Focus item

Focus items are secondary weapons (sometimes called simply "focuses/foci" or "offhands") that increase the equipped character's maximum energy by +3 to +12 (with the sole exception of the Flute, which gives +1 energy). They may also have other modifiers. Like all weapons, middle to high end focus items have minimum requirements from 7 to 13 in a certain attribute for the primary stat (i.e. energy).

Relationship of energy bonus and requirement
Focus items with attribute requirements of 0 may have an energy bonus of up to +6. Focuses with the maximum energy bonus of +12 may have an attribute requirement as low as 7. All maximum energy collector, crafter, and unique focuses have an attribute requirement of 9. If a character's rank in the required attribute is less than the requirement, the character will not receive the full energy bonus. How much of a partial bonus is still being tested - it was previously believed that blue/green foci give +3 energy and purple/gold foci give +6, but for whatever reason there are some gold foci which give only +3.

Focus item types
The following are the types of focus items that can be found.

Monk Foci

 * Divine Symbol* (Divine Favor)
 * Healing Ankh (Healing Prayers)
 * Protective Icon (Protection Prayers)

Necromancer Foci

 * Grim Cesta* (Curses or Death Magic)
 * Idol* (Blood Magic)

Mesmer Foci

 * Inscribed Chakram* (Domination Magic)
 * Jeweled Chakram* (Illusion Magic)
 * Jeweled Chalice* (Inspiration Magic)

Elementalist Foci

 * Earth Scroll (Earth Magic)
 * Flame Artifact* (Fire Magic)
 * Frost Artifact (Water Magic)
 * Storm Artifact (Air Magic)

Universal Foci

 * Charr Focus
 * Mursaat Focus
 * Tengu Focus
 * Undead Focus

Monk Foci

 * Diessa Icon (C) (Smiting Prayers)

Necromancer Foci

 * Accursed Icon (C) (Curses)
 * Grim Cesta (C) (Blood Magic or Soul Reaping)
 * Idol (C) (Curses)

Mesmer Foci

 * Inscribed Chakram (C) (Fast Casting)

Elementalist Foci

 * Earth Scroll (C) (Energy Storage)

Miscellaneous Low-Energy Foci

 * Flute
 * Focus
 * Gwen's Broken Flute

Monk Foci

 * Divine Scroll (Divine Favor)
 * Hallowed Idol (Smiting Prayers)

Necromancer Foci

 * Bleached Skull (C) (Soul Reaping or Death Magic)
 * Blood Knife (C) (Blood Magic)
 * Bone Idol (C) - (Curses or Soul Reaping)

Mesmer Foci

 * Gilded Artifact (Fast Casting)
 * Ominous Eidolon (Domination Magic)

Elementalist Foci

 * Golden Chalice (Energy Storage)
 * Paper Lantern (Fire Magic)

Ritualist Foci

 * Communing Focus (Communing)
 * Ceremonial Cauldron (Spawning Power)
 * Channeling Focus (Channeling Magic)
 * Eerie Focus (Communing)
 * Glowing Focus (Communing)
 * Restoration Focus (Restoration Magic)
 * Ritualist's Focus (Spawning Power)
 * Writhing Focus (Restoration Magic)

Universal Foci

 * Jug - Primary spellcasting attribute
 * Paper Fan - Primary spellcasting attribute
 * Plagueborn Focus - Primary spellcasting attribute
 * Straw Effigy - Primary spellcasting attribute
 * Pronged Fan - Primary spellcasting attribute

Monk Foci

 * Aureate Lamp (Divine Favor)
 * Blessed Chalice (Healing Prayers)
 * Holy Vial (Protection Prayers)

Necromancer Foci

 * Bone Charm (Death Magic)
 * Skull Brush (Curses)
 * Spined Focus (Blood Magic)

Mesmer Foci

 * Aureate Chalice (Inspiration Magic)
 * Butterfly Mirror (Inspiration Magic)
 * Chimeric Eye (Illusion Magic)
 * Majestic Focus (Domination Magic)
 * Stone Chakram (Illusion Magic)
 * Wooden Chakram (Domination Magic)

Elementalist Foci

 * Air Prism (Air Magic)
 * Earth Prism (Earth Magic)
 * Fire Prism (Fire Magic)
 * Iridescent Prism (Energy Storage)
 * Water Prism (Water Magic)

Universal Foci

 * Tormented Focus - all caster attributes

Mesmer Foci

 * Rose Focus (Unique) (Fast Casting)
 * Starfish Focus (Inspiration Magic)

Universal Foci

 * Asuran Focus - all caster attributes
 * Charrslayer Focus - all caster attributes
 * Destroyer Focus - all caster attributes
 * Norn Focus - all caster attributes

Upgrades
Focus items can be upgraded with one Inscription and one Focus Core.

* - This focus has a variant with alternate graphics.

(C) - Crafter / Collector only.

Miscellaneous
For a comprehensive list of focus items, see Category:Focus Items.