Death's Oath

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Death's Oath
Astral Plate
Armour: (1990-2502)
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 62, 180 Str+(8-12)% to all Elemental ResistancesTrigger Level 20 Death Aura when Equipped
+(40-50) to all Attributes
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
(180-220)% increased Armour
+(60-70) to maximum Life
1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 3 seconds on Kill
Gore Footprints
Tears of blood, aching heart,
My dear Isildria must depart.
Vendor Offer
10x Alchemy Shard
14x Alteration Shard
Metadata
Item class: Body Armour

Death's Oath is a unique Astral PlateAstral PlateArmour: (711-782)
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 62, 180 Str+(8-12)% to all Elemental Resistances
.

Mechanics

Grants Death Aura.

The Death Aura skill triggered 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 triggered by the item rather than a skill gem, it is not affected by Empower SupportEmpower SupportExceptional, Support
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
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.+(0-2) to Level of Supported Skill Gems

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
This Gem gains (5-100)% increased Experience
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.
, Enlighten SupportEnlighten SupportExceptional, Support
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (100-92)%
Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
This Gem gains (5-100)% increased Experience
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.
, or Enhance SupportEnhance SupportExceptional, Support
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.+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Skill Gems

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
This Gem gains (5-100)% increased Experience
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.
. As the aura is activated by trigger, it cannot be supported by Blessing skills.

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 (which yield more red gem socket when using Chromatic OrbChromatic OrbStack Size: 20Reforges the colour of sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.), it is recommended to use Crafting Bench's "at least one/two/three X color craft" (e.g. Green / Blue) as well as add-socket / remove-socket method to recolour the socket of this item.

Self damage from the debuff granted by Death's Oath does not stack.

Gore FootprintsItemBloodFootstepsUniqueBodyStr3
Intrinsic
Gore Footprints
: Death's Oath has the Gore Footprints EffectGore Footprints EffectFootprintsAdds bloody footprints to any equipped pair of boots. applied to it. This is purely cosmetic.

Item acquisition

Death's Oath can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Recipes

Death's Oath can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
6The OathThe Oath6Death's OathAn oath once made is an oath never broken. Do not delay in keeping it, for I take no pleasure in fools.Death's OathM
4The BodyThe Body4Body ArmourThey say it is the head that leads, but all must flow through the body at some point.Random body armourA
7PrejudicePrejudice7Item
Influenced Item
One who is blinded by their past may only see a sliver of the present.
Random influenced itemA
6Costly CurioCostly Curio6Item
Double-Influenced Item
"Oh no, I couldn't possibly afford this fine artefact. I'm... just looking."
Random double-influenced itemA
8Arrogance of the VaalArrogance of the Vaal8Item
Two-Implicit
Corrupted
Discovery can lead to beauty, or it can lead to ruin.
Random two-implicit corrupted itemA
4Jack in the BoxJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank,
close your eyes,
and pray to the gods
for a pleasant surprise.
Random itemA
1Singular IncubatorSingular IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Unique item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random itemA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Legacy variants

Death's Oath has legacy variants.

Version discontinued Stats Compare each legacy variant to the current variant.
  • Stat line – Same as current variant
  • Stat line – Different from current variant

3.0.0
  • +(40-50) to all Attributes
  • (10-15)% increased Attack Speed
  • (180-220)% increased Armour
  • 1% of 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
  • +(40-50) to all Attributes
  • (10-15)% increased Attack Speed
  • (180-220)% increased Armour
  • 1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life[a]
  • Deals 450 Chaos Damage per second to nearby enemies
  • You take 450 Chaos Damage per second for 10 seconds on Kill
  • Gore Footprints

The legacy versions do not grant Death Aura skill, but instead grant a debuff that have AOE: "Death's Oath" (internal id: "unique_deaths_oath_aura"). It has a radius of 3 metres (30 units).[b] It also uses the same visual icon as Chaos Degeneration Aura, and have the status icon text: "You are taking Chaos Damage over time".

Design attribution

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

Gallery

Version history

Version Changes
3.25.0
  • Death Aura, triggered by the Death's Oath Unique Body Armour: Now deals 1000 Base Chaos Damage per second (previously 758.3).
3.17.1
  • Fixed a bug where the Auras granted by the Death's Oath and Corona Solaris Unique Items could be supported by Divine Blessing. The description on Death's Oath has also been updated to clarify it triggers Death Aura, rather than granting it.
3.14.0
  • Death Aura now deals 758 Base Chaos Damage per second (previously 563).
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.
  • Multiple leech effects now stack. A single hit against multiple targets grants multiple effects, as do multiple hits against a single target.[a]
  • All existing values of leech have been substantially reduced, including values on existing items.
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.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The changes to leech in version 2.0.0 necessitated new leech modifiers. The legacy variant from before version 2.0.0 has the modifier LifeLeechUniqueBodyStr3LifeLeechUniqueBodyStr3
    Intrinsic
    1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
    , rather than LifeLeechPermyriadUniqueBodyStr3LifeLeechPermyriadUniqueBodyStr3
    Intrinsic
    1% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
    .
  2. ChaosDegenerationAuraPlayersUniqueBodyStr3, ChaosDegenerationAuraNonPlayersUniqueBodyStr3