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Herald of Ash
Radius: 10
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Fire DamageGain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
(9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
(0-38)% more Burning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.


Level: 16Purchase Costs
Normal | 1x Orb of Alteration |
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfAsh

Herald of Ash is a Herald skill. It reserves mana to grant additional fire damage based on physical damage to attacks and more fire damage to spells. Enemies you kill while Herald of Ash is active will explode and burn nearby enemies for overkill damage.
Contents
Skill functions and interactions
- Extra Fire Damage: This modifier adds fire damage to all non-damage-over-time sources, including those from spells, attacks, and traps. The amount added is equal to 15% of the damage source's physical damage.
- Burn on kill: While Herald of Ash is active, when an enemy is killed, enemies within a radius from the killed enemy are burned based on the overkill damage. Overkill damage refers to total excess damage of the killing hit, including non-fire damage.[1] The burning damage is affected by increased Burning Damage and increased Damage Over Time. This damage cannot be reflected.
- Fire Damage: The increased Fire Damage from quality applies globally to all fire damage, including the extra fire damage effect of Herald of Ash.
- More Burning Damage: Despite the more Spell Fire Damage the more Burning Damage is not global. It only affects the burn created by itself.
- Support gems: Any support gems (with the exception of
Enhance SupportEnhance SupportSupport
Icon: +
Mana Multiplier: 115%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:
This Gem gains 5% increased Experience+(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.) linked to the Herald of Ash will only affect the burn damage caused by overkill damage, not the extra fire damage from physical. For example, linking
Item Rarity SupportItem Rarity SupportSupport
Icon: RRequires Level 31Supports any skill that can kill enemies.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Enemies Slain from Supported Skills(40-59)% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Enemies Slain from Supported SkillsThis 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.to Herald of Ash will only apply rarity bonus to the enemies who die from the burn damage caused by Herald of Ash ignition.
- Area of Effect: Area of Effect modifiers from passives, items and gems affect the radius of the on-kill effect.
- Culling Strike: When using an attack with culling strike, the overkill effect will only apply if the damage from the killing hit would have taken the monster to less than 0 life.
Brutality SupportBrutality SupportPhysical, Support
Icon: U
Mana Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical DamageSupported Skills deal (40-59)% more Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage
Supported Skills deal no Chaos 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.: When linked to a skill affected by Herald of Ash, the extra fire damage will not apply, but the secondary overkill effect will.
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | more Burn Damage | more Spell Fire Damage | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 16 | 26 | 18 | N/A | 9% | 0 | 0 |
2 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 2% | 9% | 49,725 | 49,725 |
3 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 4% | 9% | 95,714 | 145,439 |
4 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 6% | 9% | 169,595 | 315,034 |
5 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 8% | 9% | 199,345 | 514,379 |
6 | 34 | 50 | 35 | 10% | 10% | 285,815 | 800,194 |
7 | 37 | 54 | 37 | 12% | 10% | 401,344 | 1,201,538 |
8 | 40 | 58 | 40 | 14% | 10% | 554,379 | 1,755,917 |
9 | 43 | 62 | 43 | 16% | 10% | 755,049 | 2,510,966 |
10 | 46 | 66 | 46 | 18% | 10% | 1,016,533 | 3,527,499 |
11 | 49 | 70 | 48 | 20% | 11% | 1,898,602 | 5,426,101 |
12 | 52 | 74 | 51 | 22% | 11% | 1,964,019 | 7,390,120 |
13 | 55 | 78 | 54 | 24% | 11% | 2,573,731 | 9,963,851 |
14 | 58 | 82 | 57 | 26% | 11% | 4,676,439 | 14,640,290 |
15 | 60 | 84 | 59 | 28% | 11% | 3,017,327 | 17,657,617 |
16 | 62 | 87 | 60 | 30% | 12% | 7,823,001 | 25,480,618 |
17 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 32% | 12% | 15,264,208 | 40,744,826 |
18 | 66 | 92 | 64 | 34% | 12% | 26,272,845 | 67,017,671 |
19 | 68 | 95 | 66 | 36% | 12% | 62,872,274 | 129,889,945 |
20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 38% | 12% | 212,023,122 | 341,913,067 |
21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 40% | 13% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 42% | 13% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 44% | 13% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 46% | 13% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 48% | 13% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 50% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 52% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 54% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 56% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 58% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 59% | 14% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 60% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 61% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 62% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 63% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 64% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 65% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 66% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 67% | 15% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 68% | 15% | 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 |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | random level 20 gem | Automatic |
13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Root of the Problem Act 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Root of the Problem Act 2 Yeena | ✓ | ||||||
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Strategy
In the case where enemy death occurs uniformly at random with respect to damage dealt, the chance of an enemy dying from a particular hit is proportional to the damage the hit deals. The mean overkill damage for that hit is half the damage of the hit. This makes the mean overkill damage overall equal to
0.5 * (mean damage2) / mean damage
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Ash.
Name | ![]() | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Herald Of Ash Damage 1 | 66 | 25% increased Herald of Ash Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Damage 2 | 75 | 40% increased Herald of Ash Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Mana Reservation 1 | 66 | Herald of Ash has 20% reduced Mana Reservation | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Mana Reservation 2 | 75 | Herald of Ash has 30% reduced Mana Reservation | helmet 100 default 0 |
Microtransactions
The list below shows microtransactions for Herald of Ash.
Item | Effect(s) |
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Automaton Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an Automaton Effect. |
Blood Guard Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect. |
Celestial Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect. |
Divine Herald Effect![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect. |
Faith Guard Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect. |
Ghostflame Herald of Ash![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire. |
Gloom Herald Effect![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect. |
Gore Herald Effect![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect. |
Innocence Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect. |
Purple Herald Effect![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect. |
Sin Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect. |
Sunprism Herald Effect![]() Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sun prism effect. ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sun prism effect. |
Wasteland Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect. |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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3.4.0 |
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3.2.0 |
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3.0.0 |
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2.0.0 |
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1.2.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (August 21, 2014). "Herald of Ash". Official Path of Exile Forums.