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* The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.
* The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.
* Frost Bomb: Now deals 7-11 Cold Damage at Gem level 1 (previously 16-23), scaling up to 238-538 at Gem level 20 (previously 467-701). Now has a Cooldown of 6 seconds (previously 3.5), and now has a 4 second Detonation Time instead of a 3 second Duration before Exploding. Now Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more Damage, and now applies Elemental Exposure instead of Cold Exposure. It initially applies 20% Elemental Exposure, and 2% per Pulse, up to a maximum of 50%. Quality now provides +0-10% more Maximum Elemental Exposure applied (previously 0-20% increased Cold Exposure Effect). Now has a limit of 1.
* Frost Bomb: Now deals 7-11 Cold Damage at Gem level 1 (previously 16-23), scaling up to 238-538 at Gem level 20 (previously 467-701). Now has a Cooldown of 6 seconds (previously 3.5), and now has a 4 second Detonation Time instead of a 3 second Duration before Exploding. Now Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more Damage, and now applies Elemental Exposure instead of Cold Exposure. It initially applies 20% Elemental Exposure, and 2% per Pulse, up to a maximum of 50%. Quality now provides +0-10% more Maximum Elemental Exposure applied (previously 0-20% increased Cold Exposure Effect). Now has a limit of 1.
* Added "Remnant" gem tag. {{undocumented}}
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{{Version history table row|0.2.0e|

Revision as of 18:48, 31 August 2025

Frost BombSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-113) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 13.00%
Create a pulsing Orb of frost. Each pulse inflicts Cold Exposure on nearby enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it explodes, dealing Cold damage to surrounding enemies.Deals (16-467) to (23-701) Cold Damage
Pulse and explosion radius are (2-2.7) metres
Exposure duration is 8 seconds
Orb duration is 3 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cold Exposure Effect
Skills 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/Gems/SkillGemFrostBomb

Frost Bomb is an AoE cold spell skill that creates an orb of ice. This orb pulses, inflicting elemental exposure on nearby enemies. At the end of the duration, the orb explodes, dealing cold damage to surrounding enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Cold
Damage
Pulse and Explosion
Radius
10097 to 112.4
2391110 to 152.4
36141314 to 212.5
410211518 to 272.5
514281823 to 342.5
618352028 to 422.6
722412334 to 512.6
826482641 to 612.7
931573048 to 732.7
1036653457 to 862.7
1141743867 to 1002.8
1246824278 to 1172.8
1352924890 to 1352.8
145810353104 to 1562.9
156411359120 to 1802.9
166611666138 to 2083
177212673159 to 2383
187813781182 to 2733
198414789208 to 3133.1
209015799238 to 3583.1

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 Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE
Category: Increased Area of Effect
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace 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.
Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration
Category: Prolonged Duration
Tier: 1
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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.
Rapid Casting IRapid Casting ISupport, Spell
Category: Rapid Casting
Tier: 1
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Supported Skills have 15% increased Cast 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.
II Harmonic Remnants IHarmonic Remnants ISupport, Remnant
Category: Harmonic Remnants
Tier: 2
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Remnants created by Supported Skills can be collected from 100% further awayPlace 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.
Potent ExposurePotent ExposureSupport, Spell
Category: Potent Exposure
Tier: 2
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure.Exposure applied by Supported Skills has 20% increased effectPlace 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.
Short Fuse IShort Fuse ISupport
Category: Short Fuse
Tier: 2
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, shortening the time before Detonation.Supported Skills have 40% less Detonation TimePlace 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 Cooldown Recovery ICooldown Recovery ISupport
Category: Cooldown Recovery
Tier: 3
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 25% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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.
Harmonic Remnants IIHarmonic Remnants IISupport, Remnant
Category: Harmonic Remnants
Tier: 3
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away, with a chance to create an additional Remnant.20% chance for Supported Skills to create an additional Remnant
Remnants created by Supported Skills can be collected from 100% further away
Place 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.
Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration
Category: Prolonged Duration
Tier: 3
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more Skill Effect DurationPlace 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 Cooldown Recovery IICooldown Recovery IISupport
Category: Cooldown Recovery
Tier: 4
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 30% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace 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.
Long Fuse ILong Fuse ISupport
Category: Long Fuse
Tier: 4
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Supported Skills have 50% increased Detonation Time
Grenades from Supported Skills cannot explode before the end of their Detonation Time
Detonations from supported Skills deal 30% more Damage
Place 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.
Short Fuse IIShort Fuse IISupport
Category: Short Fuse
Tier: 4
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, massively shortening the time before Detonation at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills have 80% less Detonation Time
Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage
Place 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 Cold MasteryCold MasterySupport, Cold
Category: Mastery
Tier: 5
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Cold 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.
Long Fuse IILong Fuse IISupport
Category: Long Fuse
Tier: 5
Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Supported Skills have 70% increased Detonation Time
Grenades from Supported Skills cannot explode before the end of their Detonation Time
Detonations from supported Skills deal 35% more Damage
Place 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.
Second Wind IIISecond Wind IIISupport
Category: Second Wind
Tier: 5
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown and causing them to restore Life on use.
Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.
Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate
Restore 2% of maximum Life on use per one second cooldown of Supported Skills
Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown Uses
Place 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

Frost Bomb has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Frost Bomb has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.3.0
  • The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.
  • Frost Bomb: Now deals 7-11 Cold Damage at Gem level 1 (previously 16-23), scaling up to 238-538 at Gem level 20 (previously 467-701). Now has a Cooldown of 6 seconds (previously 3.5), and now has a 4 second Detonation Time instead of a 3 second Duration before Exploding. Now Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more Damage, and now applies Elemental Exposure instead of Cold Exposure. It initially applies 20% Elemental Exposure, and 2% per Pulse, up to a maximum of 50%. Quality now provides +0-10% more Maximum Elemental Exposure applied (previously 0-20% increased Cold Exposure Effect). Now has a limit of 1.
  • Added "Remnant" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0e
  • Frost Bomb now has an Exposure duration of 8 seconds (previously 5).
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.
  • Frost Bomb now has Pulse and Explosion radius is 2-2.7 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 1.7-2.4).
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.