Animate Guardian
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Animate Guardian is a spell, animating weapons and armour on the ground to form an allied minion.
Skill functions and interactions
Using this skill on an identified item on the ground creates an Animated Guardian that moves and attacks similar to a zombie. Similar to Spectres and unlike other minions, a Guardian stays with you even after logging off and on. If you unequip the skill gem, the Guardian disappears until you equip the gem again, at which point the same Guardian (retaining all its equipment) reappears after casting the spell again. Socketing the gem in a weapon or shield slot allows you to recall the Guardian at will by switching weapon sets (default hotkey: X).
You can only have one Guardian at a time. It can be equipped with a helmet, body armour, pair of gloves, pair of boots, a shield, and melee weapons. Ranged weapons cannot be animated, similar to 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.. Items can be of any rarity, but must be identified and on the ground to be used. Animated items are consumed by the spell and cannot be recovered. Items containing skill gems cannot be animated, so the Guardian cannot use trigger gems.
Items that have modifiers like +x to Maximum life or +x% increased Attack Speed, and even corrupted implicits, apply to the Guardian the same way they apply to player characters; so animating magic or rare equipment can potentially give you a very powerful minion. Unique items can also be used, but they are usually too valuable to sacrifice.
The Guardian uses weapons and shields in the same way as player characters, and can dual wield if two one-handed weapons are animated. If you animate an item type that the Guardian is already using (such as a helmet), the new item will overwrite the old one. Equipping an armour piece restores 25% of its life; equipping one-handed weapons or shields will alternate between left and right hand. You cannot equip two shields.
The Guardian does not share your max amount of curses you can apply to enemies, and therefore functions as a player with the default curse limit when applying curses (through corrupted gloves, for example).
Items deleted on Death: When a Guardian dies, all its equipment is deleted and cannot be recovered. This makes very risky to use powerful or valuable items on an Animated Guardian. It is possible to prevent a body armour worn by a Guardian from being deleted upon Guardian death by crafting Equipped Animated Guardian drops item on death on the Armourer's Workbench.
Necromantic Aegis: While using Necromantic Aegis your Guardian benefits from its own shield as well as the one you have equipped, allowing it to gain the benefit of two shields at once. Some unique shields can be quite powerful when doubled up this way.[1]
Player versus Player: Animated Guardians killed in PvP areas will not lose their items.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | max. Req. Level | increased maximum Life | increased Physical Damage | additional Physical Damage | Exp. | Total Exp. | |||
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1 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 33 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
2 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 36 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 199345 | 199345 |
3 | 34 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 39 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 285815 | 485160 |
4 | 37 | 54 | 37 | 13 | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 401344 | 886504 |
5 | 40 | 58 | 40 | 13 | 46 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 554379 | 1440883 |
6 | 42 | 60 | 42 | 14 | 48 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 477437 | 1918320 |
7 | 44 | 63 | 44 | 14 | 51 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 583786 | 2502106 |
8 | 46 | 66 | 46 | 15 | 53 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 710359 | 3212465 |
9 | 48 | 68 | 48 | 15 | 56 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1355511 | 4567976 |
10 | 50 | 71 | 49 | 15 | 58 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1138877 | 5706853 |
11 | 52 | 74 | 51 | 16 | 61 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1368233 | 7075086 |
12 | 54 | 76 | 53 | 16 | 63 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1638338 | 8713424 |
13 | 56 | 79 | 55 | 17 | 66 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1956648 | 10670072 |
14 | 58 | 82 | 57 | 17 | 68 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3655184 | 14325256 |
15 | 60 | 84 | 59 | 18 | 71 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3017327 | 17342583 |
16 | 62 | 87 | 60 | 18 | 73 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7759995 | 25102578 |
17 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 18 | 76 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15138193 | 40240771 |
18 | 66 | 92 | 64 | 19 | 79 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26083825 | 66324596 |
19 | 68 | 95 | 66 | 19 | 82 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 62620247 | 128944843 |
20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 20 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 211708088 | 340652931 |
21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 20 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 22 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 22 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 23 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 23 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Item acquisition
Animate Guardian can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Animate Guardian can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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6 | The SummonerThe Summoner6Minion Gem Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare. | Random Minion gem with 20% 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 |
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 ↓ | |||||||
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Monster stats
Animated Guardian
Resistances:
- 40% Fire, Cold and Lightning Resistance
- 20% Chaos Resistance
Level | Life | Attack Speed |
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28 | 823 | 1.00 |
31 | 999 | 1.00 |
34 | 1197 | 1.00 |
37 | 1431 | 1.00 |
40 | 1705 | 1.00 |
42 | 1908 | 1.00 |
44 | 2133 | 1.00 |
46 | 2380 | 1.00 |
48 | 2655 | 1.00 |
50 | 2952 | 1.00 |
52 | 3285 | 1.00 |
54 | 3645 | 1.00 |
56 | 4045 | 1.00 |
58 | 4482 | 1.00 |
60 | 4959 | 1.00 |
62 | 5485 | 1.00 |
64 | 6057 | 1.00 |
66 | 6687 | 1.00 |
68 | 7380 | 1.00 |
70 | 8131 | 1.00 |
72 | 8959 | 1.00 |
74 | 9864 | 1.00 |
76 | 10849 | 1.00 |
78 | 11929 | 1.00 |
80 | 13108 | 1.00 |
82 | 14395 | 1.00 |
84 | 15799 | 1.00 |
86 | 17338 | 1.00 |
88 | 19012 | 1.00 |
90 | 20839 | 1.00 |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Animate Guardian.
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.
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Version history
Version | Changes |
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2.3.0 |
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2.0.0 |
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1.2.1 |
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1.2.0 |
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1.1.4b |
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1.1.0d |
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1.0.1 |
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1.0.0e |
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1.0.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (June 16, 2014). "Animate Guardian". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved October 22, 2014.