Acolyte of Chayula: Full Ascendancy Breakdown

Notables

• Embrace the Darkness — Removes Spirit; grants Darkness (base maximum 100, +10 maximum per character level — buffed from +8 in patch 0.4.0, and from +5 at launch in patch 0.2.0). Damage is reserved from Darkness before Life or Energy Shield, for 5 seconds after taking damage (cut from 10 seconds in patch 0.3.0).
• Chayula's Gift — +10% maximum Chaos Resistance, and your Chaos Resistance is doubled.
• Deepening Shadows — 1% increased maximum Darkness per 1% Chaos Resistance you have. (Renamed from "Inner Silence" in patch 0.3.0, alongside a full effect rework — the old Inner Silence instead reduced Darkness reservation duration by 50%.)
• Sap of Nightmares — Life and Mana Leech also applies from Chaos damage. (Renamed from "Reality Rending" in patch 0.3.0 — the old version instead gave a tiered chance for +25%/+50%/+100% damage as extra Chaos; that effect no longer exists on this notable.)
• Inner Turmoil — Gain 1 Volatility on inflicting an Elemental Ailment, and take no damage from that ailment. (Renamed from "Ravenous Doubts" in patch 0.3.0 — the old version instead granted instant Mana Leech; some guides are still showing that pre-rename effect under the current name.)
• Unravelling — Chaos damage from Hits cycles between contributing to Ignite, Freeze, and Shock buildup every 2 seconds. (Renamed from "Consuming Questions" in patch 0.3.0 — the old version instead prevented Energy Shield recharge and made Mana Leech also restore Energy Shield.)
• Waking Dream — Grants Into the Breach: a Flame of Chayula manifests within 8.5 metres of you every 1.4 seconds, fades after 25 seconds if not picked up, and is revealed once within 5 metres of you (all confirmed via this site's own gem-tooltip data — newly added, this page previously had no spawn-mechanic numbers at all). Red Flame grants Life Leech, Blue Flame grants Mana Leech — both currently at 20% (buffed from 15% in patch 0.4.0, from 7% at launch). Purple Flame grants a stacking buff dealing 7% of damage as extra Chaos, up to 10 stacks, lasting 8 seconds per stack (buffed from 5 seconds in patch 0.4.0).
• Lucid Dreaming — As of patch 0.3.0, this notable provides no bonus of its own — it exists purely to let you choose which Flame of Chayula (Life/Mana/Power) gets manifested by Waking Dream, by unlocking one of the three "Choice of..." passives listed under Small Passives below. (Two different "actual bonus" claims circulate on older guides — a +50% Remnant pickup range, and a doubled Flame effect/duration — both describe pre-0.3.0 states and neither is current.)
• Grasp of the Void — Grants Void Illusion: 3 charges, 4-second cooldown per charge, dealing 350–1268% Attack Damage across gem levels 1–20 (this scaling figure remains single-sourced to Mobalytics; treat the exact percentages as lower-confidence pending a second source, though the skill's existence and general shape are well-confirmed). **Corrected 2026-08-22:** this page previously called this node "Illusory Void," claiming a patch-0.3.0 rename from "Grasp of the Void" — this site's own datamined tree data shows the node is still named Grasp of the Void right now, so that rename claim doesn't hold up against ground truth. Renamed back to match. (The pre-0.3.0 version of this node instead added 1% of damage as extra Chaos per 20 unreserved Darkness, a passive damage conversion rather than an active skill grant — that part of the history is unaffected by the naming correction.)
• Archon of Chayula — A capstone added later, in patch 0.5.0 (after this project's original research pass, which is why most guide sites don't list it yet). Grants an activated skill on a cycle of roughly 10 seconds active / 20 seconds cooldown. Exact numeric effects beyond that cycle aren't independently confirmed yet — official patch notes as of 0.5.1 only document a bug fix (removing an unintended block on dealing Elemental damage while it's active), not the skill's core numbers, so treat specifics beyond the activation cycle as still open.