Signet of Earth

Signet Passive: Improves toughness. Signet Active: Immobilize and bleed your foe. — In-game description

Signet of Earth

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Signet

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

5571

Gallery
Overhead activation icon

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0.5½  

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Signet of Earth

Signet Passive: Improves toughness.
Signet Active: Immobilize and bleed your foe.

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

 Signet of Earth: -10% Incoming Damage

₄ Bleeding (9s): 792 Damage

 Immobilize (3s): Unable to move.

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Serrated Stones — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
• Strength of Stone — Gain condition damage based on your toughness. Inflict bleeding when you immobilize a foe. Bleeding can only occur on the same target once per interval.
• Written in Stone — Signets continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging. Gain an aura when you use a signet skill.

Weaver

• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 18, 2023	Increased cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
June 27, 2023	The passive effect no longer grants toughness and instead reduces incoming strike damage. Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 15 seconds in PvE and from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP and WvW.
December 12, 2017	Bleeding inflicted has been adjusted from 5 stacks for 7 seconds to 4 stacks for 9 seconds.
September 09, 2014	Lowered casting time to 0.5 seconds, lowered recharge to 25 seconds. Signet of Earth now inflicts 5 stacks of bleeding for 7 seconds in addition to immobilize.
April 15, 2014	Added a toughness increase skill fact.
April 30, 2013	Passive stat bonus increased by 100%.
November 15, 2012	Signet of Earth / Signet of Air / Signet of Fire / Signet of Water: These skills should now have a cast animation while wielding a Fiery Greatsword.
October 07, 2012	Signets of Earth, Fire, Water: These signets have been updated to not fire at targets behind the player.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Signet of Earth has been added to the game.