Frostbolt

FrostboltBarrageable, Spell, AoE, Projectile, Cold, Duration
Tier: 3
Level: 1
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Fire a slow-moving Piercing Projectile that leaves a wake of Chilled Ground, deals Cold damage and explodes on colliding with terrain.Deals 65 to 97 Cold Damage
Projectiles Pierce all targets
100% increased Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Chilled Ground radius is 2.4 metres
Chilled Ground duration is 4 secondsSkills 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/Gems/SkillGemFrostbolt

Frostbolt is a cold spell skill.

Skill functions and interactions

Casting Cold Snap on the projectile will cause it to explode immediately.

Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt instead of you.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0	0

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	DecelerationDecelerationSupport, Projectile Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making those Projectiles travel more slowly.Supported Skills have 30% less Projectile SpeedPlace 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.	EncumbranceEncumbranceSupport, Spell Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any skill, causing inflicted Slows to be more powerful.Debuffs inflicted with Supported Skills have 15% increased Slow MagnitudePlace 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.	ScattershotScattershotSupport, Projectile Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles Supported Skills have 20% less Attack and Cast SpeedPlace 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.
II	Cold PenetrationCold PenetrationSupport, Cold 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Considered CastingConsidered CastingSupport, Spell Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills that Hit Enemies and you cast yourself, boosting Damage at the cost of Cast Speed.Supported Spell Skills have 15% less Cast Speed Supported Spells deal 35% more DamagePlace 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.	SuffuseSuffuseSupport, AoE Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills that create Ground Surfaces, causing those Surfaces to grow over time, up to a limit.Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills gain 20% increased Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 100%Place 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.
III	Biting FrostBiting FrostSupport, Cold, Payoff Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more damage to Frozen enemies but consume their Freeze. Cannot support skills that Consume Freeze.Supported Skills cannot cause Freeze buildup Supported Skills Consume Freeze on enemies to deal 50% more DamagePlace 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.	Elemental FocusElemental FocusSupport 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	WildshardsWildshardsSupport, Spell, Projectile Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spell Skills that fire Projectiles. Supported Skills have a chance to fire many additional Projectiles in a circle.Supported Skills have a 20% 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Frostbolt has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Frostbolt has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.1	Added "Barrageable" gem tag.[Undocumented]
0.2.0e	Frostbolt's Explosion radius is now 2.4 metres (previously 1.6).
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.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.