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Death's Oath
Astral Plate
Quality: +20%
Armour: (2133-2417)
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 62, 180 Str+(8-12)% to all Elemental ResistancesGrants Level 20 Death Aura Skill
+(40-50) to all Attributes
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
(180-220)% increased Armour
+(60-70) to maximum Life
1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 3 seconds on Kill
Gore Footprints
Tears of blood, aching heart,
My dear Isildria must depart.
Death's Oath inventory icon
Vendor Prices
Unique8x Chaos Orb
Vendor Offer
10x Alchemy Shard
14x Alteration Shard
Metadata
Item class: Body Armours

Death's Oath is a unique Astral Plate inventory iconAstral PlateAstral PlateArmour: 711
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 62, 180 Str+(8-12)% to all Elemental Resistances
Astral Plate inventory icon
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Skills[ | ]

Death Aura skill iconDeath Aura

The Death Aura skill granted by Death's Oath is affected by any relevant support gem that is also socketed in Death's Oath. It does not require the socket to be linked.

Since the skill is granted by the item rather than a skill gem, it is not affected by Empower Support inventory iconEmpower SupportEmpower SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Strength Requirement+(0-2) to Level of Supported Active Skill GemsThis 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.
Empower Support inventory icon
, Enlighten Support inventory iconEnlighten SupportEnlighten SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a mana multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Intelligence RequirementThis 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.
Enlighten Support inventory icon
, or Enhance Support inventory iconEnhance SupportEnhance SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Dexterity Requirement+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Active Skill GemsThis 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.
Enhance Support inventory icon
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As a red (strength) gem socket is not the desired colour for a Death Aura build, and because Death's Oath has a high strength requirement, it is recommended to use a Crafting Bench and the add-socket / remove-socket method to recolour the socket of this item.

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

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

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
6Divination card inventory iconThe OathThe Oath card artDivination card frameThe Oath6Death's Oath inventory iconDeath's OathDeath's Oath inventory iconAn oath once made is an oath never broken. Do not delay in keeping it, for I take no pleasure in fools.Divination card inventory iconDeath's OathManual
4Divination card inventory iconThe BodyThe Body card artDivination card frameThe Body4Body ArmourThey say it is the head that leads, but all must flow through the body at some point.Divination card inventory iconrandom body armourAutomatic
7Divination card inventory iconPrejudicePrejudice card artDivination card framePrejudice7Item
Influenced Item
One who is blinded by their past may
only see a sliver of the present.
Divination card inventory icon
random influenced itemAutomatic
8Divination card inventory iconArrogance of the VaalArrogance of the Vaal card artDivination card frameArrogance of the Vaal8Item
Two-Implicit
Corrupted
Discovery can lead to beauty, or it can lead to ruin.
Divination card inventory icon
random two-implicit corrupted itemAutomatic
4Divination card inventory iconJack in the BoxJack in the Box card artDivination card frameJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank,
close your eyes,
and pray to the gods
for a pleasant surprise.
Divination card inventory icon
random itemAutomatic
1Singular Incubator inventory iconSingular IncubatorSingular IncubatorAdds an incubated Unique item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Unique ItemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Singular Incubator inventory icon
random itemAutomatic
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

Supporter attribution[ | ]

Death's Oath was created by supporter isildria.[citation needed]

Legacy variants[ | ]

Death's Oath has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued Modifiers
3.0.0


  • Grants level 20 Death Aura Skill
  • +(40 to 50) to all Attributes
  • (10 to 15)% increased Attack Speed
  • (180 to 220)% increased Armour
  • +(60-70) to maximum Life
  • 1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  • 1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  • Deals 450 Chaos Damage per second to nearby enemies
  • You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 3 seconds on Kill
  • Gore Footprints
2.0.0


  • Grants level 20 Death Aura Skill
  • +(40 to 50) to all Attributes
  • (10 to 15)% increased Attack Speed
  • (180 to 220)% increased Armour
  • +(60-70) to maximum Life
  • 1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  • 1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  • Deals 450 Chaos Damage per second to nearby enemies
  • You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 10 seconds on Kill
    Gore Footprints

Gallery[ | ]

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.1.0
  • Now properly updates its behaviour when items, passives or skills change it in some way.
3.0.0
  • The chaos damage-over-time aura is now a skill that activates on equipping Death's Oath, and is modified by socketed support gems as well as modifiers that affect auras, area of effect, damage over time and chaos damage.
  • It now also grants +60-70 Maximum Life, and the Physical Attack leeched as Life is now Attack Damage leeched as Life.
2.1.0
  • Fixed a bug where the Death's Oath aura dealt too little damage to monsters and too much damage to players.
2.0.0
  • The Debuff applied upon killing an enemy now only lasts 3 seconds.
  • Life leech decreased from 5% to 1%.[citation needed]
0.11.6
  • Fixed a bug where the aura from Death's Oath would activate when a player was revived in a PvP match even if the item was disabled.
0.11.5
  • Added 3D art.
0.11.1e
  • Introduced to the game.
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