Ancestral Protector - Path of Exile

Ancestral Protector is an active skill gem.

Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with melee strikes while you"re near it. Being near it grants you more attack speed. Requires a Melee Weapon or Unarmed.

Attack, Totem, Melee, Strike. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90–180%. Requires Level 4.

Totem lasts 12 seconds
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
(10–20)% more Attack Speed while Totem is Active
50% increased Totem Placement speed
+(16–18) to Melee Strike Range

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

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Ancestral Protector	(0–20)% increased Totem Damage	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Ancestral Protector	(0–20)% increased Totem Damage	50
Anomalous Ancestral Protector	(0–40)% increased Totem Placement speed	100
Divergent Ancestral Protector	(0–40)% increased Activation range	20
Phantasmal Ancestral Protector	(0–20)% increased Effect of Ancestor Totem Buff	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Base Damage	+16 to Melee Strike Range	10% more Attack Speed while Totem is Active	Experience
1	4	16	90%	16	10	841
2	6	20	94.7%	16	11	3,099
3	9	27	99.5%	16	11	7,433
4	12	33	104.2%	16	12	22,895
5	16	41	108.9%	16	12	49,725
6	20	50	113.7%	16	13	95,714
7	24	58	118.4%	17	13	169,595
8	28	67	123.2%	17	14	283,759
9	32	75	127.9%	17	14	453,996
10	36	83	132.6%	17	15	703,128
11	40	92	137.4%	17	15	1,061,223
12	44	100	142.1%	17	16	2,065,870
13	48	109	146.8%	17	16	2,507,110
14	52	117	151.6%	18	17	2,573,731
15	55	123	156.3%	18	17	7,611,351
16	58	130	161.1%	18	18	13,437,908
17	61	136	165.8%	18	18	25,052,147
18	64	142	170.5%	18	19	43,869,436
19	67	148	175.3%	18	19	242,081,178
20	70	155	180%	18	20
21	72		184.7%	19	20
22	74		189.5%	19	21
23	76		194.2%	19	21
24	78		198.9%	19	22
25	80		203.7%	19	22
26	82		208.4%	19	23
27	84		213.2%	19	23
28	86		217.9%	20	24
29	88		222.6%	20	24
30	90		227.4%	20	25
31	91		229.7%	20	25
32	92		232.1%	20	25
33	93		234.5%	20	25
34	94		236.8%	20	26
35	95		239.2%	21	26
36	96		241.6%	21	26
37	97		243.9%	21	26
38	98		246.3%	21	27
39	99		248.7%	21	27
40	100		251.1%	21	27

Ancestral Protector is a skill that creates a totem which will attack enemies with melee strikes while the player stands close to it. Being near it increases the player's attack speed.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Weapon: Ancestral Protector wields the player's weapon and attacks single enemies with it at a greater range. The totem can be supported by Melee Splash Support to hit several enemies at once. It can also be used while Unarmed.

Fortify: Linking Fortify Support to Ancestral Protector will cause the totem, and not the player, to gain Fortify on melee hit. This appears to be the only way for a totem to have Fortify.

Multiple Totems: Attack speed buff does not stack when multiple totems are summoned.

Area of Effect: Modifiers to skill radius have no effect on range at which totem stays active or the range of it's attack, even if supported by Melee Splash Support.

Activation: The totem is active as long as the player remains within a 85 unit radius of it. Initial activation also requires line of sight with the player, but this can be broken once the totem has become active.

Item acquisition

Ancestral Protector can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Ancestral Protector can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Monster stats

Totem

Resistances:

40% elemental resistance
20% chaos resistance

Level	Life
4	67
6	88
9	120
12	161
16	226
20	308
24	411
28	538
32	693
36	882
40	1114
44	1393
48	1734
52	2146
55	2507
58	2928
61	3407
64	3957
67	4589
70	5312
72	5853
74	6444
76	7088
78	7793
80	8564
82	9405
84	10322
86	11327
88	12421
90	13615

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ancestral Protector.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 12% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem grants 18% increased Attack Speed while Active	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ancestral Protector Totem deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	+24% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Resistances 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	+36% to Ancestral Protector Totem Elemental Resistances	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	12% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ancestral Protector Placement Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	18% increased Ancestral Protector Totem Placement Speed	helmet 100 default 0