Curse

Сurses are a type of temporary debuffs.

Mechanics

Curses have a limited duration, but can be refreshed by applying a curse again.

Monsters and maps can have modifiers that make them (or monsters inside of them, in the case of maps) hexproof or immune to curses.

Act and map bosses have 60% less Curse Effect. The Shaper and his guardians have 80% less Curse Effect.

The total Curse Effect value can be calculated as the sum of any added Curse Effect, multiplied by the sum of all increases and reductions to Curse Effect, multiplied by all more and less Curse Effect modifiers.

$\color[RGB]{163,141,109} \begin{align} a & \text{ the total amount of added Curse Effect } & a & \in \mathbb{N}_{0} \\ b & \text{ the total amount of increased Curse Effect } & b & \in \mathbb{N}_{0} \\ c & \text{ the total amount of reduced Curse Effect } & c & \in \mathbb{N}_{0} \\ d & \text{ the total amount of more Curse Effect } & d & \in \mathbb{N}_{0} \\ e & \text{ the total amount of less Curse Effect } & e & \in \mathbb{N}_{0} \\ \end{align}$

$\color[RGB]{163,141,109} \begin{align} \text{Curse Effect}_{total} = & \sum_{i=1}^{a} \text{added Curse Effect}_{i} \times \\ & \left( 1 + \sum_{j=1}^{b} \text{increased Curse Effect}_{j} - \sum_{k=1}^{c} \text{reduced Curse Effect}_{k} \right) \times \\ & \prod_{l=1}^{d} (1 + \text{more Curse Effect}_{l}) \times \prod_{m=1}^{e} (1 - \text{less Curse Effect}_{m}) \end{align}$

For more information about the symbols, see sum and product notation.

Curses can be turned into an aura by linking them with the .

Curse limit

By default, creatures can have one curse active at a time. While a curse is active, casting a different curse will override it. The following can increase the number of curses player can apply on an enemy:

• Whispers of Doom
• Occultist's Malediction
• Cospri's WillCospri's Will
  Assassin's GarbQuality: +20%
  Evasion: (1768-2063)Requires Level 68, 183 Dex3% increased Movement Speed(120-160)% increased Evasion Rating
  +(17-29)% to Chaos Resistance
  You can apply an additional Curse
  Your Hexes can affect Hexproof Enemies
  60% chance to Poison on Hit against Cursed EnemiesCurse their vile Council,
  They cast me aside as if I am some bastard child.
  If they only knew the power I possess.
• Doedre's DamningDoedre's Damning
  Paua Ring+(20-30) to maximum Mana+(5-10) to Intelligence
  +5% to all Elemental Resistances
  +5 Mana gained on Kill
  You can apply an additional CurseWhere her mouth should have been there was only a whirling, black void.
• WindscreamWindscream
  Reinforced GreavesQuality: +20%
  Armour: (185-218)Requires Level 33, 60 Str(50-80)% increased Armour
  +(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances
  15% increased Movement Speed
  (10-20)% increased Elemental Damage
  You can apply an additional CurseThe mocking wind, a shielding spell,
  The haunting screams, a maddening hell.
• A corrupted amulet with a Enemies can have 1 additional Curse

This allows for a theoretical maximum of 8 curses on an enemy at one time.

In addition, Self-FlagellationSelf-Flagellation
Viridian JewelLimited to: 1(10-20)% increased Damage per Curse on you
An additional Curse can be applied to you
CorruptedBeg for forgiveness.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. increases the maximum number of curses a player can have on themself.

Curses as map mods

See also: List of map suffix mods

There are several map suffixes that cause players to be affected be a certain curse. They affect the entire area and cannot be removed. The level of the curses varies depending on the map tier.

Mid tier maps:

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• Template:SMW query mod, the level of the curse is Template:SMW query mod stat.

High tier maps:

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Skills

Active gems

There are {{#ask: Has gem tags::Curse Has item class::Active Skill Gems |format=count}} curse skill gems usable by players. When a player or monster is cursed, a curse icon will appear over their heads; the icon is the same as depicted on the skill icon. The Silence curse is used by monsters only.

A list of active skill gems with the Curse gem tag

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Support gems

A list of support gems with the Curse gem tag

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Unique items

The following unique items affects curses: #invoke: Item table

Passive skills

There are passive skills that grant curse bonuses.

Radius for curses

These passive skills grant increased area of effect radius for curses.

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Cast speed for curses

These passive skills grant increased cast speed for curses.

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Duration for curses

These passive skills grant increased duration for curses.

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Effectiveness of curses

These passive skills grant increased effect magnitude for curses.

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Additional curses

These passive skill raise the active curse limit by one.

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Ascendancy passive skills

These Ascendancy passive skills affect the player's curses.

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Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.0	Bosses that had a reduced effect of curses on them now have a multiplier rather than a reduction. Over time, more and more curse effect has been made available to players. With the boss curse effect reduction being additive, the increased curse effect available to players overwhelmed it. Temporal Chains and Enfeeble arguably still trivialise most bosses.
2.0.0	Monsters that cast curses which lower player resistances should now do so less frequently. The curses now lower resistances less in Normal and Cruel difficulties. Rogue Exiles no longer reduce the effect of player curses cast on them. Map bosses, meanwhile, reduce the effect of player curses cast on them even more than before.
1.0.0	Map Bosses now have 60% reduced curse effect (up from 50%). Act bosses now have 70% reduced curse effect (up from 40%). Rogue Exiles now have 50% reduced curse effect (up from 0%).