Dark Pact

Dark PactMinion, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Chaos, Nova
Mana Cost: (7-13)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28This spell removes some life from one of your Skeleton minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectSacrifices 6% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
Deals (24-241) to (36-362) Chaos Damage
Chains +2 Times
Uses your Life if no Skeletons in range
(0-76)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Purchase Costs

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1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDarkPact

Dark Pact is a chaos spell that removes some life from one of your Skeleton minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Life Removed: If self cast, Dark Pact will sacrifice 6% of the player's maximum life in a manner similar to spending life with the Blood Magic SupportBlood Magic SupportSupport
Icon: B
Mana Multiplier: (245%-196%)Requires Level 31Supports any skill.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana CostSupported Skills Spend Life instead of ManaThis 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. or the Blood Magic Keystone. Since this sacrificed life is not considered damage, it cannot be mitigated with chaos resistance and will not trigger 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:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageTrigger 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.. If 6% of maximum life cannot be removed (for example, maximum 1 life due to Chaos Inoculation) the spell will continue to function but with a smaller damage bonus.

Life Scaling: Dark Pact deals additional damage equal to the amount of life removed from the target of the spell. This means that Minion Life nodes and the Minion Life SupportMinion Life SupportSupport, Minion
Icon: n
Mana Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports skills which create Minions.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.75% increased Minion maximum LifeSupported Skills have (30-49)% more Minion maximum LifeThis 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. will increase the damage dealt when cast on skeletons, while self-casting scales with the player's maximum life. Since the spell does not know whether a skeleton is in range until the moment of cast, the in-game tooltip will only consider the spell's base damage and any external sources of damage.

Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
Icon: T
Mana Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Totem Placement speedSupported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Damage
Spells Cast by Totem have 30% less Cast SpeedThis 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.: Dark Pact can be supported by spell totem and will cast whenever there is an enemy in close proximity. The totem will first attempt to target any skeleton in range. If none are found, the totem will sacrifice 6% of its own maximum life. This means that in order for a totem to cast on Skeletons effectively, the skeletons, totem, and enemy must all be in close proximity of one another. Totems that self-sacrifice will receive the more damage bonus.

Minion Instability: Dark Pact can be used to forcibly lower the life of your Skeleton minions to low life. Doing so will trigger the effect of the Keystone passive Minion Instability. Using Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
Icon: k
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (51-70)% more Cast Speed
Supported Skills deal 10% less 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. can effectively speed up the rate at which skeleton life is removed, in order to trigger this effect faster.

Minion Supports: Despite having the minion tag, there are no minion specific support gems that impact Dark Pact. However, the Reanimator's and Summoner's mod found on helmets, as well as uniques that raise the level of socketed minion gems (The BaronThe Baron
Close HelmetQuality: +20%
Armour: 156Requires Level 26, 58 Str+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
Minions have (10-20)% increased maximum Life
Half of your Strength is added to your Minions
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies per 500 Strength
With at least 1000 Strength, (1.5-2)% of Damage dealt by your Raised Zombies is Leeched to you as Life"The Emperor's trusted surgeons are not the only ones who practice the dark arts. Some of us are just more discreet.", Chober ChaberChober Chaber
Great MalletTwo Hand Mace
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (118.4-125.8)–(243.2-258.4)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 40, 104 Str30% increased Stun Duration on Enemies+1 to Level of Socketed Melee Gems
+1 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
(200-220)% increased Physical Damage
25% increased maximum Mana
Minions have (20-40)% increased maximum Life
15% increased Skill Effect Duration
20% reduced Strength RequirementThe faithful may continue to serve, even after death., Femurs of the SaintsFemurs of the Saints
Primordial StaffStaff
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 56.4–169.2
Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 58, 99 Str, 99 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
Minions deal (60-80)% increased Damage
+1% Chance to Block Attack Damage per Summoned Skeleton
2% increased Attack and Cast Speed per Summoned Raging Spirit
Regenerate 0.6% of Life per second for each Raised Zombie
30% increased Mana Regeneration Rate per Raised Spectre"They spent a lifetime in the service of God,
only to spend eternity in the service of me."
- Kadavrus, Surgeon to the Umbra, etc.) will increase the level of Dark Pact.

Chaining: Dark Pact will chain from one skeleton to other nearby skeletons the designated number of chains. Each Skeleton used to chain Dark Pact will suffer the 6% life sacrifice from this skill. Additional chains can be added to help cover a larger area or return a chain to a previously targeted Skeleton using Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
Icon: c
Mana Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedSupported Skills Chain +2 times
Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with HitsThis 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., Ricochet from the Deadeye Ascendancy, or items such as MjölnerMjölner
GavelOne Handed Mace
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (108-129.6)–(202-242.4)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit
Socketed Lightning Spells deal 100% increased Spell Damage if Triggered
(80-120)% increased Physical Damage
Skills Chain +1 times
+300 Intelligence Requirement
+200 Strength Requirement
(30-40)% increased Lightning Damage with Attack SkillsLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect.. Note that Dark Pact is NOT a projectile and is not affected by projectile speed or other projectile modifiers, including the quality properties of Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
Icon: c
Mana Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedSupported Skills Chain +2 times
Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with HitsThis 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.. Also, note that it is impossible to chain to or from the player in any way using Dark Pact as the chaining property of Dark Pact only triggers with Skeletons.

Divine Shrine: Dark Pact's damage will be applied through the divine buff

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Chaos Damage	More Damage with Hits and Ailments	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	7	24 to 36	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	7	29 to 43	4%	199,345	199,345
3	34	79	8	35 to 52	8%	285,815	485,160
4	37	85	8	41 to 62	12%	401,344	886,504
5	40	92	9	49 to 74	16%	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	96	9	55 to 83	20%	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	100	9	62 to 92	24%	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	104	10	69 to 103	28%	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	109	10	77 to 115	32%	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	113	10	86 to 129	36%	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	117	11	95 to 143	40%	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	121	11	106 to 159	44%	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	125	11	118 to 177	48%	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	130	11	131 to 196	52%	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	134	12	145 to 218	56%	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	138	12	161 to 242	60%	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	142	12	178 to 267	64%	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	146	13	197 to 296	68%	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	151	13	218 to 327	72%	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	155	13	241 to 362	76%	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	159	13	266 to 400	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	14	294 to 441	84%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	14	324 to 486	88%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	14	358 to 536	92%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	15	394 to 591	96%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	15	434 to 651	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	15	478 to 717	104%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	15	526 to 789	108%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	16	578 to 868	112%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	16	636 to 954	116%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	16	667 to 1000	118%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	16	699 to 1048	120%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	16	733 to 1099	122%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	17	768 to 1152	124%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	17	805 to 1207	126%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	17	843 to 1265	128%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	17	884 to 1325	130%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	17	926 to 1389	132%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	17	970 to 1455	134%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	17	1016 to 1524	136%	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
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
6	The SummonerThe Summoner6Superior Minion Gem Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare.	random superior Minion gem (Q20)	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem 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	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter'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	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
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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Dark Pact.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Dark Pact Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Dark Pact Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Dark Pact Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Dark Pact Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Dack Pact Cast Speed 1	66	8% increased Dark Pact Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Dack Pact Cast Speed 2	75	12% increased Dark Pact Cast Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Dark Pact Damage 1	66	25% increased Dark Pact Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Dark Pact Damage 2	75	40% increased Dark Pact Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 13 (was 14). Now has a radius of 26 (from 24). Now deals 24 to 36 Chaos damage at gem level 1 (from 20 to 30) and 241 to 362 Chaos damage at gem level 20 (from 201 to 301).
3.1.0	Dark Pact cast using your life no longer has bonus radius. The damage bonus has been reduced from 95% more damage with hits and ailments when using your life to 76% more damage. Dark Pact now counts as being a Minion skill gem, and will thus interact with effects such as the one found on Cloak of Tawm'r IsleyCloak of Tawm'r Isley Savant's RobeQuality: +20% Energy Shield: (294-348) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 56, 152 IntSocketed Minion Gems are Supported by Level 16 Life Leech (150-200)% increased Energy Shield Minions cannot be Blinded Minions have 15% chance to Blind Enemies on hit Found Magic Items drop IdentifiedRenowned by those distinguished, Exalted by the few. He skulks in darkness, and watches from beneath the city..
3.0.0	Dark Pact has been added to the game.