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Harbinger of Madness

Patch 0.5.5 · Updated Oct 3, 2026

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Harbinger of Madness

Harbinger of Madness is a Spirit Gem in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Buff, Persistent, AoE, Physical. 169 Support Gems can support it.

Gem level 1

Harbinger of Madness

Buff, Persistent, AoE, Physical

Level: 1

Draws out the latent fears of enemies you kill and Rare or Unique enemies you Hit, turning them into unstable apparitions which charge towards enemies and then explode.

Draws out an Unstable Apparition from enemies you kill with Melee Hits, no more than once every 0.05 seconds

Draws out an Unstable Apparition from Rare or Unique enemies you Hit

Explosion radius is 2 metres

Unstable Apparitions deal 5% more damage per Power of the enemy they're drawn from

Unstable Apparitions spawned from slain enemies deal 8% of that enemy's Life as added unscalable Physical damage

Deals 9 to 14 Physical Damage

Type: Spirit Gems
Attribute: No attribute
Tags: Buff, Persistent, AoE, Physical
Levels: 1–40

Granted by

Sadist's Mercy Unique

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	Deals # to # Physical Damage
1	–	9–14
2	3	13–19
3	6	17–26
4	10	23–34
5	14	29–43
6	18	35–53
7	22	43–65
8	26	52–78
9	31	62–93
10	36	73–110
11	41	86–129
12	46	100–151
13	52	117–175
14	58	136–204
15	64	157–236
16	66	181–272
17	72	209–314
18	78	241–362
19	84	277–416
20	90	319–478

Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)

Level	Character level	Deals # to # Physical Damage
21	–	366–549
22	–	421–631
23	–	483–725
24	–	555–832
25	–	637–956
26	–	732–1099
27	–	842–1263
28	–	968–1453
29	–	1114–1672
30	–	1284–1925
31	–	1479–2219
32	–	1707–2560
33	–	1971–2956
34	–	2278–3417
35	–	2636–3954
36	–	3054–4580
37	–	3541–5312
38	–	4112–6168
39	–	4781–7171
40	–	5565–8348

Matching supports 169

169 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 59

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Cannibalism I Cannibalism II Cool Headed Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Direstrike I Direstrike 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 Heft Herbalism I Herbalism II Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Thornskin I Thornskin II Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Vitality I Vitality II Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 47

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Hobble Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Neural Overload Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Precision I Precision II Rakiata's Flow Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Warm Blooded

Intelligence 52

Ambush Atziri's Communion Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Chaos Attunement Clarity I Clarity II Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Penetration Concentrated Area Concussive Spells Coursing Current Deep Freeze Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Focus Embitter Enervation Esh's Radiance Fiery Death Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mysticism I Mysticism II Oisín's Oath Physical Mastery Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Strong Hearted Supercritical Upwelling I Upwelling II Varashta's Blessing Wildfire Withering Touch

No attribute 11

Arbiter's Reach Breachlord's Rift Esh's Prowess Healing Runes Her Declaration Mórrigan's Insight Runic Extraction Scouring Flame Seraph's Heart Styrn's Anthem Vorana's Siege

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