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Ascendancy Classes, or simply Ascendancies, are subclasses that allow characters to specialize in a specific archetype based on the character's class. Ascendancies can be unlocked by completing Ascension Trials.

Overview

Choosing an Ascendancy Class after completing an Ascension Trial for the first time allows the player to access a new Ascendancy Skill Tree specific to the class chosen. Currently, there are 17 regular Ascendancy classes available. The full release will have three Ascendancy Classes for each class, for a total of 36.

Each time the player completes an Ascension Trial condition, the player can receive two additional Ascendancy Skill Points, up to a total of 8 points. These points can be obtained in any Ascension Trial, as long as they meet the requirement. It is possible to repeat the same trial for all 8 points.

Quest versions of the trials each count as the 1st difficult of their corresponding trial. Trials can be completed in any order, and it is possible to earn multiple sets of points in a single run if you haven't completed the lower difficulty trials.

Ascension 1 (2 total points)	Ascension 2 (4 total points)	Ascension 3 (6 total points)	Ascension 4 (8 total points)
Balbala's BaryaArea Level: 22 Number of Trials: 1"Why are you standing there gawking at me? We must go to the Trial of the Sekhemas!"Take this item to the Trial of the Sekhemas. Right-click to listen to Balbala.Djinn BaryaArea Level: # Number of Trials: #"Take me to the Trial of the Sekhemas. I will serve."Take this item to the Relic Altar at the Trial of the Sekhemas.Trial of the Sekhemas Area Level 22+ 1 Floor or Chimeral Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: 40 Number of Trials: 4Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: # Number of Trials: #Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Trial of Chaos Area Level 39+ 4 Rounds	Djinn BaryaDjinn BaryaArea Level: # Number of Trials: #"Take me to the Trial of the Sekhemas. I will serve."Take this item to the Relic Altar at the Trial of the Sekhemas. Area Level 45+ 2 Floors or Inscribed UltimatumInscribed UltimatumArea Level: # Number of Trials: #Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos. Area Level 60+ 7 Rounds	Djinn BaryaArea Level: # Number of Trials: #"Take me to the Trial of the Sekhemas. I will serve."Take this item to the Relic Altar at the Trial of the Sekhemas.Trial of the Sekhemas Area Level 60+ 3 Floors or Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: # Number of Trials: #Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Trial of Chaos Area Level 75+ 10 Rounds	Djinn BaryaArea Level: # Number of Trials: #"Take me to the Trial of the Sekhemas. I will serve."Take this item to the Relic Altar at the Trial of the Sekhemas.Trial of the Sekhemas Area Level 75+ 4 Floors & defeat Zarokh, the Temporal or Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: # Number of Trials: #Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Trial of Chaos Area Level 75+ 10 Rounds & defeat The Trialmaster _{Requires Keys:} Deadly FateFight enough battles, and it becomes all but inevitable.Can be placed in the door at the end of the Trial of Chaos to challenge the Trialmaster.Cowardly FateThe ignoblest of choices.Can be placed in the door at the end of the Trial of Chaos to challenge the Trialmaster.Victorious FateThere is always a chance, however small, that you might actually succeed.Can be placed in the door at the end of the Trial of Chaos to challenge the Trialmaster.
In any order: Balbala's BaryaArea Level: 22 Number of Trials: 1"Why are you standing there gawking at me? We must go to the Trial of the Sekhemas!"Take this item to the Trial of the Sekhemas. Right-click to listen to Balbala.Djinn BaryaArea Level: # Number of Trials: #"Take me to the Trial of the Sekhemas. I will serve."Take this item to the Relic Altar at the Trial of the Sekhemas.Trial of the Sekhemas Area Level 22+ 1 Floor and Chimeral Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: 40 Number of Trials: 4Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Inscribed UltimatumArea Level: # Number of Trials: #Mortals spend their lives wondering which fate shall be theirs. Chaos takes amusement in knowing the answer: all of them.Take this item to The Temple of Chaos to participate in a Trial of Chaos.Trial of Chaos Area Level 39+ 4 Rounds

To change your ascendancy class, you must complete an Ascension Trial of at least the highest difficulty you've already completed (Ex. if you have 4 Ascendancy points, you need to complete a Trial of Sekhemas with 2 floors or a Trial of Chaos with 7 trials), then use the Altar of Ascendancy with all your Ascendancy passives unallocated. Passives can be unallocated during the trial by speaking with Balbala, the Advisor or The Trialmaster.

Ascendancy Skill Tree

The Ascendancy Skill Tree is a smaller skill tree that a character has access to when an Ascension Trial has been completed. Each Ascendancy Class has its own unique tree. It functions similarly to the larger Passive Skill Tree; the player earns Ascendancy Skill Points, which can be spent on allocating nodes granting passive bonuses. The Ascendancy Skill Tree is shown at the center of the Passive Skill Tree.

Alternate ascendancy classes

Certain alternate versions of existing ascendancy classes can be unlocked through various encounters. The method of unlocking them depends on the specific ascendancy; however, they require the character to already have ascended to the corresponding regular ascendancy in order to do so. For example, the Lich has an alternate ascendancy called Abyssal Lich, which is unlocked through the Abyss encounter.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Added the new Abyssal Lich Alternate Ascendancy Class.[Undocumented]
0.2.0f	Redoing an Ascendancy Trial now allows you to respec which Ascendancy Class you have chosen at the Ascension device, but only if the Trial would grant you the number of points you already have. In order to respec your Ascendancy class, you must have zero points allocated in it, but you can now talk to Balbala or The Trialmaster to Refund Passive Points. Trials of Chaos that have 7 chambers and thus grant up to 4 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points now can be attempted from level 55, down from 60. Trials of Chaos that have 10 chambers and thus grant up to 6 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points can now be attempted from level 65, down from 75.
0.1.0d	Inscribed Ultimatums and Djinn Baryas now display whether you will obtain Ascendancy Skill Points upon completing the Trial of Chaos or Trial of the Sekhemas respectively. Added "Ascendancy Skill Points" as a keyword, which details how sets of Ascendancy Points are obtained.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.

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 ==Overview==
-Choosing an '''Ascendancy Class''' after completing an [[Ascension Trial]] for the first time allows the player to access a new '''Ascendancy Skill Tree''' specific to the class chosen. Each character class comes with three associated Ascendancy Classes for a total of 36 Ascendancy Classes.
+{{main|Ascension trials}}
-Each time the player completes an Ascension Trial meeting certain conditions, the player can receive two additional '''Ascendancy Skill Points''', up to a total of 8 points. These points can be obtained in any [[Ascension Trial]], as long as they meet the requirement. It is possible to repeat the same trial for all 8 points. It is also possible to earn multiple sets of points in a single run as long as each condition is satisfied.
+Choosing an '''Ascendancy Class''' after completing an [[Ascension Trial]] for the first time allows the player to access a new '''Ascendancy Skill Tree''' specific to the class chosen. Currently, there are 17 regular Ascendancy classes available. The full release will have three Ascendancy Classes for each class, for a total of 36.
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+Each time the player completes an Ascension Trial condition, the player can receive two additional '''Ascendancy Skill Points''', up to a total of 8 points. These points can be obtained in any [[Ascension Trial]], as long as they meet the requirement. It is possible to repeat the same trial for all 8 points.
-|+ Ascension breakpoints {{confirm}}
+Quest versions of the trials each count as the 1st difficult of their corresponding trial. Trials can be completed in any order, and it is possible to earn multiple sets of points in a single run if you haven't completed the lower difficulty trials.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%"
 |-
-! Trial Type !! Ascension 1 !! Ascension 2 !! Ascension 3 !! Ascension 4
+! Ascension 1<br>(2 total points) !! Ascension 2<br>(4 total points) !! Ascension 3<br>(6 total points) !! Ascension 4<br>(8 total points)
 |-
-| [[Trial of the Sekhemas]] || {{il|Balbala's Barya|large=yes|}} / {{il|Djinn Barya|large=yes|}}<br>Floors: 1 || <sub>Area Level 45+</sub> {{il|Djinn Barya|large=yes|}}<br>Floors: 2<br>OR<br>any other Ascension 1 || Area Level 60+ {{il|Djinn Barya|large=yes|}}<br>Floors: 3 || Area Level 75+ {{il|Djinn Barya|large=yes|}}<br>Floors: 4<br>Defeat [[Zarokh, the Temporal]]
+| style="width: 25%" | {{il|Balbala's Barya|}}{{il|Djinn Barya|}}[[Trial of the Sekhemas]]<br>Area Level 22+<br>1 Floor<br><small>''or''</small><br>{{il|Chimeral Inscribed Ultimatum|}}{{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|}}[[Trial of Chaos]]<br>Area Level 39+<br>4 Rounds
+| style="width: 25%" | {{il|Djinn Barya}}<br>Area Level 45+<br>2 Floors<br><small>''or''</small><br>{{il|Inscribed Ultimatum}}<br>Area Level 60+<br>7 Rounds
+| rowspan="2" style="width: 20%" | {{il|Djinn Barya|}}[[Trial of the Sekhemas]]<br>Area Level 60+<br>3 Floors<br><small>''or''</small><br>{{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|}}[[Trial of Chaos]]<br>Area Level 75+<br>10 Rounds
+| rowspan="2" style="width: 30%" | {{il|Djinn Barya|}}[[Trial of the Sekhemas]]<br>Area Level 75+<br>4 Floors<br>& defeat [[Zarokh, the Temporal]]<br><small>''or''</small><br>{{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|}}[[Trial of Chaos]]<br>Area Level 75+<br>10 Rounds<br>& defeat [[The Trialmaster]]<br><sub> Requires Keys:</sub> {{il|Deadly Fate|large=no|}}{{il|Cowardly Fate|large=no|}}{{il|Victorious Fate|large=no|}}
 |-
-| [[Trial of Chaos]] || {{il|Chimeral Inscribed Ultimatum|large=yes|}} or {{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|large=yes|}}<br>Number of Trials: 4 || <sub>Area Level 60+</sub> {{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|large=yes|}}<br>Number of Trials: 7<br>OR<br>any other Ascension 1 || <sub>Area Level 75</sub> {{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|large=yes|}}<br>Number of Trials: 10 ||  {{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|large=yes|}}{{il|Deadly Fate|large=yes|}}{{il|Cowardly Fate|large=yes|}}{{il|Victorious Fate|large=yes|}}<br>Defeat [[The Trialmaster]]
+| colspan="2" | <small>''In any order:''</small><br>{{il|Balbala's Barya|}}{{il|Djinn Barya|}}[[Trial of the Sekhemas]]<br>Area Level 22+<br>1 Floor<br><small>''and''</small><br>{{il|Chimeral Inscribed Ultimatum|}}{{il|Inscribed Ultimatum|}}[[Trial of Chaos]]<br>Area Level 39+<br>4 Rounds
 |}
-Different Ascendancy Classes may have unique dialogue at certain points in the campaign.
+To change your ascendancy class, you must complete an Ascension Trial of at least the highest difficulty you've already completed (Ex. if you have 4 Ascendancy points, you need to complete a Trial of Sekhemas with 2 floors or a Trial of Chaos with 7 trials), then use the Altar of Ascendancy with all your Ascendancy passives unallocated. Passives can be unallocated during the trial by speaking with [[Balbala, the Advisor]] or [[The Trialmaster]].
-Ascendancy Classes cannot currently be changed once selected.
 ==Ascendancy Skill Tree==
 The '''Ascendancy Skill Tree''' is a smaller skill tree that a character has access to when an Ascension Trial has been completed. Each Ascendancy Class has its own unique tree. It functions similarly to the larger [[Passive Skill Tree]]; the player earns '''Ascendancy Skill Points''', which can be spent on allocating nodes granting [[Passive|passive bonuses]]. The '''Ascendancy Skill Tree''' is shown at the center of the [[Passive Skill Tree]].
+==Alternate ascendancy classes==
+Certain alternate versions of existing ascendancy classes can be unlocked through various encounters. The method of unlocking them depends on the specific ascendancy; however, they require the character to already have ascended to the corresponding regular ascendancy in order to do so. For example, the [[Lich]] has an alternate ascendancy called [[Abyssal Lich]], which is unlocked through the [[Abyss]] encounter.
 ==Version history==
 {{Version history table header}}
+{{Version history table row|0.3.0|
+* Added the new Abyssal Lich Alternate Ascendancy Class.{{undocumented}}
+}}
+{{Version history table row|0.2.0f|
+* Redoing an Ascendancy Trial now allows you to respec which Ascendancy Class you have chosen at the Ascension device, but only if the Trial would grant you the number of points you already have.
+* In order to respec your Ascendancy class, you must have zero points allocated in it, but you can now talk to Balbala or The Trialmaster to Refund Passive Points.
+* Trials of Chaos that have 7 chambers and thus grant up to 4 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points now can be attempted from level 55, down from 60.
+* Trials of Chaos that have 10 chambers and thus grant up to 6 Ascendancy Passive Skill Points can now be attempted from level 65, down from 75.
+}}
 {{Version history table row|0.1.0d|
+* Inscribed Ultimatums and Djinn Baryas now display whether you will obtain Ascendancy Skill Points upon completing the Trial of Chaos or Trial of the Sekhemas respectively.
+* Added "Ascendancy Skill Points" as a keyword, which details how sets of Ascendancy Points are obtained.
+}}
+{{Version history table row|0.1.0|
 * Introduced to the game.
 }}