Steelskin - Path of Exile

Steelskin is an active skill gem.

Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.A percentage of all Damage from Hits is taken from this buff before your Life or Energy Shield.

Spell, Duration, Guard. Level: 1–20. Cost: 4–16 Mana. Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec. Cast Time: Instant. Requires Level 4.

Base duration is 1.5 seconds
This Skill"s Cooldown does not recover during its effect
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54–2209) Damage
Buff grants Immunity to Bleeding

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Steelskin	(0–10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Steelskin	(0–10)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	50
Anomalous Steelskin	Steelskin Buff can take (0–10)% increased amount of Damage	100
Divergent Steelskin	Buff grants +(0–20)% to all Resistances	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Cost	70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield Buff can take 54 Damage	Experience
1	4	16	4	70, 54	841
2	6	20	5	70, 66	3,099
3	9	27	5	70, 86	7,433
4	12	33	6	70, 109	22,895
5	16	41	7	70, 145	49,725
6	20	50	7	70, 188	95,714
7	24	58	8	70, 240	169,595
8	28	67	9	70, 302	283,759
9	32	75	10	70, 376	453,996
10	36	83	10	70, 464	703,128
11	40	92	11	70, 568	1,061,223
12	44	100	12	70, 691	2,065,870
13	48	109	12	70, 835	2,507,110
14	52	117	13	70, 1005	2,573,731
15	55	123	14	70, 1152	7,611,351
16	58	130	14	70, 1317	13,437,908
17	61	136	15	70, 1502	25,052,147
18	64	142	15	70, 1711	43,869,436
19	67	148	16	70, 1946	242,081,178
20	70	155	16	70, 2209
21	72		17	70, 2403
22	74		17	70, 2611
23	76		18	70, 2837
24	78		18	70, 3080
25	80		18	70, 3342
26	82		19	70, 3624
27	84		19	70, 3928
28	86		19	70, 4257
29	88		20	70, 4610
30	90		20	70, 4991
31	91		20	70, 5192
32	92		20	70, 5401
33	93		21	70, 5618
34	94		21	70, 5842
35	95		21	70, 6076
36	96		21	70, 6318
37	97		21	70, 6569
38	98		22	70, 6829
39	99		22	70, 7099
40	100		22	70, 7379

Steelskin is a guard skill that grants the user a buff that absorbs incoming hits for a short period of time.

All Guard skills

Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:

Gem	Level
Arcane Cloak	16
Immortal Call	34
Molten Shell	1
Steelskin	1
Vaal Molten Shell	1

Item acquisition

Steelskin can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Steelskin can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Steelskin:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Steelskin.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Steelskin Additional Physical Damage Reduction 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Steelskin grants 8% additional Physical Damage Reduction	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Additional Physical Damage Reduction 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Steelskin grants 12% additional Physical Damage Reduction	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Damage Limit 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Steelskin Buff can take 30% increased amount of Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Steelskin Damage Limit 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Steelskin Buff can take 45% increased amount of Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Steelskin has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Stygian Steelskin Effect	Your Steelskin becomes a Stygian Effect.