Nightblade skill tree: node grid, mastery bar, 21 points

About this game

Developer: Crate Entertainment · Publisher: Crate Entertainment · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: Focus / Tech Trees

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What to study

Grim Dawn's dual-class build screen in one panel: the Nightblade tree is a grid of skills stamped with point counts (5/16, 6/12, 1/1), gold lines tracing what has been bought, and a mastery bar underneath with tier ticks from 1 to 50, so the whole character plan reads as a lit path. The tabs across the top (Nightblade, Select Class, Devotion) are the dual-class promise made visible: a second class and the devotion map sit one click away from this tree. Points Available: 21 keeps the decision live, and the health and energy bars plus hotbar along the bottom anchor the panel to the character it builds. Frame at 42.0 s in the Grim Dawn Release Trailer (Steam), timed extraction (scene-change extraction missed this settled panel; the trailer fades into it). No trailer burn-in.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

skill-tree node-graph tabbed-panel portrait-panel points-budget hud-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Tree / web Portrait Progress bar Vitals bar Action bar Window

Screen inventory

• tabs: Nightblade (active), Select Class, Devotion, Undo Points, close X
• Nightblade class portrait: hooded figure in blue
• node grid with point counts: 5/16, 1/8, 4/16, 6/12, 2/16, 3/16, 2/12, 1/1, plus unallocated 0/x nodes
• gold connector lines between allocated nodes; mastery tier ticks 1/5/10/15/20/25/32/40/50 along the bottom
• Points Available: 21 with + button; mastery progress bar
• bottom HUD: health 1108/1108, energy 642/642, level 22 medallion, skill hotbar with numbered slots
• corner labels: Veteran (difficulty, top left), Devil's Crossing (area, top right)

Top 3 colors

#000000 25%#181721 22%#000003 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Crate Entertainment, Grim Dawn screenshot: Grim Dawn Release Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Crate Entertainment.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-05. verified 2026-11-05: timed full-resolution extraction at 42.0 s from the official Grim Dawn Release Trailer (Steam), inspected visually; Nightblade portrait, node grid with point counts, gold connectors, mastery tier ticks, Points Available: 21, tabs and bottom HUD all legible

No published Crate Entertainment video or fan-content policy found (checked 2026-11-05); fair-use study/commentary use, unofficial, not endorsed, takedown honored within 48h.

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