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The Retch
Rustic Sash
Requires Level 44(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(60-80) to maximum Life
+(30-40)% to Cold Resistance
0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
60% increased Flask Effect Duration
30% reduced Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect
200% of Life Leech applies to Enemies as Chaos Damage
15% increased Movement Speed during any Flask Effect
But the grain grew twisted and the water turned dark
and those who partook of Mother Gull's gift
birthed monsters that fed
on the flesh of one another.
The Retch inventory icon
Acquisition
DROP RESTRICTED
Vendor Prices
Unique8x Chaos Orb
Vendor Offer
12x Alchemy Shard
8x Alteration Shard
Metadata
Item class: Belts
"Retch" redirects here. For monster type, see Retch (monster type).

The Retch is a unique Rustic Sash inventory iconRustic SashRustic Sash(12-24)% increased Global Physical DamageRustic Sash inventory icon.

Mechanics[ | ]

The modifier #% of Life Leech applies to enemies as Chaos Damage takes 200% of the actual life gained from leech and deals it as chaos damage to enemy that was the target of the leeching. Therefore, by default no damage is dealt if the player is at full health while leeching. This damage is not affected by damage modifiers as it is considered as reflected damage.[1]

Effects that apply to individual leech instances (Maximum total recovery per life leech) are applied to the reflected damage dealt, while effects that apply to the character's overall recovery (Increased recovery from life leech , Maximum total recovery per second from life leech) do not apply[2]. Thus the retch will never add more than 20% of your life total in damage to each hit.

With Ghost Reaver modifier the damage is dealt based on energy shield gained from leech.

Using instantaneous life leech modifiers (such as Bloodseeker inventory iconBloodseekerBloodseeker
Hellion's Paw
Claw
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (105.3-113.1) to (180.9-194.3)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.68
Weapon Range: 11
Requires Level 62, 131 Dex, 95 Int1.6% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life(150-170)% increased Physical Damage
Adds 10 to 12 Physical Damage
5% increased Attack Speed
1.2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
5% increased Movement Speed
Life Leech from Hits with this Weapon is instant
"For the life of the flesh will always be in the blood."
- Atalui, Vaal Priestess
Bloodseeker inventory icon
) causes chaos damage to be dealt instantly as well rather than over time. The damage dealt is based on the life gained before the character is at their maximum life total.

If Brutal Fervour is allocated, then the damage will continue as long as the leech lasts, even once at full life.[3] If combined with instantaneous life leech, then the total amount of potential leech is dealt instantly, including that above the player's maximum life.[4][5]

Item acquisition
Questionmark

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientIngredient
Notes
General
Notes
Type
1Feastbind inventory iconFeastbindFeastbind
Rustic Sash
Requires Level 11(12-24)% increased Global Physical DamageAdds 5 to 10 Physical Damage to Attacks
+(20-40) to maximum Life
0.2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
50% increased Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect
50% increased Mana Regeneration Rate during any Flask Effect
Our forefathers danced and drank and ate their fill
and did not honour the First Ones for their gifts.
So the First Ones filled the sky with fire.
Feastbind inventory icon
Corrupted items can not be usedVendor recipeManual
1Faminebind inventory iconFaminebindFaminebind
Rustic Sash
Requires Level 18(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance
20% increased Projectile Damage
30% reduced Flask Charges gained
60% increased Flask Effect Duration
Deals 50 Chaos Damage per second to nearby Enemies
After the Great Fire, the land lay barren
and our forefathers grew weak.
Mother Gull took pity on them
and gave them grain and water.
Faminebind inventory icon
Corrupted items can not be used
1Orb of Fusing inventory iconOrb of FusingOrb of FusingStack Size: 20Reforges the links between sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more links.
Shift click to unstack.
Orb of Fusing inventory icon
N/A

The Retch itself is not a league-specific item. However, the ingredients of the vendor recipe is tied to Talisman league. There are additional ways to acquire league-restricted items, see the article for the League-specific items for more details.

Alternate artwork[ | ]

The Retch Relic inventory icon Relic version from version 3.4

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.4.3f
  • The vendor recipe for The Retch now gives a Relic version when vendoring a Relic version of both Feastbind inventory iconFeastbindFeastbind
    Rustic Sash
    Requires Level 11(12-24)% increased Global Physical DamageAdds 5 to 10 Physical Damage to Attacks
    +(20-40) to maximum Life
    0.2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
    50% increased Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect
    50% increased Mana Regeneration Rate during any Flask Effect
    Our forefathers danced and drank and ate their fill
    and did not honour the First Ones for their gifts.
    So the First Ones filled the sky with fire.
    Feastbind inventory icon
    and Faminebind inventory iconFaminebindFaminebind
    Rustic Sash
    Requires Level 18(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance
    20% increased Projectile Damage
    30% reduced Flask Charges gained
    60% increased Flask Effect Duration
    Deals 50 Chaos Damage per second to nearby Enemies
    After the Great Fire, the land lay barren
    and our forefathers grew weak.
    Mother Gull took pity on them
    and gave them grain and water.
    Faminebind inventory icon
    .
2.2.0
  • Fixed various issues with The Retch's property that deals chaos damage. It is now also clearer that the portion of life leech that is dealt as damage is dealt as chaos damage.
2.1.2b
  • Fixed a bug where the Chaos Damage dealt by the unique item The Retch was bypassing Chaos Damage mitigation.
2.1.2
  • 200% of Life Leech applies to enemies as Damage changed to
    200% of Life Leech applies to enemies as Chaos Damage.
2.1.1d
  • Fixed a bug with The Retch which caused monsters to not drop any items when killed.
2.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.

External links[ | ]

References[ | ]

  1. Mark_GGG (January 27, 2016). "The Retch Rustic Sash Hotfix?". Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. Mark_GGG (2019) https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/axgevs/comment/ehvjfcr/
  3. Mark_GGG (January 27, 2016). "The Retch Rustic Sash Hotfix?". Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. Mark_GGG (March 24, 2016). "The Retch Rustic Sash Hotfix?". Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  5. Mark_GGG (May 17, 2017). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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