Herald of Purity
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: InstantRequires 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 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
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 16Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
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 use regular melee attacks, as well as
Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
AoE Radius: 8 / 16Requires Level 10Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.(12-134) to (18-200) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
(3-5) to (4-7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance
100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance
(90-109)% increased Movement Speed
Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.on a cooldown. 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 per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical 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 Active 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 per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical 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 Active 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: 14Requires 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 (50-41)% less Damage to surrounding targets
Supported Skills have (0-57)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect
Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectThis 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 Active 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 RingRequires 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 DurationThis 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 Active 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 40% Elemental Resistances and 20% Chaos Resistance.
- Sentinels have a base attack time of 1.20.
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | More Physical Damage | More Minion Physical Damage | More Minion Life | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 9% | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
2 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 9% | 5% | 2% | 49725 | 49725 |
3 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 9% | 10% | 4% | 95714 | 145439 |
4 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 9% | 15% | 6% | 169595 | 315034 |
5 | 31 | 46 | 32 | 9% | 20% | 8% | 199345 | 514379 |
6 | 34 | 50 | 35 | 10% | 25% | 10% | 285815 | 800194 |
7 | 37 | 54 | 37 | 10% | 30% | 12% | 401344 | 1201538 |
8 | 40 | 58 | 40 | 10% | 35% | 14% | 554379 | 1755917 |
9 | 43 | 62 | 43 | 10% | 40% | 16% | 755049 | 2510966 |
10 | 46 | 66 | 46 | 10% | 45% | 18% | 1016533 | 3527499 |
11 | 49 | 70 | 48 | 11% | 50% | 20% | 1898602 | 5426101 |
12 | 52 | 74 | 51 | 11% | 55% | 22% | 1964019 | 7390120 |
13 | 55 | 78 | 54 | 11% | 60% | 24% | 2573731 | 9963851 |
14 | 58 | 82 | 57 | 11% | 65% | 26% | 4676439 | 14640290 |
15 | 60 | 84 | 59 | 11% | 70% | 28% | 3017327 | 17657617 |
16 | 62 | 87 | 60 | 12% | 75% | 30% | 7823001 | 25480618 |
17 | 64 | 90 | 62 | 12% | 80% | 32% | 15264208 | 40744826 |
18 | 66 | 92 | 64 | 12% | 85% | 34% | 26272845 | 67017671 |
19 | 68 | 95 | 66 | 12% | 90% | 36% | 62872274 | 129889945 |
20 | 70 | 98 | 68 | 12% | 95% | 38% | 212023122 | 341913067 |
21 | 72 | 100 | 70 | 13% | 100% | 40% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 13% | 105% | 42% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 13% | 110% | 44% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 13% | 115% | 46% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 13% | 120% | 48% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 125% | 50% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 130% | 52% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 135% | 54% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 140% | 56% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 145% | 58% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 14% | 147% | 60% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 150% | 62% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 152% | 64% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 155% | 66% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 157% | 68% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 160% | 70% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 162% | 72% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 165% | 74% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 167% | 76% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 15% | 170% | 78% | N/A | N/A |
Gem quality
Type | Stats (per 1% quality) | Weight |
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Superior | 1% increased Minion Movement Speed | 50 |
Anomalous | Minions have 0.5% chance to Taunt on Hit | 100 |
Divergent | Summoned Sentinels have 1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | 50 |
Item acquisition
Herald of Purity can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Herald of Purity can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare. ![]() | Random Minion gem with 20% quality | A |
13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | Random level 20 gem | A |
8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternate Quality: +19%Moribund, 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste. ![]() | Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality | A |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Intruders in Black Act 2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Purity.
Name | ![]() | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Herald Of Purity Additional Minion 1 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | +1 to maximum number of Sentinels of Purity | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Herald of Purity has 40% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency | helmet 0 |
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Herald of Purity has 60% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency | helmet 0 |
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Herald of Purity has 50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Herald Of Purity Mana Reservation 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Herald of Purity has 75% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency | helmet 100 |
Related unique items
The following unique items are related to Herald of Purity:
Item | Base Item | ![]() | Stats | ||
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Circle of Guilt![]() Iron RingRequires 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 Ring | 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
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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):
Name | Stats |
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Disciples | Minions deal 20% increased Damage while you are affected by a Herald Summoned Sentinels have 25% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate [1] |
Video demonstration
Alternate skill effects
Herald of Purity has the following alternate skill effects:
Item | Effect(s) |
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Blood Guard Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect. |
Celestial Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect. |
Darkwood Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Darkwood Effect. |
Demonic Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect. |
Despair Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Despair Effect. |
Dragon Hunter Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect. |
Faith Guard Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect. |
Invisible Buff Effect![]() ![]() | 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 Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Stygian Effect. |
Sunprism Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect. |
Transcendence Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect. |
White Herald Effect![]() ![]() | Your Herald becomes a White Effect. |
Monster stats
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Version history
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3.19.0 |
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3.16.0 |
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3.11.0 |
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3.8.0 |
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3.5.0 |
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3.4.3f |
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3.4.0 |
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