Kinetic Bolt

Attack, Projectile

Level: (1–20)

Cost: (5–9) Mana

Attack Speed: 115% of base

Attack Damage: (160–220)% of base

Effectiveness of Added Damage: (160–220)%

Requires Level (1–70), (10–155) Int

Requires Wands

Fire a projectile from your wand that changes direction in a zig-zag pattern at regular intervals or when hitting enemies. Each time it changes direction, a secondary projectile breaks off, flying in the direction it changed away from.

Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 200% of their value
Projectile changes direction (5–8) times
Modifiers which would cause projectiles to Fork instead cause them to change direction additional times

Additional Effects From Quality:

Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at +(0–50)% of their value

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	Enemy at the Gate	Quest Reward	Witch
1	Enemy at the Gate	Nessa	Ranger · Scion · Shadow · Witch

Genus

Kinetic Bolt

Kinetic Bolt of Fragmentation

Kinetic Bolt /5 ⍟

Launch a damaging bolt from your wand that zig zags in front of you. The darting bolt launches a projectile as it turns, damaging enemies.

Name	Show Full Descriptions
Barrage Support	Fire a flurry of Kinetic Bolts in quick succession, damaging enemies consistently over a wide area. You cannot stop or move while firing. This gem improves damage but be careful not to get stuck taking damage while monsters attack you.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Add lightning damage to Kinetic Bolt and its projectiles. A simple but valuable way to quickly kill enemies.
Added Cold Damage Support	Add cold damage to Kinetic Bolt and its projectiles. A simple but valuable way to quickly kill enemies.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Increase the elemental damage dealt by Kinetic Bolt and its projectiles. Kinetic Bolt doesn't inherently deal elemental damage. Added elemental damage can come from equipment (or from Added Lightning and Added Cold support gems). This gem can increase that damage to more quickly kill enemies.
Inspiration Support	Reduce the mana cost of using Kinetic Bolt. Also increase Kinetic Bolt's elemental damage and chance to critically strike with each attack. Wands can have powerful critical strikes. Critical strikes can deal more damage and inflict elemental ailments on enemies. Kinetic Bolt doesn't inherently deal elemental damage. Added elemental damage can come from equipment (or from Added Lightning and Added Cold support gems).

Level Effect /40

Implicit
Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 200% of their value Modifiers which would cause projectiles to Fork instead cause them to change direction additional times

Level	Requires Level	Int	Cost	Base Damage	Projectile changes direction 5 times	Experience
1	1	10	5	160%	5	70
2	2	12	5	163.2%	5	308
3	4	16	5	166.3%	6	1,554
4	7	22	5	169.5%	6	6,667
5	11	31	5	172.6%	6	26,047
6	16	41	6	175.8%	6	49,725
7	20	50	6	178.9%	6	95,714
8	24	58	6	182.1%	6	169,595
9	28	67	6	185.3%	7	283,759
10	32	75	7	188.4%	7	453,996
11	36	83	7	191.6%	7	703,128
12	40	92	7	194.7%	7	1,061,223
13	44	100	7	197.9%	7	2,065,870
14	48	109	7	201.1%	7	2,507,110
15	52	117	8	204.2%	8	5,798,936
16	56	125	8	207.4%	8	15,083,919
17	60	134	8	210.5%	8	27,792,735
18	64	142	8	213.7%	8	43,869,739
19	67	148	9	216.8%	8	242,081,556
20	70	155	9	220%	8
21	72		9	223.2%	9
22	74		9	226.3%	9
23	76		9	229.5%	9
24	78		9	232.6%	9
25	80		9	235.8%	9
26	82		9	238.9%	9
27	84		10	242.1%	10
28	86		10	245.3%	10
29	88		10	248.4%	10
30	90		10	251.6%	10
31	91		10	253.2%	10
32	92		10	254.7%	10
33	93		10	256.3%	10
34	94		10	257.9%	10
35	95		10	259.5%	10
36	96		10	261.1%	11
37	97		10	262.6%	11
38	98		10	264.2%	11
39	99		10	265.8%	11
40	100		10	267.4%	11

Attribute /9

Key	Value
Cost	iLvl 1: Normal: 1xScroll of Wisdom
Acronym	Projectile, Fork, Modifiers
BaseType	Kinetic Bolt
Class	Skill Gems
Weapon	Wands
TargetTypes	Ground, Enemy,
Type	Attack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, RangedAttack, Triggerable
ItemType	Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemKineticBolt
Reference	poe.ninja, Community Wiki

Crucible Weapon /1

Weight	Desc
1000 (T5)	Kinetic Bolt, Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon have 20% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold 100% chance for Kinetic Bolt, Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon to double Stun Duration

Microtransactions /1 ⍟

Ghostflame Kinetic Bolt Effect

Your Kinetic Bolt becomes a Ghostflame Effect.

Supported By /112 ⍟

Active Type: Attack, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Trappable, Mineable, Totemable, RangedAttack, Triggerable

Icon	Name
Added Fire Damage Support	Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Faster Attacks Support	Faster Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Faster Projectiles Support	Faster Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Added Cold Damage Support	Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Additional Accuracy Support	Additional Accuracy Support Supports attack skills.
Added Lightning Damage Support	Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Strikes Support	Increased Critical Strikes Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Increased Critical Damage Support	Increased Critical Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Knockback Support	Knockback Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Life Leech Support	Life Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
Mana Leech Support	Mana Leech Support Supports attack skills that hit enemies, causing those hits to leech mana based on damage dealt.
Added Chaos Damage Support	Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Stun Support	Stun Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
Pierce Support	Pierce Support Supports projectile skills.
Trap Support	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	Item Rarity Support Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
Cold to Fire Support	Cold to Fire Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Combustion Support	Combustion Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Life Gain on Hit Support	Life Gain on Hit Support Supports attack skills.
Elemental Proliferation Support	Elemental Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
Culling Strike Support	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.
Point Blank Support	Point Blank Support Supports projectile skills.
Iron Grip Support	Iron Grip Support Supports attack skills that fire projectiles, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their physical projectile damage.
Damage on Full Life Support	Damage on Full Life Support Supports attack skills, providing a bonus to all damage dealt by those skills while your life is full.
Blastchain Mine Support	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	Chance to Flee Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Blind Support	Blind Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ballista Totem Support	Ballista Totem Support Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.
Fire Penetration Support	Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Cold Penetration Support	Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Lightning Penetration Support	Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Elemental Penetration Support	Elemental Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
Chain Support	Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
Fork Support	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	Returning Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Power Charge On Critical Support	Power Charge On Critical Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Burning Damage Support	Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Hextouch Support	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.
Cast On Critical Strike Support	Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Slower Projectiles Support	Slower Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Vicious Projectiles Support	Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
Block Chance Reduction Support	Block Chance Reduction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Physical to Lightning Support	Physical to Lightning Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Ice Bite Support	Ice Bite Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Hypothermia Support	Hypothermia Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Innervate Support	Innervate Support Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Critical Strike Affliction Support	Critical Strike Affliction Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Void Manipulation Support	Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Controlled Destruction Support	Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Swift Affliction Support	Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Elemental Focus Support	Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Ignite Proliferation Support	Ignite Proliferation Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Chance to Bleed Support	Chance to Bleed Support Supports attack skills.
Chance to Poison Support	Chance to Poison Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Deadly Ailments Support	Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Decay Support	Decay Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Efficacy Support	Efficacy Support Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
Vile Toxins Support	Vile Toxins Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Maim Support	Maim Support Supports attack skills, or other skills that can maim enemies.
Immolate Support	Immolate Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Unbound Ailments Support	Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Brutality Support	Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Momentum Support	Momentum Support Supports attack skills that aren't triggered.
Volley Support	Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
Summon Phantasm Support	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.
Withering Touch Support	Withering Touch Support Supports attack skills.
Bonechill Support	Bonechill Support Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
Energy Leech Support	Energy Leech Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
Impale Support	Impale Support Supports attack skills.
Nightblade Support	Nightblade Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support skills which create minions.
High-Impact Mine Support	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.
Arrow Nova Support	Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Barrage Support	Barrage Support Supports projectile attack skills that use bows or wands. Cannot support triggered skills, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Greater Volley Support	Greater Volley Support Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
Awakened Added Fire Damage Support	Awakened Added Fire Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Brutality Support	Awakened Brutality Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Burning Damage Support	Awakened Burning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support	Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Supports attack skills.
Awakened Fire Penetration Support	Awakened Fire Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
Awakened Added Cold Damage Support	Awakened Added Cold Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Arrow Nova Support	Awakened Arrow Nova Support Supports bow attack skills that fire arrows forwards as projectiles. These skills will instead fire a payload arrow into the air to land at a targeted location. The supported skills' arrows will then fire out in a circle from where it lands. Cannot support skills that already fire arrows into the air, channelled skills, or skills that create Minions.
Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support	Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
Awakened Chain Support	Awakened Chain Support Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
Awakened Cold Penetration Support	Awakened Cold Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
Awakened Deadly Ailments Support	Awakened Deadly Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Fork Support	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	Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support Supports projectile skills.
Awakened Swift Affliction Support	Awakened Swift Affliction Support Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
Awakened Void Manipulation Support	Awakened Void Manipulation Support Supports any skill that deals damage.
Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support	Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support Supports projectile attack skills.
Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support	Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support	Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support	Awakened Controlled Destruction Support Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
Awakened Hextouch Support	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	Awakened Elemental Focus Support Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support	Awakened Lightning Penetration Support Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
Awakened Unbound Ailments Support	Awakened Unbound Ailments Support Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
Trinity Support	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.
Bloodthirst Support	Bloodthirst Support Supports attack skills. Cannot support triggered skills, skills which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps or mines.
Cruelty Support	Cruelty Support Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
Overcharge Support	Overcharge Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Manaforged Arrows Support	Manaforged Arrows Support Supports bow attack skills, causing them to trigger when you've spent enough mana in total on other bow attacks. Cannot modify the skills of minions. Cannot support totems, traps, mines, Vaal skills, or channelling skills
Prismatic Burst Support	Prismatic Burst Support Supports attacks, causing them to trigger the Prismatic Burst spell. Cannot support triggered attacks or attacks used by things other than you. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
Devour Support	Devour Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Locus Mine Support	Locus Mine Support Supports attack skills that use bows or wands and fire projectiles ahead. Instead of using that skill, you will throw mines that will use the skill for you when you detonate them, targeting your location. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
Sadism Support	Sadism Support Supports any skill that hits enemies.
Volatility Support	Volatility Support Supports attack skills.
Sacred Wisps Support	Sacred Wisps Support Supports attack skills that can be used with Wands. Cannot support Vaal skills, minion skills, movement skills, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
Rupture Support	Rupture Support Supports attack skills.

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Kinetic Bolt

Kinetic Bolt is a wand attack skill that fires a bolt that forks in a zig-zag pattern at it travels, releasing secondary projectiles as it forks. The user (of this skill)'s additive (not multiplicative) spell damage modifiers affect this skill's damage.

Skill functions and interactions

Only increases and reductions to spell damage are applied to attack damage. More and less modifiers do not apply to attack damage.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Increases and reductions to spell damage now also apply to attack damage from this skill at 200% of their value (from 150%). Anomalous Kinetic Bolt now causes increases and reductions to Cast Speed to apply to Attack Speed at 2.5% of their value per 1% gem quality (from 5% per 1% quality).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality: Anomalous or Divergent.
3.10.0	Kinetic Bolt has been added to the game.

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