Fortify Support

Fortify SupportAttack, Support, Melee
Icon: O
Mana Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills grant Fortify on Melee hit
Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Melee Damage
Supported Skills have (15-34)% increased Fortify duration
Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage with Ailments caused by Melee 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.Acquisition
Level: 31Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Chance

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Support Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemFortify

This page is about the support gem. For the buff, see Fortify.

Fortify is a support gem. It causes the linked melee skills to apply the Fortify buff on the user, which reduces incoming damage from hits by 20%. This effect only applies to active melee skills and does not work with trigger gems.

Gem level progression

Level			Melee Damage	Fortify Duration	Ailment Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	31	52	20%	15%	20%	0	0
2	34	57	20%	16%	20%	285,815	285,815
3	36	60	21%	17%	21%	252,595	538,410
4	38	63	22%	18%	22%	314,394	852,804
5	40	66	23%	19%	23%	388,734	1,241,538
6	42	69	23%	20%	23%	477,437	1,718,975
7	44	72	24%	21%	24%	583,786	2,302,761
8	46	75	25%	22%	25%	710,359	3,013,120
9	48	78	26%	23%	26%	1,355,511	4,368,631
10	50	81	26%	24%	26%	1,138,877	5,507,508
11	52	84	27%	25%	27%	1,368,233	6,875,741
12	54	87	28%	26%	28%	1,638,338	8,514,079
13	56	90	29%	27%	29%	1,956,648	10,470,727
14	58	93	29%	28%	29%	3,655,184	14,125,911
15	60	96	30%	29%	30%	3,017,327	17,143,238
16	62	99	31%	30%	31%	7,720,126	24,863,364
17	64	102	32%	31%	32%	15,058,455	39,921,819
18	66	105	32%	32%	32%	25,964,218	65,886,037
19	68	108	33%	33%	33%	62,460,771	128,346,808
20	70	111	34%	34%	34%	211,508,743	339,855,551
21	72	114	35%	35%	35%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	35%	36%	35%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	36%	37%	36%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	37%	38%	37%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	38%	39%	38%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	38%	40%	38%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	39%	41%	39%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	40%	42%	40%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	41%	43%	41%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	41%	44%	41%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	42%	45%	42%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	43%	46%	43%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	44%	47%	44%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	44%	48%	44%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	45%	49%	45%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	46%	50%	46%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	47%	51%	47%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	47%	52%	47%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	48%	53%	48%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	49%	54%	49%	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
9	Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.	random level 20 Support 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
7	Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Superior Support Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness	random corrupted superior Support gem (Q23)	Automatic
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

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate 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 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Unique items

Item		Stats
Advancing FortressAdvancing Fortress Gut RipperClaw Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (44-48)–(116.6-127.2) Critical Strike Chance: 6.30% Attacks per Second: 1.50 Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 46, 80 Dex, 80 Int+44 Life gained for each Enemy hit by AttacksSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 12 Fortify 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage (100-120)% increased Physical Damage +110 to Evasion Rating +35 to maximum Energy Shield +(30-50) to maximum Life Reflects (71-90) Physical Damage to Melee Attackers"A man cowers behind his walls. A woman carries her fortress with her. In heart, in mind, in hand." - Sekhema Deshret	46	+44 Life gained for each Enemy hit by AttacksSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 12 Fortify 15% Chance to Block Attack Damage (100-120)% increased Physical Damage +110 to Evasion Rating +35 to maximum Energy Shield +(30-50) to maximum Life Reflects (71-90) Physical Damage to Melee Attackers

Mods

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Eldritch	68	Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Fortify	no_attack_mods 0 boots_elder 800 default 0
Eldritch	68	(101-115)% increased Physical Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 16 Fortify	no_physical_damage_mods 0 no_attack_mods 0 2h_sword_elder 400 2h_axe_elder 400 staff_elder 400 default 0
Eldritch	75	(116-126)% increased Physical Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Fortify	no_physical_damage_mods 0 no_attack_mods 0 2h_sword_elder 200 2h_axe_elder 200 staff_elder 200 default 0
Eldritch	80	(127-134)% increased Physical Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Fortify	no_physical_damage_mods 0 no_attack_mods 0 2h_sword_elder 100 2h_axe_elder 100 staff_elder 100 default 0
V2SupportedByFortifyCorrupted_	1	Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 10 Fortify	bow 0 staff 0 two_hand_weapon 1000 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now has a mana multiplier of 130% (from 110%). Supported skills now have 15% increased Fortify duration at gem level 1, up to 34% at gem level 20 (from 25% at all gem levels). Supported skills now deal 20% more melee physical damage at gem level 1 (from 25% increased melee physical damage) up to 34% more at gem level 20 (from 44% increased). Supported skills now deal 20% more damage with bleeding and poison caused by melee hits at gem level 1, up to 34% more at gem level 20. Now grants 0.5% increased Attack Damage per 1% quality (previously granted 0.5% increased Fortify Duration per 1% quality).
2.0.0	Added to the game.