Despair is an active skill gem.
Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance and increasing damage over time they take. All hits will deal added chaos damage to the cursed enemies.You are cursed. You have reduced Chaos Resistance, take increased Damage over Time, and hits against you deal additional Chaos Damage.
Spell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex. Level: 1–20. Cost: 16–33 Mana. Cast Time: 0.50 sec. Requires Level 24.
- Base duration is (8–11.8) seconds
- +(0–10) to radius
- Cursed enemies have (-30–-15)% to Chaos Resistance
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 |
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Despair | 0-10% increased Effect of Curse | 50 |
PoE 3.20 Changes
Despair |
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PoE 3.20: Despair no longer causes Cursed enemies to take 15-25% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects, and it no longer adds 9-46 to 12-76 Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies. It now causes Cursed enemies to have -15% to Chaos Resistance at gem level 1 (previously -20%), up to -30% at gem level 20 (previously -29%). Quality no longer causes Cursed Enemies to take 0-10% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects. Instead, it now provides 0-10% increased Effect of Curse.
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Related Gems
Name | Additional Effects From Quality | Weight |
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Despair | 0-10% increased Effect of Curse | 50 |
Anomalous Despair | Cursed Enemies to take 0-10% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects | 100 |
Divergent Despair | Spell Hits have (0–10)% chance to Hinder Cursed Enemies | 100 |
Level Effect
Level | Requires Level | Dexterity | Intelligence | Cost | Adds 9 to 12 Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies | Base duration is 9 seconds | # to radius | Cursed enemies have -20% to Chaos Resistance | Cursed enemies take 15% increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects | Experience |
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1 | 24 | 25 | 37 | 16 | 9, 12 | 9 | 0 | -20 | 15 | 118,383 |
2 | 27 | 28 | 41 | 17 | 11, 13 | 9.1 | 1 | -20 | 16 | 175,816 |
3 | 30 | 31 | 45 | 18 | 12, 15 | 9.2 | 1 | -21 | 16 | 254,061 |
4 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 19 | 14, 17 | 9.3 | 2 | -21 | 17 | 359,090 |
5 | 36 | 36 | 53 | 21 | 15, 19 | 9.4 | 2 | -22 | 17 | 498,508 |
6 | 39 | 39 | 56 | 22 | 17, 21 | 9.5 | 3 | -22 | 18 | 682,057 |
7 | 42 | 42 | 60 | 23 | 19, 24 | 9.6 | 3 | -23 | 18 | 921,777 |
8 | 45 | 45 | 64 | 24 | 21, 26 | 9.7 | 4 | -23 | 19 | 1,727,879 |
9 | 48 | 48 | 68 | 25 | 23, 29 | 9.8 | 4 | -24 | 19 | 1,138,877 |
10 | 50 | 49 | 71 | 26 | 25, 31 | 9.9 | 5 | -24 | 20 | 1,368,233 |
11 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 26 | 27, 33 | 10 | 5 | -25 | 20 | 1,638,338 |
12 | 54 | 53 | 76 | 27 | 28, 36 | 10.1 | 6 | -25 | 21 | 1,956,648 |
13 | 56 | 55 | 79 | 28 | 30, 38 | 10.2 | 6 | -26 | 21 | 3,655,184 |
14 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 29 | 32, 40 | 10.3 | 7 | -26 | 22 | 3,017,327 |
15 | 60 | 59 | 84 | 29 | 34, 43 | 10.4 | 7 | -27 | 22 | 7,793,914 |
16 | 62 | 60 | 87 | 30 | 36, 45 | 10.5 | 8 | -27 | 23 | 15,206,031 |
17 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 31 | 39, 48 | 10.6 | 8 | -28 | 23 | 26,185,582 |
18 | 66 | 64 | 92 | 31 | 41, 51 | 10.7 | 9 | -28 | 24 | 62,755,923 |
19 | 68 | 66 | 95 | 32 | 43, 54 | 10.8 | 9 | -29 | 24 | 211,877,683 |
20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 33 | 46, 57 | 10.9 | 10 | -29 | 25 | |
21 | 72 | 34 | 49, 61 | 11 | 10 | -30 | 25 | |||
22 | 74 | 34 | 51, 64 | 11.1 | 11 | -30 | 26 | |||
23 | 76 | 35 | 54, 68 | 11.2 | 11 | -31 | 26 | |||
24 | 78 | 36 | 57, 72 | 11.3 | 12 | -31 | 27 | |||
25 | 80 | 36 | 60, 76 | 11.4 | 12 | -32 | 27 | |||
26 | 82 | 37 | 64, 80 | 11.5 | 13 | -32 | 28 | |||
27 | 84 | 38 | 67, 84 | 11.6 | 13 | -33 | 28 | |||
28 | 86 | 39 | 71, 89 | 11.7 | 14 | -33 | 29 | |||
29 | 88 | 39 | 75, 93 | 11.8 | 14 | -34 | 29 | |||
30 | 90 | 40 | 79, 98 | 11.9 | 15 | -34 | 30 | |||
31 | 91 | 40 | 81, 101 | 11.95 | 15 | -34 | 30 | |||
32 | 92 | 41 | 83, 104 | 12 | 15 | -35 | 30 | |||
33 | 93 | 41 | 85, 106 | 12.05 | 15 | -35 | 30 | |||
34 | 94 | 42 | 87, 109 | 12.1 | 16 | -35 | 31 | |||
35 | 95 | 42 | 90, 112 | 12.15 | 16 | -35 | 31 | |||
36 | 96 | 42 | 92, 115 | 12.2 | 16 | -36 | 31 | |||
37 | 97 | 43 | 94, 118 | 12.25 | 16 | -36 | 31 | |||
38 | 98 | 43 | 97, 121 | 12.3 | 17 | -36 | 32 | |||
39 | 99 | 43 | 99, 124 | 12.35 | 17 | -36 | 32 | |||
40 | 100 | 44 | 102, 127 | 12.4 | 17 | -37 | 32 |
Despair is a spell that curses all targets in an area, making them take increased chaos damage, damage over time, and chaos damage on hit.
Skill functions and interactions
- Cursed enemies take increased Damage from Damage Over Time effects: Because these stats are an increase to the target's damage taken, they are multiplicative with attacker's damage dealt and additive with any other effects to damage taken on the defender.
- Adds Chaos Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies: Skills, passives, and items that grant Increased effect of your Curses will increase the added chaos damage granted by this curse (Note: These increases are not reflected in the tooltip, they only display base values). This added damage is identical in function to other sources of added damage, such as Added Chaos Damage Support, and thus can be further increased by any of the applicable increases to the attacker's damage.
- Cursed enemies have -x% to Chaos Resistance: The reduction to Chaos Resistance granted by this curse (after modifiers) stacks additively with the Occultist's Void Beacon Ascendancy passive and other similar effects.
- Despair can be turned into an aura by linking it with either Blasphemy Support or Awakened Blasphemy Support.
Item acquisition
Despair can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Despair can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description |
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3 | The Bitter Blossom | Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% 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 |
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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 |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Lost in Love Act 3 Clarissa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Despair.
Name | Level | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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Enchantment Despair Duration 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 30% increased Despair Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Despair Duration 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 45% increased Despair Duration | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Despair Effect 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 20% increased Despair Curse Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Enchantment Despair Effect 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 30% increased Despair Curse Effect | helmet 100 default 0 |
Related unique items
The following unique items are related to Despair:
Item | Base Item | Level | Stats | |
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The Putrid Cloister | Museum Map | 1 | Players are Cursed with Vulnerability Players are Cursed with Conductivity Players are Cursed with Flammability Players are Cursed with Frostbite Players are Cursed with Despair Unique Boss drops divination cards | |
Witchfire Brew | Stibnite Flask | 48 | Creates a Smoke Cloud on Use50% increased Charges per use Grants Level 21 Despair Curse Aura during Flask Effect | |
Impresence | Onyx Amulet | 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 | |
Impresence | Onyx Amulet | 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
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Related passive skills
Cluster Jewel passive skills
The following Cluster Jewel passives are related to Despair:
Name | Stats |
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Misery Everlasting | 40% increased Despair Curse Effect 10% increased Skill Effect Duration |
Other sources
Mods
Name | Generation Type | Group | Level | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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of the Hunt | Suffix | CurseOnHitLevel | 75 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 20% increased Effect | ring_basilisk 200 default 0 |
of the Hunt | Suffix | CurseOnHitLevel | 80 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 32% increased Effect | ring_basilisk 200 default 0 |
of the Hunt | Suffix | CurseOnHitDespair | 78 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 40% increased Effect | wand_basilisk 500 default 0 |
V2CurseOnHitDespair | Corrupted | CurseOnHitDespair | 30 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with (40-48)% increased Effect | gloves 1000 default 0 |
Delve Fossil Mods
Note that since version 3.10.0, most fossil-only mods are disabled to spawn, including the mods below:
Name | Domain | Generation Type | Group | Level | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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of the Underground | Delve | Suffix | CurseOnHitDespair | 1 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 40% increased Effect | abyss_jewel 0 jewel 0 one_hand_weapon 2000 default 0 |
of the Underground | Delve | Suffix | CurseOnHitDespair | 1 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 40% increased Effect | abyss_jewel 0 jewel 0 two_hand_weapon 2000 default 0 |
Delve Drop-only modifiers
Name | Generation Type | Group | Level | Stats |
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of the Underground | Suffix | CurseOnHitLevel | 60 | Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with 20% increased Effect |
Legacy variants
Despair gems dropped before version 3.1.0 use the gem art of the current Vulnerability gem.