Vaal Animate Weapon

Duration, Minion, Spell, Vaal, Physical

Level: 1–20

Souls Per Use: 50

Can Store 1 Use

Soul Gain Prevention: 40 sec

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Requires Level 4

Animates multiple Melee Weapon Items and Lingering Blades to fight by your side, and transforms them into different, unique weapons. You cannot animate unidentified Weapons. Will not animate weapons with 6 sockets. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.

Base duration is 15 seconds
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Can use Items requiring up to Level (9–100)
Can use Items requiring up to Level
Animated Weapons are transformed into random Unique
Weapons with Level Requirement between (1–40) and
Animates up to (5–10) Weapons
Minions deal (50–107)% more Damage
Maximum (5–10) Animated Weapons
Minions have (0–38)% more Attack Speed

Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:

Minions have (0–20)% increased Movement Speed

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

Unusual Gems /4

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	Minions have (0–20)% increased Movement Speed	50
Anomalous	Minions have (0–10)% chance to Intimidate Enemies for 4 seconds on Hit	100
Divergent	(0–20)% chance to create an additional Animate Weapon copy	50
Phantasmal	Minions deal to (0–100) additional Lightning Damage	20

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Base duration is 15 seconds Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Can use Items requiring up to Level 9	Minions deal 50% more Damage	Minions have #% more Attack Speed	Maximum 5 Animated Weapons	Can use Items requiring up to Level Animated Weapons are transformed into random Unique Weapons with Level Requirement between 1 and	Animates up to 5 Weapons	Experience
1	4	10	7	9	50		5	1	5	841
2	6	13	9	11	53	2	5	1	5	3,099
3	9	17	12	14	56	4	6	1	6	7,433
4	12	21	14	18	59	6	6	1	6	22,895
5	16	26	18	22	62	8	6	1	6	49,725
6	20	31	22	26	65	10	7	1	7	95,714
7	24	37	25	31	68	12	7	1	7	169,595
8	28	42	29	35	71	14	7	1	7	283,759
9	32	47	33	40	74	16	7	2	7	453,996
10	36	53	36	44	77	18	8	6	8	12,186,050
11	40	58	40	49	80	20	8	10	8	3,017,327
12	44	63	44	53	83	22	8	14	8	3,576,232
13	48	68	48	58	86	24	8	18	8	4,231,667
14	52	74	51	62	89	26	9	22	9	2,395,078
15	55	78	54	66	92	28	9	25	9	8,421,063
16	58	82	57	70	95	30	9	28	9	16,159,983
17	61	86	60	74	98	32	9	31	9	41,170,367
18	64	90	62	78	101	34	10	34	10	86,794,448
19	67	94	65	82	104	36	10	37	10	157,405,063
20	70	98	68	100	107	38	10	40	10
21	72			100	109	39	10	42	10
22	74			100	110	40	11	44	11
23	76			100	112	41	11	46	11
24	78			100	113	42	11	48	11
25	80			100	115	43	11	50	11
26	82			100	116	44	11	50	11
27	84			100	118	45	11	50	11
28	86			100	119	46	11	50	11
29	88			100	121	47	12	50	12
30	90			100	122	48	12	50	12
31	91			100	124	49	12	50	12
32	92			100	125	50	12	50	12
33	93			100	127	51	12	50	12
34	94			100	128	52	12	50	12
35	95			100	130	53	12	50	12
36	96			100	131	54	12	50	12
37	97			100	133	55	12	50	12
38	98			100	134	56	12	50	12
39	99			100	136	57	12	50	12
40	100			100	137	58	13	50	13

Acronym	Weapon, Duration, Minion, Modifiers
DropLevel	4
BaseType	Vaal Animate Weapon
Class	Active Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Armour, unknown_13, Ground
Type	Duration, Minion, MinionsCanExplode, Spell, Totemable, CreatesMinion, Vaal
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalAnimateWeapon
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Animate Weapon

Level: 1–40

Requires Level 4

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
Can use Items requiring up to Level (9–100)
Minions' Attacks deal (5–228) to (8–333) additional Physical Damage
Animated Lingering Blades deal (1–41) to (2–203) Added Attack Physical Damage
Minions deal (0–58)% more Damage
Maximum (5–24) Animated Weapons
Minions have (0–58)% more Attack Speed
display minion monster level [4,100]
display minion monster type [22]

Additional Effects From Quality:

Minions have (0–20)% increased Movement Speed

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Base duration is 40 seconds (Lingering Blades remain on the ground for a duration and can be used by specific skills. If Animated, they count as Daggers)

Level	Requires Level	Cost	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
1	4	4	1, 2	9	100		5, 8	5
2	6	5	1, 2	11	2	2	6, 11	5
3	9	5	1, 3	14	4	4	10, 15	6
4	12	6	1, 4	18	6	6	13, 18	6
5	16	7	1, 5	22	8	8	17, 25	7
6	20	7	1, 7	26	10	10	21, 32	7
7	24	8	2, 9	31	12	12	26, 38	8
8	28	8	2, 11	35	14	14	32, 47	8
9	32	9	3, 14	40	16	16	39, 57	9
10	36	10	4, 17	44	18	18	48, 72	9
11	40	10	4, 21	49	20	20	53, 81	10
12	44	11	5, 25	53	22	22	61, 91	10
13	48	12	6, 30	58	24	24	68, 99	11
14	52	12	8, 36	62	26	26	73, 112	11
15	55	13	9, 42	66	28	28	83, 124	12
16	58	13	10, 48	70	30	30	89, 136	12
17	61	14	12, 55	74	32	32	99, 148	13
18	64	15	13, 62	78	34	34	108, 159	13
19	67	15	15, 71	82	36	36	115, 173	14
20	70	16	17, 80	100	38	38	126, 184	14
21	72	17	19, 86	100	39	39	130, 190	15
22	74	17	20, 92	100	40	40	134, 196	15
23	76	18	21, 99	100	41	41	138, 202	16
24	78	19	22, 106	100	42	42	142, 208	16
25	80	19	24, 114	100	43	43	146, 214	17
26	82	20	26, 122	100	44	44	150, 220	17
27	84	20	28, 131	100	45	45	155, 227	18
28	86	21	29, 140	100	46	46	160, 234	18
29	88	22	31, 149	100	47	47	165, 241	19
30	90	22	33, 159	100	48	48	170, 248	19
31	91	23	34, 163	100	49	49	175, 255	20
32	92	23	34, 168	100	50	50	180, 263	20
33	93	23	36, 172	100	51	51	185, 271	21
34	94	24	36, 176	100	52	52	191, 279	21
35	95	24	37, 180	100	53	53	197, 287	22
36	96	24	38, 185	100	54	54	203, 296	22
37	97	25	39, 189	100	55	55	209, 305	23
38	98	25	39, 194	100	56	56	215, 314	23
39	99	25	41, 198	100	57	57	221, 323	24
40	100	25	41, 203	100	58	58	228, 333	24

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 3xArmourer's Scrap · Normal: 10000xGold
BaseType	Animate Weapon
TargetTypes	Armour, unknown_13, Ground
Type	Triggerable, Duration, Minion, MinionsCanExplode, Spell, Totemable, CreatesMinion, Multicastable, CanRapidFire, Physical
ActiveSkillsCode	animate_weapon

Microtransactions /4 ⍟

Icon	Name
	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.

Supported By /21 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	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.
	Increased Duration Support Supports any skill with a duration.
	Minion Speed Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Minion Life Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	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.
	Elemental Army Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Less Duration Support Supports any skill that has a duration.
	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
	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.
	Feeding Frenzy Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Predator Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Meat Shield Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support Supports any skill with an area of effect.
	Awakened Minion Damage Support Supports skills which create Minions.
	Infernal Legion Support Supports skills which create Minions.