Blade Behind the Shoulder¶

Notable · Dexterity and Intelligence · Stealth · Show on tree

Mastery options¶

	Option	Effect
	Hide Your Intent	Killing a target that has not noticed the attacker does not reveal stealth to nearby enemies through the sound of that blow alone. Other means of detection still apply.
	Vanish in Motion	Dodging within 3 s after a kill silences movement for 4 s A dodge roll after a kill briefly silences your movement. Attacking or casting ends it.

Details¶

Property	Value
Type	Notable
Branch	Dexterity and Intelligence
Category	Stealth
Topics	damage, stealth, crit, on an unaware target
Position	1440, 346
Id	`own11417`

Connections¶

	Name	Type	Effect
	Sneak Attack	Passive	12% increased sneak attack damage against full life enemies +10% critical strike damage on an unaware target

Keywords¶

Backstab: Extra damage against an enemy that has not noticed the attacker yet, regardless of attack direction. Weapons carry no backstab bonus of their own: it comes…
Critical hit: A critical hit multiplies the hit's damage. Increased critical chance scales the weapon's base chance; critical damage changes the multiplier separately.

Game data

{
  "mods": [
    {
      "stat": "BackstabPct",
      "value": 0.3,
      "form": "inc"
    },
    {
      "stat": "CritDamagePct",
      "value": 0.25,
      "form": "flat",
      "subject": "VsSneak"
    }
  ],
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "Не раскрыть замысел",
      "extra": "Убийство врага, который вас не заметил, не раскрывает вашу скрытность соседним врагам звуком этого удара. Другие способы обнаружения сохраняются.",
      "mods": [
        {
          "stat": "ConcealedKill",
          "value": 1.0
        }
      ],
      "id": "o1960",
      "icon": "v2m:newtry-ConcealedKill"
    },
    {
      "name": "Скрыться в движении",
      "extra": null,
      "mods": [
        {
          "stat": "StealthDodge",
          "value": 1.0
        }
      ],
      "id": "o1961",
      "icon": "v2m:newtry-StealthDodge"
    }
  ],
  "masteryId": "cat:pov:newtry-backstab",
  "icon": "v2:stealth"
}

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