Molten Shell
Radius: 15
Mana Cost: (8-12)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec
Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds
Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour
75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000
Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.


Level: 5Purchase Costs
Normal | 1x Scroll of Wisdom |
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemMoltenShell

Molten Shell is a guard spell that buffs the user with a shell that grants bonus armour and absorbs incoming hits. When the shell expires or absorbs enough damage, it explodes to deal fire damage around it, based on how much damage it absorbed. The amount of damage the shell can absorb increases with your armour value. Base duration is 3 seconds at all gem levels, followed by a 4 seconds cooldown.
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Skill functions and interactions
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- Guard: Molten Shell shares a cooldown with other Guard skills (eg
SteelskinSteelskinSpell, Duration, Guard
Mana Cost: (4-16)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds
70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take (54-2209) Damage
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.,
Immortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard
Mana Cost: (21-36)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec
Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removedBase duration is 1 seconds
(25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken
(25-35)% less Physical Damage taken
15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed
20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.).
- Buff Effect: Modifiers to Molten Shell's buff effect will only affect the armour granted by the skill, not the damage, duration, or absorbed damage required.[1]
- Duration: skill and buff/debuff duration will both increase the duration of Molten Shell. When the duration of Molten Shell expires, the buff and any accumulated damage toward an explosion is lost.
- Spell Totem: a
Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
Icon: T
Mana 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 (35-26)% less Damage
Spells Cast by Totem have 30% 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.linked with Molten Shell can and will cast Molten Shell but is highly unlikely to ever detonate because of its lack of defense.
- Vaal Molten Shell: casting Molten Shell while
Vaal Molten ShellVaal Molten ShellVaal, Spell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
Souls Per Use: 50 (N) /
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec
Cooldown Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:11% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds
Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour
(30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000
Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second,
or when Buff expires or is depleted
Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.is active will terminate the Vaal Molten Shell buff and replace it for the cast Molten Shell and vice versa. This makes it unfavorable to use both skills in conjunction with one another.[2]
All Guard skills
Below are the 5 skill gems with the Guard gem tag:
Skill gem | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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![]() Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 16Spends a portion of your mana to grant a buff that takes some of the damage from hits for you until depleted. The buff grants added lightning damage based on the amount of mana spent by this skill. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration0.25% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana0.5% increased Buff EffectBase duration is 3 seconds 75% of Damage from Hits is taken from Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to Mana Spent by this Skill's effect Spends (45-64)% of current Mana Buff grants Added Lightning Damage equal to (10-14)% of Mana Spent by this Skill's effect This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | ![]() | 16 |
![]() Mana Cost: (21-36) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect Duration1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate-0.1% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 0.1% less Elemental Damage taken per Endurance Charge removedBase duration is 1 seconds (25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken (25-35)% less Physical Damage taken 15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed 20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | 34 |
![]() Radius: 15 Mana Cost: (8-12) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 4.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff can take additional Damage equal to 0.25% of your ArmourReflected Damage Penetrates 1% of Enemy Fire ResistanceBase duration is 3 seconds Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour 75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 20% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 10000 Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | 4 |
![]() Mana Cost: (4-16) Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 3.00 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff which can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSteelskin Buff can take 0.5% increased amount of DamageBuff grants +1% to all ResistancesBase duration is 1.5 seconds 70% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before Life or Energy Shield Buff can take (54-2209) Damage This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | 4 |
![]() Souls Per Use: 50 (N) / Can Store 1 Use(s) Can Store 1 Use(s) Soul Gain Prevention: 0.001 sec Cooldown Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Applies a buff that raises your armour, and takes some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. Each second, the skill deals reflected damage to surrounding enemies based on the damage taken by the buff in that second. When the buff is removed, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken by the buff. You cannot have the buff at the same time as any other Guard skill.Per 1% Quality:11% increased Skill Effect DurationBase duration is 9 seconds Buff grants +(25-429) to Armour (30-35)% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield Buff can take Damage equal to 30% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 30000 Reflects (300-9000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage each second, or when Buff expires or is depleted Buff grants (20-29)% more Armour Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ![]() ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | 4 |
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | Mana Cost | Armour | Damage Reflection | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 50 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
2 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 60 | 130% | 841 | 841 |
3 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 74 | 180% | 3,099 | 3,940 |
4 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 91 | 250% | 7,433 | 11,373 |
5 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 115 | 330% | 22,895 | 34,268 |
6 | 20 | 50 | 9 | 141 | 420% | 49,725 | 83,993 |
7 | 24 | 58 | 9 | 171 | 530% | 95,714 | 179,707 |
8 | 28 | 67 | 9 | 204 | 650% | 169,595 | 349,302 |
9 | 32 | 75 | 10 | 241 | 780% | 283,759 | 633,061 |
10 | 36 | 83 | 10 | 282 | 920% | 453,996 | 1,087,057 |
11 | 40 | 92 | 10 | 328 | 1080% | 703,128 | 1,790,185 |
12 | 44 | 100 | 10 | 378 | 1250% | 1,061,223 | 2,851,408 |
13 | 48 | 109 | 11 | 433 | 1430% | 2,065,870 | 4,917,278 |
14 | 52 | 117 | 11 | 495 | 1620% | 2,507,110 | 7,424,388 |
15 | 55 | 123 | 11 | 545 | 1820% | 2,573,731 | 9,998,119 |
16 | 58 | 130 | 11 | 599 | 2040% | 7,611,351 | 17,609,470 |
17 | 61 | 136 | 12 | 657 | 2260% | 13,437,908 | 31,047,378 |
18 | 64 | 142 | 12 | 719 | 2500% | 25,052,147 | 56,099,525 |
19 | 67 | 148 | 12 | 786 | 2740% | 43,869,436 | 99,968,961 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 12 | 858 | 3000% | 242,081,178 | 342,050,139 |
21 | 72 | 159 | 13 | 909 | 3270% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | 13 | 962 | 3550% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | 13 | 1018 | 3830% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | 13 | 1076 | 4130% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | 14 | 1137 | 4440% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | 14 | 1201 | 4760% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | 14 | 1268 | 5090% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | 14 | 1338 | 5430% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | 15 | 1412 | 5770% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 15 | 1488 | 6130% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | 15 | 1528 | 6500% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | 15 | 1569 | 6880% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | 16 | 1610 | 7260% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | 16 | 1653 | 7660% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | 16 | 1696 | 8060% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | 16 | 1741 | 8480% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | 17 | 1786 | 8900% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | 17 | 1833 | 9340% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | 17 | 1880 | 9780% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | 17 | 1929 | 10230% | 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 |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | random level 20 gem | Automatic |
13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs 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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Molten Shell.
Name | ![]() | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Molten Shell Armour 1 | 66 | 100% increased Molten Shell Buff Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Molten Shell Armour 2 | 75 | 150% increased Molten Shell Buff Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 1 | 66 | Molten Shell has 25% increased Skill Effect Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Molten Shell Duration 2 | 75 | Molten Shell has 40% increased Skill Effect Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Alternate skill effects
Molten Shell has the following alternate skill effects:
Item | Effect(s) |
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Invisible Buff Effect![]() ![]() | Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem. |
Stygian Molten Shell Effect![]() ![]() | Your Molten Shell becomes a Stygian Molten Shell Effect. |
Viper Molten Shell Effect![]() ![]() | Your Molten Shell becomes a Viper Molten Shell Effect. |
Version history
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3.11.0 |
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2.6.0 |
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2.3.2 |
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2.1.0 |
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1.0.3c |
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0.11.0 |
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0.10.0 |
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0.9.11 |
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0.9.7c |
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0.9.6 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (April 9, 2012). "Molten Shell". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (March 25, 2014). "Vaal Molten Sheel Overwritten By Molten Shell". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved January 6, 2016.