Contagion
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Contagion is a spell that deals chaos damage to all enemies in the area, and spreads when an enemy dies. Neither the duration of Contagion nor associated degeneration effects (Essence DrainEssence DrainSpell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Deals (9-644) to (13-966) Chaos Damage
Deals (31.2-1509.4) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Regenerate +(0.025-0.5)% of Debuff Damage as LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.) are reset when spread to allies on death.
Skill functions and interactions
- Damage over time: Modifiers to spell, chaos damage, and damage over time affect the damage over time component of this spell.
- Area of effect: modifiers to AoE radius (such as #% increased Radius of Area Skills from Increased Area of Effect SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportSupport, AoE
Icon: E
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports any skill with an area of effect.Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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.) affect both skill radius and spread radius of Contagion and Essence Drain effects.[1] Area damage (from e.g. Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
Icon: o
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Area Damage
Supported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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.) does not apply.[2] - Contagion does not hit, and therefore cannot confer the effects of supports such as Blind SupportBlind SupportSupport
Icon: x
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Blind EffectThis 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. or Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
Icon: &
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
35% less Effect of Supported Curses
Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse DurationThis 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.. - Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | Chaos Damage per sec | Exp. | Total Exp. | |||
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1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.3 | 841 | 841 |
3 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5.7 | 3099 | 3940 |
4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7.4 | 7433 | 11373 |
5 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 10.2 | 22895 | 34268 |
6 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 13.6 | 49725 | 83993 |
7 | 24 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 95714 | 179707 |
8 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 11 | 23.3 | 169595 | 349302 |
9 | 32 | 33 | 47 | 11 | 29.9 | 283759 | 633061 |
10 | 36 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 38.1 | 453996 | 1087057 |
11 | 40 | 40 | 58 | 13 | 48.1 | 703128 | 1790185 |
12 | 44 | 44 | 63 | 14 | 60.3 | 1061223 | 2851408 |
13 | 48 | 48 | 68 | 15 | 75.2 | 2065870 | 4917278 |
14 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 16 | 93.3 | 2507110 | 7424388 |
15 | 55 | 54 | 78 | 16 | 109.5 | 2573731 | 9998119 |
16 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 17 | 128.1 | 7611351 | 17609470 |
17 | 61 | 60 | 86 | 18 | 149.6 | 13437908 | 31047378 |
18 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 18 | 174.4 | 25052147 | 56099525 |
19 | 67 | 65 | 94 | 19 | 203 | 43869436 | 99968961 |
20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 20 | 235.9 | 242081178 | 342050139 |
21 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 20 | 260.5 | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 287.5 | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 317.2 | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 349.7 | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 22 | 385.4 | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 22 | 424.5 | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 23 | 467.3 | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 23 | 514.3 | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 565.7 | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 621.9 | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 652 | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 683.5 | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 716.5 | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 750.9 | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 787 | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 824.7 | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 864.1 | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 905.4 | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 948.5 | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 993.6 | N/A | N/A |
Item acquisition
Contagion can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Contagion can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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3 | The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater. | Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality | A |
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 corrupted level 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:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Alternate skill effects
Name | Cost | Description |
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Arcane Contagion EffectArcane Contagion EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Contagion becomes a blue arcane effect. | 90 | Replaces the standard effect on a ContagionContagionSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-20) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 sec AoE Radius: 20Requires Level 4Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.Deals (3.5-235.9) Base Chaos Damage per second Base duration is 5.00 seconds Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Base radius is 1.7 metres Spreads when affected Enemy dies Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a blue arcane effect. Preview |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Contagion.
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 | |
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Enchantment Contagion Damage 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 25% increased Contagion Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Contagion Damage 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 40% increased Contagion Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Contagion Duration 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 20% increased Contagion Duration | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Contagion Duration 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 30% increased Contagion Duration | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Contagion Radius 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 16% increased Contagion Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Contagion Radius 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 24% increased Contagion Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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2.6.0 |
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2.2.1d |
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2.1.1c |
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2.1.1b |
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2.1.1 |
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2.1.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (August 1, 2016). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ Rory (May 3, 2017). "Damage Over Time Changes - Part 2". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 7, 2017.