Unique Shields

Saffell's Frame

Saffell's Frame prevents Blocking and makes modifiers to Maximum Block Chance apply to Maximum Resistances instead. It converts investment in the shield's usual defensive cap into elemental defence.
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

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SkillGrants Skill: Raise Shield
01+(15-25)% to Fire Resistance
02+(15-25)% to Cold Resistance
03+(15-25)% to Lightning Resistance
04Cannot Block
05Modifiers to Maximum Block Chance instead apply to Maximum Resistances

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

Saffell's Frame 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
Shields
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 Saffell's Frame

World drop

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 12 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Saffell's Frame. 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

(15-25)% increased ArmourLocal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Energy ShieldLocal / Level 1

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

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

(20-30)% increased Block chanceLocal / Level 1

+3% to maximum Block chanceLocal / Level 1

(20-25) Life gained when you BlockGlobal / Level 1

(10-15) Mana gained when you BlockGlobal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased ArmourLocal / Level 1

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

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

(40-50)% increased Thorns damageLocal / Level 1

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

1 interactions

Important details

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