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[[Skill Type]]. [[Blessing]]s are often a [[List of temporary skills|special temporary skill bonus]] granted by an [[NPC]].

==Acquisition==
Blessings are granted by the following NPCs, typically requiring a payment in [[gold]]:

* [[Avatar]]s of [[god]]s, summoned at a [[statue]] of the respective god.
* [[Factions]]: [[Luxon Priest|Luxon]] and [[Kurzick Priest]]s at [[Resurrection Shrine]]s in the [[Echovald Forest]] or [[The Jade Sea]].<sup>1</sup>
* [[Nightfall]]: [[Ghostly Priest]]s, [[Forgotten Warden]]s, [[Ghostly Scout]]s, [[Sunspear Scout]]s, [[Vabbian Scout]]s, [[Wandering Priest]]s, and [[Whispers Informant]]s (at Resurrection Shrines).<sup>2</sup>
* [[Eye of the North]]: [[Ascalonian Refugee]]s, [[Beacon of Droknar]], [[Ebon Vanguard Scout]]s and various [[Asura]] or [[Norn]] (at Resurrection Shrines).<sup>2</sup>
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# Depending on the location of the [[Kurzick-Luxon border]].
# Free. However, some will stop offering bounties in [[normal mode]] after the player [[character]] has achieved certain ranks in their promotion or reputation title.
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== Characteristics ==

* Blessings cannot be removed or abused by [[foe]]s; they do not satisfy the ''while [[Enchantment spell|enchanted]]'' requirement of [[upgrade component]]s or skills.
* Blessings of the same type do not [[Effect stacking|stack]].
* They end when you [[zone]], but not when you [[death|die]].
* Blessings granted by avatars of the gods last 20 minutes except for [[Holy Blessing]].
* Most blessings are only applied to individual player characters; the exceptions are Holy Blessing and the [[Morale Boost]] from "To courage". Holy Blessing is also applied to all living [[party]] members (i.e. all [[hero]]es, [[Henchman|henchmen]], and player characters). The Morale Boost from "To courage" is also applied to all party members (living or dead); however, the Morale Boost from [[#Factions and Nightfall (avatar blessings)|Favor of the Gods in Factions and Nightfall]] is not granted to all party members. This allows one player character to pay for Holy Blessing and the Morale Boost from "To courage" for their entire party.

== List of blessings ==

=== Prophecies (avatar blessings) === 

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=== Factions (Kurzick/Luxon blessings) ===
{{see|Bounty-like blessing}}
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You can acquire both blessings in contested zones (i.e. currently crossed by the [[Kurzick-Luxon border]]), resulting in +50 maximum health and +6 health regeneration. Although kill-counts accrue separately for each bounty, you will lose the faction benefits from one when you turn in the points from the other.

=== Factions and Nightfall (avatar blessings) ===
Blessings that affect [[Dervish]] or [[Paragon]] [[attribute]]s are only offered in Nightfall.
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=== Nightfall (bounties) ===
{{main|Bounty}}
Bounties, also commonly known as "hunt" or "conscription order", are special blessings that allow you to collect double [[experience]] and [[Sunspear rank|Sunspear]] or [[Lightbringer rank|Lightbringer promotion points]] for killing creatures of certain species.

=== Eye of the North (reputation) ===
{{see|Bounty-like blessing}}
There are several affiliations in the [[Eye of the North]] expansion who give blessings.
These blessings allow for a raise in reputation rank for those specific affiliations.
*The [[Beacon of Droknar|Beacons of Droknar]] give the [[Dwarven Raider]] blessing to increase your [[Deldrimor rank]].
*The [[Ascalonian Refugee]]s and [[Ebon Vanguard Scout]] give the [[Vanguard Patrol]] blessing to increase your [[Ebon Vanguard rank]].
*The various [[Krewe|Asuran Krewe]] members give the [[Asuran Bodyguard]] blessing to increase your [[Asura rank]].
*The [[Norn]] give the [[Norn Hunting Party]] blessing to increase your [[Norn rank]].

===Canthan New Year blessings (Cantha)===

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=== Unseen Ones blessings ===
* {{Skill icon|Cleansed}}

== Notes ==

* Using Avatar Blessings, it is possible to have rank 1 of any [[attribute]] regardless of your [[profession]] and whether or not your [[account]] has access to it.
* Most blessings are [[campaign]]-specific, although many of the avatar blessings are available in Factions and Nightfall.
* [[Maintained enchantment]]s are also referred to as "blessings" in some tooltips.

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