Steelskin

SteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard
Mana Cost: (4-16)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54-2209) Damage
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSteelskin

Steelskin is a guard skill that grants the user a buff that absorbs incoming hits for a short period of time.

Skill functions and interactions

All Guard skills

Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:

Skill gem
Arcane CloakArcane CloakSpell, Duration, Guard, Lightning Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 16Spends a portion of your mana to grant a buff that takes some of the damage from hits for you until depleted. The buff grants added lightning damage based on the amount of mana spent by this skill. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration0.25% of Damage taken gained as Mana over 4 seconds when Hit0.5% increased Buff EffectBase duration is 3 seconds 75% of Damage from Hits is taken from Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to Mana Spent by this Skill's effect Spends (45-64)% of current Mana Buff grants Added Lightning Damage equal to (10-14)% of Mana Spent by this Skill's effect This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	N/A	N/A		16
Immortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard Mana Cost: (21-36) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1231% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removedBase duration is 1 seconds (25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken (25-35)% less Physical Damage taken 15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.		N/A	N/A	34
Molten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Radius: 15 Mana Cost: (8-12) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour 75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000 Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.		N/A	N/A	4
SteelskinSteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard Mana Cost: (4-16) Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds 70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield Buff can take (54-2209) Damage This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.		N/A	N/A	4
Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard Souls Per Use: 50 (N) / Can Store 1 Use(s) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:11% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000 Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second, or when Buff expires or is depleted Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.		N/A	N/A	4

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Buff Damage Cap	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	16	4	54	0	0
2	6	20	5	66	841	841
3	9	27	5	86	3,099	3,940
4	12	33	6	109	7,433	11,373
5	16	41	7	145	22,895	34,268
6	20	50	7	188	49,725	83,993
7	24	58	8	240	95,714	179,707
8	28	67	9	302	169,595	349,302
9	32	75	10	376	283,759	633,061
10	36	83	10	464	453,996	1,087,057
11	40	92	11	568	703,128	1,790,185
12	44	100	12	691	1,061,223	2,851,408
13	48	109	12	835	2,065,870	4,917,278
14	52	117	13	1005	2,507,110	7,424,388
15	55	123	14	1152	2,573,731	9,998,119
16	58	130	14	1317	7,611,351	17,609,470
17	61	136	15	1502	13,437,908	31,047,378
18	64	142	15	1711	25,052,147	56,099,525
19	67	148	16	1946	43,869,436	99,968,961
20	70	155	16	2209	242,081,178	342,050,139
21	72	159	17	2403	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	17	2611	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	18	2837	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	18	3080	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	18	3342	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	19	3624	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	19	3928	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	19	4257	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	20	4610	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	20	4991	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	20	5192	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	20	5401	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	21	5618	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	21	5842	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	21	6076	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	21	6318	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	21	6569	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	22	6829	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	22	7099	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	22	7379	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Steelskin:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Steelskin.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Steelskin Additional Physical Damage Reduction 1	66	Steelskin grants 8% additional Physical Damage Reduction	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Additional Physical Damage Reduction 2	75	Steelskin grants 12% additional Physical Damage Reduction	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Damage Limit 1	66	Steelskin Buff can take 30% increased amount of Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Damage Limit 2	75	Steelskin Buff can take 45% increased amount of Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Fixed some bad visual interactions between Steelskin and several glowy cosmetics.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments
3.7.0	Steelskin has been added to the game.