Grim Dawn's skill classes are known as Masteries. Each Mastery has its own skill tree which represents the various character archetypes within the game. On reaching level 2, a player chooses a Mastery for their character to specialize in. At level 10, a second and final mastery may be chosen to complement the first choice and create a dual-class character.
Dual-classes[]
| Soldier | Demolitionist | Occultist | Nightblade | Arcanist | Shaman | Necromancer | Inquisitor | |
| Soldier | — | Commando | Witchblade | Blademaster | Battlemage | Warder | Death Knight | Tactician |
| Demolitionist | Commando | — | Pyromancer | Saboteur | Sorcerer | Elementalist | Defiler | Purifier |
| Occultist | Witchblade | Pyromancer | — | WitchHunter | Warlock | Conjurer | Cabalist | Deceiver |
| Nightblade | Blademaster | Saboteur | WitchHunter | — | Spellbreaker | Trickster | Reaper | Infiltrator |
| Arcanist | Battlemage | Sorcerer | Warlock | Spellbreaker | — | Druid | Spellbinder | Mage Hunter |
| Shaman | Warder | Elementalist | Conjurer | Trickster | Druid | — | Ritualist | Vindicator |
| Necromancer | Death Knight | Defiler | Cabalist | Reaper | Spellbinder | Ritualist | — | Apostate |
| Inquisitor | Tactician | Purifier | Deceiver | Infiltrator | Mage Hunter | Vindicator | Apostate | — |
Respecs[]
Skills can be unlearned by visitinga Spirit Guide who will refund skill points for a small fee, which will increase the more skill points are refunded. You cannot completely unlearn a skill without first removing all points from passive skills which affect it.
Soldier
Demolitionist
Occultist
Nightblade
See AlsoGrim DawnArcanist
Shaman
Inquisitor
Necromancer
Oathkeeper
| Soldier Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Cadence (Discord, Fighting Form, Deadly Momentum) • Forcewave (Tremor, Rending Force, Internal Trauma) • Blitz (Blindside) • Blade Arc (Clean Sweep, Laceration) • Overguard • War Cry (Break Morale, Terrify) |
| Passive Skills |
| Offensive: Markovian's Advantage • Fighting Spirit • Zolhan's Technique Defensive: Military Conditioning • Shield Training • Menhir's Will • Veterancy • Decorated Soldier • Scars of Battle |
| Toggled Skills |
| Oleron's Rage • Counter Strike • Field Command (Squad Tactics) • Menhir's Bulwark |
| Demolitionist Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Fire Strike (Explosive Strike, Searing Might, Searing Strike, Static Strike, Brimstone) • Flashbang (Searing Light) • Stun Jacks (Quick Jacks, Full Spread) • Blackwater co*cktail (High Potency, Demon Fire, Agonizing Flames) • Grenado (Skyfire Grenado, High Impact, Shattering Blast) • Canister Bomb (Concussive Bomb, Improved Casing) • Mortar Trap (Heavy Ordinance, "The Big One") • Thermite Mine (Hellfire Mine) |
| Passive Skills |
| Blast Shield • Ulzuin's Chosen |
| Toggled Skills |
| Flame Touched (Temper) • Vindictive Flame (Ulzuin's Wrath) |
| Occultist Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Dreeg's Evil Eye (Blood Burst, Focused Gaze, Terrifying Gaze, Vile Eruption) • Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) • Bloody Pox (Fevered Rage, Wasting, Black Death) • Sigil of Consumption (Destruction) • Blood of Dreeg (Aspect of the Guardian) • Doom Bolt |
| Toggled Skills |
| Solael's Witchfire (Consecrated Blade, Second Rite) • Bonds of Bysmiel (Manipulation) • Possession |
| Summoning Skills |
| Summon Familiar (Mend Flesh, Storm Spirit, Lightning Strike) • Summon Hellhound (Ember Claw, Hellfire, Infernal Breath) |
| Nightblade Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Phantasmal Blades (Frenetic Throw, Heart Seeker, Nether Edge) • Pneumatic Burst (Breath of Belgothian, Shadow Dance, Elemental Awakening) • Amarasta's Blade Burst (Lethal Assault) • Shadow Strike (Nidalla's Justifiable Ends (Skill), Nightfall) • Ring of Steel (Ring of Frost, Circle of Slaughter) • Blade Barrier • Blade Trap (Devouring Blades) • Blade Spirit |
| Passive Skills |
| Dual Blades (Belgothian's Shears, Nidalla's Hidden Hand, Amarasta's Quick Cut, Whirling Death, Execution) • Phantasmal Armor • Anatomy of Murder • Merciless Repertoire |
| Toggled Skills |
| Veil of Shadow (Night's Chill) |
| Shaman Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Primal Strike (Thunderous Strike, Torrent, Storm Surge) • Savagery (Might of the Bear, Tenacity of the Boar, Storm Touched) • Grasping Vines (Entangling Vines) • Devouring Swarm • Wind Devil • Wendigo Totem (Blood Pact) • Storm Totem (Corrupted Storm) • Wind Devil (Raging Tempest, Maelstrom) |
| Passive Skills |
| Brute Force (Feral Hunger, Upheaval) |
| Toggled Skills |
| Stormcaller's Pact • Primal Bond • Mogdrogen's Pact (Heart of the Wild, Oak Skin) |
| Summoning Skills |
| Summon Briarthorn (Ground Slam, Emboldening Presence) • Conjure Primal Spirit • Primal Bond |
| Inquisitor Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Word of Renewal (Word of Arms, Vigor, Steel Resolve) • Word of Pain (Word of Agony, Death Sentence) • Horn of Gandarr • Rune of Hagarrad (Biting Cold, Chillsurge) • Storm Box of Elgoloth (Allagast's Arcane Net, Lightning Tether) • Inquisitor Seal (Null Field, Arcane Empowerment) • Deadly Aim • Rune of Kalastor (Ignition) • Artifact Handling |
| Passive Skills |
| Ranged Expertise • Bursting Round • Chilling Rounds • Storm Spread |
| Channeled Skills |
| Flames of Ignaffar (Tainted Flame, Intensify, Infernal Purge, Endless Flame) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Aura of Conviction • Aura of Censure |
| Necromancer Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Siphon Souls (Sear Souls, Blood Boil) • Drain Essence (Gravechill, Hungering Reach, Decomposition) • Ravenous Earth (Decay, Foul Eruption) • Bone Harvest (Harvester of Death, Dread, Soul Harvest) • Ill Omen • Call of the Grave • Mark of Torment |
| Passive Skills |
| Reaping Strike • Necrotic Edge |
| Toggle Skills |
| Harbinger of Souls • Master of Death • Spectral Binding (Spectral Wrath) |
| Summoning Skills |
| Reap Spirit • Raise Skeletons (Undead Legion, Will of the Crypt) • Summon Blight Fiend (Unstable Anomaly, Rotting Fumes, Blight Burst) |
| Oathkeeper Skills |
|---|
| Active Skills |
| Eye of Reckoning (Soulfire) • Vire's Might (Volcanic Might, Volcanic Stride, Tectonic Shift) • Aegis of Mehnir • Judgement (Crushing Verdict, Heart of Wrath) • Righteous Fervor (Dreeg's Reproach, Consecration, Retribution) • Resilience • Ascension (Clarity of Purpose) |
| Passive Skills |
| Smite • Safeguard • Shattering Smash • Avenging Shield • Aegis of Thorns • Reprisal |
| Toggle Skills |
| Divine Mandate • Presence of Virtue (Haven, Rebuke) • Path of the Three |
| Summoning Skills |
| Summon Guardian of Empyreon (Scion of Dreeg, Celestial Presence) |
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