Blessed Shrines (formerly known as Desecrated Shrines) provide a defensive bonus to characters by reducing all damage taken by 25% for the duration of the bonus. This bonus is calculated after all other damage decrease bonuses, and thus reduces the apparent damage taken by one quarter.

Achievements[edit | edit source]

The Blessed Shrine features in the following achievements:

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">Bless You</achievement>

A Demon Hunter with a shrine buff.

Types of Shrines[edit | edit source]

Enlightened Shrine - +25% bonus to Experience from Monster kills.
Blessed Shrine - Reduces all damage taken by 25%.
Empowered Shrine – Increased resource regeneration by 100% and reduced cooldowns by 50%. For Demon Hunters, this shrine only increases Hatred regeneration; it does not change Discipline regeneration.
Fleeting Shrine – +25% to movement speed and adds 25 yards to gold and health orb pickup radius.
Fortune Shrine - +25% bonus to Magic Find and Gold Find. This bonus stacks on top of other MF/GF bonuses from equipment, Paragon points.
Frenzied Shrine - Increases attack speed by 25%.

Pylons are super shrines found only in Rifts. They grant larger bonuses for a short 30 second duration.

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