Masteries¶

Options you choose on mastery passives. Each option is listed once, with the number of tree nodes that offer it; open an option for its full description and where to find it.

Adrenaline and Trinkets¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Flash Response	Activating a trinket charges your next attack (2 s cooldown) ×0.7 trinket duration Activating a trinket charges your next attack. The charge is spent when the attack is performed, even if it misses. Cooldown: 2 s.	4
	Shared Fervour	Transfer 50% of your activated trinket effect duration to linked allies instead of receiving it yourself Part of your trinket's effect goes to your linked ally instead of you.	4
	Trinket in the Free Hand	+1 trinket slot while your shield hand is available The extra trinket slot occupies the left hand only while it is filled. An empty slot leaves the hand free.	4
	Trinkets Become Auras	Activated trinkets grant their native effects and activation affixes to allies in your aura Base trinket aura radius: 6 m On activation, trinket effects and activation affixes also affect nearby allies for the effect duration.	4

Aftershocks¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Echo of the Breach	+100% attack aftershock chance against enemies with broken armour on hit An attack causes an aftershock if the target's armour is fully broken after it hits. The hit that finishes breaking the armour also counts. One attack creates at most one source aftershock, regardless of the number of targets, projectiles and hits.	4
	Gathered Rumble	×0.9 aftershock area of effect 15% increased stagger build-up with aftershocks	4
	Shifted Aftershock	Aftershocks erupt at the far end of your fault line instead of at its centre.	4
	Slam Echo	+16% slam aftershock chance	4

Ailment Resistance¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Buildup Barrier	At full rune shield, redirect 50% of incoming ailment build-up into shield cost Spend 1 rune shield per redirected point While your rune shield is full, part of incoming ailment build-up drains the shield instead. What the shield cannot cover applies normally.	2
	Careful Blood	Your reduced bleeding build-up shortens bleeding duration instead.	2
	Clean Parry	On Parry, remove 1 ailment from yourself Clean Parry cooldown: 12 s A successful parry removes one ailment from you. Has a cooldown.	2
	Shared Cleanse	Your cleanse removes 1 ailment from each linked ally instead of you When triggered by Clean Parry, shares its 12 s cooldown Your cleanses apply to your linked ally instead of you, with the same cooldown.	2

Airborne¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Aerial Recoil	Airborne casts push you backwards at 0.6 m/s per eitr spent Casting while airborne pushes you away from where you aim. The eitr cost and the shot direction set the impulse.	1

Ally Links¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Allied Adrenaline	Actions of linked allies that grant adrenaline also grant it to the link holder. Allies keep their own gain; forwarding along a chain is not possible.	4
	Companion Link	Your link staff can link your designated companion instead of a player. Ordinary pets and minions cannot be linked.	4
	Share the Pace	+25% of modifiers shared of base attack speed bonuses ×0.5 attack speed for linked allies	4
	Team Springboard	A willing linked ally hitting your raised shield is launched at 12 m/s in their chosen direction Team Springboard cooldown: 6 s When a linked ally hits your raised shield, they are launched where they aim instead of damaging you. Has a cooldown.	4

Alternative Attacks¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Alternate Leads	An alternative attack before a primary attack moves your attack charge to the primary attack.	3
	Claim the Space	Replace 30% of your extra melee damage with knockback Gain 1 knockback per damage exchanged Part of your additional melee damage becomes knockback instead.	2
	Rolling Charge	Performing a dodge roll charges your next attack (2 s cooldown; a perfect dodge ignores it and always charges) Performing a dodge roll charges the next attack. The charge is consumed when that attack is performed, even if it misses; spells do not consume it. Cooldown: 2 s; a perfect dodge ignores it and always charges the attack.	2
	Second edge	An alternative attack hit charges your next attack (2 s cooldown) Your alternative attack hitting an enemy charges your next attack. The charge is consumed when that attack is performed, even if it misses; spells do not consume it. Cooldown: 2 s.	3
	Shift of Focus	Primary attacks reserve 30% of their stagger build-up for your next alternative attack Maximum stored bonus: +90% alternative attack stagger build-up; storage duration: 4 s An alternative attack right after a primary hit carries part of that hit's stagger build-up, but the primary hit builds less.	3

Area¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Corridor	Circular areas become a 90° cone with twice the original radius Your circular areas become a cone of the same size in front of you.	2
	Twin Edges	Split your area into 2 zones, each with 50% of its area Your areas split into two smaller zones. An enemy caught in both is hit only once.	2

Armour¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Rune Tempering	Convert 50% of rune shield to armour on helmet or body armour The specified share of rune shield from the helmet and chest piece becomes armour at the inverse defence-base ratio. The transferred rune shield is lost. Incompatible with Plates and Runes.	2
	Tempered Guard	+1 fortification on block	2

Armour Break¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Armour Shards	Completely breaking armour creates an Armour Shard Base Armour Shard limit: 3; lifetime: 8 s Hitting the shard triggers an explosion: 100% of its burst strength; base radius: 3 m The explosion breaks 30% of affected enemies’ armour Breaking armour leaves a shard on the ground. Hit it with an attack or spell to set it off.	5
	Bared to the Bone	Armour broken to the bone staggers the target	5
	Cleaving Breach	Your final slashing damage can also build armour break alongside blunt damage. It keeps its bleeding build-up; damage is neither converted nor duplicated.	5
	Jagged Breach	Gain 22.5% of blunt damage as extra slashing on your next hit against broken armour	5
	Wedge the Armour	25% increased armour break build-up per impale on the target	5

Attributes¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	+2 to all attributes	+2 Strength +2 Dexterity +2 Intelligence	3
	Blood Strength	Each point of Strength raises your endurance threshold by 0.0575 Part of the maximum health you gain from strength raises your endurance threshold instead.	2
	Dexterity	+5 Dexterity	186
	Dexterity	+5 Dexterity	103
	Intelligence	+5 Intelligence	186
	Intelligence	+5 Intelligence	103
	Shifted Requirements	50% of your Strength also counts towards Dexterity requirements of compatible two-handed weapons Strength covers part of the dexterity requirement of compatible two-handed weapons.	2
	Strength	+5 Strength	186
	Strength	+5 Strength	103

Auras¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Guarding Pulse	While blocking, your aura pulses at ×1.6 strength for 3 s Aura pulse cooldown: 10 s Your aura is no longer constant. Instead, blocking releases it as a stronger short burst. Has a cooldown.	2
	Remote Bearer	Your aura is centred on your linked companion instead of you.	2

Axes¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Bloodied Charge	150% increased bleed build-up with axes with charged attacks	2
	Throw the Axe	The alternate attack throws the axe as a projectile. At the end of its flight it falls to the ground. A return is available in the throwing weapon mastery.	2

Bleeding¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Blood Burst	On death, a bleeding enemy explodes for 50% of its remaining Bleeding as physical damage within 4 m	5
	Blood in Motion	×1.5 bleed damage against moving targets	5
	Unclosing Wound	Bleeding on an enemy does not decay while it moves, on its own or from external forces including knockback. Decay resumes when the target stops. This effect does not apply bleeding by itself.	5
	Wound Transfer	Primary attack killing blows spread 50% of remaining Bleeding to another enemy Bleeding transfer target range: 6 m A killing blow with a primary attack passes part of the target's remaining bleeding to a new enemy.	5
	Wound to the Ground	Cleansing your Bleeding creates ground that carries 50% of the remaining Bleeding Bleeding ground base radius: 1.5 m; duration: 4 s Bleeding cleansed from you is partly left on the ground as a bleeding area.	5

Blocking¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Challenger	Your hits provoke enemies for 15 s Your hits provoke the enemy for 15 s: it attacks only you	5
	Shield Charge	Sprint while blocking to perform Shield Charge Shield Charge deals 0.8 blunt damage and 1 knockback per point of block power ×2 Shield Charge stagger build-up Shield Charge costs 12 stamina per second Shield Charge speed: ×1.1 sprint speed; 15% additional acceleration over 1.6 s Shield Charge can hit the same target every 0.75 s; attack speed shortens this interval Shield Charge deals 0.8 chop damage per point of block power; tool tier 2 After crashing into an obstacle, Shield Charge cannot restart for 1 s Sprint with your shield raised to charge forward, dealing blunt damage to each enemy in the way once. Damage scales with block power, builds extra stagger and costs stamina. Lowering the shield ends it.	5
	Shield Instead of Blade	Your alternative attack becomes Shield Bash: 1 blunt damage per point of block power With a one-handed weapon and a shield, your alternative attack becomes a shield bash. Damage scales with block power.	5
	Shield Throw	With no other available weapon in your hands, attacks throw your shield Thrown shields deal 1 blunt damage per point of block power Thrown shield stamina cost: ×1 the spear-throw cost With no other weapon ready, your attack throws your shield. It deals blunt damage from block power and counts as a thrown projectile. After the flight it drops to be picked up; a return effect brings the same shield back to its slot.	5
	Spiked Shield	On a successful shield block, deal 150% of your thorns damage to the attacker A successful shield block deals 150% of your thorns damage to the attacker	5
	Two Shields	You can wield 2 shields at the same time; both contribute to blocking A shield in each hand: both of them block, and their block power adds up	5

Blunt Damage¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Ember of the Maul	Gain 27% of blunt damage as extra fire on your next hit after parrying ×0.55 stagger build-up on your next hit after parrying	2
	Split the Blow	50% blunt damage converted to slashing	2
	Steel Ablaze	50% blunt damage converted to fire with attacks	2

Bombs¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Carpet Bombing	While airborne, drop a carried bomb every 1.6 s While you are in the air, a random bomb falls from your pack every 1.6 s	6
	Impact Detonation	Each bomb ricochet detonates and spends 35% of the bomb’s remaining explosion power A bouncing bomb explodes where it touches and keeps flying. Later explosions share the power of the original bomb.	6
	Parting Gift	On Dodge, throw a random carried bomb at a nearby enemy within 12 m Inventory bomb throw cooldown: 1.8 s Throw one random carried bomb at a random enemy within 12 m. Cooldown: 1.8 seconds. Requires a real bomb in the inventory. on dodge	6
	Planted Charge	Thrown bombs become mines that last 45 s A thrown bomb settles as a mine and waits for an enemy to come close	6
	Returning fuse	After its first explosion, the bomb returns and explodes again for 100% of its damage Bombs fly back after exploding and explode again; your own blasts and effects also hit you	6
	Sticky Charge	The first enemy hit attaches the bomb to the target; it explodes after 1.2 s A bomb's first hit on an enemy attaches it until it explodes. An attached bomb no longer bounces.	6

Bows¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Charged Volley	+1 bow projectiles per shot or throw with charged attacks	3
	Hold the Draw	Drawing a bow while airborne suspends you until 0.3 s after the shot Hovering costs 8 stamina per second While drawing a bow in the air you hover, spending stamina. Releasing the string or a dodge roll ends the hover.	3
	Keep the Tension	A dodge roll keeps the draw you reached on your bow; holding it still drains stamina.	3

Carry Capacity¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Unbending Bearer	Give up 20% of your maximum carry weight Gain 0.25 endurance threshold per carry weight given up Trades part of your maximum carry weight for a higher endurance threshold.	2
	Weight Behind the Shield	Shield Charge knockback equals 0.15 per maximum carry weight instead of scaling with block power Your shield rush knockback scales with maximum carry weight instead of block power.	2

Charged Attacks¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Choose the Spend	Charges are spent only by alternative attacks. Primary attacks keep the charge but gain nothing from it.	1

Clubs¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Precise Butt	Primary club hits against Primed enemies exchange 50% of their knockback for stagger build-up Stagger multiplier gains +2% per exchanged point of knockback Primary club hits on enemies primed for a heavy stagger trade part of their knockback for extra stagger build-up, without losing damage.	3
	Rumbling Charge	+100% club aftershock chance with charged attacks	3
	Sparking Club	50% blunt damage converted to fire with clubs	3

Comfort and Rest¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Camp Hearth	+2 Comfort while holding a lit torch Holding a lit torch grants comfort and lets your comfort count outside shelter.	2
	Comfort in the Ranks	Transfer 50% of your current Comfort to one linked ally instead of retaining it yourself Part of your comfort goes to one linked ally instead of you.	2
	Preserve Rest	Your Rested timer pauses while you are heavily staggered.	2
	Short Sound Sleep	×0.85 Rested duration 12.5% increased Rested effect	2

Companions¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Shield Mark	Your alternative attack with a raised shield marks an enemy as your companion's target.	1

Critical strikes¶

Crossbows¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Piercing Charge	+1 crossbow projectile chain with charged attacks	1

Damage Resistances¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Residual Resistance	Excess resistance reduces matching ailment duration by 1% per percentage point above the cap Ailment duration cannot fall below 25% of its ordinary duration Resistance above its cap shortens matching ailments.	2
	Runic Ward	+11.25% damage resistance at full rune shield ×0.89 damage resistance while your rune shield is empty	2

Dodge Rolls¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Slide	Crouching at 85% of sprint speed starts a slide ×1.15 speed when a momentum slide starts Slide input window after landing: 0.4 s Slide loses 3.5 m/s of speed per second on level ground Momentum slide cooldown: 1 s Crouch while running fast or right after landing a jump to slide along the ground, keeping your speed; on a slope you ride down faster than you run.	1

Dual Wielding¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Free Pair	You can wield compatible one-handed weapons in both hands Off-hand strikes deal 50% of that weapon’s damage Add 50% of the off-hand attack’s stamina cost to the swing You can hold a compatible one-handed weapon in each hand. Two staves cannot be used together.	1

Endurance¶

Evasion¶

Fire and Burning¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Ash to Ash	On Kill, spread 50% of the target’s remaining Burning to a nearby enemy Burning transfer target range: 6 m When a burning enemy dies, part of its remaining burning spreads to a nearby enemy.	2
	Ember Trail	While Burning, sprinting leaves a burning patch every 0.5 s Each patch consumes 10% of your remaining Burning; its damage equals ×1 the amount consumed Burning patch base radius: 1.5 m; duration: 4 s While you are burning, sprinting leaves burning ground behind you, using up part of your burning.	2
	Flare	Alternative attack hits consume 40% of your remaining Burning on the target and deal it immediately Alternative attack hits consume part of the burning on the enemy and deal it at once, shortening the burn.	2
	Molten Strike	Gain 6% of physical damage as extra fire	2

Fists¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Dash Punch	Fist attacks dash towards the aimed target within 7 m Without an aimed target, fist attacks step 2 m forward Fist and unarmed attacks dash towards the aimed target, stopping at striking range when the hit is released. Obstacles stop the dash; area modifiers do not increase its range.	3
	Phantom Fist	+100% Phantom strike chance with fists with charged attacks	3

Food¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Other Food	Convert 30% of maximum health from active food to rune shield Part of the health your active food gives becomes rune shield instead.	2
	Undying Meal	Food retains 100% of its resource bonuses until it expires Food retains its full bonuses until it expires	2

Fortification¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Moving Rampart	Fortification does not decay while you dodge roll. Hits and spending still reduce it.	2
	Recoil Bulwark	Alternative attack hits spend 25% of your Fortification to knock the target back Gain 2 knockback per Fortification spent Alternative attack hits spend part of your fortification to knock enemies back.	2

Glancing Blows¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Edge of the Block	If your raised block fails to stop a hit, the damage left after the block can still become a glancing blow at your usual chance and strength. One check per hit.	2
	Sharp Reply	After a Glancing Blow, add 50% of prevented damage to your next primary hit Stored damage limit: 200; expires after 4 s Part of the damage prevented by glancing blows is added to your next primary hit. Expires after a short time.	2

Healing¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Battle Medic	After blocking, your next shield alternative attack heals allies instead of dealing damage Restore 0.5 health per point of block power; base cone length: 6 m After a block, your next shield alternative attack heals allies in a cone instead of dealing damage.	2
	Give the Excess	Distribute 100% of excess healing between your linked allies, scaled by link effectiveness Overhealing you receive goes to your linked ally.	2

Health¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Saved for Later	Gain 1 Fortification per excess health restored Healing beyond full health becomes fortification, if you already have a source of fortification.	1

Ice Crystals¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Ice Barrier	Your ice crystals stop enemy movement. Knocking an enemy into a crystal can stagger it; hits and spells shatter the crystal.	2
	Shatter the Ice	Ice crystal explosions also build stagger at ×1.5 their burst strength An ice crystal's burst also builds stagger. Blunt damage dealt to the crystal increases this build-up instead of its cold damage.	2

Immobilize¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Choking Roots	200% increased poison build-up against immobilized enemies	2
	Rootburst	Immobilized enemies explode with poison when they die, dealing 5% of their maximum life to enemies within 4 m	2

Impale¶

Jumping¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Roll Leap	Jumping after 0.35 s of a dodge roll carries its horizontal momentum into the jump Jumping at the end of a manual dodge roll keeps its horizontal momentum. Jump height and jump range still apply.	3
	Second Tremor	+1 additional jump while airborne Double Jump: press [Space] again in mid-air	3
	Wall Rebound	Wall rebound: press [Space] near a wall in mid-air; once before landing	3

Knives¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Behind the Guard	Attacking from block with a charged knife teleports you behind the aimed nearby enemy Attacking from block with a charged knife teleports you behind the aimed nearby enemy with knives with charged attacks	2
	Dagger throw	Your equipped knife’s alternative attack becomes a weapon throw. The actual knife falls on the ground unless a weapon-return effect brings it back.	2

Knockback¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Knockback Wave	Your knockback pushes enemies within a base radius of 3.5 m at 50% of its strength The shove catches whoever stands beside the target	3
	Recoil Impulse	Your knockbacks pull enemies towards the source of the impulse; for a slam that is the centre of its area. Knockback power strengthens the pull. Immunity to displacement is kept.	3
	Toppling Blow	Hits with at least 40 outgoing knockback knock enemies off balance A strong shove knocks the target off its feet	3

Knockback Resistance¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Braced	While blocking, store up to 200 incoming knockback for your next shield push Stored knockback lasts 3 s Knockback you take while your shield is raised is stored for a short time and added to your next shield push.	2
	Grounded Recoil	While stationary, crossbow recoil creates a ground crack instead of moving you The crack deals 40% of bolt damage; base radius: 2.5 m While standing still, crossbow recoil no longer pushes you back. Instead it cracks the ground in front of you.	2

Meads¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Measured Sip	Restore a mead’s recovery evenly over 6 s instead of its ordinary delivery Instant mead restoration is spread over a short time instead.	2
	Shared Sip	Transfer 40% of a consumed mead’s healing to linked allies instead of receiving it yourself Part of your mead's healing goes to your linked ally instead of you.	2

Minions¶

Movement¶

One-Handed Weapons¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Interception	After blocking, your next primary attack deals 30% of its damage through the shield After a successful block, your next primary attack deals part of its damage with your shield.	2
	Light Hand	One-handed alternative attacks step 1.8 m towards your aim One-handed alternative attacks include a short step towards where you aim.	2

Parrying¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Barbed Riposte	×2.5 parry response thorns	7
	Projectile Reflection	Parrying a projectile reflects it towards the attacker Reflected projectile speed: 25 m/s, accelerating by 60 m/s each second up to 80 m/s A parried enemy projectile flies back at its attacker with 100% of its damage	7
	Quick riposte	A parry gives back 15% of the health you lost recently	7
	Ready Answer	A successful parry charges your next attack (2 s cooldown) Charge your next attack on parry	7
	Stunning Answer	A parry staggers everything around you	7

Pickaxes¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Crumble the Ice	Pickaxe hits shatter created ice crystals in one hit ×0.6 burst damage from crystals shattered by a pickaxe Pickaxes shatter created ice crystals in a single hit, though the burst deals less than usual.	2
	Hook	Alternative attack hits with a pickaxe pull you towards the target.	2

Poison and Poisoning¶

Projectiles¶

Quivers¶

Rage¶

Reflection¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Clean Mirror	Reflected damage can apply ailments, but no longer triggers your on hit, on crit or on kill effects.	1

Rune shield¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Between Wound and Rune	+10% of maximum health becomes rune shield	4
	Keep the Rune	After evading a hit, preserve rune shield recovery for 3 additional seconds Evading a hit keeps your rune shield's recovery from resetting for longer. A manual dodge roll is a different action.	4
	Plates and Runes	Convert 50% of armour to rune shield on helmet or body armour The listed share of armour from the helmet and body armour becomes rune shield at the defence base ratio. The converted armour is lost. Incompatible with Rune Tempering.	4
	Runic Mending	Redirect 100% of health regeneration to rune shield instead of health Health regeneration restores rune shield instead of health	4

Slams¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Fault Line	Slams cover a line with a base width of 1.4 m instead of a circle, preserving total area Your slams hit a narrow line ahead of you instead of a circle, covering the same area.	3
	Ground Strike	Heavy melee weapons replace their alternative attack with a ground slam Base slam radius for weapons without an area attack: 3 m Heavy melee weapons replace their alternative attack with a ground slam, without the leap.	3
	Raise the Earth	Slamming your created object consumes it and raises an impassable ridge for 4 s Base ridge length: 3.5 m ×0.7 area with the slam that raises the ridge Slamming one of your own created objects consumes it and leaves a brief impassable ridge. That slam's area is smaller. Buildings are not damaged.	3

Spells¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Anchored Cast	Starting a cast with your shield raised preserves blocking until the spell is released ×1.25 eitr cost with anchored casts Starting a cast with your shield raised keeps the block until the spell is released, at a higher eitr cost. It does not block from every side.	4
	Chain Through Targets	Projectile chains can pick spores, ice crystals and other battle targets created by you and your allies. The hit triggers the target's usual reaction.	5
	Charged Casts	Spells can spend an attack charge and become charged casts	4
	Return Path	Your last ricochet sends the projectile back to you. A returning projectile does not harm its owner and no longer ricochets.	5
	Spell Echo	+100% staff repeat chance when casting with charged attacks +0.2 staff s repeat delay when casting with charged attacks	4
	Spell Primes the Strike	Casting a spell charges your next weapon attack (2 s cooldown) Charge your next attack on spell cast	4
	Wall to Target	A ricochet off the ground or a wall spends one available bounce and heads for the nearest valid target instead of reflecting normally.	5
	◇ Free option 1	Theme reserve. No gameplay effect yet. Unimplemented	18
	◇ Free option 2	Theme reserve. No gameplay effect yet. Unimplemented	5

Spores¶

Stagger¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Crushing Blow	Your first primary hit against an enemy with at least 60% stagger build-up triggers Heavy Stagger ×0.6 damage with the hit that triggers Crushing Blow Your first primary hit on an enemy primed for a heavy stagger triggers the heavy stagger, but that hit deals less damage.	2
	Precise Control	Heavy Stagger ends 1.6 times faster After Heavy Stagger, the enemy retains at least 50% of its stagger threshold Your heavy staggers are shorter, but afterwards the enemy's stagger build-up lingers briefly for you and your allies.	2

Stagger Resistance¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Hold the Line	Fortification does not decay while you are heavily staggered. Hits still reduce it.	2
	Shift the Footing	While blocking, redirect 50% of incoming stagger build-up to stamina cost Spend 0.5 stamina per redirected point of stagger build-up Part of the stagger you take while blocking drains stamina instead. Without enough stamina, the rest fills your stagger bar.	2

Stamina¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Second Breath	Parry stamina recovery restores eitr instead, at 1 eitr per stamina Stamina you would recover from parrying restores eitr instead.	2
	Stamina Debt	When you lack stamina to block, pay 1 health per missing stamina Requires health above 30% of maximum health; cooldown: 5 s When you lack stamina to block, the missing cost is paid with health. Not used when health is too low. Has a cooldown.	2

Stealth¶

Strikes¶

Swimming¶

Swords¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Elemental Edge	60% increased elemental damage with swords with charged attacks	2
	Runed Edge	50% slashing damage converted to lightning with swords	2

Thorns¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Cleaving Thorns	50% thorns piercing damage converted to slashing	2
	Thorny Carapace	On contact, deal your thorns damage to an enemy; each enemy can take this damage once every 0.75 s Body contact deals thorns damage, at most once every 0.75 seconds per enemy.	2

Throwing Weapons¶

Torches¶

Tower Shields¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Open the Gap	After blocking with a tower shield, your next alternative attack pulls enemies towards the shield's edge instead of knocking them back. Does not affect bosses.	2
	Sealed Wall	Tower shields can block direct spell projectiles ×1.5 stamina cost when blocking spell projectiles Tower shields can block direct spell projectiles at a higher stamina cost. Ground effects and damage over time are not blocked.	2

Two-Handed Weapons¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Free Off Hand	15% increased two-handed knockback with alternative attacks while your off hand is free ×0.93 two-handed attack speed with primary attacks while your off hand is free	2

Weapon Oils¶

	Option	Effect	Nodes
	Oil on the Move	Weapon oils can be applied while moving.	4
	Oiled Clubs	Weapon oils can be applied to clubs.	4
	Oiled Fists	Weapon oils can be applied to fists.	4

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.