PoE2 skill gem

Frostbolt

Fire a slow-moving Piercing Projectile that is effective at Chilling enemies and explodes on colliding with terrain.

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Effects

6 effects

Projectile

Explosion

  • Deals (9-230) to (13-344) Cold Damage
  • Explosion radius is 2.4 metres

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Int
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Int

Gem level progression

40 levels
Frostbolt levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 5 to 8 Cold Damage100% more Magnitude of Chill inflictedDeals 9 to 13 Cold Damage
1045100%, 100%, 100%, 100%5, 81009, 13
2396100%, 100%, 100%, 100%7, 1010512, 18
36148100%, 100%, 100%, 100%9, 1411016, 24
410219100%, 100%, 100%, 100%12, 1811521, 31
5142810100%, 100%, 100%, 100%15, 2312026, 39
6183512100%, 100%, 100%, 100%19, 2812532, 47
7224114100%, 100%, 100%, 100%23, 3413038, 57
8264816100%, 100%, 100%, 100%27, 4113545, 68
9315718100%, 100%, 100%, 100%32, 4814053, 80
10366520100%, 100%, 100%, 100%38, 5614562, 93
11417422100%, 100%, 100%, 100%44, 6615072, 108
12468225100%, 100%, 100%, 100%51, 7615583, 124
13529228100%, 100%, 100%, 100%58, 8716095, 143
145810332100%, 100%, 100%, 100%67, 100165109, 163
156411335100%, 100%, 100%, 100%76, 114170124, 186
166611639100%, 100%, 100%, 100%87, 130175141, 211
177212644100%, 100%, 100%, 100%99, 148180159, 239
187813748100%, 100%, 100%, 100%112, 168185180, 270
198414753100%, 100%, 100%, 100%127, 190190204, 305
209015759100%, 100%, 100%, 100%144, 216195230, 344
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Frostbolt levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntManaBase DamageDeals 5 to 8 Cold Damage100% more Magnitude of Chill inflictedDeals 9 to 13 Cold Damage
21Not applicableNot applicable65100%, 100%, 100%, 100%162, 244200259, 388
22Not applicableNot applicable72100%, 100%, 100%, 100%184, 275205291, 437
23Not applicableNot applicable79100%, 100%, 100%, 100%207, 311210327, 491
24Not applicableNot applicable87100%, 100%, 100%, 100%234, 351215368, 552
25Not applicableNot applicable96100%, 100%, 100%, 100%264, 396220413, 620
26Not applicableNot applicable105100%, 100%, 100%, 100%298, 446225464, 697
27Not applicableNot applicable115100%, 100%, 100%, 100%336, 503230521, 782
28Not applicableNot applicable126100%, 100%, 100%, 100%379, 568235586, 878
29Not applicableNot applicable138100%, 100%, 100%, 100%427, 640240658, 986
30Not applicableNot applicable151100%, 100%, 100%, 100%482, 723245738, 1108
31Not applicableNot applicable165100%, 100%, 100%, 100%544, 816247829, 1244
32Not applicableNot applicable181100%, 100%, 100%, 100%614, 921250932, 1398
33Not applicableNot applicable197100%, 100%, 100%, 100%693, 10402521047, 1571
34Not applicableNot applicable215100%, 100%, 100%, 100%784, 11762551178, 1766
35Not applicableNot applicable235100%, 100%, 100%, 100%886, 13292571325, 1987
36Not applicableNot applicable256100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1003, 15042601491, 2236
37Not applicableNot applicable279100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1135, 17032621679, 2518
38Not applicableNot applicable303100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1286, 19302651892, 2838
39Not applicableNot applicable330100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1459, 21882672133, 3199
40Not applicableNot applicable359100%, 100%, 100%, 100%1655, 24832702407, 3610

Quality effects

2 effects

Projectile standard quality

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.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Damage, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Cold, Triggerable, Unleashable, Area, UsableWhileMoving

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 5

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Elemental, tier 5

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 5 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Elemental

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Frostbolt. 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%.
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Patch history

5 changes
0.2.0e
Direct change

Frostbolt's Explosion radius is now 2.4 metres (previously 1.6).

0.2.0e
Direct change

The Freeze Buildup from Ice Nova and Ice Nova when cast near a Frostbolt are now matching. Ice Nova now has 100-157% more Freeze Buildup at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 50% only when cast on Frostbolt).

0.4.0
Direct change

Frostbolt: Now has 120-195% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted at Gem levels 5-20. No longer has Chills Enemies as though dealing more damage.

0.3.0
Direct change

Cold Snap: Has been reworked, and renamed to Snap. It can now be used on any frozen, shocked or ignited enemy or on a Frostbolt, causing an explosion of the corresponding damage type and creating a remnant of the corresponding type from enemies. This explosion can chain react to a limited extent from enemies hit that are affected by the same ailment. Now deals 48-540 to 72-810 Cold Damage, 2-27 to 46-512 Lightning Damage, or 17-192 to 26-288 Fire Damage at Gem levels 5-20 (previously 70-670 to 105-1005 Cold Damage). Quality now grants 0-10% chance to spawn an additional remnant (previously 0-20% chance to not consume freeze). Cold Explosion now deals 50% more Damage against Unique Enemies. Now has a 4 second Cooldown.

0.3.0
Direct change

Frostbolt: Now has a minimum level of 5. Base Projectile Speed has been lowered by 20%. No longer leaves Chilled Ground as it travels. Instead, it Chills as though dealing 120-195%% more Damage at Gem levels 5-20. Projectile now deals 15-23 Cold Damage at Gem level 5 (previously 24-36), scaling up to 144-216 Cold Damage at Gem level 20 (previously 201-302). This change does not affect the explosion.