Devouring Totem - Path of Exile

Devouring Totem is an active skill gem.

Summons a totem that can consume nearby corpses. If you are hurt, it will destroy a corpse to leech life to you.

Totem, Spell. Level: 1–20. Cost: 20–44 Mana. Cast Time: 1.00 sec. Requires Level 4.

Totem lasts 8 seconds
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
(0–76)% increased totem life
Leeches (30–299) Life to you for each corpse Consumed
Leeches (9–59) Mana to you for each corpse Consumed

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
Devouring Totem	(0–20)% increased totem life	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Devouring Totem	(0–20)% increased totem life	50
Anomalous Devouring Totem	(0–100)% increased Totem Duration	100
Divergent Devouring Totem	(0–40)% increased Totem Placement speed	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Cost	Leeches 30 Life to you for each corpse Consumed	Leeches 9 Mana to you for each corpse Consumed	#% increased totem life	Experience
1	4	16	20	30	9		841
2	6	20	22	39	12	4	3,099
3	9	27	23	45	14	8	7,433
4	12	33	25	53	17	12	22,895
5	16	41	26	61	19	16	49,725
6	20	50	28	70	22	20	95,714
7	24	58	30	79	24	24	169,595
8	28	67	31	90	27	28	283,759
9	32	75	33	102	29	32	453,996
10	36	83	34	115	32	36	703,128
11	40	92	36	129	34	40	1,061,223
12	44	100	37	144	37	44	2,065,870
13	48	109	38	157	40	48	2,507,110
14	52	117	39	173	42	52	2,573,731
15	55	123	40	191	45	56	7,611,351
16	58	130	41	211	47	60	13,437,908
17	61	136	42	231	50	64	25,052,147
18	64	142	42	253	53	68	43,869,436
19	67	148	43	275	56	72	242,081,178
20	70	155	44	299	59	76
21	72		45	325	62	80
22	74		45	352	66	84
23	76		46	382	69	88
24	78		46	413	73	92
25	80		47	447	76	96
26	82		48	483	80	100
27	84		49	522	84	104
28	86		50	563	88	108
29	88		50	606	92	112
30	90		51	652	96	116
31	91		51	677	98	118
32	92		52	701	100	120
33	93		52	727	102	122
34	94		52	753	104	124
35	95		53	781	106	126
36	96		53	808	108	128
37	97		53	837	110	130
38	98		54	866	112	132
39	99		54	897	114	134
40	100		54	927	116	136

Devouring Totem summons a totem that can consume nearby corpses. Each corpse consumed will leech life and mana to the player. It will consume corpses when the player is missing either life or mana. Totem range is 60.

Skill functions and interactions

The life and mana leech granted by Devouring Totem can be scaled by increases or reductions to life and mana leech rate as well as life and mana recovery rate. Can be combined with keystones such as Vaal Pact or Ghost Reaver. Also works with Slayers' ascendancy passive Brutal Fervour or Offering to the Serpent.

Item acquisition

Devouring Totem can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Devouring Totem 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

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

Devouring Totem has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Arcane Tome Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome.
Darkshard Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a darkshard totem.
Dragon Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a golden dragon.
Eagle Guardian Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an eagle guardian.
Olmec Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a carved stone totem with two faces.
Pylon of Pain Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a Pylon of Pain.
Tiki Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a coloured totem that has carved tiki designs.
Twisted Skull Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes a twisted skull totem.
Ziggurat Totem Skin	Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an ancient ziggurat.