Plague Bearer

Plague BearerSpell, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-13) Mana
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Gain an Incubating buff, adding to its Plague Value as you inflict poisons. Use the skill again to begin Infecting, dealing chaos damage over time to nearby enemies until the Plague Value is depleted. Your damage modifiers don't apply to this skill's damage. Using the skill again alternates between Incubating and Infecting.When you inflict Poison while Incubating, adds 40% of the Expected Poison
Damage to Plague Value
While Infecting, deals Chaos Damage per second equal to 12% of the Plague Value when Infecting began, and loses Plague Value at the same rate
20% less Damage with Poison while Incubating and not at Maximum Plague Value
+(0-3) to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectYou have 0.25% increased Movement Speed while InfectingGrants +0.5% to Damage over Time Multiplier for Poison while InfectingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 24Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPlagueBearer

Plague Bearer is a chaos spell skill gem. While active, you deal less poison damage and store part of the damage you have dealt with poison. Activating this skill again releases any stored poison, causing nearby enemies to take chaos damage over time. Activating the skill causes it to alternate between these modes.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Max Plague value	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	6	4000	N/A	0	0
2	27	64	7	5903	N/A	118383	118383
3	30	71	7	8655	N/A	175816	294199
4	33	77	8	12616	N/A	254061	548260
5	36	83	8	18299	N/A	359090	907350
6	39	90	9	26429	N/A	498508	1405858
7	42	96	9	38027	N/A	682057	2087915
8	45	102	10	54530	N/A	921777	3009692
9	48	109	10	77962	N/A	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	10	98791	N/A	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	11	125046	N/A	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	11	158112	N/A	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	11	199725	N/A	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	11	252058	N/A	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	12	317825	N/A	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	12	400423	N/A	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	12	504097	N/A	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	13	634145	N/A	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	13	797189	N/A	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	13	1000000	N/A	211877683	341331311
21	72	159	13	1100000	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	14	1180000	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	14	1245000	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	14	1300000	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	15	1350000	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	15	1400000	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	15	1450000	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	15	1500000	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	16	1550000	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	16	1600000	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	16	1650000	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	16	1700000	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	16	1750000	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	17	1800000	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	17	1850000	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	17	1900000	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	17	1950000	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	17	2000000	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	17	2050000	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	17	2100000	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Plague Bearer can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Plague Bearer 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
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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
The Root of the Problem Act 2 Yeena	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Plague Bearer:

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 Plague Bearer.

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 Plague Bearer Poison Dot Multiplier While Aura Active 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Plague Bearer Buff grants +12% to Poison Damage over Time Multiplier while Infecting	helmet 100
Enchantment Plague Bearer Poison Dot Multiplier While Aura Active 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Plague Bearer Buff grants +20% to Poison Damage over Time Multiplier while Infecting	helmet 100
Enchantment Plague Bearer Stored Poison Damage To Deal Per Second 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional 3% of Plague Value	helmet 100
Enchantment Plague Bearer Stored Poison Damage To Deal Per Second 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Plague Bearer deals Damage based on an additional 5% of Plague Value	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Plague Bearer has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Plague Bearer EffectCelestial Plague Bearer EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Plague Bearer becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Plague Bearer becomes a Celestial Effect.
Stygian Plague Bearer EffectStygian Plague Bearer EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Plague Bearer becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Plague Bearer becomes a Stygian Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Divergent Plague Bearer no longer grants reduced chaos damage taken while Incubating. Now causes the Plague Bearer buff to have +0.5% to Poison Damage over Time multiplier while Infecting per 1% gem quality. Anomalous Plague Bearer now causes you to have 0.25% increased movement speed while Infecting per 1% gem quality (from 0.5% per 1% gem quality).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.8.0	Plague Bearer has been added to the game.