Cold Snap

Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration
Level: 1–20
Cost: 11–28 Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 320%
Radius: 16

Requires Level 16

Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. This also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.

Deals (34–1440) to (51–2160) Cold Damage
Deals (28.7–1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second
Base duration is 5 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
(0–19)% increased Effect of Chill
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0–10)% increased Area of Effect

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Unusual Gems /3

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–10)% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous	(0–20)% increased Effect of Chill	100
Divergent	(0–40)% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments	100

Quest /2

Act	Quest Complete	NPC	Character
2	Intruders in Black	Quest Reward	Shadow Witch
2	The Root of the Problem	Yeena	Ranger Scion Shadow Templar Witch

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Base duration is 5 seconds 25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 34 to 51 Cold Damage	Deals 28.7 Base Cold Damage per second	#% increased Effect of Chill	Experience
1	16	18	26	11	34, 51	28.7		49,725
2	20	22	31	13	48, 72	41.7	1	95,714
3	24	25	37	14	66, 99	59.2	2	169,595
4	28	29	42	15	90, 134	82.8	3	199,345
5	31	32	46	16	112, 168	106.8	4	285,815
6	34	35	50	17	139, 208	136.4	5	401,344
7	37	37	54	18	171, 257	173.3	6	554,379
8	40	40	58	19	211, 316	219	7	755,049
9	43	43	62	20	259, 388	274.7	8	1,016,533
10	46	46	66	21	316, 474	343.3	9	1,898,602
11	49	48	70	21	385, 577	426.2	10	1,964,019
12	52	51	74	22	467, 701	529.1	11	2,573,731
13	55	54	78	23	567, 850	653.2	12	4,676,439
14	58	57	82	24	685, 1028	804.3	13	3,017,327
15	60	59	84	25	777, 1166	930.9	14	7,823,001
16	62	60	87	25	880, 1321	1076.1	15	15,264,208
17	64	62	90	26	997, 1495	1242.6	16	26,272,845
18	66	64	92	27	1128, 1692	1433.1	17	62,872,274
19	68	66	95	27	1275, 1912	1646.7	18	212,023,122
20	70	68	98	28	1440, 2160	1895.4	19
21	72			29	1626, 2439	2173.9	20
22	74			29	1835, 2753	2491.3	21
23	76			30	2069, 3104	2852.6	22
24	78			30	2332, 3499	3255.8	23
25	80			31	2628, 3941	3722.5	24
26	82			32	2959, 4438	4242.9	25
27	84			32	3330, 4995	4833	26
28	86			33	3746, 5619	5501.8	27
29	88			33	4212, 6318	6259.6	28
30	90			34	4734, 7101	7101.4	29
31	91			34	5018, 7528	7649.6	29
32	92			35	5319, 7979	8218.8	30
33	93			35	5637, 8456	8866.9	30
34	94			35	5974, 8961	9520.8	31
35	95			36	6330, 9495	10242.2	31
36	96			36	6707, 10060	10991.5	32
37	97			36	7105, 10658	11792.7	32
38	98			37	7527, 11290	12649.1	33
39	99			37	7973, 11959	13592.2	33
40	100			37	8444, 12666	14572.1	34

Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki
Acronym	Chill, Modifiers
DropLevel	16
BaseType	Cold Snap
Class	Active Skill Gems
Vaal	Vaal Cold Snap
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy,
Type	Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, Cascadable, Duration, ChillingArea, AreaSpell, Cooldown
BuffIcon
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemColdSnap

Cold Snap Monster /21 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Vaal Oversoul	monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [11000] monster slain experience +% [250] unique boss curse effect on self +% final [-33] cannot be taunted when taunted ms [0] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Jik'shah	monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster slain experience +% [13100] cannot be taunted when taunted ms [0] unique boss curse effect on self +% final [-33] 35% increased Attack Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 75% increased Movement Speed	Y
Azurite Turret	monster no drops or experience [1]	Y
Stranglecharm	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Seething Brine	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Boiling Ambusher	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Boiling Strider	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Bubbling Gold	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage monster drop additional currency items with quality [2]	Y
Bubbling Gold	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Undying Patrician		Y
Olmec, the All Stone	monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] unique boss curse effect on self +% final [-33] +2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster drop higher level gear [4] monster dropped item quantity +% [3000] monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster slain experience +% [0] cannot be taunted when taunted ms [0] monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-30] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Shadow of the Vaal	monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] unique boss curse effect on self +% final [-33] cannot be taunted when taunted ms [0] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Eoin Greyfur	monster base type attack cast speed +% and damage -% final [33] 20% increased Attack Speed monster no map drops [1] 30% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Captain of the Damned	drop additional rare items [3]	Y
Corpsestitch	Raises Undead monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Mirageblast	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% reduced Movement Speed monster casts ice nova text [1] monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Mutewind Snow-singer	Can have up to 16 additional Traps placed at a time Traps cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being Thrown Mines cannot be Damaged for +4 seconds after being thrown kill traps mines and totems on death [1] 20% Chance to Block Attack Damage You take 10% of Damage from Blocked Hits	Y
Otesha, the Giantslayer	50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage monster dropped item quantity +% [0] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100]	Y
Daemon		Y

Cold Snap

You are taking cold damage over time from a Cold Snap

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BuffGroupsID	-1

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StatSemantics	Discrete

Cold Snap

You are taking cold damage over time from a Cold Snap

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BuffMergeModesID	3
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IsPublic	1
IsLocal	0
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IsProxied	0
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
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StatSemantics	Discrete

Microtransactions /2 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Cold Grasp Effect Your Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost
	Overseer Cold Snap Effect Your Cold Snap becomes an Overseer Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 1	25% increased Cold Snap Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 2	40% increased Cold Snap Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 1	Cold Snap has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 2	Cold Snap has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect	100

Supported By /87 ⍟

Support Gem	Description
Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Trap Support	Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
Item Rarity Support	Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Faster Casting Support	Supports non-instant spell skills.
Concentrated Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
Increased Duration Support	Supports any skill with a duration.
Cold to Fire Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
Iron Will Support	Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
Spell Totem Support	Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
Blastchain Mine Support	Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
Chance to Flee Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Spell Echo Support	Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Less Duration Support	Supports any skill that has a duration.
Cast on Death Support	Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Cast when Damage Taken Support	Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Cast when Stunned Support	Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ice Bite Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Poison Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Immolate Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Onslaught Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Arcane Surge Support	Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
Spell Cascade Support	Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Summon Phantasm Support	Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
Bonechill Support	Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Intensify Support	Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
High-Impact Mine Support	Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Brutality Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
Awakened Elemental Focus Support	Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support	Supports any skill with an area of effect.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Spell Cascade Support	Supports spell skills that apply an effect to an area around a targeted location. Cannot support Vaal skills or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Awakened Spell Echo Support	Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills with a reservation.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Archmage Support	Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Second Wind Support	Supports skills with cooldowns. Cannot support triggered skills.
Trinity Support	Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Cruelty Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Overcharge Support	Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Cold Snap Unique /1 ⍟

Name	Show Full Descriptions
	Winter's Bounty Cobalt Jewel (10–15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap grants Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges when Enemies die in its Area With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap's Cooldown can be bypassed by Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges

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Cold Snap

ColdSnap Cold Snap is a spell that deals cold damage to enemies in an area, leaving chilled ground that expands and deals cold damage over time. It has a cooldown that is bypassed by using Frenzy Charge. It also leaves behind an area of chilled ground that deals damage over time and has a 25% chance to grant a frenzy charge when you kill an enemy within its area of effect.

Skill functions and interactions

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Unusual Gems /3

Unusual Gems /3

Quest /2

Quest /2

Level Effect /40

Level Effect /40

Cold Snap

Cold Snap Monster /21 ⍟

Cold Snap Monster /21 ⍟

cold_snap_degen

ground_archnemesis_cold_snap

Microtransactions /2 ⍟

Microtransactions /2 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /6 ⍟

Supported By /87 ⍟

Supported By /87 ⍟

Cold Snap Unique /1 ⍟

Cold Snap Unique /1 ⍟

Community Wiki

Cold Snap

Skill functions and interactions