Original Sin 2 Geomancer

For ability in Divinity: Original Sin and its Enhanced Edition, see Geomancer (Original Sin).

Icon of Aerotheurge combat ability in Divinity: Original Sin II

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Geomancer increases all Poison and Earth damage you deal, and any Physical Armour restoration you cause.

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—In game description

Geomancer is a combat ability, that utilises magic known as geomancy, and is essential for learning and casting Geomancer skills as well as crucial determining factor of the effectiveness of earth and poison based weapons and ammunition in Divinity: Original Sin II.

Description

Characteristics

Geomancer combat ability focuses on dealing earth damage and poison damage, which are resisted by Magic Armour and Earth Resistance and Poison Resistance. Magic Armour prevents negative status effects from affecting characters whereas Earth and Poison Resistances directly lowers earth and poison damage done respectively. The reduction is based on percentage, therefore character with + 10 % earth resistance will receive 10 % less earth damage.

Geomancer combat ability is by default used by 2 preset classes. The Wizard, which is a mage preset class, who uses Geomancer alongside Pyrokinetic combat ability and the Wayfarer, which is a survivor preset class, who uses Geomancer alongside Huntsman combat ability.

Geomancer on its own offers 3 support skills, 1 summon skill and 11 offensive skills. Craftable skills that include Geomancer offer 6 support (2 are incarnate infusions) and 4 offensive skills. Overall Geomancer offers 9 support skills, 15 offensive skills and 1 summon skill.

Geomancer ability on its own increases earth and poison damage from all sources by 5 % per each point invested. Note that in order to learn all Geomancer skills, the character needs 5 points in Geomancer (either by investment or by bonuses from items). Additionaly Geomancer increases all Physical Armour gained by 5 % per eeach point invested.

Earth and Poison Damage and Physical Armour Restoration bonus per point in Geomancer

Level	Damage Boost (%)	Level	Damage Boost (%)
1	5	2	10
3	15	4	20
5	25	6	30
7	35	8	40
9	45	10	50

Damage of Geomancer Skills

Damage in Divinity: Original Sin II is calculated through this exact formula: Damage = (Base Damage) x (1 + Elemental Bonus%) x (1 + Attribute Bonus% + Weapon Skill Bonus% + Misc Bonuses% [if attack]) x (1 + High Ground Bonus% + Crit Bonus%) x ( 1 + Misc Bonus% [if spell])

Due to skills under Geomancer ability being spells they all use the following formula for damage: (Base Damage) x (1 + Elemental Bonus%) x (1 + Attribute Bonus% + Weapon Skill Bonus %) x (1 + High Ground Bonus% + Crit Bonus%) x ( 1 + Misc Bonus %). Additionaly they cannot be cast if caster is affected by Silenced and Enraged status effects.

Simply put for the earth and poison damage done by Geomancer skills the most crucial elements are: level of the caster, Geomancer ability, intelligence attribute, high ground bonus and critical hit bonus.

Geomancer skills DO NOT rely on the base damage done by weapons. However weapons affect damage done if they provide boost to any of the above mentioned elements that affect earth or poison damage done.

Therefore in order to boost damage done by Geomancer skills it is crucial to increase: Level, Geomancer, Intelligence, High Ground Bonus, Critical Hit Bonus. If possible it is wise to lower the earth or poison resistance of enemies. Note that bonus to damage provided by Intelligence is smaller than bonus provided by Geomancer ability.

Surfaces and Status Effects

Geomancer ability is focuses on mastering earth and poison. Therefore those who use it are most commonly capable of creating oil and poison surfaces as well as poison clouds and cursed poison surface. Note that these surfaces and clouds are flammable and explosive (the damaging aspect of these does not include their blessed counterparts). Also note that Undead will be healed by poison surfaces and clouds.

Geomancer skills are also capable of causing a variety of status effects. Below is a table listing all effects caused by Geomancer combat ability skills.

Traders

Following table shows all NPCs who are guaranteed to sell Geomancer skillbooks, with their location and coordinates in the right column, from them. The location shown in the table (and the coordinates) are only for the initial location the NPC is in. Note that some of these may have other skillbooks and goods to sell. Out of these only Gareth and Almira may follow the Godwoken throughout the game on the Lady Vengeance, provided their demands are met.

Trader	Location (x, y)	Trader	Location (x, y)
Maol	Fort Joy (136, 111)	Gareth	Ruined Castle (467, 269)
Almira	Paradise Downs (707, 391)	Ovis	Driftwood Square (353, 106)
Tovah	Elven camp (509, 314)	Priestess of Duna	Temple of Tir-Cendelius (259, 914)
Black Ring Alchemist	Black Ring encampment (228, 771)	Friel	The Cathedral (318, 363)

Geomancer Skills

Ability Based

Following tables and sub-sections show Geomancer skills that can be learnt by character if they have enough point in Geomancer ability. All of these skills can be crafted by combining corresponding scroll with blank earth skillbook or high tier blank earth skillbook. Note that not all skills have craftable scrolls. In base game (without cheats) skills from 9 level onward (Adept, Expert and Master tiers) can be gained only after escaping Reaper's Eye island.

Each skill belongs to a tier that is determined through characters level that determines whether it can be found and purchased and requires certain level in Geomancer ability in order to memorise the skill. Higher Tier skills may require more memory in order to use them in combat, this especially applies to skills that require Source in order to cast them.

Table of all base Geomancer Skills

Tier	Skill	Effect	Cost	Geomancer
Starter (Level 1)	Contamination	Deals poison damage and sets poisoned to enemies within a 12.0m radius around you for 1 turn. Turns water, blood surfaces, and clouds into poison..	1 AP	1
	Fortify	Increases character's Physical Armour for 3 turns. Fortified Characters cannot be forcefully teleported.	1 AP
	Fossil Strike	Throw a giant rock filled with sticky oil that deals earth damage and creates an oil surface within a 2 meter radius.	2 AP
	Poison Dart	Shoot poison at an enemy which will deal poison damage and create poison surface beneath them.	2 AP
Novice (Level 4)	Impalement	Rock spikes strike all character within a 4.0m radius area crippling them and dealing earth damage. Creates an oil surface.	2 AP	2
	Mend Metal	Allies near to the caster slowly regenerate Physical Armour.	1 AP
	Worm Tremor	Deals earth damage to each character in the area. Affected characters cannot move tor teleport, and they receive poison damage each turn if they dont have Magic armour.	3 AP
Adept (Level 9)	Earthquake	Deals earth damage and knocks down enemy characters and items around the caster. Creates eight oil surfaces within the area.	3 AP	2
	Poison Wave	Poison erupts from the caster in a circular wave, dealing poison damage and forming poison clouds. Gives immunity to poison and earth damage for one turn.	2 AP
	Reactive Armour	Deals physical damage based on the casters current Physical Armour, in a wave of metal spikes to everyone in the area (including yourself).	1 AP
	Summon Hungry Flower	Summons a mobile plant having Acid Spore, Poison Wave and All In skills.	3 AP 1 SP	3
Expert (Level 13)	Acid Spores	Shoot spores of corrosive acid that deal poison damage. Creates a cursed poison surface of 3.0m radius.	2 AP 2 SP	3
Master (Level 16)	Living Wall	Vines sprout from the ground to block the path in a target area, emitting poison clouds around them.	2 AP	3
	Siphon Poison	Removes poison surfaces and clouds. Gain poison damage bonus to weapon attacks and weapon-based skills depending on size of the cleared area.	1 AP
	Pyroclastic Eruption	Oil-filled rocks erupt from the caster at all enemies in the area. On impact, they create oil surfaces and deal earth damage.	4 AP 3 SP	5

Craftable

Following skillbooks are classified as craftable for they can be obtained only by crafting them. They cannot be bought from any trader in the game. However it is possible to get them as quest reward or find them as random loot.

Base skillbooks are obtained whenever non-source Geomancer skillbook is combined with another non-source skillbook. Resulting skillbook will be a mix of both skillbooks and will require investment in both combat abilities under which the skillbooks belong. Example: In order to learn and cast Turn to Oil, character needs 1 point in both Geomancer and Polymorph combat abilities.

Source skillbooks are obtained whenever non-source Geomancer skillbook is combined with source skillbook and vice versa. One way or another there has to be source skillbook involved in crafting otherwise the resulting book will be non-source skillbook. Like base craftable skillbooks these also cannot be bought from traders in game.

Table of all craftable Geomancer Skills

Type	Skill	Effect	Cost	Secondary Ability
Base (Geomancer 1)	Oily Carapace	This skill absorbs any oil surfaces around the caster and converts it to Physical Armour.	1 AP	Warfare 1
	Throw Dust	Throw dust at a character, blinding them and dealing earth damage. Clears surfaces and clouds in the area.	2 AP	Huntsman 1
	Turn to Oil	Turns water and blood surfaces into oil. Removes Stun and Shocked from characters.	1 AP	Polymorph 1
	Corrosive Touch	Corrosive Touch deals physical armour damage and sets Acid on target.	1 AP	Necromancer 1
	Venom Coating	Applies poison damage on equipped weapons and skills.	1 AP	Scoundrel 1
	Poison Infusion	Infuse your Incarnate with poison.	1 AP	Summoning 1
Source (Geomancer 2)	Corrosive Spray	Corrosive spray deals physical armour damage and sets Acid and Atrophy on targets in a cone.	2 AP 1 SP	Necromancer 2
	Acid Infusion	Changes Incarnate's element to acid, unlocking Poison Dart and Acid Spores.	1 AP 2 SP	Summoning 2
	Poisonous Skin	You get immunity to poison and earth, but lowered resistance to air. You bleed poison.	1 AP 1 SP	Polymorph 2
	Mass Oily Carapace	Convert all oil surfaces around caster and their allies into Physical Armour.	2 AP 1 SP	Warfare 2
	Dust Blast	Throw dust at all enemies in range, blinding them and dealing earth damage.	3 AP 1 SP	Huntsman 2
	Venomous Aura	Allies in range receive Venom Coating, which adds poison damage to weapon skills and attacks.	2 AP 1 SP	Scoundrel 2

Other Skills

Outside of player accesible and craftable skills, there are skills exclusive to NPCs that are also clasiffied as Geomancer. Some of these are also accessible in Game Master Mode. Following table also includes skills exclusive to Gift Bag features such as Pet Power which allows player character to cast Infusions unto any summoned creature. These infusions sometimes grant unique skills unseen in the base game.

Additionaly besides the skills classified as Geomancer skills, there are skills from other ability categories which are also affected by Geomancer.

Table of all Geomancer Skills

Type	Skill	Effect	Cost
Polymorph	Medusa Head	Snakes grow out of your head, giving you a Petrifiying aura and the Petrifying Visage skill. Incompatible with Bull Horns.	2 AP
Special (Racial)	Petrifying Touch	Turn a nearby target to stone, incapacitating it. Deal earth damage. Removes Bleeding, Burning, Poisoned, and Crippled.	2 AP
Game Master Mode	Midnight Oil	Create an oil surface.	2 AP
Summon Exclusive	Acid Spore	Shoot spores of corrosive acid, dealing poison damage.	2 AP
Gift Bag: Pet Power	Oil Infusion	Summon becomes immune to earth damage and gains an additional Geomancer skill (depending on summon).	1 AP
Gift Bag: Pet Power	Cursed Oil Infusion	Summon becomes immune to earth damage and gains an additional Geomancer skill (depending on summon).	1 AP
Gift Bag: Pet Power	Swamp Golem	Swamp Golem protects you, immediately attacking approaching enemies.	1 AP
Gift Bag: Pet Power (Huntsman)	Acid Sparks	Fire up to two projectiles that deal poison damage and then fork off to the next target up to two times wthin 5m.	2 AP

Items

Outside of skills, the Geomancer combat ability affects also all manner of items which can deal earth damage and poison damage. Likewise the Geomancer ability can be boosted through items that provide bonus to it. Most notably this includes all arrows, grenades, traps, equipment and lastly runes.

Ammunition

Following arrows and grenades are magical items that can be used both in and outside of combat to cause earth damage or poison damage and potentially create corresponding surfaces and clouds. All of the following arrows and grenades are empowered by Geomancer combat ability. Note that in order to use arrows, character must have bow or crossbow equipped.

Table of all Munition affected by Geomancer

Item	Effect	Item	Effect
Poison Arrow	Special arrow which deals Poison Damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 3 turns. Creates poison surface.	Poisoncloud Arrow	Special arrow which deals Poison Damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 2 turns. Creates poison cloud at the place of impact (2 meters).
Chemical Warfare Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals Poison Damage and inflicts Diseased Status for 4 turns.	Cursed Poison Flask	Throwable grenade that deals Poison Damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 2 turns in 2 meter radius where it will also leave a cursed poison surface.
Poison Flask	Throwable grenade that deals Poison Damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 2 turns in 2 meter radius where it will also leave a poison surface.	Poison Cloud Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals Poison Damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 2 turns in 2 meter radius where it will also leave a poison cloud.
Tremor Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals earth damage and inflicts Knocked Down Status for 1 turn.	—	—

Gift Bag Exclusive

Following items are exclusive to Gift Bag features, most notably Crafter's Kit, and as such cannot be obtained, made or otherwise seen in the base game unless the feature has been manually activated.

Table of all Munition affected by Geomancer

Item	Effect	Item	Effect
Oil Dazzler Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals no damage on its own but inflicts Blinded Status for 2 turns in 4 meter radius. Leaves oil surface in 2 meter radius.	Oily Nailbomb	Throwable grenade that deals physical damage and inflicts Bleeding Status for 3 turns in 4 meter radius. Leaves oil surface in 2 meter radius.
Poison Dazzler Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals no damage on its own but inflicts Blinded Status for 2 turns in 4 meter radius. Leaves poison surface in 2 meter radius.	Poison Nailbomb	Throwable grenade that deals physical damage and inflicts Bleeding Status for 3 turns in 4 meter radius. Leaves poison surface in 2 meter radius.
Stunning Poison Grenade	Throwable grenade that deals air damage and inflicts Shocked Status for 2 turns in 4 meter radius. Leaves poison surface at area of impact.	Poison Gas Trap	Throwable trap that deals poison damage and inflicts Poisoned Status for 1 turn in 3 meter radius. Additionaly creates poison cloud in 2 meter radius.

Equipment

Geomancer combat ability is best paired with weapons that cause earth damage or poison damage (most commonly staves and wands) and equipment that increases Geomancer and Intelligence.

List of Weapons

Table of all Weapons associated with Geomancer

Item	Description	Item	Description
Dumora Lam	Wand 82-95 Earth damage Creates poison surface (impact 1 m) Siphon Poison + 3 Intelligence + 1 Dual Wielding + 2 Geomancer 1 empty rune slot	Wand of the Elder	Wand 30-35 Earth damage Reactive Armour + 3 Intelligence + 2 Constitution + 1 Geomancer 1 empty rune slot
Glaoch Girt	One-Handed Mace 89-94 Physical damage 18-19 Earth + 25% Cleave Damage Set Crippled for 2 turns (25 % chance) Set Slowed for 2 turns (25 % chance) Terrain Transmutation + 3 Strength + 2 Intelligence + 1 Single-Handed + 2 Warfare 1 empty rune slot	Spear of Braccus Rex	Spear 9-11 Physical damage 3-4 Earth damage Set Petrified (10 % chance) + 1 Finesse
Spear of Horrorsleep	Spear 156-164 Physical damage 32-33 Earth damage Set Sleeping for 1 turn (50 % chance) Set Slowed for 2 turns (20 % chance) Dust Blast (4 uses) + 3 Finesse + 3 Wits 1 empty rune slot	Rancour	Dagger 86-90 Poison damage + 25 % Critical Chance Set Charmed for 1 turns (50 % chance) + 3 Finesse + 3 Wits 1 empty rune slot
Venombite	Dagger 16-18 Physical damage Set Poisoned for 2 turns (20 % chance) + 1 Summoning 1 empty rune slot	Turtle's Claw	Wand 4-6 Poison damage

Table of all Armour and Jewellery associated with Geomancer

Item	Description	Item	Description
Sallow Chainmail	Chest Armour 214 Physical armour 125 Magic armour Poisonous Skin Reflect 20% of melee damage as poison damage + 3 Finesse + 2 Intelligence + 1 Geomancer + 10 % Poison resistance 1 empty rune slot	Boots of the Faithful	Boots 36 Physical armour 256 Magic armour + 1 Geomancer + 2 Constitution + 0.4 Movement + 10 % Air resistance
The Destroyer's Gloves	Gloves 236 Physical armour 33 Magic armour Set Reactive Armour + 3 Strength + 10 % Earth Resistance + 10 % Fire Resistance	Falone Girt	Necklace 227 Magic armour Living Wall + 5 Intelligence + 1 Geomancer + 1 Pyrokinetic + 20 % Earth Resistance + 20 % Fire Resistance
Talisman of the Faithful	Necklace 362 Magic armour + 2 Intelligence + 2 Constitution + 1 Retribution + 1 Aerotheurge + 1 Geomancer + 351 Health + 0.1 Movement + 20 % Air Resistance + 20 % Water Resistance	—	—

Runes

All equipment that has rune slots can be inserted with runes that will grant them additional properties. Most important rune for all who rely on Geomancer ability (in terms of damage and resistances bonuses provided) is the Rock Rune and the Venom Rune.

The Rock Rune increases earth damage when inserted into weapon. However it will increase Earth Resistance if inserted into armour instead. Lastly, if inserted into necklace or ring, it will increase Vitality by set amount. Mystical Rock Rune of any size provides 1 point bonus to either Warfare (if inserted into armour), Two-Handed (Original Sin 2) (if inserted into weapon) and Geomancer (if inserted into any necklace or ring) alongside its base effect. Rock Rune of Power of any size will always provide bonus to Strength (depending on its size) whenever inserted into any equipment.

Venom Rune increases poison damage when inserted into weapon. Similarly to Rock Rune it will increase Poison Resistance if inserted into armour. And lastly, if inserted into necklace or ring, it will increase Accuracy. Mystical Venom Rune of any size provides 1 point bonus to either Summoning (if inserted into armour), Perseverance (if inserted into weapon) and Necromancer (if inserted into any necklace or ring) alongside its base effect. Venom Rune of Power of any size will always provide bonus to Finesse (depending on its size) whenever inserted into any equipment.