Detonate Dead - Path of Exile

Detonate Dead is an active skill gem.

Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.

Spell, AoE, Fire. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5–20 Mana. Cast Time: 0.60 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%. Radius: 22. Requires Level 4.

Deals (15–798) to (22–1197) Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6–7.9)% of the corpse"s Maximum Life
+(0–4) to radius

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
Detonate Dead	(0–10)% increased Cast Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Detonate Dead	(0–10)% increased Cast Speed	50
Anomalous Detonate Dead	(0–60)% of Fire Damage Converted to Chaos Damage	10
Divergent Detonate Dead	Explosion deals (0–80)% increased Damage if the Corpse is Ignited	20

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 15 to 22 Fire Damage	# to radius	Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life	Experience
1	4	10	7	5	15, 22	0	6	841
2	6	13	9	6	21, 32	0	6.1	3,099
3	9	17	12	6	32, 42	0	6.2	7,433
4	12	21	14	7	36, 53	0	6.3	22,895
5	16	26	18	8	48, 72	1	6.4	49,725
6	20	31	22	9	63, 94	1	6.5	95,714
7	24	37	25	10	80, 121	1	6.6	169,595
8	28	42	29	11	102, 153	1	6.7	283,759
9	32	47	33	11	128, 192	1	6.8	453,996
10	36	53	36	12	159, 238	2	6.9	703,128
11	40	58	40	13	195, 293	2	7	1,061,223
12	44	63	44	14	239, 359	2	7.1	2,065,870
13	48	68	48	15	291, 436	2	7.2	2,507,110
14	52	74	51	16	352, 529	2	7.3	2,573,731
15	55	78	54	16	406, 609	3	7.4	7,611,351
16	58	82	57	17	466, 699	3	7.5	13,437,908
17	61	86	60	18	535, 802	3	7.6	25,052,147
18	64	90	62	18	612, 918	3	7.7	43,869,436
19	67	94	65	19	700, 1049	3	7.8	242,081,178
20	70	98	68	20	798, 1197	4	7.9
21	72			20	871, 1306	4	8
22	74			21	950, 1424	4	8.1
23	76			21	1035, 1552	4	8.2
24	78			21	1127, 1691	4	8.3
25	80			22	1227, 1841	5	8.4
26	82			22	1335, 2003	5	8.5
27	84			23	1452, 2178	5	8.6
28	86			23	1579, 2368	5	8.7
29	88			24	1716, 2573	5	8.8
30	90			24	1863, 2795	6	8.9
31	91			24	1942, 2913	6	8.9
32	92			25	2023, 3035	6	9
33	93			25	2108, 3162	6	9
34	94			25	2196, 3294	6	9.1
35	95			25	2287, 3431	7	9.1
36	96			25	2382, 3573	7	9.2
37	97			26	2481, 3722	7	9.2
38	98			26	2584, 3875	7	9.3
39	99			26	2690, 4035	7	9.3
40	100			26	2801, 4202	8	9.4

Detonate Dead is a spell that explodes a corpse, dealing secondary damage as fire in an area around it.

Skill functions and interactions

Detonate Dead deals damage in two hits that get calculated separately, the fixed fire damage component and the corpse maximum life % component.

Secondary damage: Detonate Dead's explosion deals secondary damage, hence it cannot be affected by stats affecting spell damage, including ones such as x% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells. However the corpse explosion component of the spell will receive bonuses from elemental, area, and fire related stats.

Partying: While in a party, the explosion ignores the increased life added for each player beyond the first and treats the monster's life as if the player was solo.

Damage reflection: The damage from the Detonate Dead explosion cannot be reflected.

Item acquisition

Detonate Dead can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Detonate Dead can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
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
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	✓

Alternate skill effects

Detonate Dead has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Void Detonate Dead Effect	Your Detonate Dead becomes a Void Effect.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Detonate Dead.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Detonate Dead Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Detonate Dead Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Detonate Dead Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Detonate Dead has a 30% chance to detonate an additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Detonate Dead has a 45% chance to detonate an additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Detonate Dead Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0