Volatile Dead

Spell, AoE, Fire, Repeatable

Volatile Dead

Skill Gem

Level: 1–40

Cast Time: 0.8s

Consume a Corpse to create a volatile core that seeks out enemies and Ignites enemies near it. The core explodes at the end of its duration.

At level 1

Consumes +1 Corpse
Core duration is 5 seconds

At level 40

Consumes +1 Corpse
Core duration is 5 seconds

Volatile Dead is a Path of Exile 2 skill gem. It is not cut from an uncut gem.

Published Sep 27, 2026 · patch 0.5.5 Forbidden Rites

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Level: 1–40
Cast Time: 0.8s
Tags: Spell, AoE, Fire, Repeatable
Support Gems: 181

Per level

Level	Cost
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0
32	0
33	0
34	0
35	0
36	0
37	0
38	0
39	0
40	0

Support gems for Volatile Dead (181)

Fire (13)

Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Mastery Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Searing Flame I Searing Flame II

AoE (10)

Bone Shrapnel Bursting Plague Concentrated Area Expanse Frost Nexus Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Shock Conduction Spell Cascade Wildfire

Chaos (10)

Chaos Attunement Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Escalating Poison Poison I Poison II Poison III Profanity I Profanity II Withering Touch

Cold (10)

Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Penetration Deep Freeze Embitter Freeze Frostfire Verglas

Lightning (10)

Electrocute Innervate Lasting Shock Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Neural Overload Overcharge Shock Stormfire

Minion (4)

Living Lightning Living Lightning II Minion Pact I Minion Pact II

Attack (3)

Blazing Critical Thrill of the Kill Thrill of the Kill II

Duration (3)

Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III

Warcry (2)

Ice Bite I Ice Bite II

Payoff (1)

Exploit Weakness