Minion

Minions

Tooltip

Minions are summoned Allies which will accompany and fight alongside you. Persistent Minions will reserve a portion of Spirit while active.

Minions are allies summoned or raised by the player's skills, effects, or buffs. Minions do not benefit from modifiers to stats that affect the player character's offences or defences; only modifiers that specify or affect minions or allies will apply.

Minion categories

Minions are categorized as permanent or temporary minions.

Permanent minions

Permanent minions are minions that require typically require reservation of spirit.

The types and number of permanent minions to be summoned are selected in the skill menu, after which they are summoned automatically as long as the requirements and reservation amounts are met. They cannot be summoned manually using the skill. Permanent minions will revive themselves automatically if no other allied minions (permanent or temporary) have died recently (in the past 7 seconds by default).

Temporary minions

Temporary minions are minions with an upfront cost, usually mana. Temporary minions will not revive themselves on death. Some minions may persist for a specified duration, while others will persist until they are killed or overwritten.

Some temporary minions require a corpse to be raised from.

Mechanics

Controlling minions

Minions have different AI which affects their aggression range and skill use logic. Some minions may have options in the skill menu that allow minion aggression to be modified directly.

Minions can also be commanded manually to move to a location, target enemies, or open chests. Some minions may also have specific skills which are only used when activated by the player.

Mounts

Certain minions can be mounted, allowing the player to ride them. Riding a mount negates the movement speed penalty for moving while using a bow or crossbow or while casting a spell.

However, taking heavy damage while mounted will cause the player to become stunned.

Despawning

Reviving minions automatically die/despawn if they are too far away from the player, but will immediately revive without the usual timer.

Gems

Skill gems

There are 17 skill gems with the Minion gem tag:

Gem	Tier
Rhoa MountRhoa MountMinion, Buff, Companion, Persistent Tier: 14 Level: (1-20) Reservation: 60 spiritHarnesses a Companion Rhoa that you can ride. While you're mounted on the Rhoa, you can only use Bow, thrown Spear and Mark Skills, you run at full speed when attacking, and Hits against you cause Heavy Stun buildup. While you aren't mounted, the Rhoa attacks your enemies alongside you with its beak, but can be damaged. Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Minions have (1-20)% more Maximum LifeSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	14
Tame BeastTame BeastMinion, Companion, Persistent, Duration Tier: 9 Level: (1-20)Conjure Azmeri wisps to engulf a Rare Beast for a duration, Hindering them. If you defeat the Beast while it is engulfed in wisps, it will be captured by this gem, transforming the gem to instead allow you to summon the Beast as a Reviving Companion.While this Gem is Socketed you can view Monster Categories on Enemies Wisp duration is (8–11.8) seconds Tamed Beast retains up to four monster modifiers when summoned Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0–1.6) seconds to Wisp durationPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	9
Bind SpectreBind SpectreMinion, Persistent Tier: 7 Level: (1-20)Capture 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: (0–10)% reduced Reservation for summoning SpectresSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	7
Bone OfferingBone OfferingMinion, Buff, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 11 Level: 1Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next Hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike is itself a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear.Limit 1 Bone Offering Spike Spike duration is 5 secondsPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	11
Pain OfferingPain OfferingMinion, Buff, AoE, Duration Tier: 5 Level: 1Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains, causing them to use skills more quickly and deal more damage. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.Limit 1 Pain Offering Spike Aura radius is 6 metres Spike duration is 6 seconds Aura grants Minions 30% increased Attack and Cast Speed Aura grants Minions (25-44)% more DamagePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	5
Raging SpiritsRaging SpiritsBuff, Minion, Persistent, Fire, Duration Tier: 4 Level: (1-20) Reservation: 30 spiritWhile active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.Minions from this skill convert 70% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Limit 10 Summoned Raging Spirits Fire Area Spells summon a Spirit per 1.5 metres of radius Projectiles from Fire Spells summon a Spirit on hit Maximum 5 Spirits summoned per Spell cast Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Limit (0–1) Summoned Raging SpiritSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	4
Raise ZombieRaise ZombieMinion, Physical, Duration Tier: 5 Level: 1 Reservation: 1 spiritConsumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a Zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are Empowered.Limit 10 Raised Zombies Zombie Duration is 20 seconds Empowered Zombies take 30% less damage Empowered Zombies deal 100% more Damage with Hits Empowered Zombies have 25% more Movement SpeedPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	5
SacrificeSacrificeMinion, Buff, Persistent Tier: 14 Level: 1 Reservation: 60 spiritWhile active, your undead Reviving Minions can be used in place of Corpses by your skills, but your Minions Revive more slowly.Skills can use your undead Reviving Minions in place of Corpses Minions Revive (31–50)% more slowly Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Minions Revive +(0–5)% more quicklyPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	14
Skeletal ArsonistSkeletal ArsonistMinion, Persistent, Fire, Detonator Tier: 3 Level: 1 Reservation: 90 spiritSummons bomb-throwing, Reviving Skeletal Arsonists that can detonate other Minions on Command. Command: Detonate an allied Minion whose current Life is below a threshold, dealing heavy damage to nearby enemies.Command: Explosive Demise Cooldown Time: 3.00 s Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Hit Chance: 8.00% Deals (12–612) to (19–918) Fire Damage Deals additional Fire Damage equal to 12% of Minion's maximum Life Can target Minions with (29–1379) Life or less Explosion radius is 2.4 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Deals additional Fire Damage equal to (0–4)% of Minion's maximum LifePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	3
Skeletal BruteSkeletal BruteMinion, Persistent, Physical Tier: 13 Level: 1 Reservation: 165 spiritSummons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies. A Strike that causes a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	13
Skeletal ClericSkeletal ClericMinion, Persistent Tier: 13 Level: 1 Reservation: 60 spiritSummons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	13
Skeletal Frost MageSkeletal Frost MageMinion, Persistent, Cold Tier: 5 Level: (1-20) Reservation: (120-39) spirit Cooldown Time: 6.00 sec Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Summons Reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be Commanded to cast icy explosions.Deals 10 to 16 Cold Damage 100% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted Explosion radius is 2.6 metres Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0–10)% reduced ReservationPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	5
Skeletal ReaverSkeletal ReaverMinion, Persistent, Physical Tier: 9 Level: 1 Reservation: 90 spirit Cooldown Time: 4.00 secSummons aggressive, Reviving Skeletal Reavers that can enrage on Command. Enrage all Skeletal Reavers, causing them to lose life over time and gain Rage on hit. Skeletal Reavers do more Attack Damage and gain increased Attack speed based on their Rage.Gain 2 Rage on Hit Lose 1% of Life per second 20% more Life loss each secondPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	9
Skeletal SniperSkeletal SniperMinion, Persistent, Physical, Fire, Chaos Tier: 1 Level: (1-2) Reservation: (90-65) spirit Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec Attack Speed: 120% of base Attack Damage: 70% of baseSummons long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on command. Rains an arrow down from above, creating a cloud of flammable poisonous gas where it lands. Any Burning effects or Detonator skills will explode the gas cloud, creating a fiery explosion.Minions from this Skill have +(0-20)% to all Elemental Resistances Impact Radius is 1.4 metresPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	1
Skeletal Storm MageSkeletal Storm MageMinion, Persistent, Lightning Tier: 11 Level: 1 Reservation: 120 spirit Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec Critical Strike Chance: 10.00%Summons Reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning storm on dead Skeletons on Command. Lightning bolts strike all fallen Skeletons in the area, creating Shocked Ground around them.Deals 8 to 44 Lightning Damage Bolt explosion radius is 1.8 metres Shocked Ground radius is 1.8 metres Shocked Ground duration is 6 secondsPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	11
Soul OfferingSoul OfferingMinion, Buff, Duration Tier: 13 Level: 1Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.Limit 1 Soul Offering Spike Spike duration is 4 seconds Buff grants you 33% more Spell damagePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.	13
UnearthUnearthSpell, Minion, AoE, Physical, Duration Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (8-87) Mana Cast Time: 0.95 sec Critical Strike Chance: 15.00%Raises spikes of bone from the earth in front of you, damaging enemies. The bones of Corpses in the area are ripped out and reassembled into short-lived Bone Construct Minions that fight for you.Deals (4–107) to (6–160) Physical Damage Limit (8–20) Bone Constructs Cone length is 6 metres Bone Construct duration is 12 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Bone Construct duration is (0-4) secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1

Support gems

There are 17 support skill gems with the Minion gem tag:

Gem	Tier
BiddingBiddingSupport, Command, Minion Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion Skills. Supported Minions deal significantly more damage with their Command Skills.Supported Minions' Command Skills deal 30% more DamagePlace 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.	2
CommandmentCommandmentSupport, Command, Minion Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minions which have Command Skills. Supported Minions have massively increased cooldown recovery speed for Command Skills they use, but deal no damage with non-Command Skills.Supported Minions have 100% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills Supported Minions deal 100% less Damage with non-command SkillsPlace 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.	2
Crazed MinionsCrazed MinionsSupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 2 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	2
DeathmarchDeathmarchSupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Persistent Minions. Supported Minions will restore Life to nearby Allied Minions on death, as well as removing Ailments from those Minions.Minions from Supported Skills heal Allied Minions within 3 metres for 25% of Supported Minions' life on death, as well as removing all Ailments from those MinionsPlace 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.	2
Elemental ArmyElemental ArmySupport, Minion Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, bolstering the Elemental Resistances of those 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1
EnormityEnormitySupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 3 Reservation: 10 spiritSupport 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 have 20% increased size Minions from Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage Minions from Supported Skills have 20% more maximum LifePlace 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.	3
Essence HarvestEssence HarvestSupport, Minion, Persistent Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Reviving Persistent Minions. When those Minions die, you restore a percentage of your maximum Mana.Recover 4% of your maximum Mana when a Persistent Reviving Minion created by Supported Skill diesPlace 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.	1
Feeding FrenzyFeeding FrenzySupport, Minion Tier: 2Support 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 take 20% more Damage Minions from Supported Skills deal 30% more DamagePlace 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.	2
Last GaspLast GaspSupport, Minion, Persistent, Duration Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create Persistent Minions, causing those Minions to fight on for a short duration before dying when they are fatally wounded.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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1
LoyaltyLoyaltySupport, Minion Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills that create Companions which can be damaged. Minions created by Supported Skills take a portion of Hit Damage you would otherwise have taken, but have lowered maximum Life.10% of Damage from Hits is taken from Supported Companion's Life before you Minions from Supported Skills have 30% less maximum LifePlace 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.	2
Minion InstabilityMinion InstabilitySupport, Minion, Fire Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to Low Life.Minions from Supported Skills explode when reduced to Low Life, dealing 15% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage to surrounding EnemiesPlace 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.	1
Minion MasteryMinion MasterySupport, Minion Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Minion skills, granting them an additional level.+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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	3
Minion PactMinion PactSupport, Minion Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports damaging skills you use yourself, draining the life from one of your Minions on use in order to boost the skill's damage. Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount.Supported Skills remove 100% of your maximum Life from a nearby Minion on use to deal 30% more damagePlace 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.	1
MusterMusterSupport, Minion Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which summon Minions. Supported Minions deal more Damage the more different kinds of Persistent Minions you have summoned.Supported Minions deal 7% more Damage for each different type of Persistent 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	2
Sacrificial LambSacrificial LambSupport, Minion Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills which create Minions, causing your skills which can target Minions to prioritise targeting Minions from the Supported Skill.Your Skills target Minions from Supported Skills within 6 metres if possiblePlace 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.	1
Infernal LegionInfernal LegionSupport, Minion, AoE, Fire Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports skills which create Minions which can be damaged, causing them and enemies near them to Burn. Damage dealt by the Burning is based off the Life of the supported Minion.Minions from Supported Skills take 20% of their maximum Life as Fire Damage per second Minions from Supported Skills Ignite Enemies within a radius of 1.5} metres as though dealing Base Fire Damage equal to 20% of Minion's Maximum LifePlace 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.	2
Meat ShieldMeat ShieldSupport, Minion 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.1c	Minions can now briefly squeeze through smaller gaps if they've failed to move for a short period.
0.1.1	Reviving Minions that died from being out-of-range of you now instead immediately revive near you. Fixed a bug where minion objects could stretch into unwalkable terrain.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.