The Smiling Knight

Item effects

4 lines

01+(50-100) to Accuracy Rating

02(150-200)% increased Armour and Evasion

03(15-25)% increased Critical Hit Chance

04Aggravate Bleeding on targets you Critically Hit with Attacks

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

The Smiling Knight 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: Ezomyte Helmets
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 rule

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 13 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt The Smiling Knight. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01

No change.

02

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.

03

Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.

04

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 enchantments13

(15-25)% increased ArmourLocal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Evasion RatingLocal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Armour and EvasionLocal / Level 1

(10-20)% reduced Attribute RequirementsLocal / Level 1

+1 to all Minion Skill GemsGlobal / Level 1

+(20-30) SpiritGlobal / Level 1

+1 to Maximum Power ChargesGlobal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Life Regeneration RateGlobal / Level 1

(20-30)% increased Mana Regeneration RateGlobal / Level 1

+(50-100) to Accuracy RatingGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Fire ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Cold ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Lightning ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

1 interactions

01

Bleeding interaction

Aggravate Bleeding on targets you Critically Hit with Attacks.

Related acquisitions and transformations

1 item

Destroyed to create this RuneLegacy of The Smiling Knight

Socket Aldur's Legacy into The Smiling Knight. The Unique item is destroyed and becomes Legacy of The Smiling Knight.

Patch history

1 changes

0.1.1

Direct change

The Smiling Knight Unique Helmet now provides 150-200% increased Armour and Evasion (previously 30-50%). Existing versions of this item can be updated using a Divine Orb.