Desecrate

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DesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-26) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Requires Level 16Desecrates the ground, spawning corpses based on monsters in the current area and dealing chaos damage over time to enemies. If you are using the Raise Spectre skill there is a chance to spawn spectral corpses matching your most recently raised Spectres. Spectral corpses cannot be interacted with except by Minion skills.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 4.00 seconds
Spawns 5 corpses
Spawned corpses' level matches the area level, up to a maximum of Level (20-80)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cast Speed
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 16
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDesecrate

Desecrate is a spell that summons corpses and a patch of desecrated ground, which deals chaos damage over time to enemies in the area.

Skill functions and interactions

  • The level of the spawned corpses is determined by the lower value between area level and Desecrate's Spawns corpses up to Level # stat.[1] The corpse's level cannot exceed the area level or maximum corpse level based on Desecrate's level.
  • Desecrate's chaos damage over time is not affected by modifiers to spell damage. It is affected by area damage modifiers.
  • Modifiers to area of effect only affect the area of the Desecrated Ground's damaging area; it does not affect the spread distance of spawned corpses.
  • Spell Cascade SupportSpell Cascade SupportAoE, Spell, Support
    Icon: p
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 4Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have (25-16)% less Area of Effect
    Supported Skills deal (40-31)% less Damage
    Supported Area of Effect Skills also affect areas in front of and behind the targeted area

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Area of Effect
    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.
    : Spell Cascade spawns 5 corpses per cascaded area. Because of this, a single use will exceed the maximum limit of 10 corpses (or 12 with Undertaker allocated); newer corpses will replace older corpses.
  • The corpse generation is slightly delayed after the cast of the skill, so when triggered simultaneously alongside an Offering skill (e.g. with 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 Trigger
    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.
    ), corpses will not be consumed on the first trigger if no other corpses are nearby, as the Offering will fail to recognize that the corpses have spawned.[2] This does not affect triggers where gems are triggered sequentially, such as Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
    Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
    Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike Chance
    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.
    .
  • Proxies share the maximum 10 active corpses with each other and the player.
  • On a PC, if Corpse Targeting is enabled within the Options menu (under "Game"), pressing the A key will show the name and inherent stats of the corpse when the player hovers their mouse over it. This can be changed to a different key or not requiring a key in the options.

Interactions with Raise Spectre

Desecrate's pool of corpses depends on whether the player has socketed and previously used Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
, as well as the player's current area:

Corpse pool distribution
Conditions Area monster
corpse chance
Spectral Corpse
chance
Chance for a
specific spectre
Raise Spectre not socketed 100% 0% 0%
Raise Spectre socketed
Raise Spectre never used before
85% 15% 0%
Raise Spectre socketed
1-9 monsters in spectre bank
85% 15% (15-1.7)%
Raise Spectre socketed
10 monsters in spectre bank
85% 15% 1.5%
Raise Spectre socketed
1-9 monsters in spectre bank
In hideout
0% 100% (100-11)%
Raise Spectre socketed
10 monsters in spectre bank
In hideout
0% 100% 10%

When Raise Spectre is socketed, and the skill has been used before, Desecrate has a 15% chance to spawn a Spectral Corpse instead (100% in hideout), which can only be interacted with using minion skills such as Bone OfferingBone OfferingMinion, Spell, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Requires Level 12Consumes a corpse, granting all of your minions the power to block both attacks and spells. The skill consumes other nearby corpses, increasing the duration for each corpse consumed.Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Additional 1.00 seconds Base Duration per extra corpse Consumed
Grants Minions +(25-35)% Chance to Block Attack Damage
Grants Minions +(25-34)% Chance to Block Spell Damage
Grants Minions 4% of Life Regenerated per Second if they have Blocked recently

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Effect of Offering
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
or Raise ZombieRaise ZombieSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Raises a zombie minion from a corpse, which will follow you and attack enemies with a melee strike.Maximum (3-6) Raised Zombies
Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to Maximum Raised Zombies
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
. They cannot be detonated, consumed, or otherwise affected by non-minion skills other than by overriding the corpse limit by using Desecrate or Death Walk.

Spectre bank

A "spectre bank" is an internal list of the 10 most recent monsters raised by a Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
gem. This number is independent of your maximum spectre limit. This list is retained even upon exiting the area, removing the Raise Spectre gem, after your Spectres die or are unsummoned, or logging out. There is currently no way to clear a spectre bank; it can only be ignored by removing the Raise Spectre gem.

Spectral Corpses will only be created if at least one monster is in your spectre bank. Before 10 or more different monsters are saved in the spectre bank, each additional spectre saved dilutes the chance for the Spectral Corpse to be a specific spectre. After 10 or more spectres are saved, the chance does not get further diluted, and the oldest monster saved will be removed from the spectre bank.

To share spectres between players, the players should join the same hideout area. After doing so, either player will be able to spawn spectral corpses of other players in the area.[3] In non-hideout areas, the player who owns the desired spectre must be the one to use Desecrate for other players.

Because Spectral Corpses replace detonatable corpses, it is not recommended to have Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
socketed if the player has ever raised a spectre on that character, and wants to detonate corpses for damage.

Note that Raise Spectre of TransienceRaise Spectre of TransienceSpell, Minion, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (12-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a temporary minion to fight for you in battle for a duration.Spectres have a Base Duration of 30 seconds
Spectres do not travel between Areas
Maximum (4-6) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Minions have 1000% increased Critical Strike Chance
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Maximum (0.05-1) Raised Spectres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
, or the regular Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
while also equipping Soul's WickSoul's Wick
Cobalt Jewel
Limited to: 1+2 to maximum number of Spectres
(50-40)% reduced Mana Cost of Raise Spectre
Spectres have (800-1000)% increased Critical Strike Chance
Spectres have a Base Duration of 20 seconds
Spectres do not travel between Areas
CorruptedCandles with the brightest light
Bring life to death and day to night.
But lovely as the glow may seem,
Their light is fleeting, as a dream...
Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
, does not save spectres into the spectre bank.

Monsters from corpse items and certain other monsters such as Knitted Horrors cannot be added to the spectre bank.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Chaos
Damage
per sec
Corpse
Level
Exp.Total Exp.
1162618118.22000
22031221211.3244972549725
32437251315.42895714145439
42842291420.632169595315034
53146321525.535199345514379
63450351631.438285815800194
73754371738.5414013441201538
84058401846.9445543791755917
94362431857477550492510966
1046664619695010165333527499
114970482083.45318986025426101
1252745121100.55619640197390120
1355785422120.75925737319963851
1458825723144.862467643914640290
1560845923163.265301732717657617
1662876024183.968782300125480618
1764906225207711526420840744826
1866926425232.8742627284567017671
1968956626261.77762872274129889945
207098682629480212023122341913067
21721007027330.181
227427370.382
237628415.283
247829465.384
258029521.285
268230583.586
27843065387
288631730.488
298832816.689
309032912.690
319132964.691
3292331019.592
3393331077.393
3494331138.494
3595341202.895
3696341270.896
3797341342.497
389834141898
3999351497.799
40100351581.8100

Item acquisition

Desecrate can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Desecrate can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
3The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem
Quality: +23%
Corrupted
The 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
13The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The 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} 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 gem with 1–20% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Quest reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2
YesNoNoNoNoNoNo

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2
Yeena
YesYesYesNoNoYesYes
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Yes
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth
Yes

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Desecrate.

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
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 166Merciless LabyrinthDesecrate Spawns 2 additional corpseshelmet 100
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 275Eternal LabyrinthDesecrate Spawns 3 additional corpseshelmet 100
Enchantment Desecrate Duration 166Merciless Labyrinth20% increased Desecrate Durationhelmet 0
Enchantment Desecrate Duration 275Eternal Labyrinth30% increased Desecrate Durationhelmet 0

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Desecrate:

NameStats
Undertaker
30% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently
Regenerate 2% of Life per second if you've Consumed a corpse Recently
Desecrate and Unearth have +2 to Maximum number of corpses allowed [1]

Alternate skill effects

Desecrate has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription
Stygian Desecrate EffectStygian Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate becomes a Stygian Effect.Your Desecrate becomes a Stygian Effect.
Tombstone Desecrate EffectTombstone Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate summons a cluster of necrotic tombstonesYour Desecrate summons a cluster of necrotic tombstones
Void Desecrate EffectVoid Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate becomes a Void Effect.Your Desecrate becomes a Void Effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.25.0
  • The number of Spectre varieties saved to your character that can be Desecrated is now always 10, rather than being based on your Spectre limit.
  • Corpses spawned by the Desecrate and Corpse Walk skills now have a flat 15% chance to match your spectres (or 100% in Hideout areas), rather than a 15% chance on top of being added to the main pool of corpse varieties that can be picked from. These Spectral Corpses are now unusable for most purposes, and can only be used by Minion Skills such as Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-28) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.85 sec
    Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
    Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
    55% more Minion Movement Speed
    Minion Movement Speed is Capped
    Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
    Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    or Bone OfferingBone OfferingMinion, Spell, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 1.00 sec
    Requires Level 12Consumes a corpse, granting all of your minions the power to block both attacks and spells. The skill consumes other nearby corpses, increasing the duration for each corpse consumed.Base duration is 5.00 seconds
    Additional 1.00 seconds Base Duration per extra corpse Consumed
    Grants Minions +(25-35)% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    Grants Minions +(25-34)% Chance to Block Spell Damage
    Grants Minions 4% of Life Regenerated per Second if they have Blocked recently

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (0.5-10)% increased Effect of Offering
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    .
    • Spectral Corpses have a visual effect applied to them to help differentiate them from other corpses.
    • Spectral Corpses can only spawn if you have the Raise Spectre Skill.
  • The maximum level of Corpses spawned is now level 20 at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 80 at gem level 20 (previously level 100).
3.23.0
  • Alternate quality gems, labyrinth helmet enchantments and unique threshold jewels are all systems that were trying to subtly modify the behaviour of skills. With this expansion these have been combined into a new system called Transfigured Gems that allows us to fully achieve the goal of these three systems, and then some.
  • Anomalous, Divergent and Phantasmal Quality Gems have been removed from the game. Existing alternate Quality Gems now have the base Quality effect found on the respective Gem.
3.17.0
  • Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (15-28) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.85 sec
    Requires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
    Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
    55% more Minion Movement Speed
    Minion Movement Speed is Capped
    Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
    Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    's most recent monster types are now saved to your character and may be Desecrated. The size of this list is capped by your Spectre limit.
  • Desecrate and Corpse Walk now have a static 15% chance to spawn a Spectre Corpse, rather than a 2x relative weighting compared to all other possible corpse types.
  • Lower the life of Spectre versions of monsters that have very high life totals. Their life is being brought down to match Kitava's Herald monsters. This will affect their corpse when created with Desecrate.
  • Phantasmal Desecrate can now produce corpses of Scourge monsters. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.16.2
  • Reverted an unintended change where corpses of Spectre monsters were made to be just as likely as other corpses from Desecrate and other corpse generating skills. Spectre-based corpses are once again twice as likely as corpses from the area.[4]
3.13.0
  • Phantasmal Desecrate now has a chance to produce a different special monster corpse based on its quality.
  • Phantasmal Desecrate now has 1% chance to spawn a forgotten corpse per 1% gem quality (from 0.1% per 1% gem quality).
3.12.0
  • Now has alternative quality
3.8.0
  • Now has a corpse limit of 10 (from 15)
  • Now has a cast time of 0.6 seconds (from 0.8)
  • Now has a base duration of 4 seconds (from 5).
  • No longer has a cooldown.
  • The Labyrinth Helmet Enchantment for Desecrate which granted increased Cooldown Reduction now instead grants increased Duration at the same value. This affects existing items with this enchantment. This enchantment can no longer be obtained from the Labyrinth.
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 11 (was 8).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 26 (was 20).
3.5.0
  • Added physics interactions.
3.1.0
  • Now creates 5 corpses (up from 3). The cooldown has been reduced to 3 seconds per stack (down from 5), and the cast time has been reduced to 0.8 seconds (down from 1). Desecrate's maximum corpse level now grows more steadily as the skill gem levels up. It can now create higher level corpses at most levels, except level 19 of the gem, in which the maximum corpse level has been lowered from 100 to 81.
3.0.2b
  • Desecrate now chooses corpses from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that existed in the instance.
3.0.2
  • Desecrate can now only create monsters that are in the instance it is used in. In areas where no monsters have spawned, a specific desecrate table is used. This fixes a longstanding bug with the desecration list that had further problems introduced due to persistent spectres.
1.1.0
  • The maximum level of a created corpse has been changed to being higher than the required level of the skill.
    This scales up to a monster level cap of 100 by level 20 of the gem.
  • Desecrate also now enforces a limit of 15 corpses at a time.
1.0.6b
  • Fixed a bug where corpses created by Desecrate weren't limited by the level requirement of the gem.
1.0.6
  • Desecrate has been added to the game.

References