Fire Trap

Fire TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-20) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 260%
AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 12Throws a trap that explodes when triggered, dealing fire damage to surrounding enemies and leaving an area of burning ground that damages enemies who walk through it.Trap lasts 4 seconds
Base duration is 1.75 seconds
Deals (10-915) to (15-1373) Fire Damage
Deals (30.9-4170.7) Base Fire Damage per second
(3-286) to (5-429) added Fire Damage against Burning Enemies
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
+(0-8) to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Fire Damage1% increased Skill Effect Duration3% chance to Ignite enemies
1% less Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFireTrap

Fire Trap throws a trap that explodes when triggered, leaving an area of burning ground that damages enemies who walk through it.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Fire Trap granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as ignite or 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 DamageThis 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..
• Burning Ground Effect: The burning area left behind after a Fire Trap explosion does not act like other burning damage. It will do fire-based health degeneration damage simultaneously with other burning damage for as long as an enemy is within the radius of the Fire Trap. Once an enemy leaves the area, they will stop taking damage from Fire Trap. Trap, fire, area, spell and elemental damage passives will increase the damage of both the initial explosion and the damage over time. Burning damage passives will only increase the DoT.

• Duration: Skill duration passives and the Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: D
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Supported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Skill Effect DurationThis 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. gem will increase the duration of the burning ground effect, but not the duration before the trap expires.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	Fire Damage per sec	Fire Damage against Burning	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	8	10 to 15	32.5	3 to 5	N/A	0	0
2	15	25	17	8	13 to 20	43.8	4 to 6	N/A	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	9	19 to 29	63.5	6 to 9	N/A	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	10	27 to 41	90.4	9 to 13	N/A	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	10	38 to 58	126.8	12 to 18	N/A	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	11	53 to 80	175.7	17 to 25	N/A	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	11	73 to 110	241.1	23 to 34	N/A	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	12	92 to 138	304	29 to 43	N/A	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	13	116 to 174	381.9	36 to 54	N/A	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	14	145 to 217	478	45 to 68	N/A	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	14	181 to 271	596.5	57 to 85	N/A	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	15	225 to 338	742.2	70 to 105	N/A	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	16	279 to 419	921.3	87 to 131	N/A	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	16	346 to 519	1141	108 to 162	N/A	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	17	427 to 641	1410	134 to 200	N/A	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	18	527 to 791	1739.2	165 to 247	N/A	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	18	606 to 909	1998.5	189 to 284	N/A	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	19	696 to 1043	2294.6	217 to 326	N/A	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	19	798 to 1197	2632.8	249 to 374	N/A	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	20	915 to 1373	3018.8	286 to 429	N/A	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	20	1049 to 1573	3459.3	328 to 492	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	21	1201 to 1801	3961.6	375 to 563	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	21	1375 to 2062	4534.3	430 to 644	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	21	1572 to 2359	5187	491 to 737	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	22	1798 to 2697	5930.6	562 to 843	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	23	2055 to 3082	6777.4	642 to 963	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	23	2347 to 3520	7741.4	733 to 1100	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	23	2679 to 4019	8838.6	837 to 1256	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	24	3058 to 4587	10086.8	956 to 1433	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	24	3488 to 5232	11506.5	1090 to 1635	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	26	3725 to 5588	12287.7	1164 to 1746	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	26	3978 to 5966	13120.7	1243 to 1865	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	27	4247 to 6370	14008.8	1327 to 1991	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	27	4534 to 6801	14955.6	1417 to 2125	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	28	4840 to 7260	15965	1512 to 2269	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	29	5166 to 7749	17040.8	1614 to 2422	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	29	5514 to 8271	18187.6	1723 to 2585	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	30	5884 to 8826	19409.8	1839 to 2758	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	30	6279 to 9419	20712.4	1962 to 2943	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	31	6700 to 10050	22100.5	2094 to 3141	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Fire Trap can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Fire Trap can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
7	Deathly DesignsDeathly Designs7Level 21 Trap Gem Quality: +23% Corrupted"The Karui was correct; there is virtue in honouring my ancestors."	Random corrupted level 21 Trap gem with 23% quality	A
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The 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 gem	A
3	Gemcutter'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% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight 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% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Fire Trap.

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 Fire Trap Burning Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	40% increased Fire Trap Burning Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Trap Burning Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	60% increased Fire Trap Burning Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Trap Burning Ground Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	30% increased Fire Trap Burning Ground Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Trap Burning Ground Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	45% increased Fire Trap Burning Ground Duration	helmet 100
EnchantmentFireTrapCooldownSpeed1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Fire Trap Damage	helmet 0
EnchantmentFireTrapCooldownSpeed2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Fire Trap Damage	helmet 0
Enchantment Fire Trap Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Fire Trap Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fire Trap Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Fire Trap Damage	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Fire Trap now deals 10 to 15 Fire Damage at gem level 1 (previously 11 to 17), up to 915 to 1373 at gem level 20 (previously 644 to 966). Now deals 30.9 Base Fire Damage per Second at gem level 1 (previously 35.7), up to 4170.7 at gem level 20 (previously 2934.9). Now has 3 to 5 added Fire Damage against Burning Enemies at gem level 1 (previously 4 to 5), up to 286 to 429 at gem level 20 (previously 201 to 302). Now has 260% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 200%).
3.16.0	Now deals 35.7 Base Fire Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 32.5), up to 2934.9 at gem level 20 (previously 1833.6). Its Hit Damage remains unchanged.
3.4.0	Base damage from the initial explosion increased by 40%, and the base damage over time increased by 20% at all gem levels.
3.3.0	No longer has a cooldown. Now requires level 12. Now deals 7-11 fire damage when triggered at gem level 1 (up from 2-4), up to 410-616 at gem level 20. The burning ground it creates now deals 24.1 fire damage per second at gem level 1 (up from 3.6), up to 1362.8 fire damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 701.2). This damage is now modified by spell damage modifiers. Base duration of the burning ground is now 1.75 seconds (down from 8 seconds). Now has 1% increased fire damage per 1% gem quality (previously had 3% increased burning damage per 2% gem quality). Now deals added fire damage against burning enemies. Now has an added damage effectiveness of 200% (up from 100%).
3.2.0	Base duration lowered to 4 seconds (from 16)
3.0.0	Fire Trap's damage over time grows more quickly as it levels, up to 701.2 base Fire damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 518.8).
2.6.0	Fire Trap gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.1.0	Damage increased by around 20% higher at level 20.
2.0.0	Burn Duration increased by 30% at all Levels. Critical Strike Chance increased from 5% to 6%.
1.0.2	DoT now affected by untyped damage modifiers, area damage modifiers and fire damage modifiers DoT Rebalanced
1.0.0	Mana cost reduced. Damage at high levels has been reduced by around 30% at level 15.
0.11.5	Fire Trap's on-hit damage has been reduced at high levels (20% at Level 15). The damage of Fire Trap's burning ground has been increased by 50%. The cooldown times of traps (except for Conversion trap and the Trap support gem) have been lowered to four seconds. (Fire Trap's cooldown is three seconds)
0.11.0	Fixed a bug where items would sometimes not drop from monsters killed by Fire Trap.
0.10.2	Early levels of Fire Trap have had their damage reduced by around 35%.
0.10.0	Now does more damage at earlier levels.
0.9.12	Now deals area damage properly.
0.9.11	Fire trap can now be supported by area of effect support gems.
0.9.10d	Fixed a problem where Fire Trap displayed the wrong damage.
0.9.10	Added a 5% critical strike chance. Increased its mana cost. Increased its damage progression over levels.
0.9.9	Fire Trap has been added to the game