Galvanic Arrow

Galvanic ArrowLightning, Attack, Projectile, AoE, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-10) Mana
Attack Damage: (92-113)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (92-113)%Fire a trio of electrical arrows that quickly dissipate, vanishing shortly after being loosed. The arrows are fired with such force that they create a burst of lightning, damaging enemies in a cone in front of you.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Fires 3 Arrows
+(0-0.5) metres to radius
Increases and Reductions to Projectile Speed also apply to
this Skill's Area of Effect

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemShrapnelShot

Galvanic Arrow is a ranged bow attack skill that fires arrows which deals lightning damage in an area of effect cone. The arrows have a short range, but it can be extended with increased projectile speed, which also increases the AoE.

Skill functions and interactions

Both the arrow and lightning cone are modified by projectile damage modifiers, including Point Blank. Area damage modifiers (like Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
Icon: o
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Area Damage
Supported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area 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 affect the cone but not the arrow damage. The cone and arrow deal damage independent of each other, effectively doubling damage dealt to monsters directly in the line of fire.

Galvanic Arrow shoots a lightning cone each time you shoot your bow. Barrage SupportBarrage SupportBow, Attack, Support, Projectile
Icon: N
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.Supported Skills deal (68-62)% less Damage
Supported Skills Fire Projectiles sequentially
Supported Skills fire 3 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills have 5% more Attack Time per Projectile
Supported Skills have 5% more Trap and Mine Throwing Time per Projectile
Supported Skills can only be used with Bows or Wands

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile 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. makes your projectiles fire sequentially instead of simultaneously, meaning a lightning cone is triggered for each projectile shot during your attack.

When supported by Arrow Nova SupportArrow Nova SupportBow, Attack, Support, Projectile
Icon: G
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 8Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.Supported Skills deal (30-16)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire a Payload Arrow into the air
Projectiles from the Supported Skill Fire from where the Payload Arrow lands
Supported Skills Fire Projectiles in a circle
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills can only be used with Bows

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile 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., the lightning cone will fire in a random direction from where the payload arrow lands.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	6	92%	92%	—	0	0
2	2	0	6	93.1%	93.1%	—	70	70
3	4	16	6	94.3%	94.3%	+0.1m	308	378
4	7	22	6	95.4%	95.4%	+0.1m	1554	1932
5	11	31	6	96.6%	96.6%	+0.1m	6667	8599
6	16	41	7	97.7%	97.7%	+0.1m	26047	34646
7	20	50	7	98.9%	98.9%	+0.2m	49725	84371
8	24	58	7	100.1%	100.1%	+0.2m	95714	180085
9	28	67	7	101.2%	101.2%	+0.2m	169595	349680
10	32	75	8	102.4%	102.4%	+0.3m	283759	633439
11	36	83	8	103.5%	103.5%	+0.3m	453996	1087435
12	40	92	8	104.7%	104.7%	+0.3m	703128	1790563
13	44	100	8	105.8%	105.8%	+0.3m	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	9	107%	107%	+0.4m	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	9	108.1%	108.1%	+0.4m	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	9	109.3%	109.3%	+0.4m	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	9	110.4%	110.4%	+0.5m	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	10	111.6%	111.6%	+0.5m	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	10	112.7%	112.7%	+0.5m	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	10	113.9%	113.9%	+0.5m	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	10	115%	115%	+0.6m	—	—
22	74	—	10	116.2%	116.2%	+0.6m	—	—
23	76	—	10	117.3%	117.3%	+0.6m	—	—
24	78	—	11	118.5%	118.5%	+0.7m	—	—
25	80	—	11	119.6%	119.6%	+0.7m	—	—
26	82	—	11	120.8%	120.8%	+0.7m	—	—
27	84	—	11	121.9%	121.9%	+0.7m	—	—
28	86	—	11	123.1%	123.1%	+0.8m	—	—
29	88	—	11	124.2%	124.2%	+0.8m	—	—
30	90	—	11	125.4%	125.4%	+0.8m	—	—
31	91	—	11	125.9%	125.9%	+0.8m	—	—
32	92	—	11	126.5%	126.5%	+0.9m	—	—
33	93	—	12	127.1%	127.1%	+0.9m	—	—
34	94	—	12	127.7%	127.7%	+0.9m	—	—
35	95	—	12	128.2%	128.2%	+0.9m	—	—
36	96	—	12	128.8%	128.8%	+0.9m	—	—
37	97	—	12	129.4%	129.4%	+0.9m	—	—
38	98	—	12	130%	130%	+0.9m	—	—
39	99	—	12	130.5%	130.5%	+1m	—	—
40	100	—	12	131.1%	131.1%	+1m	—	—

Item acquisition

Galvanic Arrow can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Galvanic Arrow 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
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.	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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate 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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Galvanic Arrow:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop enabled
Collateral DamageCollateral Damage Viridian JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow deals 50% increased Area Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow has 25% increased Area of EffectMalachai ran roughshod over every ethical boundary in pursuit of creating the ideal gemling. For him, there was no doubt that the end would justify the means.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	2	Medium	(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow deals 50% increased Area Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow has 25% increased Area of Effect

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Galvanic Arrow.

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 Galvanic Arrow Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Galvanic Arrow has 20% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Galvanic Arrow Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Galvanic Arrow has 30% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Galvanic Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Galvanic Arrow Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Physical Damage Percent To Add As Lightning Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% of Galvanic Arrow Physical Damage gained as extra Lightning Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Physical Damage Percent To Add As Lightning Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% of Galvanic Arrow Physical Damage gained as extra Lightning Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Radius 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Galvanic Arrow Area of Effect	helmet 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Shot Radius 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Galvanic Arrow Area of Effect	helmet 0

Alternate skill effects

Galvanic Arrow has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	No longer has Added Lighting Damage at all gem levels. It now has 92% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 80%), scaling up to 113% at gem level 20 (previously 99%).
3.23.0	Quality now provides 0-40% increased Projectile Speed (previously 0-20%).
3.17.0	Galvanic Arrow now has "Increases and Reductions to Projectile Speed also apply to this Skill's Area of Effect" (previously Increased and Reductions to Arrow Speed).
3.13.0	Now gains radius as the gem levels up, up to +5 at gem level 20 (from +2).
3.12.0	Now has alternative quality
3.9.0	Now fires 2 additional Arrows at all levels. The arrows now degrade in flight, eventually vanishing. This limits the skill's base range. Modifiers to Projectile Speed will allow the arrows to travel farther before they vanish. Still deals a burst of damage in a cone. Increases and reductions to Arrow Speed also apply to this skill's area of effect, so increases to Projectile Speed will cause your cone to also reach farther. Now gains added Lightning Damage as the gem levels, up to 9 to 179 at gem level 20. Now gains 1% increased Projectile Speed per 1% gem quality (from 1% increased Area of Effect per 2% gem quality). Arrows no longer pierce by default. The Labyrinth Enchantments which grant increased Area of Effect for Shrapnel Shot (now Galvanic Arrow) can no longer be obtained. Existing items with these Enchantments are unaffected. Galvanic Arrow's threshold jewel, Collateral DamageCollateral Damage Viridian JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow deals 50% increased Area Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Galvanic Arrow has 25% increased Area of EffectMalachai ran roughshod over every ethical boundary in pursuit of creating the ideal gemling. For him, there was no doubt that the end would justify the means.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., can no longer drop or be obtained from quests.
3.2.0	Shrapnel Shot now converts 50% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage (up from 40%).
3.0.0	Shrapnel Shot pierces 4 targets at level 1, up to 7 at level 20.
2.6.0	Shrapnel Shot gains 1 additional unit of radius every 4 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.1.0	Added to the game.