Cremation

CremationSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Projectile
Mana Cost: (11-20)
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28A targeted corpse explodes, dealing area damage and turning into a volcanic geyser, which will repeatedly unleash projectiles sequentially over the surrounding area for a duration. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Fire DamageDeals (49-434) to (74-651) Fire Damage
Base duration is 8 seconds
Maximum of 3 Geysers at a time
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's maximum Life
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
+(0-3) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemCorpseEruption

Cremation is a spell that explodes a corpse, turning it into a volcanic geyser that rapidly creates projectiles that explode for fire damage.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Fires 42 projectiles over 8 second duration. Each projectile can hit the same enemy.

• Additional projectiles: Scales total number of projectiles. For example, with Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Mana Multiplier: 165%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile DamageThis 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. (1+3+4), this skill fires 84 projectiles over the duration.
• Critical strike chance: Each projectiles roll own critical strike chance.
• Cast speed: Only affects the speed to create a geyser. Fire frequency is not changed.
• Area of effect: Affects both the area the projectiles cover and the distance they travel from the geyser.
• Projectile speed: Faster projectiles land sooner after they are fired. AoE is not changed.
• Pierce and Chain: Don't affect the skill.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	11	49 to 74	N/A	0	0
2	31	46	32	11	59 to 89	N/A	199,345	199,345
3	34	50	35	12	70 to 105	N/A	285,815	485,160
4	37	54	37	13	83 to 125	N/A	401,344	886,504
5	40	58	40	13	98 to 147	N/A	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	60	42	14	109 to 163	1	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	63	44	14	121 to 182	1	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	66	46	15	134 to 202	1	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	68	48	15	149 to 224	1	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	71	49	15	165 to 248	1	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	74	51	16	183 to 274	2	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	76	53	16	202 to 303	2	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	79	55	17	223 to 334	2	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	82	57	17	245 to 368	2	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	84	59	18	270 to 406	2	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	87	60	18	298 to 447	3	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	90	62	18	328 to 491	3	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	92	64	19	360 to 540	3	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	95	66	19	395 to 593	3	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	98	68	20	434 to 651	3	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	100	70	20	476 to 714	4	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	21	522 to 783	4	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	21	572 to 858	4	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	21	627 to 940	4	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	22	686 to 1029	4	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	22	750 to 1125	5	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	23	820 to 1231	5	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	23	897 to 1345	5	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	24	980 to 1470	5	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	24	1070 to 1605	5	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	24	1118 to 1677	5	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	25	1168 to 1752	6	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	25	1220 to 1830	6	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	25	1274 to 1912	6	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	25	1331 to 1997	6	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	25	1390 to 2085	6	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	26	1452 to 2178	6	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	26	1516 to 2274	6	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	26	1583 to 2374	6	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	26	1652 to 2479	6	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This item is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cremation.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cremation Cast Speed 1	66	8% increased Cremation Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cremation Cast Speed 2	75	12% increased Cremation Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cremation Damage 1	66	25% increased Cremation Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cremation Damage 2	75	40% increased Cremation Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cremation Maximum Geysers 1	75	Cremation can have up to 1 additional Geyser at a time	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Cremation's Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 11 (was 14). Cremation's Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 20 (was 27). Now deals 49 to 74 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 40 to 60) and 434 to 651 Fire damage at gem level 20 (from 357 to 535). Now gains radius as the gem levels, up to +3 radius at gem level 20. Now has an added damage effectiveness of 100% (from 80%).
3.1.0	Cremation has been added to the game.