Temporal Chains

The aura version of Temporal Chains

"This useful curse warps a small area of space and actually causes time to pass slower within its confines. Any beings who pass through the affected zone will become snared in the warp, slowing their actions to a crawl."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

Temporal Chains is a curse that makes time pass more slowly for all targets in its area. They will move, attack and cast at a reduced speed, and effects on them will expire more slowly.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Duration: Temporal Chains will make any effect which has a duration on the cursed pass more slowly than it normally would, including itself. The Duration listed is already modified to take this into account, so the listed duration on the skill isn't actually changed. Included in this list are: other curses, warcries, status ailments, debuffs and other effects caused by skills such as Wither and Viper Strike, and even beneficial effects such as frenzy charges. Health degeneration debuffs will expire more slowly, but will cause the same amount of damage per second they normally would.

Casting this curse on the player himself (using Shackles of the WretchedShackles of the Wretched
Chain GlovesArmour: (14-20)
Energy Shield: (4-6)Requires Level 7Hexes applied by Socketed Curse Skills are Reflected back to you
(40-60)% increased Stun and Block Recovery
You cannot be Chilled for 3 seconds after being Chilled
You cannot be Frozen for 3 seconds after being Frozen
You cannot be Ignited for 3 seconds after being Ignited
You cannot be Shocked for 3 seconds after being Shocked
You grant (4-6) Frenzy Charges to allies on DeathCaptivity breeds creativity.) can extend the duration of skills like and Vaal Immortal Call, granting longer periods of invincibility. Note that this is reduced by the 40% effectiveness against players however, therefore not giving you the full 67% more duration.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Base duration	Base Duration	increased AoE Radius	% slower	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	37	25	16	5.00 sec	5.00	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	27	41	28	17	5.20 sec	5.20	N/A	N/A	118383	118383
3	30	45	31	18	5.40 sec	5.40	N/A	N/A	175816	294199
4	33	49	34	19	5.60 sec	5.60	N/A	N/A	254061	548260
5	36	52	36	21	5.80 sec	5.80	N/A	N/A	359090	907350
6	39	56	39	22	6.00 sec	6.00	N/A	N/A	498508	1405858
7	42	60	42	23	6.20 sec	6.20	N/A	N/A	682057	2087915
8	45	64	45	24	6.40 sec	6.40	N/A	N/A	921777	3009692
9	48	68	48	25	6.60 sec	6.60	N/A	N/A	1727879	4737571
10	50	71	49	26	6.80 sec	6.80	N/A	N/A	1138877	5876448
11	52	74	51	26	7.00 sec	7.00	N/A	N/A	1368233	7244681
12	54	76	53	27	7.20 sec	7.20	N/A	N/A	1638338	8883019
13	56	79	55	28	7.40 sec	7.40	N/A	N/A	1956648	10839667
14	58	82	57	29	7.60 sec	7.60	N/A	N/A	3655184	14494851
15	60	84	59	29	7.80 sec	7.80	N/A	N/A	3017327	17512178
16	62	87	60	30	8.00 sec	8.00	N/A	N/A	7793914	25306092
17	64	90	62	31	8.20 sec	8.20	N/A	N/A	15206031	40512123
18	66	92	64	31	8.40 sec	8.40	N/A	N/A	26185582	66697705
19	68	95	66	32	8.60 sec	8.60	N/A	N/A	62755923	129453628
20	70	98	68	33	8.80 sec	8.80	N/A	N/A	211877683	341331311
21	72	100	70	34	9.00 sec	9.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	34	9.20 sec	9.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	35	9.40 sec	9.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	36	9.60 sec	9.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	36	9.80 sec	9.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	37	10.00 sec	10.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	38	10.20 sec	10.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	39	10.40 sec	10.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	39	10.60 sec	10.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	40	10.80 sec	10.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	40	10.90 sec	10.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	41	11.00 sec	11.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	41	11.10 sec	11.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	42	11.20 sec	11.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	42	11.30 sec	11.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	42	11.40 sec	11.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	43	11.50 sec	11.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	43	11.60 sec	11.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	43	11.70 sec	11.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	44	11.80 sec	11.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Temporal Chains in maps

Main page: List of map suffix mods

Temporal Chains is one of the curses that can be rolled on maps, the curses affect the entire area and cannot be removed. The level of the curses varies depending on the map tier.

Mid tier maps

For mid tier maps the modifier is called Template:SMW query mod, the level of the curse is {{#ask:

-Has subobject::MapPlayerCurseTemporalChains1Map2Tier
Has stat id::map_player_has_level_X_temporal_chains
|?Has maximum stat value=
|link=subject
|mainlabel=-

}}.

High tier maps

For high tier maps the modifier is called Template:SMW query mod, the level of the curse is {{#ask:

-Has subobject::MapPlayerCurseTemporalChains2Map2Tier
Has stat id::map_player_has_level_X_temporal_chains
|?Has maximum stat value=
|link=subject
|mainlabel=-

}}.

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0c	Temporal Chains, Enfeeble, Curse on Hit and Blasphemy have had their quality bonuses returned to normal. A cap of 75% now applies to the action speed reduction caused by Temporal Chains.
2.1.0c	Temporal Chains quality now grants 0.5% increased Cast Speed per point of quality instead of slowing enemies by 0.5% per point of quality
2.0.0	Mana cost reduced at all levels. Area of effect increases per gem level reduced, but the base area of effect has been increased by 37.5% (from 16 to 22). Duration increases per level slightly modified. The end result is slightly longer duration at level 1 but slightly shorter duration at level 20.
0.10.0	Fixed a bug where chilling monsters or cursing them with Temporal Chains could prevent their attacks from succeeding.
0.9.13	Reduced the effect of Temporal Chains, due to being overpowered in both PvE and PvP. This also affects the version that Maps inflict on you
0.9.12	The quality bonuses have been corrected to not include movement speed, as it is already part of the core effect.
0.9.4	Reduced the duration.
0.9.2	Temporal Chains has been added to the game.