Exsanguinate

ExsanguinateSpell, Chaining, Physical, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-46) Life
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (150-270)%Requires Level 12Releases several tendrils of blood from your character, targeting enemies in a narrow angle in front of you. The beams deal physical damage and inflict a physical damage over time debuff to enemies, which can stack up to 3 times. Effects which allow skills to chain can apply to these tendrils.Deals (17-1193) to (25-1789) Physical Damage
Deals (26.9-1534.2) Base Physical Damage per second
Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Fires tendrils at up to (7-9) Targets

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.075-1.5) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemExsanguinate

Exsanguinate is a physical spell that shoots out blood tendrils in a cone that deal physical damage and deal physical damage over time on hit, which can stack up to three times. Tendrils can be supported by chain modifiers to hit more enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

• Casting Exsanguinate costs life instead of mana.
• Likewise, using Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
  Icon: T
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  Trap lasts 4 seconds
  Supported Skills deal (20-6)% less Trap Damage
  Supported Skills have (0-19)% increased Trap Throwing Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Trap DamageThis 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 Blastchain Mine SupportBlastchain Mine SupportSupport, Mine
  Icon: Y
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 50%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  Supported Skills deal (59-53)% less Damage
  Mine lasts 5 seconds
  Supported Skills have a Base Mine Detonation Time of 0.25 seconds
  Supported Skills gain a Base Reservation equal to Base Mana and Life Cost
  Supported Skills deal 5% more Damage for each prior Mine in Detonation Sequence
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Mine DamageThis 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. High-Impact Mine SupportHigh-Impact Mine SupportMine, Support, AoE, Aura
  Icon: Y
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 50%Requires Level 31Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  Mine lasts 5 seconds
  Supported Skills gain a Base Reservation equal to Base Mana and Life Cost
  Supported Skills have a Base Mine Detonation Time of 0.25 seconds
  Supported Skills deal (56-50)% less Damage
  Each Mine from Supported Skills applies 2% chance to deal Double Damage to Hits against Enemies near it, up to a maximum of 100%
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Mine DamageThis 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. will also cause them to use life instead mana.
• Each debuff applied by this skill has its own duration. Applying a second or third instance of the debuff does not refresh the duration of the previous ones.
• Tendrils are not projectiles but they can be affected by chain (e.g. Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
  Icon: c
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times
  Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis 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.).

Gem level progression

Level				Life Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Physical Damage	Physical DPS	Tendril targets	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	21	14	16	150%	17 to 25	26.9	7	0	0
2	15	25	17	18	150%	22 to 33	35.4	7	15249	15249
3	19	30	21	21	160%	32 to 47	49.5	7	41517	56766
4	23	35	24	23	170%	44 to 66	68	7	81983	138749
5	27	41	28	25	170%	61 to 91	92	7	147968	286717
6	31	46	32	26	180%	83 to 124	123	7	250557	537274
7	35	51	36	28	190%	112 to 168	162.7	7	405086	942360
8	38	55	38	30	190%	139 to 208	200.2	8	447718	1390078
9	41	59	41	32	200%	172 to 258	245.2	8	615318	2005396
10	44	63	44	33	210%	213 to 319	299.4	8	834639	2840035
11	47	67	47	34	210%	262 to 393	364.3	8	1570760	4410795
12	50	71	49	35	220%	321 to 482	442.1	8	1633987	6044782
13	53	75	52	37	230%	393 to 590	535	8	2151030	8195812
14	56	79	55	39	230%	481 to 721	646	8	2812189	11008001
15	59	83	58	40	240%	586 to 879	778.3	9	5099360	16107361
16	62	87	60	42	250%	713 to 1069	935.9	9	9400731	25508092
17	64	90	62	43	250%	812 to 1217	1060.2	9	15273366	40781458
18	66	92	64	44	260%	923 to 1385	1200.1	9	26286582	67068040
19	68	95	66	45	260%	1050 to 1575	1357.3	9	62890590	129958630
20	70	98	68	46	270%	1193 to 1789	1534.2	9	212046017	342004647
21	72	100	70	47	270%	1355 to 2032	1732.8	9	—	—
22	74	—	—	48	270%	1537 to 2306	1955.7	10	—	—
23	76	—	—	49	270%	1744 to 2615	2206.1	10	—	—
24	78	—	—	50	270%	1977 to 2965	2486.8	10	—	—
25	80	—	—	51	270%	2239 to 3359	2801.8	10	—	—
26	82	—	—	52	270%	2536 to 3804	3154.8	10	—	—
27	84	—	—	53	270%	2870 to 4306	3550.4	10	—	—
28	86	—	—	54	270%	3248 to 4871	3993.4	10	—	—
29	88	—	—	55	270%	3673 to 5509	4489.7	11	—	—
30	90	—	—	56	270%	4152 to 6227	5045.3	11	—	—
31	91	—	—	57	270%	4413 to 6620	5367.8	11	—	—
32	92	—	—	58	270%	4691 to 7037	5710.4	11	—	—
33	93	—	—	58	270%	4986 to 7479	6073.8	11	—	—
34	94	—	—	59	270%	5299 to 7948	6459.1	11	—	—
35	95	—	—	59	270%	5631 to 8446	6868.1	11	—	—
36	96	—	—	60	270%	5983 to 8974	7301.9	11	—	—
37	97	—	—	60	270%	6357 to 9535	7761.8	11	—	—
38	98	—	—	60	270%	6753 to 10129	8249.4	11	—	—
39	99	—	—	61	270%	7173 to 10760	8766.7	11	—	—
40	100	—	—	61	270%	7619 to 11429	9315.5	11	—	—

Item acquisition

Exsanguinate can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Exsanguinate can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe 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 gem	A
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
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 # monstersRight 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% 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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1

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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Exsanguinate.

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 Exsanguinate Additional Chain Chance 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Exsanguinate has a 25% chance to Chain an additional time	helmet 100
Enchantment Exsanguinate Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Exsanguinate deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Exsanguinate Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Exsanguinate deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Exsanguinate Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Exsanguinate Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Exsanguinate Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Exsanguinate Duration	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Exsanguinate has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Mercurial Exsanguinate EffectMercurial Exsanguinate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Exsanguinate becomes a Mercurial Effect.	Your Exsanguinate becomes a Mercurial Effect.
Transcendence Exsanguinate EffectTranscendence Exsanguinate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Exsanguinate becomes a Transcendence Effect.	Your Exsanguinate becomes a Transcendence Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.26.0	Exsanguinate: Now deals 23.4-1334 Base Physical Damage per second at gem levels 1-20 (previously 23.4-1121).
3.25.0	Now has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 270% at gem level 20 (previously 270% at all gem levels).
3.23.0	Quality now provides +0.00-1.50 seconds to Base duration, instead of 0-20% increased Skill Effect Duration.
3.17.0	Exsanguinate now deals 17 to 25 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1193 to 1789 at gem level 20 (previously 807 to 1211). Now has 270% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 180%).
3.14.0	Introduced to the game.