PoE Corpse Skills Cap Guide Mechanics

Most creatures leave corpses on when killed. Totems, shattered monsters, and enemies removed by certain effects cannot leave corpses.

Mechanics

Corpses can be utilized in several ways, for example:

• Created (e.g. Desecrate, Unearth)
• Raised (e.g. Raise Spectre, Necromancer monsters)
• Exploded (e.g. Detonate Dead, Volatile Dead, Cremation, Bodyswap, strongboxes with the Putrifying prefix)
• Consumed (e.g. Offering, Devouring Totem, Dominating Blow, Void Sphere, Feast of Flesh (from The Devouring Diadem), monsters with the “Mark of Cannibalism” bloodline, etc.)
• Destroyed (e.g. Pyre, Kitava’s Feast)

Is the corpse cap shared between all things that generate corpses or is the cap unique to each skill? For example, do the corpses of Desecrate contribute to Unearth’s corpse cap?

Those skills each have their own limit.

PoE 3.19 Changes

Problem: Skills that cause corpse explosions derive much of their damage scaling from increased maximum corpse life, mostly from skills on the passive skill tree. This pressures builds utilising these skills to choose the Necromancer ascendancy class as it provides a large value of this stat, and means that corpses of enemies you kill are not useful for damage compared to corpses you spawn yourself. Additionally, since the percentage of corpse life dealt as damage by these skills does not scale with skill levels, there is not sufficient incentive to level them up (especially for builds scaling ignite damage).

Solution: Remove the increased maximum corpse life stat from the Necromancer ascendancy and reduce the values available elsewhere. Increase the percentage of corpse life dealt as damage for all corpse explosion skills to offset this substantial damage loss, and have this percentage scale with the level of the skill.

• The Corpse Pact Necromancer Ascendancy Passive no longer has "Corpses you Spawn have 50% increased maximum Life".
• The small Corpse Life Passive Skills in the Undertaker cluster now grant "Corpses you Spawn have 5% increased maximum Life" (previously 10%).
• Phantasmal Unearth: Quality now grants "Corpses spawned have 0–20% increased maximum Life" (previously 0–40%).
• Detonate Dead: Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 7.9% at gem level 20 (previously 6% at all gem levels).
• Vaal Detonate Dead: Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 7.9% at gem level 20 (previously 9% at all gem levels).
• Cremation: Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 4% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 5% at gem level 20 (previously 4% at all gem levels).
• Volatile Dead: Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 3% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 4% at gem level 20 (previously 3% at all gem levels).
• Bodyswap: Now has "Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's maximum Life" at gem level 1, up to 7.9% at gem level 20 (previously 6% at all gem levels). Now deals Fire Spell Damage equal to 4% of your maximum Life as base Fire Damage at all gem levels (previously 3%). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 100% (previously 85%), and now gains additional radius as the gem levels, up to +2 at gem level 20.

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Skills

Corpses can be targeted by holding the A key by default (in PC), but only if the player has a skill that can target corpses.

Skill gems

Related base stats

Gem	Level
Cremation	28
Desecrate	16
Detonate Dead	1
Unearth	10
Vaal Detonate Dead	1
Volatile Dead	12
Bodyswap	10
Bone Offering	12
Flesh Offering	12
Spirit Offering	12
Voltaxic Burst	12
Devouring Totem	1
General’s Cry	24
Infernal Blow	12

Related quality stats

Gem	Level
Cremation	28
Desecrate	16
Detonate Dead	1
Unearth	10
Bodyswap	10
Cleave	1

Support gems

Related base stats

There are currently no support skill gems that have stats related to corpse.

Related quality stats

Gem	Level
Fire Penetration Support	31

Modifiers

Enchantments

Name	Generation Type		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Unearth Corpse Level 1	Enchantment	66	Unearth Spawns corpses with +3 Level	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Unearth Corpse Level 2	Enchantment	75	Unearth Spawns corpses with +5 Level	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 1	Enchantment	66	Desecrate Spawns 2 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Desecrate Additional Corpse 2	Enchantment	75	Desecrate Spawns 3 additional corpses	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Detonate Dead Percent Chance To Detonate Additional Corpse 1	Enchantment	66	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	Enchantment	75	Detonate Dead has a 45% chance to detonate an additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Devouring Totem Percent Chance To Consume Additional Corpse 1	Enchantment	66	Devouring Totem has 40% Chance to Consume an additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Devouring Totem Percent Chance To Consume Additional Corpse 2	Enchantment	75	Devouring Totem has 60% Chance to Consume an additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Volatile Dead Orbs 3	Enchantment	75	Volatile Dead Consumes up to 1 additional corpse	helmet 100 default 0

Miscellany

Name	Domain	Generation Type		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Putrifying	Chest	Prefix	4	Detonates nearby corpses Chest plays warning sound (Hidden)	default 1000
Necrovigil	Monster	Bloodlines	1	Monster can not die and deals 50% increased Damage near Pack Corpses (Hidden)	default 1000
MonsterExplodesOnDeathCold2	Monster	Unique	2	Explodes on death dealing (300-360)% of main hand damage as Cold Damage (Hidden) Monster corpse will be removed (Hidden)	undeletable_corpse 0 rare_minion 0 unusable_corpse 0 rare 333 default 0
Final Gasp	Monster	Nemesis	40	Corpse can not be destroyed (Hidden) Can not be dominated (Hidden)	abyssal 0 rare_minion 0 unusable_corpse 0 undeletable_corpse 0 legion_monster 0 no_final_gasp 0 rare 400 default 0
Soul Conduit	Monster	Nemesis	1	Corpse can not be destroyed (Hidden) Can not be dominated (Hidden)	no_soul_conduit 0 incursion_monster 0 abyssal 0 rare_minion 0 unusable_corpse 0 legion_monster 0 rare 600 default 0
Martyr’s Touch	Monster	Torment	1	Group Frenzy on Death Monster corpse will be removed (Hidden)	default 1000
Soul Conduit	Monster	Prefix	24	Corpse can not be destroyed (Hidden) Can not be dominated (Hidden)	no_soul_conduit 0 incursion_monster 0 abyssal 0 rare_minion 0 unusable_corpse 0 legion_monster 0 rare 1000 default 0
of Dying Breath	Monster	Suffix	34	Corpse can not be destroyed (Hidden) Can not be dominated (Hidden)	abyssal 0 rare_minion 0 unusable_corpse 0 undeletable_corpse 0 legion_monster 0 no_final_gasp 0 rare 800 default 0

Items

Unique items

Item		Stats
Asenath’s Gentle Touch	25	+(20-30) to Intelligence +(60-80) to maximum Life +(60-80) to maximum Mana Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit, with 40% increased Effect Non-Aura Curses you inflict are not removed from Dying Enemies Enemies near corpses affected by your Curses are Blinded Enemies Killed near corpses affected by your Curses explode, dealing 3% of their Life as Physical Damage
Aukuna’s Will	31	+(30-40) to Dexterity (5-7)% increased Cast Speed (100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield Raised Zombies have (80-100)% increased maximum Life Raise Zombie does not require a corpse Your Raised Zombies count as corpses
Cinderswallow Urn	48	+90 to Maximum Charges Recharges 5 Charges when you Consume an Ignited corpse (175-200)% increased Charges per use Enemies Ignited by you during Flask Effect take (7-10)% increased Damage Veiled Suffix <One of the three modifiers>
Corpsewalker	55	Triggers Level 20 Corpse Walk when Equipped (80-120)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield 25% increased Movement Speed (20-40)% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently For each nearby corpse, Regenerate 0.25% Life per second, up to 3%
Soulwrest	60	+20% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a StaffTrigger Level 20 Summon Phantasm Skill when you Consume a corpse (100-140)% increased Spell Damage (25-30)% increased Cast Speed (80-100)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate Minions deal (45-51) to (66-78) additional Physical Damage If you Consumed a corpse Recently, you and nearby Allies Regenerate 5% of Life per second

Passive skills

The following passive skills are related to corpses.

Corpse life

Name	Stats
Corpse Life	Corpses you Spawn have 15% increased Maximum LifeCorpses you Spawn have 10% increased Maximum Life

Corpse consumption

Name	Stats
Damage if Consumed a Corpse	16% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently14% increased Damage if you have Consumed a corpse Recently
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

Cluster jewel passives

Name	Stats
Disciple of Kitava	Every second, Consume a nearby Corpse to Recover 5% of Life and Mana 10% more Damage taken if you haven’t Consumed a Corpse Recently

Ascendancy passives

Ascendancy Class	Name	Stats
Ascendant	Necromancer	Minions deal 30% increased Damage Your Offering Skills also affect you Your Offerings have 50% reduced Effect on you Auras from your Skills grant 2% increased Attack and Cast Speed to you and Allies If you’ve Consumed a corpse Recently, you and your Minions have 30% increased Area of Effect
Necromancer	Corpse Pact	Corpses you Spawn have 50% increased Maximum Life Enemies near corpses you Spawned Recently are Chilled and Shocked 2% increased Attack and Cast Speed for each corpse Consumed Recently, up to a maximum of 200%
Necromancer	Essence Glutton	Regenerate 4% of Mana over 2 seconds when you Consume a corpse Regenerate 8% of Energy Shield over 2 seconds when you Consume a corpse For each nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies Regenerate 5 Mana per second, up to 50 per second For each nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies Regenerate 0.2% of Energy Shield per second, up to 2.0% per second
Necromancer	Plaguebringer	With at least one nearby corpse, nearby Enemies deal 10% reduced Damage With at least one nearby corpse, you and nearby Allies deal 10% more Damage If you’ve Consumed a corpse Recently, you and your Minions have 30% increased Area of Effect