Frostbolt

Spell, Projectile, Cold

Level: 1–20

Cast Time: 0.75 sec

Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%

Effectiveness of Added Damage: 360%

Projectile Speed: 375

Requires Level 1

Fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage.

Deals (9–1594) to (13–2392) Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all Targets

Additional Effects From Quality:

(0–20)% increased Cold Damage

Unusual Gems /4 ⍟

Type	Stats	Weight
Superior	(0–20)% increased Cold Damage	50
Anomalous	Projectiles gain (0–40)% increased Projectile Speed per second	10
Divergent	(0–20)% less Projectile Speed	100
Phantasmal	Projectiles have (0–20)% chance to Return to you	20

Quest /2 ⍟

Act	Quest	NPC	Character
1	Enemy at the Gate	Quest Reward	Templar
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Scion · Shadow · Templar · Witch

Weapon /2

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	+15% to Vortex Critical Strike Chance when Cast on Frostbolt
1000 (T5)	+25% to Vortex Critical Strike Chance when Cast on Frostbolt

Frostbolt /6 ⍟

Fires a slow-moving projectile spell that pierces through enemies, dealing cold damage with a chance to inflict chill and freeze.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Added Cold Damage Support	Increases the amount of flat cold damage your Frostbolt does.
Cold Penetration Support	Reduces enemy resistance to cold damage, making them take more cold damage from Frostbolt.
Hypothermia Support	Provides an increase to chill and freeze chance with Frostbolt, as well as providing more damage against chilled enemies.
Controlled Destruction Support	Grants more spell damage to Frostbolt but reduces critical strike chance. The more spell damage provided by this support allows a direct and stable increase in damage not contingent on critical strikes.
Spell Echo Support	Repeats Frostbolt an additional time while also greatly increasing the cast speed.
Faster Casting Support	Increases the cast speed of Frost Bolt, allowing the projectiles to be cast more frequently.

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Projectiles Pierce all Targets

Level	Requires Level	Intelligence	Cost	Deals 9 to 13 Cold Damage	Experience
1	1	10	6	9, 13	70
2	2	12	6	10, 15	308
3	4	16	7	13, 20	1,554
4	7	22	8	18, 27	6,667
5	11	31	9	27, 41	26,047
6	16	41	10	42, 64	49,725
7	20	50	11	59, 89	95,714
8	24	58	12	81, 121	169,595
9	28	67	13	108, 163	283,759
10	32	75	14	144, 216	453,996
11	36	83	15	190, 285	703,128
12	40	92	16	249, 373	1,061,223
13	44	100	18	323, 485	2,065,870
14	48	109	19	418, 627	2,507,110
15	52	117	20	537, 806	5,798,936
16	56	125	21	688, 1033	15,083,919
17	60	134	22	879, 1318	27,792,735
18	64	142	23	1117, 1676	43,869,739
19	67	148	24	1336, 2004	242,081,556
20	70	155	25	1594, 2392
21	72		25	1793, 2689
22	74		26	2014, 3022
23	76		26	2262, 3393
24	78		27	2539, 3809
25	80		27	2849, 4273
26	82		28	3194, 4791
27	84		28	3580, 5369
28	86		29	4010, 6015
29	88		30	4490, 6735
30	90		30	5026, 7538
31	91		30	5316, 7974
32	92		31	5623, 8434
33	93		31	5947, 8920
34	94		31	6288, 9433
35	95		31	6649, 9974
36	96		32	7030, 10545
37	97		32	7432, 11149
38	98		32	7857, 11785
39	99		33	8305, 12457
40	100		33	8778, 13166

Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Projectile, Pierce
BaseType	Frostbolt
Class	Skill Gems
TargetTypes	Enemy, Ground
Type	Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Cold, Triggerable, CanRapidFire
Metadata	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostBolt
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Frostbolt Monster /16 ⍟

Name	Modifiers	Spectre
Merveil's Blessed		Y
Puruna, the Challenger	+2 to maximum number of Summoned Totems totem art variation [1] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Puruna, the Challenger	+5 to maximum number of Summoned Totems totem art variation [1] damage vs tiki totems +% [300] monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Cavern Strider	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
Sand Strider	80% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage	Y
The Unshaped	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Agent of the Void	monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000] cannot be stunned while stunned [1]	Y
Void Remnant	cannot be used as minion [1]	N
Void Remnant	cannot be used as minion [1] monster do not fracture [1]	N
Mother Phyia	25% reduced Movement Speed monster dropped item rarity +% [15000] monster slain experience +% [100] 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
Aurelio Voidsinger	35% increased Cast Speed	Y
Daemon		Y
Daemon	100% increased Cast Speed	Y
Dario, the Living Void		Y
Void Construct	Gain 100% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage cannot be used as minion [1]	N
Daemon	monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-25]	Y

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Black Hole Frostbolt Effect Your Frostbolt becomes a flying black hole.

Labyrinth Enchantment helmet /8 ⍟

Level	Name	Mod	Weight
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Damage 1	25% increased Frostbolt Damage	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Damage 2	40% increased Frostbolt Damage	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Cast Speed 1	10% increased Frostbolt Cast Speed	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Cast Speed 2	15% increased Frostbolt Cast Speed	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Freeze Chance 1	Frostbolt has +10% chance to Freeze	100
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Frost Bolt Freeze Chance 2	Frostbolt has +15% chance to Freeze	100
The Merciless Labyrinth	Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 1	Vortex has 30% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	75
The Eternal Labyrinth	Enchantment Vortex AoE On Frostbolt 2	Vortex has 45% increased Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt	75

Supported By /97 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects.
	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	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.
	Pierce Support Supports projectile 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.
	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.
	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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.
	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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.
	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.
	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects.
	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.
	Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	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 Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
	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 Fork Support Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
	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 Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
	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
	Awakened Unleash Support Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	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.
	Pinpoint Support Supports projectile spells 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.
	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.
	Spellblade Support Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
	Sacrifice Support Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.

Frostbolt Unique /1 ⍟

Icon	Name
	Frozen Trail Cobalt Jewel (7–10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Frostbolt fires 2 additional Projectiles With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Frostbolt Projectiles gain 40% increased Projectile Speed per second

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Frostbolt

Frostbolt is a cold spell that fires a slow-moving projectile that pierces all targets. Frostbolt interacts with Ice Nova and Vortex, allowing those spells to be cast on Frostbolt projectiles instead of the player.

Skill functions and interactions

Ice Nova and Vortex: When Ice Nova or Vortex is cast while the player has active Frostbolt projectiles, the skills will be cast on the projectiles rather than the player but with 20% less area of effect. Ice Nova will cast on up to 2 Frostbolts, and Vortex will cast on up to 4. Vortex will consume the projectiles, but Ice Nova will not.
Projectile speed: Frostbolt's total projectile distance traveled is not affected by changes to projectile speed (such as Faster Projectiles Support or Slower Projectiles Support).
Fork and Chain: Frostbolt projectiles will always pierce, and therefore can never fork or chain.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Frostbolt now deals 9 to 13 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1594 to 2392 at gem level 20 (previously 972 to 1458). Now has 360% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 220%). Quality on the Anomalous Frostbolt Skill gem no longer provides 0-100% reduced Damage, or 0-20% chance to inflict Cold Exposure on Hit. Instead, it now provides "Gain 0-40% increased Projectile Speed per second".
3.11.0	Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 220% (from 160%). Fixed an instance crash related to '''Frostbolt'''.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 25 (was 20). Now deals 9 to 13 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 6 to 10) and 972 to 1458 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 753 to 1129)
2.3.0	Introduced to the game.

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