PoE2 skill gem

Solar Orb

Create a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited. Flameblast can target a Solar Orb to be centred on the Orb instead of your location.

Current series

Relevant updates in 0.5

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where the Prism of Belief Unique Jewel could roll modifiers for Solar Orb.

Full patch history

Effects

11 effects
  • Orb duration is 10 seconds
  • Explosion radius is 2.5 metres
  • Pulses every 1.4 seconds
  • Limit 1 Solar Orbs

Pulse

Ignite

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
Solar Orb levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 4 to 5 Fire DamageDeals 6 to 8 Fire Damage
104100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 56, 8
239100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5, 89, 13
3614100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8, 1213, 19
41021100%, 100%, 100%, 100%11, 1617, 26
51428100%, 100%, 100%, 100%14, 2122, 33
61835100%, 100%, 100%, 100%18, 2728, 43
72241100%, 100%, 100%, 100%22, 3335, 53
82648100%, 100%, 100%, 100%27, 4143, 65
93157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%33, 5053, 79
103665100%, 100%, 100%, 100%40, 6164, 96
114174100%, 100%, 100%, 100%49, 7377, 116
124682100%, 100%, 100%, 100%57, 8590, 135
135292100%, 100%, 100%, 100%66, 99105, 158
1458103100%, 100%, 100%, 100%77, 115122, 183
1564113100%, 100%, 100%, 100%89, 134141, 212
1666116100%, 100%, 100%, 100%103, 154163, 245
1772126100%, 100%, 100%, 100%119, 178188, 283
1878137100%, 100%, 100%, 100%137, 205217, 325
1984147100%, 100%, 100%, 100%157, 236250, 374
2090157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%181, 271287, 430
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Solar Orb levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 4 to 5 Fire DamageDeals 6 to 8 Fire Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%208, 311330, 494
22Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%238, 358379, 568
23Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%274, 411435, 652
24Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%314, 472499, 749
25Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%361, 542574, 860
26Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%415, 623659, 989
27Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%477, 716758, 1137
28Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%549, 823872, 1307
29Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%632, 9471003, 1505
30Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%727, 10911155, 1733
31Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%838, 12581332, 1997
32Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%967, 14511536, 2304
33Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1117, 16751774, 2661
34Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1291, 19362050, 3075
35Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1494, 22412372, 3559
36Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1730, 25962748, 4122
37Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2007, 30103187, 4781
38Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2330, 34953701, 5551
39Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%2709, 40644303, 6454
40Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3154, 47305009, 7513

Quality effects

1 effects

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Damage, Fire, Area, Triggerable, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, AreaSpell, Orb, Duration, UsableWhileMoving, Limit, Sustained, Unleashable

Granted by items

2 items

Acquisition

1 sources

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Solar Orb. 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%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

6 changes
0.3.0c
Direct change

Fixed an issue preventing Orb of Storms and Solar Orb from being supported by Unleash. These skills are still unintentionally unable to be supported by Spell Echo and Spell Cascade: this will be fixed at a later date.

0.2.0e
Direct change

Eye of Winter now gains bonus elemental damage when passing through other elemental orbs like Solar Orb, Orb of Storms or Frost Bomb.

0.5.0
Related system change

Fixed a bug where the Prism of Belief Unique Jewel could roll modifiers for Solar Orb.

0.3.0
Direct change

The following skills found as inherent skills on Wands and Staves now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: Bone Blast, Chaos Bolt, Decompose, Firebolt, Freezing Shards, Lightning Bolt, Power Siphon, and Solar Orb.

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

Solar Orb: No longer has a Mana Cost. Pulse now deals 15-149 to 22-224 Fire Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 13-134 to 20-202). The Ignite now Ignites as though dealing 57-577 to 85-866 Fire Damage (previously 55-562 to 83-844).