Vigor

Vigor

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Duration

Game link

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Endurance regeneration increased by 50%; stacks duration.

— In-game description

Vigor is a boon that increases the endurance regeneration rate, allowing affected targets to dodge more frequently. Vigor stacks with other endurance-regeneration effects (such as traits and signets) up to a maximum of 100% bonus regeneration rate.

Related skills

See also: Boon#Related skills

Weapon skills that grant vigor

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  Symbol of Energy — Longbow
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  Call of Valor — Warhorn
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  Spotter's Shot — Rifle
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  Phoenix — Scepter, when attuned to fire
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  Heat Wave — Trident, when attuned to fire
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  Siren's Call — Trident

Bundle skills that grant vigor

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  Chapter 3: Azure Sun — Tome of Resolve
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  Infusion Bomb — Med Kit

Healing skills that grant vigor

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  "We Heal As One!" — Command
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  False Oasis — Deception

Utility skills that grant vigor

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  "Save Yourselves!" — Shout
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  Elixir U — Elixir
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  Lightning Reflexes — Survival
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  Unravel — Stance
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  Signet of Inspiration — Signet

Elite skills that grant vigor

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  Glyph of the Stars — Glyph

Profession mechanic skills that grant vigor

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  Eat Wurm Egg — Tool belt
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  Invigorating Roar — Tool belt
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  Toss Elixir H — Tool belt, Elixir
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  Consume Plasma — Stolen skill
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  Detonate Plasma — Stolen skill
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  Steal Warmth — Stolen skill
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  Overload Water — Overload, when attuned to water

Trait skills that grant vigor

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  Sand Shards — Dune Cloak

Skills that convert bleeding to vigor

Primary article: Boon#Skills that convert conditions into boons

Common skills that grant vigor

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  Call to Arms — Ogre's Pet Horn
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  Consume Plasma — Plasma
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  Griffon Strike — Spirit Axe
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  Hylek Salve — Hylek Turret
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  Invigorate — Invigorator Rifle Prototype
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  Power Up — Power Core (bundle)

Related traits

See also: Boon#Related traits

Traits that apply vigor

 Honor

•  Vigorous Precision — Gain vigor when you critically strike.

 Defense

•  Last Stand — Cast Lesser Balanced Stance when you are disabled. Stances grant vigor when activated and have increased duration. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

 Salvation

•  Vital Blessing — The healing orbs that you create now grant vigor to allies they affect.

 Renegade

•  Brutal Momentum — While at full endurance, increase your chance to critically strike. Gain vigor when you gain fury.

 Inventions

•  Experimental Turrets — Turrets create a reflective barrier when built and grant boons to allies around them on a regular interval.

 Alchemy

•  Invigorating Speed — When you gain swiftness, you also gain vigor.

 Tools

•  Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.

 Holosmith

•  Prismatic Converter — Deactivate Photon Forge converts conditions into boons based on your heat level. (Bleeding converts to vigor.)

 Skirmishing

•  Primal Reflexes — When you successfully evade an attack, gain vigor.

 Nature Magic

•  Spirited Arrival — Grant boons to nearby allies when swapping pets.

 Acrobatics

•  Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
•  Vigorous Recovery — Gain vigor when using a healing skill.

 Trickery

•  Bountiful Theft — Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.

 Water

•  Soothing Disruption — Cantrips gain reduced recharge and grant boons.

 Arcane

•  Renewing Stamina — Gain vigor when you critically strike a foe.
•  Elemental Contingency — Gain a boon when you are struck, based on your current attunement.

 Tempest

•  Latent Stamina — Grant vigor to nearby allies when attuning to water. Restore endurance to allies you grant vigor.
•  Invigorating Torrents — Auras you grant also grant regeneration and vigor.

 Weaver

•  Invigorating Strikes — Gain vigor when using a Dual Attack. Dodge rolling grants a barrier.

 Dueling

•  Critical Infusion — Gain vigor when delivering a critical hit.

 Chaos

•  Bountiful Disillusionment — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Gain an additional boon based on which Shatter was used.

 Mirage

•  Nomad's Endurance — Shatter skills give vigor, and vigor grants condition damage.

Traits that improve vigor

 Tools

•  Excessive Energy — Deal more damage while under the effects of vigor.

 Acrobatics

•  Endless Stamina — The effects of vigor on you are enhanced. Gain bonus concentration.

 Tempest

•  Latent Stamina — Grant vigor to nearby allies when attuning to water. Restore endurance to allies you grant vigor.

 Mirage

•  Nomad's Endurance — Shatter skills give vigor, and vigor grants condition damage.

Traits that convert bleeding to vigor

Primary article: Conditions#Traits that convert conditions into boons

Related equipment

Runes

•   Superior Rune of Fireworks (6 seconds while in combat; 20s cooldown)
•   Superior Rune of Infiltration (5 seconds after entering stealth)
•   Superior Rune of the Grove (creates field when struck; pulses 2 seconds of vigor 5 times; 90s cooldown)

See also: Boon#Related equipment

Player chatter

• When vigor is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	Health increasing! Vitality restored!	Invigorating!
Charr	Back in fighting condition. That feels good.	Healthy and hale!
Human	That feels good.	I feel good.
Norn	Ah, feels nice.	Getting healthier!
Sylvari	Ready for more. My pain is easing.	Refreshing, I feel energized. (sigh) That feels better.

Version history

Patch	Changes
February 06, 2018	Reduced the bleeding inflicted from 3 stacks for 10 seconds to 2 stacks for 8 seconds when this boon is converted into a condition.
October 18, 2016	The duration-based boons Protection, Quickness, Regeneration, Resistance, Retaliation, and Vigor will now only stack up to 5 times instead of 9.
January 26, 2016	Vigor and other endurance-regeneration effects (such as traits) now stack up to a maximum of 100% bonus regeneration rate.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: The endurance regeneration rate of this effect has been decreased from 100% to 50%. Condition to Boon Conversion: Vigor converts to 3 stacks of bleeding for 10 seconds (+2 stacks).
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vigor has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Vigor is the only boon that provides no benefit to NPCs.

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Effects (stacking)