Earthen Bulwark

Earthen Bulwark is a Druid skill from the Defensive skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Barrier	Barrieru
Nature Magic
Earth Skills
Unstoppable
Fortifies

Earthen Bulwark Details and Upgrades

Earthen Bulwark Cooldown: 16 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Maximum Life in damage. Tags: Defensive, Nature Magic, Earth

Upgrades

Enhanced Earthen Bulwark Earthen Bulwark makes you Unstoppable while active.	Innate Earthen Bulwark Rock shrapnel flies outward when Earthen Bulwark is destroyed or expires, dealing 60% to surrounding enemies. This damage is increased by Barrier bonuses.
	Preserving Earthen Bulwark Casting Earthen Bulwark grants 18% of your Maximum Life (1) as Fortify .

Other Skills that work with Earthen Bulwark

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Earthen Bulwark can exploit
• Exploit a condition Earthen Bulwark creates

Defensive Tree
Vigilance You gain 7% Damage Reduction for 6 seconds after using a Defensive Skill. Tags: Defensive Passive
Wrath Tree
Natural Boulder While you have any Fortify, Boulder has +20% increased Critical Strike Chance. Skill
Crushing Earth Earth Skills deal 5%[x] increased damage to Slowed (CC), Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Back (CC) enemies. Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive
Safeguard Critical Strikes with Earth Skills Fortify you for 3% of your Maximum Life (1). Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Prerequisite: Can also reach Safeguard via Boulder. Passive
Stone Guard While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Prerequisite: Can also reach Stone Guard via Boulder. Passive
Unrestrained Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 5%. Double this effect while you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life. Damage: Physical Damage Passive
Ultimate Tree
Defiance Nature Magic Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to Elites. Tags: Nature Magic Passive
Natural Disaster Your Earth Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Your Storm Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to enemies that are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Back (CC). Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Prerequisite: Can also reach Natural Disaster via Petrify. Passive
Resonance Nature Magic Skills deal 2%[x] increased damage. Triple this bonus if an Earth Skill is the next Skill cast after a Storm Skill, or a Storm Skill is the next Skill cast after an Earth Skill. Tags: Nature Magic, Earth, Storm Prerequisite: Can also reach Resonance via Petrify. Passive
Defensive Posture Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5%[+] and you gain 3% Damage Reduction while Fortified. Damage: Physical Damage Passive
Key Passives Tree
Earthen Might Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth Skills has up to a 15% chance to: • Restore all of your Spirit • Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes and deal 70%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds This chance is increased by: • 15% for Critical Strikes • 15% if the target is Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Knocked Back (CC) Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive
Nature's Fury Casting or Channeling an Earth Skill has a 40% chance to trigger a free Storm Skill of the same category, and vice versa. In addition. You deal 40%[x] more Earth and Storm damage and these free Skills count as both. Skills on your Action Bar are far more likely to trigger. Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Passive

Items that work with Earthen Bulwark

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Earthen Bulwark
• Create a condition Earthen Bulwark can exploit
• Exploit a condition Earthen Bulwark creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Mending Stone	Defensive	The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes 35 - 264 of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Sealed Archives (Map)	Dry Steppes	Druid
Aspect of Mending Stone	Defensive	The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes 35 - 264 of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Sealed Archives (Map)	Dry Steppes	Druid
Aspect of Quicksand	Utility	Damage from Earth Skills Slow (CC) enemies hit by 20 - 60% for 5 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Ferals' Den (Map)	Scosglen	Druid
Earthguard Aspect	Defensive	Gain 10 - 30% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100%. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid
Ballistic Aspect	Utility	When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks. Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Whispering Pines (Map)	Scosglen	Druid
Crashstone Aspect	Offensive	Earth Skills deal 35 - 75% [x] more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Stockades (Map)	Scosglen	Druid
Earthguard Aspect	Defensive	Gain 10 - 30% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100%. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid
Subterranean Aspect	Offensive	Poison Creeper's active also casts Landslide in a circle around you. Earth Skills deal 15 - 35% increased damage to Poisoned enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

	Fleshrender "This weapon is a reminder of the unbridled savagery of our druidic ancestors, the wisdom of which I see more clearly with every day that passes." - Moreg, Druidic Scholar Type: Unique Mace Class: Druid Description: Casting a Defensive Skill deals [150 - 450] damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by 15%[x] for every 100 Willpower you have.Current Bonus: 0%[x]	+85.0% Damage to Poisoned Enemies Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[153 - 225] Willpower +[957 - 1,259] Maximum Life [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction +[2 - 3] to Defensive Skills
	Vasily's Prayer "Roots from the Great Oak growing at the seaward statue of Vasily will, on rare occasions, be found twisted back upon themselves, suffused with ferocious magic." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Unique Helm Class: Druid Description: Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [2.0 - 5.0]% of your Maximum Health.	Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[638 - 873] Maximum Life +[3.1 - 7.3]% Willpower +[3 - 4] to Defensive Posture +[1,500 - 1,750] Armor

Changes to Earthen Bulwark

Patch 2.0, October 8, 2024

• Innate Earthen Bulwark - Damage increased from 30% to 60% Weapon Damage.

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

• Previous – Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Base Life in damage.
• Now – Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Maximum Life in damage.

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Preserving Earthen Bulwark -Fortify amount changed from being based on Base Life to Maximum life.