Ensnaring Arrow - Path of Exile

Ensnaring Arrow is an active skill gem.

Fires an arrow that remains in the ground behind its final target, tethering that enemy to it. Ensnared enemies always count as moving, and have less movement speed while trying to break the snare. The snare will break if they leave the area of effect.

Attack, Projectile, AoE, Bow. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–10 Mana. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140–175%. Requires Level 16.

Ensnared Enemies take (15–20)% increased Projectile Damage from Attack Hits
Each Snare applies 40% less Movement Speed to Normal or Magic Enemies
Each Snare applies 30% less Movement Speed to Rare Enemies
Each Snare applies 25% less Movement Speed to Unique Enemies
Maximum 3 Snares per Enemy

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
Ensnaring Arrow	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Ensnaring Arrow	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	50
Anomalous Ensnaring Arrow	(0–20)% increased Area of Effect	100
Divergent Ensnaring Arrow	Ensnared Enemies take (0–10)% increased Spell Damage	20

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Cost	Base Damage	Ensnared Enemies take 15% increased Projectile Damage from Attack Hits	Experience
1	16	41	8	140%	15	49,725
2	20	50	8	141.8%	15	95,714
3	24	58	8	143.7%	16	169,595
4	28	67	8	145.5%	16	199,345
5	31	73	9	147.4%	16	285,815
6	34	79	9	149.2%	16	401,344
7	37	85	9	151.1%	17	554,379
8	40	92	9	152.9%	17	755,049
9	43	98	9	154.7%	17	1,016,533
10	46	104	9	156.6%	17	1,898,602
11	49	111	9	158.4%	18	1,964,019
12	52	117	10	160.3%	18	2,573,731
13	55	123	10	162.1%	18	4,676,439
14	58	130	10	163.9%	18	3,017,327
15	60	134	10	165.8%	19	7,823,001
16	62	138	10	167.6%	19	15,264,208
17	64	142	10	169.5%	19	26,272,845
18	66	146	10	171.3%	19	62,872,274
19	68	151	10	173.2%	20	212,023,122
20	70	155	10	175%	20
21	72		10	176.8%	20
22	74		10	178.7%	21
23	76		11	180.5%	21
24	78		11	182.4%	21
25	80		11	184.2%	21
26	82		11	186.1%	22
27	84		11	187.9%	22
28	86		12	189.7%	22
29	88		12	191.6%	22
30	90		12	193.4%	23
31	91		12	194.3%	23
32	92		12	195.3%	23
33	93		12	196.2%	23
34	94		12	197.1%	23
35	95		12	198%	23
36	96		12	198.9%	23
37	97		13	199.9%	24
38	98		13	200.8%	24
39	99		13	201.7%	24
40	100		13	202.6%	24

Ensnaring Arrow is a bow attack skill which fires an arrow that tethers to the ground behind the enemy it hits, ensnaring it. The enemy has less movement speed and takes increased damage from projectile hits and is always considered moving while ensnared. The tether breaks when the enemy moves out of its area of effect.

Skill functions and interactions

Fork/Chain/Pierce: Ensnaring Arrow will tether to the last enemy it hits, after the projectile has finished all its chains, forks, and pierces.

Item acquisition

Ensnaring Arrow can drop anywhere. Drop level: 16.

Recipes

Ensnaring Arrow 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
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	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Ensnaring Arrow:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ensnaring Arrow.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ensnaring Arrow Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ensnaring Arrow has 60% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ensnaring Arrow Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ensnaring Arrow has 90% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ensnaring Arrow Debuff Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ensnaring Arrow has 20% increased Debuff Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Ensnaring Arrow Debuff Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ensnaring Arrow has 30% increased Debuff Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Ensnaring Arrow has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demonic Ensnaring Arrow Effect	Your Ensnaring Arrow becomes a Demonic Effect.