Insignia

This article is about Insignia, the armor upgrades. For information on the profession insignia quests given at the end of training in Shing Jea Monastery, see Insignia (course).

An insignia

Insignia are upgrade components that can be added to armor to give it additional functionality and bonuses.

Description

Insignia are prefix upgrade components for armor, granting additional effects to the wearer. Like runes, insignia have fixed bonuses (the effects are not variable like most weapon upgrades), although some have progressive effects that grant greater bonuses based on certain conditions.

Insignia can be paired with runes on the same piece of armor, since runes are the suffix upgrade for armor, and their effects will stack unless an effect is specifically noted as "(Non-stacking)." Health and Energy bonuses will stack across all equipped armor pieces, while armor rating bonuses only stack on individual armor pieces.

Insignia can be applied to most armor, including hero armor, although profession-specific insignia can only be applied to armor for that profession. The only armor that will not accept insignia is collector armor that has the profession's maximum armor rating.

Acquisition

Insignia can be salvaged from salvage armors dropped from foes in PvE. Identifying the armor will reveal whether or not the armor contains an insignia, and if it does, will also reveal the name of the insignia. As with runes, insignia for campaign-specific professions will only drop in that campaign and in the Eye of the North expansion.

You can also salvage insignia that you have applied to your own armor or your heroes' armor. Since hero armor cannot be destroyed, many players use it as extra storage space for runes and insignia.

Additionally, insignia can be sold to and purchased from Rune Traders at market values.

Acquisition

Insignia are available from Rune Traders and can be traded with other players. Insignia can also be salvaged from some 'salvage armor'. In PvE, insignia can be unlocked by identifying them from salvage armor. In PvP, insignia can be unlocked at the Priest of Balthazar in exchange for Balthazar faction. PvP characters can create armor with insignia in the PvP Equipment panel, but insignia created this way cannot be salvaged for further use on a PvE character.

List of Insignia

Name	Icon	Bonus
Common
Blessed		Armor +10 (while affected by an Enchantment Spell)
Brawler's		Armor +10 (while attacking)
Herald's		Armor +10 (while holding an item)
Radiant		Energy +3 (on chest armor) Energy +2 (on leg armor) Energy +1 (on other armor)
Sentry's		Armor +10 (while in a stance)
Stalwart		Armor +10 (vs. physical damage)
Survivor		Health +15 (on chest armor) Health +10 (on leg armor) Health +5 (on other armor)
Warrior
Dreadnought		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage)
Knight's		Received physical damage -3
Lieutenant's		Reduces Hex durations on you by 20% and damage dealt by you by 5% (Non-stacking) Armor -20
Sentinel's		Armor +20 vs. elemental damage (Requires 13 Strength).
Stonefist		Increases knockdown time of foes by 1 second. (Maximum: 3 seconds) (Non-stacking)
Ranger
Beastmaster's		Armor +10 (while your pet is alive)
Earthbound		Armor +15 (vs. Earth damage)
Frostbound		Armor +15 (vs. Cold damage)
Pyrebound		Armor +15 (vs. Fire damage)
Scout's		Armor +10 (while using a Preparation)
Stormbound		Armor +15 (vs. Lightning damage)
Monk
Anchorite's		Armor +5 (while recharging 1 or more Skills) Armor +5 (while recharging 3 or more Skills) Armor +5 (while recharging 5 or more Skills)
Disciple's		Armor +15 (while affected by a Condition)
Wanderer's		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage)
Necromancer
Blighter's		Armor +20 (while affected by a Hex Spell)
Bloodstained		Reduces casting time of spells that exploit corpses by 25% (Non-stacking)
Bonelace		Armor +15 (vs. Piercing damage)
Minion Master's		Armor +5 (while you control 1 or more minions) Armor +5 (while you control 3 or more minions) Armor +5 (while you control 5 or more minions)
Tormentor's		Armor +10 Holy damage you receive increased by 6 (on chest armor) Holy damage you receive increased by 4 (on leg armor) Holy damage you receive increased by 2 (on other armor)
Undertaker's		Armor +5 (while Health is below 80%) Armor +5 (while Health is below 60%) Armor +5 (while Health is below 40%) Armor +5 (while Health is below 20%)
Mesmer
Artificer's		Armor +3 (for each equipped Signet)
Prodigy's		Armor +5 (while recharging 1 or more Skills) Armor +5 (while recharging 3 or more Skills) Armor +5 (while recharging 5 or more Skills)
Virtuoso's		Armor +15 (while activating skills)
Elementalist
Aeromancer		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage) Armor +10 (vs. Lightning damage)
Geomancer		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage) Armor +10 (vs. Earth damage)
Hydromancer		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage) Armor +10 (vs. Cold damage)
Prismatic		Armor +5 (requires 9 Air Magic) Armor +5 (requires 9 Earth Magic) Armor +5 (requires 9 Fire Magic) Armor +5 (requires 9 Water Magic)
Pyromancer		Armor +10 (vs. elemental damage) Armor +10 (vs. Fire damage)
Assassin
Infiltrator's		Armor +10 (vs. physical damage) Armor +10 (vs. Piercing damage)
Nightstalker's		Armor +15 (while attacking)
Saboteur's		Armor +10 (vs. physical damage) Armor +10 (vs. Slashing damage)
Vanguard's		Armor +10 (vs. physical damage) Armor +10 (vs. Blunt damage)
Ritualist
Ghost Forge		Armor +15 (while affected by a Weapon Spell)
Mystic's		Armor +15 (while activating skills)
Shaman's		Armor +5 (while you control 1 or more Spirits) Armor +5 (while you control 2 or more Spirits) Armor +5 (while you control 3 or more Spirits)
Paragon
Centurion's		Armor +10 (while affected by a Shout, Echo, or Chant)
Dervish
Forsaken		Armor +10 (while not affected by an Enchantment Spell)
Windwalker		Armor +5 (while affected by 1 or more Enchantment Spells) Armor +5 (while affected by 2 or more Enchantment Spells) Armor +5 (while affected by 3 or more Enchantment Spells) Armor +5 (while affected by 4 or more Enchantment Spells)

Notes

• Defensive bonuses on Insignia only affect the piece of armor to which they are attached. This also applies to the armor penalty on Lieutenant's Insignia.
• Currently, Lieutenant's and Stonefist Insignia have only been observed on gold armor, and Bloodstained Insignia have only been observed on purple and gold armor.
• The Herald's Insignia prerequisite "while holding an item" refers to holding a bundle. This makes it an excellent choice for Ritualists who frequently use Item Spells.
• After applying an Insignia to your armor, you can use an expert, superior, or perfect salvage kit to remove it and return it to your inventory. However, like runes, salvaging an insignia from character armor has a chance to break the armor.

Bug! Ghost Forge Insignias created before the June 15th, 2007 update give a bonus of Armor +15 (while affected by a Chant).