Bind Spectre

Bind SpectreMinion, Persistent
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (22-99) ManaCapture the spirit of a defeated monster, transforming this gem to instead allow you to summon the monster's ghost as a Reviving Minion.
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions deal (1-20)% more DamageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBindSpectre

Bind Spectre is a minion spell that can turn the corpse of almost any non-unique monster into a permanent minion. Doing so will convert this gem into an account-bound gem called Spectre: <Monster Name> with the same level and quality. This new gem can also be referred to as Summon Spectre.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem mechanics

Summon Spectre has a spirit reservation that varies depending on the power of the monster that was bound. The quality of this gem is changed to Minions deal 0-20% more Damage.

Summon Spectre is account-bound; this prevents the item from being traded to or picked up by other players. It can still be stored in your stash and transferred to your other characters.

Disenchanting the gem via a vendor will clear the stored monster from the gem, returning you a fresh Bind Spectre.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost
1	0	0	22
2	3	9	25
3	6	14	28
4	10	21	32
5	14	28	35
6	18	35	38
7	22	41	42
8	26	48	45
9	31	57	49
10	36	65	53
11	41	74	57
12	46	82	61
13	52	92	65
14	58	103	70
15	64	113	74
16	66	116	79
17	72	126	84
18	78	137	89
19	84	147	94
20	90	157	99

Recommended support gems

Summon Spectre

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Elemental ArmyElemental ArmySupport, Minion Category: Elemental Army Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, bolstering the Elemental Resistances of those Minions. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Minions from Supported Skills have +30% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Last GaspLast GaspSupport, Minion, Persistent, Duration Category: Last Gasp Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on when they are fatally wounded, dying after a short duration or when they take further damage exceeding their maximum Life.Minions from Supported Skills die 4 seconds after their Life is reduced to 0Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Meat Shield IMeat Shield ISupport, Minion Category: Meat Shield Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Minions from Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage Minions from Supported Skills take 35% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Feeding Frenzy IFeeding Frenzy ISupport, Minion Category: Feeding Frenzy Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Minions from Supported Skills deal 30% more Damage Minions from Supported Skills take 20% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	MusterMusterSupport, Minion Category: Muster Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Reviving Minions you have summoned.Supported Minions deal 7% more damage for each different type of Reviving Minion you have summonedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Crazed MinionsCrazed MinionsSupport, Minion, Persistent Category: Crazed Minions Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion Skills which summon Reviving Minions. Supported Minions deal significantly more Damage if they have Revived Recently.Supported Minions deal 30% more Damage if they have Revived RecentlyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Hulking MinionsHulking MinionsSupport, Minion, Persistent Category: Hulking Minions Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which summon Persistent Minions. Supported Minions are larger, have more Life, and deal more Damage, but cost significantly more Spirit.Minions from Supported Skills are GiganticPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Minion MasteryMinion MasterySupport, Minion Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Minion SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
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Item acquisition

Bind Spectre has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Bind Spectre has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Popular spectres

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DPS spectres

Spectre	Spirit	Location	Notes
Vaal Guard (Grenade)	50	Utzaal	Always uses grenades with 20% phys to fire conversion. Also creates Oil which applies -10% Fire Exposure and 25% movement speed slow which can be detonated by the grenades.
Priest of the Sun	100	Temple of Kopec	Uses Firebolt, Solar Orb, and a fire laser skill.
Doryani's Elite (Lightning)	70	The Black Chambers	Fires decelerating orb projectiles that explode dealing lightning damage. Also summons exploding skitterbots.
Quill Crab	40	Untainted Paradise	Uses mortar projectiles with 40% phys to cold conversion. Can chill. Has two variants.

Support spectres

Spectre	Spirit	Location	Notes
Azak Fledgling	50	The Azak Bog	Fires 3 barrage-style projectiles that poison. Multishot IMultishot ISupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles Supported Skills have 20% less Skill SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill. and CorrosionCorrosionSupport, Physical, Chaos Category: Corrosion Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing Poison it applies to also Break enemy Armour. Cannot support skills that Consume Fully Broken Armour.Poison applied by supported Skills also Breaks Armour equal to 80% of Poison damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill. allows it to fire 9 consecutive projectiles that poison and break armour.
Venomous Crab	40	Hunting Grounds	Fires barrages of projectiles that can poison. Enables CorrosionCorrosionSupport, Physical, Chaos Category: Corrosion Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing Poison it applies to also Break enemy Armour. Cannot support skills that Consume Fully Broken Armour.Poison applied by supported Skills also Breaks Armour equal to 80% of Poison damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill. and Armour Break IArmour Break ISupport, Physical Category: Armour Break Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Break Armour equal to 15% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill..
Vaal Embalmed Bearer	60	The Molten Vault	Carries a banner that deals a small amount of physical damage over time and grants 3% life regeneration in a large area.
Serpent Shaman	100	Keth	4 sec Vulnerability with 5 sec CD. Poor visibility from blood explosion skill.
Ribrattle	40	Freythorn	Must use Freythorn variant, not from Mastodon Badlands/Bone Pits. Applies random curse aura - 22% Temporal Chains, 30% Despair, 20% Enfeeble. Enfeeble is stronger than gem version. Randomizes between areas or when summoned. Ignores curse limits.
Gargoyle Demon	100	The Manor Ramparts	Has max block and very high life regeneration (1k+).

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0b	Abyssal Monsters can now be bound as Spectres.
0.3.0	Minions now deal 3% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against non-unique monsters at skill level 3, scaling to 50% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against non-unique monsters by skill level 8. You can no longer socket multiple copies of the same Skill Gem into your main skill sockets. Skills not granted by gems and skills socketed into Persistent Buff Skill Gems do not count towards this limit. You can still have multiple copies of Spectres or Tamed Beasts, but only one of each kind of monster. Bind Spectre: Quality now provides Minions deal 0-20% more Damage, instead of 0-10% reduced Reservation for summoning Spectres. The Spirit Cost of Spectres has been adjusted such that Spectres with high Spirit Costs are generally cheaper, while some of the cheaper Spectres are now more costly. Spectres and Tamed Beasts now deal 25% more Damage at all Gem levels.
0.2.0f	Fixed a bug where capturing or releasing a spectre or tamed beast with a Corrupted skill gem would cause the gem to lose Corruption. Fixed a bug where Corruption modifiers to the level of Bind Spectre or Tame Beast Gems could be lost upon binding or taming. (Hotfix 4) Temporarily disabled the Vile Vulture as a Spectre. (Hotfix 6) Fixed a bug where spectres could spawn in towns. (Hotfix 6) Temporarily disabled the Gilded Beetle as a Spectre.
0.2.0e	Disenchanting a Bind Spectre or Tame Beast gem will unbind them, allowing you to use them again.
0.2.0d	(Hotfix 1) Temporarily disabled the Treant Foulspawn as a Spectre.
0.2.0c	Minions have approximately 15% more Life through the early Campaign, tapering down to be unchanged by Gem Level 30 (or so). Gem Level 10 Minions now have 41% More Damage. Gem Level 15 Minions now have 50% More Damage. Gem Level 20 Minions now have 60% More Damage. Gem Level 30 Minions now have 79% More Damage.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game. (Hotfix 4) Monsters spawned from Strongboxes can no longer be Spectred. (Hotfix 4) Forsaken Miners that have minecarts no longer explode instantly when being summoned as a Spectre. (Hotfix 7) Temporarily disabled Volatile Boar as a Spectre, until we can make it not repeatedly explode without actually dying. (Hotfix 7) Temporarily disabled the death effect of the Bloodthief Queen as a Spectre.