Huntress Ascendancy

Ritualist

Ritualist expands Ring and Charm use, supports missing-Life recovery, and adds Ritual Sacrifice and Blood Boil interactions.

Corruption cost you your home, but taught you so much more...

Character class: Huntress
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.2.0
Maximum points: 8

Ascendancy treeOfficial export 0.5.2

Wiki reviewGame 0.5.4d

Tree identities, effects, connections, and icons come from the official 0.5.2 export. The class corpus was checked 2026-07-30 for game version 0.5.4d.

Gameplay identity

Current official tree

Core mechanics

Unfurled Finger adds a Ring slot, while Mystic Attunement increases bonuses from equipped Rings and Amulets.
Intricate Sigils adds a Charm slot and more Charm Charge gain, with Mind Phylacteries providing an alternate trigger payment.

Important tradeoff

Mind Phylacteries can consume 25% of maximum Mana when a Charm lacks charges, making automatic Charm use a significant resource cost.

How to unlock or change

Regular path

Complete an eligible Ascension Trial and use its Ascension device to choose this Ascendancy. To change to another regular Ascendancy for the same character class, complete the required trial tier and refund every allocated Ascendancy passive before using the device again.

Trial of the Sekhemas guide Trial of Chaos guide How to change Ascendancy

Ascendancy passive tree

Official export 0.5.2 | Plan this Ascendancy

7notables

9minor passives

0choice options

2granted skills

Notables and choices

Build-defining passives, choice parents, and their selectable options.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableAs the Whispers Demand	Grants Skill: Ritual Sacrifice	Movement Speed	End of branch
NotableCorrupted Lifeforce	15% more Damage against Enemies affected by Blood Boils Grants Skill: Blood Boil	Physical Damage	End of branch
NotableIntricate Sigils	+1 Charm Slot 20% more Charm Charges gained	Charm Charges, Charm Charges	End of branch
NotableMind Phylacteries	Can instead consume 25% of maximum Mana to trigger Charms with insufficient charges	Charm Charges	End of branch
NotableMystic Attunement	25% increased bonuses gained from Equipped Rings and Amulets	Attributes	End of branch
NotableUnfurled Finger	+1 Ring Slot	Attributes	Reduced Mana, Reduced Spirit, Reduced Resistances
NotableWildwood Persistence	10% increased Life Recovery rate per 5% missing Unreserved Life	Life Recovery Rate	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorAttributes	3% increased Attributes	Ascendancy start	Mystic Attunement, Unfurled Finger
MinorCharm Charges	15% increased Charm Charges gained	Ascendancy start	Intricate Sigils, Mind Phylacteries
MinorCharm Charges	15% increased Charm Charges gained	Ascendancy start	Intricate Sigils
MinorLife Recovery Rate	10% increased Life Recovery rate	Ascendancy start	Wildwood Persistence
MinorMovement Speed	3% increased Movement Speed	Ascendancy start	As the Whispers Demand
MinorPhysical Damage	15% increased Physical Damage	Ascendancy start	Corrupted Lifeforce
MinorReduced Mana	30% reduced maximum Mana	Unfurled Finger	End of branch
MinorReduced Resistances	-20% to all Elemental Resistances	Unfurled Finger	End of branch
MinorReduced Spirit	25% reduced Spirit	Unfurled Finger	End of branch

Granted skills

Granted by As the Whispers Demand

Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice the Corpse of a Rare Monster to grant you its Modifiers for a duration, or gain a single random Modifier at the cost of your own life force.

Buff, Duration: Applies
Level: 1
Cost: 20 Mana

Modifier duration is 82 seconds
When used on yourself, removes 20% of maximum Life to grant a random Monster Modifier, replacing any previous Modifier gained this way

Granted by Corrupted Lifeforce

Blood Boil

Enemies in your Presence accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying Corrupted Blood to enemies near them.

Buff, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Duration: Applies
Level: 1

Corrupted Blood deals 2% of slain Enemy's maximum Life as Physical damage per second
Blood Boil applies to non-Unique enemies in your Presence every 2 seconds
20% more Corrupted Blood infliction Area of Effect per Blood Boil on slain Enemy
Inflicts a stack of Corrupted Blood on targets within 1.5 metres per Blood Boil on slain Enemy
Corrupted Blood duration is 5 seconds

Other Huntress Ascendancies

Amazon Spirit Walker Ritualist

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

AscendancyTrial of the Sekhemas guide

Enter with a Barya, protect Honour, choose a route through each floor, use Relics and Sacred Water, defeat the scheduled boss, and claim the eligible Ascendancy reward.

AscendancyTrial of Chaos guide

Enter with an Inscribed Ultimatum, complete rooms while accumulating trial modifiers, defeat the scheduled bosses, and claim rewards or Ascendancy points from the completed tier.

AscendancyHow to change Ascendancy

Complete a suitable Ascension Trial, refund every allocated Ascendancy point beside the Ascension device, and choose another regular Ascendancy for the same character class.

BasicsHow to Get More Support Gem Sockets

Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.