Glacial Bolt

Glacial BoltAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold, Duration
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-53) ManaLoad your Crossbow with icy bolts that create two walls of Ice Crystals at the end of their flight.Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
Knocks Back Enemies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2) Bolts loaded per clipSkills 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/SkillGemGlacialBolt

Glacial Bolt is a cold projectile attack skill which requires a crossbow.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost
1	0	7
2	3	8
3	6	9
4	10	10
5	14	11
6	18	12
7	22	13
8	26	15
9	31	17
10	36	18
11	41	21
12	46	23
13	52	25
14	58	28
15	64	31
16	66	35
17	72	38
18	78	43
19	84	47
20	90	53

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	Crystalline ShardsCrystalline ShardsSupport Category: Crystalline Shards Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which create Ice Crystals. Damaging Explosions caused by Ice Crystals from Supported Skills will Impale Enemies.Supported Skills cannot Extract Impale Ice Crystals created by Supported Skills can Impale with Cold Damage as though it was Physical Ice Crystals created by Supported Skills have 100% chance to ImpalePlace 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.	Fortress IFortress ISupport Category: Fortress Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage.Supported Skills deal 40% less damage with Hits Walls from Supported Skills are created in a Circle 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.	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.
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.	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.	IcicleIcicleSupport Category: Icicle Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which creates Ice Crystals, causing them to be created with lower Life.Ice Crystals created by Supported Skills have 50% less LifePlace 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	Fortress IIFortress IISupport Category: Fortress Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less Hit damage and have lowered Area of Effect.Supported Skills have 20% less Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 30% less damage with Hits Walls from Supported Skills are created in a Circle 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.	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area 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.	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	Ammo Conservation IIAmmo Conservation IISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Ammo Conservation Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, granting a chance to not consume a Bolt when firing.Supported Crossbow Attacks have 25% chance to not consume a boltPlace 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.	Hit and RunHit and RunSupport, Attack, Conditional Category: Hit and Run Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills can only be used after you have moved a certain distance, but have massively increased Skill Speed. Cannot support Skills which have a Cooldown or that are Triggered, and does not modify skills used by Minions.Supported Skills become usable after you have moved 10 metres Supported Skills become unusable again after use Supported Skills have 40% more Skill 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.	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.
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.	Cold MasteryCold MasterySupport, Cold Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support 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.	Rapid Attacks IIIRapid Attacks IIISupport, Attack Category: Rapid Attacks Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills have 35% increased Attack Speed Supported Skills deal 50% 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.

Item acquisition

Glacial Bolt has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Glacial Bolt has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Glacial Bolt: Ice Crystals now have 50% more Area of Effect if Shattered. Ice Crystals now deal 80% less damage in the first 0.5 seconds of their duration.
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. Glacial Bolt Walls now last 8 seconds (previously 6). Ice Crystals created by Glacial Bolt and Frost Wall now have lowered life scaling past gem level 20. Their scaling up until this point is unchanged.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.