Earthquake

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EarthquakeEarthquake of Amplification
EarthquakeAttack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (85-150)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (85-150)%
AoE Radius: 18 / 28
Requires Level 28Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a short duration. Cracks created before the first one has erupted will not generate their own aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 1 seconds
Aftershock deals 150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Damage3% increased Damage
1% increased Skill Effect Duration
Initial Slam has 2% increased Area of EffectIncreases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 2.5% of their value
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 28
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEarthquake


For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Earthquake.

Earthquake is a melee attack dealing damage in an area and leaving a crack in the ground. After a duration, the crack releases an aftershock, dealing more damage in a larger area. Requires an axe, mace, staff or unarmed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

  • Duration: increases and reductions to duration increase or reduce time between impact and aftershock respectively. The following gems and items reduce skill's duration: Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
    Icon: d
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage
    Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect Duration
    This 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.
    , Swift Affliction SupportSwift Affliction SupportSupport, Duration
    Icon: r
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Damage over Time
    25% less Duration of Supported Skills and Damaging Ailments they inflict

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage over Time
    This 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.
    , and Warped TimepieceWarped Timepiece
    Turquoise Amulet
    Requires Level 50+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence(10-25)% increased Attack Speed
    (10-25)% increased Cast Speed
    (10-15)% increased Movement Speed
    (20-10)% reduced Skill Effect Duration
    Debuffs on you expire 100% faster
    As you have lived, so you shall die
    forever trying to keep up with me.
    Your blood on these hands of mine
    forever makes me the public enemy.
    . Be aware that Warped Timepiece will apply globally and reduce duration to buffs and other effects such as Fortify.
  • Dual Wielding: Using Earthquake while dual wielding will alternate between weapons.
  • Aftershock: The aftershock is a specific part of the skill that hits and has a 150% more multiplier to hits and ailments. Ailments such as poison, bleed, and ignite will have more damage if applied by the shockwave. The shockwave will however not scale other DoTs like Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support
    Icon: D
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120-843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos Damage
    This 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.
    as it is not a ailment.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthDamage
Effectiveness
Attack
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
1286785%85%00
2317388%88.4%199345199345
3347992%91.8%285815485160
4378595%95.3%401344886504
5409299%98.7%5543791440883
64296102%102.1%4774371918320
744100106%105.5%5837862502106
846104109%108.9%7103593212465
948109112%112.4%13555114567976
1050113116%115.8%11388775706853
1152117119%119.2%13682337075086
1254121123%122.6%16383388713424
1356125126%126.1%195664810670072
1458130129%129.5%365518414325256
1560134133%132.9%301732717342583
1662138136%136.3%775999525102578
1764142140%139.7%1513819340240771
1866146143%143.2%2608382566324596
1968151147%146.6%62620247128944843
2070155150%150%211708088340652931
2172159153%153.4%N/AN/A
2274N/A157%156.8%N/AN/A
2376N/A160%160.3%N/AN/A
2478N/A164%163.7%N/AN/A
2580N/A167%167.1%N/AN/A
2682N/A171%170.5%N/AN/A
2784N/A174%173.9%N/AN/A
2886N/A177%177.4%N/AN/A
2988N/A181%180.8%N/AN/A
3090N/A184%184.2%N/AN/A
3191N/A186%185.9%N/AN/A
3292N/A188%187.6%N/AN/A
3393N/A189%189.3%N/AN/A
3494N/A191%191.1%N/AN/A
3595N/A193%192.8%N/AN/A
3696N/A194%194.5%N/AN/A
3797N/A196%196.2%N/AN/A
3898N/A198%197.9%N/AN/A
3999N/A200%199.6%N/AN/A
40100N/A201%201.3%N/AN/A

Item acquisition

Earthquake can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Earthquake can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
6The 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 gemA
3Gemcutter'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% qualityA
1Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right 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% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Quest reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Earthquake.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Earthquake Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Earthquake Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 166Merciless LabyrinthEarthquake deals 5% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Durationhelmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 275Eternal LabyrinthEarthquake deals 8% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Durationhelmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 166Merciless Labyrinth20% reduced Earthquake Durationhelmet 0
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 275Eternal Labyrinth30% reduced Earthquake Durationhelmet 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Earthquake Area of Effecthelmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Earthquake Area of Effecthelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Earthquake has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Crystal Earthquake EffectCrystal Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.Your Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.
Demonic Earthquake EffectDemonic Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a Demonic Effect.Your Earthquake becomes a Demonic Effect.
Gore Earthquake EffectGore Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a gory effect.Your Earthquake becomes a gory effect.
Harmonious Earthquake EffectHarmonious Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a Harmonious Effect.Your Earthquake becomes a Harmonious Effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.15.0
  • Now deals 150% of Base Damage, and has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 120%).
  • Quality on the Phantasmal Earthquake Skill no longer grants “Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill”. It now grants “Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 0-50% of their value”.
3.11.0
  • The visual effects have been improved.
  • Aftershocks no longer have added Attack Physical Damage.
  • Aftershocks now deal 150% more Damage with hits and ailments.
  • Can now be used while unarmed.
  • The base radius of the initial hit is now 14 units (from 18).
  • The Labyrinth helmet enchantments Earthquake duration can no longer be obtained, though existing versions are unaffected.
3.7.0
  • Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 85% at gem level 1 (from 90%), up to 120% at gem level 20 (from 109%).
  • Aftershock now benefits from 30 to 46 added physical damage at gem level one, up to 169 to 254 at gem level 20.
  • Now has an attack speed multiplier of 75%.
  • Radius of the aftershock is now +2 units larger.
  • Now gains 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (rather than 1% increased physical damage).
3.5.0
  • Earthquake is no longer main hand only.
3.4.0
  • The aftershock now deals 70% (up from 50%) more damage with hits and ailments (as opposed to every form of damage) at all gem levels.
3.3.0
  • The base delay between the initial attack and the aftershock is now 1 second (down from 1.5 seconds).
  • The aftershock now deals more damage as the gem levels, dealing 69% more damage at gem level 20 (up from 50%).
  • (Undocumented) Only uses main hand when dual-wielding
3.1.0
  • Radius has been increased from 25 to 28 for the second stage.
2.6.0
  • Earthquake's initial hit radius has been reduced from 20 to 18 units.
2.4.0
  • Aftershock damage has been reduced to 50% more at all Levels.
  • Mana cost has been increased from 6 to 10.
  • Aftershock area of effect has been reduced by 12%.
2.3.0
  • The Merciless Labyrinth Helmet enchantment for Earthquake duration is now 20% reduced duration.
2.2.0
  • Added to the game.

References

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/8pi0ru/psa_in_33_earthquake_does_not_alternate_between/
  2. Mark_GGG (June 22, 2016). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

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