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Vaal Caustic Arrow
Level: (1—20)
Souls Per Use: 20
Can Store 2 Use
Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (280—400)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (280—400)%
Projectile Speed: 7 metres per Second
Requires Level (1—70), (0—155) Dex
Requires Bows
Fires a slow-moving serpentine arrow which deals chaos damage while piercing enemies, and leaves a trail of caustic ground. Enemies standing on the caustic ground take chaos damage over time.
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Deals (21.2—4622.5) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 6 seconds
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Can't be Evaded
Corrupted

Additional Effects From Quality:
+(0—0.2) metres to radius
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Level Effect /40
Implicit
Base duration is 6 seconds
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
Can't be Evaded
LevelRequires LevelDexBase DamageDeals 21.2 Base Chaos Damage per secondExperience
110280%, 280%, 280%21.270
220286.3%, 286.3%, 286.3%24.3308
3416292.6%, 292.6%, 292.6%31.31,554
4722298.9%, 298.9%, 298.9%44.26,667
51131305.3%, 305.3%, 305.3%66.626,047
61641311.6%, 311.6%, 311.6%105.549,725
72050317.9%, 317.9%, 317.9%148.495,714
82458324.2%, 324.2%, 324.2%204.8169,595
92867330.5%, 330.5%, 330.5%278.7283,759
103275336.8%, 336.8%, 336.8%375453,996
113683343.2%, 343.2%, 343.2%500.1703,128
124092349.5%, 349.5%, 349.5%661.71,061,223
1344100355.8%, 355.8%, 355.8%869.92,065,870
1448109362.1%, 362.1%, 362.1%1137.32,507,110
1552117368.4%, 368.4%, 368.4%1479.85,798,936
1656125374.7%, 374.7%, 374.7%1917.315,083,919
1760134381.1%, 381.1%, 381.1%247527,792,735
1864142387.4%, 387.4%, 387.4%3184.543,869,739
1967148393.7%, 393.7%, 393.7%3839.6242,081,556
2070155400%, 400%, 400%4622.5
2172406.3%, 406.3%, 406.3%5227
2274412.6%, 412.6%, 412.6%5907.1
2376418.9%, 418.9%, 418.9%6671.8
2478425.3%, 425.3%, 425.3%7531.5
2580431.6%, 431.6%, 431.6%8497.5
2682437.9%, 437.9%, 437.9%9582.6
2784444.2%, 444.2%, 444.2%10801.2
2886450.5%, 450.5%, 450.5%12169.3
2988456.8%, 456.8%, 456.8%13704.6
3090463.2%, 463.2%, 463.2%15427.1
3191466.3%, 466.3%, 466.3%16365.5
3292469.5%, 469.5%, 469.5%17359.2
3393472.6%, 472.6%, 472.6%18411.5
3494475.8%, 475.8%, 475.8%19525.8
3595478.9%, 478.9%, 478.9%20705.5
3696482.1%, 482.1%, 482.1%21954.6
3797485.3%, 485.3%, 485.3%23276.8
3898488.4%, 488.4%, 488.4%24676.6
3999491.6%, 491.6%, 491.6%26158.3
40100494.7%, 494.7%, 494.7%27726.6
Attribute /10

Vaal Caustic Arrow

NameShow Full Descriptions
AcronymDuration, Projectile, Pierce, Modifiers
IdVaalCausticArrow
BaseType Vaal Caustic Arrow
Class Skill Gems
WeaponBows
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeAttack, RangedAttack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Area, Duration, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Vaal
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemVaalCausticArrow
ActiveSkillsCodevaal_caustic_arrow
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Version history /2
VersionChanges
3.23.0
Vaal Caustic Arrow:
3.20.0
  • Introduced 8 new Vaal Skill Gems: Vaal Cleave, Vaal Flicker Strike, Vaal Blade Flurry, Vaal Venom Gyre, Vaal Molten Strike, Vaal Caustic Arrow, Vaal Volcanic Fissure, and Vaal Smite.
  • Vaal Caustic Arrow
    Level: (1—20)
    Souls Per Use: 20
    Can Store 2 Use
    Soul Gain Prevention: 8 sec
    Attack Speed: 70% of base
    Attack Damage: (280—400)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (280—400)%
    Projectile Speed: 7 metres per Second
    Requires Level (1—70), (0—155) Dex
    Requires Bows
    Fires a slow-moving serpentine arrow which deals chaos damage while piercing enemies, and leaves a trail of caustic ground. Enemies standing on the caustic ground take chaos damage over time.
    Projectiles Pierce all Targets
    Deals (21.2—4622.5) Base Chaos Damage per second
    Base duration is 6 seconds
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    Modifiers to Skill Effect Duration also apply to this Skill's Soul Gain Prevention
    Can't be Evaded
    cannot cancel skill before contact point [1]
    skill can fire arrows [1]
    skill cannot be stunned before contact point [1]
    vaal caustic arrow ground art variation [14]
    visual hit effect chaos is green [1]
    Corrupted

    Additional Effects From Quality:
    +(0—0.2) metres to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Supported By /137
  • Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Area, Duration, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Vaal
  • AddedFireDamage
    Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Knockback
    Knockback Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    LifeLeech
    Life Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
    Stun
    Stun Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
    IncreasedDuration
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    ColdtoFire
    Cold to Fire Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    LifeonHit
    Life Gain on Hit Support
    Supports attack skills.
    IronGrip
    Iron Grip Support
    Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.
    MeleeDamageonFullLife
    Damage on Full Life Support
    Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
    RangedAttackTotem
    Ballista Totem Support
    Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.
    FirePenetration
    Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    IncreasedBurnDuration
    Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Empower
    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.
    ReduceDuration
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    ChanceToBleed
    Chance to Bleed Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Maim
    Maim Support
    Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
    Brutality
    Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    AddedFireDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    BrutalityPlus
    Awakened Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    IncreasedBurnDurationPlus
    Awakened Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    FirePenetrationPlus
    Awakened Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    EmpowerPlus
    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.
    BloodPriceSupportGem
    Bloodthirst Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
    Fragility
    Cruelty Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
    LifeTap
    Lifetap Support
    Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
    Volatility
    Volatility Support
    Supports attack skills.
    VaalTemptationSupport
    Vaal Temptation Support
    Supports Vaal skills.
    ObliterationSupport
    Annihilation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    FasterAttacks
    Faster Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    GreaterMultipleProjectiles
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    LesserMultipleProjectiles
    Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    FasterProjectiles
    Faster Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    AddedColdDamage
    Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedAccuracy
    Additional Accuracy Support
    Supports attack skills.
    ManaLeech
    Mana Leech Support
    Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
    Pierce
    Pierce Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Trap
    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.
    CullingStrike
    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.
    PointBlank
    Point Blank Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    ChancetoFlee
    Chance to Flee Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Blind
    Blind Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ColdPenetration
    Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    chain
    Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    Fork
    Fork Support
    Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
    ReturnProjectiles
    Returning Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    CastOnCrit
    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.
    SlowerProjectiles
    Slower Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    enhance
    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.
    RangedPhysicalAttackDamage
    Vicious Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile attack skills.
    BreakBlock
    Block Chance Reduction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    FrenzyChargeOnShatter
    Ice Bite Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    DamageAgainstChilled
    Hypothermia Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Poison
    Critical Strike Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    VoidManipulation
    Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    SupportRapidDecayGem
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    LesserPoison
    Chance to Poison Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    DeadlyAilments
    Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    VileToxins
    Vile Toxins Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    MomentumSupportGem
    Momentum Support
    Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
    ParallelProjectile
    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.
    WitherGemSupport
    Withering Touch Support
    Supports attack skills.
    impale
    Impale Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Nightblade
    Nightblade Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
    GreenRainSupportGem
    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.
    GreenBarrageSupportGem
    Barrage Support
    Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
    GreaterVolleySupport
    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.
    AddedColdDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    GreenRainPlus
    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.
    CastOnCritPlus
    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.
    ChainPlus
    Awakened Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    ColdPenetrationPlus
    Awakened Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    DeadlyAilmentsPlus
    Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ForkPlus
    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.
    SupportRapidDecayPlus
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    VoidManipulationPlus
    Awakened Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    RangedPhysicalAttackDamagePlus
    Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile attack skills.
    enhanceplus
    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.
    LocusMine
    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
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    RuptureSupport
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Machinations
    Machinations Support
    Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    CullingStrike
    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.
    Fork
    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.
    chain
    Greater Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    LethalDoseSupport
    Lethal Dose Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    UnholyTrinitySupport
    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.
    TornadosSupportGem
    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.
    IncreasedAOE
    Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    AddedLightningDamage
    Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedCriticalStrikes
    Increased Critical Strikes Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedCriticalDamage
    Increased Critical Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    AddedChaosDamage
    Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedQuality
    Item Rarity Support
    Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
    ConcentratedAOE
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    ChancetoIgnite
    Combustion Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ElementalProliferation
    Elemental Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
    RemoteMine
    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.
    LightningPenetration
    Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    ElementalPenetration
    Elemental Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
    PowerCharges
    Power Charge On Critical Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    CurseOnHit
    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.
    Enlighten
    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.
    PhysicalToLightning
    Physical to Lightning Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    OnslaughtOnSlayingShocked
    Innervate Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    ControlledDestructionGem
    Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    ElementalFocus
    Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    IgniteProliferation
    Ignite Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Decay
    Decay Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Efficacy
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Immolate
    Immolate Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    UnboundAilments
    Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    SummonPhantasm
    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.
    BoneChillSupport
    Bonechill Support
    Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
    EnergyShieldLeechsupport
    Energy Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
    AltRemoteMineSupportGem
    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.
    AddedChaosDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    AddedLightningDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ControlledDestructionPlus
    Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    CurseOnHitPlus
    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.
    ElementalFocusPlus
    Awakened Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    IncreasedAOEPlus
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    LightningPenetrationPlus
    Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    UnboundAilmentPlus
    Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Enlightenplus
    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.
    TrinitySupportGem
    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.
    PureShockSupportGem
    Overcharge Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ElementalBurstSupportGem
    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
    Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    InverttheRules
    Invert the Rules Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    KineticInstabilitySupportGem
    Greater Kinetic Instability Support
    Supports Wand Attacks, granting them a chance to trigger Kinetic Flux on critical strike. Cannot support triggered skills or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Devour
    Greater Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    KineticInstabilitySupportGem
    Kinetic Instability Support
    Supports Wand Attacks, granting them a chance to trigger Kinetic Flux on kill. Cannot support triggered skills or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    LivingLightningSupportGem
    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.
    Eclipse
    Eclipse Support
    Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
    Microtransactions /3
    EtherealPoisonArrow
    Tentacle Caustic Arrow Effect
    Your Caustic Arrow becomes an area of ethereal purple tentacles.
    CelestialCausticArrow
    Celestial Caustic Arrow Effect
    Your Caustic Arrow becomes a Celestial Effect.
    OblivionCausticArrowSkillEffect
    Oblivion Caustic Arrow Effect
    Your Caustic Arrow becomes an Oblivion Effect.
    Caustic Arrow
    Level: (1—40)
    Attack Damage: (55—74)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (55—74)%
    Projectile Speed: 32.6 metres per Second
    Fires an arrow which deals chaos damage in an area on impact, and spreads caustic ground. Enemies standing on the caustic ground take chaos damage over time.
    Deals (8.8—11559.3) Base Chaos Damage per second
    Base duration is 2 seconds
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    +(0—1.2) metres to radius
    caustic arrow explode on hit base area of effect radius [12]
    skill can fire arrows [1]
    visual hit effect chaos is green [1]
    Skills Tutorial /6
    A projectile attack that creates a patch of caustic ground on hit which deals chaos damage over time to affected enemies.
    Pierce
    Pierce Support
    Allows projectiles from Caustic Arrow to travel through more enemies, creating multiple patches of caustic ground, dealing damage to more enemies simultaneously.
    LesserMultipleProjectiles
    Multiple Projectiles Support
    Increases the amount of arrows Caustic Arrow fires, allowing it to cover a larger area by creating multiple patches of caustic ground at once. At later levels, obtain the Greater Multiple Projectiles Support gem to affect enemies in a larger area.
    MirageArcher
    Mirage Archer Support
    When Caustic Arrow hits an enemy, an apparition is created above you that fires a copy of Caustic Arrow at enemies, at a reduced rate and with less damage.
    RangedPhysicalAttackDamage
    Vicious Projectiles Support
    Greatly increases both the physical damage from hits and chaos damage over time component of Caustic Arrow.
    SupportRapidDecayGem
    Swift Affliction Support
    Decreases the duration of Caustic Arrow's ground effect, but compensates for this by increasing damage over time dealt.
    VoidManipulation
    Void Manipulation Support
    Grants more chaos damage but lowers the elemental damage of Caustic Arrow. The Caustic ground effect only deals chaos damage, so Void Manipulation gives more damage at no drawback.
    Level Effect /40
    Implicit
    Base duration is 2 seconds
    60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
    Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
    LevelRequires LevelBase DamageDeals 8.8 Base Chaos Damage per second# metres to radiusExperience
    1155%, 55%, 55%8.80
    2255.5%, 55.5%, 55.5%10.10
    3456%, 56%, 56%13.10.1
    4756.5%, 56.5%, 56.5%18.40.1
    51157%, 57%, 57%27.80.1
    61657.5%, 57.5%, 57.5%440.2
    72058%, 58%, 58%61.90.2
    82458.5%, 58.5%, 58.5%85.40.2
    92859%, 59%, 59%116.20.3
    103259.5%, 59.5%, 59.5%156.40.3
    113659.9%, 59.9%, 59.9%208.50.3
    124060.4%, 60.4%, 60.4%275.90.3
    134460.9%, 60.9%, 60.9%362.70.4
    144861.4%, 61.4%, 61.4%474.10.4
    155261.9%, 61.9%, 61.9%616.90.4
    165662.4%, 62.4%, 62.4%799.30.5
    176062.9%, 62.9%, 62.9%1031.90.5
    186463.4%, 63.4%, 63.4%1327.60.5
    196763.9%, 63.9%, 63.9%1600.80.6
    207064.4%, 64.4%, 64.4%1927.10.6
    217264.9%, 64.9%, 64.9%2179.20.6
    227465.4%, 65.4%, 65.4%2462.70.7
    237665.9%, 65.9%, 65.9%2781.50.7
    247866.4%, 66.4%, 66.4%3139.90.7
    258066.9%, 66.9%, 66.9%3542.60.8
    268267.4%, 67.4%, 67.4%39950.8
    278467.9%, 67.9%, 67.9%4503.10.8
    288668.4%, 68.4%, 68.4%5073.40.9
    298868.9%, 68.9%, 68.9%5713.50.9
    309069.4%, 69.4%, 69.4%6431.60.9
    319169.8%, 69.8%, 69.8%6822.80.9
    329270.3%, 70.3%, 70.3%7237.11
    339370.8%, 70.8%, 70.8%7675.81
    349471.3%, 71.3%, 71.3%8140.31
    359571.8%, 71.8%, 71.8%8632.21.1
    369672.3%, 72.3%, 72.3%9152.91.1
    379772.8%, 72.8%, 72.8%9704.21.1
    389873.3%, 73.3%, 73.3%10287.71.2
    399973.8%, 73.8%, 73.8%10905.41.2
    4010074.3%, 74.3%, 74.3%11559.31.2
    Attribute /5

    Caustic Arrow

    NameShow Full Descriptions
    BaseType Caustic Arrow
    WeaponBows
    TargetTypesGround, Enemy
    TypeAttack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Area, Duration, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Triggerable
    ActiveSkillsCodecaustic_arrow
    Crucible Weapon /1
    WeightDesc
    1000 (T5)Caustic Arrow and Scourge Arrow fire 25% more projectiles
    Supported By /139
  • Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Area, Duration, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Triggerable
  • AddedFireDamage
    Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Knockback
    Knockback Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    LifeLeech
    Life Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
    Stun
    Stun Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
    IncreasedDuration
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    ColdtoFire
    Cold to Fire Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    LifeonHit
    Life Gain on Hit Support
    Supports attack skills.
    IronGrip
    Iron Grip Support
    Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.
    MeleeDamageonFullLife
    Damage on Full Life Support
    Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
    RangedAttackTotem
    Ballista Totem Support
    Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.
    FirePenetration
    Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    IncreasedBurnDuration
    Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Empower
    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.
    ReduceDuration
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    ChanceToBleed
    Chance to Bleed Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Maim
    Maim Support
    Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
    Brutality
    Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    AddedFireDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    BrutalityPlus
    Awakened Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    IncreasedBurnDurationPlus
    Awakened Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    FirePenetrationPlus
    Awakened Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    EmpowerPlus
    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.
    BloodPriceSupportGem
    Bloodthirst Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
    Fragility
    Cruelty Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
    LifeTap
    Lifetap Support
    Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
    Volatility
    Volatility Support
    Supports attack skills.
    ObliterationSupport
    Annihilation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    FasterAttacks
    Faster Attacks Support
    Supports attack skills.
    GreaterMultipleProjectiles
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    LesserMultipleProjectiles
    Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    FasterProjectiles
    Faster Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    AddedColdDamage
    Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedAccuracy
    Additional Accuracy Support
    Supports attack skills.
    ManaLeech
    Mana Leech Support
    Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
    Pierce
    Pierce Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Trap
    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.
    CullingStrike
    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.
    PointBlank
    Point Blank Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    ChancetoFlee
    Chance to Flee Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Blind
    Blind Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ColdPenetration
    Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    chain
    Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    Fork
    Fork Support
    Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
    ReturnProjectiles
    Returning Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    CastOnCrit
    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.
    SlowerProjectiles
    Slower Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    enhance
    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.
    RangedPhysicalAttackDamage
    Vicious Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile attack skills.
    BreakBlock
    Block Chance Reduction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    FrenzyChargeOnShatter
    Ice Bite Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    DamageAgainstChilled
    Hypothermia Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Poison
    Critical Strike Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    VoidManipulation
    Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    SupportRapidDecayGem
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    LesserPoison
    Chance to Poison Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    DeadlyAilments
    Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    VileToxins
    Vile Toxins Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    MomentumSupportGem
    Momentum Support
    Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
    ParallelProjectile
    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.
    MirageArcher
    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.
    WitherGemSupport
    Withering Touch Support
    Supports attack skills.
    impale
    Impale Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Nightblade
    Nightblade Support
    Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
    GreenRainSupportGem
    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.
    GreenBarrageSupportGem
    Barrage Support
    Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
    GreaterVolleySupport
    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.
    AddedColdDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    GreenRainPlus
    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.
    CastOnCritPlus
    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.
    ChainPlus
    Awakened Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    ColdPenetrationPlus
    Awakened Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    DeadlyAilmentsPlus
    Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ForkPlus
    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.
    SupportRapidDecayPlus
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    VoidManipulationPlus
    Awakened Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    RangedPhysicalAttackDamagePlus
    Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile attack skills.
    enhanceplus
    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.
    ArcaneArcherSupportGem
    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
    LocusMine
    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
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    RuptureSupport
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Machinations
    Machinations Support
    Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    CullingStrike
    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.
    Fork
    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.
    chain
    Greater Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    LethalDoseSupport
    Lethal Dose Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    UnholyTrinitySupport
    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.
    TornadosSupportGem
    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.
    IncreasedAOE
    Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    AddedLightningDamage
    Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedCriticalStrikes
    Increased Critical Strikes Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedCriticalDamage
    Increased Critical Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    AddedChaosDamage
    Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    IncreasedQuality
    Item Rarity Support
    Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
    ConcentratedAOE
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    ChancetoIgnite
    Combustion Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ElementalProliferation
    Elemental Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
    RemoteMine
    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.
    LightningPenetration
    Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    ElementalPenetration
    Elemental Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
    PowerCharges
    Power Charge On Critical Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    CurseOnHit
    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.
    Enlighten
    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.
    PhysicalToLightning
    Physical to Lightning Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    OnslaughtOnSlayingShocked
    Innervate Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    ControlledDestructionGem
    Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    ElementalFocus
    Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    IgniteProliferation
    Ignite Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Decay
    Decay Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Efficacy
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Immolate
    Immolate Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    UnboundAilments
    Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    SummonPhantasm
    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.
    BoneChillSupport
    Bonechill Support
    Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
    EnergyShieldLeechsupport
    Energy Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
    AltRemoteMineSupportGem
    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.
    AddedChaosDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    AddedLightningDamagePlus
    Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ControlledDestructionPlus
    Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    CurseOnHitPlus
    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.
    ElementalFocusPlus
    Awakened Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    IncreasedAOEPlus
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    LightningPenetrationPlus
    Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    UnboundAilmentPlus
    Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Enlightenplus
    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.
    TrinitySupportGem
    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.
    PureShockSupportGem
    Overcharge Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    ElementalBurstSupportGem
    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
    Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    WandWispSupport
    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.
    InverttheRules
    Invert the Rules Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    KineticInstabilitySupportGem
    Greater Kinetic Instability Support
    Supports Wand Attacks, granting them a chance to trigger Kinetic Flux on critical strike. Cannot support triggered skills or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Devour
    Greater Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    KineticInstabilitySupportGem
    Kinetic Instability Support
    Supports Wand Attacks, granting them a chance to trigger Kinetic Flux on kill. Cannot support triggered skills or skills used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    LivingLightningSupportGem
    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.
    Eclipse
    Eclipse Support
    Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
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    3.20.1
  • You can no longer animation-cancel Vaal Venom Gyre, Vaal Volcanic Fissure, Vaal Blade Flurry, Vaal Caustic Arrow and Vaal Molten Strike before the point in the animation that damage is dealt.
  • 3.20.0
  • Introduced to the game.

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