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Invested with Blood

Invested with Blood

Reserved 95% or more of your Life.

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0.28%

How to unlock the Invested with Blood achievement in Path of Exile - Definitive Guide

Mana is generally permanently reserved when you cast and maintain auras, however there is a particular passive node called Blood Magic that strips your mana and uses your health for spells instead. Now instead of going all the way through the passive tree to Blood Magic when your build may not call for it, there is an easier way through a unique item or a support gem.

So here's how I got the achievement:

1. Obtain the unique armor "The Covenant." It's under the Spidersilk Robe (lvl 49, INT) class of armor and usually pops up on the trade board every now and then.
MAKE SURE THE ARMOR IS A MINIMUM OF THREE SOCKETS WITH TWO BLUES AND ONE GREEN. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE LINKED.

2.Collect three auras with two being 35% reservation cost auras and one 25% reservation cost aura. i.e. Arctic Armor, Discipline, and Purity of Lightning.

3.Equip the auras, use them, and DING achievement unlocked.

****More info added by ProjectSix (thanks btw)
However, the blood magic gem won't work as you describe it I don't think. Getting Blood Magic through the Covenant or the keystone on the passive tree and this works. The support gem has a mana multiplier though. It's 245% at level 1 down to 196% at level 20. So, any aura that reserves 50% with a lvl 20 Blood Magic gem is 98% reserved (50 * 1.96) and it should unlock. Getting the lvl 20 blood magic is a bit of an issue, though.


The best method (without The Covenant) could be a 35% reservation aura with a lvl 1 Blood Magic (35 * 2.45 = 85.75) and then a Clarity linked with the BM as well. Clarity is a flat amount reserved. It's 34 flat at lvl 1, so that's 34 * 2.45 = 83.3. So depending on how much health you have left, you'd level Clarity up until it took up an additional 10% of your health when linked to BM so it's above 95% total.

There's a very useful aura calculator where you could figure out which combo works for you to get it above 95%.. just set your blood magic gem level, which auras, the clarity level, etc.
(include your current life total in the calculator as well) https://poe.mikelat.com/

There's also aura reservation nodes on the tree that reduce the amount reserved that would effect normal ones and any with Blood Magic as well.. that won't apply to most characters but some builds do take them. Also, there's Enlighten support gem which is a *less* mana multiplier.. 96% at lvl 2, 92% at lvl 3 I believe.
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29 Aug 2017 02:36

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I was with him when he did this achievement. Can confirm this method works.
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By LocoDingo on 29 Aug 2017 07:12
very nice follow up. I'll Add it.
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By Code Jefe on 30 Aug 2017 18:25
Cool, no problem :) You could add the part "The Blood Magic support gem has a mana multiplier. It's 245% at level 1 down to 196% at level 20." at the beginning of it. May be confusing as to why I am multiplying the numbers to some.
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By ProjectSix on 30 Aug 2017 20:49
Also, this part "just set your blood magic gem level, which auras, the clarity level, etc." should be edited to include your current life total in the calculator as well.
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By ProjectSix on 30 Aug 2017 20:51
updated. thanks again for the comprehensive work :)
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By Code Jefe on 30 Aug 2017 23:45
Thanks Code Jefe & ProjectSix, worked a treat for me. Lev1 Blood Magic + 35% Aura + Lev2 Clarity was all I needed.

Can always equip/unequip gear that increases life if you're not quite reaching that 95% mark.
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By MushaConvoy on 12 Sep 2017 01:00
I agree with MushaConvoy, that just worked for me. I advise that you reword the solution to just describe this method but still include ProjectSix's explanation of how the multipliers work. I admit I was kind of confused for awhile.

For bonus points, you can also include a vendor where you can buy the necessary skill gems (I used the spirit located in the library in Act 3. He had everything.)
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By Durchschnitt on 28 Nov 2017 04:42
I recommend Malachai's Simula, Iron Mask lv17. It's cheaper and can be equipped before. wink
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By OsZaRo on 01 Jun 2018 19:15
Under the newest patch (3.22) This can be done with 3 gems.

Arrogance support
Purity of Fire (or Lightning or Ice or Blood)
Dread Banner (or Defiance Banner or War Banner)

This will give you 97% health reservation and the achievement. I used the ones that are not in the brackets.
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By Qonok on 25 Sep 2023 22:30
Nice guide. You can also buy all of these gems from Lilly Roth in act 6. She also shows up in the Epilogue. She sells most of the gems in the game (some are still drop only) but she'll have any needed for this achievement.

However, the blood magic gem won't work as you describe it I don't think. Getting Blood Magic through the Covenant or the keystone on the passive tree and this works. The support gem has a mana multiplier though. It's 245% at level 1 down to 196% at level 20. So, any aura that reserves 50% with a lvl 20 Blood Magic gem is 98% reserved (50 * 1.96) and it should unlock. Getting the lvl 20 blood magic is a bit of an issue, though.

The best method (without The Covenant) could be a 35% reservation aura with a lvl 1 Blood Magic (35 * 2.45 = 85.75) and then a Clarity linked with the BM as well. Clarity is a flat amount reserved. It's 34 flat at lvl 1, so that's 34 * 2.45 = 83.3. So depending on how much health you have left, you'd level Clarity up until it took up an additional 10% of your health when linked to BM so it's above 95% total.

There's a very useful aura calculator where you could figure out which combo works for you to get it above 95%.. just set your blood magic gem level, which auras, the clarity level, etc.
https://poe.mikelat.com/

There's also aura reservation nodes on the tree that reduce the amount reserved that would effect normal ones and any with Blood Magic as well.. that won't apply to most characters but some builds do take them. Also, there's Enlighten support gem which is a *less* mana multiplier.. 96% at lvl 2, 92% at lvl 3 I believe.
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By ProjectSix on 30 Aug 2017 08:10
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