Relic of Vass

After using a healing or elixir skill, your next few attacks inflict poison. Healing skills can only trigger this effect once every interval. — In-game description

Relic of Vass

Type

Relic

Element

Brilliance

Collection

Relics—Secrets of the Obscure Set 1

Rarity

FExotic

Req. level

60

Binding

Account Bound
Soulbound on Use

Salvage

Standard

Value

2 

Game link

API

100775

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Relic of Vass

After using a healing or elixir skill, your next few attacks inflict poison. Healing skills can only trigger this effect once every interval.

₃ Relic of Vass (10s): Inflict poison on weapon strike.

 Poison (5s): 168 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Poison (3s): 101 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

— In-game description

Mechanics

Bug:

Skills that bounce back to allies, such as   Glob Shot also inflict  Poisoned to allies.

• If the healing skill you use to activate this relic is also an elixir, it will only activate once.

Acquisition

Contained in

•   Amnytas Gear Box (choice)
•   Relic Container: Astral Ward Advances Set 1 (choice, unimplemented)

Sold by

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Archivist Ikur	Outer Ring	The Wizard's Tower	250  + 500	Requires the achievement Spire of the Forgotten.
Heroics Notary		Eternal Battlegrounds Blue Alpine Borderlands Green Alpine Borderlands Obsidian Sanctum (zone) Edge of the Mists Red Desert Borderlands Armistice Bastion	50  + 100	Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure and either Spire of the Forgotten or acquisition from Amnytas Gear Box.
League Vendor	Hall of Memories	Heart of the Mists	10  + 50	Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure and either Spire of the Forgotten or acquisition from Amnytas Gear Box.

Achievements

Spire of the Forgotten	Amnytas	3
Learn more about the Bastion of the Natural and the Forgotten to acquire a powerful and ancient weapon. Rewards: Show all rewards Tier 2:   Relic of Vass Tier 2:   Spire of the Forgotten Collection	Completed 1 Step	1
	Completed 4 Steps	2

PvP

• PvP Build user interface - automatically unlocked for use in PvP only.

Version history

For a detailed relic history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	This relic no longer has an internal cooldown when triggered by an elixir skill. Reduced the stack duration from 30 seconds to 10 seconds. Stacks are now expended when striking an enemy and when attacks are negated. Increased the poison duration from 3 seconds to 5 seconds in PvE only.
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Relic of Vass has been added to the game.

Notes

• Effect stacks up to a maximum of 25 charges.

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Relics—Secrets of the Obscure Set 1 collection