Fork Support

Fork SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: Y
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork
Supported Skills deal (-10-9)% more Projectile Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 31Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Support Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemFork

For the awakened variant, see Awakened Fork Support.

Fork is a support gem that causes any projectiles created by the supported skill to fork when they hit an enemy. The original projectile disappears and two new projectiles travel past the enemy away from each other at a 120º angle.

Any projectiles that pierce cannot fork, so Fork typically has no effect on skills like Freezing PulseFreezing PulseSpell, Projectile, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-21) Mana
Cast Time: 0.65 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 330%
Projectile Speed: 1800An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.Deals (8-1458) to (12-2188) Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Projectiles continuously lose Damage, up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate
Projectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-8) Mana
Attack Speed: 110% of base
Attack Damage: (80-125)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-125)%
Projectile Speed: 1000Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Projectiles that have Pierced deal (0.5-10)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. However, Divergent Slower Projectiles SupportSlower Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: J
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills have (20-30)% less Projectile Speed
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Projectile Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and Divergent Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
Icon: c
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times
Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. have a chance to prevent linked projectiles for piercing, thus enabling fork and chain. A projectile can only fork once. The two projectiles created by forking cannot themselves fork. See Forking for more information.

Gem level progression

Level			Projectile Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	31	52	10% less	0	0
2	34	57	9% less	285815	285815
3	36	60	8% less	252595	538410
4	38	63	7% less	314394	852804
5	40	66	6% less	388734	1241538
6	42	69	5% less	477437	1718975
7	44	72	4% less	583786	2302761
8	46	75	3% less	710359	3013120
9	48	78	2% less	1355511	4368631
10	50	81	1% less	1138877	5507508
11	52	84	N/A	1368233	6875741
12	54	87	1% more	1638338	8514079
13	56	90	2% more	1956648	10470727
14	58	93	3% more	3655184	14125911
15	60	96	4% more	3017327	17143238
16	62	99	5% more	7720126	24863364
17	64	102	6% more	15058455	39921819
18	66	105	7% more	25964218	65886037
19	68	108	8% more	62460771	128346808
20	70	111	9% more	211508743	339855551
21	72	114	10% more	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	11% more	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	12% more	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	13% more	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	14% more	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	15% more	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	16% more	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	17% more	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	18% more	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	19% more	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	19% more	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	20% more	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	20% more	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	21% more	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	21% more	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	22% more	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	22% more	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	23% more	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	23% more	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	24% more	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Damage	1

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0d	Fork Support now has a Cost and Reservation Multiplier of 130% (previously 140%).
3.15.0	Now has a 140% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 130%).
3.6.0	Now causes supported skills to deal 10% less damage at gem level 1 (from 30%), up to 9% more damage at gem level 20 (from 11% less).
1.2.0	The mana multiplier has been reduced from 125% to 115%.
0.10.0	Fork has been moved from level 15 to level 12. Damage penalty changed to -30% from -20%.
0.9.13	Fork has been added to the game.