Split Arrow

Split ArrowAttack, Bow
Mana Cost: (6 to 10)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: (90% to 109%)
Projectile Speed: 3260Fires multiple arrows at different targets.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (90-109)% of Base Damage
Fires (4-6) additional ArrowsPlace 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 Fragment

The Ranger paused. She was surrounded. The enemy from the front was merely a diversion, the real threats now flanked her from the left and right. They closed silently in the shadows, believing themselves unseen. Seconds ticked slowly by as she waited, wanting them to be complacent, wanting them to believe her vulnerable. As they drew nearer, her bowstring hand slid gently back, the arrow cocked and waiting. Then, in a blur, her weapon came up, the missile rocketing forth, a streak of hissing death. There was a brief pause, and then if by magic, all three foes fell as one, apparently struck by copies of the same arrow. Lowering her bow, the Ranger smirked, and silently thanked her teacher for the hours spent mastering Split Arrow.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Split Arrow is a ranged attack skill, firing multiple arrows at different targets.

Skill functions and interactions

Additional Projectiles: Like all bow attacks which fire more than one projectile simultaneously, a single enemy cannot be hit by more than one projectile per attack. If multiple arrows are on course to impact any given monster, all but one will ignore that monster and travel past to potentially hit enemies behind the first one encountered.

Arrow Spread: The angular spread of Split Arrow's projectiles can be controlled by aiming closer to or farther away from the player. The spread will be smaller when aiming further away and larger when aiming closer.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	extra Arrows	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	6	90%	90%	4	0	0
2	2	0	6	91%	91%	4	70	70
3	4	16	6	92%	92%	4	308	378
4	7	22	7	93%	93%	4	1,554	1,932
5	11	31	7	94%	94%	4	6,667	8,599
6	16	41	7	95%	95%	4	26,047	34,646
7	20	50	7	96%	96%	4	49,725	84,371
8	24	58	8	97%	97%	5	95,714	180,085
9	28	67	8	98%	98%	5	169,595	349,680
10	32	75	8	99%	99%	5	283,759	633,439
11	36	83	8	100%	100%	5	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	92	8	101%	101%	5	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	100	9	102%	102%	5	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	109	9	103%	103%	5	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	117	9	104%	104%	6	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	125	9	105%	105%	6	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	134	9	106%	106%	6	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	142	10	107%	107%	6	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	148	10	108%	108%	6	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	155	10	109%	109%	6	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	159	10	110%	110%	6	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	10	111%	111%	7	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	112%	112%	7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	113%	113%	7	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	114%	114%	7	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	11	115%	115%	7	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	11	116%	116%	7	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	117%	117%	7	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	118%	118%	8	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	119%	119%	8	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓

Vendor reward

This skill 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	✓

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Demonic Split Arrow Effect Demonic Split Arrow EffectSplit Arrow Skin Stack Size: 20Your Split Arrow becomes a demonic effect.	95	Replaces the standard effect on a Split ArrowSplit ArrowAttack, Bow Mana Cost: (6 to 10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (90% to 109%) Projectile Speed: 3260Fires multiple arrows at different targets.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (90-109)% of Base Damage Fires (4-6) additional ArrowsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a demonic effect. Preview
Verdant Split Arrow Effect Verdant Split Arrow EffectSplit Arrow Skin Stack Size: 20Your Split Arrow becomes a verdant effect.	90	Replaces the standard effect on a Split ArrowSplit ArrowAttack, Bow Mana Cost: (6 to 10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (90% to 109%) Projectile Speed: 3260Fires multiple arrows at different targets.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (90-109)% of Base Damage Fires (4-6) additional ArrowsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a verdant effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Split Arrow

Name		Stats
EnchantmentSplitArrowCriticalStrikeChance1	66	60% increased Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentSplitArrowCriticalStrikeChance2	75	90% increased Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance
EnchantmentSplitArrowDamage1	66	25% increased Split Arrow Damage
EnchantmentSplitArrowDamage2	75	40% increased Split Arrow Damage
EnchantmentSplitArrowNumOfAdditionalProjectiles1	66	Split Arrow fires 2 additional Projectiles
EnchantmentSplitArrowNumOfAdditionalProjectiles2	75	Split Arrow fires 3 additional Projectiles

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	The number of additional arrows that Split Arrow grants at level 20 has been reduced from 8 to 6. It still starts at four additional arrows at level 1, with the levels in between interpolated.
2.0.0	Fires 4 additional projectiles at level 1 (up from 2 additional) and fires one additional projectile every 4 gem levels. Base Damage has been increased from 80% to 90%. Instead of gaining 3% Physical Damage per level, Split Arrow now gains 1% Base Damage per level.
1.0.0	Reduced the mana cost.
0.10.0	Is now player level 1 (was 4).
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%.
0.9.12j	Fixed a bug where firing a Split Arrow when you are out of mana would not correctly fall back to a normal attack.
0.9.5c	Reduced the mana cost so that it increases by 3 per arrow rather than by 6.
0.9.5	Mana costs increased based on number of arrows.
0.9.3c	Fixed a bug that caused damage bonuses to not appear Increased damage by raising its flat damage penalty from -30% to -20%.
0.9.1	Split Arrow now fires additional arrows at higher levels.
0.6.13	Added Split Arrow skill