World drop
The Dark Defiler can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.
- Drop
- Enabled
- Restriction
- None
- Orb of Chance
- Eligible
Unique Sceptres
The Dark Defiler
The Dark Defiler is a unique Rattling Sceptre focused on Minions. Its defining modifier is “Gain 5% of Damage as Chaos Damage per Undead Minion”.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 linesSkillGrants Skill: Skeletal Warrior Minion
01+(20-30) to maximum Mana
02+(5-10) to Intelligence
03(10-30)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Vaal Cultivation Orb
Other Unique ruleThe Dark Defiler 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
- Sceptres
- 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 The Dark Defiler
World drop
Vaal Orb outcomes
4 outcomes / 6 enchantmentsVaal Orb can corrupt The Dark Defiler. 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 enchantments6
(10-20)% reduced Attribute RequirementsLocal / Level 1
Allies in your Presence deal (20-30)% increased DamageGlobal / Level 1
Allies in your Presence have (5-10)% increased Attack SpeedGlobal / Level 1
Allies in your Presence have (5-10)% increased Cast SpeedGlobal / Level 1
Allies in your Presence have (10-15)% increased Critical Damage BonusGlobal / Level 1
(15-25)% increased SpiritLocal / Level 1
How it works
1 interactionsPatch history
1 changesDirect change
The Dark Defiler Unique Sceptre now has "Gain 5% of Damage as Chaos Damage per Undead Minion" (previously 3%). Existing versions of this item can be updated using a Divine Orb.
Base, mechanics, and similar items
6 connections
Base typeRattling SceptreGrants Skill: Skeletal Warrior
Granted skillSkeletal WarriorActivate to summon Reviving Skeletal Warriors.
Referenced mechanicChaosChaos connects 80 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicGainGain connects 24 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicIntelligenceIntelligence connects 59 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicMinionMinion connects 88 imported PoE2 records.
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