Mana

The Player's Mana Orb, if filled.

The Player's Mana Orb, if all mana was reserved

Mana is spent to activate skills, and is shown on the bottom right of the screen as a blue orb. It recovers slowly over time, but can be refilled quickly with flasks.

Mechanics

Every class starts with 40 Mana and have the following character stats

• +10% of Maximum Mana to maximum Recovery per Mana Leech
• +20% of Maximum Mana to maximum total Recovery per second from Mana Leech
• +6 Maximum Mana per Level
• Regenerate 1.8% of Mana per second

Every two points of Intelligence grants +1 mana.

Additional mana and mana regeneration can be gained from high Intelligence, passive skills, modifiers on equipment, the aura , various unique items, and by helping Alira in the Deal with the Bandits quest. Clarity is important for high mana regen because it gives a flat "mana gained per second" bonus that is increased by all Mana Regeneration Rate +% modifiers.

The when on Low Mana and when on Full Mana modifiers are not triggered with 0/0 mana.

Calculation

Total maximum Mana can be calculated with the following formula:

$\color[RGB]{163,141,109} \begin{align} \text{Mana}_{\text{total} } = & \left(40 + \text{Level}_{\text{Character} } \times \text{Mana per level} + \frac{\text{Intelligence} }{2} + \sum_{i=1}^{a} \text{added Mana} \right) \times \\ & \left( 1 + \sum_{j=1}^{b} \text{increased Mana}_{j} - \sum_{k=1}^{c} \text{reduced Mana}_{k} \right) \times \\ & \prod_{l=1}^{d} (1 + \text{more Mana}_{l}) \times \prod_{m=1}^{e} (1 - \text{less Mana}_{m}) \end{align}$

Flat mana bonuses are added directly to the base mana (+X to maximum Mana). Percent-based modifiers apply to flat mana bonuses, as well as base mana and mana from Intelligence (+X% increased maximum Mana). See modifiers.

Mana Scaling

Intelligence grants +1 Mana per 2 Intelligence.

Certain unique items grant special additional scaling for Mana based on other statistics:

• grants +1 Mana per 4 Strength.

Mechanics Scaled by Mana

Certain unique items and ascendancies scale based off of maximum Mana.

Unique Items

• has the special modifier Stun Threshold is based on 500% of your Mana instead of Life.
• has the special modifier 2% chance to Dodge Attack and Spell Hits per 500 Maximum Mana, up to 20%.

Spending Mana

Mana can be spent in the following ways:

• By using skills. Skills generally have a base mana cost which is modified by mana multipliers on linked support gems. The rate of mana use is also affected by cast speed, attack speed, and other speed modifiers such as temporal chains, chills, and Suppressing Fire.
• By reserving mana. Certain skills reserve, i.e. make unusable, large amounts of mana in exchange for permanent buffs, auras, or curses acting as auras.
• has the unique mod 30% of Lightning Damage is taken from Mana before Life when Hit, a unique spin on Mind Over Matter. This stacks with Mind Over Matter for Lightning Damage only.
• has the unique mod 50% chance to Cast Socketed Spells when you Spend at least 100 Mana to Use a Skill, essentially granting another effect to spending mana.
• has the unique mod Insufficient Mana doesn't prevent your Melee Attacks, essentially eliminating the need for mana restoration.
• has the unique mod Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect, but also restores mana.
• has the unique mod Skills used during Flask effect grant 800% of Mana Cost as Life, causing mana expenditures to heal the player proportionally.

Notably, Mana lost to damage is not considered spent. This includes Mind Over Matter, Divine Guidance, , and Corruptions allowing for a portion of damage taken to be applied to Mana instead of Life.

Restoring Mana

Upon spending, unreserving, or deferring incoming damage to, Mana may be restored in the following ways:

• Mana and Hybrid Flasks
• Mana Regeneration
• Mana Leech
• Mana Gained on Hit
• Mana Gained on Kill
• Mana Gained on Block
• Damage taken gained as Mana when Hit
• Returning to town or logging out

Full Mana

Being on Full Mana can unlock bonuses granted by certain unique items:

• grants

Low Mana

A character is on Low Mana when the current percentage of maximum Mana is less than or equal to 50%.

Certain unique items grant special effects based on being on Low Mana or not:

• has the unique mod 25% increased Spell Damage taken when on Low Mana
• has the unique mod Chaos Damage does not bypass Energy Shield while not on Low Life or Low Mana

Mana on Equipment

Modifiers

Other

Catarina, Master of the Dead can craft mana on gear.

In addition, +X to maximum Mana can be guaranteed on Body Armour, Helmets, Gloves, and Boots through the use of Essences with a range of +55 to 77.

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant mana bonuses.

Increased maximum mana

These passive skills grant increased maximum mana.

Cluster Jewel passive skills

The following Cluster Jewel passives are related to Mana:

See also

• Mana regeneration
• Mana leech
• Mana gain on hit
• Mana gain on kill
• Mana reservation