PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Animate Guardian

SpellMinion

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

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

Compatible support gems 131

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportFaster Attacks SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportAdditional Accuracy SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportMana Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportMinion Damage SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportMinion Speed SupportMinion Life SupportElemental Damage with Attacks SupportBloodlust SupportLife Gain on Hit SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportDamage on Full Life SupportSpell Totem SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportMultistrike SupportMelee Splash SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportElemental Army SupportHextouch SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCast on Melee Kill SupportEndurance Charge on Melee Stun SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Stunned SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportFortify SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Bleed SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportMaim SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportRuthless SupportMomentum SupportArcane Surge SupportAncestral Call SupportSummon Phantasm SupportWithering Touch SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportImpale SupportPulverise SupportRage SupportFeeding Frenzy SupportPredator SupportMeat Shield SupportInfernal Legion SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Ancestral Call SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Melee Physical Damage SupportAwakened Melee Splash SupportAwakened Multistrike SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Cast On Critical Strike SupportAwakened Cold Penetration SupportAwakened Deadly Ailments SupportAwakened Swift Affliction SupportAwakened Void Manipulation SupportAwakened Added Chaos Damage SupportAwakened Added Lightning Damage SupportAwakened Controlled Destruction SupportAwakened Hextouch SupportAwakened Elemental Focus SupportAwakened Increased Area of Effect SupportAwakened Lightning Penetration SupportAwakened Minion Damage SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportBehead SupportOvercharge SupportManaforged Arrows SupportPrismatic Burst SupportTrauma SupportDevour SupportFresh Meat SupportSadism SupportControlled Blaze SupportVolatility SupportOverexertion SupportRupture SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Ancestral Call SupportGreater Multistrike SupportGreater Devour SupportUnholy Trinity SupportWindburst SupportLiving Lightning SupportExcommunicate SupportExemplar SupportHallow Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
12811Can use Items requiring up to Level 33199,3450
23111Minions have 2% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 36285,815199,345
33412Minions have 4% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 39401,344485,160
43713Minions have 6% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 43554,379886,504
54013Minions have 8% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 46477,4371,440,883
64214Minions have 10% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 48583,7861,918,320
74414Minions have 12% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 51710,3592,502,106
84615Minions have 14% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 531,355,5113,212,465
94815Minions have 16% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 561,138,8774,567,976
105015Minions have 18% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 581,368,2335,706,853
115216Minions have 20% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 611,638,3387,075,086
125416Minions have 22% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 631,956,6488,713,424
135617Minions have 24% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 663,655,18410,670,072
145817Minions have 26% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 683,017,32714,325,256
156018Minions have 28% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 717,759,99517,342,583
166218Minions have 30% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 7315,138,19325,102,578
176418Minions have 32% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 7626,083,82540,240,771
186619Minions have 34% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 7962,620,24766,324,596
196819Minions have 36% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 82211,708,088128,944,843
207020Minions have 38% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217220Minions have 40% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
227421Minions have 42% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
237621Minions have 44% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
247821Minions have 46% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
258022Minions have 48% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
268222Minions have 50% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
278423Minions have 52% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
288623Minions have 54% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
298824Minions have 56% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
309024Minions have 58% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
319124Minions have 59% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
329225Minions have 60% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
339325Minions have 61% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
349425Minions have 62% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
359525Minions have 63% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
369625Minions have 64% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
379726Minions have 65% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
389826Minions have 66% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
399926Minions have 67% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
4010026Minions have 68% more Maximum Life Can use Items requiring up to Level 100——
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