Unique Rings

Grip of Kulemak

A ring that compresses both Presence area and Light Radius. Its source data defines spatial penalties rather than a fixed offensive or defensive payoff.
0.5.4d
Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.3
Direct change

Fixed a bug where a modifier introduced in 0.5.3 for the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring was not functioning correctly. It will no longer be invisible on new versions of the item, though existing items will need to be updated with a Divine Orb in order for the modifier to be displayed.

0.5.3
Direct change

Added 13 new Abyssal Wasting Modifiers for the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring.

0.5.3
Direct change

Many of the Grip of Kulemak Desecrated Modifiers have been combined into a single Modifier, increased numerically, or disabled. Existing items can be updated using a Divine Orb to receive the new values, however new Modifiers will only generate on new versions of the item.

0.5.0
Direct change

Modifiers that applies to Allies in your Presence, such as those on Sceptres and the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring, no longer stack in a party if multiple party members have Modifiers of the same type. This change does not affect the "Allies in your Presence deal 50% increased Damage" Modifier from the Leer Cast Unique Helmet.

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the upgraded variants of Grip of Kulemak could not be stored in the Unique Stash Tab.

Full patch history

Item effects

3 lines
ImplicitInflict Abyssal Wasting on Hit
01(20-30)% reduced Presence Area of Effect
02(20-30)% reduced Light Radius

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

Grip of Kulemak 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
Rings
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

How to get Grip of Kulemak

restricted drop | Drop restricted
restricted drop

Grip of Kulemak has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Drops from Vessel of Kulemak.

Drop
Enabled
Restriction
Restricted
Orb of Chance
Not eligible

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 12 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Grip of Kulemak. 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.
Possible corruption enchantments12

+(10-15) to StrengthLevel 1

+(10-15) to DexterityLevel 1

+(10-15) to IntelligenceLevel 1

(4-6)% Increased Skill SpeedLevel 1

(20-30)% Increased DamageLevel 1

(15-25)% increased Life Regeneration RateLevel 1

(20-30)% increased Mana Regeneration RateLevel 1

(15-20)% increased Critical Damage BonusLevel 1

(10-15)% increased Rarity of Items foundLevel 1

+(5-10)% to all Elemental ResistancesLevel 1

+(3-7)% to Chaos ResistanceLevel 1

+(13-19)% to Chaos ResistanceLevel 1

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

1 interactions
01
Reduced Presence footprint

Presence area of effect is reduced by 20-30%, keeping Presence effects closer to the character.

Important details

1

Patch history

8 changes
0.5.3
Direct change

Fixed a bug where a modifier introduced in 0.5.3 for the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring was not functioning correctly. It will no longer be invisible on new versions of the item, though existing items will need to be updated with a Divine Orb in order for the modifier to be displayed.

0.5.3
Direct change

Added 13 new Abyssal Wasting Modifiers for the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring.

0.5.3
Direct change

Many of the Grip of Kulemak Desecrated Modifiers have been combined into a single Modifier, increased numerically, or disabled. Existing items can be updated using a Divine Orb to receive the new values, however new Modifiers will only generate on new versions of the item.

0.3.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the Grip of Kulemak Unique Item was dropping outside of the associated Abyss content.

0.5.0
Direct change

Modifiers that applies to Allies in your Presence, such as those on Sceptres and the Grip of Kulemak Unique Ring, no longer stack in a party if multiple party members have Modifiers of the same type. This change does not affect the "Allies in your Presence deal 50% increased Damage" Modifier from the Leer Cast Unique Helmet.

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the upgraded variants of Grip of Kulemak could not be stored in the Unique Stash Tab.

0.4.0
Direct change

Grip of Kulemak has had many of its modifier ranges buffed.

0.4.0
Direct change

Grip of Kulemak can no longer roll reduced Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while moving.

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