Etching: Volcano

Etch a spell into the ground that creates a violent eruption. Using a number of other skills within this etching completes the spell, unlocking its full potential. — In-game description

Etching: Volcano

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Attunement

Fire

Sequence

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Game link

API

73054

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Etching: Volcano

Etch a spell into the ground that creates a violent eruption. Using a number of other skills within this etching completes the spell, unlocking its full potential.

 Might (8s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Number of Casts: 3

 Duration: 7 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Combo Field: Fire

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Requires using 3 skills within its radius to upgrade its follow-up skill from its Lesser version.
• Allies are not affected by the pulsing benefit within the radius; only the elementalist is affected by it.
  • Allies, however, can use the associated combo field.

Related traits

Fire

• Power Overwhelming — While at or above the might threshold, gain increased power. Power bonuses are doubled while attuned to fire.
• Pyromancer's Training — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Persisting Flames — Fire fields created by weapon skills last longer. Whenever your fire fields hit a foe or you inflict burning, gain increased strike damage for a duration.
• Pyromancer's Puissance — Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.

Evoker

• Enhanced Potency — Improve a boon based on your familiar.

Notes

• The Etching field itself does not trigger the damage buff from Persisting Flames, however the damage from Volcano or Lesser Volcano does.

Bug:

If you use   Elemental Celerity and cast a second Etching field shortly after using the first one, both fields will disappear simultanioulsy when the first one disappears, leaving you with a much shorter second field. Depending on the timing, sometimes, the field just disappears visually, but is still there. This is also the case for the other three fields

Trivia

• As with all the Etchings, Etching: Volcano is related to a real life phenomenon, Volcano.
• This Etching has New Krytan text in the symbol that it creates, containing the following text:
  • Inner Ring: Bright red death covering all in its black stone
  • Middle Ring: The most frightening sound of all, You can't hear yourself
  • Outer Ring: A colorful noise; white brown red warm to nature a melting touch
  • A single letter P encased in a circle, which presumably signify Primordus
    • Notably, the middle ring seems to contain slightly paraphrased quotations from Primordus's Breath and Primordus's Wisdom, while the outer ring seems to refer to Primordus's Rending

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Fixed an issue that prevented etchings from being able to be charged after a certain duration. Fixed an issue that prevented etchings from being charged when multiple etchings existed at once.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Etching: Volcano has been added to the game. Etching skills will now put their corresponding lesser skill on a short cooldown to prevent unintentional usage. Increased all etching durations from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.
June 27, 2024	Etching: Volcano was available during the Spear Beta Event.