Poisonous Concoction

Poisonous ConcoctionAttack, AoE, Chaos, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-9) Mana
Attack Speed: 115% of baseRequires Level 12Throws a bottle that explodes to deal unarmed attack damage in an area and has a chance to poison. Can consume charges from a Life flask to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.(26-622) to (39-933) Added Chaos Damage
40% chance to Poison on Hit
+6% to Critical Strike Chance
Consumes 1 Charge per Projectile Fired from 1 Life Flask, if possible
Added Chaos Damage equal to (3-11)% of Flask's Recovery Amount if Charges were consumed from a Life Flask

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of Effect1.5% increased Critical Strike Chance1% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPoisonousConcoction

Poisonous Concoction is an unarmed attack skill gem that throws an explosive bottle, dealing area damage with a chance to poison. Charges can be consumed from a Life Flask to add further damage. This skill gem requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon or quiver.

A Poisonous Flask is visibly attached to your Character's Belt when the skill is socketed in one of your equipped items.

Skill Functions and Interactions

The explosions from projectiles can overlap. Given sufficient investment into increased area of effect, many explosions can hit the same target, making Greater Volley SupportGreater Volley SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: ≣
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 4 points on each side of you
Supported Skills deal (30-21)% less Projectile Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (1-20)% increased Projectile 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. and Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile 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. effective ways to scale Poison. The projectiles from Poisonous Concoction are ground-targeted, cannot collide with enemies, and cannot pierce, fork, split or chain; only the explosion hit and do damage.

The explosion will visually turn red if the skill consumed Life Flask charges on that attack.

AoE breakpoints: The base radius of the skill is 18. 12% increased AoE gives the skill a radius of 19, 24% increased AoE gives a radius of 20, and 37% increased AoE gives a radius of 21. Testing with 9 total projectiles showed that most projectiles will overlap when the radius is 20 (average 8.8 out of 9), and all projectiles will overlap when the radius is 21

Added Chaos Damage equal to #% of Flask's Recovery Amount if Charges were consumed: This skill will add chaos damage if a life flask's charges were consumed. The added damage is only base on the value of "Recover #" on the life flask itself, the one that can be seen at the top of life flask when mouse over it.

To maximize the added chaos damage from consumed Life Flask charges, a Divine Life FlaskDivine Life FlaskRecovers 2400 Life over 3.50 Seconds
Consumes 15 of 45 Charges on useRequires Level 60Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. with the Saturated prefix is ideal. For reference, see the list of life flask modifiers.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Chaos Damage	Chaos from Flask Life Recovery	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	7	26 to 39	3%	0	0
2	15	39	7	32 to 48	3%	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	43 to 64	3%	41517	56766
4	23	56	7	55 to 83	5%	81983	138749
5	27	64	7	71 to 106	5%	147968	286717
6	31	73	7	89 to 134	5%	250557	537274
7	35	81	8	112 to 168	6%	405086	942360
8	38	88	8	131 to 197	6%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	8	154 to 231	6%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	8	180 to 270	7%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	8	209 to 314	7%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	8	243 to 365	7%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	8	281 to 422	9%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	9	325 to 488	9%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	9	375 to 562	9%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	9	431 to 647	10%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	9	473 to 710	10%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	9	519 to 778	10%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	9	568 to 852	11%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	9	622 to 933	11%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	10	681 to 1021	11%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	10	744 to 1116	13%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	10	813 to 1220	13%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	10	888 to 1332	13%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	10	969 to 1454	14%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	10	1058 to 1587	14%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	10	1154 to 1730	14%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	10	1257 to 1886	15%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	10	1370 to 2055	15%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	10	1492 to 2238	15%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	11	1557 to 2335	16%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	11	1624 to 2437	16%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	11	1695 to 2542	16%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	11	1768 to 2652	16%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	11	1844 to 2766	16%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	11	1923 to 2885	16%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	11	2006 to 3008	18%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	12	2091 to 3137	18%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	12	2181 to 3271	18%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	12	2274 to 3410	18%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	(1-20)% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit	1

Item acquisition

Poisonous Concoction can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Poisonous Concoction 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 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Poisonous Concoction.

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 Poisonous Concoction Flask Charges 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Poisonous Concoction uses 8% reduced Flask Charges	helmet 100
Enchantment Poisonous Concoction Flask Charges 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Poisonous Concoction uses 12% reduced Flask Charges	helmet 100
Enchantment Poisonous Concoction Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Poisonous Concoction Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Poisonous Concoction Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Poisonous Concoction Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Poisonous Concoction Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Poisonous Concoction Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Poisonous Concoction Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Poisonous Concoction Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Poisonous Concoction has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demonic Poisonous Concoction EffectDemonic Poisonous Concoction EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Poisonous Concoction becomes a Demonic Effect.	Your Poisonous Concoction becomes a Demonic Effect.

Gallery

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  A character equipped with Explosive and Poisonous Concoctions

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  Poison Concoction Explosion with Volley Support

Version history

Version	Changes
3.21.0	Poisonous Concoction now Consumes 1 Charge per Projectile Fired from 1 Life Flask, if possible, instead of 2 Charges from 1 Life Flask. It now provides Added Chaos Damage equal to 3% of Flask's Recovery Amount if Charges were consumed from a Life Flask at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 11% at gem level 20 (previously 9%).
3.16.0	Poisonous Concoction has been added to the game.