Forbidden RiteSpell, AoE, Chaos, Projectile Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-21) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Lobs an exploding projectile near the targeted location, and extra projectiles toward enemies around you. The projectiles deal chaos damage based on your life and energy shield. Casting this spell damages you.Deals (15-367) to (23-551) Chaos Damage Fires extra Projectiles at up to (6-7) surrounding Enemies Take 40% of maximum Life and 25% of maximum Energy Shield as Chaos Damage Deals 12% of your maximum Life as base Chaos Damage Deals 5% of your maximum Energy Shield as base Chaos Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: 1% increased Projectile SpeedFires extra Projectiles at up to 0.1 surrounding Enemies0.5% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Forbidden Rite is a chaos spell that fires a projectile near your cursor, as well as additional projectiles for each enemy within range. Casting this spell deals a Chaos Damage hit to you based on a percentage of your maximum life and energy shield. This includes when the spell is triggered.
Taking Damage: Whenever the spell is used, including via Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger Icon: ! Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250% Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis 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. or Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger Icon: & Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120% Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceThis 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., this spell will cause you to take a hit of Chaos Damage equal to 40% of Maximum Life and 25% of Maximum Energy Shield added together. This damage is considered secondary damage and will trigger on-hit effects and Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger Icon: ! Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250% Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis 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., unlike Dark PactDark PactMinion, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Chaos, Nova Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-13) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28This spell removes some life from one of your Skeleton minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.Deals (24-241) to (36-362) Chaos Damage Sacrifices 8% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage Chains +2 Times Uses your Life if no Skeletons in range (56-136)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Sacrifices +(0.1-2)% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. This does not count as a cost. You will take a hit for each repeat of the skill when used with Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support Icon: k Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage Supported Skills Repeat an additional time Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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. or Unleash SupportUnleash SupportSpell, Support Icon: q Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Spells gain a Seal every (0.90-0.71) seconds, to a maximum of 3 Seals Supported Spells are Unsealed when cast, and their effects Reoccur for each Seal lost Supported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage when Reoccurring
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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..
Life Scaling: Forbidden Rite deals additional damage based on the Maximum Life and Energy Shield of the user of the skill. Temporary buffs to Life or Energy Shield such as Massive Shrines or buffs from HeadhunterHeadhunter Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength +(40-55) to Dexterity +(50-60) to maximum Life (20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat. The head is where the Man is." - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom will also boost the damage. When used with Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem Icon: T Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Supported Skills deal (49-40)% less Damage Supported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill Totem lasts 8 seconds Supported Skills have 40% less Cast Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Totem Placement speedThis 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., the damage will scale off Totem Life instead.
Projectiles: By default, Forbidden Rite fires a projectile near your cursor, as well as additional projectiles for each enemy within range. This means that on single target, two projectiles will hit the enemy. Sources of additional projectiles will only add projectiles to the initial cursor-targeted projectile, and not the extra projectiles fired towards nearby enemies. The projectiles appear to have an expanding ring-based hit distribution, and it is recommended not to get more than +4 additional projectiles from various sources due to the tendency for projectiles to miss on smaller single targets. The projectiles appear to have a homing behaviour and will bend towards targeted enemies. The projectile is ground targeted and does not benefit from Chain, Fork, Split, Piece, or other projectile behaviour modifiers. However, Projectile Speed will greatly reduce the time between casting the skill and the impact of the projectile, improving the clunkiness of the projectile targeting against moving enemies.
Totems: The totem playstyle is currently very popular with Forbidden Rite because it has several mechanics that bypass or mitigate the downsides while being able to efficiently scale the spell. For example, the unique Soul MantleSoul Mantle Spidersilk RobeEnergy Shield: (202-257) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 49, 134 IntSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Spell Totem (20-25)% increased Spell Damage (100-120)% increased Energy Shield (20-30)% increased TotemLife Inflicts a random Hex on you when your Totems dieThe greatest mistakes cause suffering long after they have been made acts as an effective 7-link, and scales Totem Life very well in addition to Torchoak StepTorchoak Step Antique GreavesArmour: (219-316)Requires Level 37, 67 Str(80-120)% increased Armour (20-30)% increased TotemLife 25% increased Movement Speed (30-50)% increased Totem Placement speed Totems Reflect 100% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage to nearby Enemies when HitCenturies ago, there existed a unique grove imbued with ancestral fire. As with all things, the Karui used its wood for war., with much higher achievable Life values than self-cast. Rain of SplintersRain of Splinters Crimson JewelLimited to: 1(50-30)% reduced Totem Damage Totems fire 2 additional ProjectilesCorrupted"If one is an annoyance then a hundred is a threat." - Ancient Karui ProverbPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. adds 2 projectiles for lower opportunity cost than Volley SupportVolley SupportSupport, Projectile Icon: = Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 4Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles Supported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 2 points on each side of you Supported Skills deal (12-3)% less Projectile Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile 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.. Because the self-damage applies to the totem rather than you, you can also scale Totem Chaos Resistance with the Ancestral Preservation node on Totem Damage Medium Cluster JewelMedium Cluster JewelPlace into an allocated Medium or Large Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Added passives do not interact with jewel radiuses. Right click to remove from the Socket.s.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Chaos Damage
Extra Projectiles
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
16
41
8
15 to 22
6
0
0
2
20
50
8
21 to 31
6
49725
49725
3
24
58
9
28 to 42
6
95714
145439
4
28
67
10
37 to 56
6
169595
315034
5
31
73
11
46 to 69
6
199345
514379
6
34
79
12
56 to 84
6
285815
800194
7
37
85
13
68 to 102
6
401344
1201538
8
40
92
14
83 to 124
6
554379
1755917
9
43
98
15
100 to 151
6
755049
2510966
10
46
104
15
121 to 182
6
1016533
3527499
11
49
111
16
146 to 218
7
1898602
5426101
12
52
117
17
175 to 262
7
1964019
7390120
13
55
123
17
209 to 313
7
2573731
9963851
14
58
130
18
249 to 374
7
4676439
14640290
15
60
134
19
280 to 421
7
3017327
17657617
16
62
138
19
315 to 473
7
7823001
25480618
17
64
142
20
354 to 530
7
15264208
40744826
18
66
146
20
397 to 595
7
26272845
67017671
19
68
151
21
445 to 667
7
62872274
129889945
20
70
155
21
498 to 747
7
212023122
341913067
21
72
159
22
557 to 836
8
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
22
624 to 935
8
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
23
697 to 1046
8
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
23
779 to 1169
8
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
24
870 to 1305
8
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
24
972 to 1457
8
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
25
1084 to 1626
8
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
25
1209 to 1814
8
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
26
1348 to 2022
8
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
26
1502 to 2253
8
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
26
1585 to 2378
8
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
27
1673 to 2510
8
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
27
1766 to 2648
8
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
27
1863 to 2794
8
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
27
1966 to 2948
8
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
27
2074 to 3110
8
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
28
2187 to 3281
8
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
28
2307 to 3461
8
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
28
2433 to 3650
8
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
28
2566 to 3850
8
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Forbidden Rite can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Forbidden Rite can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
3
The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality:+23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.
Random corruptedlevel 21 Chaos 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 corruptedlevel 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
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
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.
Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
or 
Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
, this spell will cause you to take a hit of Chaos Damage equal to 40% of Maximum Life and 25% of Maximum Energy Shield added together. This damage is considered secondary damage and will trigger on-hit effects and 
Dark PactDark PactMinion, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Chaos, Nova
. This does not count as a cost. You will take a hit for each repeat of the skill when used with 
Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
or 
Unleash SupportUnleash SupportSpell, Support
.
HeadhunterHeadhunter
will also boost the damage. When used with 
Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
, the damage will scale off Totem Life instead.
Soul MantleSoul Mantle
acts as an effective 7-link, and scales Totem Life very well in addition to 
Torchoak StepTorchoak Step
, with much higher achievable Life values than self-cast. 
Rain of SplintersRain of Splinters
adds 2 projectiles for lower opportunity cost than 
Volley SupportVolley SupportSupport, Projectile
. Because the self-damage applies to the totem rather than you, you can also scale Totem Chaos Resistance with the Ancestral Preservation node on Totem Damage 
Medium Cluster JewelMedium Cluster JewelPlace into an allocated Medium or Large Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Added passives do not interact with jewel radiuses. Right click to remove from the Socket.
s.
The Bitter Blossom
The Bitter Blossom
3Level 21 Chaos Gem
The Cataclysm
13Level 21 Spell Gem
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.