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		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.
II			Cold PenetrationCold PenetrationSupport, Cold Category: Cold Penetration Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Cold resistance.Supported Skills Penetrate 30% Cold ResistancePlace 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	Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport Category: Elemental Focus Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental AilmentsPlace 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.	ForkForkSupport, Projectile Category: Fork Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Fork.Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage after ForkingPlace 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.
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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.