Signet of Capture

Use Signet of Capture on a dead boss who has used a skill you want to learn. Signet of Capture is permanently replaced by that skill. (You can only learn skills of your profession.)

Where To Get It
Magi Malaquire in Lion's Arch gives you the quest Malaquire's Test with this skill as a reward. Thereafter, you can purchase additional signets from him or most other Skill Trainer NPCs. Alternatively you can purchase it regardless of completed quests at the skill trainer in Quarrel Falls, the Amnoon Oasis, or Port Sledge. The first one you buy will cost 5 gold, the price increases by 5 with each you buy.

You can buy more than one at a time.

Usage
To use the Signet of Capture, defeat an enemy boss and then invoke the signet. You will see a dialog box listing all dead bosses in the area (if there is more than one) and for each one, it will list all the skills that this boss has (Elite Skills and regular skills). Click on the one you wish to capture and the signet will be replaced by that skill. If you see nothing you like you can cancel the capture and keep the signet for another boss.

Once a skill is captured, Signet of Capture will be permanently replaced by the captured skill in your skills list. A new Signet of Capture must be purchased to capture further skills.

Using a Signet of Capture is the only way to learn Elite Skills. This signet can only be used near dead bosses, and you can only capture skills of your primary or secondary profession.

Note: A player can only equip one Elite Skill at a time. So, if you already have an elite Skill equipped and you captured another one, you will be able to use both while you are still in that area. As soon as you leave the area (walk to another, Map Travel or some other way) you will find the newly captured skill gone and replaced with an empty box indicating that you had too many Elite Skills equipped. The new skill has been learned though and is available in your skills list.

Historic Usage
Before the update on 8th June 2005 Signet of Capture captured the last skill used by the boss, provided you had not already learned it.