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1.1.5e
August 7, 2014
1.2.0
August 20, 2014
1.2.0b
August 22, 2014

Version 1.2.0 introduces the Forsaken Masters expansion, which adds new content and features to the core game.[1]

Patch notes[ | ]

These are the official patch notes for version 1.2.0 released by Grinding Gear Games.[2]

Notes[ | ]

Due to substantial balance changes, every existing character has been granted an optional full passive reset. To use this, click the "Reset all Passives" button on the passive skill screen. Note that you must use this before allocating or refunding any other points otherwise the option will go away.

New Three-Month Challenge Leagues[ | ]

  • Challenge leagues are a great opportunity for a fresh start. All your old characters and items are still present in the Standard and Hardcore leagues, but you're encouraged to join the new economies, complete challenges and climb the ladder!
  • This pair of challenge leagues will run for three months - from August 20 to November 20, US time.
  • The new challenge leagues include a set of eight new challenges! Players who complete five or eight of the challenges receive an exclusive microtransaction helmet skin. The first 50 players to complete all eight challenges will receive an exclusive Rampage/Beyond challenge shirt.
  • Rampage: Rampage is a standard league where kill streaks cause devastating effects to occur. Each kill causes you to become slightly faster and deal more damage. The kill streak wears off after five seconds of no kills.
  • Beyond: Beyond is a Hardcore league (characters who die are converted to Standard characters). In the Beyond league, demons from another realm are attempting to invade Wraeclast. Monster kills have a chance to cause small portals to appear. If enough portals spawn close together, a larger portal opens and demons flow forth. Several of those larger portals close together can open a third tier that results in one of several truly terrifying entities to emerge.
  • Out of the 15 total Unique items added in this update, there are three new Unique items that can only drop in in the Rampage challenge league, and three that can only drop in the Beyond challenge league.

Core Forsaken Masters Features[ | ]

  • Seven men and women, masters in their fields, stood against Dominus' tyranny. Some with words, others with steel. Seven masters forsaken, sent to die in a corrupted land. Seven masters who lived, learned, and now thrive in Wraeclast. Seven Forsaken Masters who can train you... if you choose to help them.
  • The seven Masters each have their own style of mission and each of these missions has many variations. As you explore deeper into Wraeclast, the pool of available variations increases to challenge you in new ways. All of the missions and their variations can occur anywhere in the game, including within end-game Maps. Once you've helped a master with their mission once, they appear in regular towns to talk to.
  • Completing missions earns you reputation (which contributes to the level of that master) and favour (used for purchasing decorations for your hideout).
  • Each master acts as a vendor for items. The range of items increases with each master level (up to a chance at being offered a Unique item at level 8). Their inventory refreshes after you start each daily mission with them.
  • Each master has one special build-enabling crafting mod that is only available on a magic item sold by them. It's up to you whether you use it as-is, augment it to add one more mod or use Regal Orb inventory iconRegalRegal OrbStack Size: 10Upgrades a magic item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Current modifiers are retained and a new one is added.Regal Orb inventory icon/Exalted Orb inventory iconExalted orbExalted OrbStack Size: 10Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.Exalted Orb inventory icon to try to create an amazing rare.
  • You can claim a personalised hideout for free from any level 3 or higher master. Once you have a hideout, you can travel there using the waypoint panel. Hideouts are shared among all your characters in that league. Each master has their own distinctive hideout tileset on offer.
  • You can allow access to friends, party members and guild members from within your hideout (on the Hideout Stash screen). Hideouts can hold up to 32 players at once.
  • Once masters are at level 2, they can be invited to your hideout. While in your hideout, they offer you daily missions which provide 250% reputation and favour. If your friends help you with a daily mission, they receive normal reputation and favour.
  • The size of your hideout affects how many masters it can hold. It starts with a capacity of two, but can be upgraded to three or four when your master reaches levels six and eight respectively. This also modifies the amount of space in your hideout.
  • Dismissing a master from your hideout removes any reputation they have on their current level.
  • Talking to a master in your hideout allows you to receive a Crafting Bench that can be placed in your hideout. The bench levels up with the master and has more options with each level. You can still use a crafting bench even after you've dismissed that master from your hideout. Visitors can't use your crafting benches.
  • Vorici allows you to modify an item's sockets and links with his crafting bench.
  • Zana allows you to open end-game Maps at a personal Map Device in your hideout. Mods can be purchased that affect the Map as it is opened.
  • The other five masters allow you to craft an mod onto an item. To craft an item, click on the bench, place an item in the window and select a mod. Mods purchased in this way appear in a slightly different colour than normal. They can be removed by level 8 crafting benches.
  • Note that these mods obey normal rules. You can't have more than three prefixes, three suffixes or six mods in total. You can't craft a mod onto a magic item that has both a prefix and a suffix. It must be upgraded to a rare item with a Regal Orb first.
  • Hideout decorations can be purchased from masters in exchange for favour. Each master has a separate favour total. These decorations appear in your Hideout Stash. You can place them in the world by right clicking on them and clicking somewhere in your hideout. They can then be dragged around, rotated (use the radial slider or R/Shift+R keys) or reclaimed (Delete key). The arrow keys can also be used to move the selected decoration. The mousewheel (or PageUp/PageDown keys) cycles between different variations of the decoration.
  • Forsaken Masters supporter packs include hideout banners. These appear in your microtransaction stash and can also be placed in the world as decorations. When reclaimed, these will go to your microtransaction stash. We will later sell some other cosmetic hideout decorations/environments/tilesets in our microtransaction shop.
  • When the new challenge leagues end, your hideout stashes will be merged with the destination leagues (Rampage with Standard, Beyond with Hardcore). Your favour totals will be added together. The highest reputation value with each master will be used.

Major Features/Content[ | ]

  • We've added an optional Quest Tracker, which displays your current quest objectives on the right side of the screen. This is also used to display the current objective of the Master Mission you're in at the time.
  • We've added various Tutorials to the start of the game. They're designed to be non-intrusive and can be disabled or reset in the options.
  • Added a new Dexterity skill: Tornado Shot inventory iconTornado ShotTornado ShotAttack, Projectile, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-10) Mana
    Requires Level 28Fires a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point, which will travel for a short time before disappearing.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Projectile DamageConverts 3% of Physical Damage to a random Element0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (100-120)% of Base Attack Damage
    Fires 3 secondary Projectiles
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Tornado Shot skill icon
    Tornado Shot inventory icon
    : Fire a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point.
  • Added a new Strength/Intelligence skill: Herald of Ash inventory iconHerald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 10
    Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Fire Damage1% reduced Area of Effect
    3% increased Burning Damage
    1% increased Area of Effect
    Gain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
    (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
    (0-38)% more Burning Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Herald of Ash skill icon
    Herald of Ash inventory icon
    : Channel fire through your hands, adding fire to your physical damage. If you kill an enemy with an attack, other enemies near them will be ignited for the overkill damage.
  • Added a new Dexterity/Intelligence skill: Herald of Ice inventory iconHerald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
    Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Cold Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff grants 0.5% chance to FreezeAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
    Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
    Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
    Damage cannot be Reflected
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Herald of Ice skill icon
    Herald of Ice inventory icon
    : Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal cold damage to enemies near them.
  • Added a new Dexterity skill: Poacher's Mark inventory iconPoacher's MarkPoacher's MarkSpell, Duration, Curse, Mark
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses a single enemy, lowering their physical damage reduction, and adding physical damage to all hits against them. Attacking the cursed enemy will grant life and mana, and killing them will grant a frenzy charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed Enemies have a 0.25% chance to grant a Frenzy Charge when HitCursed enemies take 0.2% increased DamageCursed enemies have -0.25% to Physical Damage ReductionBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds
    Adds (6-30) to (9-45) Physical Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
    Cursed enemies have -20% to Physical Damage Reduction
    Cursed enemies grant (15-50) Life when Hit by Attacks
    Cursed enemies grant (8-25) Mana when Hit by Attacks
    Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant a Frenzy Charge when slain
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Poacher's Mark skill icon
    Poacher's Mark inventory icon
    : A curse that reduces enemy evasion, grants you life and mana when you hit them, increases your flask charge gain and has a chance to grant you a Frenzy Charge when you kill them.
  • Added a new Strength/Intelligence support gem: Generosity Support inventory iconGenerosity SupportGenerosity SupportSupport, Aura
    Icon: G
    Level: (1-20)
    Requires Level 31Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 2% increased Aura Area of EffectNon-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have 0.25% increased EffectSupported Skills have 5% increased Aura Area of Effect
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Mana Reserved
    Non-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have (20-39)% increased Effect
    Supported Auras do not affect you
    This 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.
    Generosity Support inventory icon
    : Auras linked to Generosity have increased Aura effect for your allies, but do not affect you.
  • Many boss fights (including Brutus and Merveil) have been improved. See the notes below for specific changes.
  • Added 15 new Unique items. Seven of these were designed by supporters.

Minor Features/Content[ | ]

  • We've added a new Duelist Rogue Exile called Zacharie Desmarais. This exile uses Molten Strike inventory iconMolten StrikeMolten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Damage: (110-148)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-148)%
    Projectile Speed: 750
    Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will explode, causing AoE attack damage to enemies where they land.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Fire Damage1% increased Projectile Speed+0.1 to Melee Strike Range2% increased Damage over TimeDeals (110-148)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    Fires 3 additional Projectiles
    Projectiles deal 50% less Damage
    Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 50% less Damage
    +(2-6) to Melee Strike Range
    (2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Molten Strike skill icon
    Molten Strike inventory icon
    and Lightning Strike inventory iconLightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Damage: (135-225)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-225)%
    Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits a target.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage
    1% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Deals (135-225)% of Base Attack Damage
    50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles
    (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Lightning Strike skill icon
    Lightning Strike inventory icon
    .
  • We've added a new Marauder Rogue Exile called Vickas Giantbone. This exile uses Ethereal Knives inventory iconEthereal KnivesEthereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
    Projectile Speed: 1300
    Fires an arc of knives in front of the caster which deals physical damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Projectile SpeedFires 0.1 additional Projectiles0.5% chance to Impale on Spell HitBase duration is 6 seconds
    Deals (7-633) to (10-949) Physical Damage
    Fires 9 additional Projectiles
    Maximum 40 Lingering Blades can be left in the ground at a time
    Leaves a Lingering Blade in the ground for every 3 Projectiles fired
    Leaves 50% fewer Lingering Blades in the ground if you don't Cast this Spell yourself
    (0-19)% increased Projectile Speed
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ethereal Knives skill icon
    Ethereal Knives inventory icon
    totems and Bear Trap inventory iconBear TrapBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-23) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
    Can Store 3 Use(s)
    Cast Time: 1.00 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 260%
    Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Physical Damage2% increased Skill Effect Duration0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1% chance to Impale Enemies on HitTrap lasts 4 seconds
    Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage
    Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits
    Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts
    Base duration is 3 seconds
    Locks enemy in place
    Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Bear Trap skill icon
    Bear Trap inventory icon
    as well as Vulnerability inventory iconVulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentAttacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 0.5% chance to inflict Bleeding0.5% increased Effect of CurseAttack Hits have 0.5% chance to Maim Cursed Enemies for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
    Cursed enemies take (30-39)% increased Physical Damage
    Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 20% chance to inflict Bleeding
    Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster
    Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
    +(0-10) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vulnerability skill icon
    Vulnerability inventory icon
    curse and Enfeeble inventory iconEnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of CurseCurse has 2% increased Doom gain rateCurse Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
    Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
    Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (21-30)% less Damage
    Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (10-15)% less Damage
    Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
    +(0-10) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Enfeeble skill icon
    Enfeeble inventory icon
    on Damage Taken.
  • We've added a new Shadow Rogue Exile called Wilorin Demontamer. He uses Ball Lightning inventory iconBall LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (12-23) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%
    Projectile Speed: 400
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning Damage0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 0.5% chance to be SuperchargedDeals (3-22) to (48-426) Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ball Lightning skill icon
    Ball Lightning inventory icon
    , Storm Call inventory iconStorm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-16) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%
    Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it. When this happens, it will also set off the lightning at any other markers you've cast.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect2% increased Area of Effect
    2% reduced Cast Speed
    0.5% reduced Skill Effect Duration0.25% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when Cast
    Deals (21-510) to (38-947) Lightning Damage
    Base duration is 1.5 seconds
    (10-29)% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments
    +(0-6) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Storm Call skill icon
    Storm Call inventory icon
    and specialises in Critical Strikes.
  • Added PvP Spectator mode. Use the new /spectate (character name) command or right-click someone on your friends list and choose the Spectate option. The specified character must be a mutual friend currently in a PvP area. You must also meet the quest and level requirements for that area yourself. You can use /town to return to your most recent town. You can use the arrow keys to change the perspective of which character you're spectating.
  • We've substantially improved the detail of error messages for various activities. For example, when a currency item fails to apply to another item, it now gives a detailed error message explaining why.
  • We've improved the user interface and moved many commonly used elements to a menu to make feature discovery easier for new players.
  • When respecialising bandit quests, if the use of the book would fail, you now receive an error message explaining why. If it would succeed, you now see a confirmation prompt that explains what will change.
  • Flasks now refill when entering a PvP area, unless you're in a Famine league.
  • The mouseover tooltip for skills now has comma delimitation for thousands of DPS.
  • Chickens have been added to the Forest Encampment.
  • Added an effect for long-duration stuns.
  • Added a new Frenzy effect.
  • 3D art has been added for the following items: Prismatic Eclipse inventory iconPrismatic EclipsePrismatic Eclipse
    Twilight Blade
    One Handed Sword
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (108-120) to (188.4-199.2)
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.30
    Weapon Range: 11
    Requires Level 53, 91 Str, 91 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy Rating+8% Chance to Block Attack Damage while Dual Wielding
    Adds (60-70) to (71-80) Physical Damage
    25% increased Global Physical Damage with Weapons per Red Socket
    12% increased Global Attack Speed per Green Socket
    0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana per Blue Socket
    +2 to Melee Strike Range per White Socket
    "A raging Solaris seared and contorted the orb's surface.
    A despairing Lunaris filled the scars with her tears.
    Yet Viridi remained, trapped within, forever more."
    - Azmerian Creation Myth
    Prismatic Eclipse inventory icon
    , Storm Cloud inventory iconStorm CloudStorm Cloud
    Long Bow
    Bow
    Quality: +20%
    Elemental Damage: 1-85
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 9, 38 DexNo Physical Damage
    Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage
    (36-50)% increased Attack Speed
    Centuries of development in steel armoursmithing
    turned the armies of the Eternal Empire
    into very effective lightning rods.
    Storm Cloud inventory icon
    , Alternate Art Brightbeak inventory iconBrightbeakBrightbeak
    War Hammer
    One Handed Mace
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (22.1-25.35) to (52.7-60.45)
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.25%
    Attacks per Second: 2.10
    Weapon Range: 11
    Requires Level 20, 71 Str10% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold(50-75)% increased Physical Damage
    45% increased Attack Speed
    25% increased Critical Strike Chance
    +(20-30)% to Fire Resistance
    +(20-30)% to Lightning Resistance
    "I know how to say 'faster' and 'attack' in Karui, Marak and Ezo."
    - Voll of Thebrus
    Brightbeak inventory icon
    and The Three Dragons inventory iconThe Three DragonsThe Three Dragons
    Golden Mask
    Quality: +20%
    Evasion: 115
    Energy Shield: 22
    Requires Level 35, 40 Dex, 40 Int+(26-30)% to all Elemental Resistances
    Your Fire Damage can Shock but not Ignite
    Your Cold Damage can Ignite but not Freeze or Chill
    Your Lightning Damage can Freeze but not Shock
    "The ice seared his naked feet
    As the lightning stilled his heart,
    But it was the flames upon his lover's face
    That roused him to vengeance."
    - From 'The Three Dragons' by Victario of Sarn
    The Three Dragons inventory icon
    .
  • Continued to incrementally improve the sound, art, effects and environments.

Content from the Ambush/Invasion Leagues[ | ]

  • After the last two challenge leagues ended, we've folded their content into the core Path of Exile experience in the following ways:
  • Strongboxes can now spawn in all leagues, starting from the Submerged Passage in Normal difficulty. The weightings of each Strongbox type has been adjusted with ordinary Strongboxes being much more common than other variants. Mods for these Strongboxes have been adjusted. Cartographer's Boxes now have lower values of some Strongbox mods.
  • The new quiver progression added in Ambush and Invasion has now been introduced to all leagues. The old Standard and Hardcore quivers will no longer drop. The unique Blackgleam inventory iconBlackgleamBlackgleam
    Fire Arrow Quiver
    Requires Level 22Adds 4 to 8 Fire Damage to Bow Attacks10% increased Attack Speed
    +(80-100) to Evasion Rating
    +(10-30) to maximum Mana
    50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    Adds 5 to 10 Fire Damage to Bow Attacks
    Molten feathers, veiled spark,
    Hissing arrows from the dark.
    Blackgleam inventory icon
    will drop on the Fire Arrow Quiver basetype. The unique Broadstroke inventory iconBroadstrokeBroadstroke
    Heavy Quiver
    Requires Level 5Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks30% increased Global Physical Damage
    (10-15)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
    (20-30)% increased Stun Duration on Enemies
    Seeing only foot soldiers, the Sarn Knights cast aside
    their heavy shields... and paid dearly for their mistake.
    Broadstroke inventory icon
    will no longer drop.
  • The Voideye inventory iconVoideyeVoideye
    Unset Ring
    Requires Level 45Has 1 Socket+5 to Level of Socketed GemsThe darker the eye, the more diligent the watched.
    Voideye inventory icon
    and Vaal Caress inventory iconVaal CaressVaal Caress
    Bronzescale Gauntlets
    Quality: +20%
    Armour: (120-130)
    Evasion: (120-130)
    Requires Level 27, 22 Str, 22 Dex+2 to Level of Socketed Vaal Gems
    (120-140)% increased Armour and Evasion
    +(50-70) to maximum Life
    +40% to Cold Resistance
    You gain Onslaught for 5 seconds on using a Vaal Skill
    "The gems are strangely human at times.
    They simply love to be held."
    - Doryani, First Seer to the Queen
    Vaal Caress inventory icon
    Unique items will no longer drop, as they are homed to the Ambush and Invasion leagues.
  • The Invasion monster pack and guest-monster system has been made standard for the entire game. Early areas have some new monster varieties as a result, and there's more monster diversity in later difficulties.
  • Some Invasion bosses have been reintroduced as regular unique monsters:
  • The Guardian of the Mound has been rebalanced and added to The Prisoner's Gate.
  • Spinesnap has been rebalanced and added to the Slums Sewers.
  • The Revenant has been rebalanced and added to The Docks.
  • Tailsinger has been rebalanced and added to The Riverways.
  • Kall Foxfly has been rebalanced and added to The Blackwood.

General Balance Changes[ | ]

  • Player life per level has been increased from 8 to 12.
  • Monster elemental resistances have been reworked. Many of the more common monsters types no longer have resistances in Normal difficulty. Some more challenging monster types will have resistances and Unique monsters will have a large amount of an appropriate resistance. All main questline, Map and corrupted area bosses have elemental and chaos resistance, though at a lower value.
  • All cases of "snapshotting" have been fixed. If you change your items or support gems, then any persistent effects of skills (for example, minions or auras) will update to reflect the changes. You no longer gain benefit from items or gems that are not currently equipped.
  • Shock and Shocked Ground have been changed so that they cause 50% increased damage taken (rather than 30%) but no longer stack. They do not stack with each other either. "Cannot Be Shocked" now prevents players being affected by either Shocked Ground or Shock itself.
  • Higher level maps are now slightly harder than before.
  • Corrupted secret areas offer greater a chance of fragments in later difficulties. The chance of corrupted secret areas spawning has been adjusted.

Corrupted secret areas can no longer spawn in the first area of an act (the one before the town of the act).

  • Blind Support inventory iconBlind SupportBlind SupportSupport
    Icon: x
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%
    Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Blinding durationSupported Skills have 0.5% chance to Blind enemies on hitSupported Skills have 2% increased Critical Strike Chance against Blinded EnemiesSupported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
    Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding duration
    This 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.
    Blind Support inventory icon
    now reduces hit chance by 50% rather than by 75%.
  • Both physical and elemental damage reflection from monster auras have been reduced from 15% to 14% reflection.
  • In 1v1 duels and 3v3 PvP, Conversion Trap inventory iconConversion TrapConversion TrapTrap, Spell, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-23) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
    Can Store 3 Use(s)
    Cast Time: 1.00 sec
    Throws a trap that, when triggered by an enemy, converts that enemy to your side for a short duration. Does not affect unique monsters or players.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationConverted Enemies have 1% chance to Taunt on HitConverted Enemies deal 20% increased DamageTrap lasts 4 seconds
    Base duration is (5.3-10) seconds
    Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Conversion Trap skill icon
    Conversion Trap inventory icon
    no longer affects players.
  • The Trap and Mine support gems now have multiplicative damage bonuses that are specific to traps and mines respectively. This means that you can't cast a skill through a trap and a mine for double bonuses. In addition, Trap and Mine damage bonuses now do not benefit minions cast through traps or mines.
  • The Inspiration Support inventory iconInspiration SupportInspiration SupportSupport
    Icon: r
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Inspiration Charge DurationSupported Skills have 1% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana CostSupported Skills have (25-34)% reduced Mana Cost
    Gain an Inspiration Charge when you Spend Mana for Supported Skills
    Lose all Inspiration Charges after Spending a total of (122-800) Mana with Supported Skills
    Supported Skills deal (3-5)% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge
    Supported Skills have (6-8)% increased Critical Strike Chance per Inspiration Charge
    This 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.
    Inspiration Support inventory icon
    support gem is now available for all classes as a quest reward.
  • Totem life increases have been increased to compensate for the fixing of a bug where they applied twice.

General Skill Balance[ | ]

  • Early quest rewards have been reworked. The Shadow now gets Viper Strike inventory iconViper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 5 Mana
    Attack Damage: (90-135)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-135)%
    Hits enemies, adding some of your physical damage as chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack Speed
    0.5% increased Poison Duration
    1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage1% increased Chaos Damage0.5% chance to also Poison a nearby Enemy when you inflict Poison
    Deals (90-135)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    60% chance to Poison on Hit
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage
    Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage
    30% Less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Viper Strike skill icon
    Viper Strike inventory icon
    as their first gem, while the Duelist gets Double Strike inventory iconDouble StrikeDouble StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 5 Mana
    Attack Speed: 80% of base
    Attack Damage: (91-112)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (91-112)%
    Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed2% increased Elemental Damage1% chance to Maim on HitDeals (91.3-112)% of Base Attack Damage
    Adds (3-113) to (5-169) Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies
    25% chance to cause Bleeding
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Double Strike skill icon
    Double Strike inventory icon
    . Several other early rewards have been changed and adjusted.
  • The mana cost of all skills has been revised. In general most skills have had their mana costs reduced. Much of the mana cost reduction is focused on skill levels that fall between player levels 20 and 40.
  • Vaal skills can no longer be supported by Trigger Gems.

Skill Reworks[ | ]

  • Creeping Frost inventory iconCreeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-20) Mana
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
    Projectile Speed: 844
    Radius: 12
    Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Skill Effect DurationFires an additional ProjectileChilling Area has 2% increased Movement SpeedBase duration is 5 seconds
    Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage
    Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas
    Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second
    Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Creeping Frost skill icon
    Creeping Frost inventory icon
    : Cast time has been reduced from 1000ms to 800ms. The mana cost has been reduced further than other skills to account for the change in cast time. Its damage has been reduced by 20%. The same change was applied to monster versions of this skill, though to a lesser or no extent if they had a cooldown or mana cost.
  • Burning Arrow inventory iconBurning ArrowBurning ArrowAttack, Projectile, Fire, Duration, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-8) Mana
    Attack Damage: (150-184)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (150-184)%
    Projectile Speed: 3260
    Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage. If it ignites an enemy, it will also inflict an additional debuff for a duration, dealing burning damage based on the magnitude of the ignite. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Up to five of these debuffs can apply simultaneously to an enemy.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent+0.5% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier3% increased Critical Strike ChanceProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsDeals (150-184.2)% of Base Attack Damage
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    50% chance to Ignite enemies
    (50-88)% more Damage with Ignite
    100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    If this Skill Ignites an Enemy, it also inflicts a Burning Debuff
    Debuff deals Fire Damage per second equal to (30-39)% of Ignite Damage per second
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Burning Arrow skill icon
    Burning Arrow inventory icon
    : This skill now deals 130% of base damage, has 50% converted to fire, and has a fixed ignite chance. It gains increased burning damage and physical damage per level.
  • Cold Snap inventory iconCold SnapCold SnapSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (11-28) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: 0.85 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%
    Radius: 16
    Requires Level 16Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. This also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Effect of Chill2% increased Damage with Hits and AilmentsDeals (32-666) to (47-999) Cold Damage
    Base duration is 5 seconds
    Deals (26.3-1193.2) Base Cold Damage per second
    25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area
    Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    (0-19)% increased Effect of Chill
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Cold Snap skill icon
    Cold Snap inventory icon
    : We changed the freeze chance to 30% at all levels. We increased the damage of Cold Snap by 50% at all levels.
  • Assassin's Mark inventory iconCritical WeaknessAssassin's MarkSpell, Duration, Curse, Mark
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses a single enemy, making them more vulnerable to Critical Strikes. Killing the cursed enemy will grant life and mana, and a power charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed Enemies have a 0.25% chance to grant a Power Charge when HitCursed enemies take 0.2% increased DamageHits against Cursed Enemies have +0.01% to Critical Strike ChanceBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds
    Hits against Cursed Enemies have +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
    Hits against Cursed Enemies have +1.5% to Critical Strike Chance
    Cursed enemies grant (65-600) Life when Killed
    Cursed enemies grant (25-80) Mana when Killed
    Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant a Power Charge when slain
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Assassin's Mark skill icon
    Assassin's Mark inventory icon
    : Life and mana on kill have been added. There's now a chance to gain a power charge when you kill an enemy. This curse has also been renamed to Assassin's Mark.
  • Cyclone inventory iconCycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 2 Mana
    Attack Speed: 300% of base
    Attack Damage: (44-54)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-54)%
    Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning, building up stages while constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit0.25% more Movement Speed1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillDeals (44-54)% of Base Attack Damage
    30% less Movement Speed
    First Hit deals 50% less Damage
    Gains 1 Stage every (0.33-0.17) seconds while Channelling
    +1 to radius per Stage
    Lose 1 Stage every 0.33 seconds while not Channelling
    (5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage
    Maximum (3-6) Stages
    8% increased Area of Effect per 1 additional Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Cyclone skill icon
    Cyclone inventory icon
    : This skill can no longer be supported by the Multistrike Support inventory iconMultistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
    Icon: 3
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
    Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per Repeat
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
    Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
    Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
    First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
    Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
    Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
    This 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.
    Multistrike Support inventory icon
    support gem.
  • Detonate Dead inventory iconDetonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
    Radius: 22
    Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Cast SpeedExplosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
    Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
    +(0-4) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Detonate Dead skill icon
    Detonate Dead inventory icon
    : This now deals entirely fire damage. It deals 8% of corpse life as well as flat damage. The damage increase per level has been significantly increased. The base cast time has been decreased from 850ms to 800ms. Quality on this skill now offers substantially less cast speed, from 60% cast speed at 20 quality to 20% cast speed at 20 quality.
  • Reave inventory iconReaveReaveAttack, AoE, Melee
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Damage: (150-180)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (150-180)%
    Radius: 20
    Requires Level 12Attacks a small area in front of you. Each Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack SpeedConverts 5% of Physical Damage to a random Element1% chance to cause Bleeding+0.1 to maximum StagesDeals (150-180)% of Base Attack Damage
    50% more Area of Effect for each stage
    +(0-2) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Reave skill icon
    Reave inventory icon
    : The skill's base area has been increased by 17%. The area increase per stack has been reduced from 20% per stack to 15% per stack.
  • Viper Strike inventory iconViper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 5 Mana
    Attack Damage: (90-135)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-135)%
    Hits enemies, adding some of your physical damage as chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack Speed
    0.5% increased Poison Duration
    1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage1% increased Chaos Damage0.5% chance to also Poison a nearby Enemy when you inflict Poison
    Deals (90-135)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    60% chance to Poison on Hit
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage
    Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage
    30% Less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Viper Strike skill icon
    Viper Strike inventory icon
    : This skill now adds 10% of physical damage as Chaos Damage and has a 50% chance to deal 175% of the attack's damage as chaos damage over seven seconds. The effect duration won't be refreshed by new attacks, but there is no limit to how many Viper Strike debuffs an enemy can have.
  • Shockwave Totem inventory iconShockwave TotemShockwave TotemTotem, Spell, AoE, Physical, Nova
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (21-39) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Radius: 24
    Requires Level 28Summons a totem that shakes the earth around it, knocking back and damaging nearby enemiesPer 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased totem life1% increased Totem Placement speed
    0.5% increased Cast Speed
    2% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit
    Deals (33-362) to (65-672) Physical Damage
    Totem lasts 8 seconds
    25% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Shockwave Totem skill icon
    Shockwave Totem inventory icon
    : This skill now counts as Spell Damage. Damage has been increased by 15%. Its duration has been reduced.
  • Warlord's Mark inventory iconWarlord's MarkWarlord's MarkSpell, Duration, Curse, Mark
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses a single enemy, giving a chance to double the duration of stuns on them. Attacking the cursed enemy will leech life and mana, stunning them will grant rage, and killing it will grant an endurance charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed Enemies have a 0.25% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when HitCursed enemies take 0.2% increased DamageCursed Enemies grant 0.1 Rage Regenerated over 1 second when StunnedBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds
    Hits against Cursed Enemies have (40-59)% chance to double Stun Duration
    Cursed Enemies grant 20 Rage Regenerated over 1 second when Stunned
    Cursed enemies grant 2% Life Leech when Hit by Attacks
    Cursed enemies grant 2% Mana Leech when Hit by Attacks
    Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Warlord's Mark skill icon
    Warlord's Mark inventory icon
    : This curse now has Increased Chance to be Stunned and Reduced Enemy Stun Recovery. The life and mana leech are now not specific to physical damage. It now has a lower chance to grant Endurance Charges on enemy death.

Skill Buffs[ | ]

  • We have increased the critical strike chance of most lightning spells.
  • Ball Lightning inventory iconBall LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (12-23) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%
    Projectile Speed: 400
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning Damage0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 0.5% chance to be SuperchargedDeals (3-22) to (48-426) Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ball Lightning skill icon
    Ball Lightning inventory icon
    : Damage has been increased by 30% at all levels.
  • Cleave inventory iconCleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Speed: 80% of base
    Attack Damage: (125-170)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-170)%
    Radius: 20
    The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack Speed+1 Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks2% increased Area of Effect while not Dual Wielding5% chance to Destroy Corpses on KillDeals (125-170)% of Base Attack Damage
    When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
    (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
    +(0-6) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Cleave skill icon
    Cleave inventory icon
    : This skill no longer has a damage effectiveness penalty. When dual wielding it now deals 65% of weapon damage.
  • Flame Surge inventory iconFlame SurgeFlame SurgeSpell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-16) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
    Radius: 30
    Requires Level 12Strikes enemies in front of you with a surge of flame. Burning enemies are dealt more damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cast Speed0.5% chance to Scorch Enemies+0.25 to Area of Effect lengthDeals (27-563) to (40-844) Fire Damage
    (50-88)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemies
    Cannot Ignite
    +(0-9) to Area of Effect length
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Flame Surge skill icon
    Flame Surge inventory icon
    : We have increased the width of the Flame Surge area of effect.
  • Freezing Pulse inventory iconFreezing PulseFreezing PulseSpell, Projectile, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-21) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.65 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%
    Projectile Speed: 1800
    An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles gain Damage over time, dealing up to 3% more Damage by the time they dissipate
    Deals 99% of Damage
    Cannot Pierce Enemies
    Deals (8-888) to (12-1332) Cold Damage
    Projectiles Pierce all Targets
    Projectiles lose Damage over time, dealing up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate
    Projectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight
    (0-19)% increased Projectile Speed
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Freezing Pulse skill icon
    Freezing Pulse inventory icon
    : We have increased its projectile speed. Damage is increased by 50% at level 1 (to 40% at level 20).
  • Glacial Cascade inventory iconGlacial CascadeGlacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (10-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 45%
    Radius: 12
    Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area and knocking them back in the direction of the next burst.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Damage0.5% increased Area of Effect1% reduced Area of Effect
    Final Burst Deals 2% more Damage
    Deals (21-207) to (32-311) Physical Damage
    Causes 4 Bursts
    100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
    Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second
    Final Burst Deals 200% more Damage
    Final Burst has 100% more Area of Effect
    Final Burst cannot Knockback
    Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Glacial Cascade skill icon
    Glacial Cascade inventory icon
    : The area of effect of each ice section has been increased. This also increases the area of overlaps of sections.
  • Glacial Hammer inventory iconGlacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 5 Mana
    Attack Damage: (165-215)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-215)%
    Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If an enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Duration of Cold Ailments0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Area of EffectDeals (165-269)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
    25% chance to Freeze enemies
    35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
    (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
    +(2-4) to Melee Strike Range
    Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
    Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Glacial Hammer skill icon
    Glacial Hammer inventory icon
    : We have increased its damage effectiveness from 125% to 130%.
  • Ice Nova inventory iconIce NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-23) Mana
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
    Radius: 30
    Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1.5% increased Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies0.5% increased Cast Speed0.5% increased Effect of ChillDeals (18-518) to (26-762) Cold Damage
    Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles
    Adds (3-79) to (4-116) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
    20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
    +(0-4) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ice Nova skill icon
    Ice Nova inventory icon
    : We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
  • Ice Shot inventory iconIce ShotIce ShotAttack, Projectile, AoE, Cold, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-10) Mana
    Attack Damage: (130-174)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-174)%
    Projectile Speed: 3260
    Radius: 23 / 10
    Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Cold Damage0.5% increased Area of Effect1% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold DamageDeals (130-174)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
    (2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage
    Chills Enemies as though dealing (100-195)% more Damage
    (0-19)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ice Shot skill icon
    Ice Shot inventory icon
    : The area and arc size has been increased. Additionally we have added damage effectiveness of 120%.
  • Ice Spear inventory iconIce SpearIce SpearSpell, Projectile, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-23) Mana
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
    Projectile Speed: 1000
    Requires Level 12Launches shards of ice in rapid succession. After travelling a short distance they change to a second form, which moves much faster and pierces through enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal2% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional Targets1% increased Cold DamageTravels 1% reduced distance before changing formsDeals (22-383) to (33-575) Cold Damage
    Second form has 600% increased Critical Strike Chance
    Second form has 300% more Projectile Speed
    Second form has +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
    Fires an additional Projectile
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ice Spear skill icon
    Ice Spear inventory icon
    : We have increased the damage by 33% at level one, to +87% at level 20.
  • Lightning Strike inventory iconLightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Damage: (135-225)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-225)%
    Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits a target.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage
    1% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Deals (135-225)% of Base Attack Damage
    50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles
    (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Lightning Strike skill icon
    Lightning Strike inventory icon
    : This skill now deals more base damage (up from 120% to 130%).
  • Raise Spectre inventory iconRaise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-28) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.85 sec
    Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions deal 1% increased Melee Damage
    1% increased Minion Maximum Life
    Minions have 0.5% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdMinions are Created with maximum Frenzy Charges
    Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
    55% more Minion Movement Speed
    Minion Movement Speed is Capped
    Raised Spectres are Level (28-72)
    Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
    Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Raise Spectre skill icon
    Raise Spectre inventory icon
    s: The penalties this gives to monster life, damage and Energy Shield have been reduced by a flat 10% at all levels.
  • Raise Zombie inventory iconRaise ZombieRaise ZombieSpell, Minion
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (10-38) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.85 sec
    Raises a zombie minion from a corpse, which will follow you and attack enemies with a melee attack and an area of effect slam which cannot be evaded.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Maximum Life
    1% increased Minion Movement Speed
    Raised Zombies' Slam Attack has 2% increased Cooldown Recovery RateMinions Regenerate 0.1% of Life per secondMinions take Chaos Damage equal to 1% of their Life over one second when Raised
    Minions gain 0.5% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
    Maximum (3-6) Raised Zombies
    Raised Zombies' Slam Attack has (0-76)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
    Raised Zombies' Slam Attack has (0-76)% increased Area of Effect
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Raise Zombie skill icon
    Raise Zombie inventory icon
    : Raised zombies now have 13% more life.
  • Spark inventory iconSparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-21) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.65 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125%
    Projectile Speed: 560
    Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles2% of Lightning Damage Converted to Chaos DamageDeals (2-29) to (70-1326) Lightning Damage
    Base duration is 2 seconds
    Fires (4-6) additional Projectiles
    (0-19)% increased Projectile Speed
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Spark skill icon
    Spark inventory icon
    : Spark does 20% more damage at all levels. It now bounces off Frost Walls, regardless of whether they are cast by players or monsters.
  • Sweep inventory iconSweepSweepAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 8 Mana
    Attack Speed: 70% of base
    Attack Damage: (170-225)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (170-225)%
    Radius: 26
    Requires Level 12Swings a two handed melee weapon in a circle, knocking back monsters around the character.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect0.5% increased Attack Speed0.1% chance to deal Triple Damage1% increased Knockback DistanceDeals (170-225)% of Base Attack Damage
    (5-75) to (8-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
    Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
    +(0-4) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Sweep skill icon
    Sweep inventory icon
    : Damage effectiveness increased from 75% to 85%.
  • Summon Skeletons inventory iconSummon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-12) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 10Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4PhantasmalMinions deal 1% increased DamageMinions can't be Damaged for 0.1 seconds after being SummonedMinions' Attacks have 0.5% chance to Maim Enemies on Hit5% chance to Summon a Skeleton Archer instead of a Skeleton WarriorSummons (2-3) Skeleton Warriors
    Maximum (5-7) Summoned Skeletons
    Base duration is 20 seconds
    Minions gain 50% more Added Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Summon Skeletons skill icon
    Summon Skeletons inventory icon
    : Summoned Skeletons deal 50% more base damage than they did previously.

Skill Nerfs[ | ]

  • All curse skills have had their power reduced so that available bonuses for them could be moved into the passive tree. Elemental resistance reduction curses have been further reduced to compensate for reduced monster resistances.
  • Anger inventory iconAngerAngerAura, Spell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that adds fire damage to the attacks and spells of you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies deal 0.25% increased Burning DamageYou and nearby allies gain 0.05% increased Movement SpeedYou and nearby allies deal (16-109) to (23-155) additional Fire Damage with Attacks
    You and nearby allies deal (15-99) to (21-140) additional Fire Damage with Spells
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Anger skill icon
    Anger inventory icon
    : The damage this aura provides has been reduced at higher levels (from no change at level one, to an 18% reduction in damage at level 20).
  • Arc inventory iconArcArcSpell, Chaining, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-23) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
    Requires Level 12An arc of lightning stretches from the caster to a targeted enemy and chains on to other nearby enemies. Each time the main beam chains it will also chain to a second enemy, but that secondary arc cannot chain further.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% chance to Shock enemies1% increased Chaining range0.5% increased Damage for each time this Skill has Chained1% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdDeals (6-133) to (33-754) Lightning Damage
    10% chance to Shock enemies
    Chains +(4-7) Times
    (10-29)% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments
    15% more Damage for each remaining Chain
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Arc skill icon
    Arc inventory icon
    : We have reduced the damage by 15% at all levels.
  • Clarity inventory iconClarityClarityAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: (34-279) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 10Casts an aura that grants mana regeneration to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% increased Mana Recovery from FlasksYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% increased Damage while on Full ManaYou and nearby Allies Regenerate (2.9-33) Mana per second
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Clarity skill icon
    Clarity inventory icon
    : The cast time of Clarity has been increased to 1.2 seconds to line up with other auras. The mana reservation of clarity has been increased and the mana regeneration rates adjusted.
  • Elemental Weakness inventory iconElemental WeaknessElemental WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their elemental resistances.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies have -0.25% to Elemental Resistances0.5% increased Effect of Curse0.5% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Cursed enemiesBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
    Cursed enemies have -(20-39)% to Elemental Resistances
    Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
    +(0-10) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Elemental Weakness skill icon
    Elemental Weakness inventory icon
    now gains -8% Enemy Resistances at 20% quality, instead of -10% at 20% quality.
  • Enfeeble inventory iconEnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of CurseCurse has 2% increased Doom gain rateCurse Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
    Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
    Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (21-30)% less Damage
    Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (10-15)% less Damage
    Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
    +(0-10) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Enfeeble skill icon
    Enfeeble inventory icon
    : In addition to the general curse reduction, the duration of Enfeeble has been reduced.
  • Flameblast inventory iconFlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-7) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.20 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
    Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion, up to 10 stages.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage1% chance to Poison on Hit0.1 maximum Stages
    1% less Cast Speed
    +0.5 to radius
    0.5% less Area of Effect per Stage
    Deals (31-280) to (46-419) Fire Damage
    110% more Spell Damage for each stage
    90% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
    50% chance to Ignite enemies
    +3 to Radius for each Stage
    10 maximum Stages
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Flameblast skill icon
    Flameblast inventory icon
    : We have reduced the critical strike chance from 6% to 5%. We have reduced the damage by 15% at all levels.
  • Frenzy inventory iconFrenzyFrenzyAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 10 Mana
    Attack Damage: (115-135)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (115-135)%
    Requires Level 16Performs an attack that gives the character a frenzy charge if it hits. Frenzy charges increase your attack speed.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Attack SpeedFires an additional ProjectileMelee Strikes target 0.05 additional nearby Enemy0.25% increased Damage with Ailments per Frenzy ChargeDeals (115-135)% of Base Attack Damage
    5% more Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
    5% more Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Frenzy skill icon
    Frenzy inventory icon
    : This skill now has constant attack speed per frenzy charge of 5%, rather than increasing as the gem levels. Its quality bonus has been reduced from 7% attack speed to 4% attack speed per frenzy charge at 20 quality.
  • Sniper's Mark inventory iconProjectile WeaknessSniper's MarkSpell, Duration, Curse, Mark
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 24Curses a single enemy, increasing the damage they take from projectiles, and making projectiles split when hitting them, to hit other targets around them. You can gain charges for your life and mana flasks by hitting the cursed enemy. You can only have one Mark at a time.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentCursed enemies take 0.25% increased Damage from Projectile HitsCurse Skills have 1% increased Cast SpeedHits on Cursed Enemies have an additional 2% chance to KnockbackBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds
    Projectiles which Hit Cursed Enemies Split towards (3-4) additional targets
    Cursed enemies take (16-35)% increased Damage from Projectile Hits
    You gain a Mana Flask Charge when you Hit Cursed Enemy, no more
    than once every 0.5 seconds
    You gain a Life Flask Charge when you Hit Cursed Enemy, no more
    than once every 0.5 seconds
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Sniper's Mark skill icon
    Sniper's Mark inventory icon
    : No longer reduces the enemy's chance to evade projectile attacks.
  • Searing Bond inventory iconSearing BondSearing BondSpell, Totem, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (18-51) Mana
    Cast Time: 1.00 sec
    Requires 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 (29.4-2459.5) Base Fire Damage per second
    +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
    Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Searing Bond skill icon
    Searing Bond inventory icon
    : Damage at all levels has been reduced by 18%.
  • Spectral Throw inventory iconSpectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-9) Mana
    Attack Speed: 110% of base
    Projectile Speed: 1000
    Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Projectile Speed0.5% reduced Projectile Speed
    Fires an additional Projectile
    Deals (80-100)% of Base Attack DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Spectral Throw skill icon
    Spectral Throw inventory icon
    : We have reduced the damage effectiveness of this skill by a flat 8% at all levels.
  • Summon Raging Spirit inventory iconSummon Raging SpiritSummon Raging SpiritSpell, Minion, Duration, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-12) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions have 1% increased DurationMaximum 0.1 Summoned Raging SpiritsMinions can't be Damaged for 0.1 seconds after being SummonedBase duration is 5 seconds
    Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits
    Minions gain 15% less Added Damage
    Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Summon Raging Spirit skill icon
    Summon Raging Spirit inventory icon
    : The damage done by the summoned Raging Spirits has been reduced at higher levels, up to a 20% reduction in damage at level 20.
  • Vulnerability inventory iconVulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding, and ailments inflicted on them will deal damage faster.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentAttacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 0.5% chance to inflict Bleeding0.5% increased Effect of CurseAttack Hits have 0.5% chance to Maim Cursed Enemies for 4 secondsBase duration is (9-10.9) seconds
    Cursed enemies take (30-39)% increased Physical Damage
    Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 20% chance to inflict Bleeding
    Ailments inflicted on Cursed Enemies deal Damage 20% Faster
    Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
    +(0-10) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vulnerability skill icon
    Vulnerability inventory icon
    : In addition to the general curse reduction, Vulnerability no longer affects Energy Shield. The Energy Shield Recharge Delay Increase and Energy Shield Recharge Rate Reduction stats have been removed. In addition, the Increased Chance to be Stunned and Reduced Enemy Stun Recovery stats have been removed as well. Vulnerability now only increases physical damage and degeneration damage.
  • Wrath inventory iconWrathWrathAura, Spell, AoE, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that adds lightning damage to the attacks of you and your allies, and makes your spells deal more lightning damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of Effect0.25% increased effect of Aura0.1% reduced Mana ReservedYou and nearby allies deal (2-16) to (37-248) additional Lightning Damage with Attacks
    You and nearby allies deal (15-21)% more Spell Lightning Damage
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Wrath skill icon
    Wrath inventory icon
    : We have reduced its damage at higher levels, from no change at level one to a 24% reduction in damage at level 20.

Support Gem Balance[ | ]

  • Added Chaos Damage Support inventory iconAdded Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
    Icon: H
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills Penetrate 0.25% Chaos ResistanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills have (17-170) to (26-255) added Chaos DamageThis 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.
    Added Chaos Damage Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 150% to 140%.
  • Added Cold Damage Support inventory iconAdded Cold Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportCold, Support
    Icon: C
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Cold DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack and Cast SpeedSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold DamageSupported Skills have (4-169) to (6-254) added Cold DamageThis 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.
    Added Cold Damage Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 140% to 130%.
  • Added Fire Damage Support inventory iconAdded Fire Damage SupportAdded Fire Damage SupportFire, Physical, Support
    Icon: F
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire DamageSupported Skills deal 1% reduced Fire Damage
    Supported Skills have +1% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier
    Supported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    Supported Skills gain (25-39)% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire DamageThis 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.
    Added Fire Damage Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 130% to 120%.
  • Added Lightning Damage Support inventory iconAdded Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support
    Icon: L
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Lightning DamageSupported Skills have 1.5% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning DamageSupported Skills have (1-21) to (8-402) added Lightning DamageThis 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.
    Added Lightning Damage Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 140% to 130%.
  • Block Chance Reduction Support inventory iconBlock Chance Reduction SupportBlock Chance Reduction SupportSupport, Duration
    Icon: B
    Level: (1-20)
    Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousSupported Skills have 0.25% reduced Enemy Block ChanceSupported Skills have 2% increased Overpowered EffectEnemies have -(10-20)% chance to Block Attack or Spell Damage from Supported Skills
    Enemies have -(20-29)% chance to Dodge Attack or Spell Hits from Supported Skills
    Supported Skills inflict Overpowered for 4 seconds when Blocked
    Overpowered applies -5% chance to Block Attack and Spell Damage
    This 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.
    Block Chance Reduction Support inventory icon
    : The amount of penetration has been reduced by a flat 10% at all levels.
  • Cold to Fire Support inventory iconCold to Fire SupportCold to Fire SupportCold, Fire, Support
    Icon: x
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Cold Damage
    Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire Damage
    Supported Skills have 0.5% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire DamageSupported Skills deal 3% increased Damage with Poison
    Supported Skills have 50% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    Supported Skills gain (10-29)% of Cold Damage as Extra Fire Damage
    This 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.
    Cold to Fire Support inventory icon
    : This gem now converts 50% for cold damage to fire damage at all levels, and also adds a percentage of cold damage as fire damage, starting at 10% at level one.
  • Hextouch Support inventory iconHextouch SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
    Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse Duration
    Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
    Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
    You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
    This 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.
    Hextouch Support inventory icon
    : This trigger gem now has a 100% chance to cast socketed curses. It has 10% reduced curse effect at level 1, up to 9% increased curse effect at level 20 of the gem. The quality bonus has remained the same.
  • Cast On Critical Strike Support inventory iconCast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportTrigger, Support, Spell
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills that reserve mana cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
    Supported Skills have 1% increased Spell Critical Strike Chance
    Supported Skills deal 1% more Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
    Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
    Supported Skills deal (20-29)% more Spell Damage
    You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directly
    This 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.
    Cast On Critical Strike Support inventory icon
    : The chance to cast has been reduced by a flat 20% at all levels.
  • Chain Support inventory iconChain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
    Icon: c
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Chaining rangeSupported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 4% chance not to Pierce EnemiesSupported Skills Chain +2 times
    Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
    This 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.
    Chain Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 200% to 175%.
  • Fork Support inventory iconFork SupportFork SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: Y
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills have 1% chance for an additional Projectile when ForkingProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an additional TargetSupported Skills deal (-10-9)% more Projectile Damage
    Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork
    This 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.
    Fork Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 125% to 115%.
  • Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: l
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast Speed
    Supported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
    Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
    Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
    This 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.
    Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 150% to 140%.
  • Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: P
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
    Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
    Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
    This 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.
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
    : The mana multiplier has been reduced from 200% to 165%

Passive Skill Tree Balance[ | ]

  • The Witch and Shadow passive tree starting area has been redesigned. The area surrounding the Witch, Shadow and Ranger has been redesigned. Many clusters throughout the tree now have new notables. Many values have been adjusted.
  • There are now large Fire, Cold, Lightning, Wand, Dagger, Trap/Mine, Claw, Bow, Sword and Dual Wield clusters that have higher values than found in the rest of the tree.
  • Percentage-based life increases have been reduced slightly and redistributed more evenly through the tree. Players receive more life per level now to compensate.
  • There are now two Life and Energy Shield clusters.
  • Increased Maximum Elemental Resistances have been removed and element specific bonuses are now available in smaller values on three specific defensive notables.
  • Mortal Conviction has been changed to 60% less mana reservation (from 40% less).
  • Curse Effect, Cast Speed, Curse Duration and Curse Area of Effect are now available in the tree. The Whispers of Doom keystone has been changed into a notable. Hex Master has changed to be 100% increased Curse Duration and is now a notable. There is a new Curse Effect notable called Skittering Runes.
  • Aura Reservation Costs and Aura Effect bonuses have been reduced across the tree. A new Aura notable called Champion of the Cause has been added.
  • Some special stats have been added to a few select notables. More similar stats will be coming in future patches.

Item Balance[ | ]

  • All bows have had their base damage increased by 11%. This affects ones that already existed including Unique items.
  • The first two tiers of weapons (with bows it's the first and third tiers) now have higher attack speeds and lower damage to compensate.
  • The second tier of bows (Short Bow inventory iconShort BowShort BowBow
    Physical Damage: 6-16
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Attacks per Second: 1.50
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 5, 26 Dex
    Short Bow inventory icon
    ) has a lower attack speed and increased damage to compensate.
  • The Decimation Bow inventory iconDecimation BowDecimation BowBow
    Physical Damage: 31-81
    Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.20
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 53, 170 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
    Decimation Bow inventory icon
    and Death Bow inventory iconDeath BowDeath BowBow
    Physical Damage: 20-53
    Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.20
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
    Death Bow inventory icon
    have been given the same Increased Critical Strike Chance implicit mod as the Harbinger Bow inventory iconHarbinger BowHarbinger BowBow
    Physical Damage: 35-92
    Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.20
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 68, 212 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance
    Harbinger Bow inventory icon
    .
  • The Recurve Bow inventory iconRecurve BowRecurve BowBow
    Physical Damage: 11-34
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 18, 65 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
    Recurve Bow inventory icon
    and Sniper Bow inventory iconSniper BowSniper BowBow
    Physical Damage: 23-68
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 44, 143 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
    Sniper Bow inventory icon
    have been given the same Weapon Elemental Damage implicit mod as the Assassin Bow inventory iconMaraketh BowAssassin BowBow
    Physical Damage: 30-89
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
    Assassin Bow inventory icon
    .
  • New tiers of life and mana flasks (Divine and Eternal) have been added at levels 65 and 70.
  • Mid to higher tiers of life flasks have been buffed substantially.
  • The life portion of hybrid flasks has been buffed.
  • The SappingSapping
    Prefix
    40% increased Life Recovered
    Removes 10% of Life Recovered from Mana when used
    mod on flasks now only increases life recovered by 40% (down from 60%).

Unique Item Balance[ | ]

  • The rarity tiers of many uniques have been changed. Notably, two of the experience gain items have been made much more rare. The two "additional curse" items have been made rarer.
  • The rarities of uniques dropped by the uber version of Atziri has changed. Atziri's Acuity inventory iconAtziri's AcuityAtziri's Acuity
    Vaal Gauntlets
    Quality: +20%
    Armour: (742-788)
    Requires Level 63, 100 Str+(60-80) to Intelligence
    (25-35)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
    (200-220)% increased Armour
    +(60-75) to maximum Life
    You have Vaal Pact if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently
    "The heart is the herald.
    It will tell me when it is best to strike."
    - Atziri, Queen of the Vaal
    Atziri's Acuity inventory icon
    is now the rarest drop from her.
  • Chin Sol inventory iconChin SolChin Sol
    Assassin Bow
    Bow
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (96-114) to (284.8-338.2)
    Elemental Damage: 25-50
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
    Attacks per Second: (1.38-1.43)
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier+(10-20) to Dexterity
    (200-260)% increased Physical Damage
    Adds 25 to 50 Fire Damage
    (10-14)% increased Attack Speed
    50% More Damage with Arrow Hits at Close Range
    Bow Knockback at Close Range
    As a soldier you want to get close to enemy archers.
    That is not the case when fighting the Maraketh.
    Chin Sol inventory icon
    has had its Increased Physical Damage increased from 75-100% to 150-180% and its attack speed increased to 10-14%, from 5%. Rerolling values using a Divine Orb on this item will also update your item.
  • Crown of Eyes inventory iconCrown of EyesCrown of Eyes
    Hubris Circlet
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: (182-205)
    Requires Level 69, 154 Int+(300-350) to Accuracy Rating
    (120-150)% increased Energy Shield
    -30% to Fire Resistance
    (0.4-0.8)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
    (0.2-0.4)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
    Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attacks at 150% of their value
    Turning, gazing, blinking,
    behold the eyes of void.
    Burning, razing, drinking,
    your mind is destroyed.
    Crown of Eyes inventory icon
    now only applies increased and reduced spell damage to attack damage. Multiplicative damage bonuses are not converted. This affects existing version of the item.
  • Crown of Thorns inventory iconCrown of ThornsCrown of Thorns
    Vine Circlet
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: (79-103)
    +(60-80) to maximum Energy Shield
    Reflects 5 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers
    +5 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits
    Pain Attunement
    Lift it lightly, don it slow.
    The spikes point out and in, you know.
    Crown of Thorns inventory icon
    now grants 60-80 flat energy shield. Existing versions of the item will change to a value in the new range if a Divine Orb is used on it.
  • Darkscorn inventory iconDarkscornDarkscorn
    Assassin Bow
    Bow
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (112.5-135) to (285-321.3)
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
    Attacks per Second: 1.50
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier(130-150)% increased Physical Damage
    Adds (15-20) to (25-30) Physical Damage
    20% increased Attack Speed
    (15-30)% increased Global Accuracy Rating
    25% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    25% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
    20% chance for Poisons inflicted with this Weapon to deal 300% more Damage
    "The Spirit of War knows nothing of good and evil.
    It knows only destruction."
    - Sekhema Asenath
    Darkscorn inventory icon
    now has Additional Physical Damage of 6-10 to 10-14 damage. This mod cannot be caused to spawn on past versions of the item.
  • Dying Breath inventory iconDying BreathDying Breath
    Iron Staff
    Warstaff
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: 16.8-50.4
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.40%
    Attacks per Second: 1.30
    Weapon Range: 13
    Requires Level 13, 27 Str, 27 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff18% increased Cast Speed
    18% increased maximum Mana
    18% increased Area of Effect of Aura Skills
    18% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills
    Nearby Enemies have 18% increased Effect of Curses on them
    Nearby allies gain 18% increased Damage
    18% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills
    The whispers of the dead
    Carry wisdom for the living,
    If you are willing to give your life
    To listen.
    Dying Breath inventory icon
    now grants 18% increased Aura Effect, instead of 18% increased damage taken. Old copies of the item have been automatically updated.
  • Infractem inventory iconInfractemInfractem
    Decimation Bow
    Bow
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: (128.8-161.7) to (269.1-308.7)
    Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
    Attacks per Second: 1.20
    Weapon Range: 120
    Requires Level 53, 170 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance+(20-30) to Dexterity
    (110-125)% increased Physical Damage
    Adds (25-35) to (36-45) Physical Damage
    10% increased Movement Speed
    +(350-400) to Accuracy Rating
    Cannot Leech Life
    Arrows Pierce all Targets
    Mark us with mercy, then press on with care,
    Execute us steadily, notch away at our despair.
    Infractem inventory icon
    now has Additional Physical Damage of 25-35 to 36-45 damage. This mod cannot be caused to spawn on past versions of the item.
  • Mon'tregul's Grasp inventory iconMon'tregul's GraspMon'tregul's Grasp
    Void Sceptre
    Sceptre
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: 60-91.2
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 11
    Requires Level 68, 104 Str, 122 Int40% increased Elemental Damage50% reduced maximum number of Raised Zombies
    Raised Zombies have +5000 to maximum Life
    Raised Zombies have +(25-30)% to all Resistances
    25% increased Raised Zombie Size
    Enemies Killed by Zombies' Hits Explode, dealing 20% of their Life as Fire Damage
    Raised Zombies deal (80-100)% more Physical Damage
    With death as my ally, all the world is within my grasp.
    Mon'tregul's Grasp inventory icon
    now grants 2000 life to Zombies, up from 500. Rerolling values using a Divine Orb on this item will update your item.
  • Shackles of the Wretched inventory iconShackles of the WretchedShackles of the Wretched
    Chain Gloves
    Quality: +20%
    Armour: 16
    Energy Shield: 3
    Requires Level 7Hexes applied by Socketed Curse Skills are Reflected back to you
    (40-60)% increased Stun and Block Recovery
    You cannot be Chilled for 3 seconds after being Chilled
    You cannot be Frozen for 3 seconds after being Frozen
    You cannot be Ignited for 3 seconds after being Ignited
    You cannot be Shocked for 3 seconds after being Shocked
    You grant (4-6) Frenzy Charges to allies on Death
    Captivity breeds creativity.
    Shackles of the Wretched inventory icon
    now gives "You cannot be Shocked for 3 seconds after being Shocked", up from 1 second. Old versions of the item can be rolled to the new value with a Divine Orb.
  • Shavronne's Revelation inventory iconShavronne's RevelationShavronne's Revelation
    Moonstone Ring
    Requires Level 30+(15-25) to maximum Energy Shield+(60-75) to Intelligence
    Right ring slot: You cannot Regenerate Mana
    Right ring slot: Regenerate 3% of Energy Shield per second
    Right ring slot: +100 to maximum Mana
    Left ring slot: You cannot Recharge or Regenerate Energy Shield
    Left ring slot: Regenerate 40 Mana per Second
    Left ring slot: +100 to maximum Energy Shield
    "Shavronne held Sanity in her right
    hand and Revelation in her left.
    Brutus chose the left hand."
    - Kadavrus, Surgeon to the Umbra
    Shavronne's Revelation inventory icon
    : Energy Shield Regeneration has been reduced from 4% to 3% per second. Existing versions of the ring will only be updated if a Divine Orb is used on them.
  • Soul Mantle inventory iconSoul MantleSoul Mantle
    Spidersilk Robe
    Quality: +20%
    Energy Shield: (211-230)
    Movement Speed: -3%
    Requires Level 49, 134 IntSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Spell Totem
    (20-25)% increased Spell Damage
    (100-120)% increased Energy Shield
    50% increased Totem Life
    +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
    Inflicts a random Hex on you when your Totems die, with 80% more Effect
    The greatest mistakes cause suffering
    long after they have been made
    Soul Mantle inventory icon
    now has +50% totem life. This has been increased as the result of fixing a bug with totem life - the change won't affect the power of the item. Existing versions of the item will have the smaller value, which will have less impact on totem life than it previously did. Older versions can be updated with a Divine Orb.

Specific Monster Balance[ | ]

  • Gneiss has been reworked. He now has a new skill where he slams the ground, dealing area of effect damage and summoning miniature minions out of the rubble to assist him.
  • The Deep Dweller has been reworked. He now has two new skills - in his first form he can disturb the ground, calling Sand Spitters to emerge and assist him. He also has an additional skill in his second form where he will fire a spray of projectiles at enemies. He no longer has the slowing aura.
  • Fairgraves has been reworked. He now has his own version of Spectral Throw inventory iconSpectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-9) Mana
    Attack Speed: 110% of base
    Projectile Speed: 1000
    Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Projectile Speed0.5% reduced Projectile Speed
    Fires an additional Projectile
    Deals (80-100)% of Base Attack DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Spectral Throw skill icon
    Spectral Throw inventory icon
    and Summon Raging Spirit inventory iconSummon Raging SpiritSummon Raging SpiritSpell, Minion, Duration, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-12) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions have 1% increased DurationMaximum 0.1 Summoned Raging SpiritsMinions can't be Damaged for 0.1 seconds after being SummonedBase duration is 5 seconds
    Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits
    Minions gain 15% less Added Damage
    Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Summon Raging Spirit skill icon
    Summon Raging Spirit inventory icon
    .
  • The Brutus and Merveil boss fights have been redesigned. These changes also affect their end-game Map equivalents. One of the Merveil encounters now only includes the first stage of the fight. All Map versions of these fights have enhanced versions of some of their skills.
  • Brutus' hook now only pulls the target that he was aiming at.
  • General Gravicius in Descent: Champions and the corrupted side area boss The Sunburst Queen have been given a new skill to replace their Incinerate Novas. This skill will repeatedly pulse out fire damage waves that increase in damage with every additional cast.
  • Hatebeat in The Crematorium now uses Molten Strike inventory iconMolten StrikeMolten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Damage: (110-148)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-148)%
    Projectile Speed: 750
    Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will explode, causing AoE attack damage to enemies where they land.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Fire Damage1% increased Projectile Speed+0.1 to Melee Strike Range2% increased Damage over TimeDeals (110-148)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    Fires 3 additional Projectiles
    Projectiles deal 50% less Damage
    Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 50% less Damage
    +(2-6) to Melee Strike Range
    (2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Molten Strike skill icon
    Molten Strike inventory icon
    .
  • The water elementals summoned by The Goddess of Purity in Solaris Temple Level 2 or by Asphyxia in the Reef and Waste Pool Maps now cast Ice Nova inventory iconIce NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-23) Mana
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
    Radius: 30
    Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from a number of those projectiles instead. If this skill would repeat when cast this way, it will instead expand again from the same projectiles after a short delay.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1.5% increased Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies0.5% increased Cast Speed0.5% increased Effect of ChillDeals (18-518) to (26-762) Cold Damage
    Can expand from up to 2 Frostbolt Projectiles
    Adds (3-79) to (4-116) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
    20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt
    +(0-4) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ice Nova skill icon
    Ice Nova inventory icon
    when they are killed.
  • The Vessel of the Vaal's Ball Lightning inventory iconBall LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (12-23) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.70 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50%
    Projectile Speed: 400
    Radius: 22
    Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning Damage0.5% increased Cast SpeedProjectiles have 0.5% chance to be SuperchargedDeals (3-22) to (48-426) Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Ball Lightning skill icon
    Ball Lightning inventory icon
    skill now ticks much more frequently and does slightly less damage. This brings it in line with other Ball Lightning skills.
  • The Weaver's life has been increased, following changes to her resistances.
  • Chatters in the Lower Prison will now trigger a cold version of Storm Call inventory iconStorm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-16) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%
    Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it. When this happens, it will also set off the lightning at any other markers you've cast.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect2% increased Area of Effect
    2% reduced Cast Speed
    0.5% reduced Skill Effect Duration0.25% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when Cast
    Deals (21-510) to (38-947) Lightning Damage
    Base duration is 1.5 seconds
    (10-29)% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments
    +(0-6) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Storm Call skill icon
    Storm Call inventory icon
    when he hits you. His Glacial Hammer inventory iconGlacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 5 Mana
    Attack Damage: (165-215)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-215)%
    Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If an enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Duration of Cold Ailments0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Area of EffectDeals (165-269)% of Base Attack Damage
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
    25% chance to Freeze enemies
    35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
    (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
    +(2-4) to Melee Strike Range
    Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
    Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Glacial Hammer skill icon
    Glacial Hammer inventory icon
    can no longer freeze you on Normal Difficulty.

Bug Fixes[ | ]

  • Improved preloading of game assets to remove some small stutters during gameplay.
  • Fixed a bug where players could not be selected in towns until they move for the first time.
  • Fixed a bug where holding an amulet from one bandit leader would prevent you from doing other bandit quests.
  • Improved the mana reservation system so that multiple percentage reservations don't round separately. This means that a 60% aura can now never prevent a 40% aura from being reserved.
  • Fixed a bug related to trade where the user interface could become unresponsive.
  • Fixed a bug where Hextouch Support inventory iconHextouch SupportHextouch SupportTrigger, Support, Hex
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Curse on Enemy0.5% reduced Effect of Supported Curses
    Supported Skills have 2% increased Curse Duration
    Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
    Supported Skills have (50-12)% reduced Curse Duration
    You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
    This 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.
    Hextouch Support inventory icon
    prevented Spell Echo Support inventory iconSpell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
    Icon: k
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills deal 1% less Damage
    Final Repeat of Supported Skills deals 3% more Damage
    Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
    Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
    Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
    This 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.
    Spell Echo Support inventory icon
    supporting a spell.
  • Fixed a bug where totem life bonuses counted twice.
  • If an Animate Guardian inventory iconAnimated GuardianAnimate GuardianSpell, Minion, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (11-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    Requires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentMinions have 2% increased Movement SpeedMinions have 3% increased Area of Effect2% increased Minion Maximum LifeCan use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
    Minions' Attacks deal (22-56) to (34-84) additional Physical Damage
    (0-76)% increased Minion Maximum Life
    Minions deal (0-76)% increased Physical Damage with Melee Attacks
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Animate Guardian skill icon
    Animate Guardian inventory icon
    is unsummoned and resummoned when not on full life, it will now return with the same amount of life it had before.
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause the game server to freeze when corrupting an item.
  • Fixed a bug where the three attribute totals on the Passive Skill Screen would not scale correctly when zooming in or out.
  • Discharge now only deals damage if you had charges.
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't log into another account after clicking Cancel on the unlock code window.
  • Fixed a bug where players could exceed their maximum Zombie counts with Mon'tregul's Grasp inventory iconMon'tregul's GraspMon'tregul's Grasp
    Void Sceptre
    Sceptre
    Quality: +20%
    Physical Damage: 60-91.2
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
    Attacks per Second: 1.25
    Weapon Range: 11
    Requires Level 68, 104 Str, 122 Int40% increased Elemental Damage50% reduced maximum number of Raised Zombies
    Raised Zombies have +5000 to maximum Life
    Raised Zombies have +(25-30)% to all Resistances
    25% increased Raised Zombie Size
    Enemies Killed by Zombies' Hits Explode, dealing 20% of their Life as Fire Damage
    Raised Zombies deal (80-100)% more Physical Damage
    With death as my ally, all the world is within my grasp.
    Mon'tregul's Grasp inventory icon
    .
  • Fixed a bug where auras could affect hidden monsters.
  • Fixed a bug where Puncture inventory iconPuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Speed: 70% of base
    Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%
    Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4PhantasmalBleeding inflicted by this Skill deals Damage 0.5% fasterProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsMelee Strikes target 0.1 additional nearby Enemies0.5% chance to Maim on HitDeals (134.74-164.56)% of Base Attack Damage
    Base duration is 8 seconds
    (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
    (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding
    Causes Bleeding
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Puncture skill icon
    Puncture inventory icon
    did not benefit from Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity.
  • Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield inventory iconTempest ShieldTempest ShieldSpell, Lightning, Chaining, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-16) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.25 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
    Requires Level 16Enchants your shield with the power of storms, which lashes out to deal arcing lightning damage to attackers when you block them. Blocking refreshes the duration of Tempest Shield.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Lightning DamageChains +0.1 Times
    +0.05% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield
    Deals (24-284) to (36-426) Lightning Damage
    +3% Chance to Block Attack Damage while holding a Shield
    Chains +1 Times
    Base duration is 12 seconds
    +3% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Tempest Shield skill icon
    Tempest Shield inventory icon
    would not transition between areas if you didn't have enough mana to cast the skill again at the time you transitioned.
  • Fixed a bug where life and energy shield bars rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
  • Fixed bugs with positioning of small life bars.
  • Fixed a bug where buff counts over 99 did not display correctly.
  • Fixed problems that could lead to monsters spawning too close to waypoints in the Docks, Barracks and Gardens.
  • Fixed a bug with Molten Shell inventory iconMolten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (8-12) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 15
    Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds
    Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour
    75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
    Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
    Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
    This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Molten Shell skill icon
    Molten Shell inventory icon
    and mitigated physical damage reflection.
  • Fixed the Barracks tents that didn't cast shadows.
  • Fixed a bug where Rogue Exiles and Invaders could spawn in inaccessible rooms.
  • Fixed a bug where all of a minion's skills were treated as having been trapped if the minion came from a trap.
  • Fixed a bug where Unique monsters in a pack would not spawn when the pack contained a rare monster.
  • Fixed a bug where Goatman Shamans with auras didn't cast Molten Shell.
  • Made webcam streaming (from in the client) more efficient.

It looks like the following note was missed in the preparation of the patch notes:

  • Quality on armour is now additive with other bonuses. Previously armour quality was multiplicative with final values. This is now consistent with how weapons work.

These are the official patch notes for a server-side hotfix released following the launch of version 1.2.0.[3]

Launch Day Serverside Hotfix[ | ]

The following changes will apply automatically to new areas you enter. You don't need to restart your client.

  • Improved Merveil’s AI.
  • Fixed a crash related to Vagan in hideouts.
  • Fixed a crash related to Elreon missions.
  • Fixed the ability to craft an invalid item.
  • Fixed numerous small problems with masters and their missions.

References[ | ]

  1. Chris (February 14, 2014). "Path of Exile: Forsaken Masters". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  2. Chris (August 20, 2014). "1.2.0 Patch Notes - Forsaken Masters". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. Qarl (August 21, 2014). "1.2.0 Launch Day Serverside Hotfix". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
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