Etching: Haboob

Etch a spell into the ground that creates a violent eruption. Using a number of other skills within this etching completes the spell, unlocking its full potential. — In-game description

Etching: Haboob

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Attunement

Earth

Sequence

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Game link

API

72900

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0.25¼  25  

Etching: Haboob

Etch a spell into the ground that creates a violent eruption. Using a number of other skills within this etching completes the spell, unlocking its full potential.

 Stability (1s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Number of Casts: 3

 Duration: 7 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Combo Field: Dark

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Requires using 3 skills within its radius to upgrade its follow-up skill from its Lesser version.
• Allies are not affected by the pulsing benefit within the radius; only the elementalist is affected by it.
  • Allies, however, can use the associated combo field.

Related traits

Earth

• Geomancer's Training — Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.

Trivia

• As with all the Etchings, Etching: Haboob is related to a real life phenomenon, Haboob; An intense dust storm.
• This Etching has New Krytan text in its symbol that contains the following:
  • Inner Ring: Moving mountains is as simple as thinking. Life is in eternal motion. It's simple.
  • Middle Ring: Adapt. Thrive. Crumble. The Eternal Cycle. If all things have limits, where are mine?
  • Outer Ring: I am the curator of eternity's refuse. All things come back to me. I can wait for you.
  • Notably, the middle and outer ring contain quotations from Mordremoth's Bite and Zhaitan's Wing, respectively, while the inner ring contains part of a quotation from Mordremoth's Wisdom

Bug:

If you use   Elemental Celerity and cast a second Etching field shortly after using the first one, both fields will disappear simultanioulsy when the first one disappears, leaving you with a much shorter second field. Depending on the timing, sometimes, the field just disappears visually, but is still there. This is also the case for the other three fields

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Fixed an issue that prevented etchings from being able to be charged after a certain duration. Fixed an issue that prevented etchings from being charged when multiple etchings existed at once.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Etching: Haboob has been added to the game. Etching skills will now put their corresponding lesser skill on a short cooldown to prevent unintentional usage. Increased all etching durations from 5 seconds to 7 seconds. The visual effects of Jökulhlaup, Derecho, and Haboob will no longer be replaced by legendary effects.
June 27, 2024	Etching: Haboob was available during the Spear Beta Event.