Ascendancy¶

An Ascendancy class makes your path your own: a small tree of its own beside the passive tree. Each path has its classes, and the altar at the end of a Halls of Oaths run offers the classes of your path.

How it works¶

A class tree has 8 points; each small or notable node costs one, and a node must connect back to the class's start. The points come from the Halls of Oaths: 2 for each tier of gates whose final boss you defeat, once per character, up to 8.

With no class nodes taken, any completed halls altar lets you change your class within your path; your points stay. Refunding a class node costs 5 times a passive point's refund.

Classes marked early access are opened through PoV Link; the others are open to everyone.

The classes are also drawn in circles around the passive tree, each on the side of its path.

Every class notable is also listed on one page.

Dreng¶

Strength

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Jotun Heir heir of the giants' strength	Everyone	26
	Berserker who lives on the edge of the blade	Early access	22
	Mead Jarl who throws, shares and carries his mead	Early access	22

Wanderer¶

Dexterity

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Dusk Marksman who looses one arrow and never a second	Everyone	20

Seidman¶

Intelligence

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Storm Lord who rides the rain and steers the thunder	Early access	16
	Element Weaver who sings fire, frost and storm in turn	Everyone	16

Armsman¶

Strength and Dexterity

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Arena Spearman a rank of one	Everyone	18
	Phantom whose blows are answered by fire and frost	Early access	18
	Siege Master who raises the siege line and gives it orders	Early access	18

Trickster¶

Dexterity and Intelligence

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Serpent Keeper who tends venom like a fire	Everyone	16

Warden¶

Strength and Intelligence

	Class	Access	Nodes
	Steelskaldr whose steel fights at his side	Early access	20
	Fatebinder keeper of bonds	Everyone	16

Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.