Animate Weapon

Duration, Minion, Spell, Physical

Level: (1—20)

Cost: (4—16) Mana

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Requires Level (4—70), (0—98) Dex, (0—68) Int

Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.

Base duration is 40 seconds

Maximum (5—14) Animated Weapons

Can use Items requiring up to Level (9—100)

Minions' Attacks deal (5—126) to (8—184) additional Physical Damage

Animated Lingering Blades deal (1—17) to (2—80) Added Attack Physical Damage

Minions deal (0—38)% more Damage

Minions have (0—38)% more Attack Speed

(Lingering Blades remain on the ground for a duration and can be used by specific skills. If Animated, they count as Daggers)

Additional Effects From Quality:

+(0—2) to Maximum Animated Weapons

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Quest /1

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Breaking Some Eggs	Nessa	Scion · Shadow · Witch

Genus

Vaal Animate Weapon

Animate Weapon

Animate Weapon of Self Reflection

Animate Weapon of Ranged Arms

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Base duration is 40 seconds

Level	Requires Level	Int	Dex	Mana	Base Damage	Animated Lingering Blades deal 1 to 2 Added Attack Physical Damage	Can use Items requiring up to Level 9	Minions deal 100% of Damage	Minions have #% more Attack Speed	Minions' Attacks deal 5 to 8 additional Physical Damage	Maximum 5 Animated Weapons	Experience
1	4	0	0	4	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 2	9	100		5, 8	5, 1	841
2	6	0	0	5	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 2	11	2	2	6, 11	5, 1	3,099
3	9	0	17	5	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 3	14	4	4	10, 15	6, 1	7,433
4	12	14	21	6	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 4	18	6	6	13, 18	6, 1	22,895
5	16	18	26	7	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 5	22	8	8	17, 25	7, 1	49,725
6	20	22	31	7	100%, 100%, 100%	1, 7	26	10	10	21, 32	7, 1	95,714
7	24	25	37	8	100%, 100%, 100%	2, 9	31	12	12	26, 38	8, 1	169,595
8	28	29	42	8	100%, 100%, 100%	2, 11	35	14	14	32, 47	8, 1	283,759
9	32	33	47	9	100%, 100%, 100%	3, 14	40	16	16	39, 57	9, 1	453,996
10	36	37	53	10	100%, 100%, 100%	4, 17	44	18	18	48, 72	9, 1	703,128
11	40	40	58	10	100%, 100%, 100%	4, 21	49	20	20	53, 81	10, 1	1,061,223
12	44	44	63	11	100%, 100%, 100%	5, 25	53	22	22	61, 91	10, 1	2,065,870
13	48	48	69	12	100%, 100%, 100%	6, 30	58	24	24	68, 99	11, 1	2,507,110
14	52	51	74	12	100%, 100%, 100%	8, 36	62	26	26	73, 112	11, 1	2,573,731
15	55	54	78	13	100%, 100%, 100%	9, 42	66	28	28	83, 124	12, 1	7,611,351
16	58	57	82	13	100%, 100%, 100%	10, 48	70	30	30	89, 136	12, 1	13,437,908
17	61	60	86	14	100%, 100%, 100%	12, 55	74	32	32	99, 148	13, 1	25,052,147
18	64	62	90	15	100%, 100%, 100%	13, 62	78	34	34	108, 159	13, 1	43,869,436
19	67	65	94	15	100%, 100%, 100%	15, 71	82	36	36	115, 173	14, 1	242,081,178
20	70	68	98	16	100%, 100%, 100%	17, 80	100	38	38	126, 184	14, 1
21	72			17	100%, 100%, 100%	19, 86	100	39	39	130, 190	15, 1
22	74			17	100%, 100%, 100%	20, 92	100	40	40	134, 196	15, 1
23	76			18	100%, 100%, 100%	21, 99	100	41	41	138, 202	16, 1
24	78			19	100%, 100%, 100%	22, 106	100	42	42	142, 208	16, 1
25	80			19	100%, 100%, 100%	24, 114	100	43	43	146, 214	17, 1
26	82			20	100%, 100%, 100%	26, 122	100	44	44	150, 220	17, 1
27	84			20	100%, 100%, 100%	28, 131	100	45	45	155, 227	18, 1
28	86			21	100%, 100%, 100%	29, 140	100	46	46	160, 234	18, 1
29	88			22	100%, 100%, 100%	31, 149	100	47	47	165, 241	19, 1
30	90			22	100%, 100%, 100%	33, 159	100	48	48	170, 248	19, 1
31	91			23	100%, 100%, 100%	34, 163	100	49	49	175, 255	20, 1
32	92			23	100%, 100%, 100%	34, 168	100	50	50	180, 263	20, 1
33	93			23	100%, 100%, 100%	36, 172	100	51	51	185, 271	21, 1
34	94			24	100%, 100%, 100%	36, 176	100	52	52	191, 279	21, 1
35	95			24	100%, 100%, 100%	37, 180	100	53	53	197, 287	22, 1
36	96			24	100%, 100%, 100%	38, 185	100	54	54	203, 296	22, 1
37	97			25	100%, 100%, 100%	39, 189	100	55	55	209, 305	23, 1
38	98			25	100%, 100%, 100%	39, 194	100	56	56	215, 314	23, 1
39	99			25	100%, 100%, 100%	41, 198	100	57	57	221, 323	24, 1
40	100			25	100%, 100%, 100%	41, 203	100	58	58	228, 333	24, 1

Attribute /11

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Weapon, Minion
Id	AnimateWeapon
DropLevel	4
BaseType	Animate Weapon
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Armour, unknown_13, Ground
Type	Triggerable, Duration, Minion, MinionsCanExplode, Spell, Totemable, CreatesMinion, Multicastable, CanRapidFire, Physical
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemAnimateWeapon
ActiveSkillsCode	animate_weapon
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Version history /9

Version	Changes
3.24.0	Animate Weapon of Self Reflection: Now has Maximum 6 Animated Weapons (previously 5).
3.23.0	Animate Weapon: Vaal Animate Weapon:
3.21.0	Introduced 9 new Vaal Skill Gems: Vaal Absolution, Vaal Animate Weapon, Vaal Arctic Armour, Vaal Domination, Vaal Firestorm, Vaal Ice Shot, Vaal Lightning Arrow, Vaal Reap, and Vaal Rejuvenation Totem. Animated Weapons no longer randomly pause when moving or attacking. As a result of this change we've adjusted the attack speed and damage provided by the Animate Weapon Gem, this should be a net neutral change in terms of damage dealt but result in more consistent damage and clearing. Animate Weapon now grants Minions deal 0% more Damage at gem level 1 (previously 10%), scaling up to 38% at gem level 20 (previously 48%). It also now grants Minions have 0% more Attack Speed at gem level 1 (previously 10%), scaling up to 38% at gem level 20 (previously 48%). Fixed a bug where the Animate Weapon Skill Gem description incorrectly stated it was possible to animate 6-socket weapons if specifically targeted, it is unable to animate 6-socket weapons.
3.20.0	The Spirit Guards Unique Jewel now has "With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged Weapons" (previously up to 12 Ranged Weapons). Existing versions of this unique can be updated using a Divine Orb.
3.19.0	The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. This affects all minions other than Raise Spectre, though the damage of Animate Guardian, Animate Weapon, Blink Arrow and Mirror Arrow minions is also unaffected as they gain base damage from items instead. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill. The base life and damage of minions that are not associated with skill gems have been adjusted to counteract these changes, except for Raised Spiders from Arakaali's Fang. Animate Weapon: Now costs 4 mana at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 16 at gem level 20 (previously 12). The Beachhead Boss Fight no longer drops normal rarity weapons throughout the fight, as Animate Weapon no longer requires them.
3.10.0	Animate Weapon Animate Weapon has been reworked and undergone some cosmetic upgrades as well. The damage multiplier on Animate Weapon was not applying to the minion's damage at all. Whoops! Because of this, the skill has been rebalanced. Can now create Lingering Blades. These can be animated with Animate Weapon or destroyed with Blade Blast. These blades have a base duration of 6 seconds at all gem levels. Can now create Lingering Blades. These can be animated with Animate Weapon or destroyed with Blade Blast. These blades have a base duration of 6 seconds at all gem levels. Chains of Command: The Skills granted by this item have been updated in line with Animate Weapon. The level 18 version of the skill adds 108 to 159 physical damage to the attacks of minions animated by it. This level of the skill can animate up to 13 minions. The level 20 version of the skill adds 126 to 184 physical damage to the attacks of minions animated by it. This level of the skill can animate up to 14 minions. Both have a base duration of 20 seconds. These changes affect all versions of the item. Jorrhast's Blacksteel: The on-kill skill this weapon have been updated in line with Animate Weapon as well, and also affects all versions of the item. Animate Weapon
3.6.0	Animate Weapon
2.6.0	The Animate Weapon skill now has a maximum of 50 animated weapon minions that can be active at once. Jorrhast's Blacksteel: Now has the additional property 25% chance to cast level 20 Animate Weapon on kill.
2.3.0	Animate Weapon and Animate Guardian have had their range modified. Previously there was a bug where you could bypass the range. Now that this is fixed, the range has been tripled from 25 to 75 units. Fixed a bug where Animate Weapon and Animate Guardian could bypass range checks if you hold Shift. The range is being increased also.

Animate Weapon

Duration, Minion, Spell, Physical

Level: (1—20)

Cost: (4—16) Mana

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Requires Level (4—70), (0—98) Dex, (0—68) Int

Animates a Melee Weapon Item or Lingering Blade to fight by your side. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.

Base duration is 40 seconds

Maximum (5—14) Animated Weapons

Can use Items requiring up to Level (9—100)

Minions' Attacks deal (5—126) to (8—184) additional Physical Damage

Animated Lingering Blades deal (1—17) to (2—80) Added Attack Physical Damage

Minions deal (0—38)% more Damage

Minions have (0—38)% more Attack Speed

base display minion actor level [4,70]

display minion monster type [22]

(Lingering Blades remain on the ground for a duration and can be used by specific skills. If Animated, they count as Daggers)

Additional Effects From Quality:

+(0—2) to Maximum Animated Weapons

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Supported By /187

Active Type: Triggerable, Duration, Minion, MinionsCanExplode, Spell, Totemable, CreatesMinion, Multicastable, CanRapidFire, Physical

Minion Type: Attack, Melee, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, ThresholdJewelProjectile, ProjectilesFromUser, ThresholdJewelRangedAttack

Added Fire Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Knockback Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Life Leech Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.

Stun Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.

Melee Physical Damage Support

Supports melee attack skills.

More Duration Support

Supports any skill with a duration.

Cold to Fire Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

Supports attack skills.

Bloodlust Support

Supports melee attack skills, causing them to deal more damage against bleeding enemies, but preventing those skills from inflicting bleeding on enemies in any way.

Life Gain on Hit Support

Supports attack skills.

Iron Grip Support

Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.

Damage on Full Life Support

Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.

Spell Totem Support

Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.

Fire Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.

Multistrike Support

Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.

Melee Splash Support

Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.

Burning Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.

Cast on Melee Kill Support

Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Empower Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Endurance Charge on Melee Stun Support

Supports melee attack skills.

Less Duration Support

Supports any skill that has a duration.

Cast when Damage Taken Support

Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Fortify Support

Supports melee attack skills that are not triggered.

Chance to Bleed Support

Supports attack skills.

Maim Support

Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.

Brutality Support

Supports any skill that deals damage.

Ruthless Support

Supports melee strike or slam skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful.

Ancestral Call Support

Supports melee strike skills, causing them to also strike at extra targets simultaneously. The extra targets must be a minimum distance from the user. If supporting a minion attack skill, the minion's skills will not also strike extra targets. Cannot support Vaal skills or triggered skills.

Shockwave Support

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.

Pulverise Support

Supports melee attack skills.

Rage Support

Supports melee attack skills. Minions cannot gain rage.

Awakened Added Fire Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Awakened Ancestral Call Support

Awakened Brutality Support

Supports any skill that deals damage.

Awakened Burning Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.

Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

Supports attack skills.

Awakened Fire Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.

Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support

Supports melee attack skills.

Awakened Melee Splash Support

Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.

Awakened Multistrike Support

Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat three times when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills, travel skills, retaliation skills or triggered skills.

Awakened Empower Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Bloodthirst Support

Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.

Cruelty Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.

Lifetap Support

Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.

Behead Support

Supports strike skills.

Trauma Support

Supports melee strike skills that do not inherently apply Trauma. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Guardian's Blessing Support

Must support both a skill that creates minions which can be damaged, and an aura skill that creates permanent auras around you. Cannot support triggered skills, banner skills or stance skills.

Controlled Blaze Support

Supports melee attack skills.

Volatility Support

Supports attack skills.

Overexertion Support

Supports melee attack skills which can be exerted. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Vaal skills and channelling skills cannot be exerted.

Pyre Support

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.

Greater Ancestral Call Support

Divine Sentinel Support

Supports skills that create sentinel minions, causing those minions to be created with a beneficial templar aura.

Annihilation Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Void Shockwave Support

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support triggered attacks, attacks used by things other than you, or skills which create minions.

Overheat Support

Supports melee attack skills you use yourself. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Greater Multistrike Support

Transfusion Support

Supports non-blessing spells.

Excommunicate Support

Supports melee attacks. Does not modify skills used by minions.

Hallow Support

Supports melee attacks you use yourself. Does not modify skills used by minions.

Faster Attacks Support

Supports attack skills.

Greater Multiple Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Multiple Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Faster Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Added Cold Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Additional Accuracy Support

Supports attack skills.

Mana Leech Support

Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.

Pierce Support

Supports projectile skills.

Culling Strike Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.

Point Blank Support

Supports projectile skills.

Chance to Flee Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Blind Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Cold Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.

Chain Support

Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.

Fork Support

Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.

Returning Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Cast On Critical Strike Support

Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Slower Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Enhance Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Vicious Projectiles Support

Supports projectile attack skills.

Block Chance Reduction Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Ice Bite Support

Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.

Hypothermia Support

Supports any skill that deals damage.

Critical Strike Affliction Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Void Manipulation Support

Supports any skill that deals damage.

Swift Affliction Support

Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.

Chance to Poison Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Deadly Ailments Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Vile Toxins Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Momentum Support

Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.

Volley Support

Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.

Withering Touch Support

Supports attack skills.

Close Combat Support

Supports melee attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.

Impale Support

Supports attack skills.

Nightblade Support

Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.

Arrow Nova Support

Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.

Barrage Support

Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.

Greater Volley Support

Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.

Awakened Added Cold Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Awakened Arrow Nova Support

Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support

Awakened Chain Support

Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.

Awakened Cold Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.

Awakened Deadly Ailments Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Awakened Fork Support

Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.

Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support

Supports projectile skills.

Awakened Swift Affliction Support

Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.

Awakened Void Manipulation Support

Supports any skill that deals damage.

Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support

Supports projectile attack skills.

Awakened Enhance Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Sadism Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Rupture Support

Supports attack skills.

Cast on Ward Break Support

Each supported spell skill will be triggered when your Ward breaks. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Machinations Support

Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Cull the Weak Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies. If normal or magic enemies are left below a percentage of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.

Greater Fork Support

Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.

Greater Chain Support

Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.

Lethal Dose Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Companionship Support

Supports skills that create minions which can be damaged. Cannot support triggered skills.

Unholy Trinity Support

Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have unholy resonance of lightning, physical and chaos, and to grant unholy resonance of damage types other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 unholy resonance for each damage type. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Windburst Support

Supports Attack Skills, causing them to trigger Windburst on hit after you've travelled a certain distance. Cannot support triggered skills or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Increased Area of Effect Support

Supports any skill with an area of effect.

Added Lightning Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Increased Critical Strikes Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Increased Critical Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Added Chaos Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Item Rarity Support

Supports any skill that can kill enemies.

Faster Casting Support

Supports non-instant spell skills.

Concentrated Effect Support

Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.

Minion Damage Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Combustion Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Minion Speed Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Minion Life Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Elemental Proliferation Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.

Lightning Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.

Elemental Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.

Spell Echo Support

Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.

Power Charge On Critical Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Elemental Army Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Hextouch Support

Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.

Cast when Stunned Support

Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Enlighten Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Physical to Lightning Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Innervate Support

Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.

Controlled Destruction Support

Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.

Elemental Focus Support

Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.

Cast while Channelling Support

Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Ignite Proliferation Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Decay Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Efficacy Support

Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.

Immolate Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Unbound Ailments Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments

Arcane Surge Support

Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.

Summon Phantasm Support

Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.

Bonechill Support

Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.

Energy Leech Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.

Unleash Support

Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Feeding Frenzy Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Predator Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Meat Shield Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Infernal Legion Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Awakened Cast While Channelling Support

Awakened Controlled Destruction Support

Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.

Awakened Hextouch Support

Awakened Elemental Focus Support

Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.

Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support

Supports any skill with an area of effect.

Awakened Lightning Penetration Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.

Awakened Minion Damage Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Awakened Spell Echo Support

Awakened Unbound Ailments Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments

Awakened Unleash Support

Awakened Enlighten Support

Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Trinity Support

Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Overcharge Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Prismatic Burst Support

Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

Devour Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Fresh Meat Support

Supports skills that create minions.

Invert the Rules Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Greater Spell Echo Support

Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, brand skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.

Congregation Support

Supports skills which create Minions.

Greater Devour Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Greater Unleash Support

Living Lightning Support

Supports Skills which cause Damaging Hits, causing them to trigger Summon Living Lightning when dealing lightning damage. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of Minions.

Exemplar Support

Supports skills that create minions.

Eclipse Support

Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.

Microtransactions /4

Celestial Animated Weapon Effect

Your Animated Weapons become a Celestial Effect.

Innocence Animate Weapon Effect

Your Animated Weapons have an Innocence Effect.

Automaton Animate Weapon Effect

Your Animated Weapons have an Automaton Effect.

Polar Animate Weapon Effect

Your Animated Weapons have a Polar Effect.

Animate Weapon Unique /3

Chains of Command Saintly Chainmail

Trigger Level 20 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Guardian Kills an Enemy

10% chance to Trigger Level 18 Animate Guardian's Weapon when Animated Weapon Kills an Enemy

(150—190)% increased Armour and Energy Shield

+(60—90) to maximum Life

Animated Guardian deals 5% increased Damage per Animated Weapon

Animated and Manifested Minions' Melee Strikes deal Splash
Damage to surrounding targets

Animated and Manifested Minions' Melee Strikes deal 50% less Splash Damage

You cannot have Non-Animated, Non-Manifested Minions

animate guardian and weapon track on kill [2]

Jorrhast's Blacksteel Steelhead

45% increased Stun Duration on Enemies

25% chance to Trigger Level 20 Animate Weapon on Kill

(150—200)% increased Physical Damage

(8—12)% increased Attack Speed

(8—12)% increased Cast Speed

30% less Animate Weapon Duration

Weapons you Animate create an additional copy

Spirit Guards Viridian Jewel

Minions deal (8—12)% increased Damage

With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Animate Weapon can Animate up to 20 Ranged Weapons

Vendor recipe

Unique Item Recipe /1

Offer	Your Offer	Note
Spirit Guards	1x Animate Weapon 20Q 1x Bow Normal 1x Bow Magic 1x Bow Rare 1x Bow Unique	Bow same base 3.23 Recipe removed

Animated Weapon

Construct

emerge speed +% [100]

Spectre	N
Tags	construct, fast_movement, ghost_armour, is_unarmed, medium_height, melee, physical_affinity

Life

400%

Ailment Threshold

400%

Resistance

Damage

Accuracy

340%

Critical Strike Chance

+5%

Critical Strike Multiplier

+130%

Attack Distance

6 ~ 6

Attack Time

1 Second

Damage Spread

±0%

Experience

100%

Model Size

100%

Type

AnimatedWeapon

Metadata

AnimatedWeapon

IsSummoned

The following values do not include map affix bonuses, monster buff bonuses, altar bonuses, atlas skill bonuses.

Level

Life

25,733

Armour

28,790

Evasion Rating

4,739

Damage

Spell Damage

Accuracy

1,276

Attack Time

Experience

10,255

Minion Life

5,582

Minion Damage

Ailment Threshold

25,733

Chill

Shock

Brittle

460

Scorch

Sap

225

Phys Convert Ele

240%

The following values are skill base values and do not include map affix bonuses, monster buff bonuses, altar bonuses, atlas skill bonuses, monster base damage(ex: The Maven 150% multiplier), monster rarity bonuses (ex: unique 70% more, unique attack 33% less).

Melee

Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, ProjectilesFromUser

Default Attack

Critical Strike Chance: 5%

Attack Time: 1 sec

Strike your foes down with a powerful blow.

skill can fire arrows [1]

skill can fire wand projectiles [1]

Object Type

version 2
extends "Metadata/Monsters/Monster"

Positioned
{
	collision_hull_type = "projectile"
}

Stats
{
	set_item_drop_slots = 0
	minion_does_not_equip_quiver = 1
	monster_gets_item_stats = 1

}
Actor
{
	basic_action = "Emerge"
}

Life
{
	corpse_usable = false
}

Animated
{
	animated_object = "Metadata/Monsters/AnimatedItem/AnimatedItemDedicated.ao"
}

DiesAfterTime
{
}

StateMachine
{
	define_shared_state = "is_bow = 0"
}

-- src\Data\Spectres.lua
minions["Metadata/Monsters/AnimatedItem/AnimatedWeapon"] = {
    fireResist = 40,
    coldResist = 40,
    lightningResist = 40,
    chaosResist = 20,
    name = "Animated Weapon",
    life = 4,
    damage = 0,
    damageSpread = 0,
    attackTime = 1,
    attackRange = 6,
    accuracy = 3.4,
    skillList = {
        "Melee",
    },
    modList = {
    },
}
-- src\Data\Skills\spectre.lua
skills["Melee"] = {
    name = "Default Attack",
    hidden = true,
    color = "4",
    baseEffectiveness = 0,
    incrementalEffectiveness = 0,
    description = "Strike your foes down with a powerful blow.",
    skillTypes = {
        [SkillType.Attack] = true,
        [SkillType.RangedAttack] = true,
        [SkillType.MirageArcherCanUse] = true,
        [SkillType.Projectile] = true,
        [SkillType.MeleeSingleTarget] = true,
        [SkillType.Multistrikeable] = true,
        [SkillType.Melee] = true,
        [SkillType.ProjectilesFromUser] = true,
    },
    statDescriptionScope = "skill_stat_descriptions",
    castTime = 1,
    baseFlags = {
        attack = true,
        melee = true,
        projectile = true,
    },
    baseMods = {
    },
    qualityStats = {
    },
    stats = {
        "skill_can_fire_arrows",
        "skill_can_fire_wand_projectiles",
    },
    levels = {
        [1] = {levelRequirement = 1, statInterpolation = {},  cost = { }, },
    },
}

emerge speed +% [100]

Family	VariableEmergeSpeed
Domains	Monster (3)
GenerationType	Unique (3)
Req. level	1
Stats	emerge speed +% Min: 100 Max: 100 Global

key	val
Stats.item_drop_slots	0
Stats.energy_shield_recharge_rate_per_minute_%	2000
Stats.mana_regeneration_rate_per_minute_%	100
Stats.base_maximum_mana	200
Stats.maximum_physical_damage_reduction_%	75
Stats.max_viper_strike_orbs	4
Stats.base_maximum_all_resistances_%	75
Stats.max_fuse_arrow_orbs	5
Stats.max_fire_beam_stacks	8
Stats.max_charged_attack_stacks	10
Stats.base_critical_strike_multiplier	130
Stats.critical_ailment_dot_multiplier_+	30
Stats.max_endurance_charges	3
Stats.max_frenzy_charges	3
Stats.max_power_charges	3
Stats.base_attack_speed_+%_per_frenzy_charge	4
Stats.base_attack_speed_+%_per_frenzy_charge_if_not_player_minion	11
Stats.base_cast_speed_+%_per_frenzy_charge	4
Stats.base_cast_speed_+%_per_frenzy_charge_if_not_player_minion	11
Stats.movement_velocity_+%_per_frenzy_charge_if_not_player_minion	5
Stats.object_inherent_damage_+%_final_per_frenzy_charge	4
Stats.physical_damage_reduction_%_per_endurance_charge	4
Stats.physical_damage_reduction_%_per_endurance_charge_if_not_player_minion	11
Stats.resist_all_elements_%_per_endurance_charge	4
Stats.resist_all_elements_%_per_endurance_charge_if_not_player_minion	11
Stats.critical_strike_chance_+%_per_power_charge	50
Stats.critical_strike_chance_+%_per_power_charge_if_not_player_minion	150
Stats.maximum_block_%	75
Stats.base_maximum_spell_block_%	75
Stats.base_number_of_totems_allowed	1
Stats.base_number_of_traps_allowed	3
Stats.base_number_of_remote_mines_allowed	5
Stats.movement_velocity_cap	128
Stats.maximum_life_leech_rate_%_per_minute	1200
Stats.maximum_mana_leech_rate_%_per_minute	1200
Stats.maximum_energy_shield_leech_rate_%_per_minute	600
Stats.monster_ignite_damage_+%_final	-72
Stats.monster_bleeding_damage_+%_final	-86
Stats.monster_poison_damage_+%_final	-50
Stats.bleeding_moving_damage_%_of_base_override	500
Stats.max_azurite_debuff_stacks	10
Stats.impaled_debuff_base_duration_ms	8000
Stats.impaled_debuff_number_of_reflected_hits	5
Stats.ignore_skill_weapon_restrictions	1
Stats.base_total_number_of_sigils_allowed	3
Stats.maximum_life_leech_amount_per_leech_%_max_life	10
Stats.maximum_mana_leech_amount_per_leech_%_max_mana	10
Stats.maximum_energy_shield_leech_amount_per_leech_%_max_energy_shield	10
Stats.object_inherent_melee_hit_stun_duration_+%_final	20
Stats.scale_melee_range_to_actor_scale	1
Stats.use_melee_pattern_range	1
Stats.actor_scale_+%_limit	100
Stats.damage_taken_when_hit_+%_final_per_fortification	-1
Stats.base_max_fortification	20
Stats.soul_eater_maximum_stacks	45
Stats.minion_does_not_equip_quiver	1
Stats.monster_gets_item_stats	1
ObjectMagicProperties.stat_description_list	Metadata/StatDescriptions/monster_stat_descriptions.txt
Positioned.blocking	true
Positioned.team	0
Positioned.serialise_collidable	true
Positioned.collision_hull_type	projectile
BaseEvents.server_only	true
Actor.basic_action	Move, Flee, StrafeLeft, StrafeRight, Advance, DoNothing, MonsterPickup, Emerge
Actor.slow_animations_go_to_idle	true
Life.corpse_usable	false
Animated.animated_object	Metadata/Monsters/AnimatedItem/AnimatedItemDedicated.ao
StateMachine.define_shared_state	is_bow = 0

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Animate Weapon

Animate Weapon is a spell that animates a weapon on the ground as a flying allied minion.

Skill functions

Animate Weapon can be used on identified weapons lying on the ground, but not on any ranged weapons unless Spirit Guards is used. The weapon is permanently consumed. If the "Key Pickup" option is enabled in the UI tab of the Options menu, the "Highlight items and objects" key must be held down in order to cast Animate Weapon. Attempting to animate a weapon with an item level higher than the level of the gem allows will cost mana and perform the cast animation but have no effect.

Animate Weapon can also be used on Lingering Blades left behind by Bladefall and Ethereal Knives.

Animated Weapons are minions that are considered to be using the original weapon animated. They are therefore affected by modifiers to minions, as well as support gems for weapons, such as Elemental Damage with Attacks Support, but not affected by any of the player's damage or weapon modifiers.

Interactions

Loot Filter - Some modifiers on identified weapons can be highlighted by correctly editing custom loot filters. When combined with sources that cause items to drop identified, characters can quickly use weapons that are stronger than normal items or lingering blades.Cloak of Tawm'r Isley causes magical items to drop identified. Sextants can can modify watchstones to causes all items to drop identified in maps. Heist Trinkets can give up to 15% chance for items to drop identified per heist member.
Special benefits - Animated weapons can gain special modifiers that only apply to unique and rare weapons. Because it destroys the weapon for temporary benefits, most characters do not do this.
Buff Damage - Animate weapon can be used to buff other damage sources. Due to their large numbers and fast attack speed, Withering Touch Support can apply max Withered stacks fast.
Main Hand - 1 handed weapons summoned from items are counted as being used in the main hand. This only applies to weapon bonuses that come from being used in the main hand like Wings of Entropy.

Calculating damage

There are different calculation for weapons summoned from items on the ground and lingering blades from spells.

Note - These calculations are meant to calculate animate weapons base stats only. It will not calculate other things like modifiers. See minions and other wiki pages for calculating the entire damage of minions.

Casting on a weapon

Weapons gain the base damage, base attack speed and base % critical strike chance of the weapon they are summoned from.

The minions deals additional physical damage modifier is added to the base damage.

The lingering blades damage is not added to weapons created from items.

Casting on a linger blade

Lingering blades have the base stats of a Glass Shank.

The same formula is used as casting on a weapon, except the lingering blade physical damage is added on top of the other physical damage.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	The damage and life scaling values for minions have been adjusted. This affects all minions other than Raise Spectre, though the damage of Animate Guardian, Animate Weapon, Blink Arrow and Mirror Arrow minions is also unaffected as they gain base damage from items instead. Generally speaking, minion life and damage is unchanged in the very early game, roughly 30% lower in mid acts, roughly 20% lower at level 20 of the minion skill, and roughly 10% lower at level 30 of the minion skill. Now costs 4 mana at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 16 at gem level 20 (previously 12).
3.10.1d	Updated the gem descriptions of Animate Weapon and Animate Guardian to clarify that they cannot be used by Traps or Mines.
3.10.0	Now has the Physical tag. Now animates a weapon in an area around where you are targetting (you don't have to target a specific item). Animate Weapon has been reworked and undergone some cosmetic upgrades as well. The damage multiplier on Animate Weapon was not applying to the minion's damage at all. Whoops! Because of this, the skill has been rebalanced. Can now be supported by Unleash Support and Spell Echo Support. Now has a base duration of 40 seconds (from 37.5 seconds) at all gem levels. Now allows a maximum of 5 Animated Weapons at gem level 1, up to 14 at gem level 20 (from 50 at all gem levels). Now has a base cast speed of 0.6 seconds (from 0.8). Now costs 4 mana at gem level 1 (from 7), up to 12 at gem level 20 (from 26). Now grants your minions' attacks 5 to 8 additional Physical Damage at gem level 1 (from 4 to 6), up to 126 to 184 at gem level 20 (from 38 to 56). Minions now deal 10% more damage at gem level 1, up to 48% more at gem level 20. Note that there was previously similar (but numerically higher) bonus listed on the skill gem that, as it turns out, did nothing. Now grants your minions 10% more attack speed at gem level 1, up to 48% more at gem level 20. Previously the gem granted increased attack speed rather than more. Now gains 1% increased Minion Movement Speed per 1% gem quality (from 2% increased Minion Movement Speed).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 7 (was 9). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 26 (was 36).
2.6.0	Now has a maximum of 50 animated weapon minions that can be active at once.
2.3.0	Animate Weapon and Animate Guardian have had their range modified. Previously there was a bug where you could bypass the range. Now that this is fixed, the range has been tripled from 25 to 75 units.
1.0.6	The Animate Weapon skill now adds a flat physical damage to the weapon. The animated weapon has had its innate elemental resistance values increased. Immortal Call, Blood Rage, Conversion Trap, Animate Weapon and Frost Wall have had their base duration increased by 25%.
1.0.1	Fixed an issue with key pickup and the Animate (Weapon and Guardian) skills.
1.0.0b	Fixed a problem where an Animated Weapon would pause for too long when summoned.
1.0.0	Animate Weapon has been added to the game.

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