Howler

Howler is a legendary warhorn crafted in the Mystic Forge.

What it looks like

Howler is a wolf-headed warhorn with a snake coiling around the body of the horn.

Aura

• When wielded, a cloud of fog follows the player. When standing still, the fog surrounds the wielder.

Draw/Stow effects

• When drawn, a burst of water splashes the user's body, before raining down in small droplets, leaving ripples in the ground. Additionally, a full moon can be briefly seen around the wolf's head, regardless of the time of day.

Nighttime effects

• When wielded during the night, a full moon appears in the crescent of the horn, surrounding the wolf's head.
• When drawn during the night, the wolf will raise its head and let out a faint howl. The wolf will periodically raise its head, but it will not howl a second time.

Footfalls

• The user leaves behind subtle watery footprints that quickly evaporate into fog.

Skill effects

• Upon blowing the horn, the wolf's head rises and howls, while a moon illuminates in the crescent of the horn for a brief moment. Additionally, a big ghostly wolf head grows briefly from the horn, and mirrors the smaller wolf in the horn in howling. The howl of the ghostly wolf creates an extremely…

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A norn ballad recounts a quarrel between the Great Wolf and a serpent who sought to become a Spirit of the Wild: O little snake, do you have what it takes? Howl, howl—open the gate.

What it takes

Combined in the Mystic Forge, from:

1 × Howl1 × Gift of Howler1 × Gift of Mastery1 × Gift of Fortune

Each of those breaks down further — often a long way. Track it in the tracker to see the whole list with what you already hold subtracted, and where each missing piece comes from.

Howler on the Guild Wars 2 Wiki