Pylons were introduced to Diablo 3 in the Reaper of Souls expansion. They can appear in Nephalem Rifts in Adventure Mode. As with Shrines their appearance is random and can possess one of a few bonuses listed below.
Types of Pylons
- Channeling Pylon - Resource costs are removed and cooldowns on skills are reduced by 75%. Negates 'Life Per Fury Spent' Barbarian item bonus
- Conduit Pylon - Grants players a zapping electrical property that kills most monsters instantly and destroys anything destructible.
- Shield Pylon - A shield grants the player complete immunity to damage from all attacks and debuffs.
- Speed Pylon - Your movement speed is increased to maximum.
- Power Pylon - Damage from all of your attacks is increased by 400%, causing you to deal five times as much damage.
Pylon General Information
- All Pylons' effects last for 30 seconds on the player who clicked it and nearby allies.
- The 30 second duration of the Pylon can not be increased by any skills or by the Gloves of Worship (shrines' effects last 10 mins instead of 2).
- The Barbarian bonus found on some items 'Life Per Fury Spent' will not apply when affected by a Channeling Pylon.
- Wearing Nemesis Bracers when clicking a Pylon will cause an enemy champion to spawn. It is not known if this is working as intended because the bracers only state Shrines in the description.
- Pylons do not regenerate and can only be used once per game.
- A pylon's effects persist if the player moves between levels.
- Pylons of different type can be active at the same time.
- Pylons of the same type do not stack, they simply reset the 30 second timer.