Fragmentation Rounds

Fragmentation RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Payoff
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (8-688) ManaLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode.Fragmentation Rounds
Projectile
Knocks Back Enemies
Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaniously will combine their damage into a single Hit
Bolts Pierce 2 Targets
Fires 10 fragments per shot
Vs Frozen
Attack Damage: (425-1326)%
Base Explosion radius is (1.4-1.6) metres

Ammunition
1 Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Deals (1-20)% more Physical DamageSkills 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/SkillGemFragmentationRounds

Fragmentation Rounds is a crossbow ammunition skill. It loads your crossbow with with piercing bolts that fire in a cone, dealing cold damage. The bolts will consume Freeze on frozen enemies to create an explosion of shrapnel and explode Ice Crystals.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Attack Damage	Explosion radius
1	1	1	1	8	22%	425%	—
2	3	1	1	9	24%	468%	—
3	6	10	10	10	27%	514%	—
4	10	15	15	11	29%	561%	—
5	14	20	20	12	31%	605%	—
6	18	25	25	14	34%	651%	—
7	22	30	30	16	36%	696%	—
8	26	34	34	18	38%	738%	—
9	31	40	40	20	40%	775%	—
10	36	46	46	22	42%	814%	—
11	41	52	52	25	44%	854%	—
12	46	59	59	28	46%	897%	—
13	52	66	66	32	49%	942%	—
14	58	73	73	35	51%	989%	—
15	64	80	80	40	54%	1039%	—
16	66	83	83	45	56%	1091%	—
17	72	90	90	50	59%	1145%	—
18	78	97	97	56	62%	1202%	—
19	84	104	104	63	65%	1262%	—
20	90	109	109	71	69%	1326%	—
21	—	—	—	79	72%	1392%	—
22	—	—	—	89	76%	1461%	—
23	—	—	—	99	79%	1534%	—
24	—	—	—	111	83%	1611%	—
25	—	—	—	125	88%	1692%	—
26	—	—	—	140	92%	1776%	—
27	—	—	—	157	97%	1865%	—
28	—	—	—	176	101%	1958%	—
29	—	—	—	197	106%	2056%	—
30	—	—	—	221	112%	2159%	—
31	—	—	—	247	117%	2267%	—
32	—	—	—	277	123%	2380%	—
33	—	—	—	311	129%	2500%	—
34	—	—	—	348	136%	2625%	—
35	—	—	—	390	143%	2756%	—
36	—	—	—	437	150%	2893%	—
37	—	—	—	489	157%	3038%	—
38	—	—	—	548	165%	3190%	—
39	—	—	—	614	173%	3350%	—
40	—	—	—	688	182%	3517%	—

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			LeverageLeverageSupport Category: LeverageSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which Hit Enemies. Supported Skills gain increased chance to Critically Hit against Immobilised Enemies.Supported Skills have 50% increased Critical Hit Chance against Immobilised EnemiesPlace 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	Auto ReloadAuto ReloadSupport, Ammunition, ProjectileSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to automatically reload when they Heavy Stun an enemy.Supported Skills reload automatically when Heavy Stunning an enemy with themPlace 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.	DevastateDevastateSupport Category: Devastate Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to apply Broken Armour to enemies when causing a Heavy Stun to enemies.Supported Skills Fully Break Armour when inflicting a Heavy StunPlace 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.	MaimMaimSupport, Attack Category: Maim Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Supported Attacks always Maim on HitPlace 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		DiscombobulateDiscombobulateSupport, Attack, Physical Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to build up Daze based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.Supported Attacks cause Daze buildup equal to 100% of Physical Damage dealtPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	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.
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Item acquisition

Fragmentation Rounds has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Fragmentation Rounds has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Ice Crystals will now instantly shatter from hits that could Consume Freeze. As this is now default behaviour, Glacial Cascade and Fragmentation Rounds no longer specifically call out this behaviour. Fragmentation Rounds: Explosion from Frozen Enemies now converts all Physical Damage to Cold Damage, and will cause further explosions on any Frozen Enemies it hits (though this cannot propagate any further). Explosion radius is now 2 metres (previously 1.8). Hits against Frozen Enemies now have 100% more damage against Unique Enemies.
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. Fragmentation Rounds base Explosion radius is now 1.8 metres at all Gem levels (previously 1.4-1.6 at Gem levels 1-20).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.