Sanctuary of Thought

Sanctuary of Thought

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Gain 20% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield
25% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills
50% less Mana Cost of Skills
1% increased Area of Effect per 50 Unreserved Maximum Mana, up to 100% [1]

Sanctuary of Thought is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Hierophant that grants less mana cost to skills and increased mana reservation efficiency, and additional maximum energy shield equal to a percentage of the user's maximum mana. It also grants increased area of effect based on the amount of your maximum mana.

Mechanics

The extra energy shield granted by Sanctuary of Thought behaves like a conversion, and is therefore affected by both modifiers to mana and maximum energy shield. With no "more" modifiers, the total additional energy shield granted is given by

 Additional Energy Shield = Base Mana * ( 0.20 ) * (1 + % increased maximum Mana + % increased maximum Energy Shield )

Modifiers like more maximum Energy Shield and more maximum Mana apply multiplicatively as usual.

Ruthless mode

Sanctuary of Thought (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Gain 20% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield
25% less Mana Cost of Skills

Sanctuary of Thought in Ruthless mode does not grant mana reservation efficiency or AOE based on mana and has a lower mana cost reduction.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	[Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] No longer provides "25% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills" or "1% increased Area of Effect per 50 Unreserved Maximum Mana, up to 100%" in Ruthless. It now provides 25% less Mana Cost of Skills (50% in non-Ruthless).
3.16.0	No longer grants 10% less Mana Reservation of Skills. Instead, it now grants 25% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills.
3.8.0	Now grants 50% less Mana cost of skills (rather than reduced) and 20% of maximum Mana as extra maximum Energy Shield (down from 30%). No longer grants 50% reduced Mana cost of skills while on full Energy Shield. Instead, it now grants 1% increased area of effect per 50 unreserved maximum mana, up to 100%.
3.2.0	Added 10% less Mana Reservation.
3.0.0	Now grants 30% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield (up from 25%).
2.3.0	Now grants 25% of maximum Mana as extra maximum Energy Shield (from 15%). Added 50% reduced Mana Cost of Skills and 50% reduced Mana Cost of Skills on Full Energy Shield.
2.2.0	Added to the game.