Perforate

PerforatePhysical, Attack, AoE, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (125-213)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-213)%Smash the ground to bring forth multiple spears to damage enemies. When in Blood Stance, multiple spikes burst from the ground in sequence, able to hit enemies multiple times. In Sand Stance, the spikes are thrust outwards. Requires a Sword or Axe. You are in Blood Stance by default.Creates 7 Spikes
75% less Damage while in Blood Stance
Creates 2 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
(0-76)% more Area of Effect while in Sand Stance

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of Effect0.5% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit1% chance to cause BleedingCreates 0.05 fewer Spikes
Creates 0.1 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance RecentlyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPerforate

Perforate is an attack skill where the user strikes the ground to launch multiple spikes from the ground that deal area of effect damage. This skill interacts with Blood and Sand Stance, launching multiple spikes in a small area in Blood Stance and launching the spikes outwards in Sand Stance.

Skill functions and interactions

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Alt quality

In its phantasmal quality: "Creates 0.05 fewer Spikes, Creates 0.1 additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently" if you stay between 10-19% quality, you will not get one permanent fewer spikes while still having an additional Spikes if you've changed Stance Recently resulting in an always better case than going for 20% on this alternate quality.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Physical Damage	More AoE	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	155%	155%	2 to 3	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	0	160.8%	160.8%	2 to 3	4%	70	70
3	4	0	0	166.6%	166.6%	3 to 4	8%	308	378
4	7	0	14	172.4%	172.4%	4 to 6	12%	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	178.2%	178.2%	5 to 8	16%	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	183.9%	183.9%	7 to 11	20%	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	189.7%	189.7%	9 to 13	24%	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	195.5%	195.5%	11 to 17	28%	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	201.3%	201.3%	14 to 20	32%	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	207.1%	207.1%	16 to 25	36%	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	212.9%	212.9%	20 to 30	40%	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	218.7%	218.7%	24 to 35	44%	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	224.5%	224.5%	28 to 42	48%	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	230.3%	230.3%	33 to 49	52%	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	236.1%	236.1%	39 to 58	56%	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	241.8%	241.8%	45 to 68	60%	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	247.6%	247.6%	52 to 79	64%	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	253.4%	253.4%	61 to 91	68%	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	259.2%	259.2%	68 to 102	72%	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	265%	265%	75 to 113	76%	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	270.8%	270.8%	81 to 122	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	276.6%	276.6%	87 to 130	84%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	282.4%	282.4%	93 to 140	88%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	288.2%	288.2%	100 to 150	92%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	293.9%	293.9%	107 to 160	96%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	299.7%	299.7%	114 to 172	100%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	305.5%	305.5%	123 to 184	104%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	311.3%	311.3%	131 to 197	108%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	317.1%	317.1%	140 to 210	112%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	322.9%	322.9%	150 to 224	116%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	325.8%	325.8%	155 to 232	118%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	328.7%	328.7%	160 to 240	120%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	331.6%	331.6%	165 to 248	122%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	334.5%	334.5%	171 to 256	124%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	337.4%	337.4%	176 to 265	126%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	340.3%	340.3%	182 to 273	128%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	343.2%	343.2%	188 to 282	130%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	346.1%	346.1%	194 to 292	132%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	348.9%	348.9%	201 to 301	134%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	351.8%	351.8%	207 to 311	136%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Perforate can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Perforate can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate 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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Perforate:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Perforate.

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 Perforate Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Perforate has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Perforate Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Perforate has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Perforate Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Perforate deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Perforate Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Perforate deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Perforate Number Of Spikes 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Perforate creates +1 Spike	helmet 100
Enchantment Perforate Number Of Spikes 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Perforate creates +2 Spikes	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 213% of Base Damage, and has 213% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 170%).
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Now deals base Damage and has an added Damage effectiveness of 125% at gem level 1 (from 140%), up to 170% at gem level 20 (from 196%). Now has 2 to 3 added Attack Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20 (previously had no added damage). Now creates 7 spikes (from 6). Now creates 2 additional spikes if you've changed stance recently. Now deals 75% less Damage while in Blood stance (from 65%). Now gains more area of effect while in Sand stance as the gem levels, up to 76% more at gem level 20. Gained the Slam and Physical Tag.
3.7.4	Added Labyrinth Enchantments.
3.7.0	Perforate has been added to the game.