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.

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	9	N/A	N/A	5 to 8	0	0
2	6	0	0	5	11	N/A	N/A	6 to 11	841	841
3	9	17	0	5	14	N/A	N/A	10 to 15	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	6	18	N/A	N/A	13 to 18	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	7	22	N/A	N/A	17 to 25	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	7	26	N/A	N/A	21 to 32	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	8	31	N/A	N/A	26 to 38	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	8	35	N/A	N/A	32 to 47	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	9	40	N/A	N/A	39 to 57	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	10	44	N/A	N/A	48 to 72	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	10	49	N/A	N/A	53 to 81	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	11	53	N/A	N/A	61 to 91	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	12	58	N/A	N/A	68 to 99	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	12	62	N/A	N/A	73 to 112	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	13	66	N/A	N/A	83 to 124	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	13	70	N/A	N/A	89 to 136	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	14	74	N/A	N/A	99 to 148	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	15	78	N/A	N/A	108 to 159	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	15	82	N/A	N/A	115 to 173	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	16	100	N/A	N/A	126 to 184	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	17	100	N/A	N/A	130 to 190	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	17	100	N/A	N/A	134 to 196	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	18	100	N/A	N/A	138 to 202	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	19	100	N/A	N/A	142 to 208	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	19	100	N/A	N/A	146 to 214	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	20	100	N/A	N/A	150 to 220	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	20	100	N/A	N/A	155 to 227	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	21	100	N/A	N/A	160 to 234	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	22	100	N/A	N/A	165 to 241	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	22	100	N/A	N/A	170 to 248	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	23	100	N/A	N/A	175 to 255	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	23	100	N/A	N/A	180 to 263	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	23	100	N/A	N/A	185 to 271	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	24	100	N/A	N/A	191 to 279	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	24	100	N/A	N/A	197 to 287	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	24	100	N/A	N/A	203 to 296	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	25	100	N/A	N/A	209 to 305	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	25	100	N/A	N/A	215 to 314	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	25	100	N/A	N/A	221 to 323	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	25	100	N/A	N/A	228 to 333	N/A	N/A

Related items

Item

Jorrhast's BlacksteelJorrhast's Blacksteel SteelheadTwo Hand Mace Physical Damage: (135-162) to (202.5-243) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: (1.40-1.46) Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 44, 143 Str45% increased Stun Duration on Enemies25% chance to Trigger Level 20 Animate Weapon on Kill (150-200)% increased Physical Damage (8-12)% increased Attack Speed (8-12)% increased Cast Speed 30% less Animate Weapon Duration Weapons you Animate create an additional copyHis flesh had long turned to dust, but his vengeance lived on in every scrap of iron he touched.

Item

Null's InclinationNull's Inclination Ranger BowBow Physical Damage: 56-117 Chaos Damage: (50-80) to (130-180) Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Attacks per Second: (1.39-1.46)Requires Level 60, 212 Dex, 212 IntAdds (50-80) to (130-180) Chaos Damage (7-12)% increased Attack Speed +(7-11)% to Chaos Resistance +212 Intelligence Requirement Minions deal 1% increased Damage per 5 Dexterity Trigger Socketed Minion Spells on Kill with this Weapon Minion Spells Triggered by this Item have a 0.25 second Cooldown with 5 UsesThe hunt continues when the prey falls.

Item

Cloak of Tawm'r IsleyCloak of Tawm'r Isley Savant's RobeEnergy Shield: (287-396) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 56, 152 IntSocketed Minion Gems are Supported by Level 16 Life Leech (150-200)% increased Energy Shield Minions cannot be Blinded Minions have 15% chance to Blind Enemies on hit Found Magic Items drop IdentifiedRenowned by those distinguished, Exalted by the few. He skulks in darkness, and watches from beneath the city.

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

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Animate Weapon:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled
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.	1	Medium	Minions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged Weapons	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Animate Weapon.

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 Animate Weapon Chance To Create Additional Copy 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copy	helmet 100
Enchantment Animate Weapon Chance To Create Additional Copy 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copy	helmet 100
Enchantment Animate Weapon Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Animate Weapon Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Animate Weapon Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Animate Weapon Duration	helmet 100

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.