Divergent Splitting Steel

1. Divergent Splitting Steel

Splitting Steel Divergent Splitting Steel is an Alternate Quality gem of Splitting Steel Splitting Steel.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Divergent Splitting Steel(0–10)% increased Area of Effect
(0–20)% increased Projectile Speed
100

Consume a Steel Shard to fire a single projectile that splits on impact or at the targeted location, dealing area damage when it splits and again when the split projectiles explode at the end of their flight. Requires a Sword or Axe. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.

Attack, Projectile, AoE, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5–8 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 100–210%. Requires Level 1.

  • (2–75) to (3–113) Added Attack Physical Damage
  • Modifiers to number of Projectiles instead apply to
    the number of targets Projectile Splits towards
  • Projectiles Split towards (2–4) targets
  • +(0–4) to radius
  • If you have no Steel Shards, Projectile counts as already having Split
  • 60% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
  • Projectiles which have Split deal 35% less Damage
  • Projectiles can Split without hitting a target
  • 50% less Area of Effect after Splitting
  • Consumes up to 1 Steel Shard

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

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2. Related Gems

Prime Regrading Lens Prime Regrading Lens currency changes the type of quality of a Divergent Splitting Steel skill gem to another random quality.

3. Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthDexterityCostBase Damage2 to 3 Added Attack Physical DamageProjectiles Split towards 2 targets# to radiusExperience
11465100%2, 32070
22575105.8%2, 320308
347105111.6%3, 4201,554
4710145117.4%4, 6206,667
51113195123.2%5, 82126,047
61618266128.9%7, 112149,725
72022316134.7%9, 132195,714
82425376140.5%11, 1731169,595
92829426146.3%14, 2032283,759
103233476152.1%16, 2532453,996
113636537157.9%20, 3032703,128
124040587163.7%24, 35321,061,223
134444637169.5%28, 42332,065,870
144848687175.3%33, 49332,507,110
155251747181.1%39, 58335,798,936
165655798186.8%45, 683315,083,919
176059848192.6%52, 793427,792,735
186462908198.4%61, 914443,869,739
196765948204.2%68, 10244242,081,556
207068988210%75, 11344
21729215.8%81, 12245
22749221.6%87, 13045
23769227.4%93, 14045
24789233.2%100, 15045
25809238.9%107, 16046
268210244.7%114, 17246
278410250.5%123, 18446
288610256.3%131, 19756
298810262.1%140, 21057
309010267.9%150, 22457
319111270.8%155, 23257
329211273.7%160, 24057
339311276.6%165, 24857
349411279.5%171, 25657
359511282.4%176, 26557
369611285.3%182, 27358
379712288.2%188, 28258
389812291.1%194, 29268
399912293.9%201, 30168
4010012296.8%207, 31168

4. How to get Divergent Splitting Steel?

It can be dropped in the following Heist Blueprints:

Name Heist Target Area Level
 Blueprint: Tunnels Blueprint: Tunnels Unusual Gems 34 – 83
 Blueprint: Repository Blueprint: Repository Unusual Gems 35 – 83

Unusual Gems are Alternate Quality Gems. A gem can have up to three alternate quality: Anomalous, Divergent, Phantasmal.

The target item, inside a Curio Display, will be a selection of Unusual Gems. You can only take one before Lockdown begins.

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