Spirit Guards

Spirit Guards
Viridian JewelLimited to: 1
Radius: MediumMinions deal (8-12)% increased Damage
With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged WeaponsLong after the Karui passed through,
the whispers of those who stood their ground
at Lioneye's Watch could be heard amongst the rubble.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.Acquisition
Drop restricted
Can only be obtained via vendor recipe.Vendor Offer
8x Alchemy ShardMetadata
Item class: Jewel

Spirit Guards is a unique Viridian JewelViridian JewelPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.. It is a threshold jewel that enhances Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Base duration is 40 seconds
Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100)
Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage
Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical Damage
Minions deal (0-38)% more Damage
Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons
Minions have (0-38)% more Attack Speed

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Minions have 1% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Vaal Animate WeaponVaal Animate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Vaal, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Souls Per Use: 50
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 40 sec
Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates multiple Melee Weapon Items and Lingering Blades to fight by your side, and transforms them into different, unique weapons. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Base duration is 15 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100)
Animated Weapons are transformed into random Unique
Weapons with Level Requirement between (1-40) and (9-100)
Minions deal (50-107)% more Damage
Maximum (5-10) Animated Weapons
Minions have (0-38)% more Attack Speed
Animates up to (5-10) Weapons

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
Minions have 1% increased Movement SpeedCorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Item acquisition

Spirit Guards has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced.

Can only be obtained via vendor recipe.

Vendor recipes

They can be obtained by the following vendor recipe:

Result	Recipe	Notes
Spirit GuardsSpirit Guards Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: MediumMinions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged WeaponsLong after the Karui passed through, the whispers of those who stood their ground at Lioneye's Watch could be heard amongst the rubble.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	1x Animate WeaponAnimate WeaponDuration, Minion, Spell, Physical Level: (1-20) Cost: (4-16) Mana Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 4Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Base duration is 40 seconds Can use Items requiring up to Level (9-100) Minions' Attacks deal (5-126) to (8-184) additional Physical Damage Animated Lingering Blades deal (1-17) to (2-80) Added Attack Physical Damage Minions deal (0-38)% more Damage Maximum (5-14) Animated Weapons Minions have (0-38)% more Attack Speed Additional Effects per 1% Quality: Minions have 1% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. with 20% quality 1x normal bow 1x magic bow 1x rare bow 1x unique bow	Corrupted items cannot be used. The bows used for the recipe must have the same item base.

Legacy variants

Spirit Guards has legacy variants.

Version discontinued	Stats Compare each legacy variant to the current variant. Stat line – Same as current variant Stat line – Different from current variant
3.20.0	Minions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 12 Ranged Weapons
3.10.0	Minions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 8 Ranged Weapons
2.6.0	Minions deal (8-12)% increased Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 4 Ranged Weapons

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	The Spirit Guards Unique Jewel now has "With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged Weapons" (previously up to 12 Ranged Weapons). Existing versions of this unique can be updated using a Divine Orb. Removed from the drop pool. Added 6 new vendor recipes for Dead Reckoning, Endless Misery, Spirit Guards and the three Combat Focus Unique Jewels. Happy hunting!
3.10.0	Now limited to 1, and have With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 12 Ranged Weapons (up from 8) [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
2.6.0	Now allows up to 8 ranged weapons to be animated. Now limited to 2. Dexterity requirement in radius reduced to 40. No longer requires dexterity in radius to be allocated.
2.1.2	Fixed a bug where Totems couldn't summon ranged animated weapons when using the Spirit Guards unique Jewel.
2.1.0	Introduced to the game.