PoE2 skill gem

Living Bomb

Plant a seed of Fire inside an enemy. Dealing enough damage to the enemy, or killing it outright, causes the seed to explode, dealing damage in an area and leaving behind a Fire Infusion Remnant.

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

5 effects
  • Seed duration is 15 seconds
  • Explosion radius is 2.5 metres
  • Limit 1 active Seeds
  • Explodes after enemy is dealt damage equal to 200% of its Ailment Threshold
  • Deals (10-481) to (15-721) Fire Damage

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
Living Bomb levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 10 to 15 Fire Damage
1048100%, 100%, 100%10, 15
2399100%, 100%, 100%14, 22
361411100%, 100%, 100%21, 31
4102113100%, 100%, 100%28, 42
5142815100%, 100%, 100%37, 55
6183517100%, 100%, 100%46, 70
7224120100%, 100%, 100%57, 86
8264823100%, 100%, 100%70, 105
9315726100%, 100%, 100%85, 127
10366529100%, 100%, 100%101, 152
11417432100%, 100%, 100%120, 180
12468236100%, 100%, 100%142, 212
13529241100%, 100%, 100%166, 249
145810346100%, 100%, 100%195, 292
156411351100%, 100%, 100%227, 341
166611657100%, 100%, 100%265, 397
177212663100%, 100%, 100%308, 462
187813770100%, 100%, 100%358, 536
198414777100%, 100%, 100%415, 622
209015785100%, 100%, 100%481, 721
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Living Bomb levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 10 to 15 Fire Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable94100%, 100%, 100%557, 836
22Not applicableNot applicable103100%, 100%, 100%645, 968
23Not applicableNot applicable114100%, 100%, 100%748, 1122
24Not applicableNot applicable125100%, 100%, 100%866, 1300
25Not applicableNot applicable138100%, 100%, 100%1004, 1506
26Not applicableNot applicable151100%, 100%, 100%1165, 1747
27Not applicableNot applicable166100%, 100%, 100%1351, 2027
28Not applicableNot applicable181100%, 100%, 100%1569, 2353
29Not applicableNot applicable199100%, 100%, 100%1823, 2735
30Not applicableNot applicable217100%, 100%, 100%2121, 3181
31Not applicableNot applicable238100%, 100%, 100%2469, 3703
32Not applicableNot applicable260100%, 100%, 100%2877, 4316
33Not applicableNot applicable283100%, 100%, 100%3357, 5036
34Not applicableNot applicable309100%, 100%, 100%3922, 5883
35Not applicableNot applicable337100%, 100%, 100%4587, 6881
36Not applicableNot applicable367100%, 100%, 100%5373, 8059
37Not applicableNot applicable400100%, 100%, 100%6301, 9452
38Not applicableNot applicable436100%, 100%, 100%7401, 11101
39Not applicableNot applicable474100%, 100%, 100%8705, 13057
40Not applicableNot applicable516100%, 100%, 100%10254, 15380

Quality effects

3 effects

Living Bomb standard quality

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.

  • Deals 50% more Fire DamageQuality scaling: Deals (0-50)% more Fire Damage
  • Explodes after enemy is dealt damage equal to 200% of its Ailment ThresholdQuality scaling: Explodes after enemy is dealt damage equal to (0-200)% of its Ailment Threshold

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, AreaSpell, Limit, Fire, UsableWhileMoving, Duration, GeneratesInfusion, GeneratesRemnants, Triggerable

Elemental Infusions

This gem has a direct interaction with the Elemental Infusion mechanic.

1 interaction
CreatesFire

Creates: Plant a seed of Fire inside an enemy. Dealing enough damage to the enemy, or killing it outright, causes the seed to explode, dealing damage in an area and leaving behind a Fire Infusion Remnant.

Open Elemental Infusion rules and connected skills

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 3

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Elemental, tier 3

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 3 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Elemental

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Living Bomb. 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

5 changes
0.4.0d
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the Unique Jewel Prism of Belief could not roll modifiers for Living Bomb.

0.4.0
Direct change

Living Bomb: Now deals 21 to 31 Fire Damage at Gem level 3 (previously 18 to 28), scaling to 481 to 721 Fire Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 340 to 510).

0.3.0
Direct change

Living Bomb and Solar Orb have swapped places. Living Bomb is now a tier 3 Elemental Skill Gem, while Solar Orb is an inherent skill to Pyrophyte Staves. Existing items are not affected by this change.

0.3.0
Direct change

Living Bomb: No longer explodes at the end of its duration. Instead, it explodes upon dealing sufficient damage to the enemy, or just killing it. It now drops a Fire Infusion Remnant on exploding. It now has a base duration of 15 seconds (previously 2.5). Now has a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% (previously 9%). Explosion now deals 30 to 46 Fire Damage at Gem level 5 (previously 31 to 46), scaling up to 340 to 510 Fire Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 278 to 418). Now has a minimum level of 3.

0.3.0
Direct change

Living Bomb: No longer explodes at the end of its duration. Instead, it explodes upon dealing sufficient damage to the enemy, or just killing it. It now drops a Fire Infusion Remnant on exploding. It now has a base duration of 5 seconds (previously 2.5). Now has a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% (previously 9%). Explosion now deals 30 to 46 Fire Damage at Gem level 5 (previously 31 to 46), scaling up to 340 to 510 Fire Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 278 to 418).

Monster skill variants

1 monsters

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

Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword

Living Bomb Fire Djinn