Puncture

PunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Deals (134.74-164.56)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 8 seconds
(3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
(30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding
Causes Bleeding
+(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

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

Puncture is an attack skill that applies the Bleed ailment to enemies it hits, causing them to take physical damage over time that increases while the target is moving. Bleed applied with this skill deals more damage than usual.

Mechanics

Unlike other sources of bleed, Puncture's bleed ailment lasts 8 seconds and is affected by % increased Skill Effect Duration modifier, including the Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Supported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect Duration

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased 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. support gem.

For mechanics of the bleed effect itself, see Bleed.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	Bleeding Damage	Range	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	135%	134.74%	3 to 4	30%	N/A	0	0
2	6	0	0	136%	136.28%	3 to 5	31%	N/A	841	841
3	9	17	0	138%	137.82%	4 to 7	32%	N/A	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	140%	139.45%	5 to 8	33%	N/A	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	141%	140.99%	7 to 11	34%	N/A	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	142%	142.54%	9 to 13	35%	N/A	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	144%	144.16%	11 to 17	36%	N/A	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	146%	145.71%	14 to 20	37%	N/A	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	147%	147.25%	16 to 25	38%	N/A	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	149%	148.88%	20 to 30	39%	N/A	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	151%	150.42%	24 to 35	40%	N/A	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	152%	151.96%	28 to 42	41%	N/A	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	153%	153.59%	33 to 49	42%	N/A	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	155%	155.14%	39 to 58	43%	N/A	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	157%	156.68%	43 to 65	44%	N/A	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	159%	158.31%	49 to 73	45%	N/A	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	160%	159.85%	54 to 82	46%	N/A	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	161%	161.39%	61 to 91	47%	N/A	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	163%	163.02%	68 to 102	48%	N/A	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	165%	164.56%	75 to 113	49%	N/A	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	166%	166.11%	81 to 122	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	168%	167.73%	87 to 130	51%	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	170%	169.28%	93 to 140	52%	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	171%	170.82%	100 to 150	53%	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	172%	172.45%	107 to 160	54%	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	174%	173.99%	114 to 172	55%	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	176%	175.53%	123 to 184	56%	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	177%	177.16%	131 to 197	57%	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	179%	178.71%	140 to 210	58%	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	180%	180.25%	150 to 224	59%	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	181%	181.11%	155 to 232	60%	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	182%	181.88%	160 to 240	61%	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	183%	182.65%	165 to 248	62%	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	183%	183.42%	171 to 256	63%	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	184%	184.19%	176 to 265	64%	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	185%	184.96%	182 to 273	65%	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	186%	185.82%	188 to 282	66%	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	187%	186.59%	194 to 292	67%	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	188%	187.36%	201 to 301	68%	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	189%	188.13%	207 to 311	69%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Puncture can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Puncture 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

Usage in recipes

Puncture is used in the following recipes:

Result	Amount	Part	Notes	Description	Meta
Block Chance Reduction SupportBlock Chance Reduction SupportSupport, Duration Icon: B Level: (1-20)Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Overpowered applies -5% chance to Block Attack and Spell Damage Supported Skills inflict Overpowered for 4 seconds when Blocked Enemies have -(10-20)% chance to Block Attack or Spell Damage from Supported Skills Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% reduced Enemy Block ChanceThis 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.	1	PuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Base duration is 8.00 seconds (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding Causes Bleeding Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(1-20)% more Damage with BleedingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.	plus any dexterity shield with 20% quality	vendor recipe	M

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs 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 ↓
Breaking Some Eggs 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 Puncture.

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 Puncture Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Puncture Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Puncture Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Puncture Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Puncture Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	30% increased Puncture Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Puncture Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	45% increased Puncture Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Puncture Maim On Hit Percent Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit	helmet 100
Enchantment Puncture Maim On Hit Percent Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% Chance for Puncture to Maim on hit	helmet 100

(30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding

Version history

Version	Changes
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 135% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 165% at gem level 20 (from 123%). Now adds 3 to 4 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now deals 30% more damage with bleeding at gem level 1, up to 49% more at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 70%. Now causes bleeding inflicted by the skill to deal damage 0.5% faster per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased skill duration per 1% gem quality).
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
3.0.0	Puncture's description has been updated. Puncture now applies Bleeding for 8 seconds.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased skill effect duration per 1% quality (was 1.5% per 1% quality).
1.3.0	Puncture now bleeds for 10% of hit damage at all levels and 50% of hit damage while moving.
1.2.0	Fixed a bug where Puncture did not benefit from Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity.
1.0.2	Generic modifiers to damage dealt will now apply to damage over time that your character causes. Damage over time is not spell damage, nor attack damage, so modifiers specific to those types will not apply. Non-specific "increased damage" modifiers will apply to damage over time. Type-specific modifiers will apply as well.
1.0.0d	Fixed a bug where monster deaths from Puncture were not awarded as kills correctly.
0.10.8	Increased damage at high levels and Physical Damage % added to it that increases each level, to match other similar skills. May now be used with Two Handed Swords.
0.10.0	Increases to physical damage taken now apply correctly to physical degeneration (such as damage from Puncture).
0.9.13	Puncture is now scaled to start much stronger with a flatter progression to match other melee skills that scale weapon damage.
0.9.11j	Fixed Puncture's quality bonus so that it now works.
0.9.11	Fixed a bad interaction between on-drink flask effects and Puncture.
0.9.10	Fixed a rare bug that would cause you to take damage from Puncture indefinitely until you left the instance. Fixed a bug where being punctured multiple times would cause incorrect behaviour.
0.9.7b	Removed the 1% pierce chance.
0.9.7	Puncture has been added to the game.