Shrapnel Ballista

Shrapnel BallistaAttack, Projectile, Totem, Physical, Bow
Mana Cost: (5-11)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 50% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (38%-44%)Requires Level 4Summons a ballista totem that fires multiple arrows with extreme force, breaking them apart into shrapnel. Enemies can be hit by multiple arrows from the same attack.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Projectile SpeedChains +0.1 TimesProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional Targets0.5% increased Attack SpeedDeals (38-44)% of Base Attack Damage
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Fires 2 additional Arrows
+(2-3) to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems
(2-56) to (3-85) Added Attack Physical DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemShrapnelBallista

Shrapnel Ballista is a bow attack skill. It summons a ballista totem that fires multiple arrows in a cone. Its damage scales on the player's bow damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Ballista: Shrapnel Ballista is part of the ballista sub-class of totems. Ballista totems have inherent added totem limit. They have a much shorter summoning range, spawning much closer to the summoner.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Physical Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	4	16	5	38%	38%	2 to 3	0	0
2	6	20	5	38%	38.3%	3 to 4	841	841
3	9	27	6	39%	38.6%	3 to 5	3,099	3,940
4	12	33	6	39%	38.9%	4 to 6	7,433	11,373
5	16	41	6	39%	39.3%	5 to 8	22,895	34,268
6	20	50	7	40%	39.6%	7 to 10	49,725	83,993
7	24	58	7	40%	39.9%	8 to 12	95,714	179,707
8	28	67	7	40%	40.2%	10 to 15	169,595	349,302
9	32	75	8	41%	40.5%	12 to 18	283,759	633,061
10	36	83	8	41%	40.8%	15 to 22	453,996	1,087,057
11	40	92	8	41%	41.2%	18 to 26	703,128	1,790,185
12	44	100	8	41%	41.5%	21 to 31	1,061,223	2,851,408
13	48	109	9	42%	41.8%	25 to 37	2,065,870	4,917,278
14	52	117	9	42%	42.1%	29 to 43	2,507,110	7,424,388
15	55	123	9	42%	42.4%	32 to 49	2,573,731	9,998,119
16	58	130	10	43%	42.7%	36 to 54	7,611,351	17,609,470
17	61	136	10	43%	43.1%	41 to 61	13,437,908	31,047,378
18	64	142	10	43%	43.4%	45 to 68	25,052,147	56,099,525
19	67	148	11	44%	43.7%	51 to 76	43,869,436	99,968,961
20	70	155	11	44%	44%	56 to 85	242,081,178	342,050,139
21	72	159	11	44%	44.3%	60 to 91	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	12	45%	44.6%	65 to 97	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	12	45%	44.9%	70 to 104	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	12	45%	45.3%	75 to 112	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	13	46%	45.6%	80 to 120	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	13	46%	45.9%	85 to 128	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	13	46%	46.2%	91 to 137	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	14	47%	46.5%	98 to 147	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	14	47%	46.8%	105 to 157	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	14	47%	47.2%	112 to 168	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	14	47%	47.3%	115 to 173	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	15	47%	47.5%	119 to 179	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	15	48%	47.6%	123 to 185	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	15	48%	47.8%	127 to 191	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	16	48%	47.9%	132 to 197	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	16	48%	48.1%	136 to 204	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	16	48%	48.3%	140 to 211	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	17	48%	48.4%	145 to 218	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	17	49%	48.6%	150 to 225	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	17	49%	48.7%	155 to 232	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
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
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 ↓
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
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Shrapnel Ballista:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shrapnel Ballista.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Additional Arrows 1	75	Shrapnel Ballista fires an additional Arrow	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Extra Pierces 1	66	Shrapnel Ballista Pierces 4 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Extra Pierces 2	75	Shrapnel Ballista Pierces 6 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Projectile Speed 1	66	Shrapnel Ballista has 20% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Projectile Speed 2	75	Shrapnel Ballista has 30% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Shrapnel Ballista:

Item	Base Item		Stats
Replica Iron CommanderReplica Iron Commander Death BowBow Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (33.6-38.4)–(82.8-92.4) Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%) Attacks per Second: (1.37-1.44) Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage (14-20)% increased Attack Speed (14-20)% increased Totem Life (14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed Shrapnel Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Strength Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 Strength"Admittedly lacking the finesse of the fabled original, Prototype #4 achieved identical results through brute force alone."	Death Bow	32	(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage (14-20)% increased Attack Speed (14-20)% increased Totem Life (14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed Shrapnel Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Strength Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 Strength

Alternate skill effects

Shrapnel Ballista has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Arcane Tome Totem SkinArcane Tome Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.
Demonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinDemonic Arctic Ballista Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour ballista totem becomes a demonic arctic totem.	Your ballista totem becomes a demonic arctic totem.
Dragon Totem SkinDragon Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.
Eagle Guardian Totem SkinEagle Guardian Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.
Olmec Totem SkinOlmec Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.
Pylon of Pain Totem SkinPylon of Pain Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.
Tiki Totem SkinTiki Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.
Ziggurat Totem SkinZiggurat Totem SkinSkill Gem EffectYour Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Now allows you to place an additional totem at gem level 11, and again at gem level 22.
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality
3.10.0	Now deals base damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 38% at gem level 1 (from 33%), up to 44% at gem level 20 (from 38%).
3.9.0	Shrapnel Ballista has been added to the game.