Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-27) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 40%Requires Level 28Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy. It periodically activates while attached, adding energy to the branded enemy. Each activation, energy spreads from each energised enemy to an enemy in range which is not energised by the brand. If the branded enemy has 20 energy, each activation will instead deal a pulse of area damage. Energy explodes when the energised enemy dies or the brand is removed, dealing damage in an area.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Area of Effect1% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage1% chance to Shock enemiesCan be Attached for a total Duration of 2.5 seconds
Activates every 0.5 seconds while Attached
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Deals (18-170) to (27-254) Physical Damage
Explosions deal 100% more Damage with Ailments per Energy after the first
Explosions deal 150% more Damage with Hits per Energy after the first
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
+1 to Explosion Radius per Energy
Pulse deals 50% more Damage with Hits and Ailments
Up to +(0-9) to Energy spread radius, scaled by distance from BrandPlace 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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1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemPenanceBrand
Penance Brand is a spell that creates a brand at the target location. While attached to an enemy, the brand adds "energy" stacks onto the target, which can also spread to a nearby enemy that hasn't been yet energized. When released, the stored energy detonates and deals area of effect damage. When energy stacks reach their cap on the primary target, the brand releases damaging pulses around it instead.
Skill functions and interactions[ | ]
- Damage conversion: Penance Brand's base damage type is physical, but it also has innate 50% conversion to lightning, thus by default it deals half of its damage in physical, and half in lightning.
- Energy: Energy stacks have a cap of 20, and for each stack past the first one, the brand will deal significantly more damage in an increasingly larger area upon release. If an enemy has been energized to the maximum amount of stacks, the brand will instead release damaging pulses in an area around it (at the same frequency). Energy stacks are released in three circumstances:
- An enemy with any Penance Brand attached to it dies.
- Any Penance Brand gets removed from an enemy via the usage of Brand RecallBrand RecallBrand, Spell
Level: (1-6)
Cost: (7-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Recall your brands to you, detaching them from enemies and increasing attachment range until they next attach to an enemy. Spends a portion of each recalled brand's mana cost to cause it to activate.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousBrands gain 1% increased Attachment Range1% increased Cooldown Recovery RateBrands gain (25-45)% increased Attachment Range
Spends 20% of Brand's Mana Cost
(0-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or utilizing a cluster jewel notable "Holy Conquest". - The duration of any attached Penance Brand ends.
- Multiple brands: If multiple Penance Brands are attached to an enemy simultaneously, they will all add energy stacks at a rate equal to their individual activation frequency. Energy stacks are accumulated per enemy and not per brand. In other words; if only one Penance Brand gets removed from an enemy, it will release all the currently stored energy, and the second brand will continue to generate energy stacks back from zero, if it still remains attached to that enemy.
- Limited duration and damage scaling: Penance Brand has a very low base duration of 2.5 seconds, and by default activates every half a second.
- Swiftbrand SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support
Icon: t
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports skills which create brands.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.25% increased Activation frequencySupported Skills have -1% less Attached Duration
Supported Skills have 1% less Detached DurationSupported Skills have 1% more Activation Frequency if 75% of Attached Duration expiredSupported Skills have (30-44)% more Activation frequency
Supported Skills have 65% less Attached Duration
Supported Skills have 65% less Detached DurationThis 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. is a good support gem choice for general mapping, where the long delay between casting a skill and actually killing enemies may lead into dangerous situations. However, depending on the build setup, it might not be the optimal choice when fighting tough bosses, for which stacking high amount of energy often outweighs more frequent but smaller explosions. This matters even more when elemental ailments are taken into account. - Casting speed of the brand itself, as well as its activation frequency, can be increased by cast speed modifiers. Getting a hefty amount of cast speed is recommended in order to maximize the amount of energy stacks generation before the brand expires. This improves its overall "damage per cast" efficacy.
- Due to relatively low effectiveness of flat added damage at 40%, Penance Brand's damage is best scaled via modifiers that add damage based on another damage type (non-chaos added as extra chaos, physical added as extra lightning, etc.) and modifiers to skill levels (like Empower SupportEmpower SupportSupport
Icon: +
Level: (1-3)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Strength Requirement+(0-2) to Level of Supported Active Skill GemsThis 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., various weapon prefixes, or corrupted body armour implicits). - Physical to Lightning SupportPhysical to Lightning SupportLightning, Physical, Support
Icon: x
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Physical Damage
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Lightning DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning DamageEnemies Shocked by Supported Skills take 0.5% increased Physical DamageSupported Skills have 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Supported Skills gain (10-29)% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning 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. allows easy conversion of the damage type entirely into lightning. Penance Brand is a popular skill choice in multi-conversion builds, utilizing two Call of the BrotherhoodCall of the Brotherhood
Two-Stone RingRequires Level 20+(12-16)% to Cold and Lightning Resistances+(15-25) to Intelligence
(15-25)% increased Lightning Damage
(30-40)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
40% of Lightning Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Your spells have 100% chance to Shock against Frozen EnemiesForged by three brothers
so that they may recognize each other
across any distance of time or travel. and either The Eternity ShroudThe Eternity Shroud
Blood RaimentQuality: +20%
Evasion: (959-1177)
Energy Shield: (154-189)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 65, 107 Dex, 90 IntTrigger Level 20 Glimpse of Eternity when Hit
(100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
+(70-100) to maximum Life
+(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance
Gain (3-5)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage per Shaper Item Equipped
Hits ignore Enemy Monster Chaos Resistance if all Equipped Items are Shaper ItemsThere can be no defence against the celestial siblings entropy and time. or Incandescent HeartIncandescent Heart
Saintly ChainmailQuality: +20%
Armour: (1363-1443)
Energy Shield: (309-327)
Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 70, 99 Str, 115 Int(220-240)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(80-90) to maximum Life
(0.8-1)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
Gain (10-20)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
25% of Elemental Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
(20-30)% increased Light Radius
Light Radius is based on Energy Shield instead of LifeOnly light may banish the shadows from this land
And the black lies wrapped around your heart.
- Swiftbrand SupportSwiftbrand SupportBrand, Support
Gem level progression[ | ]
Level | Mana Cost | Physical Damage | Spread Radius | Exp. | Total Exp. | |||
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1 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 18 to 27 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
2 | 31 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 22 to 33 | N/A | 199345 | 199345 |
3 | 34 | 35 | 50 | 16 | 26 to 39 | 1 | 285815 | 485160 |
4 | 37 | 37 | 54 | 17 | 31 to 46 | 1 | 401344 | 886504 |
5 | 40 | 40 | 58 | 18 | 37 to 55 | 2 | 554379 | 1440883 |
6 | 42 | 42 | 60 | 19 | 41 to 61 | 2 | 477437 | 1918320 |
7 | 44 | 44 | 63 | 19 | 45 to 68 | 3 | 583786 | 2502106 |
8 | 46 | 46 | 66 | 20 | 51 to 76 | 3 | 710359 | 3212465 |
9 | 48 | 48 | 68 | 21 | 56 to 84 | 4 | 1355511 | 4567976 |
10 | 50 | 49 | 71 | 21 | 63 to 94 | 4 | 1138877 | 5706853 |
11 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 22 | 69 to 104 | 5 | 1368233 | 7075086 |
12 | 54 | 53 | 76 | 22 | 77 to 115 | 5 | 1638338 | 8713424 |
13 | 56 | 55 | 79 | 23 | 85 to 128 | 6 | 1956648 | 10670072 |
14 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 24 | 94 to 141 | 6 | 3655184 | 14325256 |
15 | 60 | 59 | 84 | 24 | 104 to 156 | 7 | 3017327 | 17342583 |
16 | 62 | 60 | 87 | 25 | 115 to 172 | 7 | 7759995 | 25102578 |
17 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 25 | 127 to 190 | 8 | 15138193 | 40240771 |
18 | 66 | 64 | 92 | 26 | 140 to 210 | 8 | 26083825 | 66324596 |
19 | 68 | 66 | 95 | 27 | 154 to 231 | 9 | 62620247 | 128944843 |
20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 27 | 170 to 254 | 9 | 211708088 | 340652931 |
21 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 28 | 187 to 280 | 10 | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 28 | 205 to 308 | 10 | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 226 to 338 | 11 | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 248 to 372 | 11 | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 272 to 408 | 12 | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 31 | 299 to 448 | 12 | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 31 | 327 to 491 | 13 | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 32 | 359 to 539 | 13 | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 32 | 393 to 590 | 14 | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 33 | 431 to 647 | 14 | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 33 | 451 to 677 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 34 | 472 to 708 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 34 | 494 to 741 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 34 | 517 to 775 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 540 to 811 | 16 | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 565 to 848 | 16 | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 591 to 887 | 16 | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 618 to 928 | 16 | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 36 | 647 to 970 | 17 | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 36 | 676 to 1014 | 17 | 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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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 |
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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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Threshold jewels
The following threshold jewels augment Penance Brand:
Item | Limit | Radius | Stats |
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Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Penance Brand.
Name | Stats | Spawn Weighting | |
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Enchantment Penance Brand Cast Speed 1 | 66 | Penance Brand has 8% increased Cast Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Penance Brand Cast Speed 2 | 75 | Penance Brand has 12% increased Cast Speed | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Penance Brand Damage 1 | 66 | Penance Brand deals 25% increased Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Penance Brand Damage 2 | 75 | Penance Brand deals 40% increased Damage | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Penance Brand Radius 1 | 66 | Penance Brand has 16% increased Area of Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Penance Brand Radius 2 | 75 | Penance Brand has 24% increased Area of Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Version history[ | ]
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