Death's Oath

Death's Oath is a unique .

Skills

The Death Aura skill granted by Death's Oath is affected by any relevant support gem that is also socketed in Death's Oath. It does not require the socket to be linked.

Since the skill is granted by the item rather than a skill gem, it is not affected by Empower SupportEmpower SupportSupport
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Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Strength Requirement+(0-2) to Level of Supported Active Skill GemsThis 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., Enlighten SupportEnlighten SupportSupport
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Level: (1-3)Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a mana multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Intelligence RequirementThis 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 Enhance SupportEnhance SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Dexterity Requirement+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Active Skill GemsThis 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..

As a red (strength) gem socket is not the desired colour for a Death Aura build, and because Death's Oath has a high strength requirement, it is recommended to use a Crafting Bench and the add-socket / remove-socket method to recolour the socket of this item.

Item acquisition

This item is drop disabled.

Supporter attribution

Death's Oath was created by supporter isildria.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy variants

Death's Oath has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued	Modifiers
3.0.0	Grants level 20 Death Aura Skill +(40 to 50) to all Attributes (10 to 15)% increased Attack Speed (180 to 220)% increased Armour +(60-70) to maximum Life 1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life 1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life Deals 450 Chaos Damage per second to nearby enemies You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 3 seconds on Kill Gore Footprints
2.0.0	Grants level 20 Death Aura Skill +(40 to 50) to all Attributes (10 to 15)% increased Attack Speed (180 to 220)% increased Armour +(60-70) to maximum Life 1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life 1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life Deals 450 Chaos Damage per second to nearby enemies You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 10 seconds on Kill Gore Footprints

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Now properly updates its behaviour when items, passives or skills change it in some way.
3.0.0	The chaos damage-over-time aura is now a skill that activates on equipping Death's Oath, and is modified by socketed support gems as well as modifiers that affect auras, area of effect, damage over time and chaos damage. It now also grants +60-70 Maximum Life, and the Physical Attack leeched as Life is now Attack Damage leeched as Life.
2.1.0	Fixed a bug where the Death's Oath aura dealt too little damage to monsters and too much damage to players.
2.0.0	The Debuff applied upon killing an enemy now only lasts 3 seconds. Life leech decreased from 5% to 1%.[citation needed]
0.11.6	Fixed a bug where the aura from Death's Oath would activate when a player was revived in a PvP match even if the item was disabled.
0.11.5	Added 3D art.
0.11.1e	Introduced to the game.