Explosive Concoction

Explosive ConcoctionAttack, AoE, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-9) Mana
Attack Speed: 115% of baseRequires Level 28Throws a bottle that explodes to deal unarmed attack damage in an area. Can consume charges from your Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz flasks to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon.(96-1003) to (145-1505) Added Fire Damage
+6% to Critical Strike Chance
Can consume Charges from Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz Flasks
Consumes 1 Charge per Projectile Fired from 1 Flask of each valid type, if possible
Deals (37-389) to (57-589) Added Cold Damage if Charges were consumed from a Sapphire Flask
Deals (8-88) to (87-903) Added Lightning Damage if Charges were consumed from a Topaz Flask
+(60-98)% to Damage over Time Multiplier with Ignite if Charges were consumed from a Ruby Flask

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies1.5% increased Critical Strike ChancePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemExplosiveConcoction

Explosive Concoction is an unarmed attack skill gem that throws an explosive bottle, dealing area damage. Charges can be consumed from RubyRuby FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 20 of 50 Charges on use
+50% to Fire Resistance
20% less Fire Damage takenRequires Level 18Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters., SapphireSapphire FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 20 of 50 Charges on use
+50% to Cold Resistance
20% less Cold Damage takenRequires Level 18Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. and TopazTopaz FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 20 of 50 Charges on use
+50% to Lightning Resistance
20% less Lightning Damage takenRequires Level 18Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. utility flasks' to add additional effects. This skill gem requires an empty main hand, and no off-hand weapon. Quiver and shield are not classified as weapons, but this skill cannot use quiver, due to version 3.16.0 update.

Skill functions and interactions

The explosions from projectiles can overlap. Given sufficient investment into increased area of effect, many explosions can hit the same target. The projectiles from Explosive Concoction are ground-targeted, cannot collide with enemies, and cannot pierce, fork, split or chain; only the explosion hit and do damage.

AoE breakpoints: The base radius of the skill is 18. 12% increased AoE gives the skill a radius of 19, 24% increased AoE gives a radius of 20, and 37% increased AoE gives a radius of 21. Testing with 9 total projectiles showed that most projectiles will overlap when the radius is 20 (average 8.8 out of 9), and all projectiles will overlap when the radius is 21

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Fire Damage	Cold Damage	Lightning Damage	Ignite DoT Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	7	96–145	37–57	8–87	60%	0	0
2	31	73	7	117–175	45–69	10–105	62%	199345	199345
3	34	79	7	140–210	54–82	12–126	64%	285815	485160
4	37	85	8	168–252	65–99	15–151	66%	401344	886504
5	40	92	8	200–301	78–118	18–180	68%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	8	225–337	87–132	20–202	70%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	8	252–378	98–148	22–227	72%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	8	282–423	109–166	25–254	74%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	8	315–473	122–185	28–284	76%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	8	352–528	136–207	31–317	78%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	8	392–588	152–230	34–353	80%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	9	437–655	169–257	38–393	82%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	9	486–729	188–286	43–437	84%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	9	540–810	209–317	47–486	86%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	9	600–900	233–353	53–540	88%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	9	666–999	258–391	58–599	90%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	9	739–1108	286–434	65–665	92%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	9	819–1228	317–481	72–737	94%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	9	906–1360	351–533	79–816	96%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	9	1003–1505	389–589	88–903	98%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	10	1109–1664	430–652	97–998	100%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	10	1226–1839	475–720	107–1103	102%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	10	1354–2032	525–796	119–1219	104%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	10	1495–2243	579–879	131–1346	106%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	10	1650–2475	639–969	144–1485	108%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	10	1820–2730	705–1069	159–1638	110%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	10	2006–3009	777–1179	176–1806	112%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	10	2211–3316	857–1299	193–1990	114%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	10	2435–3652	944–1431	213–2191	116%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	10	2681–4021	1039–1575	235–2413	118%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	11	2812–4219	1090–1652	246–2531	119%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	11	2950–4425	1143–1733	258–2655	120%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	11	3095–4642	1199–1818	271–2785	121%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	11	3246–4868	1258–1907	284–2921	122%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	11	3404–5106	1319–2000	298–3063	123%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	11	3569–5354	1383–2097	312–3212	124%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	11	3742–5614	1450–2199	327–3368	125%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	12	3924–5885	1520–2305	343–3531	126%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	12	4113–6170	1594–2417	360–3702	127%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	12	4312–6468	1671–2533	377–3881	128%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	0.5% increased Area of Effect	100
Anomalous	1% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies	50
Divergent	1.5% increased Critical Strike Chance	50

Item acquisition

Explosive Concoction can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Explosive Concoction can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The 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 gem	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8DisabledMoribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8DisabledEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality	A
3	Gemcutter'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% quality	A
1	Gemcutter'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. Shift click to unstack.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Explosive Concoction.

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.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Flask Charges 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Explosive Concoction uses 8% reduced Flask Charges	helmet 100
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Flask Charges 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Explosive Concoction uses 12% reduced Flask Charges	helmet 100
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Explosive Concoction Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Explosive Concoction Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Explosive Concoction Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Explosive Concoction Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Explosive Concoction Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Explosive Concoction has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)

Gallery

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  A character equipped with Explosive and Poisonous Concoctions

Version history

Version	Changes
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-15% reduced Flask Charges used, instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
3.21.0	Explosive Concoction now Consumes 1 Charge per Projectile Fired from 1 Flask of each valid type, if possible, instead of 3 Charges from 1 Flask of Each type. It now Deals 37 to 57 Added Cold Damage if Charges were consumed from a Sapphire Flask at gem level 1 (previously 29 to 43), scaling up to 389 to 589 at gem level 20 (previously 301 to 451). It now Deals 8 to 87 Added Lightning Damage if Charges were consumed from a Topaz Flask at gem level 1 (previously 6 to 66), scaling up to 88 to 903 at gem level 20 (previously 63 to 690).
3.17.0	Explosive Concoction now deals 25% Added Damage of all types at all gem levels. Now has "+60% to Ignite Damage over Time Multiplier with Ignite if Charges were consumed from a Ruby Flask" at gem level 1 (previously +40%), up to +98% at gem level 20 (previously +78%).
3.16.0	An Explosive or Poisonous Flask will now be visually attached to your Character’s Belt when socketing the Explosive Concoction or Poisonous Concoction Skills in your equipped items. Explosive Concoction now has 115% of base Attack Speed (previously 100%), and +6% to Critical Strike Chance (previously +5%). Explosive Concoction no longer has “Deals 30-49% more Damage with Ignite if Charges were consumed from a Ruby Flask”. It now has “+40-78% to Damage over Time Multiplier with Ignite if Charges were consumed from a Ruby Flask”. Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 155.0% higher if you had +50% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier.
3.15.1	Fixed a bug where you were able to use Explosive Concoction with an off-hand Weapon and a disabled main-hand Weapon.
3.15.0	Added a new Dexterity Skill Gem - Explosive Concoction: Throws an explosive bottle that deals unarmed attack damage in an area. Can consume charges from your Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz flasks to add further damage. Requires an empty main hand. Storm RainStorm RainAttack, AoE, Lightning, Projectile, Bow Level: (1-20) Cost: (7-11) Mana Attack Damage: (46-58)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (46-58)%Requires Level 28Fires an arrow into the air to land at a targeted location, dealing area damage. The arrow sticks in the ground where it lands, and periodically fires a beam of lightning to another arrow near it, dealing area damage between them.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Arrows fire Beams every (0.50-0.41) seconds Maximum 100 Arrows in the ground Each Arrow can fire 4 Beams Additional Effects per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Explosive Concoction are now offered to the Ranger for completing Sever the Right Hand, and can be purchased from Clarissa by the Duelist, Shadow, and Scion.