Explosive Arrow

Explosive ArrowAttack, Projectile, AoE, Duration, Fire, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (18-27) Mana
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Projectile Speed: 3260
Radius: 15Requires Level 28Fires an arrow which acts as a short duration fuse. Applying additional arrows to an enemy extends the duration. When the target dies or the fuses expire, the arrows explode, dealing fire AoE damage to nearby enemies. The AoE radius is proportional to the number of arrows upon death.Base duration is 1 seconds
Explosion deals (44-586) to (66-879) Base Fire Damage per Fuse Charge
+2 to Explosion Radius per Fuse ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Explosive Arrow is a bow attack skill that fires an arrow which acts as a short duration fuse. Applying additional arrows to an enemy extends the duration. When the target dies or the fuses expire, the arrows explode, dealing fire area of effect damage to nearby enemies. The damage and AoE radius are proportional to the number of arrows fired into the target, up to a maximum of 5.

Skill functions and interactions

Explosive Arrow has two separate damaging effects: an attack and a secondary explosion.

Attack: The Explosive Arrow attack is an arrow which deals weapon damage based on the bow equipped. This component of the skill is affected by any modifiers to bow attacks. At the final destination of the arrow, one of three effects will occur:

• If the arrow gets stuck on the terrain or on an obstacle, it will leave a single fuse charge that will explode after a duration.
• If the arrow gets stuck on a target that does not yet have the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, it will apply that debuff with a single fuse charge, which expires after a duration.
• If the arrow gets stuck on a target that already has the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, it will refresh the duration of the existing debuff and add one fuse charge.

If the arrow pierces or is evaded by a target, it will not leave a fuse charge on the target, but can still leave a fuse charge on the terrain behind it.

Chaining this projectile will only leave a Fuse Charge on the last target struck, and due to the speed of the initial projectile, can sometimes miss the intended target and collide with an object or terrain, placing a Fuse Charge on the location it hit.

Explosion: When the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, or a fuse stuck on terrain expires, it causes an explosion based on the number of fuse charges, up to a maximum of 5. This damage is secondary area projectile fire damage, and therefore is not affected by modifiers to spell or weapon damage. This explosion has a base critical strike chance of 6% and a base radius of 15 plus 2 times the number of fuse charges. Modifiers to this explosion, which includes critical strike chance, ignite chance, radius, and damage, are based on the instance of the Explosive Arrow skill that originally applied the debuff. Modifiers to any instances of the Explosive Arrow skill used to refresh the duration of the debuff are ignored. Though the explosion can scale from projectile damage, bonuses that increase projectile damage during movement such as Point Blank, or bonuses such as Ricochet where projectile damage is increased by remaining (x), are completely ineffective to the explosion's damage and will only increase the projectiles initial hit(s).

Duration: Modifiers to duration, such as from 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., will affect the duration of the debuff when it is applied or refreshed, as well as the duration of the fuse charge if it hits the terrain or an obstacle. As such, this is the only relevant modifier on instances of the Explosive Arrow skill used to refresh a pre-existing debuff.

Area of Effect: The base radius of the explosion depends on the number of fuse charges, and is given by 15 plus an additional 2 for each fuse charge. Modifiers to Area of Effect apply to this explosion.

Block: Like any attack skill, the Explosive Arrow attack can be blocked. However, the blocked attack still applies the debuff. The subsequent explosion can also be blocked as it is part of an attack skill.

Totem: Ranged Attack Totem will execute this attack until the targeted enemy dies, instantly triggering the secondary explosion, or until the totem is destroyed, causing the applied Fuse Charges to last their remaining duration before exploding.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Fire Damage per Fuse	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	8	N/A	0	0
2	31	73	8	N/A	199345	199345
3	34	79	8	N/A	285815	485160
4	37	85	8	N/A	401344	886504
5	40	92	9	N/A	554379	1440883
6	42	96	9	N/A	477437	1918320
7	44	100	9	N/A	583786	2502106
8	46	104	9	N/A	710359	3212465
9	48	109	9	N/A	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	9	N/A	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	9	N/A	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	10	N/A	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	10	N/A	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	10	N/A	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	10	N/A	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	10	N/A	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	10	N/A	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	10	N/A	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	10	N/A	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	10	N/A	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	11	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	11	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	13	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	13	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	13	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	13	N/A	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

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 Explosive Arrow.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Attack Speed 1	66	Explosive Arrow has 10% increased Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Attack Speed 2	75	Explosive Arrow has 15% increased Attack Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Damage 1	66	Explosive Arrow deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Damage 2	75	Explosive Arrow deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Increased Duration 1	66	Explosive Arrow has 25% increased Duration	helmet 50 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Increased Duration 2	75	Explosive Arrow has 40% increased Duration	helmet 50 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Area Of Effect 1	66	Explosive Arrow has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Area Of Effect 2	75	Explosive Arrow has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Reduced Duration 1	66	Explosive Arrow has 20% reduced Duration	helmet 50 default 0
Enchantment Explosive Arrow Reduced Duration 2	75	Explosive Arrow has 30% reduced Duration	helmet 50 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
1.1.1b	Fixed a bug that caused the first level of Explosive Arrow to have a greater mana cost than intended.
0.9.12m	The explosion damage is now classified as projectile damage and is hence scaled down by Lesser and Greater Multiple Projectiles support gems.
0.9.12f	Fixed a client crash with Explosive Arrow.
0.9.12	Explosive Arrows now have their own arrow effect. If they miss and stick into terrain, they'll explode as normal after a short time. Now does not explode each time it pierces through monsters.
0.9.8	Reduced the mana cost.
0.9.5	Made Explosive Arrow more powerful. The damage has been increased and the fuse time is now one second.
0.9.4	Increased the damage Explosive Arrow.
0.9.3g	Changed Explosive Arrow to not have the damage scaled by mods that affect Spell Damage.
0.9.3e	Increased damage by 15%.
0.9.2g	Fixed a server crash that would occasionally occur when using Explosive Arrow.
0.9.2f	Fixed a bug with Explosive Arrow not exploding serverside when the monster is killed by the arrow outright. Fixed a bug with Explosive Arrow interacting badly with other buffs. Fixed two server crashes that occured rarely when using Explosive Arrow.
0.9.2b	Updated the description to describe that the Area of effect of the explosion is proportional to the number of fuse charges.
0.9.2	Explosive Arrow has been added to the game.