Scourge Arrow

Attack, Projectile, Channelling, Chaos, Bow

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (4–5) Mana

Attack Speed: 190% of base

Attack Damage: (39–52)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (39–52)%

Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) Dex

Requires Bows

Channel to infuse an arrow with chaos, gaining stages while it is held. Release to fire it, leaving spore pods in its wake. Each spore pod blooms, firing thorn arrows, which travel for a short time before dissipating. Modifiers that cause additional projectiles to be fired will only apply to the initial arrows, and the spore pods will be divided between those arrows.

Arrows Pierce all Targets

60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage

150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Stage

Maximum 5 Stages
Leaves 1 Spore Pod per Stage

Each Spore Pod fires 9 Thorn Arrows

Thorn Arrows deal 50% less Damage

(Ailments that deal Damage are Bleeding, Ignited, and Poisoned)

Additional Effects From Quality:

Each Spore Pod fires +(0–2) Thorn Arrows

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

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
3	Sever the Right Hand	Quest Reward	Ranger
3	Sever the Right Hand	Clarissa	Duelist · Ranger · Scion · Shadow

Genus

Scourge Arrow

Scourge Arrow of Menace

Level Effect /40

Level	Requires Level	Dex	Cost	Base Damage	Experience
1	28	67	4	39%	199,345
2	31	73	4	39.6%	285,815
3	34	79	4	40.4%	401,344
4	37	85	4	41.1%	554,379
5	40	92	4	41.7%	477,437
6	42	96	4	42.4%	583,786
7	44	100	4	43.2%	710,359
8	46	104	4	43.8%	1,355,511
9	48	109	5	44.5%	1,138,877
10	50	113	5	45.1%	1,368,233
11	52	117	5	45.9%	1,638,338
12	54	121	5	46.5%	1,956,648
13	56	125	5	47.2%	3,655,184
14	58	130	5	47.8%	3,017,327
15	60	134	5	48.6%	7,759,995
16	62	138	5	49.3%	15,138,193
17	64	142	5	49.9%	26,083,825
18	66	146	5	50.6%	62,620,247
19	68	151	5	51.3%	211,708,088
20	70	155	5	52%
21	72		5	52.6%
22	74		5	53.4%
23	76		5	54.1%
24	78		6	54.7%
25	80		6	55.4%
26	82		6	56.2%
27	84		6	56.8%
28	86		6	57.5%
29	88		6	58.1%
30	90		6	58.9%
31	91		6	59.1%
32	92		6	59.5%
33	93		6	59.9%
34	94		6	60.2%
35	95		6	60.6%
36	96		6	60.8%
37	97		6	61.2%
38	98		6	61.6%
39	99		6	61.9%
40	100		6	62.3%

Attribute /12

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Chance
Acronym	Hit, Pierce, Ailment
DropLevel	28
BaseType	Scourge Arrow
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Bows
TargetTypes	, ROTATE_TO_TARGET,
Type	Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Totemable, Damage, Channel, Chaos
BuffIcon
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemScourgeArrow
ActiveSkillsCode	scourge_arrow
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Crucible Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Caustic Arrow and Scourge Arrow fire 25% more projectiles

Scourge Arrow

Attack, Projectile, Channelling, Chaos, Bow

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (4–5) Mana

Attack Speed: 190% of base

Attack Damage: (39–52)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (39–52)%

Requires Level (28–70), (67–155) Dex

Requires Bows

Arrows Pierce all Targets

60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage

150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Stage

Maximum 5 Stages
Leaves 1 Spore Pod per Stage

Each Spore Pod fires 9 Thorn Arrows

Thorn Arrows deal 50% less Damage

override turn duration ms [100]

skill can fire arrows [1]

visual hit effect chaos is green [1]

(Ailments that deal Damage are Bleeding, Ignited, and Poisoned)

Additional Effects From Quality:

Each Spore Pod fires +(0–2) Thorn Arrows

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

Microtransactions /3

Night Lotus Scourge Arrow effect

Your Scourge Arrow becomes a Night Lotus Effect.

Celestial Scourge Arrow Effect

Your Scourge Arrow becomes a Celestial Effect.

Stygian Scourge Arrow Effect

Your Scourge Arrow becomes a Stygian Effect.

Supported By /109

Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Totemable, Damage, Channel, Chaos

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.

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.

Item Rarity Support

Supports any skill that can kill enemies.

Cold to Fire Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Combustion Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

Supports attack skills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Infused Channelling Support

Supports any channelling skill, protecting you from damage while you channel it. Cannot modify the skills of minions.

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.

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 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 Added Cold Damage Support

Supports any skill that hits enemies.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

Scourge Arrow

You're charging an arrow with verdant energy.

override_turn_duration_ms

Attribute /5

Key	Value
Acronym	Ignite
IsCharged	1
BuffGroupsID	30
IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	4

Code	override turn duration ms
IsPublic	1
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	1
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

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Scourge Arrow

Scourge Arrow is a channelling bow attack skill. Channelling the skill charges up an arrow that creates spore pods as the arrow travels when released. The pods explode to fire thorn arrows around them. The arrow and pods deal physical damage converted to chaos damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Additional arrows (from support gems and items like Death's Harp) apply to the primary arrow, instead of the thorn arrows. Additional arrows cause spore pods to distribute evenly among each primary arrow, rather than in a line from player. Having more arrows than pods will not cause additional pods to spawn. Therefore at 5 stages Scourge Arrow will spawn 5 pods — if the player has 6 total arrows (5 additional) one of the arrows will not spawn a pod.

The distance between each spore pod can be increased by releasing the channel while mouse cursor is near the edge of your screen. With 4 additional arrows, the spore pods spawn in a cluster near your mouse cursor.

When used with Ballista Totem Support, the totem will fully charge then shoot once, then follow it up with a low or uncharged shot, before attempting a full charge again, possibly based on its total attack speed.

Primary arrow collision: If a primary arrow disappears (e.g. because of collision with wall/obstacle) before all pods for that primary arrow are spawned, the rest of the pods will not spawn.

Point Blank interaction: The thorn arrows are all continuations of the original arrow from the character to the point the pods were placed. Therefore the distance travelled used for Point Blank's calculation is the total of how far the original arrow travelled to place the pod, plus how far the thorn arrow travelled after being fired from the pod.

Shotgunning: From a single attack, multiple thorn arrows from different pods can hit the same target, but multiple thorn arrows from the same pod cannot hit the same target.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.19.0	Scourge Arrow now has 30% Damage Effectiveness at gem level 1 (previously 28%), up to 40% at gem level 20 (previously 35%).
3.13.0	Anomalous Scourge Arrow now causes each Spore Pod to fire 0.05 additional Thorn Arrows per 1% gem quality (from 0.1 per 1% quality).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality
3.9.0	Now deals 28% of base damage at gem level 1 (from 40%), up to 35% at gem level 20 (from 49%). Now adds 20 to 30 Chaos Damage at gem level 1, up to 113 to 169 at gem level 20.
3.8.0	Clarified the Piercing behaviour on the gem.
3.6.0	Now has the "Chaos" gem type.
3.5.1b	Reduced the mana cost of Scourge Arrow to be more in line with other channelled attack skills.
3.4.2	Additional Projectiles now apply to the primary arrow instead of the thorn arrows. The number of thorn arrows at lower levels has been increased to compensate. Pods are now distributed evenly among all primary projectiles.
3.4.0	Scourge Arrow has been added to the game.