Firebolt

FireboltBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Projectile, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 0.90 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 8.00%Launches a fiery Projectile towards a target. The Projectile explodes on impact, damaging foes in a small area.Projectile
Deals (7–203) to (11–304) Fire Damage

Explosion
Explosion radius is 0.7 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0–20)% more chance to Ignite enemiesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop disabled
Granted as an inherent weapon skill from an Ashen StaffAshen StaffStaffGrants Skill: Level (1-20) Firebolt.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFirebolt

Firebolt is a fire spell skill that shoots a projectile to the direction of the cursor, dealing fire damage to a target then exploding, dealing further damage in an area.

It is granted as an inherent weapon skill from an Ashen StaffAshen StaffStaffGrants Skill: Level (1-20) Firebolt.

Gem level progression

Level			Fire Damage
1	1	1	7 to 11
2	3	9	10 to 15
3	6	16	14 to 21
4	10	25	18 to 27
5	14	34	23 to 34
6	18	43	28 to 42
7	22	52	34 to 51
8	26	61	41 to 61
9	31	72	48 to 72
10	36	83	56 to 84
11	41	95	65 to 97
12	46	106	74 to 112
13	52	119	85 to 128
14	58	133	97 to 146
15	64	146	111 to 166
16	66	151	125 to 188
17	72	164	142 to 213
18	78	178	160 to 240
19	84	191	180 to 271
20	90	205	203 to 304

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	Ignite IIgnite ISupport, Fire Category: Ignite Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Ignite.Supported Skills have 100% more Flammability MagnitudePlace 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.	Pierce IPierce ISupport, Projectile Category: Pierce Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so.Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an Enemy Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% less Damage if they've Pierced 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.	Zenith IZenith ISupport, Spell Category: Zenith Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills. Supported Skills deal more damage while you are above 90% of your Maximum Mana. Does not modify Skills used by Minions.Supported Spells deal 30% more Damage while you are above 90% of your Maximum ManaPlace 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	Bounty IBounty ISupport Category: Bounty Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill that Hits Enemies, causing Enemies it kills to grant more Flask and Charm charges.Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 50% more Charm charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 50% more Life Flask Charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 50% more Mana Flask ChargesPlace 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.	Fire Penetration IFire Penetration ISupport, Fire Category: Fire Penetration Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Fire resistance.Supported Skills Penetrate 30% Fire 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.	Rising TempestRising TempestSupport Category: Rising Tempest Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills which deal Damage, raising Elemental Damage dealt for each Skill used Recently of a different Elemental type. Cannot support Minion Skills.Supported Skills deal 12% more Elemental Damage for each Skill used Recently of a different Elemental typePlace 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.	GambleshotGambleshotSupport, Projectile Category: Gambleshot Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which fire Projectiles that are not ground targeted. Projectiles from Supported Skills randomly Fork, Chain or Pierce.Projectiles fired by Supported Skills Fork, Chain an additional time, or Pierce an additional time at random Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 15% 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.	Ignite IIIgnite IISupport, Fire Category: Ignite Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Ignite.Supported Skills have 150% more Flammability MagnitudePlace 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	Bounty IIBounty IISupport Category: Bounty Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill that Hits Enemies, causing Enemies it kills to grant more Flask and Charm charges.Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Charm charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Life Flask Charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Mana Flask ChargesPlace 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.	Fire ExposureFire ExposureSupport, Fire, Duration Category: Fire Exposure Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when Igniting.Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Igniting a targetPlace 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.	Nova ProjectilesNova ProjectilesSupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire extra Projectiles in a circle, at the cost of Damage. Does not support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles Supported Skills fire Projectiles in a circle Supported Skills deal 40% 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.
V	Fire MasteryFire MasterySupport, Fire Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Fire 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.	Fire Penetration IIFire Penetration IISupport, Fire Category: Fire Penetration Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits ignore enemy Fire resistance.Hits from Supported Skills ignore enemy Fire 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.	Wildshards IIWildshards IISupport, Spell, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Projectile Spells. Supported Spells have a chance to fire many additional Projectiles in a circle.Supported Skills have a 25% chance to fire 8 additional Projectiles in a circlePlace 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

Firebolt is drop disabled.

Alternate skill effects

Firebolt has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

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. The following skills found as inherent skills on Wands 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.
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. Firebolt now uses the same animation as Freezing ShardsFreezing ShardsSpell, Projectile, Cold Level: (1-20) Cost: 0 Mana Cast Time: 1.20 sec Critical Strike Chance: 11.00%Launch icy Projectiles in a sweeping arc. Multiple Projectiles can hit the same enemy.Deals (2-64) to (3-96) Cold Damage 100% more Freeze Buildup Fires 5 Projectiles Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Fires (0.05-1) ProjectilesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. instead of generic projectile spell animations. Firebolt now has a maximum downward tilt angle against closer targets, making it harder to hit enemies with multiple explosions.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.