Barrage

This page is about the skill gem. For the support gem, see Barrage Support.

BarrageAttack, Projectile, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-10) Mana
Attack Damage: (47-54)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (47-55)%Requires Level 12After a short preparation time, you fire individual projectiles repeatedly with a Bow or Wand. These projectiles have a small randomised spread. This skill cannot be Triggered.Fires 5 Projectiles
Fires Projectiles sequentially

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires +(0.05-1) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBarrage

Barrage is a ranged attack skill that fires all of your bow or wand projectiles rapidly in succession.

Skill functions and interactions

• Attack time vs projectile count: Barrage fires 5 projectiles by default, and can be increased through various modifiers. 40% of the attack time is spent winding up, and the remaining 60% of the attack time is distributed equally between each fired projectile. Additional projectiles will reduce the time between each fired projectile and increase the number of hits per second, but has no impact on the overall attack time.
• 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.: Linking Barrage to 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. or Greater Volley SupportGreater Volley SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: ≣
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports 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 4 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 4 points on each side of you
  Supported Skills deal (30-21)% less Projectile Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (1-20)% 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. will cause the arrows to instead fire in sequence in a near-parallel volley, from the leftmost to rightmost firing point.
• Randomised spread: By default, projectiles from Barrage spread over a small angle of approximately 20 degrees. Allocating Far Shot causes Barrage to have no spread.
• Dual wielding: Each use of Barrage will alternate wands if dual-wielding.
• Triggers: Barrage cannot be triggered by effects such as Snipe and Maloney's MechanismMaloney's Mechanism
  Ornate QuiverRequires Level 45Has 1 SocketHas 2 Sockets
  Trigger a Socketed Bow Skill when you Attack with a Bow, with a 1 second Cooldown
  (7-12)% increased Attack Speed
  +(50-70) to maximum Life
  5% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit with AttacksMidnight tinkering begets midday murdering;
  a sinister shaft surreptitiously shot slays a scoundrel.
  I will see them again, but not until my work is done..
• Volley FireVolley Fire
  Viridian JewelLimited to: 1
  Radius: Medium(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage
  With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 6 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacksLioneye's men stood at the walls,
  eyeing the savages that walked the beach below.
  With a single word,
  a thousand bodies, and ten thousand arrows,
  would litter the sands.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.: Volley fires the first and last projectiles in the sequence to also fire 3 additional projectiles on either side in an arc. These projectiles cannot hit the same target as the main projectile.
• Because Barrage fires a flat number of arrows instead of one plus a number of Additional Arrows Fury ValveFury Valve
  Turquoise AmuletRequires Level 40+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence(15-25)% increased Evasion Rating
  +(15-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
  Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  (20-30)% increased Projectile Speed
  Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply
  to the number of targets Projectiles Split towardsA single act of anger travels countless paths of destruction. will not modify the base number of projectiles Barrage fires. Each projectile fired will still split off two arrows to hit additional targets, and any sources of Additional Projectiles such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: l
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  
  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. will be applied to the number of arrows that split, not the base number of arrows the skill fires. In other words, 0% quality Barrage linked with Lesser Multiple Projectiles will shoot 7 arrows while adding Fury Valve will result in Barrage firing the base 5 projectiles which then split off to hit up to an additional 20 (5 * (2 + 2)) targets.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	6	47%	47%	0	0
2	15	39	6	47%	47.4%	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	48%	47.8%	41517	56766
4	23	56	7	48%	48.2%	81983	138749
5	27	64	7	49%	48.6%	147968	286717
6	31	73	8	49%	49%	250557	537274
7	35	81	8	49%	49.4%	405086	942360
8	38	88	8	50%	49.8%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	8	50%	50.2%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	8	51%	50.6%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	9	51%	51%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	9	51%	51.4%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	9	52%	51.8%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	9	52%	52.2%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	9	53%	52.6%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	10	53%	53%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	10	53%	53.4%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	10	54%	53.8%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	10	54%	54.2%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	10	55%	54.6%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	10	55%	55%	—	—
22	74	—	10	55%	55.4%	—	—
23	76	—	10	56%	55.8%	—	—
24	78	—	11	56%	56.2%	—	—
25	80	—	11	57%	56.6%	—	—
26	82	—	11	57%	57%	—	—
27	84	—	11	57%	57.4%	—	—
28	86	—	11	58%	57.8%	—	—
29	88	—	11	58%	58.2%	—	—
30	90	—	11	59%	58.6%	—	—
31	91	—	11	59%	58.8%	—	—
32	92	—	11	59%	59%	—	—
33	93	—	12	59%	59.2%	—	—
34	94	—	12	59%	59.4%	—	—
35	95	—	12	60%	59.6%	—	—
36	96	—	12	60%	59.8%	—	—
37	97	—	12	60%	60%	—	—
38	98	—	12	60%	60.2%	—	—
39	99	—	12	60%	60.4%	—	—
40	100	—	12	61%	60.6%	—	—

Item acquisition

Barrage can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Barrage 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

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

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Barrage:

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
Volley FireVolley Fire Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 6 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacksLioneye's men stood at the walls, eyeing the savages that walked the beach below. With a single word, a thousand bodies, and ten thousand arrows, would litter the sands.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1	Medium	(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 6 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacks

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Barrage.

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 Barrage Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Barrage Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Barrage Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Barrage Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Barrage Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Barrage Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Barrage Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Barrage Damage	helmet 100
EnchantmentBarrageNumOfAdditionalProjectiles1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Barrage fires an additional Projectile	helmet 0
Enchantment Barrage Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Barrage fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100

Moreover, legacy items may have the Enchantment Barrage Num Of Additional Projectiles 1Enchantment Barrage Num Of Additional Projectiles 1
Enchantment
Barrage fires an additional Projectile enchantment from Eternal Labyrinth, but have a legacy value of 2 additional Projectiles, instead of current value of 1. The value will not be changed by a Blessed OrbBlessed OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the values of the implicit modifiers of an itemRight click this item then left click another item to apply it..

Alternate skill effects

Barrage has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Arcane Barrage EffectArcane Barrage EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Barrage becomes an Arcane Effect.	Your Barrage becomes an Arcane Effect.
Celestial Barrage EffectCelestial Barrage EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Barrage becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Barrage becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has a Mana cost of 6 at gem level 1 (previously 7), scaling up to 10 at gem level 20 (previously 11).
3.23.0	Quality now causes the skill to Fire +0-1 Projectile, instead of providing 0-10% increased Projectile Damage. Alternate quality gems, labyrinth helmet enchantments and unique threshold jewels are all systems that were trying to subtly modify the behaviour of skills. With this expansion these have been combined into a new system called Transfigured Gems that allows us to fully achieve the goal of these three systems, and then some. Transfigured Gems are alternate versions of existing skill gems that have different functionality and balance than their regular versions. We have added many of these, with interesting variations that drastically change how existing skills play. Anomalous, Divergent and Phantasmal Quality Gems have been removed from the game. Existing alternate Quality Gems now have the base Quality effect found on the respective Gem. Many Skill Gems now display the total number of projectiles or arrows they fire, instead of how many additional ones.
3.15.0	Now deals 47% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 40%), up to 54.6% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 47.6%). Now has 47% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 40%), up to 54.6% at gem level 20 (previously 48%).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality: Anomalous: 1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit (per 1% quality) Divergent: 0.5% increased Attack Speed (per 1% quality) Phantasmal: Inflict non-Damaging Ailments as though dealing 5% more Damage (per 1% quality)
3.11.0	Fixed a bug where the Barrage effect, when used by a mine, faced the wrong direction.
3.9.0	A lot of ranged attack skills have received major visual improvements, including the basic wand and bow attacks, Burning ArrowBurning ArrowAttack, Projectile, Fire, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-14) Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (280-420)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (280-420)% Projectile Speed: 3260Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.25% chance to Ignite enemies 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% more Damage with IgnitePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Barrage and PuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Physical, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-14) Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (168-205)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (168-205)%Requires Level 4Punctures enemies with your Bow, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration.Base duration is 8.00 seconds (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding Causes Bleeding Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(1-20)% more Damage with BleedingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
3.3.0	Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 40% at gem level 1 (down from 50%), up to 47.6% at gem level 20 (down from 61.4%). Now fires 4 additional projectiles (up from 3).
3.1.0	The helmet enchantment which grants additional projectiles for Barrage has been removed from the Merciless Labyrinth. The Eternal Labyrinth Barrage enchantment now grants one additional projectile (down from 2).
2.1.0	Barrage damage has been increased from 40% to 50% of base damage at level one. At level 20, it now has been increased from dealing 47.6% to 61.4% of base damage.
2.0.0	Instead of gaining 4% increased Physical Damage per level, Barrage now gains 0.4% Base Damage per level.
1.1.0	The 33% less attack speed penalty has been removed from Barrage.
1.0.4	The Barrage skill has been added for the Ranger in Descent Champions.
1.0.3	Barrage has been added to the game.