Rite of Passage Charms

Rite of Passage is a unique Golden Charm (a 1×1 belt charm). Like all charms it sits in a belt charm slot, fills with charges as you kill monsters and at Wells, and triggers automatically — no button press. Its trigger is the interesting part:

Trigger

Used when you Kill a Rare or Unique enemy

On use

Possessed by a spirit for 10–20 seconds

Charges

Consumes all 80 charges per use

Always

15% increased Rarity of Items found

Requires

Level 50

Because it eats all 80 charges in one go, it fires roughly once per pack — kill the Rare, get possessed, then refill charges on the trash around it before the next Rare. The possession itself is the payload: a strong, temporary combat buff plus a summoned spirit creature that fights for you while it lasts.

Rite of Passage drops from monsters possessed by Azmerian Wisps — the glowing spirit orbs that drift through zones from the Grelwood in Act 1 onward and return in the endgame. Lure a wisp into a monster (it speeds up as you approach, slows as you back off), kill the now-empowered pack, and the charm is one of the possible rewards.

Each Rite of Passage is locked to one of nine Azmeri spirits (a few roll the wildcard "Random Spirit", which picks a different one each trigger and lasts the full 20 seconds). The spirit decides what the possession actually does — so two copies of the charm can play completely differently. Match the spirit to your build: defensive spirits to survive, offensive ones to nuke.

Possession effects below are the player versions, datamined from the game files. Each also summons a themed spirit creature that fights alongside you for the duration.

Spirit of the Bear

Life & stun defence

• 20% increased maximum Life
• 60% increased Stun Threshold
• 60% increased Stun Buildup
• 20% reduced damage taken

Periodically summons a spiritual Bear that slams.

Spirit of the Ox

Armour & ailment defence

• 60% increased Armour
• 60% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
• 50% reduced Slowing Potency of debuffs on you
• 20% reduced damage taken

Periodically summons a stampede of Oxen that tramples enemies.

Spirit of the Stag

Lightning & resists

• +30% to all Elemental Resistances
• Gain 20% of damage as extra Lightning damage
• 30% increased Skill Speed
• 15% increased Movement Speed

Periodically summons a spiritual Stag that calls down lightning bolts.

Spirit of the Serpent

Poison

• Always Poison on Hit
• All damage from hits contributes to Poison magnitude
• 80% increased Damage

Accompanied by spiritual Snakes that periodically strike enemies.

Spirit of the Boar

Fire & bleed

• Always inflict Bleeding on Hit
• Gain 20% of damage as extra Fire damage
• 20% reduced damage taken

Periodically summons spiritual Boars that explode for Fire damage.

Spirit of the Cat

Crit & speed

• 100% increased Critical Hit Chance
• 60% increased Evasion Rating
• 30% increased Skill Speed
• 15% increased Movement Speed

Periodically summons a ravaging flurry of spiritual Cats.

Spirit of the Owl

Cold & energy shield

• 60% increased Energy Shield
• Gain 20% of damage as extra Cold damage
• 80% increased Damage

Periodically summons a spiritual Owl that conjures a cold tornado.

Spirit of the Primate

Cold & freeze

• All damage from hits contributes to Chill magnitude
• 60% increased Freeze Buildup
• 80% increased Damage

Periodically summons a group of spiritual Primates.

Spirit of the Wolf

Speed & armour break

• 50% chance to Maim on attack Hit
• Break Armour equal to 10% of Hit damage dealt
• 30% increased Skill Speed
• 15% increased Movement Speed

Periodically summons a spiritual Wolf that uses a dash attack.

The quick read, by what your build needs:

• Need to survive:Bear (life + stun) or Ox (armour + ailments) — both also give flat 20% reduced damage taken.
• Want raw damage:Owl and Primate give a clean 80% increased damage; Serpent does too and converts your whole hit into poison.
• Crit / attack build:Cat — 100% increased crit chance plus speed and evasion.
• Want an element added:Stag (lightning + max res), Owl (cold), Boar (fire + bleed).
• Speed / mapping:Wolf, Cat and Stag all give +15% move and +30% skill speed; Wolf also breaks armour to amplify your hits.