Wellspring

Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill. You and your pet gain healing power based on power. — In-game description

Wellspring

Specialization

Nature Magic (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Wellspring

Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill. You and your pet gain healing power based on power.

 Regen (6s): 780 Heal

 Regen (4s): 520 Heal

 Gain Healing Power Based on a Percentage of Power: 7%

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 300

— In-game description

Notes

Anomaly:

Healing Power gained is 6.5% of Power and not 7%

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: The icon for this trait has now been updated, as previously noted but not conducted under Game updates/2026-03-17.
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer grants quickness and instead grants regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill. Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: Also this trait has been renamed from Instinctive Reaction to Wellspring.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
August 14, 2017	Fixed a bug in which the player's pet gained slightly less healing power than expected.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait no longer grants Power based on your Healing Power. You and your pet now convert 7% of your Power into Healing Power.
January 26, 2016	Increased the attribute contribution from healing power to power from 7% to 13%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Removed a duplicate skill fact from this trait's description.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Instinctive Reaction has been added to the game. Added a health-threshold skill fact.