PoE2 skill gem

Bitter Dead

Spend Ward and target an area, transforming Corpses into bitter cores that seek out enemies and Chill enemies near them. The cores explode at the end of their duration, creating runes which deal additional Cold damage over time.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.2
Direct change

Bitter Dead now has a base Critical Strike chance of 12%.

0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.

Full patch history

Effects

13 effects
  • Core duration is 5 seconds
  • Transformation radius is 3.5 metres

Bitter Dead

  • Transformation radius is 3.5 metres
  • Transforms up to (1-7) Corpse
  • Core duration is 5 seconds

Explosion

Core

  • Chills enemies as though dealing (26-888) to (39-1332) Cold damage
  • Chills enemies within 1.5 metre radius

Rune

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90)
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90)

Gem level progression

40 levels
Bitter Dead levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageTransforms up to 1 CorpseDeals 9 to 14 Cold DamageDeals 26 to 39 Cold damageDeals 6.5 Cold damage per second
1011100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%19, 1426, 396.5
2312100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%113, 1935, 538.8
3614100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%117, 2648, 7212
41015100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%223, 3463, 9415.7
51417100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%229, 4379, 11919.8
61819100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%235, 5398, 14824.5
72221100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%343, 65120, 18029.9
82623100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%352, 78144, 21736
93126100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%362, 93172, 25842.9
103628100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%473, 110203, 30550.7
114131100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%486, 129239, 35959.6
124633100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4100, 151280, 42069.7
135236100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5117, 175326, 48981.2
145839100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5136, 204378, 56794.2
156442100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5157, 236438, 657109.1
166645100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6181, 272506, 759126
177248100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6209, 314583, 875145.3
187852100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6241, 362672, 1007167.4
198455100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7277, 416773, 1159192.6
209059100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7319, 478888, 1332221.4
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Bitter Dead levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageTransforms up to 1 CorpseDeals 9 to 14 Cold DamageDeals 26 to 39 Cold damageDeals 6.5 Cold damage per second
21Not applicable63100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7366, 5491021, 1531254.4
22Not applicable67100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8421, 6311172, 1758292.2
23Not applicable72100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8483, 7251346, 2020335.5
24Not applicable76100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8555, 8321546, 2319385.4
25Not applicable81100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9637, 9561776, 2664442.7
26Not applicable86100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9732, 10992041, 3061508.6
27Not applicable91100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9842, 12632346, 3519584.7
28Not applicable97100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%10968, 14532699, 4048672.5
29Not applicable102100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%101114, 16723106, 4659774
30Not applicable108100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%101284, 19253577, 5365891.4
31Not applicable114100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%111479, 22194123, 61841027.4
32Not applicable121100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%111707, 25604756, 71341185.3
33Not applicable128100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%111971, 29565492, 82381368.7
34Not applicable135100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%122278, 34176348, 95221582
35Not applicable142100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%122636, 39547346, 110191830.6
36Not applicable150100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%123054, 45808509, 127642120.5
37Not applicable158100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%133541, 53129869, 148032459.3
38Not applicable166100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%134112, 616811459, 171882855.6
39Not applicable175100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%134781, 717113322, 199833320
40Not applicable184100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%145565, 834815509, 232633864.8

Quality effects

2 effects

Bitter Dead standard quality

  • Transforms +(0-1) Corpse

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

  • 10% chance to not destroy Consumed CorpseQuality scaling: (0-10)% chance to not destroy Consumed Corpse

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, Cascadable, Unleashable, AreaSpell, UsableWhileMoving, TargetsDestructibleCorpses

Level this Kalguuran gem

Use Thaumaturgic Flux instead of treating it as a normal gem upgrade.

Levels 1 to 20

Apply the Thaumaturgic Flux whose level matches the level you want this gem to become. A Flux cannot lower the gem below its current level. Check the resulting level requirement before applying a high-level Flux.

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Patch history

2 changes
0.5.2
Direct change

Bitter Dead now has a base Critical Strike chance of 12%.

0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.