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If you want your fourth ascendancy point you’ll need to complete Trial 4, Trial 7, Trial 10, and finally, face the Trial Master. Let’s break this process down step by step.

1. Understanding Trials

Trials are dungeon-like challenges. There are three main trials:

Trial 4
Trial 7
Trial 10

After Trial 10, you unlock the door to face the Trial Master. To access the Trial Master fight, you’ll need three special keys called Fates:

Cowardly Fate
Deadly Fate
Victorious Fate

You get these keys as random drops from killing the final boss of Trial 10. Alternatively, you can buy them from Alva or other players.

2. Choosing Modifiers

Each trial has modifiers that make things harder or easier. Some affect you, while others change the behavior of enemies. Here’s a quick rundown:

Good Mods to Pick
- Grasping Vines: Easy to deal with by moving around.
- Petrified Turrets: Stand next to them and look away to avoid getting stunned.
- Rare monsters with extra mods: Adds more loot potential.
- Monsters grant no flask charges: Safe if you don’t rely on flasks.
Mods to Avoid
- Elemental resistance shred: Reduces your defenses.
- Stalking Shade: Hard to avoid and hits through evasion.
- Debuff duration extension: Increases stun and petrify durations.

3. Trial Mechanics

Trials are filled with red zones and hazards. Here’s how to deal with common ones:

Donut mechanic: Stand in the middle to stay safe.
Lightning Conduit: Move away when it charges up.
Volatile Globules: Always be on the move to avoid them.
Lasers: Use dodge rolls to avoid damage.

Avoid mixing mechanics that require staying still with ones that force you to move. For example, combining safe zones with globules can trap you in a dangerous spot.

4. Facing Trial Master

The Trial Master fight is tough but manageable if you know the mechanics:

Phases and Attacks
- Overhead Smash: Creates a triangle-shaped danger zone.
- Blood Orbs: Avoid the projectiles by moving around.
- Heart mechanic: Stay within the heart zone to avoid getting stunned.
- Ultimatum: Time freezes, and the boss sets traps that activate once time resumes.

The fight repeats these mechanics, but the boss has a lot of health, so patience is key.

5. Tips

Boost Your Build: Invest in better gear. Having solid defenses and high DPS makes everything easier.
Omen of Resurgence: Keep a few of these in your inventory. They restore life, mana, and energy shield when you hit low life.
Farm and Sell: If your character is strong, farm Trials for Fate fragments and sell them to buy an ascendancy boost from other players.

Final Blurb

Honesty, the easiest way to get your fourth ascendancy is to skip the Trial Master fight altogether. Sell the Fate fragments and use the currency to buy a boost. However, if you want to complete the fight, focus on learning the mechanics and building a character that can handle it.

Good luck out there!