Searing Bond
Mana Cost: (18-51)
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Summons a totem that casts a beam of fire at you and each other totem you control, dealing burning damage to enemies caught in the beam. Enemies near either end of a beam also suffer burning damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased totem life2% increased Totem Duration1% increased Damage+0.1 to maximum number of Summoned TotemsTotem lasts 8 seconds
Deals (23.6-1755.6) Base Fire Damage per second
+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.


Level: 12Purchase Costs
Normal | 1x Orb of Transmutation |
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemSearingBond

Searing Bond is a spell skill that summons a totem that creates fiery beams between the caster and each other totem under their control. The beams deal fire damage over time to enemies touching it. Totem range is 100.
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Skill Functions and Interactions
The beams will only link between adjacent totems and the caster if they are within a certain range from each other. If a pair of totems are placed too far apart, or the caster moves too far away from a totem, or the path of a beam is obstructed by something like a wall—those links will be broken.
Fire damage dealt over time by the beams is considered burning damage, and therefore benefits from increased burning damage modifiers. The damage of the beams is also affected by increased fire, elemental, DespairDespairSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (16-33)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance and increasing damage over time they take. All hits will deal added chaos damage to the cursed enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies take 0.5% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects0.5% increased Effect of CurseSpell Hits have 0.5% chance to Hinder Cursed Enemies with 30% reduced Movement Speed for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Cursed enemies have -(20-29)% to Chaos Resistance
Cursed enemies take (15-25)% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects
Adds (9-46) to (12-57) Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and totem damage passives, as well as damage over time and spell damage modifiers.
Searing Bond does not hit, so "on hit" and "on crit" effects never apply. This includes Fire Penetration SupportFire Penetration SupportFire, Support
Icon: V
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.Per 1% Quality:123Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire DamageSupported Skills deal 3% increased Burning DamageSupported Skills Destroy Ignited Corpses on KillSupported Skills Penetrate (18-37)% Fire ResistanceThis 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. which has no effect on Searing Bond damage, however it will benefit from other changes to monster resistance such as
FlammabilityFlammabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Curse, Hex
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (24-50)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their fire resistance and giving them a chance to be ignited when hit.Per 1% Quality:123Ignite on Cursed enemies has 0.5% increased DurationCurses inflicted by this Skill have +0.25 to maximum DoomHits against Cursed Enemies have +1% chance to IgniteBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
Cursed enemies have -(25-44)% to Fire Resistance
Hits against Cursed Enemies have +25% chance to Ignite
Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Elemental Equilibrium.
The additional totem provided by the skill increases the maximum number of Searing Bond totems, it does not stack with similar totem limit increases of other totem types. Only the highest number of the totems of one type counts as the global maximum number of summoned totems.
For example, taking an Ancestral Bond keystone increases the maximum number of Searing Bond totems to 3,
and using an Iron CommanderIron Commander
Death BowBow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (33.6-38.4)–(82.8-92.4)
Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
Attacks per Second: (1.37-1.44)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage
(14-20)% increased Attack Speed
(14-20)% increased Totem Life
(14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed
Siege Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Dexterity
Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 DexterityThe Eternals commanded an army that need not eat, sleep, or breathe
without the usual depravities of necromancy. with 400 dexterity will allow you to summon 4 Siege Ballistas.
Maximum number of totems in this case will be 4 (the highest of a single totem type), and only 3 of them can be Searing Totems.
Attempting to summon a Searing Bond with 4 Ballistas out will desummon one Ballista.
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Mana Cost | Fire Damage per sec | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 31.4 | 15,249 | 15,249 |
3 | 19 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 44.8 | 41,517 | 56,766 |
4 | 23 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 62.8 | 81,983 | 138,749 |
5 | 27 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 86.8 | 147,968 | 286,717 |
6 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 25 | 118.4 | 250,557 | 537,274 |
7 | 35 | 51 | 36 | 27 | 160.1 | 405,086 | 942,360 |
8 | 38 | 55 | 38 | 29 | 199.6 | 447,718 | 1,390,078 |
9 | 41 | 59 | 41 | 31 | 247.9 | 615,318 | 2,005,396 |
10 | 44 | 63 | 44 | 33 | 306.8 | 834,639 | 2,840,035 |
11 | 47 | 67 | 47 | 35 | 378.5 | 1,570,760 | 4,410,795 |
12 | 50 | 71 | 49 | 37 | 465.6 | 1,633,987 | 6,044,782 |
13 | 53 | 75 | 52 | 39 | 571.5 | 2,151,030 | 8,195,812 |
14 | 56 | 79 | 55 | 40 | 699.7 | 2,812,189 | 11,008,001 |
15 | 59 | 83 | 58 | 42 | 854.9 | 5,099,360 | 16,107,361 |
16 | 62 | 87 | 60 | 44 | 1042.6 | 9,400,731 | 25,508,092 |
17 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 46 | 1189 | 15,273,366 | 40,781,458 |
18 | 66 | 92 | 64 | 48 | 1354.8 | 26,286,582 | 67,068,040 |
19 | 68 | 95 | 66 | 50 | 1542.8 | 62,890,590 | 129,958,630 |
20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 51 | 1755.6 | 212,046,017 | 342,004,647 |
21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 53 | 1996.6 | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 53 | 2269.2 | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 54 | 2577.7 | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 56 | 2926.5 | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 58 | 3320.7 | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 59 | 3766.2 | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 59 | 4269.4 | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 61 | 4837.7 | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 62 | 5479.2 | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 62 | 6203.2 | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 63 | 6599.3 | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 64 | 7020 | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 65 | 7466.9 | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 65 | 7941.4 | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 66 | 8445.2 | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 67 | 8980.2 | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 67 | 9548.3 | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 68 | 10151.4 | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 69 | 10791.7 | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 70 | 11471.4 | 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 a quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Siren's Cadence 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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Searing Bond.
Name | ![]() | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Searing Bond Damage 1 | 66 | 25% increased Searing Bond Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Searing Bond Damage 2 | 75 | 40% increased Searing Bond Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances 1 | 66 | 24% increased Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances 2 | 75 | 36% increased Searing Bond Totem Elemental Resistances | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed 1 | 66 | 40% increased Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed 2 | 75 | 60% increased Searing Bond Totem Placement Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Alternate skill effects
Searing Bond has the following alternate skill effects:
Item | Effect(s) |
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Arcane Tome Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome. |
Dragon Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon. |
Eagle Guardian Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian. |
Green Searing Bond Effect![]() ![]() | Your Searing Bond beam becomes green. |
Olmec Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces. |
Pylon of Pain Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain. |
Tiki Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs. |
Ziggurat Totem Skin![]() ![]() | Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat. |
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Version history
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