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Bitter Dead requires character level 1.

Bitter Dead

Active skill gem

Bitter Dead

Spell, AoE, Cold, Repeatable

Type: Active skill gem

Cost: 11 Ward

Requires Level 1

Spend Ward and target an area, transforming Corpses into bitter cores that seek out enemies and Chill enemies near them. The cores explode at the end of their duration, creating runes which deal additional Cold damage over time.

Effect of quality

What quality adds to Bitter Dead, shown at 20% (maximum) quality. Each bonus scales evenly from 0% up to 20% and they all apply together.

+Transforms up to 1 Corpse
+10% chance to not destroy Corpses when Consuming Corpses

How it's crafted

Bitter Dead can be made through Runesmithing — socket these runes into a Remnant of the matching size.

3 slots: Rebirth Rune + Cold Rune + Ward Rune

5 slots: Rebirth Rune + Prismatic Rune + Ward Rune + Toxic Rune + Soul Rune

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Axe SlashReq. 1

Works with these support gems

12 support gems can be linked to Bitter Dead to modify how it behaves.

Lightning Penetration

Stats per gem level

How Bitter Dead scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

Level	Req.	Stats	Cost
1	1	Transforms up to 1 Corpse	11 Ward
2	3	Transforms up to 1 Corpse	12 Ward
3	7	Transforms up to 1 Corpse	14 Ward
4	10	Transforms up to 2 Corpses	15 Ward
5	14	Transforms up to 2 Corpses	17 Ward
6	18	Transforms up to 2 Corpses	19 Ward
7	22	Transforms up to 3 Corpses	21 Ward
8	27	Transforms up to 3 Corpses	23 Ward
9	31	Transforms up to 3 Corpses	26 Ward
10	36	Transforms up to 4 Corpses	28 Ward
11	41	Transforms up to 4 Corpses	31 Ward
12	47	Transforms up to 4 Corpses	33 Ward
13	52	Transforms up to 5 Corpses	36 Ward
14	58	Transforms up to 5 Corpses	39 Ward
15	64	Transforms up to 5 Corpses	42 Ward
16	70	Transforms up to 6 Corpses	45 Ward
17	77	Transforms up to 6 Corpses	48 Ward
18	84	Transforms up to 6 Corpses	52 Ward
19	91	Transforms up to 7 Corpses	55 Ward
20	98	Transforms up to 7 Corpses	59 Ward

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