Soul's Wick

Soul's Wick
Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1+2 to maximum number of Spectres
(50-40)% reduced Mana Cost of Raise Spectre
Spectres have (800-1000)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Spectres have a Base Duration of 20 seconds
Spectres do not travel between AreasCorruptedCandles with the brightest light
Bring life to death and day to night.
But lovely as the glow may seem,
Their light is fleeting, as a dream...Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.

Acquisition
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12x Alchemy ShardMetadata
Item class: Jewel

Soul's Wick is a unique Cobalt JewelCobalt JewelPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket..

Mechanics

• Spectres summoned this way now scale with minion duration.
• While this jewel is equipped, DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-26) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will no longer add the corpses of Spectres raised by the player to their monster corpse pool. This is intended to "prevent bringing specific spectres with you and use what corpses you find in the area as temporary minions, while providing a generically useful power boost to reduce the power gap between that playstyle and the regular ability to have specific types of spectre all the time and optimise around them."
  • This can be somewhat bypassed by utilizing Phantasmal DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (11-26) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
    Base duration is 4.00 seconds
    Spawns 5 corpses
    Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
    Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. with a combination of Ashes of the StarsAshes of the Stars
    Onyx AmuletRequires Level 60+(10-16) to all Attributes(5-10)% increased Experience Gain of Gems
    +1 to Level of all Skill Gems
    +(20-30)% to Quality of all Skill GemsA single facet contains the wisdom
    of countless disintegrated worlds. and Replica VoideyeReplica Voideye
    Unset RingRequires Level 45Has 1 Socket+30% to Quality of Socketed Gems"So close, yet frustratingly distinct. Something more is going on here..." or Enhance SupportEnhance SupportExceptional, Support
    Icon: +
    Level: (1-3)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Skill Gems
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    This Gem gains (5-100)% increased ExperienceThis 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./Awakened Enhance SupportAwakened Enhance SupportExceptional, Support
    Icon: +
    Level: (1-4)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 72Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.+(0-24)% to Quality of Supported Skill Gems
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    This Gem gains (5-100)% increased ExperienceThis 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., which will greatly improve (or guarantee at 100% quality) the chance to get a specific monster (Flickershade).
• UnearthUnearthSpell, Projectile, AoE, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-10) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.30 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 10Fires a projectile that will pierce through enemies to impact the ground at the targeted location, creating a Bone Archer corpse where it lands.Deals (15-607) to (22-911) Physical Damage
  Projectiles Pierce all Targets
  Spawns corpses with Level (12-80)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Corpses Spawned have (1-20)% increased Maximum LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can also be used to guarantee Bone Archer spectres.

Item acquisition

Soul's Wick is drop disabled.

Legacy variants

Any variants of Soul's Wick are legacy items as it is removed from the "vaal orb + jewel" drop pool in version 3.23.0. However, only jewel that dropped from the monster/divination card, etc. are non-corrupted. Corrupted Soul's Wick that have corruption implicits are also only obtainable before version 3.20.0.

Design attribution

Soul's Wick was created by GGG employee Mark_GGG.

Version history

Prior to version 3.23.0, Soul's Wick could be obtained as a corruption transformation outcome for Cobalt Jewels.

Version	Changes
3.23.0	The Endless MiseryEndless Misery Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(7-10)% increased Elemental Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Discharge Cooldown is 250 ms With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Discharge deals 60% less Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Discharge has 60% less Area of EffectThe sky, the land, the people burned. What little still stood soon faced wild, battering storms. Winter arrived suddenly and stayed for a generation. Civilisation was not simply halted, but reversed, erased.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., Soul's Wick and Spirit GuardsSpirit Guards Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: MediumMinions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged WeaponsLong after the Karui passed through, the whispers of those who stood their ground at Lioneye's Watch could be heard amongst the rubble.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. Unique Jewels can no longer be obtained, as benefits these provided are now found on Transfigured Skill Gems. The vendor recipes for Dead ReckoningDead Reckoning Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1Skeletons gain Added Chaos Damage equal to 20-30% of Maximum Energy Shield on your Equipped ShieldA mage from the coast rode up on a broken nag, legs burnt to his bones. Before he collapsed, he uttered: "I watched the world we know end yesterday."Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., Spirit Guards and Endless Misery have also been removed.
3.20.0	The following Unique Jewels can only be obtained as Corruption outcomes: Atziri's Reign, Brute Force Solution, Careful Planning, Chill of Corruption, Efficient Training, Energised Armour, Energy from Within, Fertile Mind, Fevered Mind, Fluid Motion, Fortress Covenant, Fragility, Healthy Mind, Hidden Potential, Inertia, Pacifism, Powerlessness, Quickening Covenant, Rain of Splinters, Reckless Defence, Seething Fury, Self-Flagellation, Soul's Wick, The Golden Rule and To Dust.
3.1.0	Introduced to the game.