Swiftness

"Swift" redirects here. For the NPC named "Swift", see Swift (NPC). For other effects with the same name, see Swiftness (disambiguation).

Movement speed increased by 33%; stacks duration. — In-game description

Swiftness

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Duration

Max. duration

1 minute

Game link

Effect ID

719

Visual appearance
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Swiftness appearance.

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Movement speed increased by 33%; stacks duration.

— In-game description

Swiftness is a boon that provides an increase to movement speed. Most other effects that provide a bonus to movement speed (e.g. certain traits and signets) do not stack with swiftness; only the highest increase in movement speed will be applied. See the movement speed page for more details.

Swiftness stacks in duration, up to 60 seconds.

Related skills

See also: Boon#Related skills

Weapon skills that grant swiftness

•   Symbol of Swiftness — Staff
•   Charge — Warhorn
•   Bladestorm — Dagger
•   Call of the Wild — Warhorn
•   Cheetah's Strike — Spear (on land)
•   Hunter's Shot — Longbow
•   Panther's Prowl — Spear (on land)
•   Quick Shot — Short bow
•   Infiltrator's Strike — Sword
•   Free Action — Rifle
•   Skirmisher's Shot — Rifle
•   Twilight Combo — Scepter
•   Updraft — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Windborne Speed — Staff, when attuned to air
•   Cyclone — Warhorn, when attuned to air
•   Polaric Slash — Sword, when attuned to air
•   Chaos Armor — Staff
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Phantasmal Lancer — Spear (on land)
•   Siren's Call — Trident
•   Temporal Curtain — Focus
•   Tides of Time — Shield
•   Deadly Feast — Spear (underwater)
•   Locust Swarm — Warhorn

Bundle skills that grant swiftness

•   Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge — Tome of Courage
•   Chapter 3: Azure Sun — Tome of Resolve
•   Chapter 4: Shining River — Tome of Resolve
•   Glob Shot — Elixir Gun
•   Infusion Bomb — Med Kit

Transform skills that grant swiftness

•   Holo Leap — Engage Photon Forge

Healing skills that grant swiftness

•   Elixir H — Elixir
•   "We Heal As One!" — Command
•   Glyph of Elemental Harmony — Glyph
•   Glyph of Elemental Harmony — Glyph, when attuned to air

Utility skills that grant swiftness

•   "Advance!" — Shout
•   "Save Yourselves!" — Shout
•   Light's Judgment — Trap
•   Roiling Light — Physical
•   Facet of Elements — Legendary Dragon Stance, Facet
•   Balanced Stance — Stance
•   Elixir B — Elixir
•   Moa Stance — Stance
•   Haste — Trick
•   "Eye of the Storm!" — Shout
•   Hare's Agility — Meditation
•   Signet of Inspiration — Signet
•   Spectral Walk — Spectral
•   Trail of Anguish — Punishment
•   Elixir of Anguish — Elixir

Elite skills that grant swiftness

•   Unhindered Delivery — Final Charge
•   Battle Standard — Banner
•   Battle Standard — Banner
•   Rampage — Physical
•   Signet of Rage — Signet
•   "Strength of the Pack!" — Command
•   Elixir of Ambition — Elixir

Profession mechanic skills that grant swiftness

•   Chant of Freedom — Burst, Chant
•   Detonate Elixir H — Elixir, Tool belt, Elixir H
•   Eat Owl Egg — Tool belt, Call Owl
•   Particle Accelerator — Tool belt, Photon Wall
•   Quickening Screech
•   Consume Plasma — Stolen skill
•   Detonate Plasma — Stolen skill

Pet skills that grant swiftness

•   Quickening Screech — Bird
•   Savannah Strike — Juvenile Cheetah

Skills that convert crippled into swiftness

Primary article: Boon#Skills that convert conditions into boons

Combos that grant swiftness

•  Combo Field: Lightning ×  Combo Finisher: Blast

Racial skills that grant swiftness

•   Eat Owl Egg — Tool belt, Call Owl

Related traits

See also: Boon#Related traits

Traits that grant swiftness

• Righteous Sprint (Willbender) — Gain increased movement speed. Gain swiftness when you activate a virtue.
• Rapid Flow (Invocation) — Heal yourself and gain swiftness when you use a skill that has an energy cost.
• Serene Rejuvenation (Salvation) — Increase healing to other allies. Legendary Centaur skills apply boons in an area.
• Shared Wisdom (Conduit) — Grant boons to allies whenever you use a Legendary Entity Skill, depending on which skill was used.
• Burst Mastery (Discipline) — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.
• Fast Hands (Discipline) — Gain swiftness when swapping weapons in combat.
• Swift as the Wind (Bladesworn) — Movement skills grant swiftness and increase flow rate.
• Experimental Turrets (Inventions) — Turret. Turrets create a reflective barrier when built and grant boons to allies around them on a regular interval.
• Streamlined Kits (Tools) — Equipping an Engineering Kit creates an attack or spell and grants you swiftness.
• New Genes (Amalgam) — Morph skills grants boons to allies. Grant an additional boon based on which morph skill was used.
• Fortifying Bond (Nature Magic) — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.
• Lead the Wind (Marksmanship) — Your longbow and harpoon-gun skills pierce and recharge faster. Point-Blank Shot grants boons.
• Tail Wind (Skirmishing) — Gain swiftness when swapping weapons in combat.
• Fresh Reinforcement (Soulbeast) — Entering beastmode grants you the boons affecting your pet.
• Cloudburst (Galeshot) — Quarry's Peril and Supersonic Arrow reset the cooldown of Bluster. When you use Bluster or Hawkeye, grant boons to nearby allies.
• Feel the Rush (Galeshot) — Movement skills grant you swiftness and endurance.
• Expeditious Dodger (Acrobatics) — Gain swiftness upon dodging.
• Thrill of the Crime (Trickery) — When you Steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
• Maleficent Seven (Deadeye) — Increase the maximum malice-stack count. Restore initiative and gain boons upon reaching the maximum number of malice stacks.
• Elemental Attunement (Arcane) — Grant a boon to nearby allies when changing attunements. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
• Inscription (Air) — Gain boons upon casting a glyph based on your attunement. Gain resistance when attuning to air.
• Zephyr's Boon (Air) — Grant boons to allies you grant auras to.
• Harmonious Conduit (Tempest) — Gain stability and swiftness when starting an overload.
• Swift Revenge (Weaver) — Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
• Woven Stride (Weaver) — Gain swiftness when you are inflicted with inhibiting conditions. When gaining either superspeed or swiftness, also gain regeneration and cleanse a condition. Swiftness has increased effectiveness.
• Spectacular Sphere (Catalyst) — Your jade sphere is larger and grants quickness[sic] and an additional boon based on your current attunement to nearby allies when activated.
• Prismatic Understanding (Chaos) — Increased stealth duration from mesmer skills. Gain random boons while you are in stealth.
• Wandering Mind (Dueling) — Remove a nondamaging condition and gain swiftness whenever you evade an attack.
• Speed of Shadows (Soul Reaping) — Entering shroud grants swiftness and removes movement-impairing conditions.

Trait skills that grant swiftness

•   Lesser Elixir B (Hidden Flask) — Elixir. Quaff an elixir, gaining boons.
•   Lesser Call of the Wild (Clarion Bond) — Weaken nearby enemies. Grant fury, might, and swiftness to yourself and nearby allies.
•   Lesser Haste (Burst of Agility) — Trick. Gain quickness, fury, and swiftness.
•   Dash (Unhindered Combatant) — Remove conditions and gain swiftness, then rush forward and evade attacks.
•   Lesser Chaos Storm (Method of Madness) — Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and boons to allies. The first strike of the storm dazes foes.

Traits that improve swiftness

• Warrior's Sprint (Discipline) — Run faster while wielding melee weapons, and deal increased strike damage while you have swiftness. Movement skills break immobilization when used.
• Invigorating Speed (Alchemy) — When you gain swiftness or superspeed, you also gain vigor.
• Rapid Regeneration (Scrapper) — Regenerate health while affected by swiftness or superspeed.
• Object in Motion (Scrapper) — Deal increased strike damage while you have stability, swiftness, or superspeed. This damage increase compounds for each boon you have.
• Bird of Prey (Galeshot) — Strike damage is increased when you have swiftness or superspeed. Swiftness is more effective.
• Don't Stop (Acrobatics) — While you have swiftness, movement-impairing conditions have reduced duration. When you gain swiftness, lose a movement-impairing condition.
• Swift Revenge (Weaver) — Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
• Woven Stride (Weaver) — Gain swiftness when you are inflicted with inhibiting conditions. When gaining either superspeed or swiftness, also gain regeneration and cleanse a condition. Swiftness has increased effectiveness.

Traits that convert crippled into swiftness

Primary article: Boons#Traits that convert conditions into boons

Related effects

Effects that grant swiftness

•   Chaos Aura (randomly)

Related equipment

See also: Boon#Related equipment

Relics that grant swiftness

• Relic of the Cavalier — Relic of the Cavalier
• Relic of Febe — Relic of Febe

Relics that benefit from swiftness

• Relic of Speed — Relic of Speed

Upgrade components that grant swiftness

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Speed When killing a foe (20 seconds)
  • Major Sigil of Speed When killing a foe (14 seconds)
  • Minor Sigil of Speed When killing a foe (10 seconds)
• Superior Sigil of Agility When switching to the weapon in combat (5 seconds)
  • Major Sigil of Agility When switching to the weapon in combat (3 seconds)
  • Minor Sigil of Agility When switching to the weapon in combat (2 seconds)

Upgrade components that affect swiftness

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Air +50% duration (rank 2/4/6: +10%/+20%/+20%)
  • Major Rune of the Air +15% duration (rank 2/4: +6%/+9%)
  • Minor Rune of the Air +4% duration (rank 2)
• Superior Rune of the Centaur +50% duration (rank 2/4/6: +10%/+20%/+20%)
  • Major Rune of the Centaur +15% duration (rank 2/4: +6%/+9%)
  • Minor Rune of the Centaur +4% duration (rank 2)
• Superior Rune of Evasion +30% duration (rank 2/4: +10%/+20%)
• Superior Rune of Speed +50% duration (rank 2/4/6: +10%/+20%/+20%)
  • Major Rune of Speed +15% duration (rank 2/4: +6%/+9%)
  • Minor Rune of Speed +4% duration (rank 2)

Related consumables

Consumables that grant swiftness

• Aquatic Elixir - (20% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Simple Salad - (20% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Ascalonian Salad - (28% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Coleslaw - (36% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Cabbage and Chickpea Salad - (40% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Asparagus and Sage Salad - (50% chance on kill)
• Experimental Remnant - (50% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Seaweed Salad - (60% chance on kill)
• Bowl of Winterberry Seaweed Salad - (60% chance on kill)
• Spring Roll - (Swiftness for 30 seconds on kill)

Player chatter

When swiftness is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Female	Male
Asura	Accelerating!	Accelerate!
Charr	Swiftly!	Faster!
Human	I could outrun a centaur!	Eat my dust!
Norn	Quickly!	Faster!
Sylvari	I'm fast as the wind!	Swift and steady.

Version history

Patch	Changes
October 26, 2021	Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
October 05, 2021	Fixed a bug causing duration-stacking boons to be affected by a hidden stack limit of 9, which in some cases could come into effect before stacking to that boon's expected duration cap. This resulted in some boons having a lower total duration than expected. This hidden stack limit has been removed for duration-stacking boons that also have a maximum duration—alacrity, fury, protection, quickness, resistance, resolution, swiftness, and vigor.
June 08, 2021	Maximum duration has been increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
May 11, 2021	Duration-stacking boons and conditions now behave consistently. They directly stack durations added from all sources, do not have hidden stack limits, and generally have shorter maximum durations. (30 seconds)
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Boon to Condition Conversion: Swiftness converts to crippled for 10 seconds. (+5 seconds).
August 28, 2012	Game release: Swiftness has been added to the game.

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