PoE2 skill gem

Toxic Growth

Fire a rain of Toxic Pustules into the air. The Pustules deal damage on impact, then Detonate after a delay. They can also be Poisoned, causing them to Detonate faster and more violently.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Toxic Growth: Now fires 5 Pustules (previously 4), with a Limit of 5 Pustules (previously 12). Quality now grants Fires +0-1 Pustule and Limit +0-1 Pustule (previously +0-2 and +0-2).

Full patch history

Effects

9 effects
  • Detonation Time is 15 seconds
  • Fires 5 Pustules
  • Limit 5 pustules

Pustules

  • Detonation Time is 15 seconds
  • Fires 5 Pustules
  • Limit 5 pustules

Explosion

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Dex
Weapon or skill requirementBows
Source requirement text

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

Requires: Bows

Gem level progression

40 levels
Toxic Growth levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage
1041420%, 20%, 20%, 32%
2391622%, 22%, 22%, 35%
36141924%, 24%, 24%, 39%
410212126%, 26%, 26%, 42%
514282428%, 28%, 28%, 46%
618352731%, 31%, 31%, 49%
722413033%, 33%, 33%, 52%
826483435%, 35%, 35%, 56%
931573836%, 36%, 36%, 58%
1036654138%, 38%, 38%, 61%
1141744640%, 40%, 40%, 64%
1246825042%, 42%, 42%, 68%
1352925544%, 44%, 44%, 71%
14581036047%, 47%, 47%, 74%
15641136549%, 49%, 49%, 78%
16661167151%, 51%, 51%, 82%
17721267754%, 54%, 54%, 86%
18781378457%, 57%, 57%, 91%
19841479059%, 59%, 59%, 95%
20901579862%, 62%, 62%, 100%
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Toxic Growth levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable10665%, 65%, 65%, 105%
22Not applicableNot applicable11469%, 69%, 69%, 110%
23Not applicableNot applicable12372%, 72%, 72%, 116%
24Not applicableNot applicable13276%, 76%, 76%, 121%
25Not applicableNot applicable14280%, 80%, 80%, 127%
26Not applicableNot applicable15284%, 84%, 84%, 134%
27Not applicableNot applicable16388%, 88%, 88%, 140%
28Not applicableNot applicable17592%, 92%, 92%, 147%
29Not applicableNot applicable18797%, 97%, 97%, 155%
30Not applicableNot applicable201102%, 102%, 102%, 163%
31Not applicableNot applicable215107%, 107%, 107%, 171%
32Not applicableNot applicable229112%, 112%, 112%, 179%
33Not applicableNot applicable245118%, 118%, 118%, 188%
34Not applicableNot applicable262124%, 124%, 124%, 198%
35Not applicableNot applicable279130%, 130%, 130%, 207%
36Not applicableNot applicable298136%, 136%, 136%, 218%
37Not applicableNot applicable317143%, 143%, 143%, 229%
38Not applicableNot applicable338150%, 150%, 150%, 240%
39Not applicableNot applicable360158%, 158%, 158%, 252%
40Not applicableNot applicable383166%, 166%, 166%, 265%

Quality effects

2 effects

Pustules 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.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, Projectile, Area, Chaos, Bow, Limit, DetonatesAfterTime, Rain, GroundTargetedProjectile, Barrageable, AttackInPlace, Plant, MirageArcherCanUse

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 5

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Bow, tier 5

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 5 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Bow

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Toxic Growth. 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

8 changes
0.3.0c
Direct change

Fixed a bug where the following skills were not scaling with modifiers to area damage: Toxic Growth, Magma Barrier, Whirlwind Lance (whirlwind only), Freezing Mark, Voltaic Mark, and Bloodhound's Mark.

0.2.0d
Direct change

Fix a bug where Toxic Growth could not be supported by Overabundance.

0.5.0
Direct change

Toxic Growth: Now fires 5 Pustules (previously 4), with a Limit of 5 Pustules (previously 12). Quality now grants Fires +0-1 Pustule and Limit +0-1 Pustule (previously +0-2 and +0-2).

0.4.0
Direct change

Toxic Growth: Now has Limit 12 Pustules (previously 8). Now fires 4 Pustules (previously 8). Now has 100% of base Attack Speed (previously 80%).

0.3.0
Direct change

Toxic Growth: Pustules now deal 46-100% Attack Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 42% at all Gem levels). Now a rain Skill, and no longer causes you to leap into the air on use. Now has the Barrageable tag. No longer has +0.7 seconds to Total Attack Time, and now has an Attack Speed of 80% of base.

0.2.0
Direct change

The jumps performed when using Escape Shot and Toxic Growth now allow you to jump over enemies and small amounts of terrain. Vaulting Impact will also receive this change at a later date.

0.2.0
Direct change

Toxic Growth now requires more Stored Poison to reach maximum Radius and Damage, and more Stored Poison to expire faster. Pustule Duration time is now 15 seconds (previously 6). Stored Poison now adds up to +1.5 metres to base Explosion Radius (previously +1). Now Fires 6 Arrows (previously 8), and Quality now provides Fires +0-2 Arrows and +0-2 Pustules (previously +0-3 Projectiels). Now has a limit of 6 Pustules.

0.2.0
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Toxic Growth poisoning on hit was not described.