Wilderness Survival

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"In the wild...all you can rely on is yourself."

Wilderness survival offers techniques to improve your defense in order to stay alive during intense combat. It grants both offensive and defensive condition augments depending on whether you are applying conditions or receiving them.

— In-game description

Wilderness Survival is a core specialization for the ranger that focuses on defensive combat maneuvers and conditions.

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Natural Vigor		You recover endurance more quickly.
Major Adept	Child of Earth		Create muddy terrain when you use a healing skill.
Major Adept	Oakheart Salve	10	Gain regeneration when you are inflicted with bleeding, poison, or burning. While you have regeneration, you take reduced strike damage.
Major Adept	Arachnophobia		Spider pet's Spit and devourer pet's Twin Darts additionally inflict torment. You and your pet gain expertise; spiders and devourers gain more.
Minor Master	Companion's Defense		You and your pet gain protection when you dodge roll.
Major Master	Ambidexterity		Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch, dagger, or mace. Torch and dagger skills recharge faster.
Major Master	Survival Instincts		Gain increased outgoing strike damage and reduced incoming strike damage. When above the health threshold, outgoing strike damage is further increased. When below the health threshold, incoming strike damage is further reduced.
Major Master	Empathic Bond		Remove conditions when you swap pets.
Minor Grandmaster	Rugged Growth		You and your pet recover health while affected by protection.
Major Grandmaster	Carnivore	0.25¼	Steal health from enemies when you or your pet disable them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Major Grandmaster	Wilderness Knowledge		Survival skills grant fury and remove conditions.
Major Grandmaster	Poison Master		Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

See also: List of ranger traits

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