PoE Ref
Gem
Skill

Active

Detonate Dead

SpellAoEFire

Overview

Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.

Properties

Gem type
Active
Colour
Green
Attribute
Dexterity
Drop level
5
Cast time
0.6 sec

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

QuestClassesAmountReward item level
Breaking Some EggsWitch11
Breaking Some EggsShadow11

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

  • Base radius is 2.2 metres
  • Deals 15 to 22 Fire Damage
  • Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
At 20% quality

15% chance to detonate an additional corpse

Acquisition

Breaking Some EggsAct 1 quest reward · WitchBreaking Some EggsAct 1 quest reward · Shadow

Related gem versions 3

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

Detonate Dead of ScavengingDetonate Dead of Chain ReactionVaal Detonate Dead

Compatibility inputs

Skill types
Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Fire, Cascadable, Destroys Corpse, Can Rapid Fire, Area Spell
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 97

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 SupportSpell Echo SupportPower Charge On Critical SupportBurning Damage SupportHextouch SupportCast on Death 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 SupportSpell Cascade 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 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 Cascade SupportAwakened Spell Echo SupportAwakened Unbound Ailments SupportAwakened Unleash SupportArchmage SupportTrinity SupportCruelty SupportLifetap SupportOvercharge SupportSpellblade SupportDevour SupportSacrifice SupportSadism SupportGreater Spell Cascade SupportGreater Spell Echo SupportCull the Weak SupportFrostmage SupportGreater Devour SupportGreater Unleash SupportUnholy Trinity SupportLiving Lightning Support

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
145 Mana6%160%Deals 15 to 22 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life8410
266 Mana6%160%Deals 21 to 32 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life3,099841
396 Mana6%160%Deals 32 to 42 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life7,4333,940
4127 Mana6%160%Deals 36 to 53 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life22,89511,373
5168 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.1 metres Deals 48 to 72 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life49,72534,268
6209 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.1 metres Deals 63 to 94 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life95,71483,993
72410 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.1 metres Deals 80 to 121 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life169,595179,707
82811 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.1 metres Deals 102 to 153 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life283,759349,302
93211 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.1 metres Deals 128 to 192 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.8% of the corpse's Maximum Life453,996633,061
103612 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.2 metres Deals 159 to 238 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life703,1281,087,057
114013 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.2 metres Deals 195 to 293 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7% of the corpse's Maximum Life1,061,2231,790,185
124414 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.2 metres Deals 239 to 359 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life2,065,8702,851,408
134815 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.2 metres Deals 291 to 436 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life2,507,1104,917,278
145216 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.2 metres Deals 352 to 529 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life2,573,7317,424,388
155516 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.3 metres Deals 406 to 609 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life7,611,3519,998,119
165817 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.3 metres Deals 466 to 699 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life13,437,90817,609,470
176118 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.3 metres Deals 535 to 802 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life25,052,14731,047,378
186418 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.3 metres Deals 612 to 918 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life43,869,43656,099,525
196719 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.3 metres Deals 700 to 1049 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.8% of the corpse's Maximum Life242,081,17899,968,961
207020 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.4 metres Deals 798 to 1197 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 7.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life—342,050,139
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCostCrit. chanceDamage effectivenessEffectsExp. to nextTotal exp.
217220 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.4 metres Deals 871 to 1306 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
227421 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.4 metres Deals 950 to 1424 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
237621 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.4 metres Deals 1035 to 1552 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
247821 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.4 metres Deals 1127 to 1691 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
258022 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.5 metres Deals 1227 to 1841 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
268222 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.5 metres Deals 1335 to 2003 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
278423 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.5 metres Deals 1452 to 2178 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
288623 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.5 metres Deals 1579 to 2368 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
298824 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.5 metres Deals 1716 to 2573 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.8% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
309024 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.6 metres Deals 1863 to 2795 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
319124 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.6 metres Deals 1942 to 2913 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 8.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
329225 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.6 metres Deals 2023 to 3035 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
339325 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.6 metres Deals 2108 to 3162 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
349425 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.6 metres Deals 2196 to 3294 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
359525 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.7 metres Deals 2287 to 3431 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
369625 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.7 metres Deals 2382 to 3573 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
379726 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.7 metres Deals 2481 to 3722 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
389826 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.7 metres Deals 2584 to 3875 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
399926 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.7 metres Deals 2690 to 4035 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life——
4010026 Mana6%160%Base radius is 0.8 metres Deals 2801 to 4202 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 9.4% of the corpse's Maximum 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%3.75% chance to detonate an additional corpse
10%7.5% chance to detonate an additional corpse
15%11.25% chance to detonate an additional corpse
20%15% chance to detonate an additional corpse
23%17.25% chance to detonate an additional corpse
30%22.5% chance to detonate an additional corpse

Alternate effects 1

Void Detonate Dead Effect

Your Detonate Dead becomes a Void Effect.

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