Blessing

A Blessing is a special temporary bonus granted by an NPC.

Acquisition

Blessings are granted by the following NPCs, typically against a payment in gold:

• Avatars of gods, summoned at a statue of the respective god.
• Luxon Priests and Kurzick Priests, found in Cantha near Resurrection Shrines of explorable areas controlled by their respective factions.
• Sunspear Scouts, Wandering Priests, Vabbian Scouts, Whispers Informants, Ghostly Scouts, Ghostly Priests, and Forgotten Keepers, found in Elona near Resurrection Shrines.

Characteristics

• A blessing is not an enchantment, which means it can not be removed (shattered, stripped, etc.) or otherwise be abused by foes. On the downside, it also doesn't count to provided bonuses granted "while enchanted".
• A blessing does not end when you die.
• A blessing ends when you zone.
• Most blessings granted by gods' avatars expire after 20 minutes.
• Blessings of the same type do not stack.
• Blessings can't be used in PvP.

List of Blessings

Avatar Blessings (Cantha / Elona)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost	Edit
All Avatars	Favor of the Gods	You gain 2% Morale Boost. Not technically a Blessing.	75
Champion of Balthazar	Battle Fervor	For 20 minutes, you attack 10% faster.	50
	Warrior's Might	For 20 minutes, your attacks have +10% armor penetration.	100
	Disciple of Fire	For 20 minutes, your Fire Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Warrior of Balthazar	For 20 minutes, all your Warrior attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Blade	For 20 minutes, your Scythe Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Command	For 20 minutes, your Command attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of the Spear	For 20 minutes, your Spear Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
Avatar of Dwayna	Aura of Light	For 20 minutes, you have +1 health regeneration.	50
	Cloak of Faith	For 20 minutes, you have +10 armor.	100
	Monk of Dwayna	For 20 minutes, all your Monk attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Air	For 20 minutes, your Air Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Wind	For 20 minutes, your Wind Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Leadership	For 20 minutes, your Leadership attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Motivation	For 20 minutes, your Motivation attribute is raised by 1.	150
Voice of Grenth	Unnatural Resistance	For 20 minutes, Conditions you receive end 20% sooner.	50
	Dark Aura	For 20 minutes, whenever you hit with an attack, you steal 3 health from that foe.	100
	Necromancer of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Necromancer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Ice	For 20 minutes, your Water Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Ritualist of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Ritualist attributes are raised by 1.	150
Lyssa's Muse	Chaotic Power	For 20 minutes, you have +10 maximum Energy.	50
	Chaotic Ward	For 20 minutes, Hexes cast on you end 20% sooner.	100
	Dervish of the Mystic	For 20 minutes, your Mysticism attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Mesmer of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Mesmer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Energy	For 20 minutes, your Energy Storage attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Assassin of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Assassin attributes are raised by 1.	150
Melandru's Watcher	Strength of the Oak	For 20 minutes, you have +50 maximum health.	50
	Shielding Branches	For 20 minutes, you have +20 armor against elemental damage.	100
	Ranger of Melandru	For 20 minutes, all your Ranger attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150

Avatar Blessings (Prophecies)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost	Edit
All Prophecies Avatars	Holy Blessing ('To Conquest')	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration.	50
	Morale Boost ('To Courage')	Provides a 2% Morale Boost. Not technically a Blessing.	100

Kurzick / Luxon Blessings (Factions)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost	Edit
Kurzick Priest	Blessing of the Kurzicks	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Kurzick faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100
Luxon Priest	Blessing of the Luxons	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Luxon faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100

Bounty (Nightfall)

Bounties, also commonly known as "hunts" or "conscription orders", are special blessings that allow you to collect double XP and Sunspear Promotion Points or Lightbringer Points for killing creatures or certain species.

For all further details, see: Bounty

Hunt (Guild Wars Eye of the North)

Like bounties, a hunt rewards players for killing foes in explorable areas, by increasing the reputation with the various races living in the Far Shiverpeaks. See Bounty for details.

Notes

• It is possible to temporarily get 1 point of your secondary profession's primary attribute with blessings.
• It is possible to get 1 point in attributes from professions that are neither your primary nor secondary with these blessings, even if your account does not have access to that profession.
• The Avatar-specific Blessings are available in any campaign but the Prophecies campaign.
• All other Blessings are campaign-specific.
• Blessings in Prophecies are applied to Heroes and Henchmen.
• Maintained Enchantments are also referred to as blessings in some tooltips.
• For a list of available blessings, see also: Category:Blessings.
• When under the effect of a Kurzick/Luxon bounty, you do earn more faction by killing creatures in Hard Mode than you do in normal mode.