Herald of Agony

Herald of AgonySpell, Herald, Minion, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Grants a buff giving more poison damage and a chance to inflict poison. When you poison an enemy while you have this buff, you gain Virulence, and summon an Agony Crawler minion that uses projectile and area attacks. You will lose Virulence over time, at a rate which increases the more Virulence you have. The minion will die when you have no Virulence.Grants 20% chance to Poison on Hit
Grants 10% more Poison Damage
Agony Crawler deals (10-19)% increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have
Agony Crawler has (2-3)% increased Attack Speed per Virulence you have
Agony Crawler has (1-45) to (3-84) Added Physical Damage per Virulence you have
Maximum 1 Summoned Agony Crawler
Grants Virulence when you Poison an Enemy
Minions cannot Taunt EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 16Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Alteration

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfAgony

Herald of Agony is a herald skill gem. When activated it reserves mana and grants a buff that gives a chance to inflict poison on enemies, if the enemy is successfully poisoned the character gains Virulence and an Agony Crawler minion.

Skill functions and interactions

Virulence buff cannot go above 40 stacks.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage per Virulence	Attack speed on Agony Crawler per Virulence	Phys dmg on Agony Crawler per Virulence	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	41	N/A	2%	1 to 3	0	0
2	20	50	N/A	2%	2 to 4	49725	49725
3	24	58	N/A	2%	3 to 5	95714	145439
4	28	67	N/A	2%	3 to 6	169595	315034
5	31	73	N/A	3%	4 to 8	199345	514379
6	34	79	N/A	3%	5 to 10	285815	800194
7	37	85	N/A	3%	6 to 12	401344	1201538
8	40	92	N/A	3%	8 to 14	554379	1755917
9	43	98	N/A	3%	9 to 17	755049	2510966
10	46	104	N/A	3%	11 to 21	1016533	3527499
11	49	111	N/A	3%	13 to 25	1898602	5426101
12	52	117	N/A	3%	16 to 30	1964019	7390120
13	55	123	N/A	4%	19 to 35	2573731	9963851
14	58	130	N/A	4%	23 to 42	4676439	14640290
15	60	134	N/A	4%	26 to 47	3017327	17657617
16	62	138	N/A	4%	29 to 53	7823001	25480618
17	64	142	N/A	4%	32 to 60	15264208	40744826
18	66	146	N/A	4%	36 to 67	26272845	67017671
19	68	151	N/A	4%	40 to 75	62872274	129889945
20	70	155	N/A	4%	45 to 84	212023122	341913067
21	72	159	N/A	5%	51 to 94	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	5%	57 to 105	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	5%	63 to 117	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	5%	71 to 131	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	5%	79 to 146	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	5%	88 to 163	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	5%	98 to 182	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	5%	109 to 203	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	6%	122 to 226	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	6%	136 to 252	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	6%	143 to 266	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	6%	151 to 280	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	6%	159 to 296	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	6%	168 to 312	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	6%	177 to 329	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	6%	187 to 347	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	6%	197 to 366	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	6%	208 to 386	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	6%	219 to 407	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	6%	231 to 429	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Herald of Agony can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Herald of Agony can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	A
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 ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Herald of Agony:

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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Agony.

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 Herald Of Agony Mana Reservation 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Herald of Agony has 40% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency	helmet 0
Enchantment Herald Of Agony Mana Reservation 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Herald of Agony has 60% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency	helmet 0
Enchantment Herald Of Agony Mana Reservation 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Herald of Agony has 50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency	helmet 100
Enchantment Herald Of Agony Mana Reservation 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Herald of Agony has 75% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency	helmet 100
Enchantment Herald Of Agony Num Of Secondary Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Summoned Agony Crawler fires 2 additional Projectiles	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Agony has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Blood Guard Herald EffectBlood Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Celestial Herald EffectCelestial Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.
Demonic Herald EffectDemonic Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Despair Herald EffectDespair Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Despair Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Despair Effect.
Dragon Hunter Herald EffectDragon Hunter Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.
Faith Guard Herald EffectFaith Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Stygian Herald EffectStygian Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Stygian Effect.
Sunprism Herald EffectSunprism Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect.
Transcendence Herald EffectTranscendence Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect.
White Herald EffectWhite Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a White Effect.	Your Herald becomes a White Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.5.0	The Agony Crawler summoned by this skill now deals increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have, rather than increased Damage.
3.4.2	The Herald of Agony skill gem now has a Chaos tag.
3.4.1	Fixed a bug where Blood Guard Herald and Faith Guard Herald effects were reversed when applied to Herald of Agony.
3.4.0	Herald of Agony has been added to the game.