Reliquarian — PoE Ascendancy Guide
The Scion's collectionist ascendancy — each league the Reliquarian borrows powers themed after unique items. In 3.30 Covens of Umbra her notables were shuffled into a fresh pool of 23 unique-themed powers.
What she is: the Reliquarian is a Scion ascendancy that trades a conventional kit for a rotating collection of powers copied from unique items — the pool changes each league. 3.30's set leans into corrupted items, crit-conditional effects and unconventional builds (unarmed, tinctures, mines, totems, mercenary-free spell triggers).
Defenses — life, ES & resistances
| Power | Effect |
|---|---|
| Shadowstitch | +10% max Life and +15% max Energy Shield per corrupted item equipped — but each corrupted item costs -2% all resists. |
| Death's Door | +25% movement speed, immune to Bleeding, +1 max Endurance Charge. |
| The Brass Dome | +5% all max elemental resists, no extra crit damage taken — but Strength gives no life. Max resists still capped at 90%. |
| Crown of the Inward Eye | +20% max Life/Mana/global ES plus all three Transfiguration keystones. |
| The Scales of Justice | Adds 4–8 fire damage per 100 of your lower of max Life/Mana; Ignite/Shock immune when Life and Mana are within 500 of each other. |
Mines, totems, minions & triggers
| Power | Effect |
|---|---|
| Foulborn Tremor Rod | Mines detonate one extra time; +50% aura effect from mines. |
| The Draugr's Lantern | Draugrflames burn nearby enemies 8s after you Ignite. |
| The Crustacean's Call | Totems +100% movement speed and +1 max totem; Spell Totem skills become Crab Totems. |
| Festering Resentment | Triggered spells can Poison on hit. |
| Shade of Solaris | Your crits deal no damage — but after a crit, you gain 200% increased spell damage for 8s. |
| United in Dream | Grants level 25 Envy; minions get 60% poison chance on hit. |
Elemental, mana & ailment tricks
| Power | Effect |
|---|---|
| Natural Hierarchy | Chained extra damage — 5% phys→lightning, 10% lightning→cold, 15% cold→fire, 20% fire→chaos. |
| Box of Jewels | Shock-avoidance mods cover all ailments; ignite-duration mods do the same; killing a hexed enemy grants curse immunity for its duration. |
| Praxis | Regen 12 mana/s, -8 mana costs, 16% damage recouped as mana, +50% mana cost efficiency. |
| The Arkhon's Tools | Skitterbots summon a Scorching Skitterbot too; +100% non-damaging ailment effect from them. |
| Blackflame | Your ignites deal chaos damage; Wither never expires on enemies you ignite. |
| Choir of the Storm | Crits trigger level 30 Lightning Bolt; overcapped lightning resist adds crit chance. |
Projectiles, melee & ES leech
| Power | Effect |
|---|---|
| Rigwald's Quills | Attack projectiles Fork, and can Fork one extra time. |
| The Living Blade | Poison immune; two extra active tinctures; 10% chance to shed a Mana Burn stack on kill. |
| Essentia Sanguis | ES leech not removed at full ES, leech ES instead of life, doubled ES leech caps — but ES can't recharge. |
| Tidebreaker | Endurance charge on melee stun, +6% damage per charge, 50% chance for Brine Charges instead. |
| The Monastery Bell | Count as blocking attack damage against the first target hit by each shield attack. |
| Starcaller | Melee crits trigger level 20 Starfall; +25% weapon phys as a random element. |
How she plays in 3.30
- 1Pick a power, then a skill
Reliquarian builds start from the power, not the skill — Shade of Solaris wants a crit-often low-hit spell setup, Starcaller wants fast melee crits, Shadowstitch wants a fully corrupted wardrobe.
- 2Corruption is a resource
With Shadowstitch, corrupted gear becomes a scaling axis — cheap corrupted uniques suddenly matter for an ascendancy that already lives on borrowed powers.
- 3Not a league-start-safe pick
The 3.30 pool is strong on paper but untested in the new endgame — it's the theorycrafter's ascendancy this league, better as a second character.
FAQ
- ?What is the Reliquarian in PoE?
A Scion ascendancy whose notables copy the fantasy of specific unique items — the pool rotates each league, so she's effectively a different class every patch.
- ?What changed for Reliquarian in 3.30?
Her notable pool was reshuffled into a new set of 23 unique-themed powers — corrupted-item scaling, crit-conditional spell triggers, totem/mine/minion options and melee crit effects like Starcaller.
- ?Is Reliquarian good in PoE 3.30?
On paper, yes — several powers (Shadowstitch, Shade of Solaris, Starcaller) enable builds that didn't exist. Practically, it's early: treat her as an experimental pick until the community locks in proven setups.
- ?Reliquarian or Luminary for Scion?
Different games entirely — Reliquarian borrows unique-item powers for solo builds; Luminary permanently hires and equips mercenaries. Reliquarian is the 3.30 novelty pick; Luminary took the nerf this patch.