PoE2 gem database
Engraves an available skill at level 8. Skills requiring tier 8 or lower are shown with their exact level 8 values.
21 available skills at level 8
Tier 1, level 8Armour Piercing RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, PhysicalLoad your Crossbow with a clip of bolts that can be fired rapidly and Break enemy Armour. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Tier 1, level 8Explosive GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, FireFire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.
Tier 1, level 8Fragmentation RoundsAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, PayoffLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode. These fragments can Merge.
Tier 1, level 8Permafrost BoltsAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, ColdLoad your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies. These fragments can Merge.
Tier 3, level 8Flash GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, GrenadeFire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a Blinding, Stunning explosion when its fuse expires.
Tier 3, level 8High Velocity RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Physical, DurationLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that apply Riven Armour to enemies with Fully Broken Armour, causing any Hits against those enemies to deal extra damage.
Tier 3, level 8Incendiary ShotAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, FireLoad your Crossbow with flaming bolts that fragment in flight, damaging and Igniting enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. These fragments can Merge.
Tier 4, level 8AttritionBuff, PersistentWhile active, causes you to deal more Hit damage to Rare and Unique enemies the longer you've been fighting them, and gain Culling Strike against them once you've been fighting them for long enough.
Tier 4, level 8War BannerBanner, Buff, Persistent, AoE, AuraWhile active, Attacking enemies builds Glory. When you have maximum Glory, you can place an inspiring Banner for a duration with an Aura that grants you and nearby Allies Attack damage, Attack speed and Accuracy.
Tier 4, level 8Herald of ThunderBuff, Attack, Persistent, AoE, LightningWhile active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
Tier 5, level 8Galvanic ShardsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Lightning, ChainingLoad your Crossbow with charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. These fragments can Merge.
Tier 5, level 8Gas GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, FireFire a bouncing Grenade that causes a burst of Poison gas when its fuse expires, damaging enemies and leaving behind a growing Poison cloud. Burning effects or Detonator skills will cause the cloud to explode in a fiery blast.
Tier 5, level 8Ice ShardsAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, SustainedLoad your Crossbow with a clip of icy bolts that rapidly fire at the ground, leaving a shard of ice at the impact location that arms after a duration. After arming, the ice shards explode when enemies step on them, dealing more damage the longer they have been armed, up to a maximum. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Tier 5, level 8Rapid ShotAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, FireLoad your Crossbow with a large clip of heated bolts. Heat builds up on your Crossbow as you fire them, and reaching maximum Heat will prevent you from firing or reloading these bolts for a short time. However, other Skills can Consume Heat for extra benefits. Using this Skill again reloads the clip.
Tier 7, level 8Explosive ShotAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, FireLoad your Crossbow with flaming bolts that explode on impact. The explosion will cause any Grenades in its area of effect to also explode.
Tier 7, level 8Glacial BoltAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, ColdLoad your Crossbow with icy bolts that create two walls of Ice Crystals at the end of their flight.
Tier 7, level 8Artillery BallistaAttack, Totem, AoE, Projectile, SustainedDeploy a Ballista Totem that rains down a salvo of Pinning, Maiming bolts.
Tier 7, level 8Voltaic GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, LightningFire a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blast when its fuse expires, causing all Lightning Hits against enemies to contribute to Electrocution buildup for a duration.
Tier 8, level 8Defiance BannerBanner, Buff, Persistent, AoE, AuraWhile active, Attacking enemies builds Glory. When you have maximum Glory, you can place an inspiring Banner for a duration with an Aura that grants you and nearby Allies Armour, Evasion and movement speed.
Tier 8, level 8Overwhelming PresenceBuff, Persistent, AuraWhile active, emits an Aura that makes enemies in your Presence easier to Stun and inflict Elemental Ailments upon.
Tier 8, level 8Shard ScavengerBuff, Persistent, Physical, Lightning, ColdWhile active, Consuming Freeze, Shock, Ignite, or Fully Broken Armour on an enemy reloads your Crossbow, restores one cooldown use for your Grenades and grants a Buff causing Crossbow Attacks to not consume bolts for a duration. This can only occur once every few seconds.
The eight current engravable category rosters were checked 2026-07-27. Each card uses the selected skill's exact level table. Current detail pages independently confirm 256 of 257 tier placements; Skeletal Sniper's detail page does not publish its tier.
Engrave Skill, Support, and Spirit Gems, upgrade existing gems without choosing the wrong level, and fix common socket, compatibility, Attribute, and Spirit problems.
Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.
Use Gemcutter's Prisms efficiently, read the exact Quality effect for each Skill or Spirit Gem, and understand Advanced Thaumaturgy, temporary bonuses, and the 23% corruption cap.
Claim all 100 permanent campaign Spirit, compare equipment and passive sources, calculate reservation, and fix Persistent Skills that will not stay enabled.
Equip two weapon sets, assign Skills for automatic swapping, allocate weapon-specific passives correctly, and avoid Spirit or requirement failures after a swap.