Temporal Chains - Path of Exile

Temporal Chains is an active skill gem. Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.You are cursed. Time passes more slowly for you. 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 (5–8.80) seconds +(0–10) to radius 50% less Effect of Curse against Players Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15–29)% less Action Speed Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 40% slower Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9–18)% less Action Speed 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 Temporal Chains 0-20% increased Curse Duration 50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Temporal Chains

Added 20% increased Curse Duration Removed Curse gains 10 Doom per second if you Cast this Spell yourself 10% increased Effect of Curse Modified New: Base duration is 8.80 seconds Old: Base duration is 5.95 seconds New: Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have 18% less Action Speed Old: Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have 14% less Action Speed

PoE 3.20: Temporal Chains now causes Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies to have 15% less Action Speed at gem level 1 (previously 20%), up to 29% at gem level 20 (unchanged). It also now causes Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies to have 9% less Action Speed at gem level 1 (previously 10%), up to 18% at gem level 20 (previously 14%). Quality no longer grants 0-10% increased Effect of Curse. Instead, it now grants 0-20% increased Curse Duration.

Doedre's Apathy now provides "Your Temporal Chains Curse can affect Hexproof Enemies" and "Enemies you Curse are Unnerved."

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Level Effect

Temporal Chains is a spell that curses all targets in an area, reducing their action speed and making all temporary effects on them expire more slowly.

Skill functions and interactions

Action speed

Temporal Chains affects the action speed of the target.

• Cap - The Less Action Speed modifier is capped at 75%. This is a local cap, meaning that it only applies to temporal chains and has no effect on other action speed modifiers.

Slower expiry of temporary effects

Temporal Chains causes temporary effects to expire more slowly, including the curse itself.

• The duration listed is already modified to take this into account, so the listed duration on the skill isn't actually changed. (note: The slower expiry is affected by modifiers, that increase or reduce the curse effect. The duration of Temporal Chains is calculated without these modifiers and can be changed this way).
• Ailments and debuffs that inflict damage over time will expire more slowly. This does not increase the amount of damage per second, but it may result in higher total damage.
• Recovery effects, such as leech and flask recovery, expire more slowly while recovering the same amount per second of whatever resource they provide.
• Even though temporary effects last longer due to the fact that they expire more slowly, they do not count as having a longer duration. Instead, in-game time passes more slowly for those effects, causing their duration timer to count down more slowly. In practice, this means that slower expiry is multiplicative with all duration modifiers in terms of how long the effect lasts.
• Cap - The slower expiry effect is capped at 75%. This is a global cap, meaning all sources of expiration rate are subject to this limitation.

Cursed characters

Characters can curse themselves with temporal chains by using Shackles of the Wretched or Rotblood Promise). They can also become cursed by map modifiers and certain monsters.

• character difference - Characters have 50% less curse effect than normal.
• duration - The duration of skills like Immortal Call and Vaal Immortal Call will last a longer time, granting longer periods of protection.
• Slow - Characters will have reduced action speed, unless using Kaom's Roots, allocating the Juggernaut's Unstoppable ascendancy or the Trickster's One Step Ahead ascendancy passive. It is also possible to use the Garb of the Ephemeral on Animate Guardian, at the risk of the minion dying and losing his items. These options only remove the downside for characters with no other sources of increased action speed on them.
• Map modifiers that curse characters with temporal chains override and therefore remove self casted temporal chains. This can make temporal chains potentially weaker or stronger depending on % curse effect bonus.
• The following link graphs how curse effect impacts skill duration: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/oavey7q17q

Temporal Chains can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy Support or Awakened Blasphemy Support.

Item acquisition

Temporal Chains can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Temporal Chains 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
Watcher's Eye	1	(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>
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
Timeclasp	25	+(15-25) to maximum Energy Shield(10-15)% increased Attack Speed (10-15)% increased Cast Speed (6-12)% of Damage taken Recouped as Life (6-12)% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana (-20-20)% increased Skill Effect Duration Unaffected by Temporal Chains
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
Chains of Emancipation	61	+(9-20) to maximum Energy Shield+(60-80) to maximum Life +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Enemy Hits inflict Temporal Chains on you When you lose Temporal Chains you gain maximum Rage Immune to Curses while you have at least 25 Rage
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
Solstice Vigil	64	+(10-16) to all Attributes(30-40)% increased Damage +(50-70) to maximum Life Regenerate (8-10) Mana per second Temporal Chains has no Reservation if Cast as an Aura Gain Shaper's Presence for 10 seconds when you kill a Rare or Unique Enemy

Related modifiers

The following mods are related to Temporal Chains:

Name	Generation Type	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
V2CurseOnHitTemporalChainsCurrupted	Corrupted	30	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit, with (40-48)% increased Effect	gloves 1000 default 0
HellscapeUpsideCurseOnHitTemporalChains1	Scourge Benefit	68	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit	gloves 50 default 0
HellscapeDownsideCursedWithTemporalChains1	Scourge Detriment	68	You are Cursed with Temporal Chains	gloves 100 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit1	Searing Exarch	75	(19-21)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit2	Searing Exarch	75	(22-24)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit3	Searing Exarch	75	(25-27)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit4	Searing Exarch	75	(28-30)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit5	Searing Exarch	75	(31-33)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicit6	Searing Exarch	75	(34-36)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 300 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence2	Searing Exarch	75	(34-36)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 150 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence3	Searing Exarch	75	(37-39)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 150 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence4	Searing Exarch	75	(40-42)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 150 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence5	Searing Exarch	75	(43-45)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 150 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence6	Searing Exarch	75	(46-48)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 150 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence3	Searing Exarch	75	(49-51)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_4_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 60 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence4	Searing Exarch	75	(52-54)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_3_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 60 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence5	Searing Exarch	75	(55-57)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_2_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 60 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence6	Searing Exarch	75	(58-60)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_1_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 60 default 0

Legacy mods

The following mods can only be find in legacy item in permanent leagues:

Name	Generation Type	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
CurseOnHitTemporalChainsCurruption	Corrupted	30	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit, with (40-48)% increased Effect	gloves 0 default 0
TemporalChainsSkillCorrupted	Corrupted	40	Grants Level 14 Temporal Chains Skill	boots 0 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitUniquePresence1	Searing Exarch	75	(31-33)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 0 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence1	Searing Exarch	75	(43-45)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_6_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 0 default 0
CurseEffectTemporalChainsEldritchImplicitPinnaclePresence2	Searing Exarch	75	(46-48)% increased Temporal Chains Curse Effect	no_tier_5_eldritch_implicit 0 helmet 0 default 0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Temporal Chains.

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

Temporal Chains in maps

Temporal Chains is one of the hex curse debuffs that can be rolled on maps and vaal side area (in spawn weight table known as "secret_area"), the debuff affects the entire area and cannot be removed, as it would applied back immediately. The character can avoid the curse by having curse immunity or the Unaffected by Curses mod. The base magnitude of the curse debuff is fixed (same as from level 1 skill) but the curse effectiveness varies depending on the map tier:

Name	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
of Temporal Chains	69	15% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area Found Items have (1-3)% chance to drop Corrupted in Area Area contains 1 additional pack of Corrupted Vaal Monsters Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	secret_area 800 default 0
of Temporal Chains	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	mid_tier_map 850 expedition_logbook 0 primordial_map 0 default 0
of Temporal Chains	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	top_tier_map 1000 maven_map 0 expedition_logbook 0 primordial_map 0 default 0
of Temporal Chains	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0
of Temporal Chains	68	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0
of Temporal Chains	1	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	top_tier_map 0 maven_map 1000 primordial_map 1000 default 0
of Temporal Chains	73	13% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 8% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area 5% increased Pack size Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	top_tier_map 0 expedition_logbook 1000 default 0

The following mods can only be find in legacy map in permanent leagues:

Name	Generation Type	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
of Temporal Chains	Suffix	1	27% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains	secret_area 0 old_map 0 default 0
of Temporal Chains	Suffix	1	18% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 9% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains 14% increased Pack size	mid_tier_map 0 default 0
of Temporal Chains	Suffix	1	18% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area 9% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area Players are Cursed with Temporal Chains 14% increased Pack size	top_tier_map 0 default 0

In addition, monster with the following explicit, implicit and unique mod would use this curse:

Name	Generation Type	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
DelveMonsterTemporalChainsOnHit	Unique	1	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit, with 48% increased Effect (Hidden)	N/A
DoedreCurseZoneAuraTemporalChains	Unique	1	N/A	N/A
DoedreCurseZoneAuraTemporalChains2	Unique	1	N/A	N/A
MonsterCastsTemporalChainsText	Unique	1	N/A	N/A
MonsterChanceToTemporalChainsOnHit1	Unique	1	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit (Hidden)	N/A
MonsterChanceToTemporalChainsOnHit2	Unique	1	25% chance to Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit (Hidden)	N/A
Hexfont	Unique	1	N/A	N/A
MonsterImplicitTemporalChainsOnHit	Unique	1	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit (Hidden)	N/A
Hexfont	Nemesis	25	N/A	rare 400 default 0
Chronophage	Nemesis	25	Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit (Hidden)	rare 400 default 0
Hexfont	Unique	1	N/A	N/A
TotemHasTemporalChainsAuraText	Unique	1	Enemies are affected by Temporal Chains	N/A

Notable monster included:

• Wailing Widow (The Cathedral Rooftop (Act 5) or area with Kitava monsters)

• Cleave
• Glacial Hammer
• Heavy Strike
• Vaal Glacial Hammer
• Vaal Ground Slam
• Ancestral Protector
• Blood and Sand
• Decoy Totem
• Devouring Totem
• Holy Flame Totem
• Steelskin
• Reckoning
• Vigilant Strike
• Shield Charge
• Chain Hook
• Infernal Blow
• Searing Bond
• Sweep
• Static Strike
• Herald of Ash
• Vengeance
• Vulnerability
• Animate Guardian
• Bladestorm
• Dominating Blow
• Shockwave Totem
• Vaal Ancestral Warchief
• Double Strike
• Vaal Earthquake
• Berserk
• Summon Flame Golem
• Vaal Immortal Call
• Burning Arrow
• Cobra Lash
• Dual Strike
• Spectral Throw
• Frost Blades
• Caustic Arrow
• Galvanic Arrow
• Explosive Trap
• Split Arrow
• Vaal Burning Arrow
• Vaal Spectral Throw
• Vaal Double Strike
• Viper Strike
• Animate Weapon
• Bear Trap
• Detonate Dead
• Puncture
• Dash
• Riposte
• Shrapnel Ballista
• Vaal Detonate Dead
• Unearth
• Blink Arrow
• Flicker Strike
• Mirror Arrow
• Smoke Mine
• Whirling Blades
• Withering Step
• Siege Ballista
• Elemental Hit
• Fire Trap
• Lightning Arrow
• Lightning Strike
• Rain of Arrows
• Toxic Rain
• Reave
• Venom Gyre
• Vaal Lightning Strike
• Vaal Rain of Arrows
• Vaal Reave
• Blood Rage
• Blade Blast
• Desecrate
• Ensnaring Arrow
• Frenzy
• Herald of Agony
• Arctic Armour
• Plague Bearer
• Temporal Chains
• Blast Rain
• Blade Flurry
• Charged Dash
• Cremation
• Wild Strike
• Explosive Arrow
• Flamethrower Trap
• Ice Trap
• Pestilent Strike
• Artillery Ballista
• Bladefall
• Seismic Trap
• Spectral Shield Throw
• Scourge Arrow
• Summon Ice Golem
• Phase Run
• Rolling Magma
• Fireball
• Frostbolt
• Freezing Pulse
• Lightning Tendrils
• Purifying Flame
• Vaal Fireball
• Kinetic Bolt
• Contagion
• Conversion Trap
• Frost Bomb
• Frost Wall
• Frostblink
• Summon Holy Relic
• Orb of Storms
• Summon Raging Spirit
• Bodyswap
• Flame Dash
• Siphoning Trap
• Lightning Warp
• Summon Skeletons
• Vaal Lightning Warp
• Vaal Summon Skeletons
• Wither
• Creeping Frost
• Bone Offering
• Scorching Ray
• Incinerate
• Flame Surge
• Flesh Offering
• Ice Spear
• Lightning Trap
• Spirit Offering
• Storm Burst
• Storm Call
• Vaal Lightning Trap
• Vaal Storm Call
• Arcane Cloak
• Cold Snap
• Wave of Conviction
• Righteous Fire
• Tempest Shield
• Vaal Cold Snap
• Vaal Righteous Fire
• Convocation
• Conductivity
• Bane
• Despair
• Elemental Weakness
• Enfeeble
• Flammability
• Frostbite
• Spellslinger
• Flameblast
• Kinetic Blast
• Vortex
• Lightning Spire Trap
• Dark Pact
• Shock Nova
• Soulrend
• Stormbind
• Vaal Flameblast
• Summon Chaos Golem
• Summon Lightning Golem
• Summon Carrion Golem
• Vaal Breach