Cruelty SupportSupport, Duration Icon: Y Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage with Hits Cruelty has a Base Duration of 4 seconds Hits from Supported Skills grant Cruelty (0-19)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported Skills
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0.25-5)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported SkillsThis 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.
Acquisition Drop level: 18Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Support Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemCruelty
Hits from active skills supported by this gem grant the Cruelty buff, which grants more damage over time for supported skills. The value of Cruelty buff is calculated similarly to Fortification and ailment thresholds. Cruelty has a maximum effect of 40% more Damage over Time. Increased effect of Cruelty makes it easier to hit that limit but does not increase the limit. [1] Maximum cruelty can be gained by damaging an enemy with a hit equal to 3.2% of its ailment threshold,[2] approximately equal to the amount of damage required to inflict a 12.5% shock. The gem's advanced description specifies (Cruelty makes all Skills Supported by Cruelty Support deal up to 40% more Damage over Time, based on the amount of Damage in the Hit which grants it). The Cruelty buff is shared by all skills linked to Cruelty Support
Totems and other proxies cannot gain or grant the player Cruelty. To allow them to benefit from Cruelty Support, the player will need to acquire a Cruelty buff from a skill they dealt damage with directly.[3] This means that with the Ancestral BondKeystone allocated, Cruelty Support can increase a Totem's hit damage, but it will be unable to receive any bonuses to damage over time.
Skills that deal damage directly and also summon minions (e.g. Dominating BlowDominating BlowAttack, Minion, Duration, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Cost: 8 Mana Attack Damage: (165-238)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-238)%Requires Level 28Attacks enemies with a melee strike, applying a debuff for a short duration. If a non-unique enemy dies while affected by the debuff, the enemy's corpse will be consumed and a Sentinel of Dominance with the same rarity, prefix and suffix modifiers will be summoned for a longer secondary duration.Base duration is 1.00 seconds Base secondary duration is 20.00 seconds Maximum 9 Summoned Normal Sentinels of Dominance Maximum 3 Summoned Magic Sentinels of Dominance Maximum 1 Summoned Rare Sentinel of Dominance 25% Chance to Summon a Normal Sentinel of Dominance on Hitting a Unique Monster
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Minions have (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.) can be supported by Cruelty. Minions summoned this way cannot gain Cruelty or benefit from the damage bonus from the buff. However, skills which only summon minions and do not directly deal damage (e.g. Summon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration Level: (1-20) Cost: (5-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 10Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.Maximum (5-7) Summoned Skeletons Base duration is 20.00 seconds Summons (2-3) Skeleton Warriors
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.05-1) to Maximum Summoned SkeletonsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.) cannot be supported by Cruelty.
Gem level progression
Level
Cruelty effect
More Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
18
21
14
N/A
15%
0
0
2
22
24
17
1%
15%
69833
69833
3
26
28
19
2%
16%
128549
198382
4
29
31
21
3%
16%
154553
352935
5
32
34
23
4%
17%
225374
578309
6
35
37
25
5%
17%
320672
898981
7
38
40
27
6%
18%
447718
1346699
8
41
42
29
7%
18%
615318
1962017
9
44
45
31
8%
19%
834639
2796656
10
47
48
33
9%
19%
1570760
4367416
11
50
51
35
10%
20%
1633987
6001403
12
53
54
37
11%
20%
2151030
8152433
13
56
57
39
12%
21%
2812189
10964622
14
58
58
41
13%
21%
3655184
14619806
15
60
60
42
14%
22%
3017327
17637133
16
62
62
43
15%
22%
7818905
25456038
17
64
64
44
16%
23%
15256013
40712051
18
66
66
46
17%
23%
26260555
66972606
19
68
68
47
18%
24%
62855887
129828493
20
70
70
48
19%
24%
212002638
341831131
21
72
72
50
20%
25%
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
21%
25%
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
22%
26%
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
23%
26%
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
24%
27%
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
25%
27%
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
26%
28%
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
27%
28%
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
28%
29%
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
29%
29%
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
29%
29%
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
30%
30%
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
30%
30%
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
31%
30%
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
31%
30%
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
32%
31%
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
32%
31%
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
33%
31%
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
33%
31%
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
34%
32%
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
(0.25-5)% increased Effect of Cruelty granted by Supported Skills
1
Item acquisition
Cruelty Support can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Cruelty Support can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
9
Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.
Random level 20 support gem
A
7
Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Support Gem Quality:+23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness
Random corruptedsupport gem with 23% quality
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
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:
The following unique items are related to Cruelty Support:
Item
Base Item
Stats
Forbidden ShakoForbidden Shako Great CrownArmour: (143-161) Energy Shield: (29-33)Requires Level 68, 59 Str, 59 IntSocketed Gems are Supported by Level (1-10) <random Support Gem> Socketed Gems are Supported by Level (25-35) <random Support Gem> +(25-30) to all AttributesThe Azmeri must never touch the Tears of Maji, lest Viridi weep.
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level (1-10) <random Support Gem> Socketed Gems are Supported by Level (25-35) <random Support Gem> +(25-30) to all Attributes
The Hungry LoopThe Hungry Loop Unset RingRequires Level 70Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems <Consumed support gem modifier>Be careful where you put your finger.
Fixed a bug where Cruelty Support was able to support the skills of Minions, despite the Cruelty buff not applying to damage dealt by supported Minions.
Cruelty buff, which grants more damage over time for supported skills. The value of Cruelty buff is calculated similarly to Fortification and ailment thresholds. Cruelty has a maximum effect of 40% more Damage over Time. Increased effect of Cruelty makes it easier to hit that limit but does not increase the limit. [1] Maximum cruelty can be gained by damaging an enemy with a hit equal to 3.2% of its ailment threshold,[2] approximately equal to the amount of damage required to inflict a 12.5% shock. The gem's advanced description specifies (Cruelty makes all Skills Supported by Cruelty Support deal up to 40% more Damage over Time, based on the amount of Damage in the Hit which grants it). The Cruelty buff is shared by all skills linked to Cruelty Support
Dominating BlowDominating BlowAttack, Minion, Duration, Melee, Strike
) can be supported by Cruelty. Minions summoned this way cannot gain Cruelty or benefit from the damage bonus from the buff. However, skills which only summon minions and do not directly deal damage (e.g. 
Summon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration
) cannot be supported by Cruelty.
Gift of the Gemling Queen
Gift of the Gemling Queen
9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla,
Dialla's Subjugation
7Support Gem
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Forbidden Shako
The Hungry Loop