PoE2 skill gem

Wardbound Minions

Spend all your Runic Ward to summon Temporary Wardbound Casters. These Minions target nearby enemies with damaging Cold Spells.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.

Full patch history

Effects

4 effects

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90)
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90)

Gem level progression

40 levels
Wardbound Minions levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageSummon one Wardbound Minion on Skill use and an additional Minion for each additional 11 Runic Ward spentLimit 15 Summoned Wardbound MinionsMinion Level
1011100%, 100%, 100%11152
2312100%, 100%, 100%12154
3614100%, 100%, 100%14166
41015100%, 100%, 100%15168
51417100%, 100%, 100%171710
61819100%, 100%, 100%191712
72221100%, 100%, 100%211814
82623100%, 100%, 100%231816
93126100%, 100%, 100%261918
103628100%, 100%, 100%281920
114131100%, 100%, 100%312022
124633100%, 100%, 100%332024
135236100%, 100%, 100%362126
145839100%, 100%, 100%392128
156442100%, 100%, 100%422230
166645100%, 100%, 100%452232
177248100%, 100%, 100%482334
187852100%, 100%, 100%522336
198455100%, 100%, 100%552438
209059100%, 100%, 100%592440
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Wardbound Minions levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelManaBase DamageSummon one Wardbound Minion on Skill use and an additional Minion for each additional 11 Runic Ward spentLimit 15 Summoned Wardbound MinionsMinion Level
21Not applicable63100%, 100%, 100%632542
22Not applicable67100%, 100%, 100%672544
23Not applicable72100%, 100%, 100%722646
24Not applicable76100%, 100%, 100%762648
25Not applicable81100%, 100%, 100%812750
26Not applicable86100%, 100%, 100%862752
27Not applicable91100%, 100%, 100%912854
28Not applicable97100%, 100%, 100%972856
29Not applicable102100%, 100%, 100%1022958
30Not applicable108100%, 100%, 100%1082960
31Not applicable114100%, 100%, 100%1143062
32Not applicable121100%, 100%, 100%1213064
33Not applicable128100%, 100%, 100%1283166
34Not applicable135100%, 100%, 100%1353168
35Not applicable142100%, 100%, 100%1423270
36Not applicable150100%, 100%, 100%1503272
37Not applicable158100%, 100%, 100%1583374
38Not applicable166100%, 100%, 100%1663376
39Not applicable175100%, 100%, 100%1753478
40Not applicable184100%, 100%, 100%1843580

Quality effects

2 effects

Wardbound Minions standard quality

  • +(0-2) Spell casts before dispersing

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: Spell, CreatesMinion, Duration, MinionsCanExplode, Trappable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Unleashable, UsableWhileMoving, Minion

Minion Type: Spell, Damage, Area, Cold

Level this Kalguuran gem

Use Thaumaturgic Flux instead of treating it as a normal gem upgrade.

Levels 1 to 20

Apply the Thaumaturgic Flux whose level matches the level you want this gem to become. A Flux cannot lower the gem below its current level. Check the resulting level requirement before applying a high-level Flux.

Target level1Target level2Target level3Target level4Target level5Target level6Target level7Target level8Target level9Target level10Target level11Target level12Target level13Target level14Target level15Target level16Target level17Target level18Target level19Target level20

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Wardbound Minions. 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
0.5.0
Direct change

Added 23 Kalguuran Skills that can be crafted from Remnants: Animus Exchange, Animus Splinters, Bitter Dead, Conductive Runes, Detonate Living, Eternal March, Explosive Transmutation, Fragments of the Past, Frostflame Nova, Grim Pillars, Hollow Shell, Leylines, Powered by Verisium, Rain of Blades, Refutation, Remnants of Kalguur, Repulsion, Runic Reprieve, Skyfall, Triskelion Cascade, Verisium Manifestations, Voltaic Barrier, and Wardbound Minions.