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Support

Fresh Meat Support

CriticalSupportMinion

Overview

Supports skills that create minions.

Properties

Gem type
Support
Colour
Blue
Attribute
Intelligence
Drop level
18

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
Sharp and CruelWitch11

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

At 20% quality

Minions have 20% increased Critical Strike Chance

Acquisition

Sharp and CruelAct 2 quest reward · Witch

Compatibility rules

Allowed skill types
Creates Minion
Excluded skill types
None recorded

A skill must satisfy the allowed expression and must not satisfy the excluded expression. The check uses both the skill’s own and its granted minion skill types.

Active gems this can support 53

Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.

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Gem progression 20 standard levels

The multiplier applies to supported skills: 140% means 1.4× the cost or reservation before other modifiers.

Gem levelRequired levelCost & Reservation MultiplierExp. to nextTotal exp.
118140%69,8330
222140%128,54969,833
326140%154,553198,382
429140%225,374352,935
532140%320,672578,309
635140%447,718898,981
738140%615,3181,346,699
841140%834,6391,962,017
944140%1,570,7602,796,656
1047140%1,633,9874,367,416
1150140%2,151,0306,001,403
1253140%2,812,1898,152,433
1356140%3,655,18410,964,622
1458140%3,017,32714,619,806
1560140%7,818,90517,637,133
1662140%15,256,01325,456,038
1764140%26,260,55540,712,051
1866140%62,855,88766,972,606
1968140%212,002,638129,828,493
2070140%—341,831,131
Show extended levels 21–40
Gem levelRequired levelCost & Reservation MultiplierExp. to nextTotal exp.
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2784140%——
2886140%——
2988140%——
3090140%——
3191140%——
3292140%——
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3797140%——
3898140%——
3999140%——
40100140%——

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%Minions have 5% increased Critical Strike Chance
10%Minions have 10% increased Critical Strike Chance
15%Minions have 15% increased Critical Strike Chance
20%Minions have 20% increased Critical Strike Chance
23%Minions have 23% increased Critical Strike Chance
30%Minions have 30% increased Critical Strike Chance
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