Shrapnel Ballista - Path of Exile

Shrapnel Ballista is an active skill gem.

Summons a ballista totem that fires multiple arrows with extreme force, breaking them apart into shrapnel. Enemies can be hit by multiple arrows from the same attack. Requires a Bow.

Attack, Projectile, Totem, Physical, Bow. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5–11 Mana. Attack Speed: 50% of base. Attack Damage: 38–44% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 38–44%. Requires Level 4.

Totem lasts 8 seconds
+(2–3) to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems
(2–56) to (3–85) Added Attack Physical Damage
Fires 2 additional Arrows
Summons a Ballista Totem which uses this Skill

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
Shrapnel Ballista	(0–20)% increased Projectile Speed	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Shrapnel Ballista	(0–20)% increased Projectile Speed	50
Anomalous Shrapnel Ballista	Chains +(0–2) Times	5
Divergent Shrapnel Ballista	Projectiles Pierce (0–2) additional Targets	20
Phantasmal Shrapnel Ballista	(0–10)% increased Attack Speed	100

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Cost	Base Damage	2 to 3 Added Attack Physical Damage	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems	Experience
1	4	16	5	38%	2, 3	2	841
2	6	20	5	38.3%	3, 4	2	3,099
3	9	27	6	38.6%	3, 5	2	7,433
4	12	33	6	38.9%	4, 6	2	22,895
5	16	41	6	39.3%	5, 8	2	49,725
6	20	50	7	39.6%	7, 10	2	95,714
7	24	58	7	39.9%	8, 12	2	169,595
8	28	67	7	40.2%	10, 15	2	283,759
9	32	75	8	40.5%	12, 18	2	453,996
10	36	83	8	40.8%	15, 22	2	703,128
11	40	92	8	41.2%	18, 26	3	1,061,223
12	44	100	8	41.5%	21, 31	3	2,065,870
13	48	109	9	41.8%	25, 37	3	2,507,110
14	52	117	9	42.1%	29, 43	3	2,573,731
15	55	123	9	42.4%	32, 49	3	7,611,351
16	58	130	10	42.7%	36, 54	3	13,437,908
17	61	136	10	43.1%	41, 61	3	25,052,147
18	64	142	10	43.4%	45, 68	3	43,869,436
19	67	148	11	43.7%	51, 76	3	242,081,178
20	70	155	11	44%	56, 85	3
21	72		11	44.3%	60, 91	3
22	74		12	44.6%	65, 97	4
23	76		12	44.9%	70, 104	4
24	78		12	45.3%	75, 112	4
25	80		13	45.6%	80, 120	4
26	82		13	45.9%	85, 128	4
27	84		13	46.2%	91, 137	4
28	86		14	46.5%	98, 147	4
29	88		14	46.8%	105, 157	4
30	90		14	47.2%	112, 168	4
31	91		14	47.3%	115, 173	4
32	92		15	47.5%	119, 179	4
33	93		15	47.6%	123, 185	4
34	94		15	47.8%	127, 191	4
35	95		16	47.9%	132, 197	4
36	96		16	48.1%	136, 204	4
37	97		16	48.3%	140, 211	4
38	98		17	48.4%	145, 218	4
39	99		17	48.6%	150, 225	4
40	100		17	48.7%	155, 232	4

Shrapnel Ballista is a bow attack skill. It summons a ballista totem that fires multiple arrows in a cone. Its damage scales on the player's bow damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Ballista: Shrapnel Ballista is part of the ballista sub-class of totems. Ballista totems have inherent added totem limit. They have a much shorter summoning range, spawning much closer to the summoner.

"Shotgunning": Shrapnel Ballista holds the unique distinction of being the only projectile skill in the game that is capable of hitting a single enemy with more than one projectile fired in a single attack or cast. As such, this skill can be used to kill multiple targets, or can be used to cause massive damage to a single enemy. If supported with Arrow Nova Support, your Shrapnel Ballista will fire a payload arrow into the air, and upon landing, all arrows unleashed in the nova can hit the enemy at once (assuming the target does not move out of the way).

Item acquisition

Shrapnel Ballista can drop anywhere. Drop level: 5.

Recipes

Shrapnel Ballista 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
Breaking Some Eggs Act 1	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

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	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Shrapnel Ballista:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shrapnel Ballista.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Additional Arrows 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shrapnel Ballista fires an additional Arrow	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Extra Pierces 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shrapnel Ballista Pierces 4 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Extra Pierces 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shrapnel Ballista Pierces 6 additional Targets	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Shrapnel Ballista has 20% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Shrapnel Ballista Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Shrapnel Ballista has 30% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100 default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Shrapnel Ballista:

Item	Base Item	Level	Stats
Replica Iron Commander	Death Bow	32	(30-50)% increased Critical Strike ChanceAdds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage (14-20)% increased Attack Speed (14-20)% increased Totem Life (14-20)% increased Totem Placement speed Shrapnel Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Strength Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to Attacks per 25 Strength

Alternate skill effects

Shrapnel Ballista 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.
Demonic Arctic Ballista Totem Skin	Replaces the default skin on your ballista totems with a Demonic Arctic version.
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.