PoE2 skill gem

Volatile Dead

Consume a Corpse to create a volatile core that seeks out enemies and Ignites enemies near it. The core explodes at the end of its duration.

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

10 effects
  • Consumes up to 1 Corpse
  • Core duration is 5 seconds

Volatile Dead

  • Consumes up to 1 Corpse
  • Core duration is 5 seconds

Explosion

  • Deals (3-20) to (4-29) Fire Damage
  • Volatile Dead Consumes up to 1 additional corpses
  • Explosion radius is 2.2 metres

Core

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
Volatile Dead levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 3 to 4 Fire DamageDeals 4 to 6 Fire Damage
104100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 44, 6
239100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%3, 55, 8
3614100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 57, 11
41021100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 69, 14
51428100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5, 712, 18
61835100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 815, 23
72241100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 1018, 28
82648100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7, 1123, 34
93157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%8, 1227, 41
103665100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9, 1333, 49
114174100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%10, 1539, 59
124682100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%11, 1646, 69
135292100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%12, 1853, 80
1458103100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%13, 1962, 93
1564113100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%14, 2172, 108
1666116100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%15, 2283, 124
1772126100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%16, 2496, 143
1878137100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%17, 26110, 165
1984147100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%18, 28127, 190
2090157100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%20, 29146, 218
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Volatile Dead levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 3 to 4 Fire DamageDeals 4 to 6 Fire Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%21, 31167, 251
22Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%22, 33192, 288
23Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%24, 35221, 331
24Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%25, 37253, 380
25Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%26, 40291, 437
26Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%28, 42334, 502
27Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%29, 44384, 577
28Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%31, 46442, 663
29Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%32, 49509, 763
30Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%34, 51586, 879
31Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%36, 53676, 1013
32Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%37, 56779, 1169
33Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%39, 59900, 1350
34Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%41, 611040, 1561
35Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%43, 641204, 1806
36Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%44, 671394, 2092
37Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%46, 701617, 2426
38Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%48, 721878, 2817
39Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%50, 752183, 3275
40Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%52, 782541, 3812

Quality effects

1 effects
  • (0-10)% chance to not destroy Consumed Corpse

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Compatibility rules

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

Granted by items

2 items

Acquisition

1 sources

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Volatile 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

1 changes
0.1.0d
Direct change

Fixed a bug where some fire spells, such as Volatile Dead and Incinerate, were not functioning correctly with Raging Spirits.

Monster skill variants

2 monsters

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

Blood Priestess

EG Blood Priest Volatile Dead

Iron Thaumaturgist

EG Corrupted Mage Runemarked Volatile Dead, SSM Corrupted Mage Runemarked Volatile Dead