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A [[boss]] is a [[creature trait]] of an [[Non-player character|NPC]]. Bosses can be distinguished from other [[mob]]s by a colored ''aura'' and in most cases a unique name.

Bosses are typically stronger than average monsters, either due to their usually higher level and some special traits:
*Bosses have innate +3 [[health regeneration]].
*In [[Prophecies]] and [[Eye of the North]], most bosses have [[Natural Resistance]].
*In [[Factions]], [[Nightfall]], and Eye of the North, bosses deal double [[damage]] and have halved [[skill]] [[activation time|activation]] and [[recharge time]].

On the other hand, defeating a boss yields higher rewards than defeating a regular foe:
*Killing a boss yields twice the [[experience]] compared to non-bosses of the same level.
*The [[party]] receives a +2% [[Morale Boost]] and all skills are instantly recharged.
*A boss usually [[drop]]s up to four times more and better loot than non-boss creatures. Notably, bosses drop experience [[scroll]]s (excluding [[Scroll of the Lightbringer]]), [[Skill tome|Elite Skill Tomes]] (in [[Hard mode]]), and many also drop their own [[unique item]].
*Several [[blessing]]s (e.g. [[Blessing of the Kurzicks]], [[Boss Bounty]], and [[Insect Hunt]]), scrolls (i.e. [[Scroll of Hunter's Insight]] and [[Scroll of Slayer's Insight]]) will grant more benefit or extend their duration upon killing a boss.
*Once killed, the corpse of a boss becomes a valid target for [[Signet of Capture]], allowing players to permanently replace the signet with any of the non-[[monster skill]]s that boss possesses and the character hasn't obtained yet. This is in particular the cheapest and most classical of the two ways to acquire [[elite skill]]s, as bosses in the late game usually possess one.
** Boss [[corpse]]s persist indefinitely, although for some, such as [[Ghost]] and [[Nightmare]] bosses, the corpses will be invisible.

[[Technobabble]] is a skill behaving differently depending on whether the target is a boss or not.

==Aura==
This table shows the correspondence between the color of the bosses' Auras and their professions.
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{| {{STDT}} cellpadding="5"
|- align="center"
! [[Profession]] || Color || Example
|- align="left"
| {{w}} '''[[:Category:Warrior bosses|Warrior]]''' || Yellow || [[Image:Arrahhsh Mountainclub.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{r}} '''[[:Category:Ranger bosses|Ranger]]''' || Spring Green || [[Image:Ahvha Sankii.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{Mo}} '''[[:Category:Monk bosses|Monk]]''' || Blue || [[Image:Am Fah Leader.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{n}} '''[[:Category:Necromancer bosses|Necromancer]]''' || Green || [[Image:Bredyss Longstride.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{me}} '''[[:Category:Mesmer bosses|Mesmer]]''' || Magenta || [[Image:Magenta boss aura.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{e}} '''[[:Category:Elementalist bosses|Elementalist]]''' || Red || [[Image:Zarnas Stonewrath.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{a}} '''[[:Category:Assassin bosses|Assassin]]''' || Lavender || [[Image:Maximole.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{rt}} '''[[:Category:Ritualist bosses|Ritualist]]'''
|| Cyan || [[Image:Afflicted Yijo.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{p}} '''[[:Category:Paragon bosses|Paragon]]''' || Gold || [[Image:Shrieker of Dread.jpg|75px]]
|- align="left"
| {{d}} '''[[:Category:Dervish bosses|Dervish]]''' || Grey || [[Image:Asterius the Mighty.jpg|75px]]
|}
|}

== See also ==

*[[:Category:Bosses]]
*[[:Category:Boss-like foes]]

== Notes ==
* One weakness that many bosses share is that they have very few (albeit powerful) skills, making many of them vulnerable to having their skills disabled and/or interrupted. Their limited skill bars often result in most of their power coming from 1-2 key skills, making skills like [[Distracting Shot]], [[Disrupting Chop]], [[Arcane Thievery]] and [[Diversion]] potentially devastating if used correctly.
** Bosses in [[Prophecies]], [[Factions]] and [[Nightfall]] typically have only 3-5 skills, making many of them particularly vulnerable to disabling effects.
** Bosses in [[Eye of the North]] typically have 5-7 skills, making them less vulnerable to disabling effects.
** Bosses in [[Guild Wars Beyond]] often have a more complete skill bar and are as a result the least vulnerable group.
* Most bosses in Prophecies share [[spawn]]ing locations with other bosses — you might have to [[zone|rezone]] several times to find a specific boss.
* Most bosses are hostile, but there are several boss [[ally|allies]]: the [[Veldrunner Centaur (boss)|Veldrunner Centaur]] in [[Kodonur Crossroads]], [[Freezie]] in [[The Strength of Snow]], and [[Grentchus Magnus]] in [[Straight to the Heart]]. When they die, the [[party]] receives a standard [[morale boost]] and you can [[Signet of Capture|capture]] their skills.
* Typically, hard mode bosses use the same builds as their normal mode counterparts. (In contrast, other [[NPC]]s usually have updated builds for hard mode, even if their nearby boss uses the same build in normal mode.)


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