Patch 0.5.5 · Updated Oct 3, 2026

Skill Gems

Living Bomb

Living Bomb is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 6 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 3 or higher. Tags: Spell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Remnant.

Gem level 1

Living Bomb

Spell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Remnant

Level: 1

Cost: 8 Mana

Cast Time: 0.6 sec

Critical Hit Chance: 7%

Damage equal to Ailment Threshold required: 200

Plant a seed of Fire inside an enemy. Dealing enough damage to the enemy, or killing it outright, causes the seed to explode, dealing damage in an area and leaving behind a Fire Infusion Remnant.

Seed duration is 15 seconds

Explosion radius is 2.5 metres

Limit 1 active Seed

Deals 10 to 15 Fire Damage

Type: Skill Gems
Attribute: Intelligence
Tags: Spell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Remnant
Usable from character level: 6
Gemcutting: Uncut Gem level 3 or higher
Gemcutting category: Elemental
Levels: 1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

Inflicts 20% more Flammability Magnitude

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

Deals 50% more Fire Damage
Damage equal to Ailment Threshold required: 200

Used in builds

Frostbolt Comet Stormweaver

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
1	–	8 Mana	10–15
2	3	9 Mana	14–22
3	6	11 Mana	21–31
4	10	13 Mana	28–42
5	14	15 Mana	37–55
6	18	17 Mana	46–70
7	22	20 Mana	57–86
8	26	23 Mana	70–105
9	31	26 Mana	85–127
10	36	29 Mana	101–152
11	41	32 Mana	120–180
12	46	36 Mana	142–212
13	52	41 Mana	166–249
14	58	46 Mana	195–292
15	64	51 Mana	227–341
16	66	57 Mana	265–397
17	72	63 Mana	308–462
18	78	70 Mana	358–536
19	84	77 Mana	415–622
20	90	85 Mana	481–721

Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)

Level	Character level	Cost	Deals # to # Fire Damage
21	–	94 Mana	557–836
22	–	103 Mana	645–968
23	–	114 Mana	748–1122
24	–	125 Mana	866–1300
25	–	138 Mana	1004–1506
26	–	151 Mana	1165–1747
27	–	166 Mana	1351–2027
28	–	181 Mana	1569–2353
29	–	199 Mana	1823–2735
30	–	217 Mana	2121–3181
31	–	238 Mana	2469–3703
32	–	260 Mana	2877–4316
33	–	283 Mana	3357–5036
34	–	309 Mana	3922–5883
35	–	337 Mana	4587–6881
36	–	367 Mana	5373–8059
37	–	400 Mana	6301–9452
38	–	436 Mana	7401–11101
39	–	474 Mana	8705–13057
40	–	516 Mana	10254–15380

Matching supports 225

225 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 69

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 Compressed Duration I Compressed Duration II 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 Prolonged Duration I Prolonged Duration II Prolonged Duration III Rageforged I Rageforged II Relentless Rage Remnant Potency I Remnant Potency II Remnant Potency III Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Selfless Remnants 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 57

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 Overabundance I Overabundance II Overabundance III 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 90

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 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 Harmonic Remnants I Harmonic Remnants II Hourglass Ice Bite I Ice Bite II Inexorable Critical I Inexorable Critical II Invocation Khatal's Rejuvenation Living Lightning Living Lightning II Magnetic Remnants Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mana Flare Minion Pact I Minion Pact II Oisín's Oath 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 Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Supercritical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II Unbending Varashta's Blessing Verglas Volatile Power Volatility Wildfire Withering Touch Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 9

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