User:Alexis Toran/List of capture-worthy non-elite skills by region

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This page lists non-elite skills which can be found on a boss's skill bar and acquired using a Signet of Capture before they become available from skill trainers, hero skill trainers, or quest rewards in a particular campaign. Because of the mechanics of unlocking skills, this guide is most useful to new accounts on their first play of each campaign. If you decide to target any of these bosses for early access to the listed skills, remember that most will also carry an elite skill which can only be learned by this method, so it may be worth bringing an additional Signet of Capture.

Several skills will appear multiple times in each campaign's list since the first or most easily available location to capture a skill is sometimes unclear or different for different characters. This is particularly true in Eye of the North, given the nonlinear nature of the campaign.

Core[edit]

Fissure of Woe[edit]

Prophecies[edit]

Ascalon[edit]

  • Meteor Meteor from Vrek Qwek Spek in Dragon's Gullet.
    • Meteor becomes available for free as a quest reward in the Maguuma Jungle.

Northern Shiverpeaks[edit]

  • Vampiric Touch Vampiric Touch from Riine Windrot in Traveler's Vale, Borlis Pass, or Anvil Rock, or the necromancer Frostfire Dryder boss in Iron Horse Mine, for foreign characters backtracking from Lion's Arch.
    • Riine is most readily and easily found in Anvil Rock for foreign characters, but the Frostfire Dryder spawns more reliably.

Kryta[edit]

Maguuma Jungle[edit]

  • Guilt Guilt from Nyle the Compassionate in Bloodstone Fen or Lars the Obeisant in Aurora Glade.
    • Nyle becomes available first, but Lars spawns more reliably and far closer to the start of his mission.
    • Guilt becomes available for free as a quest reward in the Crystal Desert.

Crystal Desert[edit]

  • Eruption Eruption from Sand Elemental bosses on Prophet's Path or in the Vulture Drifts, for foreign characters who have not visited Yak's Bend.
  • Fireball Fireball from Sheg Zamn Mada in various maps, for Nightfall characters who have not visited Yak's Bend.

Southern Shiverpeaks[edit]

Ring of Fire[edit]

War in Kryta[edit]

Factions[edit]

Shing Jea Island[edit]

Kaineng City[edit]

The Jade Sea[edit]

  • Light of Dwayna Light of Dwayna from Zhu Hanuku during the Boreas Seabed mission.
    • Zhu Hanuku's death triggers the end of the mission, making the skill difficult to capture; however, it cannot otherwise be obtained outside Prophecies.

Winds of Change[edit]

Nightfall[edit]

Istan[edit]

Kourna[edit]

Vabbi[edit]

The Desolation[edit]

The Realm of Torment[edit]

Eye of the North[edit]

Far Shiverpeaks[edit]

Charr Homelands[edit]

  • Mantra of Persistence Mantra of Persistence from Fureyst Sharpsight in Sacnoth Valley.
    • Requires a player carrying a Proof of Triumph, which can be acquired during the Anniversary Celebration after completing missions in five regions. Alternatively, party with another player who has a Proof of Triumph.

Tarnished Coast[edit]

Depths of Tyria[edit]