Desecrate - Path of Exile

Desecrate is an active skill gem.

Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.

Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos. Level: 1–20. Cost: 11–26 Mana. Cast Time: 0.60 sec. AoE Radius: 12. Requires Level 16.

Deals (8.2–294) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 4 seconds
Spawns 5 corpses
Spawns corpses up to Level (20–100)
Maximum of 10 corpses allowed

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
Desecrate	(0–20)% increased Cast Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Desecrate	(0–20)% increased Cast Speed	50
Anomalous Desecrate	(0–200)% increased Chaos Damage	100
Divergent Desecrate	(0–60)% chance to spawn an additional Corpse	100
Phantasmal Desecrate	Each Corpse spawned has (0–20)% chance to be a Forgotten Corpse	10

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 8.2 Base Chaos Damage per second	Spawns corpses up to Level 20	Experience
1	16	26	18	11	8.2	20	49,725
2	20	31	22	12	11.3	24	95,714
3	24	37	25	13	15.4	28	169,595
4	28	42	29	14	20.6	32	199,345
5	31	46	32	15	25.5	35	285,815
6	34	50	35	16	31.4	38	401,344
7	37	54	37	17	38.5	41	554,379
8	40	58	40	18	46.9	44	755,049
9	43	62	43	18	57	47	1,016,533
10	46	66	46	19	69.1	50	1,898,602
11	49	70	48	20	83.4	53	1,964,019
12	52	74	51	21	100.5	56	2,573,731
13	55	78	54	22	120.7	59	4,676,439
14	58	82	57	23	144.8	62	3,017,327
15	60	84	59	23	163.2	65	7,823,001
16	62	87	60	24	183.9	69	15,264,208
17	64	90	62	25	207	73	26,272,845
18	66	92	64	25	232.8	77	62,872,274
19	68	95	66	26	261.7	81	212,023,122
20	70	98	68	26	294	100
21	72			27	330.1	100
22	74			27	370.3	100
23	76			28	415.2	100
24	78			29	465.3	100
25	80			29	521.2	100
26	82			30	583.5	100
27	84			30	653	100
28	86			31	730.4	100
29	88			32	816.6	100
30	90			32	912.6	100
31	91			32	964.6	100
32	92			33	1019.5	100
33	93			33	1077.4	100
34	94			33	1138.4	100
35	95			34	1202.8	100
36	96			34	1270.8	100
37	97			34	1342.4	100
38	98			34	1418	100
39	99			35	1497.7	100
40	100			35	1581.8	100

Desecrate is a spell that summons corpses and a patch of desecrated ground, which deals chaos damage to all enemies in the area.

Skill functions and interactions

Note that the levels stated beneath are maximum levels of the corpses created by Desecrate. The real level of the spawned corpses is still capped by the zone level.
Desecrate's chaos damage over time is not increased by bonuses to spell damage. It is affected by bonuses to chaos damage, damage over time, and area damage. When linked to the Trap Support gem it is affected by trap-related modifiers, and linked to a Spell Totem Support gem it is affected by totem-related modifiers.
Raise Spectre: Desecrate may also spawn corpses which can be raised as spectres the player can bring into a zone. Desecrate also has a corpse spawn table based on the monsters found in the area. In areas without monsters, a specific table is used.
Spell Cascade Support: causes Desecrate to spawn the maximum of 10 corpses at one cast. Because this skill is mainly used to create corpses, the penalties of Spell Cascade like reduced AoE or reduced damage are irrelevant.
When Triggered by Cast when Damage Taken Support alongside an Offering, corpses will not be consumed on the first trigger, as corpses must exist at the time of corpse consuming skills triggering to function.
Totems share a pool of 10 corpses with each other, and most likely the player.
On a PC, you can press and hold the "A" key to see the type of corpse when you hover your mouse over it. This can be changed to a different key or not requiring a key in the options.
Having spectres with high base life will increase the chance of getting high life corpses. These corpses provide more damage for skills like Detonate Dead. These high life corpses will also make enemies who use detonate dead do more damage to the character.

Item acquisition

Desecrate can drop anywhere. Drop level: 16.

Recipes

Desecrate can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
3	The Bitter Blossom	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
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
Intruders in Black Act 2	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Desecrate.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Desecrate Spawns 2 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Desecrate Spawns 3 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Desecrate:

Name	Stats
Undertaker	30% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently Regenerate 2% of Life per second if you've Consumed a corpse Recently Desecrate and Unearth have +2 to Maximum number of corpses allowed

Alternate skill effects

Desecrate has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Stygian Desecrate Effect	Your Desecrate becomes a Stygian Effect.
Tombstone Desecrate Effect	Your Desecrate summons a cluster of necrotic tombstones
Void Desecrate Effect	Your Desecrate becomes a Void Effect.