God's statue

Basics
In various locations throughout Guild Wars, you can encounter statues of the five Gods of Tyria: Balthazar, Dwayna, Grenth, Lyssa and Melandru. These statues are not merely ornamental, but serve a greater purpose. By interacting with these statues, players can gain blessings, stat boosts, and even access to other worlds.

In Cantha, the statues are part of the Resurrection Shrines in PvE and are not selectable objects. The PvP Resurrection Shrines do not have statues.

''Note: While exploring in Ascalon and other areas, players will find beautiful murals of the five gods. While beautiful, these murals have no function.''

EDIT: Ascalon murals do have a function when you have favor.

To Conquest - 50g - +30 Maximum health and +3 Health Regeneration for all party members. To Courage - 100g - +2 Morale.

Favor Appearance
Depending on whether your territory holds the Favor of the Gods the various statues of the gods scattered across Tyria and Cantha will change in their outward appearance to reflect this. If your territory holds the favor then the statues become active, allowing you to interact with their avatar. Otherwise they are inactive and useless (see images below):


 * Balthazar
 * Favored - Flames blaze along the base of the statue and its eyes burn brightly.
 * Unfavored - A lifeless statue with dark eyes and no flames.


 * Dwayna
 * Favored - The statue pieces float in mid-air, suspended within a column of light.
 * Unfavored - The statue pieces lie scattered across the ground in a pile of rubble.


 * Grenth
 * Favored - White mists flow from the base of the statue and its eyes burn brightly.
 * Unfavored - A lifeless statue, free of mist, with dark eyes.


 * Lyssa
 * Favored - The statue has a golden light (with glittering sparks falling) at its base and is lit with white light.
 * Unfavored - A lifeless statue engulfed in thorny vines.


 * Melandru
 * Favored - Water flows from the statue's vase while leaves sprout from its branches.
 * Unfavored - The tree is leafless and water no longer flows from the vase.

Gods' Avatars
If a statue is "active" (this means if your territory has the Favor of the Gods) you can summon the god's avatar at his statue to interact with it. You do this by walking up to the inscription at the statue base and typing "/kneel" in console.

Avatars can offer blessings (see below), quests or (in the special case of the Temple of the Ages) access to the Realms of the Gods.

Gods' Blessings
Prophecies Campaign: Avatars in explorable areas offer the following blessings in exchange for offerings:
 * Offering to Conquest (50 gold):
 * Dwayna's Blessing - Grants an enchantment with +3 health regeneration and +25 maximum health. This wears off when you leave the area. It can also be removed like any enchantment.


 * Offering to Courage (100 gold):
 * Morale Boost +2% or reduction of Death Penalty (if you have any)

Factions Campaign: In Factions, the blessings offered by the Gods have been expanded and have also become more specific to each god. In addition, any blessing purchased from an avatar will only apply to the character who bought it, not the whole party, even Morale Boosts. This is a list of what each god has to offer sorted by cost:
 * Balthazar:
 * Battle Fervor (50 gold)
 * Favor of the Gods (75 gold)
 * Warrior's Might (100 gold)
 * Disciple of Fire (150 gold)
 * Warrior of Balthazar (150 gold)
 * Dwayna:
 * Aura of Light (50 gold)
 * Favor of the Gods (75 gold)
 * Cloak of Faith (100 gold)
 * Disciple of the Air (150 gold)
 * Monk of Dwayna (150 gold)
 * Lyssa:
 * Chaotic Power (50 gold)
 * Favor of the Gods (75 gold)
 * Chaotic Ward (100 gold)
 * Disciple of Energy (150 gold)
 * Mesmer of Lyssa (150 gold)
 * Assassin of Lyssa (150 gold)
 * Grenth:
 * Unnatural Resistance (50 gold)
 * Favor of the Gods (75 gold)
 * Dark Aura (100 gold)
 * Necromancer of Grenth (150 gold)
 * Disciple of Ice (150 gold)
 * Ritualist of Grenth (150 gold)
 * Melandru:
 * Strength of the Oak (50 gold)
 * Favor of the Gods (75 gold)
 * Shielding Branches (100 gold)
 * Disciple of the Earth (150 gold)
 * Ranger of Melandru (150 gold)

Statue Locations
Note: It is worth noting that every region of the Crystal Desert and the Ring of Fire Islands, both being inhospitable to human civilization, do not possess any statues made to the gods either at the outposts or within the explorable areas, although the Temple of Ascension do have numerous statues within. It may be conjectured that the Losaru centaurs do not worship the Old Gods. Also, the towns and outposts in the Shiverpeak Mountains do not possess any statues as the Dwarves worship the Great Dwarf and not the Old Gods.



Balthazar

 * Majesty's Rest (on the eastern side, at entrance to the island of Bone Dragons)
 * Old Ascalon (east of the entrance to The Breach)
 * In Pre-Searing, it's located just inside the eastern entrance to Green Hills County.
 * Temple of the Ages
 * -> avatar gives you access to the Fissure of Woe


 * The Falls (Southwestern corner, in a shrine with a door next to Meghan the Bright)



Dwayna

 * Dreadnought's Drift (southeastern corner, beware of Wurm)
 * Druid's Overlook
 * -> avatar gives quest Wisdom of the Druids


 * Haiju Lagoon (near Zen Daijun entrance)
 * Jaya Bluffs (near Seitung Harbor entrance)
 * Kinya Province (near Ran Musu Gardens entrance)
 * Nebo Terrace (half way between Nebo Village and the portal to the North Kryta Province, near Etham the Artisan)
 * Panjiang Peninsula (near Tsumei Village entrance)
 * Sardelac Sanitarium (called Ashford Abbey in Pre-Searing and also has the statue).
 * -> avatar gives quest Family Ties


 * Serenity Temple
 * Sunqua Vale (near Shing Jea Monastery entrance)
 * Temple of the Ages



Grenth

 * Ascalon Foothills (near Traveler's Vale entrance)
 * Lornar's Pass (southern end, east of the entrance to Dreadnought's Drift, down a narrow path)
 * -> avatar gives you access to the Underworld; see Lornar's Pass for more info


 * Pongmei Valley
 * Saoshang Trail (next to Seitung Harbor entrance)
 * Temple of the Ages
 * -> avatar gives you access to the Underworld


 * The Catacombs x 2 (Pre-Searing, so kneeling does nothing)
 * Wajjun Bazaar



Lyssa

 * Eastern Frontier (near the entrance to the Ruins of Surmia (Location))
 * Mineral Springs (inside Ice Imp cave at the northeastern tip of the area)
 * Old Ascalon (northwest of the Ascalon City main gate, half way to the entry to The Breach)
 * In Pre-Searing, it's located in Lakeside County by Althea's theatre.
 * Sage Lands (Southeastern corner, guarded by Redwood Shepherds)
 * Sunqua Vale (eastern side of mountains)
 * Temple of the Ages



Melandru

 * Haiju Lagoon (in Linkei Township)
 * Nahpui Quarter (right next to the south west entrance into Shenzun Tunnels) Respawn Point
 * Regent Valley (Post-Searing) (near King's Watch)
 * Also in Regent Valley (Pre-Searing), however kneeling does nothing
 * Serenity Temple
 * Tangle Root (southeastern tip, near Old Joness)
 * Temple of the Ages
 * Twin Serpent Lakes (north-western end)