Persistence of Memory

When a phantasm becomes a clone, it transfers its boons to you. — In-game description

Persistence of Memory

Specialization

Illusions (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

“

When a phantasm becomes a clone, it transfers its boons to you.

  Boons Transferred: 12

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 06, 2018	Boons are now transferred when phantasms become clones.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait has been reworked. It now causes shattered phantasms to transfer their boons to the mesmer.
May 17, 2016	The cooldown reduction of this trait has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Persistence of Memory has been added to the game.

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Persistence of Memory.

• This trait shares its name with a famous surrealist painting by Salvador Dali.