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Herald of Blood Gem Effects and How to Get

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Herald of Blood is a Spirit Gem in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Continue reading to learn about its effects, modifiers, how to obtain it, its requirements, and other gems you can pair with it.

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Upcoming Changes
・Herald of Blood no longer deletes the corpses of Rares or Uniques, allowing you to use Ritual Sacrifice on the rares.

Herald of Blood Gem Overview

Herald of Blood Stats and Requirements

Herald of Blood ImageHerald of Blood
Type Spirit
Tier 4
Tags
Physical, Persistent, Herald, Payoff, AoE, Attack
Reservation 30 Spirit
Requirements
Level 10 Dex 83
Str 83 Int None
Description
While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies based off the life of the exploded enemy, destroying their Corpse in the process. The explosion also has a chance to aggravate Bleeding.

All Herald of Blood Gem Effects

Effects
Explosion:
・Base Physical Damage
・Can't Be Evaded
・Explosion Radius is 1.8 Metres
・Deals 15% of exploded enemy's Blood Loss as unscalable Physical Attack Damage
・55% chance to Aggravate Bleeding on Hit
Buff:
・Enemies with Blood Loss you kill explode

Latest Patch Update

  • Herald of Blood no longer destroys the corpses of Rare and Unique monsters when they explode, allowing you to use Ritual Sacrifice on the Rare monsters.

0.2.0e Patch Notes and Summary

Compatible Gems

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Immolate ImageImmolate Lightning Exposure ImageLightning Exposure Inevitable Critical ImageInevitable Critical
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How to Get Herald of Blood

Unlock Herald of Blood Using an Uncut Spirit Gem

You can unlock the Herald of Blood Spirit Gem in the Gemcutting menu by engraving the skill using a Level 4 or higher Uncut Spirit Gem.

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