Guild Wars 2

I apologise if this has been brought up before. I tried to search ‘revenant’ in the search bar and with a revenant topic on the first page the search found nothing. So i figured i’d ask this question.

Why don’t fractals give revenant like powers to those who traverse them? They’re part of the mists right? and the same thing for WvW players as well. If someone got lost on one of those maps, would they be able to gain revenant like magic?

Going to the mists is neither necessary nor sufficient to gain revenant-like abilities.

Diovid.9506:

Going to the mists is neither necessary nor sufficient to gain revenant-like abilities.

Didn’t Rytlock literally get his abilities from going to the mists?

castlemanic.3198:

Diovid.9506:

Going to the mists is neither necessary nor sufficient to gain revenant-like abilities.

Didn’t Rytlock literally get his abilities from going to the mists?

We literally have no idea how he got his abilities. He got them in the mists, yes, but probably not from the mists.

This what Anet has said about the source of a Revenant’s power:

a brand-new revenant starting on their journey will not have had to visit the Mists or undergo any more of an advanced process to access revenant powers than they would for the other core professions. All that’s necessary to begin training as a revenant is knowledge of the profession, the faith and will to reach into the Mists, and an open mind.

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/hidden-arcana-role-playing-the-revenant/