Arcanist Brand
Mana Cost: (18-32)
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 38Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, triggering linked spells. The brand will detach if the enemy dies.Per 1% Quality:Can be Attached for a total Duration of 3 seconds
Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Activates every 1 second while Attached
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 5 seconds
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Supported Skills deal (55-46)% less Damage
Supported Skills have 40% less Area of Effect
Supported Skills have 40% reduced Chaining range
Supported Skills Deal (40-59)% more Damage to Branded Enemy
Supported Skills have limited Projectile Range
Supported Skills are Triggered by Arcanist Brand, from the Brand's locationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.


Level: 38Purchase Costs
Normal | 1x Orb of Alchemy |
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcanistBrand
Arcanist Brand is an active skill gem that turns a linked spell into a trigger skill, and be triggered by brand created by Arcanist Brand. The brand triggers all linked spells periodically while attached to an enemy.
The gem has two part, the skill part Arcanist Brand and the support part Arcanist Brand Support. It does not have Support gem tag.
It is one of a few active skill and support hybrid. The other are item skill Snipe and skill gem such as
SpellslingerSpellslingerSpellRequires Level 24Reserves mana based on the supported spells to cause those spells to trigger when you fire projectiles from a wand attack.Per 1% Quality:This Skill's Mana Reservation is the total of the Mana Reservations of Supported Skills, and cannot be further modified
Trigger Supported Spells when you fire Projectiles from a Non-Triggered Wand Attack
Supported Skills have Added Spell Damage equal to (50-100)% of Damage of Equipped Wand
If two Wands are Equipped, each contributes half as much Added Damage
Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.,
General's CryGeneral's CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
Mana Cost: (15-19)
Cast Time: 0.80 secRequires Level 24Performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user, and summoning Mirage Warriors from nearby corpses. The Mirage Warriors each use a linked attack skill once before dissipating.Per 1% Quality:Base duration is (4-4.9) seconds
Summons Mirage Warriors from 2 corpses per 5 Power, minimum 1 corpse
Maximum 5 Summoned Mirage Warriors
Counts total Power of Enemies and Corpses in Range
(0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
Supported Skills deal (45-30)% less Damage
Supported Skills are used by Mirage Warriors Summoned by General's Cry
Supported Skills count as Triggered
Attacks with Supported Skills count as Exerted
Supported Strike Skills cannot target additional EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.,
Predator SupportPredator SupportSupport, Minion, Spell, Duration
Icon: hRequires Level 18Applies a debuff to a specific enemy which signals your minions to consider that enemy to be the Prey. All minions from skills supported by any Predator Support will target that enemy. Only one enemy can be the Prey at a time. This skill cannot be used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.Per 1% Quality:Minions from Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage to the Prey
Minions from Supported Skills deal (15-25)% more Damage
Minions from Supported Skills always target the Prey if possible
Base duration is 8 secondsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.,
Shockwave SupportShockwave SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, AoE
Icon: s
Can Store (1-4) Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (160%-260%)Requires Level 18Deals attack damage in an area.Per 1% Quality:Supported Skills will Trigger Shockwave on Melee Hit
Supported Skills can only be used with Maces, Sceptres or Staves
Deals (160-260)% of Base Attack Damage
(0-38)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
+(0-3) to radiusThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., etc.
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Skill functions and interactions
- Chanelling Spells: Even though its does not say in the description of the gem, linking a chanelling spell with this support skill gem won't cause it to be activated by this skill.
- Arcanist brands base cast speed is for how long it takes to cast the brand spell. The activation frequency is how often the brand triggers linked spells. Both of these are increased by cast speed.
- targeting - Arcanist brand auto targets enemies with precision. For skills that can be hard to aim close to enemies like
DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Mana Cost: (11-26)
Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Cast Speed10% increased Chaos Damage3% chance to spawn an additional CorpseEach Corpse spawned has 0.1% chance to be a Forgotten CorpseBase duration is 4 seconds
Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
Spawns 5 corpses
Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., this will get corpses close to enemies.
- Arcanist brand will cast all linked spells until its duration runs out. This can allow character to apply multiple spells with one cast, assuming the brand has enough duration.
- According to in-game tooltip, Arcanist Brand cannot be supported by
Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
Icon: !
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 0.25 secRequires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% more Damage required to TriggerTrigger Supported Spells when you take a total of (528-3272) Damage
Supported Skills deal (-70-6)% more Damage
This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | Mana Cost | less Damage | more Damage via Brand | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 38 | 88 | 18 | 55% | 40% | 0 | 0 |
2 | 40 | 92 | 18 | 55% | 41% | 388,734 | 388,734 |
3 | 42 | 96 | 19 | 54% | 42% | 477,437 | 866,171 |
4 | 44 | 100 | 20 | 54% | 43% | 583,786 | 1,449,957 |
5 | 46 | 104 | 22 | 53% | 44% | 710,359 | 2,160,316 |
6 | 48 | 109 | 23 | 53% | 45% | 1,355,511 | 3,515,827 |
7 | 50 | 113 | 23 | 52% | 46% | 1,138,877 | 4,654,704 |
8 | 52 | 117 | 24 | 52% | 47% | 1,368,233 | 6,022,937 |
9 | 54 | 121 | 25 | 51% | 48% | 1,638,338 | 7,661,275 |
10 | 56 | 125 | 25 | 51% | 49% | 1,956,648 | 9,617,923 |
11 | 58 | 130 | 26 | 50% | 50% | 3,655,184 | 13,273,107 |
12 | 60 | 134 | 26 | 50% | 51% | 3,017,327 | 16,290,434 |
13 | 62 | 138 | 28 | 49% | 52% | 3,576,232 | 19,866,666 |
14 | 64 | 142 | 29 | 49% | 53% | 4,231,667 | 24,098,333 |
15 | 65 | 144 | 29 | 48% | 54% | 2,395,078 | 26,493,411 |
16 | 66 | 146 | 30 | 48% | 55% | 8,421,063 | 34,914,474 |
17 | 67 | 148 | 30 | 47% | 56% | 16,159,983 | 51,074,457 |
18 | 68 | 151 | 31 | 47% | 57% | 41,170,367 | 92,244,824 |
19 | 69 | 153 | 32 | 46% | 58% | 86,794,448 | 179,039,272 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 32 | 46% | 59% | 157,405,063 | 336,444,335 |
21 | 72 | 159 | 34 | 45% | 60% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | 34 | 45% | 61% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | 35 | 44% | 62% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | 36 | 44% | 63% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | 36 | 43% | 64% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | 37 | 43% | 65% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | 37 | 42% | 66% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | 38 | 42% | 67% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | 38 | 41% | 68% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 40 | 41% | 69% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | 40 | 41% | 69% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | 41 | 40% | 70% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | 41 | 40% | 70% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | 41 | 40% | 71% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | 42 | 40% | 71% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | 42 | 39% | 72% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | 42 | 39% | 72% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | 42 | 39% | 73% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | 43 | 39% | 73% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | 43 | 38% | 74% | N/A | N/A |
Item acquisition
Upgrade paths
This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:
Amount | Ingredient | General Notes | Type |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | random level 20 gem | Automatic |
13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all. ![]() | random corrupted level 21 Spell gem | Automatic |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() | random superior gem (Q20) | Automatic |
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Eternal Nightmare Act 4 Petarus and Vanja | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Threshold jewels
The following threshold jewels augment Arcanist Brand:
Item | Limit | Radius | Stats |
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Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Arcanist Brand.
Name | ![]() | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 1 | 66 | Arcanist Brand has 8% increased Cast Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Cast Speed 2 | 75 | Arcanist Brand has 12% increased Cast Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Arcanist Brand Unnerve 1 | 75 | Spells Triggered by Arcanist Brand Unnerve enemies on Hit for 4 seconds | helmet 100 default 0 |
Version history
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3.12.0 |
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3.11.0f |
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3.11.0 |
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