Explosive Arrow
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–10) Mana
Projectile Speed: 3260
Radius: 15
Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) Dex
Requires Bows
Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.
Base duration is 1 seconds
Explosion deals 50% less Base Damage
Explosion will have (47–522) to (71–783) added Fire Damage
+0.2 metres to Explosion Radius per Explosive Arrow on Target, up to a maximum of +1.2 metres
Explosion deals 6% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target
Explosion deals 3% more Damage with Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target
Maximum 20 Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy

Additional Effects From Quality:
+(0–2) Maximum Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /1
Level Effect /40
LevelRequires LevelDexCostExplosion will have 47 to 71 added Fire DamageExperience
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Attribute /10

Explosive Arrow

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
AcronymHit, Ailment
DropLevel 28
BaseType Explosive Arrow
Class Skill Gems
WeaponBows
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeAttack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Fire, Triggerable
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemExplosiveArrow
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /1
WeightDesc
1000 (T5)Killing Blows with Burning Arrow or Explosive Arrow Shatter Enemies as though Frozen
Explosive Arrow
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (7–10) Mana
Projectile Speed: 3260
Radius: 15
Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) Dex
Requires Bows
Fires an arrow which will stick into an enemy or wall, and then explode, dealing area damage around it, either after a duration or when the maximum number of arrows stuck to that target is reached. If an enemy has multiple Explosive Arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume the others, adding their damage to its explosion.
Base duration is 1 seconds
Explosion deals 50% less Base Damage
Explosion will have (47–522) to (71–783) added Fire Damage
+0.2 metres to Explosion Radius per Explosive Arrow on Target, up to a maximum of +1.2 metres
Explosion deals 6% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target
Explosion deals 3% more Damage with Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target
Maximum 20 Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy
base is projectile [1]
skill can fire arrows [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:
+(0–2) Maximum Explosive Arrows stuck in an Enemy
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Microtransactions /3
Revenant Explosive Arrow Effect
Your Explosive Arrow becomes a Revenant Effect.
Twilight Explosive Arrow Effect
Your Explosive Arrow becomes a Twilight Effect.
Pandemonium Explosive Arrow Effect
Your Explosive Arrow becomes a Pandemonium Effect.
Supported By /119
  • Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Area, Duration, Totemable, Trappable, Mineable, Fire, Triggerable
  • Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Faster Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Lesser 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.
    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.
    Mana Leech Support
    Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana 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.
    Pierce Support
    Supports projectile 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.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    Cold to Fire Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Combustion Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Life Gain on Hit Support
    Supports attack skills.
    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.
    Point Blank Support
    Supports projectile 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.
    Iron Will Support
    Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
    Damage on Full Life Support
    Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
    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.
    Ballista Totem Support
    Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.
    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.
    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.
    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 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.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    Vicious Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile attack skills.
    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 Bleed Support
    Supports attack skills.
    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.
    Maim Support
    Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim 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.
    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.
    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.
    Mirage Archer Support
    Supports attack skills that can be used with bows. Supported skills can only be used with bows. Cannot support Vaal skills, minion skills, movement skills, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Withering Touch Support
    Supports attack skills.
    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.
    Impale Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Nightblade Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create 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.
    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 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 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.
    Awakened 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.
    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 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 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 Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    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.
    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.
    Overcharge Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Manaforged Arrows Support
    Supports bow attack skills, causing them to trigger when you've spent enough mana in total on other bow attacks. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Cannot support totems, traps, mines, Vaal skills, or channelling skills
    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.
    Locus Mine Support
    Supports attack skills that use bows or wands and fire projectiles ahead. Instead of using that skill, you will throw mines that will use the skill for you when you detonate them, targeting your location. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Volatility Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Sacred Wisps Support
    Supports attack skills that can be used with Wands. Cannot support Vaal skills, minion skills, movement skills, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Explosive Arrow Monster /16
    NameModifiersSpectre
    Kraityn's SentryY
    Oak's SniperY
    Kraityn's High GuardY
    Kraityn's High Guardmonster no drops or experience [1]Y
    Guard ArcherY
    Enterprising BanditY
    Disbanded Deadundead description [1]
    monster fires explosive arrows text [1]
    Y
    Lord of the BowMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    40% increased Attack Speed
    Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]
    Y
    Shade of a Ranger20% increased Attack SpeedY
    Kall Foxfly300% increased Quantity of Items Dropped
    800% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300]
    monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600]
    monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300]
    monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600]
    monster no map drops [1]
    Traps cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being Thrown
    Mines cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being thrown
    monster is invasion boss [1]
    kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
    Y
    Brittle Minerundead description [1]
    monster fires explosive arrows text [1]
    Y
    Blighted Snipermonster fires explosive arrows text [1]Y
    Miserly PoacherY
    Artless AssassinY
    Undead Vaal ArcherY
    Sasan, the Bandit LordMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    Action Speed cannot be modified to below 50% of base value
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [4000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]
    Y

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    Explosive Arrow


    Explosive Arrow is a bow attack skill that fires an arrow which sticks to an enemy or wall and detonates after a duration, dealing fire area of effect damage. Any additional arrows stuck to the enemy after the first one will add its damage to the explosion. Additional arrows on an enemy increases the hit damage, ignite damage, and area of effect of the explosion.

    Skill functions and interactions

    Explosive Arrow has two separate damaging effects: an attack and an explosion.

    Attack: The Explosive Arrow attack is an arrow which deals weapon damage based on the bow equipped. This component of the skill is affected by any modifiers to bow attacks. At the final destination of the arrow, one of three effects will occur:

    • If the arrow gets stuck on the terrain or on an obstacle, it will leave a single fuse charge that will explode after a duration.

    • If the arrow gets stuck on a target that does not yet have the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, it will apply that debuff with a single fuse charge, which creates an explosion when it expires after a duration.

    • If the arrow gets stuck on a target that already has the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, the arrow's intended explosion damage will get added to the final explosion. However, the debuff duration will NOT be refreshed.

    If the arrow pierces or is evaded by a target, it will not leave a fuse charge on the target, but can still leave a fuse charge on the terrain behind it.

    Chaining this projectile will only leave a Fuse Charge on the last target struck, and due to the speed of the initial projectile, can sometimes miss the intended target and collide with an object or terrain, placing a Fuse Charge on the location it hit.

    Explosion: When the debuff Hit by Explosive Arrow, or a fuse stuck on terrain expires, it causes an explosion based on the number of fuse charges. This damage is area projectile fire damage, which is also considered bow damage and will scale with sources of weapon damage, bow damage, etc.

    If the arrow that applied the Hit by Explosive Arrow debuff is a crit, the explosion will also crit. While subsequent arrows which have crit will apply its total damage to the explosion after critical strike modifiers, the explosion itself will not crit.

    Duration: Modifiers to duration, such as from Less Duration Support, will affect the duration of the debuff when it is applied, as well as the duration of the fuse charge if it hits the terrain or an obstacle.

    Totem: Ballista Totems will execute this attack until the targeted enemy dies, instantly triggering the explosion, or until the totem is destroyed, causing the applied Fuse Charges to last their remaining duration before exploding.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.19.0
  • Explosive Arrow no longer has "Explosion deals 5% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target. Instead, it now has "Explosion deals 6% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target" and "Explosion deals 3% more Damage with Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target".
  • 3.17.0
  • Explosive Arrow now has "Explosion deals 5% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target" (previously just Hits).
  • 3.16.0
  • Now has “Explosion deals 5% more Damage with Hits per Explosive Arrow on Target” (previously Hits and Ailments).
  • Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 66.7% higher with 10 arrows on the target. Ignite with the skill is now 25.0% higher with 20 arrows on the target.
  • 3.15.0
  • Explosion now deals 5% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Explosive Arrow on Target (previously 3%).
  • 3.10.0
  • Now gains +2 to Explosion Radius per Explosive Arrow on the target, up to +12 at all gem levels (previously scaled as the gem levelled up, from +10 at gem level 1, to +19 at 20).
  • You can now stick a maximum of 20 Explosive Arrows to an enemy (previously no limit).
  • Explosions now deal 3% more damage with Hits and Ailments per explosive arrow on the target (previously, this only applied to ignites).
  • 3.9.0
  • Now costs 8 mana at gem level 1 (from 18), up to 10 at gem level 20 (from 27).
  • Arrows stick into the enemy or wall and explode after a duration. The duration no longer refreshes whenever a new arrow is attached (previously they were handled like "charges", which refresh their duration whenever a new one is gained).
  • If an enemy has multiple arrows stuck in them, the first one to explode will consume all other attached arrows, adding their damage to the first arrow's explosion.
  • On-hit effects such as Chance to Ignite or Critical Strikes are determined by the exploding arrow, however each arrow's damage is calculated with their independent critical strike chance taken into account. For example, if the exploding arrow did not successfully roll a critical strike or ignite, the explosion will not ignite. If two other arrows were also attached at the point of the explosion and they successfully rolled to critically strike, they will add their critical strike damage to the explosion, but it will not cause an ignite (or trigger any other on-critical-strike effects).
  • Explosions now deal 50% of base damage (previously weapon damage was not taken into account).
  • Explosions now also deal added fire damage based on gem level, up to 522 to 783 at gem level 20 (from 586 to 879).
  • Now inherits its base critical strike chance from your weapon (previously had a 6% base critical strike chance).
  • Now gains +2 to explosion radius up to a cap determined by gem level, up to +19 at gem level 20. Previously it naturally capped at +10 due to the charge limit.
  • Explosions now deal 3% more damage with Ignite per explosive arrow on the target.
  • 1.1.1b
  • Fixed a bug that caused the first level of Explosive Arrow to have a greater mana cost than intended.
  • 0.9.12m
  • The explosion damage is now classified as Projectile|projectile damage and is hence scaled down
    by Lesser Multiple Projectiles|Lesser and Greater Multiple Projectiles support gems.
  • 0.9.12f
  • Fixed a client crash with Explosive Arrow.
  • 0.9.12
  • Explosive Arrows now have their own arrow effect. If they miss and stick into terrain,
    they'll explode as normal after a short time.
  • Now does not explode each time it pierces through monsters.
  • 0.9.8
  • Reduced the mana cost.
  • 0.9.5
  • Made Explosive Arrow more powerful. The damage has been increased and the fuse time is now one second.
  • 0.9.4
  • Increased the damage Explosive Arrow.
  • 0.9.3g
  • Changed Explosive Arrow to not have the damage scaled by mods that affect Spell Damage.
  • 0.9.3e
  • Increased damage by 15%.
  • 0.9.2g
  • Fixed a server crash that would occasionally occur when using Explosive Arrow.
  • 0.9.2f
  • Fixed a bug with Explosive Arrow not exploding serverside when the monster is killed by the arrow outright.
  • Fixed a bug with Explosive Arrow interacting badly with other buffs.
  • Fixed two server crashes that occurred rarely when using Explosive Arrow.
  • 0.9.2b
  • Updated the description to describe that the Area of effect of the explosion is proportional
    to the number of fuse charges.
  • 0.9.2
  • Explosive Arrow has been added to the game.

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