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Xoph's Nurture
Citadel Bow
Bow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (96.25-112.5) to (385-450)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 120
Requires Level 64, 185 DexSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
(265-330)% increased Physical Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
10% chance to Ignite
Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy
Upon the grey winds his love spreads.
Xoph's Nurture inventory icon
Acquisition
DROP RESTRICTED
Vendor Prices
Unique5x Chaos Orb
Vendor Offer
16x Alchemy Shard
10x Alteration Shard
10x Splinter of Xoph
Weapon DPS
Physical: (300.8-351.6)
Phys+Chaos: (300.8-351.6)
Total: (300.8-351.6)
Metadata
Item class: Bows

Xoph's Nurture is a unique Citadel Bow inventory iconCitadel BowCitadel BowBow
Physical Damage: 25-100
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 120
Requires Level 58, 185 Dex
Citadel Bow inventory icon
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Mechanics[ | ]

Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation:

  • Applicable skill gems socketed in this item are supported by level 20 Ignite Proliferation Support inventory iconIgnite Proliferation SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportFire, Support, AoE
    Icon: I
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Fire DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills have 0.5% chance to IgniteIgnites caused by Supported Skills spread to other Enemies within a Radius of (14-20)
    Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage with Ignite
    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.
    Ignite Proliferation Support inventory icon
    . All support stats are accounted for, including the mana multiplier.
  • An ignite can't affect something twice. It either spreads to other enemies or it doesn't, it can't "spread twice" and end up as two ignites on the other enemy.[1]

Item acquisition
Questionmark

Upgrade paths

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

AmountIngredientType
1Blessing of Xoph inventory iconBlessing of XophBlessing of XophStack Size: 10Upgrades a breach unique item or breachstone to a more powerful versionRight click this item then left click an applicable breach unique item to upgrade it.
Shift click to unstack.
Blessing of Xoph inventory icon
Manual
1Xoph's Inception inventory iconXoph's InceptionXoph's Inception
Bone Bow
Bow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (20.9-23.1) to (64.6-71.4)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.40
Weapon Range: 120
Requires Level 23, 80 Dex(70-90)% increased Physical Damage
+(20-30) Life gained on Killing Ignited Enemies
Gain 20% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
10% chance to Ignite
Upon the red pyre we are born.

This item can be transformed with a Blessing of Xoph
Xoph's Inception inventory icon

Legacy variants[ | ]

Xoph's Nurture has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued Modifiers
3.11.1


  • Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
  • (200-240)(200-240)% increased Physical Damage[a]
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 10% chance to Ignite
  • Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy
3.11.0


  • Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
  • (265-330)(200-240)% increased Physical Damage[b]
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 10% chance to Ignite
  • Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy
3.9.0


  • Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
  • (265-330)(200-240)% increased Physical Damage[b]
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 10% chance to Ignite
  • Ignites you inflict spread to other Enemies within a Radius of 15
  • Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy
3.5.0


  • Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
  • (250-300)(200-240)% increased Physical Damage[b]
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 10% chance to Ignite
  • Ignites you inflict spread to other Enemies within a Radius of 15
  • Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy
3.3.0


  • Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Ignite Proliferation
  • (250-300)(200-240)% increased Physical Damage[b]
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 10% chance to Ignite
  • Ignites you inflict spread to other Enemies within a Radius of 12
  • Recover (40-60) Life when you Ignite an Enemy

Alternate artwork[ | ]

Xoph's Nurture Relic inventory icon Relic version from the Timeworn Reliquary Key inventory iconTimeworn Reliquary KeyTimeworn Reliquary KeyThough flesh may decay, and bones turn to dust, the spirit fades not.
Floundering eternal in pools of tranquil dark.
Travel to the Timeworn Reliquary by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once.
Timeworn Reliquary Key inventory icon
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Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.11.1
  • Fixed an unintended change introduced in 3.11.0 causing the Xoph's Nurture unique Citadel Bow to have its "x% increased Physical Damage" range lowered. (Divines won't fix existing items)
3.11.0
  • (Not in patch note) The added physical damage has been lowered to (200-240)% increased Physical Damage (down from (265-330)%) unintentionally.
3.9.0
  • No longer has Ignites you inflict spread to other enemies within a radius of 15. Now has Supported by level 20 Ignite Proliferation
3.5.0
  • Fixed a bug where Xoph's Nurture's 3D model was for the wrong basetype.
  • (Not in patch note) the added physical damage has been increased to (265-330)% increased Physical Damage (up from (250-300)%)
3.3.0
  • Now proliferates Ignites in a radius of 15 (up from 12). Existing versions of this item can be updated with a Divine Orb inventory iconDivine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 10Randomises the numeric values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Divine Orb inventory icon
    .
2.5.0
  • Introduced to the game. Inception now precedes Nurture.[2]

Notes[ | ]

  1. A legacy Xoph's Nurture with the explicit modifier (200-240)% increased Physical Damage cannot have the value of that modifier be raised above (200-240)% using a Divine Orb inventory iconDivine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 10Randomises the numeric values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Divine Orb inventory icon
    .
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Beware that using a Divine Orb inventory iconDivine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 10Randomises the numeric values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.
    Shift click to unstack.
    Divine Orb inventory icon
    on a legacy Xoph's Nurture with the explicit modifier (265-330)% increased Physical Damage or (250-300)% increased Physical Damage will decrease the value of that modifier to (200-240)%. This applies to all legacy variants from before version 3.11.0.

References[ | ]

  1. Mark_GGG (November 24, 2016). "Does Xoph's Inception work with proliferation?". Official Path of Exile Forum. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  2. qarldev (December 3, 2016). "Re: My Xoph's Nurture dropped with the wrong name". Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
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