Absolution

AbsolutionSpell, Minion, Duration, Physical, Lightning, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-26) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 12Damages enemies in an area, applying a debuff for a short duration. If a non-unique enemy dies while affected by the debuff, the enemy's corpse will be consumed to summon a Sentinel of Absolution for a longer secondary duration, or to refresh the duration and life of an existing one instead if you have the maximum number of them.Deals (21-873) to (31-1310) Physical Damage
Base duration is 1 seconds
Base secondary duration is 10 seconds
+(0-6) to radius
25% chance to Summon a Sentinel of Absolution on Hitting a Rare or Unique Enemy
This Spell and Minions Convert 50% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
Maximum 3 Summoned Sentinels of Absolution

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions deal 1% increased Damage1% increased Minion Movement SpeedSummoned Sentinels have 1% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAbsolution

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Absolution.

Absolution is a skill that damages enemies in an area, applying a debuff for a short duration. If a non-unique enemy dies while affected by the debuff, the enemy's corpse will be consumed to summon a friendly Sentinel of Absolution minion for a longer secondary duration, or to refresh the duration and life of an existing one instead if you have the maximum number of them.

Skill functions and interactions

• Despite what the gem says, the skill does not consume corpses when refreshing sentinels as of the launch of 3.19.

• Support gems: Any support gem that can apply to both a spell as well as to a minion skill will apply to both the spell cast by the player's skill and the Sentinels' relevant spells. For example, Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
  Icon: k
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
  Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
  Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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. will grant cause both the player's and minions' casts to repeat.
  • Sentinels will not affect additional areas if the skill gem is supported by Spell Cascade SupportSpell Cascade SupportAoE, Spell, Support
    Icon: p
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 4Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have (25-16)% less Area of Effect
    Supported Skills deal (40-31)% less Damage
    Supported Area of Effect Skills also affect areas in front of and behind the targeted area
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Area of 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., but will still be affected by Supported Skills deal x% less Damage.

Sentinel of Absolution

• Stats: Like most minions, Sentinels' life and base damage scale heavily with the gem level of Absolution. Sentinels have 40% Elemental Resistances and 20% Chaos Resistance by default. Sentinels have a base cast time of 1.33 and 6% base Critical Strike Chance. The minion's regular AbsolutionMinion spell has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage, and its empowered version, AbsolutionMinionEmpowered, has a value of 130%.
  • This Spell and Minions Convert 50% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage: 50% of the Sentinels' Physical damage dealt is converted to Lightning damage baseline. Using 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. allows full elemental conversion without requiring Triad GripTriad Grip
    Mesh GlovesArmour: (104-147)
    Energy Shield: (21-30)Requires Level 32, 26 Str, 26 Int(80-120)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
    Minions convert 25% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage per Red Socket
    Minions convert 25% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage per Green Socket
    Minions convert 25% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage per Blue Socket
    Minions convert 25% of Physical Damage to Chaos Damage per White Socket
    Minions have (5-10)% chance to Freeze, Shock and IgniteThe secret of the elements lies within a square triangle..

• Skills: A Sentinel of Absolution, according to the datamined material, is a reskinned Temple Adjudicator (which itself has another variant Heretical Adjudicator). It has a melee attack, which cannot normally be used, and two skills that are known for their internal IDs as AbsolutionMinion, and AbsolutionMinionEmpowered.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	9	21 to 31	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	17	10	26 to 40	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	12	36 to 55	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	13	49 to 74	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	14	65 to 98	N/A	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	15	86 to 129	N/A	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	16	112 to 167	N/A	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	17	135 to 203	N/A	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	18	163 to 245	N/A	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	19	196 to 294	N/A	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	20	235 to 352	N/A	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	20	281 to 421	N/A	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	21	335 to 502	N/A	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	22	398 to 597	N/A	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	23	473 to 709	N/A	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	24	560 to 840	N/A	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	25	627 to 940	N/A	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	25	700 to 1050	N/A	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	26	782 to 1173	N/A	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	26	873 to 1310	N/A	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	27	974 to 1461	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	27	1086 to 1629	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	28	1210 to 1815	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	29	1347 to 2021	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	29	1500 to 2250	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	30	1669 to 2503	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	30	1855 to 2783	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	31	2062 to 3093	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	32	2291 to 3437	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	32	2544 to 3817	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	32	2681 to 4021	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	33	2824 to 4237	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	33	2975 to 4463	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	33	3134 to 4701	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	34	3301 to 4952	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	34	3477 to 5215	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	34	3661 to 5492	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	34	3855 to 5782	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	35	4059 to 6088	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	35	4273 to 6410	N/A	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	Minions have (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	1

Item acquisition

Absolution can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Absolution can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence 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
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Absolution.

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
Enchantment Absolution Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Absolution Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Absolution Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Absolution Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Absolution Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Sentinel of Absolution Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Absolution Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Sentinel of Absolution Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Absolution Minion Area of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Summoned Sentinels of Absolution have 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Absolution Minion Area of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Summoned Sentinels of Absolution have 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Absolution:

Name	Stats
Disciples	Minions deal 20% increased Damage while you are affected by a Herald Summoned Sentinels have 25% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1]

Alternate skill effects

Absolution has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)

Version history

Version	Changes
3.21.0	Fixed a bug where Sentinels of Absolution would sometimes pause and play a taunt animation when not on full life.
3.19.0	The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill. Sentinels of Absolution now deal approximately 25% less damage at gem level 1, scaling to approximately 5% less damage at gem level 20. The player version of the skill now has +0 to radius at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to +6 to radius at gem level 20 (previously +4). Both the player and minion versions of the skill now have 6% base Critical Strike Chance (previously 5%). The regular Minion skill now has 180% Effectiveness of Added Damage (previously 100%), and the empowered version now has 130% (previously 100%).
3.17.0	Absolution now deals 21 to 31 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 873 to 1310 at gem level 20 (previously 588 to 882). Now has 200% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 130%).
3.16.0	Absolution now has +0 to radius at gem level 1, up to +4 to radius at gem level 20. Absolution now grants 25% chance to Summon a Sentinel of Absolution on Hitting a Rare or Unique Enemy (previously only Hitting a Unique Enemy).
3.15.0d	Absolution now deals 21 to 31 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 19 to 28), up to 588 to 882 at gem level 20 (previously 408 to 612). Sentinels of Absolution now deal 242% more damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 429% more damage at gem level 20.
3.15.0	Absolution has been added to the game.