Ancestral Cry

Ancestral CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (14-19) Mana
Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Use Time: 0.80 sec
AoE Radius: 60Requires Level 16Performs a warcry, taunting all nearby enemies to attack the user and exerting subsequent strike attacks. The user and nearby allies gain a buff that grants elemental resistances.Base duration is (2.50-3.40) seconds
(0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
Counts total Power of Enemies in Range
Buff grants +5% to all Elemental Resistances per 5 power, counting a maximum of 30 Power
Buff grants +1% to all Maximum Elemental
Resistances per 10 Power, counting a maximum of 30 Power
Exerts the next 8 Melee Strike Attacks you perform
Exerted Strikes target 2 additional Enemies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 16Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAncestralCry

Ancestral Cry is a warcry skill that taunts nearby enemies and grants a buff to you and nearby allies. The buff grants additional elemental resistances and maximum elemental resistances based on the power of nearby enemies. It also causes your next strike attacks to exert, targeting two additional enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

Power: Normal Monsters have 1 Power, Magic Monsters 2, Rare Monsters 10, Unique Monsters 20, and Players 5

Multistrike and Exerted attacks: Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee 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. supported skills cannot be exerted, although skills that inherently hit multiple times, like Double StrikeDouble StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-13) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (143-409)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (143-409)%Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.25% chance to cause Bleeding

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., consume one exerted attack per use of the skill.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Base duration	Warcry Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	41	14	2.50 sec	—	0	0
2	20	50	14	2.50 sec	2%	49725	49725
3	24	58	15	2.60 sec	4%	95714	145439
4	28	67	15	2.60 sec	6%	169595	315034
5	31	73	15	2.70 sec	8%	199345	514379
6	34	79	15	2.70 sec	10%	285815	800194
7	37	85	16	2.80 sec	12%	401344	1201538
8	40	92	16	2.80 sec	14%	554379	1755917
9	43	98	16	2.90 sec	16%	755049	2510966
10	46	104	16	2.90 sec	18%	1016533	3527499
11	49	111	17	3.00 sec	20%	1898602	5426101
12	52	117	17	3.00 sec	22%	1964019	7390120
13	55	123	17	3.10 sec	24%	2573731	9963851
14	58	130	18	3.10 sec	26%	4676439	14640290
15	60	134	18	3.20 sec	28%	3017327	17657617
16	62	138	18	3.20 sec	30%	7823001	25480618
17	64	142	19	3.30 sec	32%	15264208	40744826
18	66	146	19	3.30 sec	34%	26272845	67017671
19	68	151	19	3.40 sec	36%	62872274	129889945
20	70	155	19	3.40 sec	38%	212023122	341913067
21	72	159	20	3.50 sec	40%	—	—
22	74	—	20	3.50 sec	41%	—	—
23	76	—	20	3.60 sec	42%	—	—
24	78	—	20	3.60 sec	43%	—	—
25	80	—	21	3.70 sec	44%	—	—
26	82	—	21	3.70 sec	45%	—	—
27	84	—	21	3.80 sec	46%	—	—
28	86	—	21	3.80 sec	47%	—	—
29	88	—	22	3.90 sec	48%	—	—
30	90	—	22	3.90 sec	49%	—	—
31	91	—	22	3.90 sec	49%	—	—
32	92	—	22	4.00 sec	50%	—	—
33	93	—	22	4.00 sec	50%	—	—
34	94	—	22	4.00 sec	51%	—	—
35	95	—	23	4.00 sec	51%	—	—
36	96	—	23	4.10 sec	52%	—	—
37	97	—	23	4.10 sec	52%	—	—
38	98	—	23	4.10 sec	53%	—	—
39	99	—	23	4.10 sec	53%	—	—
40	100	—	23	4.20 sec	54%	—	—

Item acquisition

Ancestral Cry can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Ancestral Cry 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 ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2

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 ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Ancestral Cry:

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

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop enabled
Spirited ResponseSpirited Response Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(7-10)% increased maximum Mana With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, 10% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana if you've Warcried RecentlyThe Purity Rebels fought with heart and soul, To free their empire from corruption. And the fires of war did merely serve, To temper the steel of their spirits.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(7-10)% increased maximum Mana With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, 10% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana if you've Warcried Recently

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ancestral Cry.

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 Ancestral Cry Exerted Attack Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ancestral Cry deal 35% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Cry Exerted Attack Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Attacks Exerted by Ancestral Cry deal 50% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ancestral Cry Minimum Power 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Cry has a minimum of 10 Power	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Ancestral Cry has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Warcry EffectCelestial Warcry EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Warcry becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Warcry becomes a Celestial Effect.
Wolf Howl Warcry EffectWolf Howl Warcry EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Warcry becomes a Wolf Howl Effect.	Your Warcry becomes a Wolf Howl Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	No longer grants a buff which gives you bonus armour and melee range. Instead, the user and nearby allies gain a buff that grants elemental resistances. The buff grants +5% to all Elemental Resistances per 5 power and +1% to all Maximum Elemental Resistance per 10 power, and can count a maximum of 30 power. Now has a base duration of 2.5 seconds at gem level 1 (previously 4), scaling up to 3.4 seconds at gem level 20 (previously 4.9).
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate (previously 0-20%).
3.21.0	Quality on Ancestral Cry now provides 0-20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate (previously 0-10%).
3.12.2	Fixed a bug where repeatedly using Ancestral Cry could give your character ever-increasing Armour.
3.11.0	Ancestral Cry has been added to the game.