Herald of Purity

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Herald of PuritySpell, Herald, Minion, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Requires Level 16Grants a buff which lets you deal more physical damage. When you kill an enemy while you have this buff, this skill will summon a Sentinel of Purity, or refresh the duration and life of an existing one instead if you have the maximum number of them. The Sentinels of Purity have a single-target melee attack and an area melee attack.Base duration is 12.00 seconds
Maximum 4 Summoned Sentinels of Purity
Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Kill an Enemy
20% chance to Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy
Buff grants (9-12)% more Physical Damage
Minions deal (0-95)% more Physical Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 16
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfPurity


Herald of Purity is a Herald skill gem. When activated, it reserves mana for a buff that grants more physical damage for attacks and spells. It also summons a friendly Sentinel of Purity minion when the player kills an enemy or on hitting a rare or unique enemy while active.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Sentinels: Sentinels of Purity use regular melee attacks, as well as an area of effect attack. They can also use Crusade Slam, which deals area of effect damage in a cone in front of them.
  • Support Gems: Any support gem that can apply to a melee attack as well as a minion, such as Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
    Icon: M
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage
    Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee Hits
    Supported Skills have 10% less Attack Speed

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee Physical Damage
    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.
    , Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
    Icon: 3
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
    Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
    Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
    First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
    Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee Damage
    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.
    , or Melee Splash SupportMelee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
    Icon: S
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    AoE Radius: 14
    Requires Level 8Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
    Supported Skills deal 40% less Splash Damage to surrounding targets
    Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect

    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.
    , will apply to the attacks and abilities of Sentinels of Purity. This will result in a higher mana reservation, in which case, using a Circle of GuiltCircle of Guilt
    Iron Ring
    Requires Level 52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(10-20) to all Attributes
    Adds (8-10) to (13-15) Physical Damage
    +(350-400) to Armour
    <Two Random Herald of Purity modifiers>
    I feel the moral weight of what I must to do to protect Wraeclast. I accept my guilt without shame.
    It is my gift to humanity.
    with "Herald of Purity has x% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency" may be wise. Sentinels cannot be supported by Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
    You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
    35% less Effect of Supported Curses
    Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse Duration
    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.
    (to for example apply an curse on enemies).
  • The summoned Sentinels of Purity's stats scale heavily with the gem level of Herald of Purity. For example at gem level 20 they have a base physical damage of 834 to 1,251 (before the inherent "Minions deal x% more Physical Damage" modifier) with a total life of 5,025 per Sentinel (before the inherent "Minions have x% more Life" modifier), while at gem level 15 their base physical damage is 501 to 752 with a total life of 2,930 per Sentinel.
  • Sentinels have a base attack time of 1.20.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthRequired IntelligenceMore Physical
Damage
More Minion
Physical
Damage
More Minion
Life
Exp.Total Exp.
11626189%N/AN/A00
22031229%5%2%4972549725
32437259%10%4%95714145439
42842299%15%6%169595315034
53146329%20%8%199345514379
634503510%25%10%285815800194
737543710%30%12%4013441201538
840584010%35%14%5543791755917
943624310%40%16%7550492510966
1046664610%45%18%10165333527499
1149704811%50%20%18986025426101
1252745111%55%22%19640197390120
1355785411%60%24%25737319963851
1458825711%65%26%467643914640290
1560845911%70%28%301732717657617
1662876012%75%30%782300125480618
1764906212%80%32%1526420840744826
1866926412%85%34%2627284567017671
1968956612%90%36%62872274129889945
2070986812%95%38%212023122341913067
21721007013%100%40%N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A13%105%42%N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A13%110%44%N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A13%115%46%N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A13%120%48%N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A14%125%50%N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A14%130%52%N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A14%135%54%N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A14%140%56%N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A14%145%58%N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A14%147%60%N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A15%150%62%N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A15%152%64%N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A15%155%66%N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A15%157%68%N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A15%160%70%N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A15%162%72%N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A15%165%74%N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A15%167%76%N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A15%170%78%N/AN/A

Gem quality

TypeAdditional Effects per 1-20% QualityWeight
SuperiorMinions have (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1

Item acquisition

Herald of Purity can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Herald of Purity can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
6The SummonerThe Summoner6Minion Gem
Quality: +20%
To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare.
Random Minion gem with 20% 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

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
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Ruthless mode

Herald of Purity cannot be obtained from quests or traded for using an Uncarved GemstoneUncarved GemstoneTrade this in to Siosa inside the Library for a Skill Gem through Siosa in Ruthless mode.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Purity.

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 Herald Of Purity Additional Minion 175Eternal Labyrinth+1 to maximum number of Sentinels of Purityhelmet 100
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 166Merciless LabyrinthHerald of Purity has 40% increased Mana Reservation Efficiencyhelmet 0
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 275Eternal LabyrinthHerald of Purity has 60% increased Mana Reservation Efficiencyhelmet 0
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 166Merciless LabyrinthHerald of Purity has 50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiencyhelmet 100
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 275Eternal LabyrinthHerald of Purity has 75% increased Mana Reservation Efficiencyhelmet 100

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Herald of Purity:

ItemBase ItemRequired levelStats
Circle of GuiltCircle of Guilt
Iron Ring
Requires Level 52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(10-20) to all Attributes
Adds (8-10) to (13-15) Physical Damage
+(350-400) to Armour
<Two Random Herald of Purity modifiers>
I feel the moral weight of what I must to do to protect Wraeclast. I accept my guilt without shame.
It is my gift to humanity.
Iron Ring52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(10-20) to all Attributes
Adds (8-10) to (13-15) Physical Damage
+(350-400) to Armour
<Two Random Herald of Purity modifiers>
Herald of Purity has (40-60)% increased Buff Effect
Sentinels of Purity deal (70-100)% increased Damage
(40-60)% increased Physical Damage while affected by Herald of Purity
4% additional Physical Damage Reduction while affected by Herald of Purity
Herald of Purity has (30-40)% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Herald of Purity (this list does not included notables that affect all type of Herald):

NameStats
Disciples
Minions deal 20% increased Damage while you are affected by a Herald
Summoned Sentinels have 25% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1]

Related modifiers

These Searing Exarch implicit are able to find in some items that dropped from the Searing Exarch or monster related to it, the mod can also be added via Searing Exarch currencies. Some high tier mod requires Orb of ConflictOrb of ConflictStack Size: 10Unpredictably raise the strength of one Searing Exarch or Eater of Worlds modifier on an item and lower the strength of another
Lesser modifiers that have their strength lowered will be removed
Right click this item then left click a non-unique item to apply it. Can only be used on items that have both a Searing Exarch and an Eater of Worlds implicit modifier. The chance of raising or lowering a modifier depends on its relative strength.
to craft (These datamined tiers are counted from the bottom. Ie, T6 is the highest tier):

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.StatsSpawn Weighting
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit175Herald of Purity has (15-17)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit275Herald of Purity has (18-20)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit375Herald of Purity has (21-23)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit475Herald of Purity has (24-26)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit575Herald of Purity has (27-28)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicit675Herald of Purity has (29-30)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 300
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence175Herald of Purity has (33-35)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 0
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence275Herald of Purity has (36-38)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 0
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence375Herald of Purity has (39-41)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 60
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence475Herald of Purity has (42-44)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 60
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence575Herald of Purity has (45-46)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 60
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence675Herald of Purity has (47-48)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 60
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence175Herald of Purity has (24-26)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 0
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence275Herald of Purity has (27-29)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 150
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence375Herald of Purity has (30-32)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 150
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence475Herald of Purity has (33-35)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 150
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence575Herald of Purity has (36-37)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 150
HeraldBonusPurityEffectEldritchImplicitUniquePresence675Herald of Purity has (38-39)% increased Buff Effectno_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0
gloves 150

Video demonstration

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Purity has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Blood Guard Herald EffectBlood Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Celestial Herald EffectCelestial Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.
Demonic Herald EffectDemonic Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Despair Herald EffectDespair Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Despair Effect.Your Herald becomes a Despair Effect.
Dragon Hunter Herald EffectDragon Hunter Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.Your Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.
Faith Guard Herald EffectFaith Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Stygian Herald EffectStygian Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Stygian Effect.Your Herald becomes a Stygian Effect.
Sunprism Herald EffectSunprism Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect.Your Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect.
Transcendence Herald EffectTranscendence Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect.Your Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect.
White Herald EffectWhite Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a White Effect.Your Herald becomes a White Effect.

Monster stats

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Version history

Version Changes
3.23.0
  • Quality now causes Minions to have 0-40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate, instead of providing 0-20% increased Minion Movement Speed.
3.19.0
  • The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill.
  • Sentinels of Purity now deal approximately 15% more Damage at all levels. Sentinels' Crusade Slam skill now has a 5 second cooldown (previously 6 seconds) and 100% more Area of Effect (previously 80%).
3.16.0
  • Sentinels of Purity summoned with Herald of Purity now have 40% less Life.
  • Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 50.0% higher when using the Death Wish skill from the Maw of Mischief Unique Helmet.
3.11.0
  • No longer grants added Physical Damage with Spells and Attacks.
  • Now grants 9% more Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 12% more Physical Damage at gem level 20.
3.8.0
  • Summoned Sentinels can now use Crusade Slam regardless of Ascendancy. Previously, this required a specific Guardian notable.
3.5.0
  • Minions summoned by this skill now deal more Physical Damage based on gem level, rather than more Damage.
3.4.3f
  • Now has a chance to summon a Sentinel of Purity when you hit a Rare enemy.
3.4.0
  • Herald of Purity has been added to the game.

References

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