Warlord's Mark

Warlord's MarkSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse
Radius: 22
Mana Cost: (16-33)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, making them more vulnerable to stuns. Hitting the cursed targets will leech life and mana, and killing them will result in a chance to gain an endurance charge.Per 1% Quality:
Cursed enemies have a 0.5% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slainBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds
Cursed enemies have (21-30)% reduced Stun and Block Recovery
Cursed enemies have an additional 10% chance to be 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 (21-30)% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain
+(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 24Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Alteration

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

Warlord's Mark is a spell that curses all targets in an area. Hits from attacks (not spells) on the cursed targets will leech life and mana, and killing them will result in a chance to gain an endurance charge. They will also be more susceptible to stuns.

Skill functions and interactions

• Endurance Charge when slain: in order to gain endurance charges, the player must score the killing blow.
• Warlord's Mark can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy SupportBlasphemy SupportSupport, Aura
  Icon: A
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 secRequires Level 31Supports curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Effect of Supported CursesSupported Curses are Cast as Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is Instant
  (0-76)% increased Area of Effect of Supported CursesThis 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. or Awakened Blasphemy SupportAwakened Blasphemy SupportSupport, Aura
  Icon: A
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 secRequires Level 72Supports curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Per 1% Quality:
  0.5% increased Effect of Supported Curses
  +0.05 to Level of Supported Curse Skill Gems(80-88)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Curses are Cast as Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is InstantThis 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..
  

  The aura version of Warlord's Mark

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Duration	Added Radius	red. Stun Recovery	Endurance Charge Chance	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	16	6	N/A	21%	21%	0	0
2	27	64	17	6.2	+1	21%	21%	118,383	118,383
3	30	71	18	6.4	+1	22%	22%	175,816	294,199
4	33	77	19	6.6	+2	22%	22%	254,061	548,260
5	36	83	21	6.8	+2	23%	23%	359,090	907,350
6	39	90	22	7	+3	23%	23%	498,508	1,405,858
7	42	96	23	7.2	+3	24%	24%	682,057	2,087,915
8	45	102	24	7.4	+4	24%	24%	921,777	3,009,692
9	48	109	25	7.6	+4	25%	25%	1,727,879	4,737,571
10	50	113	26	7.8	+5	25%	25%	1,138,877	5,876,448
11	52	117	26	8	+5	26%	26%	1,368,233	7,244,681
12	54	121	27	8.2	+6	26%	26%	1,638,338	8,883,019
13	56	125	28	8.4	+6	27%	27%	1,956,648	10,839,667
14	58	130	29	8.6	+7	27%	27%	3,655,184	14,494,851
15	60	134	29	8.8	+7	28%	28%	3,017,327	17,512,178
16	62	138	30	9	+8	28%	28%	7,793,914	25,306,092
17	64	142	31	9.2	+8	29%	29%	15,206,031	40,512,123
18	66	146	31	9.4	+9	29%	29%	26,185,582	66,697,705
19	68	151	32	9.6	+9	30%	30%	62,755,923	129,453,628
20	70	155	33	9.8	+10	30%	30%	211,877,683	341,331,311
21	72	159	34	10	+10	31%	31%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	34	10.2	+11	31%	31%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	35	10.4	+11	32%	32%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	36	10.6	+12	32%	32%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	36	10.8	+12	33%	33%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	37	11	+13	33%	33%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	38	11.2	+13	34%	34%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	39	11.4	+14	34%	34%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	39	11.6	+14	35%	35%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	40	11.8	+15	35%	35%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	40	11.9	+15	35%	35%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	41	12	+15	36%	35%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	41	12.1	+15	36%	36%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	42	12.2	+16	36%	36%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	42	12.3	+16	36%	36%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	42	12.4	+16	37%	36%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	43	12.5	+16	37%	37%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	43	12.6	+17	37%	37%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	43	12.7	+17	37%	37%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	44	12.8	+17	38%	37%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Lost in Love Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗

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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Other sources

Mods

Name	Generation Type	Group		Stats	Spawn Weighting
of the Elder	Suffix	CurseOnHitLevel	75	Curse Enemies with Level 8 Warlord's Mark on Hit	ring_elder 200 default 0
of the Elder	Suffix	CurseOnHitLevel	80	Curse Enemies with Level 12 Warlord's Mark on Hit	ring_elder 200 default 0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Warlord's Mark.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Warlords Mark Curse Effect 1	66	20% increased Warlord's Mark Curse Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Warlords Mark Curse Effect 2	75	30% increased Warlord's Mark Curse Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Warlords Mark Duration 1	66	30% increased Warlord's Mark Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Warlords Mark Duration 2	75	45% increased Warlord's Mark Duration	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now allows you to leech Life and Mana from cursed enemies with Attacks only, rather than from any source of damage.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 16 (was 24) Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 33 (was 50)
2.6.0	Increased Area of Effect mod and its progression per level doubled.
2.3.0	Warlord's MarkWarlord's MarkSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse Radius: 22 Mana Cost: (16-33) Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, making them more vulnerable to stuns. Hitting the cursed targets will leech life and mana, and killing them will result in a chance to gain an endurance charge.Per 1% Quality: Cursed enemies have a 0.5% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slainBase duration is (6-9.8) seconds Cursed enemies have (21-30)% reduced Stun and Block Recovery Cursed enemies have an additional 10% chance to be 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 (21-30)% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain +(0-10) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now has an additional 10% chance to stun at all gem levels, rather than scaling up to 15% by level 20. This was to fix a situation where any hit could stun an enemy.
2.0.0	Mana cost reduced at all levels. Area of effect increases per gem level reduced, but the base area of effect has been increased by 37.5% (from 16 to 22). Normalised the increased duration per gem level.
1.2.0	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.
0.9.5	Increased the chance that Warlord's Mark will grant an Endurance Charge.
0.9.3	Warlord's Mark now only grants life leech to physical attack damage.
0.9.2	Warlord's Mark has been added to the game