Barrage

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

BarrageAttack, Projectile, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-11) Mana
Attack Damage: (47-54)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (47-55)%Requires Level 12After a short preparation time, you attack repeatedly with a ranged weapon. These attacks have a small randomised spread. Only works with Bows and Wands. This skill cannot be Triggered.Fires Projectiles sequentially
Fires 4 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Projectile Damage1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit0.5% increased Attack SpeedInflict non-Damaging Ailments as though dealing 5% more DamagePlace 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/SkillGemBarrage
Barrage is a ranged attack skill that fires all of your bow or wand projectiles rapidly in succession.

Skill functions and interactions

• Additional Projectiles: Linking 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 per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportAwakened Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Level: (1-5)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 72Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (25-21)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 5 additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. (Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.) to Barrage will increase the total number of projectiles fired. For example, when using Lesser Multiple Projectiles, a total of 7 projectiles will be fired (1 base, +4 from Barrage gem, +2 from Lesser Multiple Projectiles Gem). Wearing a helmet enchanted with Barrage fires an additional Projectile will further increase this total. All projectiles fired can strike the same target, potentially dealing damage up to 13 times (1 base, +4 from Barrage gem, +2 from LMP, +5 from Awakened GMP, +1 from enchant) to a single target when using all three effects. However, the less damage multipliers from LMP and GMP also applies to the dps. Using Dying SunDying Sun
  Ruby FlaskLasts (3.20-4.80) Seconds
  Consumes (45-50) of 50 Charges on use
  +50% to Fire Resistance
  20% less Fire Damage takenRequires Level 68(125-150)% increased Charges per use
  (60-40)% less Duration
  (10-20)% increased Area of Effect during Effect
  Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during EffectAll things must die.
  Whether you burn out or explode is up to you.Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. as well as item mods such as Skills fire # additional Projectile(s), Bow Attacks fire # additional Arrow(s) are recommended instead. Barrage can be supported by Barrage SupportBarrage SupportBow, Attack, Support, Projectile
  Icon: N
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.Supported Skills deal (68-62)% less Damage
  Supported Skills Fire Projectiles sequentially
  Supported Skills fire 3 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills have 5% more Attack Time per Projectile
  Supported Skills have 5% more Trap and Mine Throwing Time per Projectile
  Supported Skills can only be used with Bows or Wands
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., but that support gem has less damage multiplier as well as more attack time per projectiles.

• 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.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 per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 1% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: Linking this gem will cause Barrage's projectiles to be fired in sequence in five parallel lines.

• 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.: This jewel will fire an additional twelve projectiles per attack, six on the first and last attack, with the added projectiles spread to the sides. These additional projectiles cannot strike the same target as the main projectiles and will in fact pass through them harmlessly (though subsequent projectiles generated via effects such as chain could bounce to the primary target).

Example: A user wearing a helmet with +1 Additional Barrage Projectiles and with 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. slotted will fire a total of 18 projectiles per attack. A maximum of 6 can strike the primary target; all other targets may be struck by a maximum of 1 projectile.

• Dual wielding: The total number of projectiles fired by Barrage does not change while wielding two weapons. An attack with Barrage uses both weapons, alternating between each weapon for each projectile fired.

• Ballista Totem Support: This one is not recommended. The firing rate slowdown of the totem also applies to the firing rate of each shot of the Barrage and it can't start another while one is going so the overall firing rate (and therefore DPS) will be VERY slow. Not only that, the totem cannot turn while in the middle of a particular Barrage; while the first shot might hit the target the rest will miss if it moves even a little (a very extreme weakness in PvP in particular).

• Attacks have a small randomised spread: The spread covers a small angle of approximately 20 degrees.

• Trigger effects: Barrage cannot be triggered by effects such as Snipe and Maloney's Mechanism

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	7	47%	47%	0	0
2	15	39	7	47%	47.4%	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	48%	47.8%	41517	56766
4	23	56	8	48%	48.2%	81983	138749
5	27	64	8	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	9	50%	50.2%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	9	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	10	52%	52.2%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	10	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	11	54%	54.2%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	11	55%	54.6%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	11	55%	55%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	11	55%	55.4%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	56%	55.8%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	56%	56.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	57%	56.6%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	12	57%	57%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	12	57%	57.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	58%	57.8%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	58%	58.2%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	59%	58.6%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	13	59%	58.8%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	13	59%	59%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	59%	59.2%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	59%	59.4%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	60%	59.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	14	60%	59.8%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	14	60%	60%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	14	60%	60.2%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	14	60%	60.4%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	14	61%	60.6%	N/A	N/A

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
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternate Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Gem Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality	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. Shift click to unstack.	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	✓

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	0.5% increased Projectile Damage	50
Anomalous	1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit	100
Divergent	0.5% increased Attack Speed	100
Phantasmal	Inflict non-Damaging Ailments as though dealing 5% more Damage	20

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Barrage:

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
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	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Barrage.

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
Enchantment Barrage Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Barrage fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100

Legacy enchantments

The following enchantments can only be found on legacy items in permanent leagues:

Name	Labyrinth	Stats
EnchantmentBarrageNumOfAdditionalProjectiles1	Merciless Labyrinth	Barrage fires an additional Projectile

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.

Alternate skill effects

Barrage has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
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
3.15.0	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%).
3.11.0	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: (7-12) Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (200-300)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (200-300)% Projectile Speed: 3260Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.Adds (3-201) to (4-302) Fire Damage to Attacks against Ignited Enemies 25% chance to Ignite enemies 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 1% increased Fire DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Barrage and PuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: 6 Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Base duration is 8 seconds (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage Causes Bleeding (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Bleeding inflicted by this Skill deals Damage 0.5% fasterPlace 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 BarrageBarrageAttack, Projectile, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-11) Mana Attack Damage: (47-54)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (47-55)%Requires Level 12After a short preparation time, you attack repeatedly with a ranged weapon. These attacks have a small randomised spread. Only works with Bows and Wands. This skill cannot be Triggered.Fires Projectiles sequentially Fires 4 additional Projectiles Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Projectile DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. 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.