Pledge of Hands

Pledge of Hands
Judgement StaffWarstaff
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 87.6–163.2
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 68, 113 Str, 113 Int+20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a StaffSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 30 Greater Spell Echo
(120-160)% increased Spell Damage
100% increased maximum Mana"To shake a hand is to double your power."
- Jaetai, Queen's AdvisorAcquisition
Pledge of Hands has a chance to drop from Viper Napuatzi, the Vaal boss of the Legion encounter. The encounter itself has a 8% chance to spawn in maps, but can also be forced via Legion Scarab, or through the Zana crafted map mod. However, it is not guaranteed to spawn a boss. Vaal boss can be guaranteed to spawn in the Domain of Timeless Conflict by using Timeless Vaal EmblemTimeless Vaal Emblem20% increased Experience gain
10% more Monster LifeCan be used in a personal Map Device. and one or more other Emblems. Players also reported that the unique item can drop from Legion loot container: the War Hoard.Purchase Costs

Unique

8x Chaos Orb

Sell Price
6x Alchemy Shard
3x Alteration Shard
Physical: 163.0

Phys+Chaos: 163.0

Total: 163.0Miscellaneous
Item class: Warstaves

Pledge of Hands is a unique Judgement StaffJudgement StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 73–136
Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 68, 113 Str, 113 Int+20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a Staff.

Modifiers

Applicable skill gems socketed in this item are supported by level 30 Greater Spell Echo Support. All support stats are accounted for, including the mana multiplier.

Item acquisition

Pledge of Hands has a chance to drop from Viper Napuatzi, the Vaal boss of the Legion encounter. The encounter itself has a 8% chance to spawn in maps, but can also be forced via Legion Scarab, or through the Zana crafted map mod. However, it is not guaranteed to spawn a boss. Vaal boss can be guaranteed to spawn in the Domain of Timeless Conflict by using Timeless Vaal EmblemTimeless Vaal Emblem20% increased Experience gain
10% more Monster LifeCan be used in a personal Map Device. and one or more other Emblems. Players also reported that the unique item can drop from Legion loot container: the War Hoard.

Monster restrictions

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

• Viper Napuatzi

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
1	The Hollow PledgeThe Hollow PledgeGrasping blindly through a dark dream, a final pledge turns brittle flesh to dust.You will track down a powerful Tunneler in a map who will drop a unique item when slain.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character.Seal Cost: 2x Silver Coin	Prophecy reward	Manual
9	The PactThe Pact9Pledge of Hands"On this day I mark the first of many agreements that I will have with this land and its people."	Pledge of Hands	Manual

Source: Rory Rackham, game developer of GGG: Quote: "...boss drop..."

Legacy variants

Pledge of Hands has legacy variants.

Version Discontinued	Modifiers
3.11.0	+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff +20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a Staff Socketed Gems are Supported by level 30 Greater Spell Echo (120-160)% increased Spell Damage 100% increased maximum Mana
2.6.0	+12% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff +20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a Staff Socketed Gems are Supported by level 30 Greater Spell Echo (120-160)% increased Spell Damage 100% increased maximum Mana

Pre-2.6.0 Legacy variant can re-roll (Blessed OrbBlessed OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the numeric values of the implicit modifiers of an itemRight click this item then left click another item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.) the implicit to +18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff, but not the current implicit. Spell block and attack block are two different implicit modifiers.

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Basetype has new implicit and new base damage changes. Read Judgement StaffJudgement StaffWarstaff Physical Damage: 73–136 Critical Strike Chance: 6.50% Attacks per Second: 1.30 Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 68, 113 Str, 113 Int+20% Chance to Block Spell Damage while wielding a Staff for details.
3.8.0	In addition to the above ways of encountering Legion monoliths, you can now find Legion uniques in chests that award league-restricted items. Unique items that can be found exclusively from Legion encounters as of 3.7.0 can still only be found from Legion encounters and the related reward sources above.
3.7.0	No longer drops outside of the Legion challenge leagues. Spell Echo has been replaced with Greater Spell Echo. Affects all versions of the item.
2.6.0	Base type implicit mod increased to 18% Chance to Block (up from 12%). Base type critical strike chance decreased to 6.1% (down from 6.6%).
1.1.5	Introduced to the game.