Spectral Throw

Spectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-9) Mana
Attack Speed: 110% of base
Projectile Speed: 1000Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Projectile Speed0.5% reduced Projectile Speed
Fires an additional ProjectileDeals (80-100)% of Base Attack DamagePlace 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
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemThrownWeapon

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Spectral Throw.

Spectral Throw is an attack skill. It throws the current melee weapon at an enemy and returns to the player, dealing damage to enemies in its path.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Projectiles created by Spectral Throw follow a "boomerang" path: they start at high speed, slow to a stop, and return to the thrower. If the thrower moves after the throw, the projectiles will home in on the thrower after they have slowed to a stop; in particular, moving towards from the direction of the throw will shorten the duration and moving away will lengthen it. Enemies can be hit more than once by the same projectile; an enemy can be hit once (per attack) every 0.3 seconds.

• Automatic Piercing: Spectral Throw has a 100% chance to pierce enemies. This means that Pierce SupportPierce SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: p
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsProjectiles from Supported Skills that have Pierced deal 2% increased DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce (2-4) additional Targets
  Supported Skills deal (0-19)% more Projectile 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., Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
  Icon: c
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 1% increased Chaining rangeSupported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 4% chance not to Pierce EnemiesSupported Skills Chain +2 times
  Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with HitsThis 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., and Fork SupportFork SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: Y
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageProjectiles from Supported Skills have 1% chance for an additional Projectile when ForkingProjectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an additional TargetSupported Skills deal (-10-9)% more Projectile Damage
  Projectiles from Supported Skills ForkThis 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. have no effect (details). Projectiles cannot pass through terrain obstacles; they will turn back if they were traveling outbound and disappear if they were traveling inbound.

• Multiple Projectiles: Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: l
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spreadSupported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile 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. and Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spreadSupported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile 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. are effective on Spectral Throw, and enemies can be hit by more than one projectile in the same salvo. However, the 0.3s cooldown on hits is applied per attack, not per projectile, which means that it is not possible to "shotgun." However, if the thrower moves or some of the projectiles encounter a terrain obstacle before reaching their maximum range, this may stagger their returns enough to allow more hits.

• Damage Modifiers: Spectral Throw is classified as an Attack and will benefit from x% increased Attack Speed but not from x% increased Casting Speed. Similarly, it is a projectile rather than a melee attack and benefits from x% increased Projectile Damage and x% increased Damage (with Weapontype), such as x% Increased Physical Damage with Two Handed (or One Handed) melee weapons, but it will not benefit from mods such as x% Increased Melee Damage or x% increased Melee Physical Damage

• Range and Projectile Speed: The skill has a base range of ~45 units, or roughly 60% of the way to the right edge of the screen, which is increased by projectile speed.
  Projectile Speed modifiers affect the initial speed but not the acceleration (approx. 109.09 units/second). Therefore, assuming the thrower stands still:
  • Duration is proportional to the projectile speed. The base duration for the projectile to return to its origin is ~1.833 seconds.
  • Range is proportional to the square of the projectile speed; even a level 1 Faster Projectiles SupportFaster Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: j
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased projectile SpeedProjectiles have 3% chance to Return to you from final TargetSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have (50-69)% increased Projectile Speed
    Supported Skills deal (20-29)% increased Projectile 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. will increase range by 69% which is sufficient to reach the edge of the screen. Targeting range is adjusted accordingly.
  • Projectiles travel their slowest when they are at their limit of the range and will therefore cause the maximum number of hits near there. Projectile speed affects the distance but not the effectiveness at which this occurs. With optimal positioning the skill can hit 3-4 times, or 4-5 times with the 30% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration helm enchantment (depending on the size of the target).
• Dual Wielding: Dual Wielding while using Spectral Throw will cause the player to alternate weapons each attack.

• The size of the projectile is half of the weapon's base range (rounded down). Passive skills that affect the melee range have no effect.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	7	80%	80%	0	0
2	2	0	0	7	81%	81.1%	70	70
3	4	0	0	7	82%	82.1%	308	378
4	7	14	0	7	83%	83.2%	1554	1932
5	11	19	0	7	84%	84.2%	6667	8599
6	16	26	18	7	85%	85.3%	26047	34646
7	20	31	22	7	86%	86.3%	49725	84371
8	24	37	25	7	87%	87.4%	95714	180085
9	28	42	29	7	88%	88.4%	169595	349680
10	32	47	33	7	89%	89.5%	283759	633439
11	36	52	36	8	91%	90.5%	453996	1087435
12	40	58	40	8	92%	91.6%	703128	1790563
13	44	63	44	8	93%	92.6%	1061223	2851786
14	48	68	48	8	94%	93.7%	2065870	4917656
15	52	74	51	8	95%	94.7%	2507110	7424766
16	56	79	55	9	96%	95.8%	5798936	13223702
17	60	84	59	9	97%	96.8%	15083919	28307621
18	64	90	62	9	98%	97.9%	27792735	56100356
19	67	94	65	9	99%	98.9%	43869739	99970095
20	70	98	68	9	100%	100%	242081556	342051651
21	72	100	70	10	101%	101.1%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	10	102%	102.1%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	10	103%	103.2%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	10	104%	104.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	10	105%	105.3%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	10	106%	106.3%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	10	107%	107.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	10	108%	108.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	10	109%	109.5%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	10	111%	110.5%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	11	111%	111.1%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	11	112%	111.6%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	11	112%	112.1%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	11	113%	112.6%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	11	113%	113.2%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	11	114%	113.7%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	11	114%	114.2%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	12	115%	114.7%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	12	115%	115.3%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	12	116%	115.8%	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
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

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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

In addition, Spectral Throw is the starting skill gem for Scion. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Spectral Throw:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats
Steel SpiritSteel Spirit Viridian JewelRadius: Medium(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, each Spectral Throw Projectile gains 5% increased Damage each time it HitsThe Sekhema rode to the mountain, With her tribe, devoted and strong. And sewed shut the mouth of nightmare, So that it would not consume her world.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	N/A	Medium	(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, each Spectral Throw Projectile gains 5% increased Damage each time it Hits

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Spectral Throw.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Spectral Throw Damage 1	66	25% increased Spectral Throw Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Spectral Throw Damage 2	75	40% increased Spectral Throw Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration 1	66	20% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration 2	75	30% reduced Spectral Throw Projectile Deceleration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Speed 1	66	20% increased Spectral Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Spectral Throw Projectile Speed 2	75	30% increased Spectral Throw Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Spectral Throw has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demonic Spectral Throw EffectDemonic Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes a demonic effect.	Your Spectral Throw becomes a demonic effect.
Golden Spectral Throw EffectGolden Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes golden.	Your Spectral Throw becomes golden.
Reaper Spectral Throw EffectReaper Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes a deadly scythe.	Your Spectral Throw becomes a deadly scythe.
Seraph Spectral Throw EffectSeraph Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw projectile becomes a glowing, feathery wing.	Your Spectral Throw projectile becomes a glowing, feathery wing.
Triple Blade Spectral Throw EffectTriple Blade Spectral Throw EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Spectral Throw becomes a triple blade effect.	Your Spectral Throw becomes a triple blade effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Projectiles from Spectral Throw are now considered 50% larger against monsters when checking for collision.
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 80% at gem level 1 (from 54%), up to 100% at gem level 20 (from 90%).
2.4.2	Fixed a bug where Spectral Throw could travel further than intended if used when standing very close to a wall.
2.2.0	Spectral Throw now deals 20% more damage at all levels.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Spectral Throw has had its damage increased. It went from dealing 38% of base damage to 45% of base damage at level one. At level 20 it went from dealing 64.6% of base damage to 75.4% of base damage.
1.2.0	Reduced the damage effectiveness by a flat 8% at all levels.
1.1.0	Spectral Throw now deals 46% of weapon damage at level 1, but increases as it levels. By level 15 of the gem, you will dealing 60% of weapon damage.
1.0.0	Spectral Throw has been added to the game.