Split Arrow

The Ranger paused. She was surrounded. The enemy from the front was merely a diversion, the real threats now flanked her from the left and right. They closed silently in the shadows, believing themselves unseen. Seconds ticked slowly by as she waited, wanting them to be complacent, wanting them to believe her vulnerable. As they drew nearer, her bowstring hand slid gently back, the arrow cocked and waiting. Then, in a blur, her weapon came up, the missile rocketing forth, a streak of hissing death. There was a brief pause, and then if by magic, all three foes fell as one, apparently struck by copies of the same arrow. Lowering her bow, the Ranger smirked, and silently thanked her teacher for the hours spent mastering Split Arrow.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Split Arrow is a ranged attack skill, firing multiple arrows at different targets.

Skill functions and interactions

Additional Projectiles: Like all bow attacks which fire more than one projectile simultaneously, a single enemy cannot be hit by more than one projectile per attack. If multiple arrows are on course to impact any given monster, all but one will ignore that monster and travel past to potentially hit enemies behind the first one encountered.

Arrow Spread: The angular spread of Split Arrow's projectiles can be controlled by aiming closer to or farther away from the player. The spread will be smaller when aiming further away and larger when aiming closer.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	extra Arrows	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	6	100%	100%	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	6	101%	101%	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	6	102%	102%	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	7	103%	103%	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	31	7	104%	104%	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	41	7	105%	105%	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	50	7	106%	106%	N/A	49725	84371
8	24	58	8	107%	107%	N/A	95714	180085
9	28	67	8	108%	108%	N/A	169595	349680
10	32	75	8	109%	109%	N/A	283759	633439
11	36	83	8	110%	110%	N/A	453996	1087435
12	40	92	8	111%	111%	N/A	703128	1790563
13	44	100	9	112%	112%	N/A	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	9	113%	113%	N/A	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	9	114%	114%	N/A	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	9	115%	115%	N/A	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	9	116%	116%	N/A	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	10	117%	117%	N/A	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	10	118%	118%	N/A	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	10	119%	119%	N/A	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	10	120%	120%	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	10	121%	121%	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	122%	122%	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	123%	123%	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	124%	124%	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	11	125%	125%	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	11	126%	126%	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	127%	127%	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	128%	128%	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	129%	129%	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	12	130%	129.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	12	130%	130%	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	131%	130.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	131%	131%	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	132%	131.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	13	132%	132%	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	13	133%	132.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	14	133%	133%	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	14	134%	133.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	14	134%	134%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Demonic Split Arrow EffectDemonic Split Arrow EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Split Arrow becomes a demonic effect.	95	Replaces the standard effect on a Split Arrow skill gem with a demonic effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Split Arrow.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	60% increased Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	90% increased Split Arrow Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Split Arrow Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Split Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Split Arrow Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Split Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Split Arrow Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Split Arrow fires 2 additional Projectiles	helmet 100
Enchantment Split Arrow Num Of Additional Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Split Arrow fires 3 additional Projectiles	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	The number of additional arrows that Split Arrow grants at level 20 has been reduced from 8 to 6. It still starts at four additional arrows at level 1, with the levels in between interpolated.
2.0.0	Fires 4 additional projectiles at level 1 (up from 2 additional) and fires one additional projectile every 4 gem levels. Base Damage has been increased from 80% to 90%. Instead of gaining 3% Physical Damage per level, Split Arrow now gains 1% Base Damage per level.
1.0.0	Reduced the mana cost.
0.10.0	Is now player level 1 (was 4).
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats. From 1% attack speed per quality point to 0.35%.
0.9.12j	Fixed a bug where firing a Split Arrow when you are out of mana would not correctly fall back to a normal attack.
0.9.5c	Reduced the mana cost so that it increases by 3 per arrow rather than by 6.
0.9.5	Mana costs increased based on number of arrows.
0.9.3c	Fixed a bug that caused damage bonuses to not appear Increased damage by raising its flat damage penalty from -30% to -20%.
0.9.1	Split Arrow now fires additional arrows at higher levels.
0.6.13	Added Split Arrow skill