Focus item

This article is about the weapon category. For the pre-Searing Ascalon item, see Focus (pre-Searing).

A focus item is an off-hand weapon that grants an energy bonus to the character wielding it.

Properties

• Equip: Off-hand
• Linked attributes: Any Monk, Necromancer, Mesmer, Elementalist, or Ritualist attribute.
• Maximum energy: 12
• Upgrade components: Focus Cores and inscriptions.
• Inherent bonuses: Focus items that drop in Prophecies or Factions can have an inherent bonus rather than an inscription; these include bonuses that are not available via inscriptions (e.g. +8 armor vs. Trolls).

Energy based on requirement

Focus items only provide the full amount of energy to characters meeting the item's attribute requirement. If that prerequisite is not met, then the amount of energy provided depends on the source of the item:

+6

• Any random drop that provides at least 6 energy.
• Unique items from quest rewards.
• Reward items from the Bonus Mission Pack.
• Nightfall and Eye of the North: unique items with maximum stats and those from collectors and weaponsmiths.

+3

• PvP reward items.
• Non-green focus items from quest rewards.
• Unique items from end-game rewards (e.g. from the Amulet of the Mists).
• Prophecies and Factions: uniques and those from collectors and weaponsmiths.
• Nightfall and Eye of the North: non-max unique items.

Models

Monk focus items

Campaign	Divine Favor	Healing Prayers	Protection Prayers	Smiting Prayers
Core	Divine Symbol	Healing Ankh	Protective Icon	Hallowed Idol1
Prophecies				Diessa Icon2
Factions	Divine Scroll
Nightfall	Aureate Lamp	Blessed Chalice	Holy Vial
Eye of the North

1. Hallowed Idols are only available in Prophecies as PvP items.
2. Only available from collectors and / or weaponsmiths.

Necromancer focus items

Campaign	Blood Magic	Curses	Death Magic	Soul Reaping
Core	Grim Cesta (knife)2 Idol (hand) Idol (knife)	Accursed Icon (diamond) Accursed Icon (gorgon) Grim Cesta (diamond) Grim Cesta (gorgon)	Grim Cesta (claw) Grim Cesta (diamond) Grim Cesta (gauntlet)	Bone Idol1
Prophecies		Idol (gorgon)
Factions	Blood Knife2	Bone Idol2	Bleached Skull2	Bleached Skull
Nightfall	Spined Focus	Skull Brush	Bone Charm
Eye of the North

1. Bone Idols are only available in Prophecies as PvP items.
2. Not available as a drop.

Mesmer focus items

Campaign	Domination Magic	Illusion Magic	Inspiration Magic	Fast Casting
Core	Inscribed Chakram (metal) Inscribed Chakram (wooden)	Jeweled Chakram	Jeweled Chalice	Gilded Artifact1
Prophecies				Inscribed Chakram (diamond)2
Factions	Ominous Eidolon
Nightfall	Majestic Focus Wooden Chakram	Chimeric Eye Stone Chakram	Aureate Chalice Butterfly Mirror
Eye of the North			Gwen's Flute Starfish Focus	Rose Focus

1. Gilded Artifacts are only available in Prophecies as PvP items.
2. Only available from collectors and / or weaponsmiths.

Elementalist focus items

Campaign	Air Magic	Earth Magic	Energy Storage	Fire Magic	Water Magic
Core	Storm Artifact	Earth Scroll	Golden Chalice1	Flame Artifact (Flame)	Frost Artifact
Prophecies			Earth Scroll2
Factions				Paper Lantern
Nightfall	Air Prism	Earth Prism	Iridescent Prism	Fire Prism	Water Prism
Eye of the North

1. Golden Chalices are only available in Prophecies as PvP items.
2. Only available from collectors and / or weaponsmiths.

Ritualist focus items

Campaign	Channeling Magic	Communing	Restoration Magic	Spawning Power
Factions	Channeling Focus	Communing Focus Eerie Focus (Factions)	Restoration Focus Writhing Focus	Ceremonial Cauldron
Nightfall	Channeling Focus	Communing Focus Eerie Focus (Nightfall)	Restoration Focus	Ceremonial Cauldron
Eye of the North

Other focus items

Campaign	Low energy No attribute requirement	Standard energy range Various caster primary attributes	Maximum energy Various caster attributes
Core	Gingerbread Focus		Celestial Compass
Prophecies	Flute Focus (pre-Searing)		Deldrimor <attribute> Focus
Factions		Jug Paper Fan Plagueborn Focus Straw Effigy† Pronged Fan†
Nightfall			Tormented <attribute> Focus
Eye of the North			Destroyer <attribute> Focus Asuran <attribute> Focus Charrslayer <attribute> Focus Norn <attribute> Focus
Beyond			Focus of Purity Imperial Focus Oppressor's Focus
Bonus Mission Pack			Charr <attribute> Focus Mursaat <attribute> Focus Tengu <attribute> Focus Undead <attribute> Focus

^† Available with Inspiration Magic requirement, but not Fast Casting.

See also

• Gallery of focus items
• Gallery of unique focus items

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