Ranged · Pact Caster

Warlock

Power bought from something that lives beyond the stars. The price comes due later. The eldritch blast comes now.

Arcanist
d8 hit die
CHA
Pact Magic

Put Morvaine to rest (clear Act II). Something that served her offers you a pact.

Overview

Role: Ranged · Pact Caster
Archetype: Arcanist (ranged basic attack)
Hit die: d8
Hit points: 24 at level 1, +15 per level (+3 per CON modifier point, every level)
Primary ability: Charisma
Armour: Light
Weapons: Staves, Wands (a staff or wand is a spell focus: the basic attack is a ranged force bolt on Charisma)
Resource: Pact Magic: 50 + 2 per level, refills 12/s; every basic attack that hits restores 1.5
Ability score improvements: Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, 19
Subclass: Level 3: The Fiend or The Hollow Star
Starting kit: Wand, Leather Armor
Suggested scores: STR 8 · DEX 13 · CON 14 · INT 10 · WIS 12 · CHA 15

Class features

Lv 1
Otherworldly Patron Your patron's shadow falls over you.
- +10% Necrotic Resistance
Lv 1
Pact Magic A small well of power that refills in moments.
- +10% Resource Regen
Lv 2
Pact Curse Basic attacks against a Marked (cursed) target deal +1d6 damage.
Lv 5
Pact Boon Your patron grants a token of favour.
- +20% Resource Regen
Lv 6
Devil's Sight You see perfectly in magical darkness.
- +3% Dodge
- +1 to Hit
Lv 9
Agonizing Blast Your eldritch power hits harder.
- +8% Skill Damage
Lv 10
Lifedrinker Your strikes drink a little life.
- +2 Life on Hit
Lv 11
Mystic Arcanum A single secret of the patron is yours.
- +5% Cooldown Reduction
Lv 13
Mystic Arcanum (7th) Another secret, darker than the last.
- +15% Crit Damage
Lv 14
Eldritch Sight You see the seams of the world.
- +3% Crit Chance
Lv 17
Mystic Arcanum (9th) The deepest secret of your pact.
- +1 Spell Save DC
Lv 20
Eldritch Master Your pact magic regenerates 50% faster.

Level 1–20 progression

Everything a Warlock gains each level, including both subclasses (chosen at level 3). Tap a skill to jump to its numbers.

Warlock level 1 to 20 progression
Level	Prof.	Gains
1	+2	Otherworldly Patron Pact Magic Eldritch Blast
2	+2	Pact Curse Malediction
3	+2	Subclass: The Fiend or The Hollow Star Dark One's Blessing The Fiend Infernal Rebuke The Fiend Cold Light The Hollow Star Starless Gaze The Hollow Star
4	+2	Ability Score Improvement
5	+3	Proficiency +3 Pact Boon Pact Familiar Eldritch Blast 2 beams
6	+3	Devil's Sight
7	+3	Armor of Shadows Dark One's Own Luck The Fiend Whispers of the Void The Hollow Star
8	+3	Ability Score Improvement
9	+4	Proficiency +4 Agonizing Blast Dark Pact Malediction 2d6 Infernal Rebuke 3d10 The Fiend Starless Gaze 4d6 The Hollow Star
10	+4	Lifedrinker
11	+4	Mystic Arcanum Fiendish Resilience The Fiend Entropic Ward The Hollow Star Eldritch Blast 3 beams
12	+4	Ability Score Improvement
13	+5	Proficiency +5 Mystic Arcanum (7th) Hunger of the Void Dark Pact 4d8
14	+5	Eldritch Sight Infernal Rebuke 4d10 The Fiend Starless Gaze 5d6 The Hollow Star
15	+5	Hurl Through Hell The Fiend Starless Mind The Hollow Star Malediction 3d6
16	+5	Ability Score Improvement
17	+6	Proficiency +6 Mystic Arcanum (9th) Call Greater Fiend Eldritch Blast 4 beams Dark Pact 5d8 Hunger of the Void 4d6
18	+6	Infernal Mantle The Fiend Collapse The Hollow Star
19	+6	Ability Score Improvement
20	+6	Eldritch Master

Feature Skill Dice rank-up Subclass Ability Score Improvement Proficiency · Subclass entries are tagged with the subclass name.

Skills & spells

Numbers at mastery rank 1. Damage adds your weapon hit or ability modifier; "save" skills deal half damage when the foe makes its save (DC = 8 + proficiency + CHA modifier). Open Mastery for every rank, perk and the rank-10 bonus.

Warlock skills

Eldritch Blast

Lv 1 Projectile force

A crackling beam of eldritch force. You fire an extra beam at levels 5, 11 and 17, and each beam rolls its own hit.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 1; in game the numbers follow your hero

Fires a beam (9 tiles range) dealing 4–13 force damage.
Rolls to hit against armor (+5 to hit).

Type: Projectile
Cost: Free
Cooldown: 1s
Damage: 1d10 per beam + CHA mod shared by the beams force
Hit: Attack roll vs AC
Scales with: Charisma
Beams: 1 at Lv 1, 2 at Lv 5, 3 at Lv 11, 4 at Lv 17
Range: 9 tiles

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Eldritch Blast mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	1s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	1s	+3%	Range +15%
3	Lv 2	0.9s	+6%	Cooldown −8%
4	Lv 4	0.9s	+9%
5	Lv 5	0.9s	+12%	Beams Mark foes (15%) · Marked 15% · 3s
6	Lv 6	0.9s	+25%	Damage +10%
7	Lv 8	0.9s	+28%	Range +15%
8	Lv 10	0.9s	+31%
9	Lv 12	0.8s	+34%	Mark chance +15% · Marked 30% · 3s
10	Lv 14	0.8s	+62%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus)

Rank 4: pick one

Eldritch Spear +1 beam, beams −10% damage.
Agonizing Blast Damage +20%, cooldown +10%.

Rank 8: pick one

Eldritch Lance Beams pierce every foe in the line; damage −10%.
Grasping Void Foes are Chilled (slowed) instead of Marked; chance +10%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Eldritch Master's Blast: damage +10% and range +20%.

Malediction

Lv 2 Projectile necrotic

Curse a foe: it takes more damage from everyone, and your basic attacks against it bite deeper.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 2; in game the numbers follow your hero

Fires a projectile (9 tiles range) dealing 4–9 necrotic damage.
Never grazes (no attack roll, so it always lands in full and can't crit).
Always leaves foes Marked for 15.9 s (singled out: takes 15% more damage from the party).
Leaves the foe Bound (your payoff consumes it).
On a Forfeit foe it collects instead: 50% harder on a Bound foe, consuming it.

Type: Projectile
Cost: 10
Cooldown: 5s
Damage: 1d6 + CHA mod necrotic
Hit: Always hits
Scales with: Charisma
Projectiles: 1
Range: 9 tiles
Applies: Marked · 15s

Damage dice by level Lv 2 1d6Lv 9 2d6Lv 15 3d6

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Malediction mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	10	5s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	10	5s	+3%	Curse lasts 20% longer · Marked · 18s
3	Lv 2	10	4.9s	+16%	Damage +10%
4	Lv 4	10	4.9s	+19%
5	Lv 5	8	4.8s	+22%	Cost −20%
6	Lv 6	8	4.8s	+25%	Range +20%
7	Lv 8	7	4.2s	+28%	Cooldown −10%
8	Lv 10	7	4.1s	+31%
9	Lv 12	7	4.1s	+34%	Curse lasts 20% longer · Marked · 21s
10	Lv 14	3	4.1s	+52%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · Marked · 25.5s

Rank 4: pick one

Spreading Curse +1 curse (seeks a second foe), curses −35% damage.
Withering Curse Damage +25%, cost +30%.

Rank 8: pick one

Lingering Curse Curse lasts 60% longer.
Quick Malediction Cooldown −15%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Doom: curse lasts 30% longer and cost −20%.

Pact Familiar

Lv 5 Summon fire

Summon a familiar bound by your pact: the Pact Imp that harries foes with tiny fireballs, a fire-breathing Hellhound, or a chained Fiendish Guardian. Choose the form in Hearthold; mastery binds more of them.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 5; in game the numbers follow your hero

Calls 1 Pact Imp for 16 s.
It has 64 HP and hits for 2–18 fire damage every 0.9 s.
Choose its form in Hearthold (Hero → Skills).
Casting it again while they're out replaces the oldest.

Type: Summon
Cost: 25
Cooldown: 25s
Damage: 1d8 per summon hit fire
Summons: 1
Lasts: 16s

Forms: choose one any time (Hero → Skills — town or mid-dungeon; the next cast calls it). Compare every caster's forms

Hellhound

Damage

A flame-maned hound of the pit that breathes a gout of fire over its prey and everything beside it.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
HP each: 0.6× a plain summon
Damage per hit: 1.8× a plain summon
Attacks: every 1.5s
Moves: 5.4 tiles/s
Reach: 1.4 tiles (melee)
Splash: 50% to foes within 1.3 tiles
Applies: Burning 25% · 3s
Damage type: fire
Master passive: Hellfire Pact: +4% Crit Chance, +10% Crit Damage while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Pact Imp

Steady Default

The familiar: a quick little fiend that harries your foes with tiny fireballs.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
Numbers: The skill's own minion, unchanged
Master passive: Familiar's Eye: +5% Crit Chance while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Fiendish Guardian

Tank

A chained, iron-hided fiend that bellows to pull foes onto itself and soaks what they deal.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
HP each: 2.5× a plain summon
Damage per hit: 0.5× a plain summon
Attacks: every 1.4s
Moves: 3.4 tiles/s
Reach: 1.4 tiles (melee)
Taunt: foes within 3.5 tiles every 4s for 3s; its hits 2s
Damage type: fire
Master passive: Infernal Aegis: +3% Crit Chance, +2 Armor Class while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Numbers per body at mastery rank 1, against a plain summon body (HP 56% of your max HP; damage = the skill's dice × your power). A summon also inherits your gear: weapon power and Damage % on its hits (flat damage and elemental affixes don't carry), ~85% of your AC and to-hit, half your attack speed and crit chance, a quarter of your move speed. Mastery ranks and perks multiply every form the same way. While one body of a form stands you get its master passive (one per form; half strength in the PvP arena).

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Pact Familiar mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	25	25s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	25	24.8s	+3%	Familiar HP +20% · summon HP +20%
3	Lv 2	25	24.5s	+6%	+1 familiar (the contract thins: familiars −10% damage) · 2 summons
4	Lv 4	24	24.3s	+9%
5	Lv 5	19	24s	+12%	Cost −20%
6	Lv 6	19	23.8s	+15%	Familiar HP +25% · summon HP +45%
7	Lv 8	19	23.5s	+18%	+1 familiar (familiars −10% damage) · 3 summons
8	Lv 10	18	23.3s	+21%
9	Lv 12	18	23s	+24%	Familiar damage +10%
10	Lv 14	12	22.8s	+42%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · summon HP +70%

Rank 4: pick one

Brood +1 familiar; familiars −30% HP and −10% damage.
Hellhide Familiars +60% HP.

Rank 8: pick one

Fiery Familiar Familiars +20% damage, −25% HP.
Snap Summons Cooldown −25%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Infernal Menagerie: familiars +25% HP and +10% damage.

Armor of Shadows

Lv 7 Buff

Wrap yourself in living darkness that turns blades and bites back at attackers.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 7; in game the numbers follow your hero

For 12 s, you gain +2 Armor Class, +3% damage reduction and +10% thorns (attackers take that much of their hit back).

Type: Buff
Cost: 20
Cooldown: 24s
Scales with: Charisma
Duration: 12s
Grants you: +2 Armor Class, +3% Damage Reduction, +10% Thorns

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Armor of Shadows mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	20	24s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	20	23.8s	+3%	Duration +15% · 13.8s
3	Lv 2	20	23.5s	+6%	Armor strength +15% · +2.3 Armor Class, +3.5% Damage Reduction, +11.5% Thorns
4	Lv 4	19	23.3s	+9%
5	Lv 5	19	20.6s	+12%	Cooldown −10%
6	Lv 6	15	20.4s	+15%	Cost −20%
7	Lv 8	15	20.2s	+18%	Duration +10% · 15s
8	Lv 10	15	19.9s	+21%
9	Lv 12	14	19.7s	+24%	Armor strength +10% · +2.5 Armor Class, +3.8% Damage Reduction, +12.5% Thorns
10	Lv 14	9	19.4s	+42%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · +2.8 Armor Class, +4.2% Damage Reduction, +14% Thorns

Rank 4: pick one

Frozen Spite Armor strength +30%, duration −20%.
Endless Night Duration +30%.

Rank 8: pick one

Shadow Weave Cooldown −15%.
Dread Mantle Armor strength +20%, cost +30%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Mantle of the Void: armor strength +15%.

Dark Pact

Lv 9 Area necrotic

Tear the life from everything around you (Weakening it), and drink deep from every blow that follows.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 9; in game the numbers follow your hero

Hits every foe within 3 tiles of you for 6–29 necrotic damage.
Foes roll a Constitution save against your DC 15: half damage if they pass.
No attack roll, so it never grazes and can't crit.
44% chance per hit to leave a foe Weakened for 4.2 s (deals 25% less damage (bosses: half as much)).
Its effect only lands on foes that fail the save.
Then for 6 s you gain +8% of damage dealt back as life.
On a Bound foe it strikes 50% harder and consumes it, and the cast gives 10% of your Pact Magic back.

Type: Area (around you)
Cost: 25
Cooldown: 12s
Damage: 3d8 + CHA mod necrotic
Hit: CON save vs your spell DC (half damage on a save)
Scales with: Charisma
Radius: 3 tiles
Applies: Weakened 40% · 4s
Grants you: +8% Lifesteal

Damage dice by level Lv 9 3d8Lv 13 4d8Lv 17 5d8

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Dark Pact mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	25	12s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	25	11.9s	+3%	Radius +10% · radius 3.3
3	Lv 2	25	11.8s	+6% +1d	+1 damage die
4	Lv 4	24	11.6s	+9% +1d
5	Lv 5	24	10.6s	+12% +1d	Cooldown −8%
6	Lv 6	24	10.4s	+15% +1d	Lifesteal +30% · +10.4% Lifesteal
7	Lv 8	24	10.3s	+18% +1d	Radius +10% · radius 3.6
8	Lv 10	23	10.2s	+21% +1d
9	Lv 12	19	10.1s	+24% +1d	Cost −15%
10	Lv 14	13	10s	+42% +1d	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · radius 4.1 · +13.6% Lifesteal

Rank 4: pick one

Widening Hunger Radius +35%, damage −10%.
Devour Damage +20%, cost +25%.

Rank 8: pick one

Insatiable Cooldown −15%.
Eternal Thirst Lifesteal +60%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Soul Harvest: lifesteal +40% and radius +15%.

Hunger of the Void

Lv 13 Area cold

Open a sphere of starless void: freezing cold, and things in the dark that feed.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 13; in game the numbers follow your hero

Fills an area for 6 s: every foe in a 3-tile radius up to 7 tiles away takes 4–14 cold damage every second.
Foes roll a Dexterity save against your DC 16: half damage if they pass.
No attack roll, so it never grazes and can't crit.
76% chance per hit to leave a foe Chilled for 2.1 s (slowed 40% (+7% per extra stack; bosses half). At 5 stacks the target freezes solid).
Its effect only lands on foes that fail the save.
Leaves the foe Bound (your payoff consumes it).
On a Forfeit foe it collects instead: 50% harder on a Bound foe, consuming it.

Type: Area
Cost: 30
Cooldown: 16s
Damage: 3d6 + CHA mod cold
Hit: DEX save vs your spell DC (half damage on a save)
Scales with: Charisma
Radius: 3 tiles
Range: 7 tiles
Lasts: 6s
Applies: Chilled 70% · 2s

Damage dice by level Lv 13 3d6Lv 17 4d6

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Hunger of the Void mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	30	16s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	30	15.8s	+3%	Radius +10% · radius 3.3
3	Lv 2	29	15.7s	+16%	Damage +10%
4	Lv 4	29	15.5s	+19%
5	Lv 5	29	15.4s	+22%	Void lasts 15% longer · 6.9s
6	Lv 6	29	13.9s	+25%	Cooldown −8%
7	Lv 8	28	13.8s	+28%	Radius +10% · radius 3.6
8	Lv 10	28	13.6s	+31%
9	Lv 12	23	13.4s	+34%	Cost −15%
10	Lv 14	15	13.3s	+52%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · radius 4.2 · Chilled 85% · 2s

Rank 4: pick one

Vast Dark Radius +35%, damage −10%.
Ravenous Void Damage +20%, radius −20%.

Rank 8: pick one

Endless Hunger Void lasts 25% longer.
Whispering Void Foes are Frightened instead of Chilled (−20% chance).

Rank 10, Mastered: The Hungry Stars: radius +20% and status chance +15%.

Call Greater Fiend

Lv 17 Summon fire

Call in the patron's debt: a greater fiend steps out of a burning rift to fight for you — the winged Bound Fiend, a greataxe Pit Ravager, or a Hellforged Sentinel behind its tower shield. Choose the form in Hearthold.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 17; in game the numbers follow your hero

Calls 1 Bound Fiend for 30 s.
It has 206 HP and hits for 8–75 fire damage every 0.9 s.
Choose its form in Hearthold (Hero → Skills).
Casting it again while they're out replaces the oldest.

Type: Summon
Cost: 40
Cooldown: 40s
Damage: 2d10 per summon hit fire
Summons: 1
Lasts: 30s

Forms: choose one any time (Hero → Skills — town or mid-dungeon; the next cast calls it). Compare every caster's forms

Pit Ravager

Damage

A horned brute with a burning greataxe: every slow swing explodes in hellfire across its target's friends.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
HP each: 0.6× a plain summon
Damage per hit: 2× a plain summon
Attacks: every 1.6s
Moves: 4.2 tiles/s
Reach: 1.5 tiles (melee)
Splash: 50% to foes within 1.5 tiles
Applies: Burning 25% · 3s
Damage type: fire
Master passive: Ravager's Pact: +4% Crit Chance, +15% Crit Damage while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Bound Fiend

Steady Default

The patron's debt collector: a winged greater fiend that pounds your foes with steady blows.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
Numbers: The skill's own minion, unchanged
Master passive: Debt Collector: +6% Crit Chance while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Hellforged Sentinel

Tank

An iron-plated fiend with a tower shield and a mace that roars to make every foe nearby its problem.

Bodies: 1 per cast at rank 1
HP each: 2.5× a plain summon
Damage per hit: 0.6× a plain summon
Attacks: every 1.5s
Moves: 3.4 tiles/s
Reach: 1.4 tiles (melee)
Taunt: foes within 3.5 tiles every 4s for 3s; its hits 2s
Damage type: fire
Master passive: Hellforged Aegis: +3% Crit Chance, +2 Armor Class while one stands
Arrival: Rift sigil: it steps out of a burning rift torn through a pact sigil

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Call Greater Fiend mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	40	40s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	40	39.6s	+3%	Fiend HP +20% · summon HP +20%
3	Lv 2	39	39.2s	+6%	Duration +15% · 34.5s
4	Lv 4	39	38.8s	+9%
5	Lv 5	38	38.4s	+12%	Fiend damage +10%
6	Lv 6	38	38s	+15%	Fiend HP +20% · summon HP +40%
7	Lv 8	30	37.6s	+18%	Cost −20%
8	Lv 10	29	37.2s	+21%
9	Lv 12	29	36.8s	+24%	+1 fiend (the debt is split: fiends −15% damage) · 2 summons
10	Lv 14	18	36.4s	+42%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · summon HP +65%

Rank 4: pick one

Infernal Legion +1 fiend; fiends −25% HP and −15% damage.
Pit-Born Fiends +50% HP and +10% damage.

Rank 8: pick one

Binding Chains Duration +30%.
Open Gate Cooldown −15%.

Rank 10, Mastered: Pit Lord: fiends +25% HP and +10% damage.

The Fiend skills

Infernal Rebuke

Lv 3 Area fire The Fiend

Wreathe yourself in hellfire for an instant, scorching everything close enough to hurt you.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 3; in game the numbers follow your hero

Hits every foe within 2.4 tiles of you for 5–23 fire damage.
Foes roll a Dexterity save against your DC 13: half damage if they pass.
No attack roll, so it never grazes and can't crit.
44% chance per hit to leave a foe Burning for 3.2 s (takes fire damage every half second. New burns add time (up to 8s)).
Its effect only lands on foes that fail the save.

Type: Area (around you)
Cost: 15
Cooldown: 10s
Damage: 2d10 + CHA mod fire
Hit: DEX save vs your spell DC (half damage on a save)
Scales with: Charisma
Radius: 2.4 tiles
Applies: Burning 40% · 3s

Damage dice by level Lv 3 2d10Lv 9 3d10Lv 14 4d10

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Infernal Rebuke mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	15	10s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	15	9.9s	+3%	Radius +10% · radius 2.6
3	Lv 2	15	9.8s	+6% +1d	+1 damage die
4	Lv 4	15	9.7s	+9% +1d
5	Lv 5	14	8.8s	+12% +1d	Cooldown −8%
6	Lv 6	14	8.7s	+15% +1d	Burning chance +15% · Burning 55% · 3s
7	Lv 8	14	8.6s	+18% +1d	Radius +10% · radius 2.9
8	Lv 10	14	8.5s	+21% +1d
9	Lv 12	12	8.4s	+24% +1d	Cost −15%
10	Lv 14	8	8.3s	+42% +1d	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · radius 3.4 · Burning 75% · 3s

Rank 4: pick one

Pit's Mouth Radius +35%, damage −10%.
Brimstone Damage +20%, cost +25%.

Rank 8: pick one

Short Temper Cooldown −15%.
Infernal Terror Foes are Frightened instead of Burning.

Rank 10, Mastered: Nine Circles: radius +20% and status chance +20%.

The Hollow Star skills

Starless Gaze

Lv 3 Projectile psychic The Hollow Star

Let your patron look through your eyes: a lance of void pierces the line and shatters minds.

What it does for a new Warlock at level 3; in game the numbers follow your hero

Fires a projectile (9 tiles range) dealing 6–21 psychic damage, piercing through every foe in its path.
Foes roll a Wisdom save against your DC 13: half damage if they pass.
No attack roll, so it never grazes and can't crit.
38% chance per hit to leave a foe Feared for 2.1 s (flees from the nearest enemy, ignoring commands).
Its effect only lands on foes that fail the save.
Leaves the foe Bound (your payoff consumes it).
On a Forfeit foe it collects instead: 50% harder on a Bound foe, consuming it.

Type: Projectile
Cost: 15
Cooldown: 7s
Damage: 3d6 + CHA mod psychic
Hit: WIS save vs your spell DC (half damage on a save)
Scales with: Charisma
Projectiles: 1
Range: 9 tiles
Pierces: Yes
Applies: Feared 35% · 2s

Damage dice by level Lv 3 3d6Lv 9 4d6Lv 14 5d6

Mastery: ranks 1–10, perks, mastered bonus

Each rank above 1: +3% damage, −1% cooldown, −1% cost. Ranks come from using the skill; your character level caps them (rank 10 needs level 14). Numbers below are without perks.

Starless Gaze mastery ranks
Rank	Needs	Cost	Cooldown	Dmg	What changes
1	Lv 1	15	7s	—	Learned
2	Lv 1	15	6.9s	+3%	Range +15%
3	Lv 2	15	6.9s	+16%	Damage +10%
4	Lv 4	15	6.8s	+19%
5	Lv 5	14	6.2s	+22%	Cooldown −8%
6	Lv 6	14	6.1s	+25%	Frighten chance +15% · Feared 50% · 2s
7	Lv 8	14	6s	+28%	Fear lasts 30% longer · Feared 50% · 2.6s
8	Lv 10	14	6s	+31%
9	Lv 12	12	5.9s	+34%	Cost −15%
10	Lv 14	8	5.8s	+62%	Mastered (+15% damage, −25% cost, plus its signature bonus) · Feared 65% · 2.6s

Rank 4: pick one

Twin Stars +1 gaze, gazes −35% damage.
Void Lance Damage +20%, cooldown +10%.

Rank 8: pick one

Blink Cooldown −15%.
Star-Madness The gaze Stuns for 1s instead of frightening.

Rank 10, Mastered: Event Horizon: damage +10% and status chance +15%.

Subclasses

Chosen at level 3. Each adds its own skill and a feature every few levels.

The Fiend

A pact with a lord of the lower planes, paid in souls and returned in fire.

Skills

Infernal Rebuke Lv 3

Features

Lv 3
Dark One's Blessing Each life you take restores a little of yours.
- +2 Life on Hit
Lv 7
Dark One's Own Luck The patron tips fate your way.
- +3% Crit Chance
- +3% Dodge
Lv 11
Fiendish Resilience Your patron hardens you against harm.
- +8% All Resistances
Lv 15
Hurl Through Hell The mightiest foes get a glimpse of the pit.
- +12% Damage vs Elites
Lv 18
Infernal Mantle Hellfire clings to your every spell.
- +4 Fire Damage
- +25% Fire Resistance

The Hollow Star

A pact with a dead star that still whispers. Its gifts are cold, patient, and very bad for the mind.

Skills

Starless Gaze Lv 3

Features

Lv 3
Cold Light The dead star's light chills your foes and shields your mind.
- +25% Psychic Resistance
- +15% Cold Resistance
- +2 Cold Damage
Lv 7
Whispers of the Void You hear where the blow will land.
- +5% Dodge
Lv 11
Entropic Ward The void swallows part of every hit.
- +6% Damage Reduction
Lv 15
Starless Mind Your spells slip past every defense.
- +1 Spell Save DC
- +6% Skill Damage
Lv 18
Collapse Your patron's gravity bends the fight around you.
- +8% Damage
- +10% Area Damage

Talents & roles

Warlocks lean damage. The class tree and one tree for each subclass hold 55 talents; you earn a point every level and one for each act boss.

All Warlock talents Party roles

Spellbook & mechanic

The Ledger

Every bargain has small print.

Curses lay clauses on a foe, and three clauses call Forfeit. When Pact Magic runs short you cast on credit and run up Debt.

Keystone: Open Account · Chase legendary: The Unpaid Ledger

Warlocks choose 9 pages from level 4, picking at levels 4, 9, 14 and 18:

Rot Hex · Twin Rot, Quickened Hex, Rot Bloom
Bane · Wide Bane, Rot Bane, Binding Bane
Hex Idol · Thorned Idol, Rot Idol, Walking Idol
Eyes of the Hollow · Watcher's Ring, Starless Lens, Silent Stare
Patron's Tether · Heavy Chains, Shared Agony, Snap
Writ of Debt · Collector's Hook, Rotten Writ, Final Writ
Blight Harvest · Greedy Tithe, Wide Furrow, Quick Reap
Sign in Blood · Short Term, Collateral Clause, Soul Lien
Call in the Debt · Foreclosure, Harvest Clause, Lien

All Warlock pages and variants How the Spellbook works

Warlock unique weapons

Hexbinder's Rod Starter

Wand · Weapon · drops from level 5

+8–24% Skill Damage
+2–6 Charisma
+2–10 Necrotic Damage
+1 random affix

Forked Pact. Eldritch Blast leaps on to 1 more foe.

“Signed in ink, sealed in blood, and very much still binding.”

The Patron's Tongue

Wand · Weapon · drops from level 12

+8–24% Skill Damage
+2–6 Charisma
+1–4 Life on Hit
+1 random affix

Imp Tithe. Kills have a 11–14% chance to call an imp (up to 4) that fights for 15s.

Brief Lives. Your summons explode when they die for 65–85% weapon damage within 2 tiles.

“A knife-thin wand that speaks for your patron. It never says please.”

Voidglass Staff

Quarterstaff · Weapon · drops from level 16

+6–20% Skill Damage
+2–6 Charisma
+2–10 Cold Damage
+1 random affix

Event Horizon. Hunger of the Void moves with you and drags foes toward its heart.

Void Debt. Short on Pact Magic? Skills take the rest from your health: 0.8–1.2% of max health a point. With a Ledger you owe more Debt instead.

“Look into the glass and something on the other side looks back, hungrily.”

The Deepest Chart ◈ DEEP

War Staff · Weapon · drops from level 20

+10–28% Skill Damage
+3–8 Intelligence
+8–30 Max Resource
+3 random affixes

Uncharted Stars. Each cast sets a void star circling you (+2% skill damage each). At 7 they fall on foes for 175–210% weapon damage each.

Margin Notes. Kills refund 30–40% of your last skill's cost.

Here Be Monsters. Every 24 foes your skills strike, 3 void rings burst out of you: 280–320% weapon damage each, flinging foes back. Asleep Hone this item at the Forge (Smithy level 6) to wake it. Any line will do, even with its Forging Potential spent.

Drops from: Only from the Deep: Breach Wardens, chart bosses of tier 8 and up, and Survey Shards. Always Emberforged

“A chart of a floor no one has reached, rolled tight around a staff. It unrolls when you aren't looking.”

Warlocks are Arcanists: they can also wear the 9 Arcanist unique armour and off-hands, and any unique jewelry. Power values show the range they roll in.