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Path of Exile 2 - List of All Passive Skills

This is a guide for the Passive Skill Tree for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn more about the Passive Skill Tree, how many skill points you can get in total, as well as a list of Passives!

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Patch 0.3.0 Changes
・The Elemental Equilibrium Keystone Passive Skill has been redesigned. It now causes Infusion Remnants you create to be random elements.
・The Eternal Youth Keystone Passive Skill no longer causes your Life Flasks to recover Energy Shield instead, and now causes your Life Flasks to have 50% less recovery.
・The Giant's Blood Keystone Passive Skill now halves the amount of Life granted by Strength.
・The Glancing Blows Keystone Passive Skill now provides Chance to Evade is Unlucky, and Chance to Deflect is Lucky. It no longer provides Block Chance is doubled, or you take 50% of Damage from Blocked Hits.
・The Resolute Technique Keystone Passive Skill now grants Accuracy Rating is Doubled instead of Your Hits cannot be Evaded.
・Added 8 new clusters between the Warrior and Witch/Sorceress areas of the Passive Tree.
・Added 15 new clusters to the Warrior area of the Passive Tree.
・Added 23 new clusters to the Mercenary area of the Passive Tree.
・Added 17 new clusters to the Ranger/Huntress area of the Passive Tree.
・Added 17 new clusters to the Monk area of the Passive Tree.
・Added 25 new clusters to the Witch/Sorceress areas of the Passive Tree.
・Sources of increased Area of Effect have been lowered by approximately 25%.
・Sources of Daze Buildup have been replaced with chance to Daze on Hit, with adjusted values.
・Sources of reduced Reservation of Skills instead now grant increased Reservation Efficiency.
・Many existing clusters have also received updates. These changes may result in your existing passive tree being forcefully refunded if you had allocated nodes around the areas where the layout changed.
・A small Attribute Passive Skill has been removed on all of the outward highways between class starting locations.

What Are Passive Skills?

Grant Attributes and Stats

Passive Skills Full Tree

Passive Skills grant bonus attributes and stats to a character. Passive Skill points are gained upon gaining a level and then allocated to a node in the skill tree which is shared by all classes.

List of Classes

Four Types of Passives

Four Types of Passives

Passive Skill points are gained as you level up and are spent among these four types:

Passive Skill Types
POE 2 - Attribute PassiveAttribute Gives one of the three primary stats: Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence. Found in “attribute highways”.
POE 2 - Small PassiveSmall Gives minor bonuses such as increased Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and so on.
POE 2 - Notable PassiveNotable Alters the behavior of Skills and typically found near a chain of Small Passives.
POE 2 - Keystone PassiveKeystone Has unique and powerful effects but come with a downside. Builds are typically designed around them.

Note: Pressing on the sample passive will let you see a full list of that passive type!

List of Passive Skills

Passives by Type
Small Notable Keystone

Small Passives

Small Passives provide minor bonuses to specific stats such as Attack Damage and Attack Speed and branches off from Attributes. While they are miniscule alone, they are the foundation of a build's stat block!

List of All Small Passives

Notable Passives

Notable Passives significantly boosts a specific portion of a stat, enhancing the properties of the stat's scaling. Notable Passives are often found at the end of a Small Passive chain.

List of All Notable Passives

Keystone Passives

Keystone Passives alter the very foundations of your character, meaning that taking these often decides how a particular build may proceed. While Keystones have unique and powerful effects, they come with certain downsides you must play around!

List of All Keystone Passives

Passive Skill Tree Guide

Passive Skill Tree Progression Tips
Check icon Choose Relevant Passives
Check icon Build Around Keystones and Notables
Check icon Specialize in a Play Style
Check icon Select Appropriate Attributes
Check icon Swap Passives with Weapon Specialization
Check icon Utilize Jewel Slots
Check icon You Can Respec Anytime

Choose Relevant Passives

Choose Relevant Passives

A good rule of thumb is to choose Passive Skills that fit the main attribute of your class or directly benefit your weapon type.

Each class starts in different areas of the skill tree, but the starting nodes are almost always relevant to your character. This makes it so you don't have to worry about making wrong decisions early on!

Best Class Tier List

Build Around Keystones and Notables

Plan Around Keystones and Notables

Keystones and Notables offer significant power spikes that alter the behavior of skills and typically define builds and play styles.

When progressing through the Passive Skill Tree, plan ahead for the Keystone and Notable Passives you wish to take. Keystone Passives are usually located the farthest from your path!

List of All Builds

Specialize in a Play Style

Specialize in a Play Style

It's recommended to allocate your Passive Skill Points in clusters that have a common theme so you can specialize in certain aspects of combat.

Don't stray too far from your original starting location in the tree. Otherwise, you'll be spreading yourself thin and end up with an ineffective build.

Select Appropriate Attributes

Select Appropriate Attributes

Choose the appropriate attribute when allocating Passive Skill Points in the attribute highway as you build towards Keystones and Notables.

Select from either Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence, depending on your chosen class.

Swap Passives with Weapon Specialization

Swap Passives with Weapon Specialization Points

If you have two weapon sets equipped, you can quickly change Passives using Weapon Specialization. For example, you can take advantage of this as a Sorceress by swapping between Fire and Lightning specialization on the fly.

This is done by allocating Weapon Set Passive Skill Points which are obtained by progressing the campaign and obtaining Quest Books from select bosses.

Note: If you prefer to stick with only just one weapon set, you can instead invest them like normal Passive Skill Points!

Utilize Jewel Slots

Utilize Jewel Slots

The Passive Skill Tree contains empty Jewel slots where you can socket in Jewels to add more skills or boost your Passives in a radius.

Jewels are These nodes provide a significant power boost, as long as you have the Jewel to socket in.

You Can Respec Anytime

You Can Respec Anytime

You can respec or refund your Passive Skill Points at any time by simply speaking to The Hooded One and selecting the “Refund Passives” option.

Refunding Passives costs gold but it allows players to experiment and try out different builds!

How Many Passive Skill Points Can You Get?

123 Passive Skill Points in Total

There are a total of 123 Passive Skill Points you can obtain and allocate in the Passive Skill Tree, including all of the optional Skill Books that can be obtained through various content.

Latest Patch Changes

Refund All Passives

As of Patch 0.2.1, you now have an option to Refund All Passives whenever you have enough Gold to respec all of them at The Hooded One. This makes respeccing your character much easier in the late game, especially when you want to try out different builds.

0.2.1 Patch Notes and Summary

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1 Anonymous Anonymous 11 months

im confused. 100 passive skill point per level = 100pts plus 24 optional points from campaign. isn't 124 total passive skill points?

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