Detonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire Level: (1-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160% AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Detonate Dead deals damage in two hits that get calculated separately, the fixed fire damage component and the corpse maximum life % component. [1]
Secondary damage: Detonate Dead's explosion deals secondary damage, hence it cannot be affected by stats affecting spell damage, including ones such as x% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells. However the corpse explosion component of the spell will receive bonuses from elemental, area, and fire related stats.
Partying: While in a party, the explosion ignores the increased life added for each player beyond the first and treats the monster's life as if the player was solo.[2]
Blocking: The damage from the Detonate Dead explosion cannot be blocked.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Fire Damage
Radius
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
4
0
0
5
15 to 22
N/A
0
0
2
6
0
0
6
21 to 32
N/A
841
841
3
9
17
0
6
32 to 42
N/A
3099
3940
4
12
21
14
7
36 to 53
N/A
7433
11373
5
16
26
18
8
48 to 72
N/A
22895
34268
6
20
31
22
9
63 to 94
N/A
49725
83993
7
24
37
25
10
80 to 121
N/A
95714
179707
8
28
42
29
11
102 to 153
N/A
169595
349302
9
32
47
33
11
128 to 192
N/A
283759
633061
10
36
52
36
12
159 to 238
N/A
453996
1087057
11
40
58
40
13
195 to 293
N/A
703128
1790185
12
44
63
44
14
239 to 359
N/A
1061223
2851408
13
48
68
48
15
291 to 436
N/A
2065870
4917278
14
52
74
51
16
352 to 529
N/A
2507110
7424388
15
55
78
54
16
406 to 609
N/A
2573731
9998119
16
58
82
57
17
466 to 699
N/A
7611351
17609470
17
61
86
60
18
535 to 802
N/A
13437908
31047378
18
64
90
62
18
612 to 918
N/A
25052147
56099525
19
67
94
65
19
700 to 1049
N/A
43869436
99968961
20
70
98
68
20
798 to 1197
N/A
242081178
342050139
21
72
100
70
20
871 to 1306
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
21
950 to 1424
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
21
1035 to 1552
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
21
1127 to 1691
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
22
1227 to 1841
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
22
1335 to 2003
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
23
1452 to 2178
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
23
1579 to 2368
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
24
1716 to 2573
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
24
1863 to 2795
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
24
1942 to 2913
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
25
2023 to 3035
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
25
2108 to 3162
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
25
2196 to 3294
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
25
2287 to 3431
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
25
2382 to 3573
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
26
2481 to 3722
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
26
2584 to 3875
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
26
2690 to 4035
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
26
2801 to 4202
N/A
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Detonate Dead can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Detonate Dead can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
13
The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Random corruptedlevel 21 Spell gem
A
6
The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gem
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality:+20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
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.
Detonate Dead now deals spell damage based on the level of the skill gem, in addition to damage based on the corpse's maximum life. The base fire damage dealt by the spell part of the explosion has been significantly increased. The skill now gains additional area of effect radius as it levels, and its base critical chance has been increased from 5% to 6%. The cast time has been lowered to 0.6 seconds (from 0.8).
This now deals entirely fire damage. It deals 8% of corpse life as well as flat damage. The damage increase per level has been significantly increased. The base cast time has been decreased from 850ms to 800ms. Quality on this skill now offers substantially less cast speed, from 60% cast speed at 20 quality to 20% cast speed at 20 quality.
The mana cost of Detonate Dead has been reduced at early levels so that it's around 40% cheaper. It ramps up to the same mana cost as before for high levels.