Explosive ArrowAttack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Fire, Bow Level: (1-20) Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Projectile Speed: 3260 AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 28Fires an arrow which acts as a short duration fuse. Applying additional arrows to an enemy extends the duration. When the target dies or the fuses expire, the arrows explode, dealing fire AoE damage to nearby enemies. The AoE radius is proportional to the number of arrows upon death.Base duration is 1 seconds Explosion deals (44-586) to (66-879) Base Fire Damage per Fuse Charge +2 to Explosion Radius per Fuse ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Explosive Arrow is a bowattackskill that fires an arrow which acts as a short duration fuse. Applying additional arrows to an enemy extends the duration. When the target dies or the fuses expire, the arrows explode, dealing firearea of effect damage to nearby enemies. The damage and AoE radius are proportional to the number of arrows fired into the target, up to a maximum of 5.
Explosive Arrow has two separate damaging effects: an attack and a secondary explosion.
Attack: The Explosive Arrow attack is an arrow which deals weapon damage based on the bow equipped. This component of the skill is affected by any modifiers to bow attacks. At the final destination of the arrow, one of three effects will occur:
If the arrow gets stuck on the terrain or on an obstacle, it will leave a single fuse charge that will explode after a duration.
If the arrow gets stuck on a target that does not yet have the debuffHit by Explosive Arrow, it will apply that debuff with a single fuse charge, which expires after a duration.
If the arrow gets stuck on a target that already has the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, it will refresh the duration of the existing debuff and add one fuse charge.
If the arrow pierces or is evaded by a target, it will not leave a fuse charge on the target, but can still leave a fuse charge on the terrain behind it.
Chaining this projectile will only leave a Fuse Charge on the last target struck, and due to the speed of the initial projectile, can sometimes miss the intended target and collide with an object or terrain, placing a Fuse Charge on the location it hit.
Explosion: When the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, or a fuse stuck on terrain expires, it causes an explosion based on the number of fuse charges, up to a maximum of 5. This damage is secondary area projectile fire damage, and therefore is not affected by modifiers to spell or weapon damage. This explosion has a base critical strike chance of 6% and a base radius of 15 plus 2 times the number of fuse charges. Modifiers to this explosion, which includes critical strike chance, ignite chance, radius, and damage, are based on the instance of the Explosive Arrow skill that originally applied the debuff. Modifiers to any instances of the Explosive Arrow skill used to refresh the duration of the debuff are ignored.[1] Though the explosion can scale from projectile damage, bonuses that increase projectile damage during movement such as Point Blank, or bonuses such as Ricochet where projectile damage is increased by remaining (x), are completely ineffective to the explosion's damage and will only increase the projectiles initial hit(s).
Duration: Modifiers to duration, such as from Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration Icon: d Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect DurationThis 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 affect the duration of the debuff when it is applied or refreshed, as well as the duration of the fuse charge if it hits the terrain or an obstacle. As such, this is the only relevant modifier on instances of the Explosive Arrow skill used to refresh a pre-existing debuff.
Area of Effect: The base radius of the explosion depends on the number of fuse charges, and is given by 15 plus an additional 2 for each fuse charge. Modifiers to Area of Effect apply to this explosion.
Block: Like any attack skill, the Explosive Arrow attack can be blocked. However, the blocked attack still applies the debuff. The subsequent explosion can also be blocked as it is part of an attack skill.
Totem:Ranged Attack Totem will execute this attack until the targeted enemy dies, instantly triggering the secondary explosion, or until the totem is destroyed, causing the applied Fuse Charges to last their remaining duration before exploding.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Fire Damage per Fuse
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
28
67
8
N/A
0
0
2
31
73
8
N/A
199345
199345
3
34
79
8
N/A
285815
485160
4
37
85
8
N/A
401344
886504
5
40
92
9
N/A
554379
1440883
6
42
96
9
N/A
477437
1918320
7
44
100
9
N/A
583786
2502106
8
46
104
9
N/A
710359
3212465
9
48
109
9
N/A
1355511
4567976
10
50
113
9
N/A
1138877
5706853
11
52
117
9
N/A
1368233
7075086
12
54
121
10
N/A
1638338
8713424
13
56
125
10
N/A
1956648
10670072
14
58
130
10
N/A
3655184
14325256
15
60
134
10
N/A
3017327
17342583
16
62
138
10
N/A
7759995
25102578
17
64
142
10
N/A
15138193
40240771
18
66
146
10
N/A
26083825
66324596
19
68
151
10
N/A
62620247
128944843
20
70
155
10
N/A
211708088
340652931
21
72
159
10
N/A
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
10
N/A
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
12
N/A
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
13
N/A
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
13
N/A
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
13
N/A
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
13
N/A
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Explosive Arrow can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Explosive Arrow can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
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:
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.
* Now costs 8 mana at gem level 1 (from 18), up to 10 at gem level 20 (from 27).
* Arrows stick into the enemy or wall and explode after a duration. The duration no longer refreshes whenever a new arrow is attached (previously they were handled like "charges", which refresh their duration whenever a new one is gained).
* If an enemy has multiple arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume all other attached arrows, adding their damage to the first arrow's explosion.
* On-hit effects such as Chance to Ignite or Critical Strikes are determined by the exploding arrow, however each arrow's damage is calculated with their independent critical strike chance taken into account. For example, if the exploding arrow did not successfully roll a critical strike or ignite, the explosion will not ignite. If two other arrows were also attached at the point of the explosion and they successfully rolled to critically strike, they will add their critical strike damage to the explosion, but it will not cause an ignite (or trigger any other on-critical-strike effects).
* Explosions now deal 50% of base damage (previously weapon damage was not taken into account).
* Explosions now also deal added fire damage based on gem level, up to 522 to 783 at gem level 20 (from 586 to 879).
* Now inherits its base critical strike chance from your weapon (previously had a 6% base critical strike chance).
* Now gains +2 to explosion radius up to a cap determined by gem level, up to +19 at gem level 20. Previously it naturally capped at +10 due to the charge limit.
* Explosions now deal 3% more damage with Ignite per explosive arrow on the target.
Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
, will affect the duration of the debuff when it is applied or refreshed, as well as the duration of the fuse charge if it hits the terrain or an obstacle. As such, this is the only relevant modifier on instances of the Explosive Arrow skill used to refresh a pre-existing debuff.
The Fox
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.