Vaal Detonate Dead

Vaal Detonate DeadSpell, AoE, Vaal, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 30
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected. This will continue to target other corpses in the area, with an increasing delay between each one, until it runs out of corpses or has destroyed 22 corpses.Deals (23-1395) to (33-2092) Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Base radius is (2.4-2.8) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1.5-30)% chance to detonate an additional corpseCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 4
Vaal Detonate Dead 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/SkillGemVaalDetonateDead

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Detonate Dead.

Vaal Detonate Dead is a Vaal spell that explodes a corpse and all other nearby corpses in a chain reaction, dealing fire secondary damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Ascendancy interaction: This skill counts as consuming a corpse for the purpose of the Necromancer's Corpse Pact, Essence Glutton, and Plaguebringer ascendancy skills.

Gem level progression

Level				Fire Damage	Radius	Corpse Life %	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	0	0	23 to 33	N/A	6%	0	0
2	6	0	0	32 to 49	N/A	6.1%	841	841
3	9	17	0	48 to 64	N/A	6.2%	3099	3940
4	12	21	14	55 to 82	N/A	6.3%	7433	11373
5	16	26	18	74 to 111	N/A	6.4%	22895	34268
6	20	31	22	98 to 147	N/A	6.5%	49725	83993
7	24	37	25	127 to 190	N/A	6.6%	95714	179707
8	28	42	29	162 to 243	N/A	6.7%	169595	349302
9	32	47	33	205 to 308	N/A	6.8%	283759	633061
10	36	52	36	257 to 385	N/A	6.9%	453996	1087057
11	40	58	40	319 to 479	N/A	7%	703128	1790185
12	44	63	44	394 to 591	N/A	7.1%	1061223	2851408
13	48	68	48	484 to 726	N/A	7.2%	2065870	4917278
14	52	74	51	592 to 888	N/A	7.3%	2507110	7424388
15	55	78	54	686 to 1029	N/A	7.4%	2573731	9998119
16	58	82	57	793 to 1190	N/A	7.5%	7611351	17609470
17	61	86	60	916 to 1374	N/A	7.6%	13437908	31047378
18	64	90	62	1056 to 1583	N/A	7.7%	25052147	56099525
19	67	94	65	1214 to 1822	N/A	7.8%	43869436	99968961
20	70	98	68	1395 to 2092	N/A	7.9%	242081178	342050139
21	72	100	70	1529 to 2293	N/A	8%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	1675 to 2512	N/A	8.1%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	1833 to 2750	N/A	8.2%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	2006 to 3008	N/A	8.3%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	2193 to 3290	N/A	8.4%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	2397 to 3595	N/A	8.5%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	2619 to 3928	N/A	8.6%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	2859 to 4289	N/A	8.7%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	3121 to 4681	N/A	8.8%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	3405 to 5108	N/A	8.9%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	3556 to 5334	N/A	8.9%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	3713 to 5570	N/A	9%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	3877 to 5816	N/A	9%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	4048 to 6072	N/A	9.1%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	4226 to 6339	N/A	9.1%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	4412 to 6617	N/A	9.2%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	4605 to 6907	N/A	9.2%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	4806 to 7209	N/A	9.3%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	5015 to 7523	N/A	9.3%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	5234 to 7850	N/A	9.4%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	(1.5-30)% chance to detonate an additional corpse	1

Item acquisition

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

Recipes

Vaal Detonate Dead 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

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Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Detonate Dead.

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 Detonate Dead Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Detonate Dead Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Detonate Dead Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Detonate Dead Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Detonate Dead has a 30% chance to detonate an additional corpse	helmet 100
Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Detonate Dead has a 45% chance to detonate an additional corpse	helmet 100
Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Detonate Dead has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Void Detonate Dead EffectVoid Detonate Dead EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Detonate Dead becomes a Void Effect.	Your Detonate Dead becomes a Void Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now causes Vaal Detonate Dead to have a 0-30% chance to detonate an additional corpse, instead of providing 0-20% increased Area Damage.
3.19.0	Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 7.9% at gem level 20 (previously 9% at all gem levels).
3.14.0	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.
3.6.0	Now deals 23 to 33 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 15 to 21), up to 1395 to 2092 fire damage at gem level 20 (from 1235 to 1852). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 200% (from 150%).
3.3.1b	Vaal Detonate Dead can now be used by Totems, Traps and Mines.
3.3.0	Would previously chain to other nearby corpses until there were no other nearby corpses left. Now places a marker then detonates the nearest corpse, then after a short delay finds and detonates the next closest corpse in a large radius. It repeats this until there are no corpses in the large radius of the marker, or until it has detonated 22 corpses, with the delay growing slightly every time it repeats. Now deals 15 to 21 fire damage at gem level 1 (up from 3-5), up to 1235-1852 at gem level 20 (up from 251-376), in addition to fire damage equal to 9% of the detonated corpse's maximum life (up from 8%). Now gains 1% increased area damage per 1% gem quality (previously gained 1% increased cast speed per 1% gem quality). Now prevents you from gaining Vaal souls for 8 seconds after use. Now has an added damage effectiveness of 150% (up from 100%).
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.