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Permafrost Bolts

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Permafrost BoltsAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (6-573) Mana
Attack Damage: (15-124)% of base
Loads your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies.Permafrost Bolts
Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
Knocks Back Enemies
80% more Freeze Buildup
Bolts shatter on impact, dealing Damage in a 2.7 metre cone
Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaniously will combine their damage into a single Hit
Fires 10 fragments per shot

Ammunition
1 Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires (0.1-2) fragments per shot
Skills 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/SkillGemPermafrostBolts

Permafrost Bolts is an ammunition skill requiring a Crossbow.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired StrengthMana
Cost
Attack
Damage
1111615%
2311716%
361010818%
4101515920%
51420201021%
61825251223%
72230301325%
82634341526%
93140401727%
103646461929%
114152522130%
124659592332%
135266662633%
145873733035%
156480803337%
166683833738%
177290904240%
187897974742%
19841041045245%
20901091095947%
216649%
227452%
238354%
249357%
2510460%
2611763%
2713166%
2814669%
2916473%
3018476%
3120680%
3223184%
3325988%
3429093%
3532597%
36364102%
37408107%
38457113%
39512118%
40573124%

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 Cold Infusion Frost Nexus Pierce
II Blind Close Combat Cold Penetration
III Elemental Focus Fork Nimble Reload

Item acquisition

Permafrost Bolts has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Permafrost Bolts has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.