Nevermore
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Nevermore
- Type
- Staff
- Strength
- 1,034 – 1,166
- Skin
- Nevermore
- Prefix
- Selectable
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Req. level
- 80
- Binding
- Account Bound
- Item link
- Skin link
- External links
- GW2Efficiency
- API
- API
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 Click to enlarge.  Wielded.  Feathery footfalls. |
Nevermore is a legendary staff crafted in the Mystic Forge, through various materials and tasks tied to the Heart of Thorns expansion.“
- This item allows selection of stats. See below for a list of available prefixes.
Superior Sigil of Nullification
Unused Upgrade Slot
Unused Infusion Slot
— In-game description
Contents
Acquisition[edit]
Graphics[edit]
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 occasionally fly above the user's head.
- 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
Elementalist: Fireball, Water Blast, Chain Lightning, Gust, Stoning, and Shockwave
Tempest: Overload Fire
Weaver: Monsoon, Plasma Blast, Pressure Blast, and Pyroclastic Blast
Mesmer: Winds of Chaos
Necromancer: Necrotic Grasp, Life Blast and Dark Path
Druid: Astral Wisp, Throw Dirt (downed skill), and projectiles that pass through Sublime Conversion
Revenant: Warding Rift, Essence Sap (downed skill), and Rejuvenating Assault Whirl Combos
Renegade: Citadel Bombardment
Thief: Trail of Knives (downed skill) and projectiles acquired through Steal
Gallery[edit]
Close up of the perched raven while stowed.
Tiny ravens flying up the staff while wielded.
Raven spirit wielded transformation
Spirit raven projectile.
Raven feathered arm and mist when swung.
Front view when stowed.
Full material list[edit]
Available prefixes[edit]
- The following prefixes can be selected:
Trivia[edit]
- The staff is named for Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven", which frequently repeats the word "nevermore."[1]
- 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[edit]
- 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
