Cremation

CremationSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Projectile, Orb
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28A targeted corpse explodes, dealing area damage and turning into a volcanic geyser, which will repeatedly unleash exploding projectiles sequentially over the surrounding area for a duration. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Deals (49-434) to (74-651) Fire Damage
Fires Projectiles every 1.0 seconds
Base duration is 8.00 seconds
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (4-5)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
Maximum of 3 Geysers at a time
+(0-0.3) metres to radius
Fires 3 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Fire Damage5% increased Burning DamageFires Projectiles 0.25% faster2% chance to Explode a nearby Corpse when Firing ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemCorpseEruption

Cremation is a spell that explodes a corpse, turning it into a volcanic geyser that rapidly creates projectiles that explode for fire damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Projectiles: By default, a geyser fires 4 projectiles every second over an 8-second duration, or 32 total projectiles. Each projectile can hit the same enemy.
  • Additional projectiles add to the number of projectiles fired per second; for example, 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 Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. will increase the projectiles per second to 8, or 64 total projectiles.
  • As the rate at which projectiles are fired is fixed, increasing skill duration will multiply the number of projectiles fired over the geyser's duration. For example, a 12-second Cremation fires 48 projectiles, not 32.
• Critical strike chance: Each projectile rolls its own critical strike chance independently.
• Cast speed: Cast speed only affects the speed to cast the geyser. The frequency of projectiles being fired is not affected by cast speed.
• Area of effect: AoE affects both the area of the projectile's hit as well as the distance the projectile is able to travel. AoE also scales the initial corpse explosion.
• Projectile speed: Projectile speed affects the speed at which a fired projectile hits the ground, but does not affect AoE.
• Pierce and Chain: Cremation projectiles are ground targeted and unable to make use of any projectile behaviours.
• Reflect: The damage from the corpse explosion cannot be reflected. The spell damage portion of the spell can be reflected, however.
• Orb: Cremation being an orb skill prevents it from being supported by Sacrifice SupportSacrifice SupportChaos, Support, Spell
  Icon: ^
  Level: (1-20)Requires Level 31Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Spells Sacrifice 20% of your current Life when Cast to gain added Chaos Damage equal to (25-44)% of Sacrificed Life
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos 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. and Trinity SupportTrinity SupportSupport
  Icon: y
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Hits with Supported Skills for which the highest Damage Type is Elemental cause you to gain 25 Resonance of other Elements per second for 2 seconds
  Lose 5 Resonance per second of each Element you are not gaining
  Supported Skills deal 3% more Elemental Damage per 5 of lowest Resonance
  Supported Skills penetrate (7-16)% Elemental Resistances while each Resonance is at least 25
  
  Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Elemental 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..

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Fire Damage	Radius	Corpse Life %	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	11	49 to 74	N/A	4.0%	0	0
2	31	46	32	11	59 to 89	N/A	4.1%	199345	199345
3	34	50	35	12	70 to 105	N/A	4.1%	285815	485160
4	37	54	37	13	83 to 125	N/A	4.2%	401344	886504
5	40	58	40	13	98 to 147	N/A	4.2%	554379	1440883
6	42	60	42	14	109 to 163	+0.1m	4.3%	477437	1918320
7	44	63	44	14	121 to 182	+0.1m	4.3%	583786	2502106
8	46	66	46	15	134 to 202	+0.1m	4.4%	710359	3212465
9	48	68	48	15	149 to 224	+0.1m	4.4%	1355511	4567976
10	50	71	49	15	165 to 248	+0.1m	4.5%	1138877	5706853
11	52	74	51	16	183 to 274	+0.2m	4.5%	1368233	7075086
12	54	76	53	16	202 to 303	+0.2m	4.6%	1638338	8713424
13	56	79	55	17	223 to 334	+0.2m	4.6%	1956648	10670072
14	58	82	57	17	245 to 368	+0.2m	4.7%	3655184	14325256
15	60	84	59	18	270 to 406	+0.2m	4.7%	3017327	17342583
16	62	87	60	18	298 to 447	+0.3m	4.8%	7759995	25102578
17	64	90	62	18	328 to 491	+0.3m	4.8%	15138193	40240771
18	66	92	64	19	360 to 540	+0.3m	4.9%	26083825	66324596
19	68	95	66	19	395 to 593	+0.3m	4.9%	62620247	128944843
20	70	98	68	20	434 to 651	+0.3m	5.0%	211708088	340652931
21	72	100	70	20	476 to 714	+0.4m	5.0%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	21	522 to 783	+0.4m	5.1%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	21	572 to 858	+0.4m	5.1%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	21	627 to 940	+0.4m	5.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	22	686 to 1029	+0.4m	5.2%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	22	750 to 1125	+0.5m	5.3%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	23	820 to 1231	+0.5m	5.3%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	23	897 to 1345	+0.5m	5.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	24	980 to 1470	+0.5m	5.4%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	24	1070 to 1605	+0.5m	5.5%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	24	1118 to 1677	+0.5m	5.5%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	25	1168 to 1752	+0.6m	5.5%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	25	1220 to 1830	+0.6m	5.5%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	25	1274 to 1912	+0.6m	5.6%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	25	1331 to 1997	+0.6m	5.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	25	1390 to 2085	+0.6m	5.6%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	26	1452 to 2178	+0.6m	5.6%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	26	1516 to 2274	+0.6m	5.7%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	26	1583 to 2374	+0.6m	5.7%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	26	1652 to 2479	+0.6m	5.7%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	1% increased Fire Damage	50
Anomalous	5% increased Burning Damage	100
Divergent	Fires Projectiles 0.25% faster	50
Phantasmal	2% chance to Explode a nearby Corpse when Firing Projectiles	10

Item acquisition

Cremation can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Cremation can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 corrupted level 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
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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cremation.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cremation Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Cremation Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cremation Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Cremation Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cremation Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Cremation Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cremation Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Cremation Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cremation Maximum Geysers 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Cremation can have up to 1 additional Geyser at a time	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Cremation has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Darkwood Cremation EffectDarkwood Cremation EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cremation becomes a Darkwood Effect.	Your Cremation becomes a Darkwood Effect.
Quicksilver Cremation EffectQuicksilver Cremation EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cremation becomes a Quicksilver Effect.	Your Cremation becomes a Quicksilver Effect.
Vaal Orb Cremation EffectVaal Orb Cremation EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cremation becomes a Vaal Orb Effect.	Your Cremation becomes a Vaal Orb Effect.
Void Emperor Cremation EffectVoid Emperor Cremation EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cremation becomes a Void Emperor Effect.	Your Cremation becomes a Void Emperor Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	Added the Orb tag to the Cremation Skill Gem.
3.19.0	Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 5% at gem level 20 (previously 4% at all gem levels).
3.6.0	Cremation's Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 11 (was 14). Cremation's Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 20 (was 27). Now deals 49 to 74 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 40 to 60) and 434 to 651 Fire damage at gem level 20 (from 357 to 535). Now gains radius as the gem levels, up to +3 radius at gem level 20. Now has an added damage effectiveness of 100% (from 80%).
3.1.0	Cremation has been added to the game.