Wilderness Survival

Specialization background.

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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 [sic] 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	Taste for Danger		Gain increased vitality. You and your pet gain expertise based on vitality.
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 or dagger. Torch and dagger skills recharge faster.
Major Master	Refined Toxins	5	While you are above the health threshold, your strikes inflict poison. While your pet's health is above the health threshold, its strikes inflict poison.
Major Master	Shared Anguish		After you swap pets, you and your pet gain stability.
Minor Grandmaster	Rugged Growth		You and your pet recover health while affected by protection.
Major Grandmaster	Empathic Bond	20	Using a Beast trait[sic] removes conditions from you and your pet. Swapping pets recharges this trait.
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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