Volatile Dead

Overview

Corpses near the targeted location explode, dealing damage in a small area and creating an orb which moves towards nearby enemies before dealing spell damage in a larger area. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Green
Attribute: Dexterity
Drop level: 12
Cast time: 0.8 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
The Siren's Cadence	Witch	1	1
The Siren's Cadence	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.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

Base radius is 2 metres
Base explosion radius is 1.5 metres
Maximum of 60 Orbs at a time
Consumes up to 3 corpses
Deals 25 to 37 Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3% of the corpse's Maximum Life

At 20% quality

40% increased Orb Movement Speed

Acquisition

The Siren's CadenceAct 1 quest reward · Witch The Siren's CadenceAct 1 quest reward · Shadow

Related gem versions 2

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

Volatile Dead of Confinement

Volatile Dead of Seething

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Fire, Cascadable, 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.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	12	9 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 25 to 37 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	15,249	0
2	15	10 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 32 to 48 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life	41,517	15,249
3	19	12 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 44 to 65 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life	81,983	56,766
4	23	13 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 58 to 87 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life	147,968	138,749
5	27	14 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 77 to 115 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life	250,557	286,717
6	31	15 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 100 to 150 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	405,086	537,274
7	35	16 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 129 to 194 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	447,718	942,360
8	38	17 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 155 to 233 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	615,318	1,390,078
9	41	18 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 186 to 279 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	834,639	2,005,396
10	44	19 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 222 to 334 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	1,570,760	2,840,035
11	47	20 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 265 to 397 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	1,633,987	4,410,795
12	50	20 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 315 to 472 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	2,151,030	6,044,782
13	53	21 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 373 to 559 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	2,812,189	8,195,812
14	56	22 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 441 to 661 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life	5,099,360	11,008,001
15	59	23 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 520 to 780 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life	9,400,731	16,107,361
16	62	24 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 612 to 918 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.8% of the corpse's Maximum Life	15,273,366	25,508,092
17	64	25 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 682 to 1023 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.8% of the corpse's Maximum Life	26,286,582	40,781,458
18	66	25 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 759 to 1138 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life	62,890,590	67,068,040
19	68	26 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 844 to 1266 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3.9% of the corpse's Maximum Life	212,046,017	129,958,630
20	70	26 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 938 to 1407 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	342,004,647

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	27 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1042 to 1563 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
22	74	27 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1157 to 1735 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
23	76	28 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1284 to 1925 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.1% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
24	78	29 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1423 to 2135 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
25	80	29 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1578 to 2367 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.2% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
26	82	30 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1748 to 2622 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
27	84	30 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 1935 to 2903 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.3% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
28	86	31 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 2142 to 3213 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
29	88	32 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 2370 to 3555 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.4% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
30	90	32 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 2621 to 3931 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
31	91	32 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 2755 to 4133 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
32	92	33 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 2897 to 4345 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
33	93	33 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3045 to 4568 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.5% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
34	94	33 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3201 to 4801 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
35	95	34 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3364 to 5046 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
36	96	34 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3536 to 5304 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
37	97	34 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3715 to 5573 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
38	98	34 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 3904 to 5856 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
39	99	35 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 4102 to 6153 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—
40	100	35 Mana	5%	210%	Deals 4309 to 6464 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4.7% of the corpse's Maximum Life	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	10% increased Orb Movement Speed
10%	20% increased Orb Movement Speed
15%	30% increased Orb Movement Speed
20%	40% increased Orb Movement Speed
23%	46% increased Orb Movement Speed
30%	60% increased Orb Movement Speed

Volatile Dead

Overview

Properties

Quest reward sources

Compare gem levels and variants

Mechanics at a glance

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Compatibility inputs

Compatible support gems 97

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Quality progression

Alternate effects 3

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Void Volatile Dead Effect

Darkwood Volatile Dead Effect