Desecrate

DesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-26) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Cast Speed10% increased Chaos Damage3% chance to spawn an additional CorpseEach Corpse spawned has 1% chance to be a Forgotten CorpseBase duration is 4 seconds
Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
Spawns 5 corpses
Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDesecrate

Desecrate is a spell that summons corpses and a patch of desecrated ground, which deals chaos damage to all enemies in the area.

Skill functions and interactions

• Note that the levels stated beneath are maximum levels of the corpses created by Desecrate. The real level of the spawned corpses is still capped by the zone level.
• Desecrate's chaos damage over time is not increased by bonuses to spell damage. It is affected by bonuses to chaos damage, damage over time, and area damage. When linked to the Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
  Icon: T
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Trap Throwing SpeedSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Trap Trigger Area of EffectTrap lasts 4 seconds
  Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  Supported Skills have (0-19)% increased Trap Throwing Speed
  Supported Skills deal (0-38)% increased Trap 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. gem it is affected by trap-related modifiers, and linked to a Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
  Icon: T
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Totem Placement speed1% increased Totem Duration1% increased Totem RangeSupported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  Supported Skills deal (28-24)% less Damage
  Spells Cast by Totem have 40% less Cast SpeedThis 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. gem it is affected by totem-related modifiers.
• Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (15-28) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.85 secRequires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions deal 1% increased Melee Damage
  1% increased Minion Maximum LifeMinions have 0.5% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdMinions are Created with maximum Frenzy ChargesMaximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
  55% more Minion Movement Speed
  Minion Movement Speed is Capped
  Raised Spectres are Level (28-72)
  Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
  Minions have +30% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Desecrate may also spawn corpses which can be raised as spectres the player can bring into a zone. Desecrate also has a corpse spawn table based on the monsters found in the area. In areas without monsters, a specific table is used.
• Spell Cascade SupportSpell Cascade SupportAoE, Spell, Support
  Icon: p
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect
  Supported Skills have 5% increased delay between affected AreasSupported Area of Effect Skills also affect areas in front of and behind the targeted area
  Supported Skills have (25-16)% less Area of Effect
  Supported Skills deal (40-31)% less 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.: causes Desecrate to spawn the maximum of 10 corpses at one cast. Because this skill is mainly used to create corpses, the penalties of Spell Cascade like reduced AoE or reduced damage are irrelevant.
• When Triggered by Cast when Damage Taken SupportCast when Damage Taken SupportSupport, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: !
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 250%
  Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 1% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills require 1% reduced amount of Damage taken to TriggerTrigger Supported Spells when you take a total of (528-3272) Damage
  Supported Skills deal (-70-6)% more Damage
  This Gem can only Support Skill Gems requiring Level (38-70) or lower
  You cannot Cast Supported Triggerable Spells directlyThis 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. alongside an Offering, corpses will not be consumed on the first trigger, as corpses must exist at the time of corpse consuming skills triggering to function.
• Totems share a pool of 10 corpses with each other, and most likely the player.
• On a PC, you can press and hold the "A" key to see the type of corpse when you hover your mouse over it.
• Having spectres with high base life will increase the chance of getting high life corpses. These corpses provide more damage for skills like Detonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
  Radius: 22Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Per 1% Quality:1Superior0.5% increased Cast SpeedExplosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
  Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
  +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. These high life corpses will also make enemies who use detonate dead do more damage to the character.

Alternative quality

Phantasmal Desecrate has a chance (1% per 1% quality) to spawn a corpse of a Forgotten Corpse, such as Flickershade, which is the only way to obtain them for Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-28) Mana
Cast Time: 0.85 secRequires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions deal 1% increased Melee Damage
1% increased Minion Maximum LifeMinions have 0.5% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdMinions are Created with maximum Frenzy ChargesMaximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
55% more Minion Movement Speed
Minion Movement Speed is Capped
Raised Spectres are Level (28-72)
Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
Minions have +30% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. As of 3.13, it no longer spawns Primal Crushclaw.^{[citation needed]}

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Chaos Damage per sec	Corpse Level	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	26	18	11	8.2	20	0	0
2	20	31	22	12	11.3	24	49725	49725
3	24	37	25	13	15.4	28	95714	145439
4	28	42	29	14	20.6	32	169595	315034
5	31	46	32	15	25.5	35	199345	514379
6	34	50	35	16	31.4	38	285815	800194
7	37	54	37	17	38.5	41	401344	1201538
8	40	58	40	18	46.9	44	554379	1755917
9	43	62	43	18	57	47	755049	2510966
10	46	66	46	19	69	50	1016533	3527499
11	49	70	48	20	83.4	53	1898602	5426101
12	52	74	51	21	100.5	56	1964019	7390120
13	55	78	54	22	120.7	59	2573731	9963851
14	58	82	57	23	144.8	62	4676439	14640290
15	60	84	59	23	163.2	65	3017327	17657617
16	62	87	60	24	183.9	69	7823001	25480618
17	64	90	62	25	207	73	15264208	40744826
18	66	92	64	25	232.8	77	26272845	67017671
19	68	95	66	26	261.7	81	62872274	129889945
20	70	98	68	26	294	100	212023122	341913067
21	72	100	70	27	330.1	100	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	27	370.3	100	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	28	415.2	100	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	29	465.3	100	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	29	521.2	100	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	30	583.5	100	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	30	653	100	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	31	730.4	100	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	32	816.6	100	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	32	912.6	100	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	32	964.6	100	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	33	1019.5	100	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	33	1077.3	100	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	33	1138.4	100	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	34	1202.8	100	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	34	1270.8	100	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	34	1342.4	100	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	34	1418	100	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	35	1497.7	100	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	35	1581.8	100	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	random corrupted superior level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	Automatic
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternative 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	Automatic
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random superior gem	Automatic
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	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem 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	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem 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 superior gem with 20% quality	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
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
Quest ↓
The Root of the Problem 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 Desecrate.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 1	66	Desecrate Spawns 2 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 2	75	Desecrate Spawns 3 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Desecrate:

Name	Stats
Undertaker	30% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently Desecrate and Unearth have +2 to Maximum number of corpses allowed Regenerate 2% of Life per second if you've Consumed a corpse Recently [1]

Alternate skill effects

Desecrate has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Stygian Desecrate EffectStygian Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Desecrate becomes a Stygian Effect.
Tombstone Desecrate EffectTombstone Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate summons a cluster of necrotic tombstones	Your Desecrate summons a cluster of necrotic tombstones
Void Desecrate EffectVoid Desecrate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Desecrate becomes a Void Effect.	Your Desecrate becomes a Void Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Phantasmal Desecrate now has a chance to produce a different special monster corpse based on its quality. Phantasmal Desecrate now has 1% chance to spawn a forgotten corpse per 1% gem quality (from 0.1% per 1% gem quality).
3.12.0	Now has alternative quality
3.8.0	Now has a corpse limit of 10 (from 15) Now has a cast time of 0.6 seconds (from 0.8) Now has a base duration of 4 seconds (from 5). No longer has a cooldown.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 11 (was 8). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 26 (was 20).
3.5.0	Added physics interactions.
3.1.0	Now creates 5 corpses (up from 3). The cooldown has been reduced to 3 seconds per stack (down from 5), and the cast time has been reduced to 0.8 seconds (down from 1). Desecrate's maximum corpse level now grows more steadily as the skill gem levels up. It can now create higher level corpses at most levels, except level 19 of the gem, in which the maximum corpse level has been lowered from 100 to 81.
3.0.2b	Desecrate now chooses corpses from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that existed in the instance.
3.0.2	Desecrate can now only create monsters that are in the instance it is used in. In areas where no monsters have spawned, a specific desecrate table is used. This fixes a longstanding bug with the desecration list that had further problems introduced due to persistent spectres.
1.1.0	The maximum level of a created corpse has been changed to being higher than the required level of the skill. This scales up to a monster level cap of 100 by level 20 of the gem. Desecrate also now enforces a limit of 15 corpses at a time.
1.0.6b	Fixed a bug where corpses created by Desecrate weren't limited by the level requirement of the gem.
1.0.6	Desecrate has been added to the game.