Life

Life is shown in the lower left of the screen. You can use Flasks to restore it, or invest in passives that give you increased life regeneration, or leech.

Every class starts out with 50 Life, and gains +6 per level giving a base life of 644 at level 100. Strength increases Life, with every +10 node giving +5 Life. Characters do not begin with any life regeneration, but it is available from gear and passive skills.

Passives

There are passive skill nodes that grant additional life or a combination of bonuses including life. Other passives such as Life Regeneration and Life Leech are related to life, but do not increase maximum life.

The Chaos Inoculation Keystone will reduce your Life to one, nullifying any low-life spell damage bonuses, as well as any increased life or life regen passives taken. Pain Attunement will increase your spell damage if your Life is at or below 35% (this can be achieved through Blood Magic and reserves). Blood Magic removes your Mana, letting you use your Life to cast spells.

Please see the Minions page for information on Minion Life and the passives associated with them. Passives also exist which will increase the amount of Life regained from Flasks, as seen here.

Life

These passives either add a set amount to a character's maximum life or increase maximum life by a percentage.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-life.png	Life	+20 to maximum Life 8% increased maximum Life 12% increased maximum Life 13% increased maximum Life
File:Passive-thickskin.png	Thick Skin	18% increased maximum Life
File:Passive-divinetoughness.png	Divine Toughness	18% increased maximum Life
File:Passive-disciplineandtraining.png	Discipline and Training	+30 to maximum Life 12% increased maximum Life
File:Passive-fitness.png	Fitness	10% increased maximum Life +20 to Strength
File:Passive-heartofthegladiator.png	Heart of the Gladiator	+30 to maximum Life +20 to Strength

Life Regeneration

By default, characters do not regenerate life. These passives increase life regeneration as a percentage of maximum life per second.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-liferegeneration.png	Life Regeneration	0.4% of Life Regenerated per second 1.0% of Life Regenerated per second
File:Passive-trollsblood.png	Troll's Blood	1.5% of Life Regenerated per second
File:Passive-golemsblood.png	Golem's Blood	1.5% of Life Regenerated per second
File:Passive-endurancechargesmall.png	Life Regeneration per Endurance Charge	0.2% of Life Regenerated per second per Endurance Charge

Life Leech

These passives add life leech to attacks as a percentage of physical damage dealt.

The regeneration rate of life gained from life leech is capped at 20% of maximum life per second. If you have 1000 maximum life, and leech 600 life with a single attack, it will take three seconds for that life to be applied to your current life. You always get the full amount of life leeched, it is only the rate at which it regenerates that is capped - if you leech a large amount of life during a battle, you may find that the regeneration continues long after the battle is over. Similar to flasks, the regeneration from leech will stop if you reach maximum life.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-lifeleech.png	Life Leech	1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched back as Life
File:Passive-blooddrinker.png	Blood Drinker	2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched back as Life
File:Passive-soulraker.png	Soul Raker	4% increased Physical Damage with Claws 1% of Physical Damage dealt with Claws Leeched back as Life
File:Passive-soulraker.png	Essence Raker	2% increased Attack Speed with Claws 1% of Physical Damage dealt with Claws Leeched back as Life
File:Passive-soulraker.png	Spirit Raker	2% of Physical Damage dealt with Claws Leeched back as Life

Life Gain on Hit

These passives add a set amount of life gain on hit to attacks.

When an enemy is hit by your attack, you gain an amount of life equal to combined life gain on hit bonuses from passives and all other sources. This applies to each enemy hit by your attacks, so a single attack that hits multiple targets can trigger more than one life gain on hit effect. Unlike life leech, life gained this way is restored instantly.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-lifeleech.png	Life Gain on Hit	2 Life gained for each enemy hit by your attacks

Life Gain on Killing Blow

These passives add a set amount of life gain on killing blow to attacks.

When an enemy is killed by your attack, you gain an amount of life equal to combined life gain on killing blow bonuses from passives and all other sources. This effect triggers once for each enemy killed. Unlike life leech, life gained this way is restored instantly.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-lifeleech.png	Life Gain on Killing Blow	10 Life gained when you kill an enemy

Miscellany

These passives are related to life, but don't fit into any other category.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-bloodless.png	Bloodless	Enemies cannot Leech Life from you
File:Passive-keystone-bloodmagic.png	Blood Magic	Removes all Mana Spend Life instead of Mana for Skills
File:Passive-keystone-painattunement.png	Pain Attunement	30% more Spell Damage when on Low Life
File:Passive-keystone-chaosinoculation.png	Chaos Inoculation	Maximum Life becomes 1 Immune to Chaos Damage