Quickening Zephyr

Nature Ritual. Create a level 1...8...10 spirit. For non-spirit creatures within its range, all skills recharge twice as fast and cost 30% more of the base Energy to cast. This spirit dies after 15...39...45 seconds.

Quickening Zephyr

• 25
• 5
• 60

Profession

Ranger

Attribute

Wilderness Survival

Type

Nature ritual

Campaign

Core

Animation

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Nature Ritual. Create a level 1...8...10 spirit. For non-spirit creatures within its range, all skills recharge twice as fast and cost 30% more of the base Energy to cast. This spirit dies after 15...39...45 seconds.

Concise description

Nature Ritual. Creates a level 1...8...10 spirit (15...39...45 second lifespan). Skills cost 30% more Energy and recharge twice as fast for creatures in range. Does not affect spirits.

Progression
Wilderness Survival Spirit level Duration	0 1 15 1 2 17 2 2 19 3 3 21 4 3 23 5 4 25 6 5 27 7 5 29 8 6 31 9 6 33 10 7 35 11 8 37 12 8 39 13 9 41 14 9 43 15 10 45 16 11 47 17 11 49 18 12 51 19 12 53 20 13 55

Acquisition

Skill quests

• Prophecies
  • The Charr Staging Area (Old Ascalon)

Skill trainers

• Prophecies
  • Captain Osric (Yak's Bend)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Zendeht (Gate of Torment)

Related skills

• Deadly Paradox
• Energizing Wind
• Glyph of Swiftness
• Mantra of Recovery (elite)
• Serpent's Quickness
• Weapon of Quickening (elite)

Notes

• This skill creates a Spirit of Quickening Zephyr.
• The cost increase occurs at the beginning of the activation of a skill, while the recharge reduction occurs at the end.
• Recharge times are rounded half to even.
• The reduced recharge stacks multiplicatively with Fast Casting in PvE, for up to 74% recharge time reduction for Mesmer spells.
• Quickening Zephyr can reduce its own recharge time from rank 11 onwards, but it has to be under its own effect first.
  • Having another party member carry the skill or using Echo works.
  • Primary ranger can also achieve this on their own with a combination of 16 Wilderness Survival and Serpent's Quickness.
  • Non-primary rangers (Ritualists for instance) can also use Serpent's Quickness with consumables or Heroic Refrain to reach rank 16.
• The energy skill cost is rounded half to even. The following table shows the energy skill cost increases in the presence of a Quickening Zephyr:

Base cost	1	5	10	15	25
Increase	0	1	3	5	7
Total cost	1	6	13	20	32

Trivia

• The functionality of this skill has changed since its introduction; see its skill history for details.