Trail of Caltrops

Trail of CaltropsAttack, Buff, Persistent, AoE, Projectile, Physical, Duration, Hazard
Tier: 8
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active, scatters caltrops in your wake when you dodge.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

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

Trail of Caltrops is a persistent buff skill.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0	0
2	3	9
3	6	14
4	10	21
5	14	28
6	18	35
7	22	41
8	26	48
9	31	57
10	36	65
11	41	74
12	46	82
13	52	92
14	58	103
15	64	113
16	66	116
17	72	126
18	78	137
19	84	147
20	90	157

Recommended support gems

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	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.	Precision IPrecision ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.30% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Brutality IIBrutality IISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental 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.	Thornskin IThornskin ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Thornskin Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Thorns Damage while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 40% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Life Leech IILife Leech IISupport, Attack, Physical Category: Life Leech Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Life.Leech 16% of Physical Attack Damage from Supported Skills as LifePlace 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.	Rearm IRearm ISupport, Hazard Category: Rearm Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Hazards. Hazards created by Supported Skills have a chance to be rearmed a short duration after triggering.Hazards created by Supported Skills have 20% chance to rearm after they are triggeredPlace 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	Delayed ReactionDelayed ReactionSupport, Hazard Category: Delayed Reaction Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Hazards, causing those Hazards to only be able to trigger immediately after creation or at the end of their duration. Created Hazards have significantly lowered duration, and deal more damage.Hazards created by Supported Skills cannot be triggered by enemies unless triggered immediately on creation Hazards created by Supported Skills trigger at the end of their duration Hazards created by Supported Skills deal 15% more Damage Hazards created by Supported Skills have 70% less durationPlace 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.	Nova ProjectilesNova ProjectilesSupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire extra Projectiles in a circle, at the cost of Damage. Does not support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles Supported Skills fire Projectiles in a circle Supported Skills deal 40% 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.
V	Physical MasteryPhysical MasterySupport, Physical Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Physical skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Physical 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.	Retreat IIIRetreat IIISupport, Projectile Category: Retreat Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which create Projectiles. Supported Skills deal more damage with Projectiles if you have struck with a Melee Hit in the last two seconds, but cannot themselves deal Melee Damage.Supported Skills deal no Melee damage Supported Skills deal 30% more Projectile Damage if you have Damaged an Enemy with a Melee Hit in the last two secondsPlace 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.

Item acquisition

Trail of Caltrops has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Trail of Caltrops has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0f	(Hotfix 7) Fixed a bug where Trail of Caltrops could be used to trigger skills when socketed into a Meta Gem.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.