Detonate Dead

Spell, AoE, Fire

Level: 1–20

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%

Radius: 22

Requires Level 4

Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.

Deals (15–798) to (22–1197) Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6–7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
+(0–0.4) metres to radius

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–10)% increased Cast Speed

Unusual Gems /3 ⍟

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–10)% increased Cast Speed	50
Anomalous	(0–60)% of Fire Damage Converted to Chaos Damage	10
Divergent	Explosion deals (0–80)% increased Damage if the Corpse is Ignited	20

Quest /2 ⍟

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

Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Trigger Level 20 Bodyswap when you Explode a Corpse with Detonate Dead

Level Effect /40

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 15 to 22 Fire Damage	# metres to radius	Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	Experience
1	4	10	7	5	15, 22	0	6	841
2	6	13	9	6	21, 32	0	6.1	3,099
3	9	17	12	6	32, 42	0	6.2	7,433
4	12	21	14	7	36, 53	0	6.3	22,895
5	16	26	18	8	48, 72	0.1	6.4	49,725
6	20	31	22	9	63, 94	0.1	6.5	95,714
7	24	37	25	10	80, 121	0.1	6.6	169,595
8	28	42	29	11	102, 153	0.1	6.7	283,759
9	32	47	33	11	128, 192	0.1	6.8	453,996
10	36	53	36	12	159, 238	0.2	6.9	703,128
11	40	58	40	13	195, 293	0.2	7	1,061,223
12	44	63	44	14	239, 359	0.2	7.1	2,065,870
13	48	68	48	15	291, 436	0.2	7.2	2,507,110
14	52	74	51	16	352, 529	0.2	7.3	2,573,731
15	55	78	54	16	406, 609	0.3	7.4	7,611,351
16	58	82	57	17	466, 699	0.3	7.5	13,437,908
17	61	86	60	18	535, 802	0.3	7.6	25,052,147
18	64	90	62	18	612, 918	0.3	7.7	43,869,436
19	67	94	65	19	700, 1049	0.3	7.8	242,081,178
20	70	98	68	20	798, 1197	0.4	7.9
21	72			20	871, 1306	0.4	8
22	74			21	950, 1424	0.4	8.1
23	76			21	1035, 1552	0.4	8.2
24	78			21	1127, 1691	0.4	8.3
25	80			22	1227, 1841	0.5	8.4
26	82			22	1335, 2003	0.5	8.5
27	84			23	1452, 2178	0.5	8.6
28	86			23	1579, 2368	0.5	8.7
29	88			24	1716, 2573	0.5	8.8
30	90			24	1863, 2795	0.6	8.9
31	91			24	1942, 2913	0.6	8.9
32	92			25	2023, 3035	0.6	9
33	93			25	2108, 3162	0.6	9
34	94			25	2196, 3294	0.6	9.1
35	95			25	2287, 3431	0.7	9.1
36	96			25	2382, 3573	0.7	9.2
37	97			26	2481, 3722	0.7	9.2
38	98			26	2584, 3875	0.7	9.3
39	99			26	2690, 4035	0.7	9.3
40	100			26	2801, 4202	0.8	9.4

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
DropLevel	4
BaseType	Detonate Dead
Class	Skill Gems
Vaal	Vaal Detonate Dead
TargetTypes	Corpse,
Type	Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Fire, Cascadable, DestroysCorpse, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemDetonateDead
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Void Detonate Dead Effect Your Detonate Dead becomes a Void Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Damage 1	25% increased Detonate Dead Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Damage 2	40% increased Detonate Dead Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 1	Detonate Dead has a 30% chance to detonate an additional corpse	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 2	Detonate Dead has a 45% chance to detonate an additional corpse	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	100

Supported By /89 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	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.
	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
	Trap Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
	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.
	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
	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.
	Iron Will Support Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
	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.
	Blastchain Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
	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, or skills with a reservation.
	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
	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 on Death Support Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
	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.
	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.
	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Physical to Lightning 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.
	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Deadly Ailments 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.
	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
	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.
	Spell Cascade Support Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	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.
	Intensify Support Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
	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.
	High-Impact Mine Support Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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 Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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 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 Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
	Awakened 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.
	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 Spell Cascade Support Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Awakened Spell Echo Support Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
	Awakened 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.
	Archmage Support Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	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.
	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Spellblade Support Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Sacrifice Support Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

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Detonate Dead

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Detonate Dead.

Detonate Dead is a spell that explodes a corpse, dealing secondary damage as fire in an area around it.

Skill functions and interactions

Detonate Dead deals damage in two hits that get calculated separately, the fixed fire damage component and the corpse maximum life % component.

Secondary damage: Detonate Dead's explosion deals secondary damage, hence it cannot be affected by stats affecting spell damage, including ones such as x% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells. However the corpse explosion component of the spell will receive bonuses from elemental, area, and fire related stats.
Partying: While in a party, the explosion ignores the increased life added for each player beyond the first and treats the monster's life as if the player was solo.
Damage reflection: The damage from the Detonate Dead explosion cannot be reflected.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 7.9% at gem level 20 (previously 6% at all gem levels).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 5 (was 7). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 20 (was 30). Now deals 15 to 22 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 10 to 14) and 798 to 1197 Fire damage at gem level 20 (from 823 to 1235). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 160% (from 100%).
3.1.0	Detonate Dead now deals spell damage based on the level of the skill gem, in addition to damage based on the corpse's maximum life. The base fire damage dealt by the spell part of the explosion has been significantly increased. The skill now gains additional area of effect radius as it levels, and its base critical chance has been increased from 5% to 6%. The cast time has been lowered to 0.6 seconds (from 0.8).
2.1.0	Radius increased by 22%.
2.0.2	Increased Detonate Dead damage by 10% at all levels.
2.0.0	Radius of the explosion increased by 12.5% (from 16 to 18). Damage caused by the detonation of corpses can no longer be reflected.
1.2.1	We have corrected the cast time to 800ms, as originally stated in the 1.2.0 patch notes.
1.2.0	This now deals entirely fire damage. It deals 8% of corpse life as well as flat damage. The damage increase per level has been significantly increased. The base cast time has been decreased from 850ms to 800ms. Quality on this skill now offers substantially less cast speed, from 60% cast speed at 20 quality to 20% cast speed at 20 quality.
1.1.1b	Fixed a bug that caused the damage dealt by Detonate Dead to be delayed.
1.0.0	Mana cost reduced.
0.10.2	The mana cost of Detonate Dead has been reduced at early levels so that it's around 40% cheaper. It ramps up to the same mana cost as before for high levels.
0.9.7	Slightly increased the radius of Detonate Dead's explosion.
0.9.6b	Improved the effects for Detonate Dead.
0.9.5g	Reduced the critical strike chance on Detonate Dead.
0.9.3g	Changed Detonate Dead to not have the damage scaled by mods that affect Spell Damage.
0.9.1	Fixed a crash involving Detonate Dead.
0.7.1	Changed Detonate Dead to be 20% monster health in fire damage and then the rest is physical
0.6.13	Detonate Dead skill gem should now drop
0.6.11	Added skills: Raise Zombie, Detonate Dead, Cold Snap

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