Vaal Earthquake

Vaal EarthquakeVaal, Attack, AoE, Duration, Melee
Souls Per Use: 30 (N) /
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 12.000 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (50%-61%)Requires Level 28Smashes the ground with an Axe, Mace, Sceptre or Staff, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a short duration. After using this skill, your steps will deal damage around you, cracking the earth if the previous cracks have erupted. This effect ends after a secondary duration, or after a maximum number of aftershocks.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased DamageDeals (50-61.4)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 1 seconds
Aftershock deals (350-407)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Base secondary duration is 12 seconds
Ongoing effect ends after 7 Aftershocks
Aftershock deals (30-169) to (46-254) Added Attack Physical Damage
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalEarthquake

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Earthquake.

Vaal Earthquake is a Vaal skill gem. The character strikes the ground, creating an aftershock that erupts to deal more damage in a bigger area. Only one aftershock can be active at a time. The user will also release a limited number of aftershocks while moving.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	More Damage	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	50%	50%	350%	30 to 46	0	0
2	31	73	51%	50.6%	353%	35 to 53	199,345	199,345
3	34	79	51%	51.2%	356%	40 to 61	285,815	485,160
4	37	85	52%	51.8%	359%	46 to 70	401,344	886,504
5	40	92	52%	52.4%	362%	53 to 79	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	96	53%	53%	365%	58 to 86	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	100	54%	53.6%	368%	63 to 94	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	104	54%	54.2%	371%	68 to 102	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	109	55%	54.8%	374%	74 to 111	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	113	55%	55.4%	377%	80 to 120	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	117	56%	56%	380%	86 to 130	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	121	57%	56.6%	383%	93 to 140	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	125	57%	57.2%	386%	101 to 151	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	130	58%	57.8%	389%	109 to 163	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	134	58%	58.4%	392%	117 to 176	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	138	59%	59%	395%	126 to 190	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	142	60%	59.6%	398%	136 to 204	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	146	60%	60.2%	401%	146 to 220	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	151	61%	60.8%	404%	157 to 236	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	155	61%	61.4%	407%	169 to 254	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	159	62%	62%	410%	181 to 272	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	63%	62.6%	413%	195 to 292	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	63%	63.2%	416%	209 to 313	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	64%	63.8%	419%	224 to 335	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	64%	64.4%	422%	239 to 359	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	65%	65%	425%	256 to 384	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	66%	65.6%	428%	274 to 411	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	66%	66.2%	431%	293 to 440	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	67%	66.8%	434%	314 to 470	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	67%	67.4%	437%	335 to 503	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	68%	67.7%	437%	346 to 519	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	68%	68%	440%	358 to 537	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	68%	68.3%	440%	370 to 555	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	69%	68.6%	443%	382 to 573	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	69%	68.9%	443%	395 to 592	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	69%	69.2%	446%	408 to 612	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	69%	69.5%	446%	421 to 632	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	70%	69.8%	449%	435 to 653	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	70%	70.1%	449%	449 to 674	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	70%	70.4%	452%	464 to 696	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
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Superior Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	random corrupted superior Vaal gem (Q20)	Automatic
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

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Vaal Earthquake:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Earthquake.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 1	66	25% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 2	75	40% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 1	66	20% reduced Earthquake Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 2	75	30% reduced Earthquake Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Microtransactions

The list below shows microtransactions for Vaal Earthquake.

Item	Effect(s)
Crystal Earthquake EffectCrystal Earthquake EffectCrystal EarthquakeYour Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.	Your Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.
Gore Earthquake EffectGore Earthquake EffectEarthquake Skin Stack Size: 20Your Earthquake becomes a gory effect.	Your Earthquake becomes a gory effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Aftershocks now benefit from 30 to 46 added physical damage at gem level 1, up to 169 to 254 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (rather than 1% increased physical damage).
3.4.0	The aftershock now deals 70% (up from 50%) more damage with hits and ailments (as opposed to every form of damage) at all gem levels.
3.3.0	Vaal Earthquake has been added to the game.