Earthquake

EarthquakeAttack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (85-120)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (85-120)%
Radius: 18 / 28Requires Level 28Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a short duration. Cracks created before the first one has erupted will not generate their own aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage3% increased Damage
1% increased Skill Effect DurationInitial Slam has 2% increased Area of EffectIncreases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 2.5% of their valueDeals (85-150)% of Base Attack Damage
Base duration is 1 seconds
Aftershock deals 150% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 28Vendor Prices

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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEarthquake

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Earthquake.

Earthquake is a melee attack dealing damage in an area and leaving a crack in the ground. After a duration, the crack releases an aftershock, dealing more damage in a larger area. Requires an axe, mace, staff or unarmed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Duration: increases and reductions to duration increase or reduce time between impact and aftershock respectively. The following gems and items reduce skill's duration: Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% less Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack and Cast SpeedBleeding inflicted by Supported Skills deals Damage 0.5% fasterSupported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration
  Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more 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., Swift Affliction SupportSwift Affliction SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: r
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Damage over TimeSupported Skills have 0.25% increased Attack and Cast Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedYou and Enemies have 1% increased Movement Speed while inflicted with an Ailment from Supported SkillsSupported Skills deal (20-34)% more Damage over Time
  25% less Duration of Supported Skills and Damaging Ailments they inflictThis 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., and Warped TimepieceWarped Timepiece
  Turquoise AmuletRequires Level 50+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
  (10-15)% increased Cast Speed
  (10-15)% increased Movement Speed
  (15-10)% reduced Skill Effect Duration
  30% increased total Recovery per second from Life, Mana, or Energy Shield LeechAs you have lived, so you shall die
  forever trying to keep up with me.
  Your blood on these hands of mine
  forever makes me the public enemy.. Be aware that Warped Timepiece will apply globally and reduce duration to buffs and other effects such as Fortify.
• Dual Wielding: Using Earthquake while dual wielding will alternate between weapons.
• Aftershock: The aftershock is a specific part of the skill that hits and has a 150% more multiplier to hits and ailments. Ailments such as poison, bleed, and ignite will have more damage if applied by the shockwave. The shockwave will however not scale other DoTs like Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: D
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 0.5% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (120-843) Chaos Damage per second for 8 secondsThis 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. as it is not a ailment.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	85%	85%	0	0
2	31	73	87%	86.8%	199345	199345
3	34	79	89%	88.7%	285815	485160
4	37	85	91%	90.5%	401344	886504
5	40	92	92%	92.4%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	94%	94.2%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	96%	96.1%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	98%	97.9%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	100%	99.7%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	102%	101.6%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	103%	103.4%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	105%	105.3%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	107%	107.1%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	109%	108.9%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	111%	110.8%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	113%	112.6%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	114%	114.5%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	116%	116.3%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	118%	118.2%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	120%	120%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	122%	121.8%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	124%	123.7%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	126%	125.5%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	127%	127.4%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	129%	129.2%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	131%	131.1%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	133%	132.9%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	135%	134.7%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	137%	136.6%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	138%	138.4%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	139%	139.3%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	140%	140.3%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	141%	141.2%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	142%	142.1%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	143%	143%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	144%	143.9%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	145%	144.9%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	146%	145.8%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	147%	146.7%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	148%	146.8%	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
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
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 ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Earthquake.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 1	66	25% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 2	75	40% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 1	66	Earthquake deals 5% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 2	75	Earthquake deals 8% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Earthquake has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Crystal Earthquake EffectCrystal Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.	Your Earthquake becomes a crystal effect.
Demonic Earthquake EffectDemonic Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a Demonic Effect.	Your Earthquake becomes a Demonic Effect.
Gore Earthquake EffectGore Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a gory effect.	Your Earthquake becomes a gory effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 150% of Base Damage, and has 150% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 120%). Quality on the Phantasmal Earthquake Skill no longer grants “Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill”. It now grants “Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 0-50% of their value”.
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Aftershocks no longer have added Attack Physical Damage. Aftershocks now deal 150% more Damage with hits and ailments. Can now be used while unarmed. The base radius of the initial hit is now 14 units (from 18). The Labyrinth helmet enchantments Earthquake duration can no longer be obtained, though existing versions are unaffected.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 85% at gem level 1 (from 90%), up to 120% at gem level 20 (from 109%). Aftershock now benefits from 30 to 46 added physical damage at gem level one, up to 169 to 254 at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 75%. Radius of the aftershock is now +2 units larger. Now gains 1% increased damage per 1% gem quality (rather than 1% increased physical damage).
3.5.0	Earthquake is no longer main hand only.
3.4.0	The aftershock now deals 70% (up from 50%) more damage with hits and ailments (as opposed to every form of damage) at all gem levels.
3.3.0	The base delay between the initial attack and the aftershock is now 1 second (down from 1.5 seconds). The aftershock now deals more damage as the gem levels, dealing 69% more damage at gem level 20 (up from 50%). (Undocumented) Only uses main hand when dual-wielding
3.1.0	Radius has been increased from 25 to 28 for the second stage.
2.6.0	Earthquake's initial hit radius has been reduced from 20 to 18 units.
2.4.0	Aftershock damage has been reduced to 50% more at all Levels. Mana cost has been increased from 6 to 10. Aftershock area of effect has been reduced by 12%.
2.3.0	The Merciless Labyrinth Helmet enchantment for Earthquake duration is now 20% reduced duration.
2.2.0	Added to the game.