Herald

Herald is a gem tag associated with active gems which grant the user a damage buff and a special effect upon killing an enemy under certain conditions. Each Herald has a mana reservation cost of 25%.

Unique Items
This is a list of unique items that are related to Herald skills.

Base passive skills
The following passive skills affect Herald skills:

Cluster Jewel passive skills
The following Cluster Jewel passive skills affect Herald skills:

Cluster Jewel keystone passive skills
The following Cluster Jewel keystone passive skills affect Herald skills:

Ascendancy passive skills
The following Ascendancy passive skills affect Herald skills:

History
During an interview in Episode 15 of the State of Exile podcast, GGG-Developers Carl and Rory mentioned that three more Heralds other than the then-released Herald of Ash and Ice were in the works. The names given were Herald of Thunder (Lightning), Herald of Stone (likely Physical) and Herald of Anarchy (likely Chaos).

Upon release of the next major patch after this interview, which introduced the Herald of Thunder as seen above, GGG stated that the other two Heralds were not ready and were put on an indefinite hold, as they were either not interesting enough or did not fit into the game for another reason.

In Version 3.4.0, more than three years later, two new physical and chaos-themed Herald skills added: Herald of Purity and Herald of Agony.

Version history

 * We wanted to add support for mechanics that have been added in the past few years that as of yet do not have adequate support on the passive tree. Some of these mechanics include Rage, Unleash, Corpse manipulation, Warcries, Heralds and Banners.


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