World drop
Defiance of Destiny can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.
- Drop
- Enabled
- Restriction
- None
- Orb of Chance
- Eligible
Unique Amulets
Defiance of Destiny
A defensive amulet that restores a portion of missing Life immediately before an enemy hit lands. The recovery becomes larger as current Life falls further below maximum.0.5.4d
Current data
Catalog version 0.5.4d
No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.
Item effects
5 linesVaal Cultivation Orb
Other Unique ruleDefiance of Destiny is not listed among the 48 corrupted Vaal Uniques with an item-specific Cultivation modifier pool. Using a Vaal Cultivation Orb follows the separate rule for other Uniques: it replaces the item with a random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class.
- Target class
- Amulets
- Result
- Random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class
- Exact pool
- Not published as an exhaustive list
The exact random pool depends on item class and current eligibility rules, so it is not represented as a fixed item-to-item outcome.
Compare the Vaal Unique modifier pools and the other Unique ruleHow to get Defiance of Destiny
World drop
Vaal Orb outcomes
4 outcomes / 20 enchantmentsVaal Orb can corrupt Defiance of Destiny. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.
No change.
Applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x (in 0.01 increments) before rounding to explicit modifiers. Applies before quality effects.
- The resulting values are rounded to the nearest whole number, rather than always being rounded down like most decimal values in the game. However, testing suggests the game may use truncation with a +0.5 shift instead of standard rounding. This appears to bias internally negative stats (like 10% Reduced Dexterity) toward zero, preventing some expected values from appearing while making others more common. A formula of trunc(value + 0.5) may explain this behavior.
Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.
Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.
- For jewellery, no change. (This outcome is not removed by Omen of Corruption.)
- The item cannot have more sockets than the amount of space the item takes up.
- If the item is socketed with Cadigan's Epiphany, the item cannot gain an augment socket via corruption.
Possible corruption enchantments20
+(10-15) to StrengthLevel 1
+(10-15) to DexterityLevel 1
+(10-15) to IntelligenceLevel 1
+1 to Level of all SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Fire Spell SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Cold Spell SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Lightning Spell SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Chaos Spell SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Physical Spell SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Minion SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Melee SkillsLevel 1
+1 to Level of all Trap Skill GemsLevel 1
Charms gain (0.08-0.17) charges per SecondLevel 1
Life Flasks gain (0.08-0.17) charges per SecondLevel 1
Mana Flasks gain (0.08-0.17) charges per SecondLevel 1
(10-15)% increased Rarity of Items foundLevel 1
Leech 3% of Physical Attack Damage as LifeLevel 1
Leech 2% of Physical Attack Damage as ManaLevel 1
+(5-10)% to all Elemental ResistancesLevel 1
+1% to all Maximum Elemental ResistancesLevel 1
How it works
1 interactionsImportant details
1- The recovery is based on missing Life and does not trigger before non-enemy damage.
Patch history
4 changesDirect change
Defiance of Destiny now grants 10-20% of missing Life Recovered before being Hit (previously always 10%). Existing items can be updated with a Divine Orb.
Direct change
The Defiance of Destiny Unique Amulet now causes you to recover 10% of Missing Life before being Hit by an Enemy (previously 5%). Existing versions of this item can be updated using a Divine Orb.
Direct change
Added 2D art for the Defiance of Destiny Unique Amulet.
Direct change
Defiance of Destiny now has "Recover 20-30% of Missing Life Before Being Hit By An Enemy" (previously 10-20%).
Base, mechanics, and similar items
5 connections
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