PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Dark Bargain

Overview

This spell removes some life from one of your Skeleton minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Blue
Attribute
Intelligence
Drop level
28
Cast time
0.5 sec

Compare gem levels and variants

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

Mechanics at a glance

  • Sacrifices +12% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
  • Chains +2 Times
  • Sacrifices 0% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
  • Uses your Life if no Skeletons in range
  • Deals 24 to 36 Chaos Damage
  • 56% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life
At 20% quality

Sacrifices +2% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage

Related gem versions 1

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

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Damage, Mineable, Totemable, Area, Trappable, Triggerable, Multicastable, Chains, Chaos, Minion, Can Rapid Fire, Area Spell, Nova
Granted minion skill types
None recorded
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.

Compatible support gems 96

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportInspiration SupportIncreased Critical Strikes SupportIncreased Critical Damage SupportKnockback SupportLife Leech SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportStun SupportTrap SupportItem Rarity SupportFaster Casting SupportConcentrated Effect SupportCold to Fire SupportCombustion SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCulling Strike SupportIron Will SupportSpell Totem SupportBlastchain Mine SupportChance to Flee SupportBlind SupportFire Penetration SupportCold Penetration SupportLightning Penetration SupportChain SupportSpell Echo SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Stunned SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportIce Bite SupportHypothermia SupportInnervate SupportCritical Strike Affliction SupportVoid Manipulation SupportControlled Destruction SupportSwift Affliction SupportElemental Focus SupportIgnite Proliferation SupportChance to Poison SupportDeadly Ailments SupportDecay SupportEfficacy SupportVile Toxins SupportImmolate SupportUnbound Ailments SupportBrutality SupportArcane Surge SupportSummon Phantasm SupportBonechill SupportEnergy Leech SupportIntensify SupportUnleash SupportHigh-Impact Mine SupportAwakened Added Fire Damage SupportAwakened Brutality SupportAwakened Burning Damage SupportAwakened Fire Penetration SupportAwakened Added Cold Damage SupportAwakened Chain 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 Spell Echo SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportAwakened Unleash SupportArchmage SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSacrifice SupportSadism SupportGreater Spell Echo SupportCull the Weak SupportGreater Chain SupportFrostmage SupportGreater Devour SupportGreater Unleash SupportUnholy Trinity SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
1287 Mana10%Deals 24 to 36 Chaos Damage 56% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life199,3450
2317 Mana10%Deals 29 to 43 Chaos Damage 60% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life285,815199,345
3348 Mana10%Deals 35 to 52 Chaos Damage 64% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life401,344485,160
4378 Mana10%Deals 41 to 62 Chaos Damage 69% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life554,379886,504
5409 Mana10%Deals 49 to 74 Chaos Damage 73% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life477,4371,440,883
6429 Mana10%Deals 55 to 83 Chaos Damage 77% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life583,7861,918,320
7449 Mana10%Deals 62 to 92 Chaos Damage 81% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life710,3592,502,106
84610 Mana10%Deals 69 to 103 Chaos Damage 85% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life1,355,5113,212,465
94810 Mana10%Deals 77 to 115 Chaos Damage 90% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life1,138,8774,567,976
105010 Mana10%Deals 86 to 129 Chaos Damage 94% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life1,368,2335,706,853
115211 Mana10%Deals 95 to 143 Chaos Damage 98% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life1,638,3387,075,086
125411 Mana10%Deals 106 to 159 Chaos Damage 102% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life1,956,6488,713,424
135611 Mana10%Deals 118 to 177 Chaos Damage 106% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life3,655,18410,670,072
145811 Mana10%Deals 131 to 196 Chaos Damage 111% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life3,017,32714,325,256
156012 Mana10%Deals 145 to 218 Chaos Damage 115% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life7,759,99517,342,583
166212 Mana10%Deals 161 to 242 Chaos Damage 119% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life15,138,19325,102,578
176412 Mana10%Deals 178 to 267 Chaos Damage 123% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life26,083,82540,240,771
186613 Mana10%Deals 197 to 296 Chaos Damage 127% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life62,620,24766,324,596
196813 Mana10%Deals 218 to 327 Chaos Damage 132% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life211,708,088128,944,843
207013 Mana10%Deals 241 to 362 Chaos Damage 136% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life—340,652,931
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217213 Mana10%Deals 266 to 400 Chaos Damage 140% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
227414 Mana10%Deals 294 to 441 Chaos Damage 144% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
237614 Mana10%Deals 324 to 486 Chaos Damage 148% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
247814 Mana10%Deals 358 to 536 Chaos Damage 153% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
258015 Mana10%Deals 394 to 591 Chaos Damage 157% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
268215 Mana10%Deals 434 to 651 Chaos Damage 161% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
278415 Mana10%Deals 478 to 717 Chaos Damage 165% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
288615 Mana10%Deals 526 to 789 Chaos Damage 169% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
298816 Mana10%Deals 578 to 868 Chaos Damage 174% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
309016 Mana10%Deals 636 to 954 Chaos Damage 178% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
319116 Mana10%Deals 667 to 1000 Chaos Damage 181% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
329216 Mana10%Deals 699 to 1048 Chaos Damage 182% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
339316 Mana10%Deals 733 to 1099 Chaos Damage 185% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
349417 Mana10%Deals 768 to 1152 Chaos Damage 186% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
359517 Mana10%Deals 805 to 1207 Chaos Damage 189% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
369617 Mana10%Deals 843 to 1265 Chaos Damage 190% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
379717 Mana10%Deals 884 to 1325 Chaos Damage 193% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
389817 Mana10%Deals 926 to 1389 Chaos Damage 195% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
399917 Mana10%Deals 970 to 1455 Chaos Damage 197% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——
4010017 Mana10%Deals 1016 to 1524 Chaos Damage 199% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life——

Quality progression

Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.

QualityEffects
0%No quality bonus
5%Sacrifices +0.5% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
10%Sacrifices +1% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
15%Sacrifices +1.5% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
20%Sacrifices +2% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
23%Sacrifices +2.3% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
30%Sacrifices +3% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
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