Animate Guardian

Overview

Animates 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. If your Guardian dies you cannot summon an Animated Guardian again in that area.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Red
Attribute: Strength
Drop level: 28
Cast time: 0.6 sec

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Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

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Mechanics at a glance

Can use Items requiring up to Level 33

At 20% quality

40% increased Minion Movement Speed

Related gem versions 1

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Animate Guardian of Smiting

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Minion, Minions Can Explode, Totemable, Triggerable, Creates Minion
Granted minion skill types: Attack, Melee, Melee Single Target, Multistrikeable
Can be supported: Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	28	11 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 33	199,345	0
2	31	11 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 36 Minions have 2% more Maximum Life Minions deal 102% of Damage	285,815	199,345
3	34	12 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 39 Minions have 4% more Maximum Life Minions deal 104% of Damage	401,344	485,160
4	37	13 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 43 Minions have 6% more Maximum Life Minions deal 106% of Damage	554,379	886,504
5	40	13 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 46 Minions have 8% more Maximum Life Minions deal 108% of Damage	477,437	1,440,883
6	42	14 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 48 Minions have 10% more Maximum Life Minions deal 110% of Damage	583,786	1,918,320
7	44	14 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 51 Minions have 12% more Maximum Life Minions deal 112% of Damage	710,359	2,502,106
8	46	15 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 53 Minions have 14% more Maximum Life Minions deal 114% of Damage	1,355,511	3,212,465
9	48	15 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 56 Minions have 16% more Maximum Life Minions deal 116% of Damage	1,138,877	4,567,976
10	50	15 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 58 Minions have 18% more Maximum Life Minions deal 118% of Damage	1,368,233	5,706,853
11	52	16 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 61 Minions have 20% more Maximum Life Minions deal 120% of Damage	1,638,338	7,075,086
12	54	16 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 63 Minions have 22% more Maximum Life Minions deal 122% of Damage	1,956,648	8,713,424
13	56	17 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 66 Minions have 24% more Maximum Life Minions deal 124% of Damage	3,655,184	10,670,072
14	58	17 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 68 Minions have 26% more Maximum Life Minions deal 126% of Damage	3,017,327	14,325,256
15	60	18 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 71 Minions have 28% more Maximum Life Minions deal 128% of Damage	7,759,995	17,342,583
16	62	18 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 73 Minions have 30% more Maximum Life Minions deal 130% of Damage	15,138,193	25,102,578
17	64	18 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 76 Minions have 32% more Maximum Life Minions deal 132% of Damage	26,083,825	40,240,771
18	66	19 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 79 Minions have 34% more Maximum Life Minions deal 134% of Damage	62,620,247	66,324,596
19	68	19 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 82 Minions have 36% more Maximum Life Minions deal 136% of Damage	211,708,088	128,944,843
20	70	20 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 38% more Maximum Life Minions deal 138% of Damage	—	340,652,931

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	20 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 40% more Maximum Life Minions deal 140% of Damage	—	—
22	74	21 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 42% more Maximum Life Minions deal 142% of Damage	—	—
23	76	21 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 44% more Maximum Life Minions deal 144% of Damage	—	—
24	78	21 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 46% more Maximum Life Minions deal 146% of Damage	—	—
25	80	22 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 48% more Maximum Life Minions deal 148% of Damage	—	—
26	82	22 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 50% more Maximum Life Minions deal 150% of Damage	—	—
27	84	23 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 52% more Maximum Life Minions deal 152% of Damage	—	—
28	86	23 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 54% more Maximum Life Minions deal 154% of Damage	—	—
29	88	24 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 56% more Maximum Life Minions deal 156% of Damage	—	—
30	90	24 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 58% more Maximum Life Minions deal 158% of Damage	—	—
31	91	24 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 59% more Maximum Life Minions deal 159% of Damage	—	—
32	92	25 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 60% more Maximum Life Minions deal 160% of Damage	—	—
33	93	25 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 61% more Maximum Life Minions deal 161% of Damage	—	—
34	94	25 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 62% more Maximum Life Minions deal 162% of Damage	—	—
35	95	25 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 63% more Maximum Life Minions deal 163% of Damage	—	—
36	96	25 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 64% more Maximum Life Minions deal 164% of Damage	—	—
37	97	26 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 65% more Maximum Life Minions deal 165% of Damage	—	—
38	98	26 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 66% more Maximum Life Minions deal 166% of Damage	—	—
39	99	26 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 67% more Maximum Life Minions deal 167% of Damage	—	—
40	100	26 Mana	Can use Items requiring up to Level 100 Minions have 68% more Maximum Life Minions deal 168% of Damage	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	10% increased Minion Movement Speed
10%	20% increased Minion Movement Speed
15%	30% increased Minion Movement Speed
20%	40% increased Minion Movement Speed
23%	46% increased Minion Movement Speed
30%	60% increased Minion Movement Speed