Perforate

PerforatePhysical, Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
Mana Cost: 6
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 80% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125%-170%)Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spears to damage enemies. When in Blood Stance, multiple spikes burst from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. In Sand Stance, the spikes are thrust outwards. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit1% chance to cause BleedingCreates 0.05 fewer Spikes
Creates 0.1 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance RecentlyDeals (125-170)% of Base Attack Damage
Creates 7 Spikes
75% less Damage while in Blood Stance
Creates 2 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
(0-76)% more Area of Effect while in Sand StancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPerforate

Perforate is an attack skill where the user strikes the ground to launch multiple spikes from the ground that deal area of effect damage. This skill interacts with Blood and Sand Stance, launching multiple spikes in a small area in Blood Stance and launching the spikes outwards in Sand Stance.

Skill functions and interactions

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Alt quality

In its phantasmal quality: "Creates 0.05 fewer Spikes, Creates 0.1 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently" if you stay between 10-19% quality, you will not get one permanent fewer spikes while still having an additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently resulting in an always better case than going for 20% on this alternate quality.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Physical Damage	More AoE	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	125%	125%	2 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	127%	127.4%	2 to 3	4%	70	70
3	4	0	0	130%	129.7%	3 to 4	8%	308	378
4	7	0	14	132%	132.1%	4 to 6	12%	1,554	1,932
5	11	0	19	134%	134.5%	5 to 8	16%	6,667	8,599
6	16	18	26	137%	136.8%	7 to 11	20%	26,047	34,646
7	20	22	31	139%	139.2%	9 to 13	24%	49,725	84,371
8	24	25	37	142%	141.6%	11 to 17	28%	95,714	180,085
9	28	29	42	144%	143.9%	14 to 20	32%	169,595	349,680
10	32	33	47	146%	146.3%	16 to 25	36%	283,759	633,439
11	36	36	52	149%	148.7%	20 to 30	40%	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	40	58	151%	151.1%	24 to 35	44%	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	44	63	153%	153.4%	28 to 42	48%	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	48	68	156%	155.8%	33 to 49	52%	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	51	74	158%	158.2%	39 to 58	56%	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	55	79	161%	160.5%	45 to 68	60%	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	59	84	163%	162.9%	52 to 79	64%	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	62	90	165%	165.3%	61 to 91	68%	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	65	94	168%	167.6%	68 to 102	72%	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	68	98	170%	170%	75 to 113	76%	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	70	100	172%	172.4%	81 to 122	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	175%	174.7%	87 to 130	84%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	177%	177.1%	93 to 140	88%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	179%	179.5%	100 to 150	92%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	182%	181.8%	107 to 160	96%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	184%	184.2%	114 to 172	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	187%	186.6%	123 to 184	104%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	189%	188.9%	131 to 197	108%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	191%	191.3%	140 to 210	112%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	194%	193.7%	150 to 224	116%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	195%	194.9%	155 to 232	118%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	196%	196.1%	160 to 240	120%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	197%	197.2%	165 to 248	122%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	198%	198.4%	171 to 256	124%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	200%	199.6%	176 to 265	126%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	201%	200.8%	182 to 273	128%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	202%	202%	188 to 282	130%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	203%	203.2%	194 to 292	132%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	204%	204.3%	201 to 301	134%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	206%	205.5%	207 to 311	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
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Perforate:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Perforate.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Perforate Area Of Effect 1	66	Perforate has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Perforate Area Of Effect 2	75	Perforate has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Perforate Damage 1	66	Perforate deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Perforate Damage 2	75	Perforate deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Perforate Number Of Spikes 1	66	Perforate creates +1 Spike	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Perforate Number Of Spikes 2	75	Perforate creates +2 Spikes	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Now deals base Damage and has an added Damage effectiveness of 125% at gem level 1 (from 140%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 196%). Now has 2 to 3 added Attack Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20 (previously had no added damage). Now creates 7 spikes (from 6). Now creates 2 additional spikes if you've changed stance recently. Now deals 75% less Damage while in Blood stance (from 65%). Now gains more area of effect while in Sand stance as the gem levels, up to 76% more at gem level 20. Gained the Slam and Physical Tag.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments.
3.7.0	Perforate has been added to the game.