Druid Ascendancy

Shaman

Shaman connects Rage to Spell damage, activates Bonded Rune and Idol modifiers, adapts to Elemental Hits, and grants Apocalypse.

Wraeclast has suffered for too long. You are vengeance incarnate.

Character class: Druid
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.4.0
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

Wisdom of the Maji activates Bonded modifiers on Runes and Idols, with the complete modifier set linked from its passive page.
Reactive Growth and Avatar of Evolution build Adaptations against the Elemental damage types that Hit the character.

Important tradeoff

Furious Wellspring sustains Rage but adds a Rage cost to skills, while Sacred Flow grants Spirit only for empty Charm slots.

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

8notables

8minor passives

0choice options

1granted skills

Notables and choices

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

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableAvatar of Evolution	5% of Physical Damage taken as Fire Damage 5% of Physical Damage taken as Lightning Damage 5% of Physical Damage taken as Cold Damage Adaptations have a duration of 5 seconds Double Adaptation Effect	Elemental Resistances	End of branch
NotableBringer of the Apocalypse	Grants Skill: Apocalypse	Elemental Damage	End of branch
NotableDruidic Champion	Every 2 Rage also grants 1% more Spell damage	Maximum Rage	Maximum Rage
NotableFurious Wellspring	No Inherent loss of Rage Regenerate 6% of your maximum Rage per second Increases and Reductions to Mana Regeneration Rate also apply to Rage Regeneration Rate Skills have +5 to Rage cost +7 to Maximum Rage	Maximum Rage	End of branch
NotableReactive Growth	10% less Elemental Damage taken Adapt to the highest Elemental Damage Type of each Hit you take 10% less Damage taken of each Elemental Damage Type per matching Adaptation	Elemental Resistances	Elemental Resistances
NotableSacred Flow	+40 to Spirit for each of your empty Charm slots	Flask Recovery	End of branch
NotableTurning of the Seasons	Enemies in your Presence have Exposure Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Damage of a random Element	Elemental Damage	Elemental Damage
NotableWisdom of the Maji	Gain the benefits of Bonded modifiers on Runes and Idols	Defences	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorDefences	10% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield	Ascendancy start	Wisdom of the Maji
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	Turning of the Seasons	Bringer of the Apocalypse
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	Ascendancy start	Turning of the Seasons
MinorElemental Resistances	+3% to all Elemental Resistances	Reactive Growth	Avatar of Evolution
MinorElemental Resistances	+3% to all Elemental Resistances	Ascendancy start	Reactive Growth
MinorFlask Recovery	12% increased Life and Mana Recovery from Flasks	Ascendancy start	Sacred Flow
MinorMaximum Rage	+3 to Maximum Rage	Druidic Champion	Furious Wellspring
MinorMaximum Rage	+3 to Maximum Rage	Ascendancy start	Druidic Champion

Bonded modifiers

Runes and Idols

Wisdom of the Maji activates the additional Bonded effects recorded on socketed Runes and Idols.

Compare all Bonded modifiers

Granted skills

Granted by Bringer of the Apocalypse

Apocalypse

Build Glory by Hitting enemies with Elemental damage. When you have maximum Glory, you may become the walking Apocalypse for a duration, Triggering one of multiple powerful Elemental Skills at an interval while this Buff lasts.

Buff, Spell, AoE, Trigger, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Duration, Conditional, Storm: Applies
Level: 1
Cost: 8 Mana
Cast Time: 1.00s

Requires 100 Glory to use
Duration of the Apocalypse is 12 seconds
Triggers one of three disasters every 0.75 seconds
Deals 3 to 4 Cold Damage
Hailstorm radius is 2 metres
Hail impact radius is 0.8 metres
Hailstorm creates 9 chunks of ice
Deals 19 to 28 Fire Damage
Explosion radius is 1.6 metres
Meteor lands after 2 seconds
Deals 1 to 7 Lightning Damage
Crash Lightning radius is 1.6 metres
Pulses 3 times before final strike
Final strike occurs after 3 seconds
Deals 4 to 27 Lightning Damage
Crash Lightning radius is 1.6 metres

Other Druid Ascendancies

Oracle Shaman

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.

Related mechanics

MechanicExposure

Exposure is a Debuff that lowers one or more of the target's Resistances. It changes the target's actual resistance, can reduce it below zero, and can improve both Hit and non-Hit damage that uses the affected resistance.

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.