PoE Punishment Build Guide

Punishment Punishment curses all targets in an area, causing them be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life. Some overkill damage from a killing blow on a cursed enemy will be reflected to surrounding targets.

Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life.

Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex. Level: 1–20. Cost: 16–33 Mana. Cast Time: 0.50 sec. Radius: 16. Requires Level 24.

  • Base duration is (8–11.8) seconds
  • Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
  • +(0–10) to radius
  • Cursed Enemies take (30–58)% increased Damage while on Low Life
  • Cursed Enemies are Debilitated for 2 Seconds when they Hit

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Punishment(0–10)% increased Effect of Curse50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Punishment
Removed
  • Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself
  • 10% of Overkill Damage from Killing Blows on Cursed Enemies is Reflected to other Enemies as Physical Damage
Modified
  • New: Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  • Old: Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
  • New: Base duration is 11.80 seconds
  • Old: Base duration is 10.90 seconds
  • New: Cursed Enemies take 58% increased Damage while on Low Life
  • Old: Cursed Enemies take 78% increased Damage while on Low Life

New: Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life.

Old: Curses all targets in an area, causing them to be debilitated when they hit enemies and increasing damage they take while on low life. Some overkill damage from a killing blow on a cursed enemy will be reflected to surrounding targets.

Doedre's Gluttony now provides "Your Punishment Curse can affect Hexproof Enemies" and "You have Culling Strike against Cursed Enemies."

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthIntelligenceCostBase duration is 9 seconds# to radiusCursed Enemies take 40% increased Damage while on Low LifeExperience
1243725169040118,383
2274128179.1142175,816
3304531189.2144254,061
4334934199.3246359,090
5365336219.4248498,508
6395639229.5350682,057
7426042239.6352921,777
8456445249.74541,727,879
9486848259.84561,138,877
10507149269.95581,368,233
1152745126105601,638,338
125476532710.16621,956,648
135679552810.26643,655,184
145882572910.37663,017,327
156084592910.47687,793,914
166287603010.587015,206,031
176490623110.687226,185,582
186692643110.797462,755,923
196895663210.8976211,877,683
207098683310.91078
217234111080
22743411.11182
23763511.21184
24783611.31286
25803611.41288
26823711.51390
27843811.61392
28863911.71494
29883911.81496
30904011.91598
31914011.951599
3292411215100
33934112.0515101
34944212.116102
35954212.1516103
36964212.216104
37974312.2516105
38984312.317106
39994312.3517107
401004412.417108
  • Punishment can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy Support or Awakened Blasphemy Support.

Item acquisition

Punishment can drop anywhere. Drop level: 24.

Recipes

Punishment 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 ↓
Lost in Love
Act 3		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓

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 ↓
Lost in Love
Act 3
Clarissa		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Unique items

Item Level Stats
Sentari's Answer 33 10% Chance to Block Spell Damage
+(20-30) to Intelligence
(4-8)% increased Quantity of Items found
+5% Chance to Block
Curse Enemies with Punishment when you Block their Melee Damage, with 60% increased Effect and ignoring Curse Limit
Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains when you Block their Projectile Attack Damage, with 60% increased Effect and ignoring Curse Limit
Curse Enemies with Elemental Weakness when you Block their Spell Damage, with 60% increased Effect and ignoring Curse Limit
Impresence 64 +(10-16) to all AttributesAdds (20-24) to (33-36) Cold Damage
+(50-70) to maximum Life
(45-50)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
+(20-25)% to Cold Resistance
Frostbite has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Impresence 64 +(10-16) to all AttributesAdds (20-24) to (33-36) Fire Damage
+(50-70) to maximum Life
+(20-25)% to Fire Resistance
Regenerate 1% of Life per second
Flammability has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Impresence 64 +(10-16) to all Attributes(30-40)% increased Damage over Time
Adds (17-19) to (23-29) Chaos Damage
+(50-70) to maximum Life
+(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance
Despair has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Impresence 64 +(10-16) to all AttributesAdds (12-16) to (20-25) Physical Damage
+(400-500) to Armour
+(50-70) to maximum Life
(30-40)% increased Stun and Block Recovery
Vulnerability has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Impresence 64 +(10-16) to all AttributesAdds (10-13) to (43-47) Lightning Damage
+(50-70) to maximum Life
+(20-25)% to Lightning Resistance
Regenerate 1% of Energy Shield per second
Conductivity has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura
Gain Maddening Presence for 10 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy
<Secondary Curse> has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Punishment.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Punishment Curse Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% increased Punishment Curse Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Punishment Curse Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 30% increased Punishment Curse Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Punishment Duration 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 30% increased Punishment Duration helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Punishment Duration 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 45% increased Punishment Duration helmet 100
default 0

Punishment Reworks 3.12

Punishment no longer requires that you be hit by the cursed enemy to benefit from its effects, and instead grants large benefits for high-damage killing blows against cursed enemies.

  • No longer causes cursed enemies to grant more melee physical damage on melee hit.
  • No longer causes cursed enemies to grant increased attack speed on melee hit.
  • No longer causes enemies to have -20% to physical damage reduction.
  • Now causes cursed enemies to take 50% increased damage while on Low Life at gem level 1, up to 88% increased damage at gem level 20.
  • Now causes cursed enemies you hit to be Debilitated for 2 seconds.
  • Now causes 10% of Overkill damage from killing blows against cursed enemies to be reflected to other enemies as physical damage.
  • Now gains 1% increased effect of curse per 2% gem quality (previously caused cursed enemies to grant 1% increased attack speed on melee hit per 4% gem quality).

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