Vaal Burning Arrow

Vaal Burning ArrowVaal, Attack, Projectile, AoE, Fire, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 15
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 2 sec
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (280-400)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (280-400)%
Projectile Speed: 3260Fires an arrow that explodes, dealing fire damage to its target and other nearby enemies, with an increased chance of igniting them.50% chance to Ignite enemies
100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Projectiles Pierce 3 additional Targets
Adds (3-201) to (4-302) Fire Damage to Attacks against Ignited Enemies
Can't be Evaded

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+0.5% to Fire Damage over Time MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 1
Vaal Burning Arrow can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalBurningArrow

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Burning Arrow.

Vaal Burning Arrow is a vaal attack that fires an exploding arrow with increased chance to ignite.

If Vaal Burning Arrow passes through an enemy it hits before hitting the target area (such as through Pierce and chain), then it will explode both at the target area, and on the enemy it passes through.

Although this gem had the duration tag reduced duration will not cause soul gain prevention to be reduced.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Fire Damage against Ignited	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	280%	280%	3 to 4	0	0
2	2	0	286%	286.3%	3 to 5	70	70
3	4	16	293%	292.6%	4 to 6	308	378
4	7	22	299%	298.9%	5 to 8	1554	1932
5	11	31	305%	305.3%	7 to 11	6667	8599
6	16	41	312%	311.6%	11 to 16	26047	34646
7	20	50	318%	317.9%	14 to 21	49725	84371
8	24	58	324%	324.2%	18 to 27	95714	180085
9	28	67	331%	330.5%	23 to 35	169595	349680
10	32	75	337%	336.8%	30 to 44	283759	633439
11	36	83	343%	343.2%	37 to 55	453996	1087435
12	40	92	349%	349.5%	46 to 69	703128	1790563
13	44	100	356%	355.8%	57 to 85	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	362%	362.1%	70 to 105	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	368%	368.4%	85 to 128	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	375%	374.7%	104 to 156	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	381%	381.1%	126 to 189	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	387%	387.4%	152 to 229	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	394%	393.7%	175 to 263	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	400%	400%	201 to 302	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	406%	406.3%	221 to 331	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	413%	412.6%	242 to 363	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	419%	418.9%	265 to 397	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	425%	425.3%	290 to 435	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	432%	431.6%	317 to 476	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	438%	437.9%	347 to 520	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	444%	444.2%	379 to 568	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	451%	450.5%	414 to 620	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	457%	456.8%	452 to 677	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	463%	463.2%	493 to 739	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	466%	466.3%	515 to 772	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	469%	469.5%	537 to 806	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	473%	472.6%	561 to 842	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	476%	475.8%	586 to 879	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	479%	478.9%	612 to 918	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	482%	482.1%	639 to 958	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	485%	485.3%	667 to 1000	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	488%	488.4%	696 to 1044	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	492%	491.6%	726 to 1090	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	495%	494.7%	758 to 1137	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Vaal Burning Arrow has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Burning Arrow can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas.

Recipes

Vaal Burning Arrow can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Threshold jewel

The following threshold jewels augment the skill gem:

• Pitch DarknessPitch Darkness
  Viridian Jewel(10-15)% increased Fire Damage
  +10% to Fire Damage over Time MultiplierWith a fire burning brash in his golden eye,
  Marceus fired his arrow into the pitch-dark sky,
  And seared the hope of surprise,
  From Kaom's skulking horde.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.

Video Demonstration

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Vaal Burning Arrow now deals 280% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 200%), up to 400% at gem level 20 (previously 284%). Also Now has 280% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 200%), up to 400% at gem level 20 (previously 284%). Now has an Attack Speed of 70% of base (previously 90%). Now uses the same Bow animation as Puncture.
3.16.0	Now stores up to 3 uses (previously 4), and has a 2 second Soul Gain Prevention (previously 1 second). No longer has a stacking Burning Effect, and now adds 3 to 4 Fire Damage to Attacks against Ignited Enemies at gem level 1, up to 201 to 302 Fire Damage at gem level 20. Now has an Attack Speed of 90% of Base (previously 100%), and deals 200% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 160%), up to 284% at gem level 20 (previously 198%). Now has 200% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 160%), up to 284% at gem level 20 (previously 198%).
3.14.0	Now expends 15 Souls per use (previously 20). Now stores up to 4 uses (previously 3). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 1 second (previously 2). Vaal Skill Gems can now only be obtained from a set of specific methods such as Corrupting Gems, Vaal Side Areas, Divination Cards (that specifically grant Vaal Skill Gems) and the Lapidary Lens in the Temple of Atzoatl.
1.2.0c	Now does 160% of attack damage, up from 130%. This fixes an accidental reduction of skill damage that occurred during the Burning Arrow change in 1.2.0.
1.1.0d	Vaal Skill soul counts were initially balanced for Merciless difficulty, where there are more monsters. We want them to be easier to use in Normal and Cruel difficulty. We have halved the number of souls required for each skill. In Cruel difficulty, skills require 50% more souls to uses. In Merciless difficulty, they require 100% more (which is the same as before the patch).
1.1.0	Introduced to the game.