Ethereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-20) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220% Projectile Speed: 1300Fires an arc of knives in front of the caster which deals physical damage.Deals (7-949) to (10-1423) Physical Damage Base duration is 6.00 seconds Leaves 50% fewer Lingering Blades in the ground if you don't Cast this Spell yourself Leaves a Lingering Blade in the ground for every 3 Projectiles fired (0-19)% increased Projectile Speed Fires (9-12) additional Projectiles Maximum 40 Lingering Blades can be left in the ground at a time
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: 1% increased Projectile SpeedFires 0.1 additional Projectiles0.5% chance to Impale on Spell HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Ethereal Knives (often referred to as EK) is a spell that throws ten knives in front of the caster that deal physical damage. Multiple knives cannot hit the same target. The angle of the spell's arc is fixed and does not depend on where the cursor is, unlike other projectile skills.
Despite the fact that it does physical damage, Ethereal Knives is a spell and not an attack. It does not utilize weapon damage in any way.
Lingering Blades: One in three projectiles from Ethereal Knives will leave a Lingering Blade on the ground. These blades can be detonated with Blade BlastBlade BlastSpell, AoE, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 70%Requires Level 16Deals spell damage in a targeted area. Each time this spell deals damage, it will detonate any of your Lingering Blades it touches, dealing damage again in an area around them. Up to 50 Blades can be detonated this way.Deals (11-309) to (17-464) Physical Damage Base radius is 1.4 metres
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.005-0.1) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or animated with Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (4-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Base duration is 40.00 seconds Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100) Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical Damage Minions deal (0-38)% more Damage Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons Minions have (0-38)% more Attack Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) to maximum number of Animated WeaponsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Lingering Blades have a duration of 6 seconds.
Physical spell damage: Ethereal Knives is affected by modifiers to Spell Damage, Physical Damage, and Projectile Damage. Its damage can also be improved by Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Fire Damage SupportFire, Physical, Support Icon: F Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills gain (25-39)% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Fire 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., Brutality SupportBrutality SupportPhysical, Support Icon: U Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Physical 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., Physical to Lightning SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportLightning, Physical, Support Icon: x Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills gain (10-29)% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage Supported Skills have 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Physical 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., HatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold Level: (1-20) Reservation: 50% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants extra cold damage based on physical damage to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius You and nearby allies gain (16-25)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage You and nearby allies deal (14-18)% more Cold Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., and Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Base duration is 4.00 seconds (0-38)% more Burning Damage Buff grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Buff grants (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base burning damage is an additional (0.25-5)% of Overkill DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Projectile speed: The projectiles move at an average speed of close to 120 units/s for roughly 0.25 seconds, putting their effective range at somewhere around 30ish units. They inherently have a variation of +/−40% base speed, but the average will be around 30.[1] Modifiers to projectile speed will increase the average distance that Ethereal Knives projectiles travel before they fade, effectively increasing the maximum range of the spell.
Return: Unlike other projectiles with a limited duration, Returning Projectiles SupportReturning Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile Icon: R Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Projectiles from Supported Skills Return to you Projectiles from Supported Skills deal (70-61)% less Damage with Hits and Ailments while Returning Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce all Targets while Returning
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Projectile SpeedThis 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. will cause Ethereal Knives projectiles to return at the end of their duration. Each projectile will return at the same speed it started travelling at, thus all lingering blades will be left at the location the spell was cast from.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Physical Damage
increased Projectile Speed
Extra Projectiles
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
1
0
0
5
7 to 10
N/A
N/A
0
0
2
2
0
0
5
9 to 12
N/A
N/A
70
70
3
4
0
0
5
10 to 15
N/A
N/A
308
378
4
7
14
0
6
14 to 20
N/A
N/A
1554
1932
5
11
19
0
7
20 to 30
N/A
N/A
6667
8599
6
16
26
18
8
31 to 46
N/A
N/A
26047
34646
7
20
31
22
9
42 to 63
N/A
N/A
49725
84371
8
24
37
25
10
56 to 85
N/A
N/A
95714
180085
9
28
42
29
11
75 to 112
N/A
N/A
169595
349680
10
32
47
33
11
98 to 147
N/A
N/A
283759
633439
11
36
52
36
12
128 to 191
N/A
N/A
453996
1087435
12
40
58
40
13
165 to 247
N/A
N/A
703128
1790563
13
44
63
44
14
211 to 316
N/A
N/A
1061223
2851786
14
48
68
48
15
269 to 403
N/A
N/A
2065870
4917656
15
52
74
51
16
341 to 511
N/A
N/A
2507110
7424766
16
56
79
55
17
431 to 646
N/A
N/A
5798936
13223702
17
60
84
59
18
542 to 813
N/A
N/A
15083919
28307621
18
64
90
62
18
679 to 1019
N/A
N/A
27792735
56100356
19
67
94
65
19
804 to 1205
N/A
N/A
43869739
99970095
20
70
98
68
20
949 to 1423
N/A
N/A
242081556
342051651
21
72
100
70
20
1059 to 1589
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
21
1182 to 1773
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
21
1318 to 1977
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
21
1469 to 2204
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
22
1636 to 2455
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
22
1822 to 2733
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
23
2027 to 3041
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
23
2255 to 3383
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
24
2507 to 3761
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
24
2787 to 4180
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
24
2937 to 4406
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
25
3096 to 4644
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
25
3263 to 4894
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
25
3438 to 5157
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
25
3622 to 5434
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
25
3816 to 5725
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
26
4020 to 6031
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
26
4235 to 6352
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
26
4461 to 6691
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
26
4698 to 7047
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
Fires +(0.1-2) Projectiles
1
The Anomalous quality has breakpoints and instead provides 1 additional projectile per 10% quality.
Item acquisition
Ethereal Knives can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Ethereal Knives 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 the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.
Item
Limit
Radius
Stats
Drop Enabled
Ring of BladesRing of Blades Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Ethereal Knives fires Projectiles in a circleAt night, as a young Daresso shared his bed with a woman whose name he could not recall, his thoughts remained in the one place he called his own: The Grand Arena.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
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.
Added Eternal Labyrinth Helmet Enchantments for SparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-21) Mana Cast Time: 0.65 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190% Projectile Speed: 420Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Deals (1-104) to (28-1983) Lightning Damage Base duration is 2.00 seconds Fires (4-8) Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires +(0.1-2) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Ethereal Knives that cause projectiles to fire in a circle. The Spark projectile speed Helmet Enchantments and the Ethereal Knives Pierce Helmet Enchantment have been removed.
This is due to the removal of Ring of BladesRing of Blades Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Ethereal Knives fires Projectiles in a circleAt night, as a young Daresso shared his bed with a woman whose name he could not recall, his thoughts remained in the one place he called his own: The Grand Arena.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. and Hazardous ResearchHazardous Research Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Lightning Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Spark fires Projectiles in a circleOf the elements at the thaumaturgist's disposal, lightning remained the least understood. The simple passage of energy from one to another could result in profound power, or rapid death.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. from the drop pool.
Can now create Lingering Blades. These can be animated with Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (4-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Base duration is 40.00 seconds Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100) Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical Damage Minions deal (0-38)% more Damage Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons Minions have (0-38)% more Attack Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.1-2) to maximum number of Animated WeaponsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or destroyed with Blade BlastBlade BlastSpell, AoE, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 70%Requires Level 16Deals spell damage in a targeted area. Each time this spell deals damage, it will detonate any of your Lingering Blades it touches, dealing damage again in an area around them. Up to 50 Blades can be detonated this way.Deals (11-309) to (17-464) Physical Damage Base radius is 1.4 metres
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.005-0.1) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. These blades have a base duration of 6 seconds at all gem levels.
Now grants 1% Increased projectile speed per 1% quality instead of increased projectile damage. Base Cast Speed has been decreased from a cast time of 800ms to 600ms, the mana costs have been reduced to compensate for the increase in cast speed. Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.