Vaal Righteous Fire

Vaal Righteous FireVaal, Spell, AoE, Fire, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Souls Per Use: 40
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Sacrifices a portion of your Life and Energy Shield to engulf you in magical fire that rapidly burns nearby enemies for a duration. Your spell damage is substantially increased while under this effect.Per 1% Quality:1Superior1% increased Burning DamageSacrifices 30% of your total Energy Shield and Life
Deals (161-180)% of Sacrificed Energy Shield and Life as Fire Damage per second
Base duration is 4 seconds
Grants (15-28)% more Spell Damage
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Area level: 16Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalRighteousFire

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Righteous Fire.

Vaal Righteous Fire is a vaal spell that expends a percentage of your energy shield and life to burn surrounding enemies for a short period of time, relative to how much life and energy shield was spent.

Skill Functions and Interactions

On-hit effects: The damage you do to yourself when Using Vaal Righteous Fire is not considered a hit on yourself. Thus it will not proc any when-hit effects such as the trigger from the Berserker's Cloaked in Savagery which requires taking a savage hit. For the same reason, it does not interrupt energy shield recharge.

Spell Totem: Vaal Righteous Fire cannot be supported by Spell Totem SupportSpell Totem SupportSupport, Spell, Totem
Icon: T
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Requires Level 8Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Totem Placement speed1% increased Totem Duration1% increased Totem RangeSupported Skills will summon a Totem which uses that Skill
Totem lasts 8 seconds
Supported Skills deal (28-24)% less Damage
Spells Cast by Totem have 40% less Cast SpeedThis 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., as it is a Vaal Skill.

Duration Modifiers: Vaal Righteous fire now has the Duration tag, allowing it to be linked to and fully benefit from support gems such as Efficacy SupportEfficacy SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: a
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Damage over TimeSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana CostSupported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage over Time
Supported Skills have (15-24)% increased Skill Effect 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., Increased Duration SupportIncreased Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: D
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill with a duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 1% increased Duration of Ailments on EnemiesSupported Skills have (45-64)% increased Skill Effect 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. and Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
Icon: d
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% less Skill Effect DurationSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack and Cast SpeedBleeding inflicted by Supported Skills deals Damage 0.5% fasterSupported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more 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..

Righteous Fire: The buffs and damage from Vaal Righteous Fire do not interfere with or stop Righteous Fire, both skills may be used simultaneously.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage from Life/ES	more Spell Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	161%	15%	0	0
2	20	22	31	162%	16%	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	163%	17%	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	164%	17%	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	165%	18%	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	166%	19%	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	167%	19%	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	168%	20%	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	169%	21%	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	170%	21%	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	171%	22%	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	172%	23%	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	173%	23%	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	174%	24%	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	175%	25%	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	176%	25%	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	177%	26%	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	178%	27%	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	179%	27%	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	180%	28%	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	181%	29%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	182%	29%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	183%	30%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	184%	31%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	185%	31%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	186%	32%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	187%	33%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	188%	33%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	189%	34%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	190%	35%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	191%	35%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	192%	35%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	193%	36%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	194%	36%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	195%	36%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	196%	37%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	197%	37%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	198%	37%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	199%	38%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	200%	38%	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
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Superior Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	random corrupted superior Vaal gem with 20% 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

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Righteous Fire has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Righteous Fire EffectCelestial Righteous Fire EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Righteous Fire becomes a celestial effect.	Your Righteous Fire becomes a celestial effect.
Divine Righteous Fire EffectDivine Righteous Fire EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Righteous Fire becomes divine white flames.	Your Righteous Fire becomes divine white flames.
Harbinger Righteous Fire EffectHarbinger Righteous Fire EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Righteous Fire becomes a blue harbinger effect.	Your Righteous Fire becomes a blue harbinger effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	Now deals 80-99% of Sacrificed Energy Shield and Life as Fire Damage per second (previously 161-180%). Now Sacrifices 60% of your total Energy Shield and Life (previously 30%). Now grants 10-19% more Spell Damage (previously 15-28%). Now has a Soul Gain Prevention duration of 6 seconds (previously 12).
3.6.0	Now grants 15% more spell damage while active at gem level 1 (from 20%), up to 28% more spell damage at gem level 20 (from 39%).
3.4.0	Now sacrifices the amount of Life and Energy Shield from Energy Shield before Life. In other words, low-life builds should not have the skill disable on use as long as they have enough Energy Shield to cover both the Life and Energy Shield costs.
3.3.0	Now removes 30% of life and energy shield to deal damage over time, as opposed to removing all but 1HP and dealing instant damage. Now has the "duration" tag. All vaal gems now include their non-vaal counterpart. Now has a soul gain prevention period, preventing you from gaining souls for a short period of time after use.
1.1.5	Introduced to the game.