PoE2 skill gem

Detonate Dead

Cause a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.

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.

Effects

3 effects
  • Explosion radius is 2.6 metres
  • Deals (19-145) to (28-218) Fire Damage
  • Deals Physical damage equal to (5-10.7)% ofCorpse's maximum Life

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Int
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Int

Gem level progression

40 levels
Detonate Dead levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 19 to 28 Fire DamageDeals Physical damage equal to 5% ofCorpse's maximum Life
1049100%, 100%, 100%19, 285
23911100%, 100%, 100%21, 325.3
361413100%, 100%, 100%24, 375.6
4102115100%, 100%, 100%28, 425.9
5142818100%, 100%, 100%32, 486.2
6183520100%, 100%, 100%36, 556.5
7224123100%, 100%, 100%41, 626.8
8264826100%, 100%, 100%46, 697.1
9315730100%, 100%, 100%51, 777.4
10366534100%, 100%, 100%57, 867.7
11417438100%, 100%, 100%64, 958
12468242100%, 100%, 100%70, 1068.3
13529248100%, 100%, 100%78, 1168.6
145810353100%, 100%, 100%85, 1288.9
156411359100%, 100%, 100%94, 1419.2
166611666100%, 100%, 100%103, 1549.5
177212673100%, 100%, 100%112, 1689.8
187813781100%, 100%, 100%123, 18410.1
198414789100%, 100%, 100%134, 20010.4
209015799100%, 100%, 100%145, 21810.7
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Detonate Dead levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 19 to 28 Fire DamageDeals Physical damage equal to 5% ofCorpse's maximum Life
21Not applicableNot applicable109100%, 100%, 100%158, 23711
22Not applicableNot applicable120100%, 100%, 100%172, 25711.3
23Not applicableNot applicable132100%, 100%, 100%186, 27911.6
24Not applicableNot applicable146100%, 100%, 100%202, 30311.9
25Not applicableNot applicable160100%, 100%, 100%218, 32812.2
26Not applicableNot applicable175100%, 100%, 100%236, 35412.5
27Not applicableNot applicable192100%, 100%, 100%255, 38312.8
28Not applicableNot applicable211100%, 100%, 100%276, 41413.1
29Not applicableNot applicable231100%, 100%, 100%298, 44713.4
30Not applicableNot applicable252100%, 100%, 100%322, 48213.7
31Not applicableNot applicable276100%, 100%, 100%347, 52013.8
32Not applicableNot applicable301100%, 100%, 100%374, 56114
33Not applicableNot applicable329100%, 100%, 100%403, 60514.1
34Not applicableNot applicable359100%, 100%, 100%435, 65214.3
35Not applicableNot applicable392100%, 100%, 100%468, 70214.4
36Not applicableNot applicable427100%, 100%, 100%504, 75614.6
37Not applicableNot applicable465100%, 100%, 100%543, 81414.7
38Not applicableNot applicable506100%, 100%, 100%585, 87714.9
39Not applicableNot applicable551100%, 100%, 100%629, 94415
40Not applicableNot applicable599100%, 100%, 100%678, 101615.2

Quality effects

2 effects

Detonate Dead standard quality

  • +(0-0.4) metres to explosion radius

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.

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Compatibility rules

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

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 7

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Occult, tier 7

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 7 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Occult

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

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

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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Patch history

3 changes
0.2.0g
Direct change

Faridun Plaguebringer's detonate dead skill has had its damage slightly lowered, and the visual effects improved.

0.1.1
Direct change

Fixed a bug where enemies could cast detonate dead on players minions when the player was using the Sacrifice Gem.

0.2.0
Direct change

Detonate Dead now deals Physical Damage equal to 8.8-10.7% of Corpse's maximum Life at Gem levels 7-20 (previously 20% at all Gem levels), scaling further past Gem level 20. It also now deals 41 to 61 Fire Damage at gem level 7 (previously 28 to 43), scaling up to 139 to 208 Fire Damage at gem level 20 (previously 169 to 254).

Monster skill variants

4 monsters

These monsters use source skill records whose exact name, external key, or reviewed implementation ID resolves to Detonate Dead. Monster-specific values remain on each monster page.

Azak Shaman

Carver Shaman Detonate Dead

Blood Priest

Vaal Blood Priest Detonate Dead

Cultist Warrior

Azmeri Pict Male Detonate Dead

Risen Tale-woman

EG Maraketh Priest Runemarked Detonate Dead, GS Maraketh Priest Runemarked Detonate Dead, TB Maraketh Priest Runemarked Detonate Dead