Dark Pact

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Dark PactMinion, Spell, AoE, Chaining, Chaos, Nova
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-13) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28This spell removes some life from one of your Skeleton minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.Deals (24-241) to (36-362) Chaos Damage
Sacrifices 8% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage
Chains +2 Times
Uses your Life if no Skeletons in range
(56-136)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Sacrifices +(0.1-2)% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 28Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDarkPact

Dark Pact is a chaos spell that removes some life from one of your 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. minions near you or the targeted location to deal chaos damage in an area around it. This effect will chain to your other nearby skeletons. If you have no skeletons near you or the targeted location, it will sacrifice your own life to deal damage instead.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Sacrifice life: Dark Pact sacrifices 8% of the player's maximum life in a manner similar to spending life with the Lifetap SupportLifetap SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: T
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 300%Requires Level 8Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.Supported Skills Cost Life instead of Mana
Gain Lifetap after Spending a total of (23-273) Life on Upfront
Costs and Effects of a Supported Skill
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage while you have Lifetap
Lifetap lasts 4 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Lifetap lasts +(0.1-2) secondsThis 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 the Blood Magic Keystone. This life loss is not considered damage and cannot be mitigated or trigger Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
Icon: !
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250%
Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
Supported Skills deal (65-27)% less Damage
Trigger Supported Spells when you take (528-3272) total Damage from Hits

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills require (0.5-10)% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerThis 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.. Dark Pact cannot kill a player as it cannot lower life below 1. If 8% of maximum life cannot be removed (e.g. maximum life is 1 due to Chaos Inoculation), the spell can still be used and will lower the player to 1 life, but will lose part or all of the additional base damage scaling from life.[1] The more damage multiplier will always take effect when not casting on a skeleton, even if no life is actually sacrificed.

  • If Dark Pact is repeated (e.g. Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
    Icon: k
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%    Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
    Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
    Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell Damage    This 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.    , Unleash SupportUnleash SupportSpell, Support
    Icon: q
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%    Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Spells gain a Seal every (0.90-0.71) seconds, to a maximum of 3 Seals
    Supported Spells are Unsealed when cast, and their effects Reoccur for each Seal lost
    Supported Skills deal (50-41)% less Damage when Reoccurring

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell Damage    This 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.    , Echoing Shrine, Summon Triggerbots), life is sacrificed for each repeated/reoccuring cast or trigger.
  • Because skills do not snapshot their stats when used, paying or sacrificing life will likely cause the player to not be on full life when the skill hits. Conversely, if a cast reduces the player to low life, hits may benefit from modifiers such as Pain Attunement (until life is recovered).

Life scaling: Dark Pact deals additional base damage equal to the amount of life removed from the player or skeleton. If used on a skeleton, minion life modifiers and Minion Life SupportMinion Life SupportSupport, Minion
Icon: n
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports skills which create Minions.Supported Skills have (30-49)% more Minion maximum Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Minion maximum LifeThis 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. increase the damage dealt when cast on skeletons. The skill tooltip does not factor the base damage from sacrificed life into its calculation as it is conditional.[2]

Proxy: Proxies will attempt to target an allied skeleton if one is nearby. If not, the proxy will use Dark Pact sacrificing its own life; totems can scale this with totem life modifiers. Proxies will get the more damage bonus from using life if not targeting an allied skeleton.[3]

Minion Instability: Dark Pact can be used to forcibly lower the life of your Skeleton minions to low life. Doing so will trigger the effect of the Keystone passive Minion Instability.

Minion modifiers: Despite having the minion tag, there are no minion-specific support gems that can support Dark Pact, and modifiers that affect minion stats do not affect Dark Pact. However, modifiers such as Overseer'sOverseer's
Prefix
+2 to Level of all Minion Skill Gems found on helmets or modifiers that increase socketed Minion gem level, (e.g. The BaronThe Baron
Close HelmetArmour: (130-150)Requires Level 26, 58 Str+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
Minions have (10-20)% increased maximum Life
Half of your Strength is added to your Minions
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies per 500 Strength
With at least 1000 Strength, (1.5-2)% of Damage dealt by your Raised Zombies is Leeched to you as Life"The Emperor's trusted surgeons are not the only ones who practice the dark arts. Some of us are just more discreet.", Chober ChaberChober Chaber
Great MalletTwo Hand Mace
Physical Damage: (129-137.6) to (264-281.6)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 40, 104 Str30% increased Stun Duration on Enemies+1 to Level of Socketed Melee Gems
+1 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
20% reduced Strength Requirement
(200-220)% increased Physical Damage
25% increased maximum Mana
Minions have (20-40)% increased maximum Life
15% increased Skill Effect DurationThe faithful may continue to serve, even after death., Femurs of the SaintsFemurs of the Saints
Primordial StaffStaff
Physical Damage: 55-165
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 58, 99 Str, 99 Int+25% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a Staff+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
Minions deal (60-80)% increased Damage
+1% Chance to Block Attack Damage per Summoned Skeleton
2% increased Attack and Cast Speed per Summoned Raging Spirit
Regenerate 0.6% of Life per second for each Raised Zombie
30% increased Mana Regeneration Rate per Raised Spectre"They spent a lifetime in the service of God,
only to spend eternity in the service of me."
- Kadavrus, Surgeon to the Umbra) will increase the level of Dark Pact. Using Dark Pact is considered using a minion skill.

Chaining: If targeting a skeleton, Dark Pact will chain from the skeleton to other nearby skeletons based on your number of chains. Each skeleton used to chain Dark Pact will lose 8% of its maximum life; this is not considered taking damage. Additional chains can be added to help cover a larger area or return a chain to a previously targeted Skeleton using Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
Icon: c
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times
Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis 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., Ricochet from Deadeye, or items such as GloomfangGloomfang
Blue Pearl AmuletRequires Level 77(48-56)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate0.5% of Chaos Damage Leeched as Life
Lose (15-10) Life per Enemy Hit with Spells
Lose (25-20) Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks
Skills Chain +1 times
(30-40)% increased Projectile Speed
Projectiles that have Chained gain (20-35)% of Non-Chaos Damage as extra Chaos DamageDarkness never stops feeding.. Dark Pact is not a projectile and is not affected by projectile speed or other projectile modifiers, including chains specific to projectiles (e.g. SnakepitSnakepit
Sapphire RingRequires Level 68+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance(20-40)% increased Spell Damage
(5-10)% increased Cast Speed
Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Chain
Left ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Fork
Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells Chain +1 times
Right ring slot: Projectiles from Spells cannot Fork
Projectiles from Spells cannot PierceThey wrap around you until your blood turns as cold as theirs.).

Divine Shrine: As Dark Pact sacrifices life rather than causing the player to take damage, being affected by a Divine Shrine will not prevent life loss.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost		Chaos
Damage		More Damage
with Hits
and Ailments		Exp.Total Exp.
12867724 to 3656%00
23173729 to 4360%199345199345
33479835 to 5264%285815485160
43785841 to 6269%401344886504
54092949 to 7473%5543791440883
64296955 to 8377%4774371918320
744100962 to 9281%5837862502106
8461041069 to 10385%7103593212465
9481091077 to 11590%13555114567976
10501131086 to 12994%11388775706853
11521171195 to 14398%13682337075086
125412111106 to 159102%16383388713424
135612511118 to 177106%195664810670072
145813011131 to 196111%365518414325256
156013412145 to 218115%301732717342583
166213812161 to 242119%775999525102578
176414212178 to 267123%1513819340240771
186614613197 to 296127%2608382566324596
196815113218 to 327132%62620247128944843
207015513241 to 362136%211708088340652931
217215913266 to 400140%——
2274—14294 to 441144%——
2376—14324 to 486148%——
2478—14358 to 536153%——
2580—15394 to 591157%——
2682—15434 to 651161%——
2784—15478 to 717165%——
2886—15526 to 789169%——
2988—16578 to 868174%——
3090—16636 to 954178%——
3191—16667 to 1000181%——
3292—16699 to 1048182%——
3393—16733 to 1099185%——
3494—17768 to 1152186%——
3595—17805 to 1207189%——
3696—17843 to 1265190%——
3797—17884 to 1325193%——
3898—17926 to 1389195%——
3999—17970 to 1455197%——
40100—171016 to 1524199%——

Item acquisition

Dark Pact can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Dark Pact can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
3The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem
Quality: +23%
CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.		Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% qualityA
6The SummonerThe Summoner6Minion Gem
Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare.		Random Minion gem with 20% qualityA
13The 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 gemA
6The 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 gemA
3Gemcutter'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% qualityA
1Gemcutter'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% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		Yes
Sever the Right Hand
Act 3
Clarissa		YesYesNoNoNoNoYes
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		Yes

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Dark Pact.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
EnchantmentDarkPactCastSpeed166Merciless Labyrinth8% increased Dark Pact Cast Speedhelmet 0
EnchantmentDarkPactCastSpeed275Eternal Labyrinth12% increased Dark Pact Cast Speedhelmet 0
EnchantmentDarkPactRadius1__66Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Dark Pact Area of Effecthelmet 0
EnchantmentDarkPactRadius275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Dark Pact Area of Effecthelmet 0
Enchantment Dark Pact Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Dark Pact Area of Effecthelmet 100
Enchantment Dark Pact Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Dark Pact Area of Effecthelmet 100
Enchantment Dack Pact Cast Speed 166Merciless Labyrinth8% increased Dark Pact Cast Speedhelmet 100
Enchantment Dack Pact Cast Speed 275Eternal Labyrinth12% increased Dark Pact Cast Speedhelmet 100
Enchantment Dark Pact Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Dark Pact Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Dark Pact Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Dark Pact Damagehelmet 100

Version history

Version Changes
3.23.0
  • Quality now provides "Sacrifices +0-2% of Skeleton's Life to deal that much Chaos Damage", instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
3.17.0
  • Dark Pact now deals 56% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life at gem level 1 (previously 40%), up to 136% at gem level 20 (previously 97%).
3.16.0
  • Dark Pact now sacrifices 8% of Skeleton’s Life to deal that much Chaos Damage (previously 6%).
  • Now has 40% more Damage with Hits and Ailments if using your Life at gem level 1 (previously 0%), up to 97% at gem level 20 (previously 76%).
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 13 (was 14).
  • Now has a radius of 26 (from 24).
  • Now deals 24 to 36 Chaos damage at gem level 1 (from 20 to 30) and 241 to 362 Chaos damage at gem level 20 (from 201 to 301).
3.1.0
  • Dark Pact cast using your life no longer has bonus radius.
  • The damage bonus has been reduced from 95% more damage with hits and ailments when using your life to 76% more damage.
  • Dark Pact now counts as being a Minion skill gem, and will thus interact with effects such as the one found on Cloak of Tawm'r IsleyCloak of Tawm'r Isley
    Savant's Robe    Energy Shield: (287-396)
    Movement Speed: -3%    Requires Level 56, 152 IntSocketed Minion Gems are Supported by Level 16 Life Leech
    (150-200)% increased Energy Shield
    Minions cannot be Blinded
    Minions have 15% chance to Blind Enemies on hit
    Found Magic Items drop Identified    Renowned by those distinguished,
    Exalted by the few.
    He skulks in darkness,
    and watches from beneath the city.    .
3.0.0
  • Dark Pact has been added to the game.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/6q70mf/occultist_ci_darkpact/dkv7yy6/?context=1
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/6t50h0/dark_pact_tool_tip_incorrect/dlhyid8/
  3. ↑ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1676002/page/339#p14749660
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