Earth Spike


Core Tree
Abundance Basic skills generate x 6 / 12 / 18% more Spirit. Requires a point in Heart of the Wild. Passive
Raging Landslide When you strike an Immobilized or Stunned enemy with Landslide, an additional pillar of earth is formed. Skill
Companion Tree
Enhanced Wolf Pack Wolves deal x25% increased damage to Immobilized, Stunned, Slowed, or Poisoned enemies. Skill
Nature's Reach Deal x 3 /6 / 9% increased damage to Distant enemies. Double this bonus if they are also Slowed, Stunned, Immobilized or Knocked Back. Passive
Wrath Tree
Natural Boulder While you have any Fortify, Boulder has +20% increased Critical Strike Chance. Skill
Crushing Earth Earth skills deal x 5 / 10 / 15% increased damage to Slowed, Stunned, Immobilized or Knocked Back enemies. Passive
Safeguard Critical Strikes with Earth skills Fortify you for 2 /4 / 7% Maximum Life. Requires a point in Crushing Earth. Passive
Stone Guard While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth skills deal x 4 /8 / 12% increased damage. Requires a point in Crushing Earth. Passive
Bad Omen Lucky Hit: Up to a 10 / 20 / 30% chance when dealing damage to a Vulnerable, Immobilized or Stunned enemy that a Lightning Bolt also hits dealing 55% damage. Requires a point in Charged Atmosphere or Endless Tempest. Passive
Ultimate Tree
Defensive Posture Increase the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by + 5 / 10 / 15%. Passive
Unrestrained Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 5 / 10 / 15%. Doubled this effect while you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life. Requires a point in Thick Hide or Nature's Resolve. Passive
Defiance Nature Magic skills deal x 4 / 8 / 12% increased damage to Elites. Passive
Natural Disaster Your Earth skills deal x 4 / 8 / 12% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Your Storm skills deal x 4 / 8 / 12% increased damage to enemies that are Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back. Requires point in Defiance. Passive
Resonance Nature Magic skills deal 2 / 4 / 6% increased damage. Triple this bonus if an Earth skill is the next skill cast after a Storm skill or a Storm skill is the next skill cast after an Earth skill. Requires point in Circle of Life or Natural Disaster. Passive
Key Passives Tree
Earthen Might Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth skills has up to a 5% chance to: Restore all of your Spirit Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds. This chance is increased by: 10% for Critical Strikes 10% if the target is Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back. Passive
Nature's Fury Casting an Earth skill has a 30% chance to trigger a free Storm skill of the same category, and vice versa. These free Skills count as both Earth and Storm Skills. Passive

Items that work with Earth Spike

The following items either:

Grant a bonus when using Earth Spike
Create a condition Earth Spike can exploit
Exploit a condition Earth Spike creates

Legendary Aspects

Seismic-shift Aspect	Offensive	Earth Spike gains 35-50% bonus damage, launches spikes in a line, and has a 2–1 second Cooldown. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid
Aspect of Retaliation	Offensive	Your Core Skills deal up to 20 - 30% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Seaside Descent (Map)	Dry Steppes	Druid
Ballistic Aspect	Utility	When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Whispering Pines (Map)	Scosglen	Druid
Crashstone Aspect	Offensive	Earth Skills deal 30 - 40% more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Stockades (Map)	Scosglen	Druid
Earthguard Aspect	Defensive	Gain 15 - 25% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100%. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid
Subterranean Aspect	Offensive	Poison Creeper’s active also casts Landslide in a circle around you. Earth Skills deal 10 - 20% increased damage to Poisoned enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

Vasily's Prayer

"Roots from the Great Oak growing at the seaward statue of Vasily will, on rare occasions, be found twisted back upon themselves, suffused with ferocious magic." - Barrett's Book of Implements

Type: Helm
Class: Druid

Description: Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [x].

Affixes: - Item Power 725

+ 10.5 - 17.5% Damage while Shapeshifted
+ 21 - 42% Overpower Damage
+ Maximum Life
24.5 - 45.5% Lightning Resistance

Malignant Hearts

Creeping Death	Wrathful Super	Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects.	Generic
The Malignant Pact	Wrathful Super	Cycle through a Malignant bonus every 20 kills: Vicious: Gain 20% Attack Speed. Devious: Core and Basic Skills have a 15% chance to fully restore your Primary Resource. Brutal: Every 21 seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing 85 - 102 damage.	Generic

Changes to Earth Spike

Patch 1.3.3, March 5, 2023

Spirit Generation increased from 13 to 16.
Damage increased by 10%.

Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023

Spirit gain increased from 11 to 13.

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

Base damage increased from 16% to 17%.
Spirit generated increased from 10 to 11.
Fierce Earth Spike - Fortify increased from 4% to 8%.