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For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Molten Shell.

Molten Shell is a spell that temporarily grants the player extra armour and casts an explosion of fire damage to surrounding enemies when a certain amount of physical damage has been prevented.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Absorbed Damage: once cast, any physical damage that is negated by armour (including armour gained via Granite Flask and Molten Shell itself), blocking, by the skill Immortal Call inventory iconImmortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (21-36) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Requires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
    0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
    Base duration is 1 seconds
    (25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken
    (25-35)% less Physical Damage taken
    15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
    20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
    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.
    Immortal Call skill icon
    Immortal Call inventory icon
    , or by the skill Arctic Armour inventory iconArctic ArmourArctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Requires Level 16Conjures an icy barrier that chills enemies when they hit you. You drop chilled ground while moving, and take less Fire and Physical damage while stationary.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% chance to Freeze Enemies for 350 ms when Hit0.05% less Physical Damage taken from Hits
    0.05% less Fire Damage taken from Hits
    Chill Enemy for 0.5 seconds when Hit, reducing their Action Speed by 30%
    (8-13)% less Physical Damage taken from Hits
    (8-12)% less Fire Damage taken from Hits
    Base duration is (2.5-4.4) seconds
    Buff grants Immunity to Freeze
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Arctic Armour skill icon
    Arctic Armour inventory icon
    will count towards triggering explosions. The only damage mitigation provided by the skill is the bonus to armour while the buff is active. The Detonation Threshold stat only indicates the threshold at which the buff will end and an explosion will take place.
  • Buff Effect: Modifiers to Molten Shell's buff effect will only affect the armour granted by the skill, not the damage, duration, or absorbed damage required. [1]
  • Duration: skill and buff/debuff duration will both increase the duration of Molten Shell. When the duration of Molten Shell expires, the buff and any accumulated damage toward an explosion is lost. An explosion will not occur if Molten Shell's buff timer times out.
  • Spell Totem: a Spell Totem Support inventory iconSpell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
    Icon: T
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%
    Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Totem Placement speed1% increased Totem Duration1% increased Totem RangeSupported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill
    Totem lasts 8 seconds
    Supported Skills deal (28-24)% less Damage
    Spells Cast by Totem have 40% less Cast Speed
    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 Totem Support inventory icon
    linked with Molten Shell can and will cast Molten Shell but is highly unlikely to ever detonate because of its lack of defense.
  • Spell Block: Molten Shell keeps track only of physical damage blocked so it will never detonate if the player blocks elemental spells. Physical spells do contribute to the threshold.
  • Vaal Molten Shell: casting Molten Shell while Vaal Molten Shell inventory iconVaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Souls Per Use: 50
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
    Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
    (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
    Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
    Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
    or when Buff expires or is depleted
    Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    Corrupted
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vaal Molten Shell skill icon
    Vaal Molten Shell inventory icon
    is active will terminate the Vaal Molten Shell buff and replace it for the casted Molten Shell. This will happen both ways (when Vaal Molten Shell is casted while Molten Shell is active). This makes it unfavorable to use both skills in conjunction with one another.[2]

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthMana
Cost
Fire
Damage
Damage
absorbed
ArmourExp.Total Exp.
14168N/AN/AN/A00
26208N/AN/AN/A841841
39278N/AN/AN/A30993940
412338N/AN/AN/A743311373
516419N/AN/AN/A2289534268
620509N/AN/AN/A4972583993
724589N/AN/AN/A95714179707
828679N/AN/AN/A169595349302
9327510N/AN/AN/A283759633061
10368310N/AN/AN/A4539961087057
11409210N/AN/AN/A7031281790185
124410010N/AN/AN/A10612232851408
134810911N/AN/AN/A20658704917278
145211711N/AN/AN/A25071107424388
155512311N/AN/AN/A25737319998119
165813011N/AN/AN/A761135117609470
176113612N/AN/AN/A1343790831047378
186414212N/AN/AN/A2505214756099525
196714812N/AN/AN/A4386943699968961
207015512N/AN/AN/A242081178342050139
217215913N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2274N/A13N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2376N/A13N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2478N/A13N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2580N/A14N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2682N/A14N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2784N/A14N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2886N/A14N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2988N/A15N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3090N/A15N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3191N/A15N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3292N/A15N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3393N/A16N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3494N/A16N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3595N/A16N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3696N/A16N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3797N/A17N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3898N/A17N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
3999N/A17N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
40100N/A17N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

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

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
8Divination card inventory iconDying AnguishDying Anguish card artDivination card frameDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem
Alternative Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 19 gem with 19% alternative qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
6Divination card inventory iconThe FoxThe Fox card artDivination card frameThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 gemAutomatic
13Divination card inventory iconThe CataclysmThe Cataclysm card artDivination card frameThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted level 21 Spell gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter'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
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

Quest reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs
Act 1

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs
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 Molten Shell.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.StatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Molten Shell Armour 166100% increased Molten Shell Buff Effecthelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Shell Armour 275150% increased Molten Shell Buff Effecthelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 166Molten Shell has 25% increased Skill Effect Durationhelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 275Molten Shell has 40% increased Skill Effect Durationhelmet 100
default 0

Version history

Version Changes
2.6.0
  • Changed the explosion effect. The new one has better performance.
2.3.2
  • When switching between regular and Vaal Molten Shell inventory iconVaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Souls Per Use: 50
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
    Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
    (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
    Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
    Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
    or when Buff expires or is depleted
    Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    Corrupted
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vaal Molten Shell skill icon
    Vaal Molten Shell inventory icon
    , the shield will now visually destroy and recreate itself.
  • Fixed a bug where 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
    buff effect bonuses did not apply to Vaal Molten Shell inventory iconVaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Souls Per Use: 50
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Soul Gain Prevention: 0 sec
    Cast Time: Instant
    Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
    Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
    (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
    Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
    Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
    or when Buff expires or is depleted
    Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    Corrupted
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vaal Molten Shell skill icon
    Vaal Molten Shell inventory icon
    .
2.2.0
  • Cast time reduced from 1 sec to 500 ms.
2.1.0
  • Fixed a bug where Molten Shell could be applied multiple times via Spell Echo.
2.0.0
  • Greatly reduced the mana cost.
  • Now grants 1% chance to ignite per 1% quality (was 1.5% per 1% quality).
1.2.0
  • Fixed a bug with Molten Shell and mitigated physical damage reflection.
1.0.3c
  • Fixed a bug where Molten Shell sometimes did no damage.
1.0.3
  • Fixed an instance crash with Molten Shell when linked with Cast when Damage Taken.
0.11.0
  • Armour and threshold values have been adjusted for new monster damage scaling.
  • Fixed a bug where Spell Totems casting Molten Shell would keep recasting the skill.
0.10.0
  • Now provides more armour and has had its detonation thresholds changed.
  • The Molten Shell used by Goatmen has been given new art.
0.9.11
  • Reduced the damage required to set it off in the first four levels.
0.9.7c
  • Fixed a bug with level 19 and 20 had the wrong values.
0.9.6
  • Molten Shell has been added to the game.

References

  1. Mark_GGG (April 9, 2012). "Molten Shell". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. Mark_GGG (March 25, 2014). "Vaal Molten Sheel Overwritten By Molten Shell". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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