Minion Damage Support

Minion Damage SupportSupport, Minion
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Cost and Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports skills which create Minions.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentMinions from Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageMinions from Supported Skills have 0.15% chance to deal Double DamageMinions from Supported Skills deal 2% increased Damage with AilmentsMinions from Supported Skills deal (25-49)% 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.Acquisition
Level: 8Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Support Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemMinionDamage

For the passive skill, see Minion Damage (passive skill).

For the awakened variant, see Awakened Minion Damage Support.

Minion Damage is a support gem that increases the damage dealt by minions created by the linked skill(s).

At level 20, both Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
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Cost and Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have +0.1 to Melee Strike RangeSupported Skills Overwhelm 0.25% Physical Damage ReductionSupported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee HitsThis 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 Minion Damage add 49% to damage, but Minion Damage has a lower mana multiplier, and also increases all damage, not just physical damage.

Gem level progression

Level			Minion Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	8	18	25%	0	0
2	10	21	26%	3,231	3,231
3	13	25	28%	9,569	12,800
4	17	31	29%	28,189	40,989
5	21	37	30%	59,146	100,135
6	25	43	31%	111,192	211,327
7	29	49	33%	193,800	405,127
8	33	55	34%	320,280	725,407
9	37	61	35%	507,839	1,233,246
10	40	66	36%	554,379	1,787,625
11	43	70	38%	755,049	2,542,674
12	46	75	39%	1,016,533	3,559,207
13	49	79	40%	1,898,602	5,457,809
14	52	84	41%	1,964,019	7,421,828
15	55	88	43%	2,573,731	9,995,559
16	58	93	44%	7,610,839	17,606,398
17	61	97	45%	13,436,884	31,043,282
18	64	102	46%	25,050,611	56,093,893
19	67	106	48%	43,867,388	99,961,281
20	70	111	49%	242,078,618	342,039,899
21	72	114	50%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	52%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	53%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	54%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	55%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	57%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	58%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	59%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	60%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	62%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	63%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	64%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	65%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	67%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	68%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	69%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	70%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	72%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	73%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	74%	N/A	N/A

Skill Functions and Interactions

The explosion from Minion Instability is considered Minion Damage, and will be increased by this gem.

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
9	Gift of the Gemling QueenGift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla, as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.	random level 20 Support gem	Automatic
7	Dialla's SubjugationDialla's Subjugation7Superior Support Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness	random corrupted superior Support gem (Q23)	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
6	The SummonerThe Summoner6Superior Minion Gem Quality: +20%To own a piece of the Nightmare, you must first belong to the Nightmare.	random superior Minion gem (Q20)	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 (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute Act 1	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Mods

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Eldritch	68	Minions deal (15-18)% increased Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 16 Minion Damage	helmet_elder 800 default 0
Eldritch	75	Minions deal (19-22)% increased Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Minion Damage	helmet_elder 800 default 0
Eldritch	83	Minions deal (23-25)% increased Damage Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Minion Damage	helmet_elder 800 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	Mana multiplier reduced to 130% from 150%. Damage now starts at 30% (down from 45%) but now acts multiplicatively with other sources. In general this should be a large boost to minion damage.
0.9.3	Minion Damage has been added to the game.