Headhunter

This article needs to be updated.

Reason: version 3.18.0 removed all monster mod and replaced with Archnemesis modifiers

Please update this article to reflect newly available information. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page.

Headhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom

Acquisition
Drop level: 75
League-specific • NemesisVendor Offer
10x Alchemy Shard
9x Alteration ShardMetadata
Item class: Belt

Headhunter is a unique Leather BeltLeather BeltRequires Level 8+(25-40) to maximum Life, released in the Nemesis league. If players can consistently kill rare enemies, the Headhunter and are the best-in-slot belts for clearing Maps, Heists, Grand Heists, Blighted maps, Harbinger encounters and Delirium encounters. Other belts might be more suitable for bossing. Due to its powerful effects and low drop rate, the Headhunter and Mageblood are some of the most expensive items in each league, traded amongst players for many dozens of Exalted OrbsExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.. It is also commonly used as a status symbol.

There is no item in the game that provides the same effects, however the jewel provides a less powerful version of the Headhunter effect, with its ability to steal one mod from slain enemies as opposed to stealing all mods.

Sources

The most common methods to farm the Headhunter or Headhunter-related divination cards are:

No.	Method	To Obtain	Tips
1	Running certain maps which have a chance to drop Headhunter-related cards	Headhunter-related cards	Divination Scarabs improve the drop rate
2	Opening	Headhunter-related cards
3	Running any map	Headhunter	Reliquary Scarabs improve the drop rate
4	Using Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. on a white Leather BeltLeather BeltRequires Level 8+(25-40) to maximum Life	Headhunter
5	Using Ancients OrbsAncient OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a unique equipment as another of the same item classRight click this item then left click a unique item to apply it. on a Unique Leather BeltLeather BeltRequires Level 8+(25-40) to maximum Life	Headhunter	Item level 40 is best

Mechanics

Upon killing a rare monster, the player gains all of its monster modifiers for the next 60 seconds. You also gain the mods if a Minion, Trap, Mine or Totem kills a rare monster; this is an exception to the usual definition of "you".

The following mods can not be gained by the player:

• FracturedFractured
  Nemesis
• Inner TreasureInner Treasure
  Nemesis
  Monster drops 1 additional Unique Item (Hidden)
• Soul ConduitSoul Conduit
  Nemesis
  Corpse can not be destroyed (Hidden)
  Can not be dominated (Hidden)

Effects

An example showing the active mods stolen from slain enemies. Displayed mods: Frenzy Charges, Power Charges, Headhunter Buff, "Accuracy and Crits" Aura, Endurance Charges, "Energy Shield" Aura, "Medium Physical Damage" Aura, Tailwind, Inspiration Charges

Common mods that players can gain from killing rare enemies are listed in the table below. It is possible to gain all of these mods at once, if players can consistently kill rare enemies, therefore, it is possible to activate extreme defensiveness and huge damage boosts. Players will commonly gain mods that grant them a proximity shield, mods that multiply player's energy shield upto 10 times, and mods that grant improve damage and critical strike chance.

While the Headhunter has stolen mods from a slain enemy, it will display the activated mods next to the player's auras. The monster modifiers that Headhunter has stolen sometimes use alternate names, eg "Life Regen Aura" for the aura, and so on. The table below uses the name displayed on the buff bar.

Note: It is not possible to gain any "negative" mods from enemies such as curses or hexes. Mods gained will always have a positive effect either to improve the player's defense or offensive capability.

Icon	Mod Name	Effects
	Headhunter Buff Active	Always displays while the Headhunter is granting the player extra mods. A countdown timer indicates the duration remaining for the extra mods.

Main page: List of stolen mods

List of stolen mods

Corrupting

Before corrupting your Headhunter, remember to add Fertile CatalystFertile CatalystStack Size: 10Adds quality that enhances Life and Mana modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt
Replaces other quality typesRight click this item then left click a ring, amulet or belt to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity jewellery. The maximum quality is 20%.s or Intrinsic CatalystIntrinsic CatalystStack Size: 10Adds quality that enhances Attribute modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt
Replaces other quality typesRight click this item then left click a ring, amulet or belt to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity jewellery. The maximum quality is 20%.s on it first, and to reroll its stats using Divine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it. and Blessed OrbBlessed OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the values of the implicit modifiers of an itemRight click this item then left click another item to apply it., as its stats cannot be modified after it is corrupted.

Extremely wealthy players may risk their Headhunter and corrupt it using . It is possible to:

• Brick it by turning it into a Rare Belt
• Add an implicit
• No effect other than adding the corrupted property
• Other effects like transforming into another item

Implicits

The purpose of corrupting a Headhunter is to obtain rare Vaal Implicits. The full list of obtainable implicits for Headhunter can be found in List of belt modifiers § Corrupted

Alternate artwork

	Race season 7 prize for reaching 1000 RP.
	Relic version from the Timeworn Reliquary

Item skins

The following item skins apply only to Headhunter:

Item	Effect(s)
Alternate Art HeadhunterFile:Alternate Art Headhunter inventory icon.pngAlternate Art HeadhunterFile:Alternate Art Headhunter inventory icon.png	N/A
Bloodthirsty HeadhunterBloodthirsty HeadhunterBelt SkinYour Headhunter claims skulls in an explosive shower of gore.	Your Headhunter claims skulls in an explosive shower of gore.
Headhunter Character EffectFile:Headhunter Character Effect inventory icon.pngHeadhunter Character EffectCharacter EffectAttaches the Headhunter Character Effect to your belt. Skulls of slain rare enemies whirl around you like trophies and become enraged when you are near a rare enemy you are yet to kill.File:Headhunter Character Effect inventory icon.png	Attaches the Headhunter Character Effect to your belt. Skulls of slain rare enemies whirl around you like trophies and become enraged when you are near a rare enemy you are yet to kill.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.18.0e	The Unique Belt now has "When you Kill a Rare Monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds" (previously 20 seconds). The above changes affect existing versions We have done a lot of work on reducing the memory usage of rare monster modifiers so that a greater variety can be present in each area. This means that the number of different mods that Headhunter items can steal is a lot higher than before.
3.18.0	Archnemesis modifiers have been rebalanced and added to the core game. Existing Magic and Rare monster modifiers have been replaced with Archnemesis modifiers. Bloodlines and Nemesis have been removed from the core game. Some of their modifiers have been incorporated into the new monster modifier system (Read version 3.18.0 § Bloodlines and Nemesis Removal for details) Archnemesis modifiers are able to be gained by characters through sources such as Headhunter and , though you are only able to have one instance of each modifier at any given time.
3.14.0	Many unique items that were league-specific have now also been added to the core drop pool. (In content reveal video) No longer a Nemesis league-specific item. Now added to the core loot drop table.
3.7.0	Decreased the droprate of Headhunter
2.3.1	Fixed a bug where and did not correctly steal mods from Volatile Blood monsters.
1.1.5	Fixed a rare crash with the Headhunter unique.
1.0.4	Fixed an interaction between the Headhunter unique item and the Proximity Shield Nemesis mod, where the Proximity Shield did not expire.
1.0.2b	Fixed an instance crash related to Headhunter interacting with some Nemesis mods.
1.0.0	Introduced to the game.