PoE2 skill gem

Glacial Bolt

Load your Crossbow with icy bolts that create two walls of Ice Crystals at the end of their flight.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed some issues where ice crystals from Glacial Bolt could have weird damage calculations in some situations.

Full patch history

Effects

11 effects

Ammunition

  • +1 Bolt loaded per clip

Projectile

Wall

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
Glacial Bolt levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageIce Crystals have 36 maximum Life
10447100%, 100%, 100%, 40%, 60%36
23778100%, 100%, 100%, 44%, 66%64
36999100%, 100%, 100%, 48%, 73%108
410131311100%, 100%, 100%, 53%, 80%164
514171712100%, 100%, 100%, 57%, 87%240
618202013100%, 100%, 100%, 62%, 94%334
722242415100%, 100%, 100%, 66%, 102%460
826282817100%, 100%, 100%, 71%, 109%624
931323219100%, 100%, 100%, 75%, 116%832
1036373721100%, 100%, 100%, 79%, 123%1100
1141414123100%, 100%, 100%, 84%, 131%1438
1246464625100%, 100%, 100%, 89%, 140%1866
1352515127100%, 100%, 100%, 94%, 149%2408
1458575730100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 160%3086
1564626233100%, 100%, 100%, 106%, 171%3940
1666646435100%, 100%, 100%, 113%, 183%5016
1772707039100%, 100%, 100%, 120%, 197%6362
1878757542100%, 100%, 100%, 127%, 211%8032
1984808045100%, 100%, 100%, 136%, 227%10118
2090868649100%, 100%, 100%, 145%, 245%12714
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Glacial Bolt levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexManaBase DamageIce Crystals have 36 maximum Life
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable53100%, 100%, 100%, 155%, 264%13350
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable57100%, 100%, 100%, 165%, 284%14017
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable61100%, 100%, 100%, 176%, 306%14718
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable66100%, 100%, 100%, 188%, 330%15454
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable71100%, 100%, 100%, 200%, 355%16227
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable76100%, 100%, 100%, 213%, 383%17038
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable82100%, 100%, 100%, 228%, 413%17890
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable88100%, 100%, 100%, 243%, 444%18784
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable94100%, 100%, 100%, 259%, 479%19724
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable101100%, 100%, 100%, 276%, 516%20710
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable108100%, 100%, 100%, 295%, 556%21745
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable115100%, 100%, 100%, 314%, 599%22833
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable123100%, 100%, 100%, 335%, 645%23974
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable131100%, 100%, 100%, 357%, 695%25173
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable140100%, 100%, 100%, 381%, 748%26431
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable149100%, 100%, 100%, 407%, 806%27753
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable159100%, 100%, 100%, 434%, 869%29141
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable170100%, 100%, 100%, 463%, 936%30598
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable181100%, 100%, 100%, 493%, 1008%32128
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable192100%, 100%, 100%, 526%, 1086%33734

Quality effects

3 effects

Ammunition standard quality

  • +(0-2) Bolts loaded per clip

Projectile standard quality

  • Explosion radius is (0-1) metre

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.

  • Explosion radius is 1 metreQuality scaling: Explosion radius is (0-1) metre

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: CrossbowAmmoSkill, ReservesManually, Attack, UsableWhileMoving, ToggleSpawnedObjectTargetable_DefaultOn, MirageArcherCanUse

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 7

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Crossbow, tier 7

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 7 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 Glacial Bolt. 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

4 changes
0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed some issues where ice crystals from Glacial Bolt could have weird damage calculations in some situations.

0.3.0
Direct change

Glacial Bolt: Ice Crystals now have 50% more Area of Effect if Shattered. Ice Crystals now deal 80% less damage in the first 0.5 seconds of their duration.

0.2.0
Direct change

Glacial Bolt Walls now last 8 seconds (previously 6).

0.2.0
Direct change

Ice Crystals created by Glacial Bolt and Frost Wall now have lowered life scaling past gem level 20. Their scaling up until this point is unchanged.