Buff

A buff refers to any positive effect on a player, such as a bonus to an attribute or effects that modify attacks. Boons are the most common type of buff. Other buffs include auras, boosts, and effects from a guild.

Conversely, a debuff refers to any negative effect on the player, such as conditions and control effects.

Common buffs

• Increased attributes including  Power,  Precision,  Toughness,  Vitality,  Ferocity,  Condition Damage,  Condition Duration,  Boon Duration,  Healing Power,  Health,  Agony Resistance and  Armor.
• Increased rate of obtaining experience, WXP, karma, gold from killing mobs and PvP Reward Boost.
• Damage Reduction and Condition Damage Reduction
• Increased chance to steal life
• Increased duration of received buffs or applied debuffs.
• Decreased duration of received debuffs.
• Map Bonus, increases how often you get a map bonus reward.
• Increased the chance of getting a critical success including Critical Crafting and Critical Harvesting.

Combat related Buffs

• Foods or Utility items, a booster to improve your stats.
• Invulnerability, immune to conditions and damage.
•  Stealth, currently invisible.

Boons

•  Aegis, Block the next incoming attack; stacks duration.
•  Alacrity, Skills recharge faster.
•  Fury, Critical Chance increased; stacks duration.
•  Might, Increased outgoing damage; stacks intensity.
•  Protection, Incoming damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Quickness, Skills and actions are faster.
•  Regeneration, Gain health every second; stacks duration.
•  Resistance, Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.
•  Resolution, Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Stability, Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
•  Swiftness, Movement speed increased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Vigor, Endurance regeneration increased by 50%; stacks duration.

Account bonuses

Apply equally to all characters on the account.

• Gold Find — Increases the amount of gold gain from killing enemies.
• Karma Gain — Increases the amount of karma gained from completing events.
• XP Gain — Increases the amount of experience gain from killing enemies.
• Magic Find — Increases the chance to receive higher-quality loot from slain foes.

Common buff sources

• Character's equipment, skills and traits
• Ally's equipment, skills and traits
• Achievement Chests give account bonuses.
• Guild Upgrades including guild enhancements and reduce the cost of using waypoints.
• Consumables including nourishment and boosts.
• Gem store items.

Common debuffs

• Drunk
• Revealed, You cannot stealth

Conditions

•  Agony, Deals damage every second; stacks intensity; reduces incoming healing and barrier application by 70% per stack; damage is reduced by agony resistance. Unique to Fractals of the Mists.
•  Bleeding, Deals damage every second; stacks intensity.
•  Blinded, Next outgoing attack misses; stacks duration.
•  Burning, Deals damage every second; stacks intensity.
•  Chilled, Movement speed decreased by 66%; skill cooldown increased by 66%; stacks duration.
•  Confusion, Damage received on skill activation; stacks intensity.
•  Crippled, Movement speed decreased by 50%; stacks duration.
•  Fear, Involuntary retreat; unable to act; stacks duration.
•  Immobile, Unable to move; stacks duration.
•  Poisoned, Deals damage every second; decreases healing effectiveness by 33%; damage stacks intensity.
•  Slow, Skills and actions are slower.
•  Taunt, Involuntarily attack foes.
•  Torment, Deals damage every second. Deals additional damage to foes that aren't moving. Stacks intensity.
•  Vulnerability, Damage and condition damage taken are increased; stacks intensity.
•  Weakness, Endurance regeneration decreased by 50%. 50% of hits are Glancing Blows (50% damage). Stacks duration.

Control effects

•  Daze, interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time.
•  Float, forces the target(s) to float upwards, unable to act.
•  Knockback, interrupts and briefly disables. Move away from source.
•  Knockdown, interrupts and unable to move or use skills for a short duration.
•  Launch, thrown backwards into air and remain stuck on the ground.
•  Pull, draws target to source.
•  Sink, forces underwater target(s) to sink down, unable to act.
•  Stun, disables all skills and interrupts any current action.

Common debuff sources

• Enemy's equipment, skills and traits
• Area of Effect (AoE)
• Alcohol

---

Effects (stacking)