Essence Drain

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Essence DrainEssence Drain of DesperationEssence Drain of Wickedness
Essence DrainSpell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Deals (12-776) to (18-1164) Chaos Damage
Deals (42.2-1818.1) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Regenerate +(0.025-0.5)% of Debuff Damage as Life
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 12
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEssenceDrain

Essence Drain is a chaos spell that fires a projectile that hits for a small amount of chaos damage and applies a heavy chaos damage over time effect. The spell also causes the player to regenerate a portion of the damage over time as life. Essence Drain interacts favourably with ContagionContagionSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
AoE Radius: 20
Requires Level 4Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.Deals (3.5-235.9) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Base radius is 1.7 metres
Spreads when affected Enemy dies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
, a skill that can spread the damage over time component of Essence Drain to nearby enemies when the afflicted dies.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Essence Drain granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Decay Support.
  • ContagionContagionSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-20) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.60 sec
    AoE Radius: 20
    Requires Level 4Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.Deals (3.5-235.9) Base Chaos Damage per second
    Base duration is 5.00 seconds
    Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    Base radius is 1.7 metres
    Spreads when affected Enemy dies

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    : When an enemy affected by both Contagion and Essence Drain dies, Contagion will proc and spread the remaining duration of both effects to nearby enemies.
  • Regeneration: The amount of life regenerated from the damage over time caused by Essence Drain is dependent solely on the tooltip damage over time, and not on the actual damage dealt to the enemy. Essence drain will increase the players life regeneration by 0.05 * tooltip DoT per enemy affected. This means that increasing the damage an enemy receives through effects such as DespairDespairSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (16-33) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    AoE Radius: 22
    Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
    +(0-1) metre to radius
    Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Chaos Resistance

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (0.5-10)% increased Effect of Curse
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    , WitherWitherSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (3-9) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.28 sec
    Requires Level 10Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.Withered lasts 2 seconds
    Base duration is 0.50 seconds
    (0-19)% increased Area of Effect
    (30-36)% reduced Movement Speed
    6% increased Chaos Damage taken

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (1-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    , or the Occultist Void Beacon notable will not change the amount of regeneration provided by Essence Drain.
  • Proxies: Essence Drain can be used by proxy entities such as traps, mines, and totems. Regeneration from Essence Drain will apply to the proxies, not the player.
  • Explosion: The explosion added to Essence Drain in 3.6 only occurs on projectile destruction, similar to FireballFireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (6-25) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.75 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (260-370)%
    Projectile Speed: 1040
    AoE Radius: 9
    Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Deals (9-1640) to (14-2460) Fire Damage
    25% chance to Ignite enemies
    Base radius is (0.9-1.4) metres

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    's explosion mechanic. Any enemies that are hit by the projectile before it explodes will still get applied with the essence drain debuff.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Chaos
Damage
per sec
Chaos
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
1121421842.212 to 1800
2151725954.616 to 241524915249
31921301075.223 to 344151756766
423243511101.231 to 4781983138749
527284112134.643 to 64147968286717
631324613176.758 to 87250557537274
735365114231.177 to 116405086942360
838385515279.296 to 1444477181390078
941415916338118 to 1776153182005396
1044446316405145 to 2178346392840035
1147476717486.6177 to 26615707604410795
1250497118582.8217 to 32516339876044782
1353527519691.5264 to 39621510308195812
1456557919823.4320 to 481281218911008001
1559588320978.2389 to 583509936016107361
16626087211159.3470 to 705940073125508092
17646290211296.7533 to 8001527336640781458
18666492221449605 to 9072628658267068040
19686695221617.8685 to 102862890590129958630
20706898231818.1776 to 1164212046017342004647
217270100242026.6878 to 1317
2274242257.1992 to 1489
2376252511.81122 to 1682
2478252793.11267 to 1900
2580263128.31430 to 2145
2682263473.81614 to 2420
2784273854.61820 to 2730
2886274274.12052 to 3077
2988284775.92312 to 3468
3090285288.92604 to 3906
3191285564.22763 to 4144
3292295852.82932 to 4397
3393296209.43110 to 4665
3494296529.83299 to 4949
3595296865.53500 to 5249
3696307217.33712 to 5568
3797307585.93936 to 5905
3898308044.34174 to 6262
39993084534426 to 6639
40100318880.84693 to 7039

Item acquisition

Essence Drain can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Essence Drain 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
YesYesNoNoNoNoNo

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa
YesYesNoNoNoYesYes
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Yes
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth
Yes

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Essence Drain.

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 Essence Drain Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Essence Drain Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Essence Drain Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Essence Drain Damagehelmet 100
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 166Merciless Labyrinth20% increased Essence Drain Durationhelmet 100
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 275Eternal Labyrinth30% increased Essence Drain Durationhelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Essence Drain has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription
Arcane Essence Drain EffectArcane Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.Your Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.
Celestial Essence Drain EffectCelestial Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.Your Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.
Project Essence Drain EffectProject Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.Your Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.
Scientist Essence Drain EffectScientist Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.Your Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.
Sunprism Essence Drain EffectSunprism Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.Your Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.25.0
  • Now deals 12 to 18 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 9 to 13), scaling up to 776 to 1164 at gem level 20 (previously 644 to 966).
  • It now deals 42.2 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 31.2), with values of 1818.1 at gem level 20 (previously 1509.4).
  • Now has 160% Effectiveness of added Damage at all gem levels (previously 140%).
3.23.0
  • Quality now provides "Regenerate +0.00-0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life", instead of 0-20% increased Chaos Damage.
3.17.0
  • Essence Drain now deals 9 to 13 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 9 to 14), up to 644 to 966 at gem level 20 (previously 433 to 649).
  • Now deals 1509.4 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 20 (previously 1503.2).
  • Now has 90% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 60%).
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 9).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 27).
  • Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.75).
  • Now explodes on impact, applying the Essence Drain debuff to enemies in a small radius. This explosion deals no hit damage. As a result of this change, Essence Drain now has the Area gem type.
  • Now deals 9 to 14 Chaos damage at gem level 1 (from 6 to 9) and 433 to 649 Chaos damage at gem level 20 (from 334 to 501).
  • Now deals 31.3 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 1 (from 21.3) and 1503.2 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1159).
3.3.0
  • Now specifies it cannot be used by traps or mines.
2.1.1c
  • Fixed an instance crash with Essence Drain [...].
  • Fixed a bug with Essence Drain spreading between enemies.
2.1.1b
  • Fixed a bug where players could get the Essence Drain life recovery effect stuck on their character until changing instances.
2.1.1
  • Essence Drain can now be supported by "Cast On" trigger support gems.
2.1.0
  • Added to the game.