v0.20.0 · 14 October 2026

Crests: sockets, levels and awakening

Every Crest in The Ember Depths 0.20: how sockets boost the nodes around them, where Crests drop, how they level up from charts, and what awakening adds.

A Crest sits in a board's socket and boosts the magic and rare nodes around it. Your first Legend point offers a free starter (pick 1 of 3); the other 10 drop from chart bosses (1 in 6) and Breach Wardens (1 in 3, and your first Warden always drops one). A socketed Crest earns XP from every chart boss and Warden, up to level 20, and awakens at level 15.

Crest	Per node in range	Awakened (level 15)
Kindle	+0.2% damage to Burning foes per node in radius.	Burning foes that die spread their Burns.
Rime	+0.2% damage to Chilled foes per node in radius.	Chill stacks 3 times; the third shatters the foe (40%).
Tempest	+0.3% cooldown reduction per node in radius (up to 8%).	Crits take 0.2 s off your cooldowns.
Bloodletter	+0.25% bleed damage per node in radius.	Your Bleeds stack once more.
Venom	+0.2% damage to Poisoned foes per node in radius.	Poisoned foes are Weakened.
Bastion	+0.05% damage reduction per node in radius (up to 3%).	Block 8% of hits.
Predator	+0.3% crit damage per node in radius.	+15% damage to elites below 50% health.
Warden	+0.1% damage for you and allies within 6 tiles per node in radius.	You and allies within 6 tiles take 3% less damage.
Legion	+0.1% damage for you and your summons per node in radius.	Your summons explode when they die (60%).
Wanderer	+0.3% move speed per node in radius.	For 3 s after a dash: +10% dodge.
Arcanum (starter)	+0.08% skill damage per node in radius.	Every 12th cast is free.
Ironblood (starter)	+0.08% max health per node in radius.	Below half health, regenerate faster (grows with your level).
Edge (starter)	+0.07% damage per node in radius.	Kills give +6% damage for 4 s, up to 3 stacks.