Celestial Blood and Sand Stance Effect
Your Blood and Sand or Flesh and Stone becomes a Celestial Effect.
Active
Blood and Sand
Overview
Casts a buff that grants different bonuses to melee skills depending on your stance. Using the skill again alternates between Blood Stance and Sand Stance.
Properties
- Gem type
- Active
- Colour
- Red
- Attribute
- Strength
- Drop level
- 5
Quest reward sources
These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.
| Quest | Classes | Amount | Reward item level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Some Eggs | Duelist | 1 | 1 |
Compare gem levels and variants
Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.
Mechanics at a glance
- Melee Skills have 5% less Area of Effect while in Blood Stance
- Melee Skills deal 5% less Area Damage while in Sand Stance
- Melee Skills deal 10% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance
- Melee Skills have 10% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance
At 20% quality
10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Acquisition
Compatibility inputs
- Skill types
- Spell, Buff, Instant, Has Reservation, Instant No Repeat When Held, Instant Shift Attack For Left Mouse, Cooldown, Stance
- Granted minion skill types
- None recorded
- Can be supported
- Yes
Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.
Compatible support gems 4
Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.
Gem progression 20 standard levels
| Gem level | Required level | Cooldown | Mana reservation | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 10% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 10% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance | 16,154 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 11% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 11% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | 631,116 | 16,154 |
| 3 | 28 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 12% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 12% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | 5,714,441 | 647,270 |
| 4 | 44 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 13% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 13% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | 33,587,544 | 6,361,711 |
| 5 | 58 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 14% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 14% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | 489,216,748 | 39,949,255 |
| 6 | 70 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 15% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 15% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 50% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | 529,166,003 |
| 7 | 72 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 16% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 16% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 60% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 8 | 74 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 17% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 17% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 70% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 9 | 76 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 18% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 18% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 80% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 10 | 78 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 19% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 19% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 90% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 11 | 80 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 20% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 20% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 12 | 82 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 21% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 21% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 110% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 13 | 84 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 22% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 22% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 120% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 14 | 86 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 23% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 23% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 130% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 15 | 88 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 24% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 24% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 140% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 16 | 90 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 25% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 25% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 150% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 17 | 91 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 25% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 25% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 160% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 18 | 92 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 26% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 26% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 170% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 19 | 93 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 26% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 26% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 180% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 20 | 94 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 27% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 27% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 190% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
Show extended levels 21–26
| Gem level | Required level | Cooldown | Mana reservation | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 95 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 27% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 27% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 200% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 22 | 96 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 28% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 28% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 210% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 23 | 97 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 28% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 28% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 220% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 24 | 98 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 29% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 29% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 230% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 25 | 99 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 29% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 29% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 240% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
| 26 | 100 | 2 sec | 10% | Melee Skills deal 30% more Area Damage while in Blood Stance Melee Skills have 30% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance 250% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | — | — |
Quality progression
Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.
| Quality | Effects |
|---|---|
| 0% | No quality bonus |
| 5% | 2.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| 10% | 5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| 15% | 7.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| 20% | 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| 23% | 11.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
| 30% | 15% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate |
Alternate effects 3
Polaris Blood and Sand Effect
Your Blood and Sand and Flesh and Stone becomes a Black and White Effect.
Sunrise Blood and Sand Effect
Your Blood and Sand and Flesh and Stone becomes a Sunrise Effect.