PoE2 skill gem

Fragmentation Rounds

Load your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode. These fragments can Merge.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fragmentation Rounds: Quality now grants +0-2 Fragments per Shot (previously 0-20% more Physical Damage).

Full patch history

Effects

14 effects

Ammunition

  • +1 Bolt loaded per clip

Projectile

  • Fire Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy Consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of ice shards. These fragments can Merge.
  • Cost: 0 Mana
  • Attack Damage: (20-72)% of base
  • Projectile Speed: 40 metres per Second
  • Consume Freeze on Hit
  • Overwhelm % Physical Damage Reduction
  • Fires 10 fragments per shot
  • Bolts Pierce (2-4) Targets

Vs Frozen

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex
Weapon or skill requirementCrossbows
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex

Requires: Crossbows

Gem level progression

40 levels
Fragmentation Rounds levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageBolts Pierce 2 Targets
10447100%, 100%, 100%, 20%, 350%2
23779100%, 100%, 100%, 22%, 386%2
369910100%, 100%, 100%, 24%, 426%2
410131312100%, 100%, 100%, 26%, 467%2
514171713100%, 100%, 100%, 29%, 508%2
618202015100%, 100%, 100%, 31%, 550%2
722242416100%, 100%, 100%, 33%, 594%2
826282818100%, 100%, 100%, 35%, 636%3
931323220100%, 100%, 100%, 37%, 676%3
1036373723100%, 100%, 100%, 40%, 719%3
1141414125100%, 100%, 100%, 42%, 765%3
1246464627100%, 100%, 100%, 44%, 816%3
1352515130100%, 100%, 100%, 47%, 872%3
1458575733100%, 100%, 100%, 50%, 932%3
1564626236100%, 100%, 100%, 53%, 997%3
1666646439100%, 100%, 100%, 56%, 1069%4
1772707042100%, 100%, 100%, 60%, 1147%4
1878757546100%, 100%, 100%, 64%, 1233%4
1984808049100%, 100%, 100%, 68%, 1326%4
2090868653100%, 100%, 100%, 72%, 1429%4
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Fragmentation Rounds levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageBolts Pierce 2 Targets
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable58100%, 100%, 100%, 77%, 1539%4
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable62100%, 100%, 100%, 82%, 1658%4
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable67100%, 100%, 100%, 88%, 1787%4
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable72100%, 100%, 100%, 94%, 1925%5
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable78100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 2073%5
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable83100%, 100%, 100%, 107%, 2234%5
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable89100%, 100%, 100%, 114%, 2406%5
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable96100%, 100%, 100%, 121%, 2592%5
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable103100%, 100%, 100%, 129%, 2793%5
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable110100%, 100%, 100%, 138%, 3009%5
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable118100%, 100%, 100%, 147%, 3241%5
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable126100%, 100%, 100%, 157%, 3492%5
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable134100%, 100%, 100%, 168%, 3762%5
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable143100%, 100%, 100%, 179%, 4052%5
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable153100%, 100%, 100%, 191%, 4366%5
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable163100%, 100%, 100%, 203%, 4703%5
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable174100%, 100%, 100%, 217%, 5066%5
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable185100%, 100%, 100%, 231%, 5458%5
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable197100%, 100%, 100%, 247%, 5880%5
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable210100%, 100%, 100%, 263%, 6334%5

Quality effects

3 effects

Ammunition standard quality

  • (0-100)% more reload speed

Projectile standard quality

  • Fires (0-2) fragments per shot

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

  • 100% more reload speedQuality scaling: (0-100)% more reload speed

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: CrossbowAmmoSkill, ReservesManually, Attack, UsableWhileMoving

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 1

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Crossbow, tier 1

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 1 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Crossbow

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Fragmentation Rounds. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

5 changes
0.5.0
Direct change

Fragmentation Rounds: Quality now grants +0-2 Fragments per Shot (previously 0-20% more Physical Damage).

0.4.0
Direct change

Fragmentation Rounds: Now has Bolts Pierce 2 targets at Gem level 1 scaling to Bolts Pierce 5 targets at Gem level 24 (previously 2 at all Gem levels). Base projectile speed has been increased by 50%.

0.3.0
Direct change

Ice Crystals will now instantly shatter from hits that could Consume Freeze. As this is now default behaviour, Glacial Cascade and Fragmentation Rounds no longer specifically call out this behaviour.

0.3.0
Direct change

Fragmentation Rounds: Explosion from Frozen Enemies now converts all Physical Damage to Cold Damage, and will cause further explosions on any Frozen Enemies it hits (though this cannot propagate any further). Explosion radius is now 2 metres (previously 1.8). Hits against Frozen Enemies now have 50% more damage against Unique Enemies.

0.2.0
Direct change

Fragmentation Rounds base Explosion radius is now 1.8 metres at all Gem levels (previously 1.4-1.6 at Gem levels 1-20).