Animate Weapon

Animate Weapon is a spell that animates a melee weapon on the ground as an allied minion.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Animate Weapon can be used on identified weapons lying on the ground, but not on any ranged weapons unless Spirit GuardsSpirit Guards
Viridian JewelLimited to: 1
Radius: MediumMinions deal (8-12)% increased Damage
With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged WeaponsLong after the Karui passed through,
the whispers of those who stood their ground
at Lioneye's Watch could be heard amongst the rubble.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. is used. The weapon is permanently consumed. If the "Key Pickup" option is enabled in the UI tab of the Options menu, the "Highlight items and objects" key must be held down in order to cast Animate Weapon. Attempting to animate a weapon with an item level higher than the level of the gem allows will cost mana and perform the cast animation but have no effect.

Animated Weapons are flying monsters, meaning they can fly over small obstacles. Flyers also can't be damaged by ground effects (e.g. burning ground). Flyers can travel over non-flying monsters without blocking their movement.

Animated Weapons are minions that are considered to be using the original weapon animated. They are therefore affected by modifiers to minions, as well as support gems for weapons, such as , but not affected by any of the player's damage or weapon modifiers.

Related Item

• Jorrhast's Blacksteel

Enchantment

• Helmet: 16% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copy (merciless labyrinth)
• Helmet: 24% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copy (the eternal labyrinth)

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	max. Item Level	% Base Damage	increased Attack Speed	additional Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	5 to 8	0	0
2	6	0	0	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	6 to 11	841	841
3	9	17	0	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	10 to 15	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	13 to 18	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	17 to 25	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	21 to 32	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	26 to 38	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	32 to 47	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	39 to 57	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	48 to 72	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	53 to 81	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	61 to 91	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	68 to 99	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	73 to 112	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	83 to 124	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	89 to 136	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	99 to 148	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	108 to 159	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	115 to 173	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	126 to 184	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	130 to 190	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	134 to 196	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	138 to 202	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	142 to 208	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	146 to 214	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	150 to 220	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	155 to 227	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	160 to 234	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	165 to 241	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	170 to 248	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	175 to 255	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	180 to 263	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	185 to 271	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	191 to 279	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	197 to 287	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	203 to 296	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	209 to 305	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	215 to 314	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	221 to 323	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	228 to 333	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewel

The following threshold jewels augment the skill gem:

• Spirit GuardsSpirit Guards
  Viridian JewelLimited to: 1
  Radius: MediumMinions deal (8-12)% increased Damage
  With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged WeaponsLong after the Karui passed through,
  the whispers of those who stood their ground
  at Lioneye's Watch could be heard amongst the rubble.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.

Monster stats

Animated Weapon

Resistances:

• Normal: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in normal difficulty|?Has cold resistance in normal difficulty|?Has fire resistance in normal difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in normal difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Cruel: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has cold resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has fire resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in cruel difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
• Merciless: {{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionTotem|?Has lightning resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has cold resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has fire resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in merciless difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}

Level	Life	Attack Speed
4	92	1.00
6	120	1.00
9	164	1.00
12	220	1.00
16	308	1.00
20	420	1.00
24	560	1.00
28	732	1.00
32	944	1.00
36	1200	1.00
40	1516	1.00
44	1896	1.00
48	2360	1.00
52	2920	1.00
55	3412	1.00
58	3984	1.00
61	4636	1.00
64	5384	1.00
67	6244	1.00
70	7228	1.00
72	7964	1.00
74	8768	1.00
76	9644	1.00
78	10604	1.00
80	11652	1.00
82	12796	1.00
84	14044	1.00
86	15412	1.00
88	16900	1.00
90	18524	1.00

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Now has a maximum of 50 animated weapon minions that can be active at once.
2.3.0	Animate Weapon and Animate Guardian have had their range modified. Previously there was a bug where you could bypass the range. Now that this is fixed, the range has been tripled from 25 to 75 units.
1.0.6	The Animate Weapon skill now adds a flat physical damage to the weapon. The animated weapon has had its innate elemental resistance values increased. , Blood Rage, Conversion Trap, Animate Weapon and have had their base duration increased by 25%.
1.0.1	Fixed an issue with key pickup and the Animate (Weapon and Guardian) skills.
1.0.0b	Fixed a problem where an Animated Weapon would pause for too long when summoned.
1.0.0	Animate Weapon has been added to the game.