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For the support gem previously named Blood Magic Support, see Arrogance Support. For the other support gem with related effects, see Lifetap Support.
Blood Magic
Keystone
KeystoneBloodMagic passive skill icon
Removes all mana
Skills Cost Life instead of Mana
Skills Reserve Life instead of Mana
Spend Life instead of Mana for effects of Skills [1]
Lay open your veins, and draw power from your own spilled life.

Blood Magic (often referred to as BM) is a keystone passive skill that allows the character to spend life instead of mana to use skills. It also sets maximum mana to zero.

Mechanics[ | ]

If taken with Eldritch Battery, your energy shield will continue to protect mana but will not be spent.

Skills that reserve mana will reserve life. The cost of skills is calculated normally, so reduced mana cost or reduced mana reservation modifiers will reduce the amount of life used. It is not possible to commit suicide through Blood Magic.

While you have Blood Magic, you are neither at full mana, nor low mana.[1]

Location[ | ]

Blood Magic is located in the bottom left corner of the tree. Taking Blood Magic is required to reach the two 10% life nodes and the keystone passive skill, Mortal Conviction.

Class Distance from start
Marauder 12
Duelist 12
Templar 14
Scion 16
Ranger 19
Witch 21
Shadow 26

Related unique items[ | ]

These unique items have the Blood Magic modifier, which provides the same effect as this keystone. Taking the keystone in addition to equipping one of these items will impart no additional benefit.

ItemBase ItemLvl.Stats
Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords inventory iconSkin of the Lords
Simple Robe
Quality: +20%
Movement Speed: -3%
Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
Corrupted
The Lords are chosen so carefully.
Only they may grace His flesh.
Skin of the Lords inventory icon
Simple Robe1Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
Acrobatics
Ancestral Bond
Arrow Dancing
Avatar of Fire
Blood Magic
Call to Arms
Conduit
Corrupted Soul
Crimson Dance
Doomsday
Eldritch Battery
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Overload
Elemental Overload
Eternal Youth
Ghost Reaver
Glancing Blows
Hollow Palm Technique
Iron Grip
Iron Reflexes
Mind Over Matter
Minion Instability
Mortal Conviction
Pain Attunement
Perfect Agony
Phase Acrobatics
Point Blank
Resolute Technique
Runebinder
Imbalanced Guard
Supreme Ego
The Agnostic
The Impaler
Unwavering Stance
Vaal Pact
Wicked Ward
Wind Dancer
Zealot's Oath

Corrupted
Malachai's SimulaMalachai's Simula inventory iconMalachai's Simula
Iron Mask
Quality: +20%
Evasion: 57
Energy Shield: 12
Requires Level 17, 21 Dex, 21 Int+20 to Strength
(15-30)% increased Spell Damage
(20-30)% increased Lightning Damage
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
It was a sliver of Malachai's soul
that animated the first Eternal Guardian.
Malachai's Simula inventory icon
Iron Mask17+20 to Strength
(15-30)% increased Spell Damage
(20-30)% increased Lightning Damage
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
Malachai's AwakeningMalachai's Simula inventory iconMalachai's Awakening
Iron Mask
Quality: +20%
Evasion: 57
Energy Shield: 12
Requires Level 60, 21 Dex, 21 Int+20 to Strength
(15-30)% increased Spell Damage
+10% to all Elemental Resistances
Adds (42-54) to (78-88) Cold Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Adds (54-64) to (96-107) Fire Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Adds (5-14) to (160-173) Lightning Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
There is no cost too great to pay for power.
Merely men who lack the conviction to pay it.
Malachai's Simula inventory icon
Iron Mask60+20 to Strength
(15-30)% increased Spell Damage
+10% to all Elemental Resistances
Adds (42-54) to (78-88) Cold Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Adds (54-64) to (96-107) Fire Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Adds (5-14) to (160-173) Lightning Damage to Spells while no Life is Reserved
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
Replica Tukohama's FortressReplica Tukohama's Fortress inventory iconReplica Tukohama's Fortress
Ebony Tower Shield
Quality: +20%
Chance to Block: 25%
Armour: 494
Movement Speed: -3%
Requires Level 61, 159 Str+(20-30) to maximum Life+(80-100) to maximum Life
You can Cast an additional Brand
20% increased Critical Strike Chance per Brand
40% increased Brand Damage
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
"As one of our few creations that did not cost any fatalities,
Prototype #10 bore unexpectedly positive results."
Replica Tukohama's Fortress inventory icon
Ebony Tower Shield61+(20-30) to maximum Life+(80-100) to maximum Life
You can Cast an additional Brand
20% increased Critical Strike Chance per Brand
40% increased Brand Damage
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
Tukohama's FortressTukohama's Fortress inventory iconTukohama's Fortress
Ebony Tower Shield
Quality: +20%
Chance to Block: 25%
Armour: 494
Movement Speed: -3%
Requires Level 61, 159 Str+(20-30) to maximum Life40% increased Totem Damage
+(80-100) to maximum Life
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
+300 Armour per Summoned Totem
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction
Tukohama knew that he could not lose a fight in his fortress.
So he carried his fortress to the fight.
Tukohama's Fortress inventory icon
Ebony Tower Shield61+(20-30) to maximum Life40% increased Totem Damage
+(80-100) to maximum Life
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
+300 Armour per Summoned Totem
Blood Magic
Mortal Conviction

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.14.0
  • (Undocumented) The mod Socketed gems have Blood Magic has been removed from the game and replaced by Socketed Gems Cost and Reserve Life instead of Mana, or Socketed Gems Reserve Life instead of Mana, or Socketed Gems Cost Life instead of Mana, affects all version.
2.1.1
  • Fixed a bug where you could not get stunned while wearing the Skyforth inventory iconSkyforthSkyforth
    Sorcerer Boots
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: 58
    Requires Level 67, 123 Int+(60-120) to maximum Mana
    30% increased Movement Speed
    25% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike
    6% reduced Mana Reserved
    You have no Life Regeneration
    Stun Threshold is based on 500% of your Mana instead of Life
    The quick die young, the brilliant go mad,
    and the powerful stand alone in a wasteland of their own creation.
    Skyforth inventory icon
    boots with the Blood Magic Keystone allocated.
1.3.0
  • When Blood Magic is active, your mana orb no longer shows as fully reserved.
1.0.0
  • Players now cannot spend or reserve their last point of life with Blood Magic.
0.9.12p
  • Fixed a bug where skills would appear disabled if you have Blood Magic.
0.9.12m
  • Fixed a bug where players who cast their auras and then return to town to select the Blood Magic keystone passive will have free auras until they log out.
0.9.11
  • Totems with Blood Magic (from either a Support Gem or the player's passives) now do not spend their own life to cast spells.
0.9.10
  • Totems using percentage reserve skills with blood magic now correctly base the cost as a percentage of their life rather than yours.
0.9.9c
  • Blood Magic now no longer prevents traps from working.
0.9.7d
  • Fixed the interaction between Chaos Inoculation and Blood Magic so that there's no crazy bugged death state any more. If you try to reserve life or mana when you have both of these keystones, you will now die properly.
0.9.4
  • Introduced to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. Mark_GGG (November 15, 2013). "Infernal Mantle and Blood Magic". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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