Perforate

Overview

Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spears to damage enemies. When in Blood Stance, multiple spikes burst from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. In Sand Stance, the spikes are thrust outwards. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Red
Attribute: Strength
Drop level: 5
Cast time: 1 sec

Quest reward sources

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

Quest	Classes	Amount	Reward item level
Enemy at the Gate	Duelist	1	1

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.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

Creates +7 Spikes
75% less Damage while in Blood Stance

At 20% quality

Creates +2 Spikes

Acquisition

Enemy at the GateAct 1 quest reward · Duelist

Related gem versions 2

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

Perforate of Duality

Perforate of Bloodshed

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Attack, Area, Damage, Melee, Multistrikeable, Slam, Totemable
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.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	1	7 Mana	218.5%	—	70	0
2	2	7 Mana	229.8%	4% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	308	70
3	4	7 Mana	242.2%	8% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	1,554	378
4	7	7 Mana	255.7%	12% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	6,667	1,932
5	11	8 Mana	270.5%	16% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	26,047	8,599
6	16	8 Mana	286.6%	20% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	49,725	34,646
7	20	9 Mana	303.1%	24% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	95,714	84,371
8	24	9 Mana	320.6%	28% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	169,595	180,085
9	28	9 Mana	338.9%	32% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	283,759	349,680
10	32	9 Mana	358.4%	36% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	453,996	633,439
11	36	10 Mana	378.9%	40% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	703,128	1,087,435
12	40	10 Mana	400.7%	44% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	1,061,223	1,790,563
13	44	10 Mana	423.6%	48% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	2,065,870	2,851,786
14	48	11 Mana	447.8%	52% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	2,507,110	4,917,656
15	52	11 Mana	473.4%	56% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	5,798,936	7,424,766
16	56	11 Mana	500.4%	60% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	15,083,919	13,223,702
17	60	12 Mana	529.1%	64% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	27,792,735	28,307,621
18	64	12 Mana	559.2%	68% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	43,869,739	56,100,356
19	67	12 Mana	590%	72% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	242,081,556	99,970,095
20	70	13 Mana	622.6%	76% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	342,051,651

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	13 Mana	655.8%	80% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
22	74	13 Mana	690.9%	84% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
23	76	13 Mana	727.9%	88% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
24	78	13 Mana	766.7%	92% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
25	80	13 Mana	807.7%	96% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
26	82	14 Mana	850.8%	100% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
27	84	14 Mana	896.2%	104% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
28	86	14 Mana	944.1%	108% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
29	88	14 Mana	994.4%	112% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
30	90	14 Mana	1047.5%	116% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
31	91	14 Mana	1129.2%	118% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
32	92	14 Mana	1159.2%	120% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
33	93	14 Mana	1190.1%	122% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
34	94	15 Mana	1221.7%	124% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
35	95	15 Mana	1254.2%	126% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
36	96	15 Mana	1287.6%	128% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
37	97	15 Mana	1321.9%	130% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
38	98	15 Mana	1357.1%	132% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
39	99	15 Mana	1393.2%	134% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—
40	100	15 Mana	1430.2%	136% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	Creates +0.5 Spikes
10%	Creates +1 Spike
15%	Creates +1.5 Spikes
20%	Creates +2 Spikes
23%	Creates +2.3 Spikes
30%	Creates +3 Spikes