Minion Instability

Minion Instability is a Keystone that causes minions to explode when reduced to low life, dealing 33% of their maximum life as fire damage to nearby enemies.

The base explosion radius is 22 units.

Modifiers

Passives that increase your minion's damage and/or health can increase the damage of the explosion.

The following support gems can increase the damage of the explosion:

• Minion Damage SupportMinion Damage SupportSupport, Minion
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 8Supports skills which create Minions.Minions from Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Damage
  Minions from Supported Skills have 25% less Maximum Life
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Minions from Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased 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.
• Minion Life SupportMinion Life SupportSupport, Minion
  Icon: n
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports skills which create Minions.Supported Skills have (30-49)% more Minion maximum Life
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Minion maximum LifeThis 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.
• Fire Penetration SupportFire Penetration SupportFire, Support
  Icon: V
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.Supported Skills Penetrate (20-34)% Fire Resistance
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Fire 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.
• Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
  Icon: o
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Area Damage
  Supported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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.
• Combustion SupportCombustion SupportFire, Support
  Icon: i
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Fire Damage
  Supported Skills have 25% chance to Ignite
  Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have -10% to Fire Resistance
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Fire 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.
• Increased Area of Effect SupportIncreased Area of Effect SupportSupport, AoE
  Icon: E
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Supports any skill with an area of effect.Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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.
• Elemental Proliferation SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCold, Fire, Lightning, Support, AoE
  Icon: S
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.(0-19)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
  Elemental Ailments inflicted by Supported Skills spread to other enemies within (1.2-1.5) metres
  Supported Skills have 20% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on EnemiesThis 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.
• Burning Damage SupportBurning Damage SupportFire, Support
  Icon: b
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Burning Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Burning 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.
• Elemental Focus SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport
  Icon: F
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Elemental Damage
  Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental Ailments
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Elemental 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.

Note: Minions never benefit from your passives or equipment unless specifically stated.

Location

Minion Instability is located at the top left of the skill tree, between the Whispers of Doom and the Corruption clusters.

Class	Distance from start
Templar	10
Witch	10
Scion	14
Marauder	17
Shadow	17
Duelist	24
Ranger	24

On Items

Item

Version history

Version	Changes
0.11.4	Fixed an instance server crash related to Minion Instability.
0.11.0	Fixed a rare crash related to minion instability and area transitions of minions on low life.
0.9.13c	Fixed a server crash that could occur with Minion Instability when leaving town.
0.9.13	Minion Instability is now scaled correctly by stats such as minion damage. This large functional change required its explosion to be reduced to 33% of the minion's life rather than 100%.
0.9.6	Reduced the Minion Instability keystone passive to deal 100% of the minion's life rather than 200%.
0.9.4b	Fixed a server crash with the Minion Instability passive skill.
0.9.4	Introduced to the game. Minions explode when reduced to low life, dealing 200% of their maximum life as fire damage to surrounding enemies.