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Vaal BreachVaal, Spell
Level: 1
Souls Per Use: 100
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 2.50 sec
Requires Level 10Creates a breach, making you vulnerable to its powerful inhabitants.Per 1% Quality:1Superior3% increased Cast SpeedMonsters from the Breach do not grant Experience or drop Items
Corrupted
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Vaal Breach skill iconVaal Breach inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 10
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalPortal

Vaal Breach skill screenshot

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Portal (gem).

Vaal Breach is a vaal spell that creates a Breach portal at the player's location.

Skill functions and interactions[ | ]

Vaal Breach is a colourless gem that can be placed into any item socket.

While monsters spawned through Vaal Breach grant no experience or item drops, it is still a very useful gem. It can be used to reliably proc effects suchs as "On Kill", "On Crit" or "On Hit" and if a rare monster is killed their mods can be gained if a Headhunter inventory iconHeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather Belt
Requires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 20 seconds
"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom
Headhunter inventory icon
or Inspired Learning inventory iconInspired LearningInspired Learning
Crimson Jewel
Radius: SmallWith 4 Notables Allocated in Radius, When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain 1 of its Modifiers for 20 secondsIf you do not learn from a won battle
then you have already lost the war.
Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Inspired Learning inventory icon
is equipped.

All characters inside the vaal breach gain double modifiers on Breach Rings.

Gem level progression[ | ]

LevelRequired LevelExp.Total Exp.
11000
210N/AN/A
310N/AN/A
410N/AN/A
510N/AN/A
610N/AN/A
710N/AN/A
810N/AN/A
910N/AN/A
1010N/AN/A

Item acquisition
Questionmark

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
6Divination card inventory iconThe EmptinessThe Emptiness card artDivination card frameThe Emptiness6Vaal Breach inventory iconVaal BreachVaal Breach inventory icon
Quality: +6%
Corrupted
He appeared before the Light Eater, and at once knew his soul was damned.
Divination card inventory icon
Vaal Breach with 6% qualityManual
9Divination card inventory iconVolatile PowerVolatile Power card artDivination card frameVolatile Power9Superior Vaal Gem
Quality: +20%
Corrupted
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted superior Vaal gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
Quality: +20%
"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

It can only be obtained in one of four ways:

  • By using a Vaal Orb inventory iconVaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 10Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Vaal Orb inventory icon
    on a Portal inventory iconPortalPortalSpell
    Level: 1
    Cast Time: 2.50 sec
    Requires Level 10Creates a portal to the current area's town.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3% increased Cast Speed0.01% chance to travel to Winding Pier instead while on a Ley Fishing LinePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Portal skill icon
    Portal inventory icon
    gem while in a map with the Zana Breach league mod from the Map Device inventory iconMap DeviceMap DeviceHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout2 VariationsMap Device inventory icon[1][confirmation needed because of 3.14 change]
  • By exchanging a set of the Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
    Quality: +20%
    "I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
    Divination card inventory icon
    Divination Card.[citation needed]
  • As a drop from a Gemcutter's Strongbox with the "of Corruption" mod.[citation needed]
  • As a drop from any[citation needed] random monster inside a Breach.

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
2.5.0
  • Vaal Breach has been added to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. (October 1, 2017). "Slippery Quickie: Vaaling 100 Portal Gems". Youtube. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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