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Patch 0.5.5 · Updated Oct 3, 2026

Detonate Dead

Skill Gems

Detonate Dead is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 22 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 7 or higher. Tags: Spell, AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator, Repeatable.

Gem level 1

Detonate Dead

Spell, AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator, Repeatable

Level: 1

Cost: 9 Mana

Cast Time: 0.8 sec

Critical Hit Chance: 8%

Physical damage from Corpse Life: 5%

Cause a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.

Explosion radius is 2.6 metres

Deals 19 to 28 Fire Damage

Type: Skill Gems
Attribute: Intelligence
Tags: Spell, AoE, Physical, Fire, Detonator, Repeatable
Usable from character level: 22
Gemcutting: Uncut Gem level 7 or higher
Gemcutting category: Occult
Levels: 1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

+0.4 metres to explosion radius

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

Converts 60% of Physical damage to Fire damage

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level	Character level	Cost	Deals # to # Fire Damage	Physical damage from Corpse Life: #%
1	–	9 Mana	19–28	5
2	3	11 Mana	21–32	5.3
3	6	13 Mana	24–37	5.6
4	10	15 Mana	28–42	5.9
5	14	18 Mana	32–48	6.2
6	18	20 Mana	36–55	6.5
7	22	23 Mana	41–62	6.8
8	26	26 Mana	46–69	7.1
9	31	30 Mana	51–77	7.4
10	36	34 Mana	57–86	7.7
11	41	38 Mana	64–95	8
12	46	42 Mana	70–106	8.3
13	52	48 Mana	78–116	8.6
14	58	53 Mana	85–128	8.9
15	64	59 Mana	94–141	9.2
16	66	66 Mana	103–154	9.5
17	72	73 Mana	112–168	9.8
18	78	81 Mana	123–184	10.1
19	84	89 Mana	134–200	10.4
20	90	99 Mana	145–218	10.7

Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)

Level	Character level	Cost	Deals # to # Fire Damage	Physical damage from Corpse Life: #%
21	–	109 Mana	158–237	11
22	–	120 Mana	172–257	11.3
23	–	132 Mana	186–279	11.6
24	–	146 Mana	202–303	11.9
25	–	160 Mana	218–328	12.2
26	–	175 Mana	236–354	12.5
27	–	192 Mana	255–383	12.8
28	–	211 Mana	276–414	13.1
29	–	231 Mana	298–447	13.4
30	–	252 Mana	322–482	13.7
31	–	276 Mana	347–520	13.8
32	–	301 Mana	374–561	14
33	–	329 Mana	403–605	14.1
34	–	359 Mana	435–652	14.3
35	–	392 Mana	468–702	14.4
36	–	427 Mana	504–756	14.6
37	–	465 Mana	543–814	14.7
38	–	506 Mana	585–877	14.9
39	–	551 Mana	629–944	15
40	–	599 Mana	678–1016	15.2

Matching supports 218

218 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 60

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Atalui's Bloodletting Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Concoct I Concoct II Dauntless Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Efficiency I Efficiency II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Flame Pillar Heft Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Lifetap Rageforged I Rageforged II Relentless Rage Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Unbreakable Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 54

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Commiserate Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Deliberation Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Ferocity Hobble Inhibitor Innervate Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Mobility Momentum Neural Overload Outmaneuver Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Rakiata's Flow Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Tumult Wind Wave

Intelligence 94

Ambrosia Ambrosia II Ambush Arbiter's Ignition Arcane Surge Atziri's Call Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Blazing Critical Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Catharsis Chaos Attunement Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Penetration Concentrated Area Concussive Spells Considered Casting Controlled Destruction Corpse Conservation Coursing Current Deep Freeze Derange Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Discharge Elemental Focus Embitter Energy Barrier Enervation Esh's Radiance Excise Execrate Expand Expanse Extraction Fiery Death Fire Mastery Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Gorge Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Invocation Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mana Flare Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath Physical Mastery Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Potential Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Profanity I Profanity II Rapid Casting I Rapid Casting II Rapid Casting III Rising Tempest Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Soulbreaker Spell Cascade Spell Echo Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Unbending Unleash Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zarokh's Refrain Zarokh's Revolt Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 10

Breachlord's Rift Esh's Prowess Mórrigan's Insight Prototype Seventeen Runic Extraction Scouring Flame Styrn's Anthem Trickster's Shard Tul's Avalanche Vorana's Siege