Petrified Blood

Petrified BloodSpell
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 35% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Applies a buff that protects the lower half of your life, preventing some of the immediate life loss when damaged by hits and applying the loss over time instead. Your life cannot be raised above low life other than by flasks, and while above low life, skills will cost life as well as mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent-0.25% of Life loss prevented is lost over 4 secondsWhen taking Damage from Hits, 0.25% of Life loss below half Life is Prevented
3% of Life loss prevented this way is lost over 4 secondsSkills gain a Base Life Cost equal to 0.5% of Base Mana Cost while not on Low LifeLife Recovery other than Flasks cannot Recover Life to above Low Life
When taking Damage from Hits, 40% of Life loss below half Life is Prevented, then (81–100)% of Life loss prevented this way is lost over 4 seconds
Skills gain a Base Life Cost equal to 40% of Base Mana Cost while not on Low LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems

Petrified Blood is a spell that reserves mana to protect the character's life in the low life threshold by causing a portion of the immediate life loss from hits to take effect over time instead. At higher skill levels, the amount of life loss over time is reduced, even though the percentage of immediate life loss prevented remains constant. As a drawback, the character cannot recover life above low life by any means except with flasks. Skills also gain an additional life cost while the character is above low life.

Skill functions and interactions

• Petrified Blood will only protect your life up to your low life threshold, and will not affect damage redirected to energy shields or mana.
• You cannot directly mitigate the life loss over time from Petrified Blood in any way, not even from sources of damage immunity like a Divine Shrine.
• Life leech will attempt to recovery life past the low life threshold. Since leech only stops when you are at maximum reserved life, this effectively gives you an "overleech" effect like Brutal Fervour, as long as you have more than 50% unreserved life.
  • In the same vein, The Agnostic will continuously drain your mana to recover life, since it can never recover your life to full.
• Options - Petrified blood can be used with different options. For example it can be used while on full life with no life reserved. This allows for characters to be able to survive more damage from one single hit (or multiple hits). Life flasks are the only way to gain life above low life when using petrified blood. Other life gain sources will continue to work if temporarily dropping into low life.

Path of Exile - Petrified Blood Mechanics Explained

Gem level progression

Level			Life loss taken over time	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	24	58	100%	0	0
2	27	64	99%	118383	118383
3	30	71	98%	175816	294199
4	33	77	97%	254061	548260
5	36	83	96%	359090	907350
6	39	90	95%	498508	1405858
7	42	96	94%	682057	2087915
8	45	102	93%	921777	3009692
9	48	109	92%	1727879	4737571
10	50	113	91%	1138877	5876448
11	52	117	90%	1368233	7244681
12	54	121	89%	1638338	8883019
13	56	125	88%	1956648	10839667
14	58	130	87%	3655184	14494851
15	60	134	86%	3017327	17512178
16	62	138	85%	7793914	25306092
17	64	142	84%	15206031	40512123
18	66	146	83%	26185582	66697705
19	68	151	82%	62755923	129453628
20	70	155	81%	211877683	341331311
21	72	N/A	80%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	79%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	78%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	77%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	76%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	75%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	74%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	73%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	72%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	71%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	71%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	70%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	70%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	69%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	69%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	68%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	68%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	67%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	67%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	66%	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
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
Quest ↓
Lost in Love 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 ↓
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Petrified Blood:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Petrified Blood. No results found

• Petrified Blood has 14% reduced Reservation
• Petrified Blood has 20% reduced Reservation

Alternate skill effects

Petrified Blood has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.	Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	Introduced to the game.