Permafrost Bolts

Permafrost BoltsAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (6-573) Mana
Attack Damage: (15-124)% of baseLoads your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies.Permafrost Bolts
Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
Knocks Back Enemies
80% more Freeze Buildup
Bolts shatter on impact, dealing Damage in a 2.7 metre cone
Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaniously will combine their damage into a single Hit
Fires 10 fragments per shot

Ammunition
1 Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires (0.1-2) fragments per shotSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemPermafrostBolts

Permafrost Bolts is an ammunition skill requiring a Crossbow.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	1	1	1	6	15%
2	3	1	1	7	16%
3	6	10	10	8	18%
4	10	15	15	9	20%
5	14	20	20	10	21%
6	18	25	25	12	23%
7	22	30	30	13	25%
8	26	34	34	15	26%
9	31	40	40	17	27%
10	36	46	46	19	29%
11	41	52	52	21	30%
12	46	59	59	23	32%
13	52	66	66	26	33%
14	58	73	73	30	35%
15	64	80	80	33	37%
16	66	83	83	37	38%
17	72	90	90	42	40%
18	78	97	97	47	42%
19	84	104	104	52	45%
20	90	109	109	59	47%
21	—	—	—	66	49%
22	—	—	—	74	52%
23	—	—	—	83	54%
24	—	—	—	93	57%
25	—	—	—	104	60%
26	—	—	—	117	63%
27	—	—	—	131	66%
28	—	—	—	146	69%
29	—	—	—	164	73%
30	—	—	—	184	76%
31	—	—	—	206	80%
32	—	—	—	231	84%
33	—	—	—	259	88%
34	—	—	—	290	93%
35	—	—	—	325	97%
36	—	—	—	364	102%
37	—	—	—	408	107%
38	—	—	—	457	113%
39	—	—	—	512	118%
40	—	—	—	573	124%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Elemental Armament IElemental Armament ISupport, Attack Category: Elemental Armament Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Supported Skills deal 20% more Elemental Attack damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Ice BiteIce BiteSupport, Attack, Cold, Duration Category: Ice Bite Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Attacks you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses all of your Attacks with Cold damage for a short time.Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as Cold Damage for 5 seconds on Freezing an enemy with Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Pierce IPierce ISupport, Projectile Category: Pierce Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so.Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an Enemy Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% less Damage if they've Pierced an enemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	EmbitterEmbitterSupport, Cold Category: Embitter Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.If Supported Skills would gain extra Damage of any Type other than Cold, they gain extra Cold Damage insteadPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	File:Freeze (support gem) inventory icon.pngFreezeFreezeSupport, Cold Category: Freeze Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Supported Skills cause 50% more Freeze BuildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.File:Freeze (support gem) inventory icon.png	Frost NexusFrost NexusSupport, AoE, Cold Category: Frost Nexus Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to create patches of Chilled Ground around Frozen enemies.Supported Skills create Chilled Ground for 8 seconds when they Freeze an EnemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Pierce IIPierce IISupport, Projectile Category: Pierce Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy.Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an EnemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Streamlined RoundsStreamlined RoundsSupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Streamlined Rounds Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills. Supported Skills have significantly higher Attack speed and bolt capacity, but deal less damage and have longer reload time.Supported Skills have 50% more Attack speed Supported Skills deal 60% less Damage Supported Skills have 50% less reload speed Supported Skills load 5 additional boltsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	VerglasVerglasSupport, Cold Category: Verglas Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills you use yourself which can Hit Enemies. Supported Skills Gain a percentage of their Damage as Cold Damage when you destroy Ice Crystals.Destroying an Ice Crystal grants Supported Skills 1% of Damage Gained as extra Cold for 6 seconds, per two thousand maximum Life of the destroyed Ice CrystalPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Cold ExposureCold ExposureSupport, Cold, Duration Category: Cold Exposure Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when it Critically Hits an enemy.Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Critical Hit with Cold DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Nimble ReloadNimble ReloadSupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Nimble Reload Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to Reload bolts significantly faster.Supported Skills have 60% increased Crossbow Reload SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Nova ProjectilesNova ProjectilesSupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire extra Projectiles in a circle, at the cost of Damage. Does not support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles Supported Skills fire Projectiles in a circle Supported Skills deal 40% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Ammo Conservation IIIAmmo Conservation IIISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Ammo Conservation Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, granting a chance to not consume a Bolt when firing, at the cost of Reload speed.Supported Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not consume a bolt Supported Skills have 20% less Reload speedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Projectile Acceleration IIIProjectile Acceleration IIISupport, Projectile Category: Projectile Speed Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel faster, and causing increases and reductions to Projectile speed to also apply to Damage.Increases and reductions to Projectile speed also apply to Projectile Damage with Supported Skills Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Permafrost Bolts has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Permafrost Bolts has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Permafrost Bolts: Now has 200-504% more Freeze Buildup at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 80% at all Gem levels). Now has 17-49% Attack Damage at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 17-62%).
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Permafrost Bolts now scales Freeze Buildup with Gem level, up to 186% more at Gem level 20 (previously 80% at all levels).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.