Summon Skeletons - Path of Exile

Summon Skeletons Summon Skeletons is an active skill gem.

Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.

Spell, Minion, Duration. Level: 1–20. Cost: 5–16 Mana. Cast Time: 0.50 sec. Requires Level 10.

  • Maximum (5–7) Summoned Skeletons
  • Base duration is 20 seconds
  • Summons (2–3) Skeleton Warriors

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

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Summon SkeletonsMinions deal (0–20)% increased Damage50

3.20.1b Patch Notes: Updated various descriptions to clarify which stats only apply to Summon Skeletons, and which apply also to Vaal Summon Skeletons (such as the modifier on Alberon's Warpath). Melee Skeletons from the Vaal Summon Skeletons are now referred to as "Soldiers" rather than "Warriors" in descriptions.

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelIntelligenceCostSummons 2 Skeleton WarriorsMaximum 5 Summoned SkeletonsExperience
110295259,569
2133552528,189
3174362559,146
42152625111,192
52560725193,800
62969826320,280
73377826359,090
83683926498,508
93990926682,057
1042961026921,777
114510211361,727,879
124810911361,791,769
135111512362,353,679
145412112363,070,912
155712713369,095,466
1660134143716,039,890
1763140143729,817,117
1866146153762,895,056
19681511537212,051,599
20701551637
21721747
22741747
23761847
24781847
25801948
26822048
27842048
28862148
29882148
30902248
31912258
32922358
33932358
34942358
35952458
36962458
37972458
38982458
39992559
401002559

Summon Skeletons is a spell that summons allied skeleton warrior minions.

Skill Functions and Interactions

  • Feeding Frenzy Support - Skeletons warriors can use the Dash skill. Skeleton mages will not.
  • Dead Reckoning - Converts your Skeleton Warriors to Skeleton Mages. Skeleton Mages cast ranged fire, cold, or lightning spell projectiles. They can be modified with support gems such as Faster Casting Support, Spell Echo Support and Awakened Spell Echo Support (which states This Spell and Minions have (55-59)% more Cast Speed in-game), etc. However, according to the dev, the Skeleton Mage cannot benefit from Final Repeat of Supported Skills has 20% chance to deal Double Damage
  • Spell Totem Support - When Summon Skeletons is supported with Spell Totem Support, the totem will continue to cast Summon Skeletons even if the maximum number of skeletons has been reached. Older skeletons will then be replaced by newer skeletons, possibly switching target.
  • Summon Skeletons CANNOT be supported by Unleash currently.

Item acquisition

Summon Skeletons can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Summon Skeletons can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
6 The Skeleton +23% quality corrupted level 1 Summon Skeletons
6 The Summoner Random Minion gem with 20% quality
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 ↓
The Caged Brute
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 ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1
Nessa		 ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Skeleton limit

By default, the player can summon up to 5 skeletons at a given time. This limit can be increased with gem level, certain passive skills or items.

Passive skills

The following passive skills increase the player's skeleton limit:

Name Stats
Death Attunement +1 to Maximum number of Spectres
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
Lord of the Dead +1 to Maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
Minions have 15% increased maximum Life
Minions deal 20% increased Damage

Cluster Jewel passive skills

The following Cluster Jewel passives are related to Skeletons:

Name Stats
Skeletal Atrophy Summoned Skeletons have 30% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Summoned Skeletons have 10% chance to Wither Enemies for 2 seconds on Hit

Unique items

The following unique items affect the player's skeleton limit:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Queen's Decree Ornate Sword 27 +185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement
Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life
(150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration
Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Midnight Bargain Engraved Wand 40 (22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence
Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed
Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Reserves 30% of Life
Cannot be used with Chaos Inoculation

Jun

The following veiled modifiers change the cap of the summoned skeletons

  • Chosen - +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies, +1 to maximum number of Skeletons, Minions have (8-10)% increased maximum Life (Prefix) (helmet, unveiling only)
  • +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies, +1 to maximum number of Skeletons (helmet; as a legacy mod in body armour)
  • +1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies, +1 to maximum number of Skeletons (body armour or helmet; double legacy mod that only requires character level 1 to equipe)

Delve

  • Subterranean - +1 to maximum number of Skeletons (Prefix) (body armour or amulet only mod) can drop from the Azurite Mine node Beast Burrow that state Contains Minion or Aura Items. The node has generic version which does not drop item with Delve-only mod. Fossil cannot roll this mod as outcome.

Total

Players can have a maximum of 15 (or more) Skeletons at once:

  • 7 from the level 20 skill (8 for level 25-38, up to 9 for level 39+ skill)
  • 2 from passive skills
  • 3 from unique equipment (wearing legacy Alberon's Warpath and dual wielding Midnight Bargain)
  • 1 from unveiled/crafted prefix Chosen/Chosen on a helmet
  • 1 from Delve drop-only body armour with prefix Subterranean; or a legacy crafted prefix Chosen on a body armour
  • 1 from an Elder amulet with prefix The Elder's or Delve drop-only amulet with prefix Subterranean

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Summon Skeletons:

Item Limit Radius Stats
Dead Reckoning 1 Medium Minions have +(7-10)% to all Elemental Resistances
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Summon Skeletons can Summon up to 15 Skeleton Mages

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Summon Skeletons.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Skeletons deal 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Skeletons deal 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Additional Warrior Skeletons 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton Warrior with Summon Skeleton helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Summon Skeletons Additional Warrior Skeletons 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton Warrior with Summon Skeleton helmet 100
default 0

Legacy enchantments

The following enchantments can only be found on legacy items in permanent leagues:

Name Labyrinth Stats
EnchantmentSummonSkeletonsNumAdditionalWarriorSkeletons1 Merciless Labyrinth 20% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton Warrior with Summon Skeleton
EnchantmentSummonSkeletonsNumAdditionalWarriorSkeletons2 Eternal Labyrinth 40% chance to Summon an additional Skeleton Warrior with Summon Skeleton

Due to version 3.0.0 changes, the legacy mod functions the same as the current mod. However, it use stat id "summon_skeletons_additional_warrior_skeleton_one_twentieth_chance", which has a value of 1 or 2 depends on lab difficulties.

The legacy enchantment and the current rollable enchantment use different trade filters in the official trade website.

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Skeletons:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Dead Reckoning Cobalt Jewel 1 Minions have +(7-10)% to all Elemental Resistances
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Summon Skeletons can Summon up to 15 Skeleton Mages
From Dust Cobalt Jewel 1 Summon 4 additional Skeleton Warriors with Summon Skeleton
+1 second to Summon Skeleton Cooldown
To Dust Cobalt Jewel 1 (20-10)% reduced Skeleton Duration
Minions deal (8-12)% increased Damage
(7-10)% increased Skeleton Attack Speed
(7-10)% increased Skeleton Cast Speed
(3-5)% increased Skeleton Movement Speed
Queen's Decree Ornate Sword 27 +185 to Accuracy Rating25% increased Strength Requirement
Minions have (30-40)% increased maximum Life
(150-200)% increased Skeleton Duration
Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Earendel's Embrace Grinning Fetish 35 18% increased Elemental Damage+(20-30) to all Attributes
Minions deal (30-40)% increased Damage
Summoned Skeletons Cover Enemies in Ash on Hit
Summoned Skeletons take (15-30)% of their Maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
Summoned Skeletons have Avatar of Fire
Midnight Bargain Engraved Wand 40 (22-26)% increased Spell Damage+(10-20) to Intelligence
Minions have (20-30)% increased Movement Speed
Minions deal (50-70)% increased Damage
+1 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to maximum number of Skeletons
+1 to maximum number of Spectres
Reserves 30% of Life
Cannot be used with Chaos Inoculation
Alberon's Warpath Soldier Boots 49 (15-18)% increased Strength
Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks
+(180-220) to Armour
+(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance
25% increased Movement Speed
Summoned Skeleton Warriors are Permanent and Follow you
Femurs of the Saints Primordial Staff 58 +18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
Minions deal (60-80)% increased Damage
+1% Chance to Block Attack Damage per Summoned Skeleton
2% increased Attack and Cast Speed per Summoned Raging Spirit
Regenerate 0.6% of Life per second for each Raised Zombie
30% increased Mana Regeneration Rate per Raised Spectre
The Iron Mass Gladius 60 40% increased Global Accuracy Rating(140-175)% increased Physical Damage
(14-18)% increased Attack Speed
Unholy Might
(20-25)% chance to inflict Withered for 2 seconds on Hit with this Weapon
Summoned Skeleton Warriors wield a copy of this Weapon while in your Main Hand
Summoned Skeleton Warriors deal Triple Damage with this
Weapon if you've Hit with this Weapon Recently

Alternate skill effects

Summon Skeletons has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Celestial Summon Skeletons Skin Your Summoned Skeletons' Skins becomes Celestial.
Oblivion Summon Skeletons Skin The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Oblivion skin.
Onyx Oblivion Summon Skeletons Skin The standard skin on your Summoned Skeletons are replaced by an Onyx Oblivion skin.
Summon Mannequins Skin Your Summoned Skeletons become animated mannequins.
Summon Statues Skin Your Summoned Skeletons become animated statues