Toxic Growth

Toxic GrowthAttack, AoE, Projectile, Chaos
Tier: 5
Level: 1Leap into the air and fire a volley of arrows which cause toxic pustules to sprout from the ground on impact. The pustules explode after a delay and can be Poisoned, causing them to explode faster and more violently.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.

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

Toxic Growth is a bow chaos projectile attack skill. The user fires several arrows skyward that land on the ground and leave toxic pustules. These pustules explode after a duration to deal damage and can be poisoned to have them explode earlier with more damage and area.

Gem level progression

Level
1	1

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	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.	Escalating PoisonEscalating PoisonSupport, Chaos Category: Escalating Poison Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing it to inflict an extra Poison on enemies but shortening the duration of those Poisons.Targets can be affected by +1 Poisons from Supported Skills at the same time Supported Skills have 20% less Poison 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.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace 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	Deadly Poison IDeadly Poison ISupport, Chaos Category: Deadly Poison Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict more potent Poison.Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage with Hits 75% more Magnitude of Poison inflicted with Supported 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.	OverreachOverreachSupport, Attack, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills which deal Damage in an Area. Supported Skills have significantly increased Area of Effect, but are less Accurate against nearby targets.Supported Skills have 40% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills have 80% less Accuracy Rating against Enemies within two metresPlace 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	Alignment IAlignment ISupport, Attack, Projectile Category: Alignment Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Bow Attacks. Supported Skills indicate one of four directions, changing indicated direction when an Attack with Supported Skill matches that direction. Attacks from Supported Skills which match the indicated direction deal much more Damage. Cannot Support Channelled Skills.Supported Skills indicate one of four directions Indicated direction changes when an Attack with Supported Skill matches indicated direction Supported Skills deal 30% more Projectile Damage when Attacking in indicated directionPlace 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.	Close Combat IClose Combat ISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 20% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace 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.	Longshot IILongshot IISupport, Attack Category: Longshot Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Supported Skills deal 35% more Attack Damage to enemies further than 7 metres from you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or closerPlace 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	Alignment IIAlignment IISupport, Attack, Projectile Category: Alignment Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Bow Attacks. Supported Skills indicate one of four directions, changing indicated direction when an Attack with Supported Skill matches that direction. Attacks from Supported Skills which match the indicated direction deal much more Damage. Cannot Support Channelled Skills.Supported Skills indicate one of four directions Indicated direction changes when an Attack with Supported Skill matches indicated direction Supported Skills deal 40% more Projectile Damage when Attacking in indicated directionPlace 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.	Deadly Poison IIDeadly Poison IISupport, Chaos Category: Deadly Poison Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict more potent Poison.Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage with Hits 100% more Magnitude of Poison inflicted with Supported 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.	Short Fuse IIShort Fuse IISupport Category: Short Fuse Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, massively shortening the time before Detonation at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills have 80% less Detonation Time Supported Skills deal 30% 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	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos 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.	Close Combat IIClose Combat IISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 30% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace 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.	Long Fuse IILong Fuse IISupport Category: Long Fuse Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Supported Skills have 70% increased Detonation Time Grenades from Supported Skills cannot explode before the end of their Detonation Time Detonations from supported Skills deal 35% 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.

Item acquisition

Toxic Growth has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Toxic Growth has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Toxic Growth: Pustules now deal 46-100% Attack Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 42% at all Gem levels). Now a rain Skill, and no longer causes you to leap into the air on use. Now has the Barrageable tag. No longer has +0.7 seconds to Total Attack Time, and now has an Attack Speed of 80% of base.
0.2.0d	Fix a bug where Toxic Growth could not be supported by .
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Toxic Growth now requires more Stored Poison to reach maximum Radius and Damage, and more Stored Poison to expire faster. Pustule Duration time is now 15 seconds (previously 6). Stored Poison now adds up to +1.5 metres to base Explosion Radius (previously +1). Now Fires 6 Arrows (previously 8), and Quality now provides Fires +0-2 Arrows and +0-2 Pustules (previously +0-3 Projectiels). Now has a limit of 6 Pustules. The jumps performed when using Escape ShotEscape ShotAttack, AoE, Projectile, Cold Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (11-80) Mana Attack Damage: (65-265)% of baseLeap backwards and fire an arrow which can Chill or Freeze enemies around the location you escaped from.Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage Projectile count cannot be modified +0.7 seconds to Total Attack Time (300-585)% more Freeze Buildup Impact radius is 2.4 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (6-120)% more Freeze BuildupSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. and Toxic Growth now allow you to jump over enemies and small amounts of terrain. Vaulting ImpactVaulting ImpactAttack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Travel Tier: 1 Level: (1-40) Cost: (12-1065) Mana Attack Damage: (130-1076)% of baseLeaps forward and Slams the ground, sending out a Stunning shockwave that is especially potent against Dazed enemies.+1 Second to Total Attack Time 30% More Stun Buildup Consumes Stun on Enemies to cause 300% more Stun Buildup Impact Radius is 2.4 Meters Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0-20)% Chance to cause an AftershockPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel. will also receive this change at a later date.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.