Creeping Frost

Spell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold

Level: 1–20

Cast Time: 0.60 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%

Projectile Speed: 844

Requires Level 12

Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.

Deals (11–568) to (16–847) Cold Damage
Base duration is 5 seconds
Deals (18.4–2225.7) Base Cold Damage per second
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Base radius is 1.5 metres
Base secondary radius is 1.8 metres
Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas

Additional Effects From Quality:

+(0–0.2) metres to radius

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

Quest /2

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	The Siren's Cadence	Quest Reward	Witch
1	The Siren's Cadence	Nessa	Scion · Shadow · Templar · Witch

Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	All Damage from Cold Snap and Creeping Frost can Sap 25% chance for Cold Snap and Creeping Frost to Sap Enemies in Chilling Areas
1000 (T5)	All Damage from Cold Snap and Creeping Frost can Sap 50% chance for Cold Snap and Creeping Frost to Sap Enemies in Chilling Areas

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Base duration is 5 seconds Base radius is 1.5 metres Base secondary radius is 1.8 metres Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect

Level	Requires Level	Dexterity	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 11 to 16 Cold Damage	Deals 18.4 Base Cold Damage per second	Experience
1	12	14	21	7	11, 16	18.4	15,249
2	15	17	25	8	14, 21	25.8	41,517
3	19	21	30	9	20, 29	38.5	81,983
4	23	24	35	9	27, 40	56.1	147,968
5	27	28	41	10	36, 54	80.1	250,557
6	31	32	46	11	48, 72	112.6	405,086
7	35	36	51	12	64, 95	156.5	447,718
8	38	38	55	13	78, 116	201.2	615,318
9	41	41	59	14	95, 142	256.5	834,639
10	44	44	63	14	116, 173	325.4	1,570,760
11	47	47	67	15	140, 209	411.4	1,633,987
12	50	49	71	15	169, 253	515.6	2,151,030
13	53	52	75	16	204, 305	644.7	2,812,189
14	56	55	79	16	246, 367	803.2	5,099,360
15	59	58	83	17	295, 440	997.5	9,400,731
16	62	60	87	18	353, 528	1232.1	15,273,366
17	64	62	90	18	398, 595	1431.8	26,286,582
18	66	64	92	19	449, 670	1661.2	62,890,590
19	68	66	95	19	505, 753	1926.3	212,046,017
20	70	68	98	20	568, 847	2225.7
21	72			21	638, 952	2568.3
22	74			21	717, 1070	2962.7
23	76			21	804, 1201	3406.8
24	78			21	903, 1347	3913.2
25	80			22	1012, 1511	4490.1
26	82			22	1134, 1693	5151.5
27	84			23	1271, 1897	5899.2
28	86			23	1423, 2124	6737.6
29	88			24	1593, 2378	7695.4
30	90			24	1782, 2660	8789.4
31	91			24	1885, 2814	9379
32	92			25	1993, 2975	10006.5
33	93			25	2108, 3146	10682.6
34	94			25	2228, 3326	11402.2
35	95			25	2356, 3517	12158.6
36	96			26	2490, 3717	12963.1
37	97			26	2632, 3929	13829.1
38	98			26	2782, 4153	14739.2
39	99			26	2940, 4389	15706.9
40	100			27	3107, 4638	16735.4

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Transmutation
Acronym	Chill, Modifiers
DropLevel	12
BaseType	Creeping Frost
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy
Type	Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Duration, Area, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, ChillingArea, CanRapidFire, AreaSpell
BuffIcon
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcticBreath
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Creeping Frost

You are taking cold damage over time from Creeping Frost's chilling area

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Acronym	Ignite
IsBuffDefinition	1
BuffMergeModesID	3
IsCharged	0
IsInvisible	0
IsRemovable	0
IsSkillBuff	0
BuffGroupsID	-1

Code	base cold damage taken per minute
IsPublic	1
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	1
StatSemantics	Discrete

Code	is on ground arctic breath
IsPublic	0
IsLocal	0
IsWeaponLocal	0
IsProxied
IsParty	0
IsVirtual	0
IsScalable	0
StatSemantics	Boolean

Creeping Frost Monster /29 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Primordius	25% increased maximum Life 20% increased Character Size monster uses shockwave text [1] monster no map drops [1]	Y
Solus, Pack Alpha	display monster mod nemesis test [0] Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Chimeric Croaker		Y
Prized Croaker		Y
Vaulting Croaker	Poison on Hit 100% increased Poison Duration	Y
Chrome-touched Croaker	Gain 100% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Chrome-infused Croaker	Gain 100% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage	Y
Achioc, the Glacier	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-20] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Asphyxia	25% reduced Movement Speed Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] gain power charge for each quarter life removed [100] 50% increased Cast Speed per Power Charge Gain 50% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Asphyxia	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% reduced Movement Speed gain power charge for each quarter life removed [100] 50% increased Cast Speed per Power Charge	Y
Avatar of the Tempest	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% reduced Movement Speed gain power charge for each quarter life removed [100] 50% increased Cast Speed per Power Charge monster dropped item quantity +% [4000] monster dropped item rarity +% [1000]	Y
Boss Daemon		Y
Daemon		Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
Haviri, Vaal Metalsmith	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] +7 to maximum number of Summoned Totems monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1] kill traps mines and totems on death [1]	Y
The Sanguine Wave	monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] Regenerate 1.33% of Life per second monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Blood Morpher	35% increased Attack Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 75% increased Movement Speed monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Genesis Paradisae	monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] 40% increased Evasion Rating Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Jikeji	monster dropped item quantity +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [800] 500% increased Totem Life monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [500] monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [1000] monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [750] monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [1500] monster no map drops [1] monster is invasion boss [1]	Y
Disciple of Haast	monster no beyond portal [1] monster no map drops [1]	Y
Tahi	500% increased Totem Life monster no map drops [1]	Y
Mutated Croaker	40% increased Evasion Rating Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Gain 25% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage monster no map drops [1]	Y
Yorishi, Aurora-sage	Monsters grant 100% increased Experience monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Soul of Winter	35% increased Attack Speed 35% increased Cast Speed 75% increased Movement Speed monster no map drops [1] monster no drops or experience [1] monster do not fracture [1]	Y
Craicic Hunter	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster no map drops [1]	Y
Craicic Predator	monster dropped item rarity +% [0] monster no map drops [1]	Y
Disciple of Haast	monster no beyond portal [1] monster no map drops [1] Monsters grant 300% increased Experience monster no drops [0]	Y
Ikiaho	damage +% vs players [-15] monster damage +% final vs monsters from ancestral rank [900]	Y
Spirit of Ikiaho		Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Consuming Creeping Frost Effect Your Creeping Frost becomes a Consuming Octopus Effect.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /7 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Damage 1	25% increased Creeping Frost Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Damage 2	40% increased Creeping Frost Damage	75
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Duration 1	24% increased Creeping Frost Duration	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Duration 2	36% increased Creeping Frost Duration	75
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Area Of Effect 1	16% increased Creeping Frost Area of Effect	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Area Of Effect 2	24% increased Creeping Frost Area of Effect	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Creeping Frost Chilling Area Movement Velocity 1	Creeping Frost's Chilling Area has 38% increased Movement Speed	75

Supported By /103 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support
	Faster Projectiles Support
	Added Cold Damage Support
	Increased Area of Effect Support
	Added Lightning Damage Support
	Increased Critical Strikes Support
	Increased Critical Damage Support
	Knockback Support
	Life Leech Support
	Added Chaos Damage Support
	Stun Support
	Pierce Support
	Trap Support
	Item Rarity Support
	Faster Casting Support
	Concentrated Effect Support
	Increased Duration Support
	Cold to Fire Support
	Combustion Support
	Elemental Proliferation Support
	Culling Strike Support
	Iron Will Support
	Spell Totem Support
	Blastchain Mine Support
	Chance to Flee Support
	Blind Support
	Fire Penetration Support
	Cold Penetration Support
	Lightning Penetration Support
	Elemental Penetration Support
	Chain Support
	Fork Support
	Returning Projectiles Support
	Spell Echo Support
	Power Charge On Critical Support
	Burning Damage Support
	Hextouch Support
	Slower Projectiles Support
	Less Duration Support
	Cast on Death Support
	Cast when Damage Taken Support
	Cast when Stunned Support
	Block Chance Reduction Support
	Physical to Lightning Support
	Ice Bite Support
	Hypothermia Support
	Innervate Support
	Critical Strike Affliction Support
	Void Manipulation Support
	Controlled Destruction Support
	Swift Affliction Support
	Elemental Focus Support
	Ignite Proliferation Support
	Chance to Poison Support
	Deadly Ailments Support
	Decay Support
	Efficacy Support
	Vile Toxins Support
	Immolate Support
	Unbound Ailments Support
	Brutality Support
	Arcane Surge Support
	Volley Support
	Summon Phantasm Support
	Bonechill Support
	Energy Leech Support
	Intensify Support
	Unleash Support
	High-Impact Mine Support
	Greater Volley Support
	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
	Awakened Brutality Support
	Awakened Burning Damage Support
	Awakened Fire Penetration Support
	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
	Awakened Chain Support
	Awakened Cold Penetration Support
	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
	Awakened Fork Support
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
	Awakened Swift Affliction Support
	Awakened Void Manipulation Support
	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
	Awakened Hextouch Support
	Awakened Elemental Focus Support
	Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
	Awakened Spell Echo Support
	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
	Awakened Unleash Support
	Archmage Support
	Pinpoint Support
	Trinity Support
	Cruelty Support
	Overcharge Support
	Spellblade Support
	Devour Support
	Sacrifice Support
	Sadism Support

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Creeping Frost

Creeping Frost is a projectile cold spell that launches a frozen skull at a targeted area. The projectile will explode when it reaches the targeted area, or if it comes into contact with an enemy. This explosion causes initial damage and creates a chilled area that slows and deals cold damage over time to any enemies that enter it. This chilled ground area will move in the direction of nearby enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion is affected by all AoE increases. Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion. Concentrated Effect Support and Area of Effect damage passive nodes will only affect the damage if the projectile does not fork or pierce. Additionally Area of Effect chilled ground effect will only trigger at the end of a projectile chain supported by Chain Support.
Projectile: While Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support and Greater Multiple Projectiles Support will increase the number of projectiles, a single target can only be hit by one projectile of Creeping Frost. However, an enemy can be hit by multiple explosions from a single cast, provided each projectile can collide with something and there is enough overlap on the enemy. In this sense, Creeping Frost is capable of "shotgunning" an enemy.
Duration: Increases/decreases to duration affect length of time the chilled ground remains.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Creeping Frost now deals 11 to 16 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 568 to 847 at gem level 20 (previously 383 to 572). Now has 120% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 80%).
3.16.0	Now deals 18.4 Base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 16.7), up to 2225.6 at gem level 20 (previously 1391.2). Its Hit Damage remains unchanged.
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. Renamed from '''Arctic Breath'''. There was an error which caused Arctic Breath to not correctly inherit damage penalties from gems like Greater Multiple Projectiles Support after gem level 1. We have fixed this, and have compensated the damage accordingly. Now deals 11 to 16 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 383 to 572 Cold Damage at gem level 20 (from 301 to 450). Now deals 16.7 base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1391.2 Cold Damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1383.5)
3.10.0	Base projectile speed has been greatly increased. Now has a base cast time of 0.6 seconds (from 0.7). Now deals 11 to 16 cold damage at gem level 1 (from 13 to 19), up to 301 to 450 at gem level 20 (from 350 to 524). Now costs 7 mana at gem level 1 (from 8), up to 20 at gem level 20 (from 23).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 6). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 20). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now deals 13 to 19 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 10) and 350 to 524 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 275 to 413). Now deals 16.7 base Cold damage per second at gem level 1 (from 9.2) and 1383.5 base Cold damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1089.2). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 80% (from 60%).
3.5.0	No longer a ground-projectile. It is now capable of passing over gaps and cliffs. No longer leaves a trail of Chilled Ground in its wake. Now leaves a chilling area on impact that deals cold damage over time over its duration. This area will move towards enemies. You can now target specific locations with this skill. The projectile will impact at the location if it does not collide with something sooner. Now requires level 28.
2.4.0	35% more damage at gem level 20.
2.0.0	Explosion area increased (to 12). The radius of the chilled ground left by the explosion now matches the radius of the explosion.
1.2.0	Cast time has been reduced from 1000ms to 800ms. The mana cost has been reduced further than other skills to account for the change in cast time. Its damage has been reduced by 20%. The same change was applied to monster versions of this skill, though to a lesser or no extent if they had a cooldown or mana cost.
1.1.2	Arctic Breath's damage has been increased by 42% at level 1, up to an increase of 95% at level 15.
1.0.0b	Fixed a performance problem with Ice Shot and Arctic Breath.
0.9.12	Arctic Breath has been added to the game.

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Quest /2

Weapon /2

Level Effect /40

Creeping Frost

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Creeping Frost Monster /29 ⍟

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /7 ⍟

Supported By /103 ⍟

Community Wiki

Creeping Frost

Skill functions and interactions

Version history