Temporal Chains

Temporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (41-178) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 secCurse all enemies in an area, Slowing them and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Curse applies after 1.5 seconds delay
Curse radius is (1.5-3.1) metres
Curse Slows targets by (40-59)%
Curse duration is (6-7.4) seconds
Curse makes other effects on targets expire 25% slower
Curse does not apply to enemies above level (20-0)

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Curse MagnitudesSkills 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/SkillGemTemporalChains

Temporal Chains is a curses spell slowing all enemies in an area, and making other effects on them expire more slowly.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Base duration	Curse Slow	Curse Radius	Curse Duration
1	0	0	41	6.00 sec	40%	1.5	6
2	3	9	46	6.20 sec	41%	1.6	6.2
3	6	14	52	6.20 sec	42%	1.7	6.2
4	10	21	57	6.20 sec	43%	1.8	6.2
5	14	28	63	6.40 sec	44%	1.8	6.4
6	18	35	69	6.40 sec	45%	1.9	6.4
7	22	41	76	6.40 sec	46%	2	6.4
8	26	48	82	6.60 sec	47%	2.1	6.6
9	31	57	89	6.60 sec	48%	2.2	6.6
10	36	65	96	6.60 sec	49%	2.3	6.6
11	41	74	103	6.80 sec	50%	2.3	6.8
12	46	82	110	6.80 sec	51%	2.4	6.8
13	52	92	118	6.80 sec	52%	2.5	6.8
14	58	103	126	7.00 sec	53%	2.6	7
15	64	113	134	7.00 sec	54%	2.7	7
16	66	116	142	7.00 sec	55%	2.8	7
17	72	126	151	7.20 sec	56%	2.8	7.2
18	78	137	160	7.20 sec	57%	2.9	7.2
19	84	147	169	7.20 sec	58%	3	7.2
20	90	157	178	7.40 sec	59%	3.1	7.4

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	Heightened CurseHeightened CurseSupport, Curse Category: Heightened Curse Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills, magnifying their power.Supported Curses have 25% increased MagnitudesPlace 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	Abiding HexAbiding HexSupport, Curse Category: Abiding Hex Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills you cast yourself. Supported Skills will consume Power Charges on use, gaining significant Curse duration if they do.Supported Skills consume a Power Charge on use Supported Skills have 80% more duration when consuming a Power ChargePlace 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.	Focused CurseFocused CurseSupport, Curse Category: Focussed Curse Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills, causing them to Curse enemies more quickly after being cast.Curse zones from Supported Skills erupt after 50% less delayPlace 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	Cursed GroundCursed GroundSupport, Curse Category: Cursed Ground Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse Skills. Supported Curse Skills create areas which Curse Enemies so long as they are within them.Supported Skills create Cursed Ground Enemies on the Cursed Ground from a Supported Skill are Cursed while within it Maximum 2 areas of Cursed GroundPlace 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.	Decaying HexDecaying HexSupport, Chaos, Curse Category: Decaying Hex Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills. Cursed enemies' bodies decay, taking Chaos damage over time.Supported Skills inflict Decay, dealing 100% of Intelligence as Chaos damage per second for 8 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.	Ritualistic CurseRitualistic CurseSupport, Curse Category: Ritualistic Curse Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Supported Skills have 50% increased Area of Effect Curse zones from Supported Skills erupt after 30% more delayPlace 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	Burning InscriptionBurning InscriptionSupport, AoE, Trigger, Fire Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which creates Runic Inscriptions when Cast, causing those Runic Inscriptions to trigger Burning Inscription when they expire. Burning Inscription is a Spell which creates Ignited Ground based off of your Maximum Mana.Burning Inscription Create Ignited Ground Igniting Enemies based on a percentage of your Maximum Mana. Create Ignited Ground, Igniting enemies as though dealing Fire Damage equal to 20% of your Maximum Mana Ignited Ground radius is 2 metres Ignited Ground duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
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Item acquisition

Temporal Chains has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Temporal Chains has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Curse skills and skills that apply Elemental Exposure now can't apply those debuffs to enemies that are significantly higher level than the skill's own level requirement. This requirement is fairly lenient and disappears completely by high gem levels. Higher Rarity enemies are now less affected by Curses. Curses have 15% less effect on Magic monsters, 30% less effect on Rare monsters, and 50% less effect on Unique monsters. Temporal Chains: Now has a minimum Gem level of 7 (previously 13). Now has Curse Slows targets by 46-59% at Gem levels 7-20 (previously 24-28%). Removed "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0b	All Curse Skill Gems now have a higher growth of radius per Level. Starting at 1.5 metres at Level 1, Growing to 3.1 metres (from 2.1 metres) at Level 20.
0.2.0	Curse Skills now apply their Curse after a 1.5 second delay (previously 1 second).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.