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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. Generally speaking, spells that do not have damage number changes called out below will have near-identical base damage at low levels, roughly 5% more damage at gem level 20, and roughly 20% more damage at gem level 30.
* The base damage scaling of all player spell and secondary damage skills has been tweaked to scale better in the late game.  
* The following skills found as inherent skills on [[Wand]]s and [[Staves]] now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: [[Bone Blast]], Chaos Bolt, [[Decompose]], [[Firebolt]], [[Freezing Shards]], [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Power Siphon]], and [[Solar Orb]].
* The following skills found as inherent skills on [[Wand]]s and [[Staves]] now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: [[Bone Blast]], Chaos Bolt, [[Decompose]], [[Firebolt]], [[Freezing Shards]], [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Power Siphon]], and [[Solar Orb]].
* Chaos Bolt, granted by [[Withered Wand]]: Now inflicts 1-3 stacks of [[Wither]]ed for 4 seconds on hit at Gem levels 1-20.
* Chaos Bolt, granted by [[Withered Wand]]: Now inflicts 1-3 stacks of [[Wither]]ed for 4 seconds on hit at Gem levels 1-20.

Revision as of 22:52, 23 August 2025

Chaos BoltBarrageable, Spell, Projectile, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 0 Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
Fire a burst of Chaos energy at the target.Deals (5-168) to (9-311) Chaos Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Projectile Speed
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop disabled
Granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Withered WandWithered WandWandGrants Skill: Level (1-20) Chaos Bolt.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemChaosbolt

Chaos Bolt is a chaos spell skill that shoots a projectile to the direction of the cursor, dealing chaos damage to a target.

It is granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Withered WandWithered WandWandGrants Skill: Level (1-20) Chaos Bolt.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceChaos Damage
1005 to 9
2397 to 13
361410 to 19
4102114 to 25
5142818 to 32
6183522 to 41
7224127 to 51
8264833 to 62
9315741 to 75
10366548 to 91
11417458 to 108
12468268 to 125
13529278 to 145
145810390 to 167
1564113103 to 192
1666116118 to 220
1772126135 to 251
1878137154 to 286
1984147176 to 326
2090157200 to 371

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 Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Chain" Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Pierce" Withering TouchWithering TouchSupport, Chaos, Duration
Category: Withering Touch
Tier: 1
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to Wither enemies on Hit.Withered lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage
Chance to inflict Withered on Hit with Supported
Skills can exceed 100%
Supported Skills have 1% chance to inflict
Withered on Hit for every 0.57% of enemy
Ailment Threshold dealt as Chaos 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.
II Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Blind" Coming Soon Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Ricochet"
III Coming Soon ExtractionExtractionSupport, Spell
Category: Extraction
Tier: 3
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Using supported Spells will cause you to Sacrifice a portion of your Life on use, gaining extra Chaos Damage in exchange. Does not support Persistent Skills, Minion Skills, or Triggered Skills.Supported Skills Gain 35% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage
Supported Skills Sacrifice 10% of Life on use
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.
Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Wildshards"
IV
V

Item acquisition

Chaos Bolt is drop disabled.

Alternate skill effects

Chaos Bolt has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.3.0
0.2.1
  • Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
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.
0.1.0e
  • Increased the damage growth per level on Essence Drain, Contagion, Profane Ritual and Chaos Bolt (Wand Skill). Results in approximately 33% more damage at Gem Level 25.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.