Volatile Dead

Volatile DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
Mana Cost: (10-31)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 120%Requires Level 12Corpses near the targeted location explode, dealing damage in a small area and creating an orb which moves towards nearby enemies before dealing spell damage in a larger area. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (20-535) to (30-802) Fire Damage
Destroys up to 3 Corpses
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3% of the corpse's maximum LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVolatileDead

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	10	20 to 30	0	0
2	15	25	17	11	25 to 38	15,249	15,249
3	19	30	21	13	33 to 50	41,517	56,766
4	23	35	24	14	44 to 65	81,983	138,749
5	27	41	28	16	56 to 84	147,968	286,717
6	31	46	32	17	71 to 107	250,557	537,274
7	35	51	36	19	90 to 135	405,086	942,360
8	38	55	38	20	107 to 160	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	59	41	21	126 to 188	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	63	44	22	147 to 221	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	67	47	23	173 to 259	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	71	49	24	201 to 302	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	75	52	25	235 to 352	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	79	55	26	272 to 409	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	83	58	27	316 to 474	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	87	60	28	365 to 548	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	90	62	29	402 to 604	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	92	64	30	443 to 664	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	95	66	30	487 to 730	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	98	68	31	535 to 802	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	100	70	32	587 to 881	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	33	645 to 967	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	34	707 to 1061	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	34	775 to 1163	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	34	849 to 1274	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	34	930 to 1395	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	35	1018 to 1527	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	35	1114 to 1670	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	35	1218 to 1827	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	35	1331 to 1997	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	35	1392 to 2087	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	36	1455 to 2182	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	36	1520 to 2280	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	36	1589 to 2383	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	36	1660 to 2490	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	36	1735 to 2602	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	36	1812 to 2719	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	36	1893 to 2840	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	36	1978 to 2967	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	37	2066 to 3099	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Volatile Dead.

Name		Stats
EnchantmentVolatileDeadCastSpeed1	66	8% increased Volatile Dead Cast Speed
EnchantmentVolatileDeadCastSpeed2	75	12% increased Volatile Dead Cast Speed
EnchantmentVolatileDeadDamage1	66	25% increased Volatile Dead Damage
EnchantmentVolatileDeadDamage2	75	40% increased Volatile Dead Damage
EnchantmentVolatileDeadOrbs3	75	Volatile Dead destroys up to 1 additional Corpse

Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Volatile Dead has been added to the game.