Keystone

A Keystone is a unique and powerful passive skill node that significantly impacts how a character is played. They are typically characterized by having stats that have both positive and negative effects.

Interactions

Interactions with unique items

Some unique items grant a keystone's effect without needing to have the keystone allocated in the passive tree. Allocating the keystone will not impart any additional benefits.

Some unique items have named stats which are similar to keystones that cannot be found on the passive tree:

• IrongraspIrongrasp
  Vagabond ArmourArmour: 67
  Evasion: 56
  Movement Speed: -4.0%Requires Level 16, 20 Str, 20 Dex(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion
  +(20-30) to Strength
  +(100-150) to Stun Threshold
  Iron Grip
  Iron WillA power unknown aids your own.: Iron Grip
• IrongraspIrongrasp
  Vagabond ArmourArmour: 67
  Evasion: 56
  Movement Speed: -4.0%Requires Level 16, 20 Str, 20 Dex(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion
  +(20-30) to Strength
  +(100-150) to Stun Threshold
  Iron Grip
  Iron WillA power unknown aids your own.: Iron Will
• Mahuxotl's MachinationMahuxotl's Machination
  Omen Crest ShieldShield
  Chance to Block: 25%
  Armour: 50
  Energy Shield: 19
  Movement Speed: -1.5%Requires Level 48, 37 Str, 37 IntGrants Skill: Raise Shield(333-666)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
  100% increased effect of Socketed Soul Cores
  Everlasting Sacrifice
  Has 2 Rune Sockets (Hidden)The Banished Architect sought to employ the darkest secrets of the Vaal.: Everlasting Sacrifice

List of keystones

Main page: List of keystone passive skills

• Ancestral Bond
• Avatar of Fire
• Blackflame Covenant
• Blood Magic
• Bulwark
• Chaos Inoculation
• Conduit
• Crimson Assault
• Dance with Death
• Eldritch Battery
• Elemental Equilibrium
• Eternal Youth
• Giant's Blood
• Glancing Blows
• Heartstopper
• Hollow Palm Technique
• Iron Reflexes
• Mind Over Matter
• Necromantic Talisman
• Oasis
• Pain Attunement
• Resolute Technique
• Resonance
• Ritual Cadence
• Trusted Kinship
• Unwavering Stance
• Vaal Pact
• Walker of the Wilds
• Whispers of Doom
• Zealot's Oath

List of Timeless Jewel keystones

Heroic TragedyHeroic Tragedy
Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic
Radius: Very LargeRemembering (100-8000) songworthy deeds by the line of (Vorana-Medved-Olroth)
Passives in radius are Conquered by the Kalguur
HistoricThey believed themselves courageous and selfless,
but that bravery became the doom at their door.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. will replace any keystone passives in radius based on the name on the jewel mod.

• Circular Teachings (Medved)
• Knightly Tenets (Olroth)
• Black Scythe Training (Vorana)

Undying HateUndying Hate
Timeless JewelLimited to: 1 Historic
Radius: Very LargeGlorifying the defilement of (79-30977) souls in tribute to (Amanamu-Ulaman-Kurgal-Tecrod-Kulemak)
Passives in radius are Conquered by the Abyssals
HistoricThey believed themselves driven by necessity,
but that desperation made them monstrous.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. will replace any keystone passives in radius based on the name on the jewel mod.

• Sacrifice of Flesh (Amanamu)
• Sacrifice of Sight (Ulaman)
• Sacrifice of Mind (Kurgal)
• Sacrifice of Blood (Tecrod)
• Sacrifice of Loyalty (Kulemak)

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Added a new Keystone Passive Skill to the north-west of the Monk starting location: Hollow Palm Technique. This Keystone allows you to use Quarterstaff attacks while unarmed and grants those attacks additional benefits while used unarmed. Added a new Keystone Passive Skill to the north-east of the Witch/Sorceress starting location: Ritual Cadence. This Keystone changes your Invocations to trigger skills every 2 seconds instead of all at once, but triggered skills consume less Energy. Added a new Keystone Passive Skill to the north-west of the Witch/Sorceress starting location: Blackflame Covenant. This Keystone converts Fire Damage to Chaos Damage, with this damage contributing to ignite chance and magnitude, and ignites inflicted with Fire Skills dealing Chaos Damage. Added a new Keystone Passive Skill to the east of the Monk's starting location: Walker of the Wilds. This Keystone causes Mana Leech to recover based on Elemental Damage Types instead of Physical Damage. The Acrobatics Keystone Passive Skill has been removed.
0.2.0	Added a new Crimson Assault Keystone Passive Skill to the south-east of the Ranger and Huntress' starting location. Crimson Assault causes Bleeding you inflict to be Aggravated, and Base Bleeding Duration to be 1 seconds. Added a new Trusted Kinship Keystone Passive Skill to the south-east of the Ranger and Huntress' starting location. Trusted Kinship allows you to have two Companions of different types, causes Companions to have +1 to each Defence for every 2 of that Defence you have, and also causes you to have 30% less Defences.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.