Mysticism's casting symbol
This symbol usually appears around the caster while casting a Mysticism spell.
(For details see: Skill animation)
Mysticism is the primary attribute of the Dervish profession.
Guild Wars description[ | ]
- Each rank in Mysticism reduces the cost of your Dervish enchantments by 4%. In PvE, you have +1 armor per rank of Mysticism while enchanted.
General description[ | ]
The decrease in cost of Dervish enchantments is helpful for Energy management, as many Dervish enchantments have a beneficial ending effect and will be frequently cast and removed while in battle.
The damage and effectiveness of linked skills increases with attribute rank in Mysticism.
Dervish enchantment cost modification by Mysticism[ | ]
Red text means that skill cost has dropped relative to the previous rank.
| Mysticism Rank | Base Cost 5 | Base Cost 10 | Base Cost 15 | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0% |
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4% |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8% |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12% |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16% |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20% |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24% |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28% |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 32% |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 36% |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 44% |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 48% |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 52% |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 56% |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 60% |
| 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 64% |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 68% |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 72% |
Skill costs by base requirements[ | ]
| base cost | Mysticism level | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
Using this table
All Dervish enchantments in Guild Wars have a base cost of either 5, 10 or 15 
. For a specific skill, find the row with its base cost and use that row to determine how putting points in Mysticism would affect its actual cost.
Note: The values in the table are exact! For example, the cost for 5 and 10 skills does not change between 4 and 6 Mysticism. Don't waste your attribute points on Mysticism that doesn't help your frequently used skills!
Associated skills[ | ]
Mysticism will enhance these listed Mysticism skills. Several Mysticism skills are related to Energy management, healing (particularly self-healing) or holy damage. All five elite forms are also Mysticism skills.