin was datamined from a test server in December 2013 and was referred to by the community as the "Raven Staff" until it was revealed to be the legendary weapon Nevermore in October 2015.
• After its release, more friendly ravens appeared all over Tyria: for example, there's now one on the Marriner's Plaque that was once the statue of Cobiah Marriner.
• There was a Guild Wars Prophecies Game of the Year bonus item called the Nevermore Flatbow.

See also

• Nevermore I: Ravenswood Branch - the first step towards crafting the precursor.
• Nevermore II: Ravenswood Staff
• Nevermore III: The Raven Staff
• Nevermore IV: The Raven Spirit

References

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Legendary weapons

Ravenswood Branch • Ravenswood Staff • The Raven Staff — Nevermore