World drop
The Searing Touch can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.
- Drop
- Enabled
- Restriction
- None
- Orb of Chance
- Eligible
Unique Staves
The Searing Touch
The Searing Touch is a unique Pyrophyte Staff focused on Ignite. Its defining modifiers are “Ignites you inflict spread to other Enemies that stay within 1.5 metres for 1 second” and “100% increased Ignite Magnitude”.0.5.4d
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.
Item effects
6 linesVaal Cultivation Orb
Other Unique ruleThe Searing Touch is not listed among the 48 corrupted Vaal Uniques with an item-specific Cultivation modifier pool. Using a Vaal Cultivation Orb follows the separate rule for other Uniques: it replaces the item with a random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class.
- Target class
- Staves
- Result
- Random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class
- Exact pool
- Not published as an exhaustive list
The exact random pool depends on item class and current eligibility rules, so it is not represented as a fixed item-to-item outcome.
Compare the Vaal Unique modifier pools and the other Unique ruleHow to get The Searing Touch
World drop
Vaal Orb outcomes
4 outcomes / 14 enchantmentsVaal Orb can corrupt The Searing Touch. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.
No change.
Applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x (in 0.01 increments) before rounding to explicit modifiers. Applies before quality effects.
- The resulting values are rounded to the nearest whole number, rather than always being rounded down like most decimal values in the game. However, testing suggests the game may use truncation with a +0.5 shift instead of standard rounding. This appears to bias internally negative stats (like 10% Reduced Dexterity) toward zero, preventing some expected values from appearing while making others more common. A formula of trunc(value + 0.5) may explain this behavior.
Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.
Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.
- For jewellery, no change. (This outcome is not removed by Omen of Corruption.)
- The item cannot have more sockets than the amount of space the item takes up.
- If the item is socketed with Cadigan's Epiphany, the item cannot gain an augment socket via corruption.
Possible corruption enchantments14
(10-20)% reduced Attribute RequirementsLocal / Level 1
(10-15)% increased Cast SpeedGlobal / Level 1
(20-30)% increased Critical Hit Chance for SpellsGlobal / Level 1
Gain (20-25) Life per Enemy KilledGlobal / Level 1
Gain (10-15) Mana per Enemy KilledGlobal / Level 1
(40-50)% increased Spell DamageLocal / Level 1
(20-30)% increased chance to IgniteGlobal / Level 1
(20-30)% increased Freeze BuildupGlobal / Level 1
(20-30)% increased chance to ShockGlobal / Level 1
+1 to Level of all Physical Spell SkillsGlobal / Level 1
+1 to Level of all Fire Spell SkillsGlobal / Level 1
+1 to Level of all Cold Spell SkillsGlobal / Level 1
+1 to Level of all Lightning Spell SkillsGlobal / Level 1
+1 to Level of all Chaos Spell SkillsGlobal / Level 1
How it works
1 interactionsRelated mechanics
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MechanicSpreading AilmentsSpreading an Ailment creates a new matching Ailment on another target from the same source. Target-history and source restrictions prevent the spread from looping indefinitely.
MechanicFlammabilityFlammability is a stackable Debuff that builds from contributing damage and determines the chance for Hits to Ignite. It is not itself an Ailment, and its magnitude is separate from the magnitude of the resulting Ignite.
Patch history
1 changesDirect change
The Searing Touch Unique Staff now provides "Ignites Spread to other Enemies that stay within 1.5 metres for 1 second". Existing items will not have this mod.
Base, mechanics, and similar items
7 connections
Base typePyrophyte StaffGrants Skill: Solar Orb
Granted skillSolar OrbCreate 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.
Referenced mechanicFireFire connects 149 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicFlammabilityFlammability connects 7 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicIgniteIgnite connects 10 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicMagnitudeMagnitude connects 17 imported PoE2 records.
Referenced mechanicSpreading AilmentsSpreading creates a new matching Ailment on another target from the same source, with restrictions that prevent repeated loops.
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