Invisible Buff Effect
Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Active
Plague Bearer
Overview
Gain an Incubating buff, adding to its Plague Value as you inflict poisons. Use the skill again to begin Infecting, dealing chaos damage over time to nearby enemies until the Plague Value is depleted. Your damage modifiers don't apply to this skill's damage. Using the skill again alternates between Incubating and Infecting.
Properties
- Gem type
- Active
- Colour
- Green
- Attribute
- Dexterity
- Drop level
- 24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost in Love | Shadow | 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.
Mechanics at a glance
- Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +12% of Plague Value
- 20% less Damage with Poison while Incubating and not at Maximum Plague Value
- When you inflict Poison while Incubating, adds 40% of the Expected Poison
Damage to Plague Value - While Infecting, deals Chaos Damage per second equal to 0% of the Plague Value when Infecting began, and loses Plague Value at the same rate
At 20% quality
Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +4% of Plague Value
Acquisition
Compatibility inputs
- Skill types
- Spell, Buff, Chaos, Area, Instant, Instant No Repeat When Held, Instant Shift Attack For Left Mouse, Cooldown, Kill No Damage Modifiers
- 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 8
Compatibility is derived from the game skill-type constraints.
Gem progression 20 standard levels
| Gem level | Required level | Cost | Cooldown | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 6 Mana | 0.5 sec | — | 118,383 | 0 |
| 2 | 27 | 7 Mana | 0.5 sec | — | 175,816 | 118,383 |
| 3 | 30 | 7 Mana | 0.5 sec | — | 254,061 | 294,199 |
| 4 | 33 | 8 Mana | 0.5 sec | — | 359,090 | 548,260 |
| 5 | 36 | 8 Mana | 0.5 sec | — | 498,508 | 907,350 |
| 6 | 39 | 9 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.1 metres to radius | 682,057 | 1,405,858 |
| 7 | 42 | 9 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.1 metres to radius | 921,777 | 2,087,915 |
| 8 | 45 | 10 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.1 metres to radius | 1,727,879 | 3,009,692 |
| 9 | 48 | 10 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.1 metres to radius | 1,138,877 | 4,737,571 |
| 10 | 50 | 10 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.1 metres to radius | 1,368,233 | 5,876,448 |
| 11 | 52 | 11 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.2 metres to radius | 1,638,338 | 7,244,681 |
| 12 | 54 | 11 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.2 metres to radius | 1,956,648 | 8,883,019 |
| 13 | 56 | 11 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.2 metres to radius | 3,655,184 | 10,839,667 |
| 14 | 58 | 11 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.2 metres to radius | 3,017,327 | 14,494,851 |
| 15 | 60 | 12 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.2 metres to radius | 7,793,914 | 17,512,178 |
| 16 | 62 | 12 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.3 metres to radius | 15,206,031 | 25,306,092 |
| 17 | 64 | 12 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.3 metres to radius | 26,185,582 | 40,512,123 |
| 18 | 66 | 13 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.3 metres to radius | 62,755,923 | 66,697,705 |
| 19 | 68 | 13 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.3 metres to radius | 211,877,683 | 129,453,628 |
| 20 | 70 | 13 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.3 metres to radius | — | 341,331,311 |
Show extended levels 21–40
| Gem level | Required level | Cost | Cooldown | Effects | Exp. to next | Total exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 72 | 13 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.4 metres to radius | — | — |
| 22 | 74 | 14 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.4 metres to radius | — | — |
| 23 | 76 | 14 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.4 metres to radius | — | — |
| 24 | 78 | 14 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.4 metres to radius | — | — |
| 25 | 80 | 15 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.4 metres to radius | — | — |
| 26 | 82 | 15 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.5 metres to radius | — | — |
| 27 | 84 | 15 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.5 metres to radius | — | — |
| 28 | 86 | 15 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.5 metres to radius | — | — |
| 29 | 88 | 16 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.5 metres to radius | — | — |
| 30 | 90 | 16 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.5 metres to radius | — | — |
| 31 | 91 | 16 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.6 metres to radius | — | — |
| 32 | 92 | 16 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.6 metres to radius | — | — |
| 33 | 93 | 16 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.6 metres to radius | — | — |
| 34 | 94 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.6 metres to radius | — | — |
| 35 | 95 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.6 metres to radius | — | — |
| 36 | 96 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.7 metres to radius | — | — |
| 37 | 97 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.7 metres to radius | — | — |
| 38 | 98 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.7 metres to radius | — | — |
| 39 | 99 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.7 metres to radius | — | — |
| 40 | 100 | 17 Mana | 0.5 sec | +0.7 metres to radius | — | — |
Quality progression
Quality bonuses are separate from level progression. Values above 20 require a way to reach that quality.
| Quality | Effects |
|---|---|
| 0% | No quality bonus |
| 5% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +1% of Plague Value |
| 10% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +2% of Plague Value |
| 15% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +3% of Plague Value |
| 20% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +4% of Plague Value |
| 23% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +4.6% of Plague Value |
| 30% | Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional +6% of Plague Value |
Alternate effects 3
Celestial Plague Bearer Effect
Your Plague Bearer becomes a Celestial Effect.
Stygian Plague Bearer Effect
Your Plague Bearer becomes a Stygian Effect.