Mechanic

Rage

Rage is a combat resource that inherently grants 1% more Attack Damage per point. Characters have 30 maximum Rage by default. Rage generation is limited to one Hit every 0.5 seconds, and inherent Rage loss begins after four seconds without gaining Rage or taking damage.

0.5.4d

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

What Rage does

Current rules

At the default maximum of 30 Rage, the inherent benefit is 30% more Attack Damage. Gain modifiers that match the same eligible Hit can contribute together, but additional Hits inside the 0.5 second gain interval do not generate Rage. After the four-second grace period, inherent loss removes 5 Rage per second unless an effect pauses, slows, prevents, or replaces that loss.

Each Rage grants more Attack Damage: The inherent effect is 1% more Attack Damage per Rage. Because it is more damage, it multiplies the applicable Attack Damage calculation rather than joining the additive increased Attack Damage total. It does not inherently grant Spell Damage.
The default maximum is 30: A character can hold 30 Rage by default. Maximum Rage modifiers change the cap, while effects that grant Rage only change the current amount up to that cap unless they explicitly say otherwise.
Hit generation has a 0.5 second gate: Only one Hit every 0.5 seconds can cause the character to gain Rage. Faster multi-hit Skills therefore do not generate Rage on every Hit. Matching Rage-on-Hit sources can contribute to the eligible gain event, but the shared Hit gate still applies.
Decay waits four seconds: Inherent Rage loss is paused for four seconds after gaining Rage or taking damage. After that grace period, the default inherent loss is 5 Rage per second, shown by the keyword tooltip as 1 Rage every 0.2 seconds.
Regeneration pauses inherent loss: Rage regeneration pauses inherent Rage loss under the current 0.4.0 behavior. Modifiers that say No Inherent loss of Rage disable the built-in decay but do not necessarily prevent Skills or other effects from spending or removing Rage.
Rage can be spent or used as a cost: Some Skills and Supports spend Rage for an effect, while other Skills have a Rage cost. A cost can be modified by matching cost modifiers. Wording that simply spends Rage is not automatically the same as a Skill cost.
Every Rage also grants adds new benefits: Items and passives can make every Rage also grant Armour, Stun Threshold, Spell Damage, Minion Damage, or another stat. These are additional effects and do not replace the inherent Attack Damage benefit unless the effect explicitly removes Rage effect.
Maximum Rage events are separate: Reaching maximum Rage can trigger an item or build Glory, but merely remaining at maximum does not repeatedly count as reaching it. Hateforge, for example, triggers when maximum Rage is reached and then removes all Rage.

Current Rage interactions

7 cases

Rage on Hit

Horns of Bynden, Wings of Caelyn, Boar Idol, and many passive modifiers grant Rage on a qualifying Melee Hit. Hook Axe and other sources may use broader Hit wording. The 0.5 second Rage gain gate still applies.

Currency: Boar IdolRelated: Horns of Bynden, Wings of Caelyn, Hit

Rage when Hit

Bristleboar grants Rage when the wearer is Hit and a larger amount when Critically Hit. Blood of the Warrior grants Rage when Hit during its flask effect. These are incoming-Hit conditions rather than Rage on the player's outgoing Hits.

Recovers 71 Life over 6.80 SecondsConsumes 10 of 75 Charges on useCurrently has 0 ChargesRequiresLevel 4090% less Life RecoveredEffect is not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled(15-30)% of Damage taken during effect Recouped as LifeGain (3-5) Rage when Hit by an Enemy during effectNo Inherent loss of Rage during effect(25-50)% increased Duration"Tukohama may be asleep, but he still gives us his strength. A smallneedle, an offering, and a vial... drink deeply, my son, and youwill more than survive the coming battle... you will thrive."

Decay control

Death Articulated regenerates Rage and removes inherent Rage loss. Blood of the Warrior removes inherent loss during its effect. These prevent the built-in decay but do not make Rage immune to explicit spending or removal.

Armour(178-222)Evasion Rating(162-202)RequiresLevel 65, 44 Str, 44 Dex(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion(5-10)% increased Attack Speed+(17-23)% to Chaos ResistanceLose 5% of maximum Life per secondRegenerate 5 Rage per secondNo Inherent loss of Rage"The mind at the center of the swarm... K'Tash doesthe thinking... but it has only one thought... hate."- Rantings of a Templar prisoner, page ninety-four, Blood of the WarriorBlood of the WarriorUnique | Gargantuan Life Flask

Maximum Rage

Fury Talisman raises maximum Rage, Rune of Confrontation trades maximum Rage for faster generation and Rage Effect, and Tzamoto's Soul Core of Ferocity raises maximum Rage when socketed in a helmet.

Currency: Rune of Confrontation, Tzamoto's Soul Core of FerocityRelated: Fury Talisman

Additional per-Rage effects

Horns of Bynden adds Armour per Rage, Wings of Caelyn adds Stun Threshold, Spiteful Floret adds Life Recoup for each five Rage, and some current modifiers add Spell or Minion benefits.

Physical Damage(19-23) to (32-38)Critical Hit Chance11%Attacks per Second(1.33-1.38)Weapon Range1.2RequiresLevel 5, 9 Str, 8 IntGrants Skill: Sanguine Revelry (Level 14)(60-90)% increased Physical Damage(6-10)% increased Attack Speed+(7-14) to Strength(20-30)% chance to cause Bleeding on HitEvery 5 Rage also grants 5% of Damage taken Recouped as LifeIf you see the blushing tree of the northern woods,remember: "Blossoms of red, the tree's been fed.Blossoms of white, prepare for a fight.", Recouped

Spending and maximum events

Rageforged I spends Rage when possible to grant more Damage. Hateforge grants a Charge when maximum Rage is reached, subject to its cooldown, then removes all Rage. Ngamahu's Chosen fills Rage to its maximum on use.

Shapeshift and Glory

Current Shapeshift Skills and passives can generate, spend, regenerate, or scale Rage. Walking Calamity builds Glory by gaining Rage while already at maximum Rage, so its Glory condition is not the same as merely holding maximum Rage.

Related: Shapeshift, Glory

Limits and exceptions

5 rules

Rage inherently scales Attack Damage, not every kind of damage.
Only one Hit every 0.5 seconds can cause Rage gain.
No inherent Rage loss does not prevent explicit Rage costs, spending, or removal.
Reaching maximum Rage is an event and is different from remaining at maximum Rage.
Rage on your Hit and Rage when you are Hit are different conditions.

Related mechanics

MechanicWarcry

Warcries are active skills that count the Power of nearby enemies and then apply their own damage, control, Guard, Rage, or attack empowerment effects.

MechanicShapeshift

Shapeshifting changes the character into a non-human form. Animal forms use the character's normal stats unless a Skill or form says otherwise, and are enabled by a Talisman in the active weapon set.

MechanicRecouped

Recoup is recovery created by damage from a Hit. A percentage of eligible damage is recovered as the stated resource over eight seconds by default. Recoup does not prevent the original damage, does not trigger from damage over time, and cannot save a character from a Hit that is already lethal.

MechanicRecently

Recently means during the previous four seconds. It creates a rolling condition based on a named event such as being Hit, dealing a Critical Hit, spending Mana, consuming a Charge, reloading, Blocking, or Dodge Rolling. The event, subject, and verb must all match the modifier.

MechanicLife Leech

Life Leech recovers Life from a percentage of damage dealt by a Hit. A normal Life Leech instance delivers its recovery over one second, subject to the source's eligible damage type and the monster's Leech Resistance.