Cold

Cold Damage

Tooltip

Cold damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is reduced by Cold Resistance. Cold hits apply Chill and build up Freeze.

Cold damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by cold resistance. Cold damage can inflict chill and inflict freeze buildup.

Cold damage over time is usually inflicted by ground effects such as vortexes.

Mechanics

Cold damage modifiers usually deals lower average damage compared to fire damage, but typically has a higher critical hit chance, and can inherently inflict chill and freeze buildup, two slow and crowd control effects.

Gems

A list of gems with the gem tag: Category:Cold (gem tag)

Skill gems

Gem	Tier
Elemental Sundering	11
Escape Shot	1
Fangs of Frost	3
Glacial Lance	7
Cold Snap	5
Comet	11
Eye of Winter	13
Flammability	7
Frost Bomb	1
Frost Wall	9
Frostbolt	3
Hypothermia	7
Ice Nova	1
Skeletal Frost Mage	5
Freezing Mark	7
Freezing Salvo	5
Frozen Locus	1
Glacial Bolt	7
Glacial Cascade	1
Hailstorm Rounds	11
Ice Shards	5
Ice Shot	9
Ice Strike	5
Permafrost Bolts	1
Shattering Palm	11
Wave of Frost	7

Spirit gems

Gem	Tier
Trinity	14
Arctic Armour	4
Elemental Conflux	14
Herald of Ice	4
Shard Scavenger	8

Support gems

Gem	Tier
Biting Frost	3
Cold Exposure	3
Cold Infusion	1
Cold Mastery	3
Cold Penetration	2
Deep Freeze	1
Elemental Discharge	3
Embitter	2
Freezefork	2
Frost Nexus	1
Frostfire	3
Glaciation	1
Ice Bite	1
Rime	2
Verglas	3

Base items

The following base items are related to cold damage:

Item		Stats
Sapphire Charm	5	Used when you take Cold Damage from a Hit

Unique items

The following unique items are related to cold damage:

Item	Stats
Asphyxia's Wrath	Adds 1 to 3 Physical Damage to AttacksAdds (3-4) to (5-8) Cold Damage to Attacks (5-10)% increased Attack Speed +(5-10)% to Cold Resistance Enemies Chilled by your Hits increase damage taken by Chill Magnitude Attacks Gain (5-10)% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
Mist Whisper	Adds (8-10) to (13-15) Cold Damage Gain 5 Mana per Enemy Killed (30-50)% increased Freeze Buildup 30% increased Chill Duration on Enemies Attacks Chain 1-2 additional times
Painter's Servant	33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Cold Damage 33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Fire Damage 33% of Elemental Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Gain (5-10)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Cold Damage Gain (5-10)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Fire Damage Gain (5-10)% of Elemental Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
Taryn's Shiver	Grants Skill: Level (1-20) Freezing Shards(80-120)% increased Cold Damage (10-20)% increased Cast Speed 100% increased Freeze Buildup Enemies Frozen by you take 50% increased Damage
Winter's Bite	No Physical Damage Adds (8-10) to (15-18) Cold Damage Freezes Enemies that are on Full Life
Breath of the Mountains	Used when you take Cold Damage from a Hit(10–15)% reduced Charges per use Grants a Power Charge on use
Frostbreath	Adds (8–12) to (16–20) Physical Damage Adds (8–12) to (16–20) Cold Damage +5% to Critical Hit Chance All Damage from Hits with this Weapon Contributes to Freeze Buildup Culling Strike against Frozen Enemies
Grip of Winter	(30-50)% increased Evasion Rating Adds (3-5) to (6-8) Cold Damage to Attacks +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance (40-50)% increased Freeze Buildup (20-30)% increased Magnitude of Chill you inflict
Candlemaker	(50-80)% increased Energy Shield (20-40)% increased Fire Damage (10-20)% reduced Cold Damage +(20-40)% to Fire Resistance -(10-20)% to Cold Resistance Chance to Ignite is doubled
Polcirkeln	+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance(20-30)% increased Cold Damage +(40-60) to maximum Mana +(10-15) to Strength Enemies Chilled by your Hits can be Shattered as though Frozen
Icetomb	+(20–30) to Strength +(20–30) to Intelligence +(30–40)% to Cold Resistance Freeze as though dealing Cold damage equal to 10% of your maximum Mana when Hit
Matsya	Adds (6-9) to (10-15) Cold Damage Adds 1 to (19-29) Lightning Damage +(3–5)% to Critical Hit Chance (15-20)% increased Attack Speed (25-40)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate Skills reserve 50% less Spirit
Guiding Palm	Grants Skill: Level (7-20) Purity of IceAllies in your Presence deal (3-5) to (6-8) additional Attack Cold Damage +(5-10) to all Attributes 25% increased Light Radius 50% of your Life Regeneration is granted to Allies in your Presence
Seeing Stars	Adds (12-16) to (22-25) Cold Damage Adds 1 to (40-45) Lightning Damage (10–20)% increased Attack Speed Energy Generation is doubled
Call of the Brotherhood	+(20-30)% to Lightning Resistance+(10-20) to Intelligence (25-35%) increased Mana Regeneration Rate (20-30%) increased Freeze Buildup 100% of Lightning Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Whisper of the Brotherhood	+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance(5-10)% increased Skill Speed +(10-20) to Dexterity (25-35)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 100% of Cold Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
Blueflame Bracers	+20 to maximum Energy Shield +(10-20) to Intelligence +(5-15)% to Fire Resistance +(5-15)% to Cold Resistance 100% of Fire Damage Converted to Cold Damage
The Three Dragons	(40-60)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances Fire Damage from Hits Contributes to Shock Chance instead of Ignite Chance and Magnitude Cold Damage from Hits Contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude instead of Chill Magnitude or Freeze Buildup Lightning Damage from Hits Contributes to Freeze Buildup instead of Shock Chance
Heatshiver	(50-70)% increased Evasion Rating +(60-100) to maximum Mana +(20-30)% to Fire Resistance +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance Gain 1% of Cold damage as Extra Fire damage per 1% Chill Magnitude on enemy
Hyrri's Ire	(30–40)% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold(100–130)% increased Evasion Rating Adds (13–20) to (21–31) Cold damage to Attacks +(30–40) to Dexterity 25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies Can Evade all Hits if you have not been Hit Recently

Passive skills

Base passive skills

The following passive skills are related to cold damage:

Keystone passive skills

The following keystone passive skills are related to cold damage:

Ascendancy passive skills

The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to cold damage:

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.