''Tapping into the chaotic, hungry elemental force of fire, the caster sends a roaring ball of flame hurling at the target. This searing projectile flies unerringly outward, impacting with tremendous force, and burning not only the target, but adjacent foes as well. Skilled wielders of flame can ignite the enemy, causing them to burn for additional damage. A master of the fireball lays waste to all who beset him, reducing his enemies to cinders.''
'''Fireball''' is a [[spell]] that fires a [[projectile]], dealing [[fire damage]] with an increased chance to {{stl|Ignite}}.
Unleashes a burning ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.
==Skill functions and interactions==
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* '''[[Area of Effect]]''': The radius of the explosion caused by collision (with either an enemy or a terrain obstruction) is affected by all AoE increases, with a base radius of 9.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/auyizx/aoe_radius_should_have_two_decimal_places/ehfj02a/</ref> Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion.
==Skill Functions and Interactions==
Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion caused by collision (with either an enemy or a terrain obstruction) is affected by all AoE increases. Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion.
Piercing: A fireball that pierces an enemy and hits another enemy will only cause AoE damage on the first enemy struck. Any additional enemies directly hit by the projectile after it pierces will take full spell damage but the projectile won't trigger another AoE.
* '''[[Piercing|Pierce]]''', '''[[Chaining|Chain]]''', '''[[Fork]]''': Enemies hit by a projectile that pierces, chains, or forks will take full damage from the hit, but the projectile will not explode until it hits an enemy and does not pierce, chain, or fork, or hits a wall.
==Gem Leveling==
* Shotgunning: Each enemy can only be hit directly by one projectile per cast. However, if an enemy is in range of the explosion effect of more than one projectile from the same cast, and those projectiles each exploded on different enemies or a wall, it will take full damage from each explosion.
Fireball is the first skill of the game, introduced to the game during alpha. So that item such as {{il|Replica Dragonfang's Flight}} allocate numeric value of 1 for the skill.
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{{Version history table row|3.23.0|
* Now has a base Radius of 0.9 metres at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 1.4 metres at gem level 20 (previously 1 metre).
* No longer has Projectiles gain radius as they travel farther, up to a maximum of +0-0.9 metres to radius.
* Quality now provides +0-0.2 metres to radius, instead of 0-20% increased Projectile Speed.
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{{Version history table row|3.17.0|
* Fireball now deals 9 to 14 Fire Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1640 to 2460 at gem level 20 (previously 1095 to 1643).
* Now has 370% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 240%).
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{{Version history table row|3.16.0|
* No longer has 50-88% more Damage with Ignite. It now has 25% chance to Ignite at all gem levels (previously 20-39%).
* Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 33.0% higher.
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{{Version history table row|3.11.0|
* Now has an added Damage effectiveness of 240% (from 180%).
* No longer gains additional explosion radius as the gem levels up.
* Now gains additional explosion radius based on the distance the projectile has travelled as the gem levels up, up to +9 at gem level 20.
* Now gains 1% increased Projectile Speed per 1% gem quality (previously 0.5% chance to ignite per 1% gem quality).
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{{Version history table row|3.6.0|
* Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 25 (was 26).
* Now deals 9 to 14 Fire damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 10) and 1095 to 1643 Fire damage at level 20 (from 890 to 1335).
* Now has an added damage effectiveness of 180% (from 160%).
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{{Version history table row|3.3.0|
* Now deals 7-10 fire damage at gem level 1 (same as previously), up to 890 to 1335 fire damage at gem level 20 (up from 739-1109).
* Now has a cast time of 0.75 seconds (down from 0.85 seconds).
* Now gains up to +4 to the explosion's radius at gem level 20 (up from +3).
* Now has an added damage effectiveness of 160% (up from 100%).
* Now deals 50% more damage with Ignite at gem level 1, up to 88% more at gem level 20.
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{{Version history table row|2.6.0|
* Fireball gains 1 additional unit of radius every 6 levels.
* No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
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{{Version history table row|2.4.0|
* 50% more damage at gem level 20.
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{{Version history table row|2.0.0|
* Damage increased by 15%. It now has a base chance to ignite. Its projectile speed has been increased by 30%.
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{{Version history table row|1.1.0|
* Increased the damage of Fireball at low and high levels.
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{{Version history table row|1.0.4|
* The area of effect has been increased by 12%. Damage has been increased at all levels (by around 20% at level one and around 23% at level 15).
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{{Version history table row|0.10.0|
* Damage progression increased - now 14% increased by level 15.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.12s|
*Damage progression increased. By skill level 15, it's doing 16% more damage than before.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.7b|
* Increased the damage at higher levels.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.7|
* The damage has been increased.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.6|
* Increased the damage.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.5g|
* Increased the [[Critical Strike]] chance.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.3c|
* Reduced damage by 5%.
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{{Version history table row|0.9.2|
* Fireball splash damage is now centered on the monster itself, <br> rather than the point of impact (which was in front of the monster).
* Increased Fireball's splash [[Area of Effect]].
* Increased its damage by 23%.
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{{Version history table row|0.8.6|
* Nerfed fireball [[projectile]] speed by 20%, boosted its damage up by 5%.
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{{Version history table row|0.8.3|
* Increased Fireball [[damage]] by 8%.
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{{Version history table row|0.8.1|
* Increased Fireball [[damage]] and mana cost.
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{{Version history table row|0.8.0|
* Reduced Fireball splash radius.
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{{Version history table row|0.7.1|
* Slightly increased Fireball mana cost and reduced its damage.
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{{Version history table row|0.6.13|
* Major fix to projectile/fireball code (fixed crashes and strange behaviour).
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{{Version history table row|0.5.13|
* Fixed another bug with fireballs.
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{{Version history table row|0.5.12|
* Fixed crash using [[Leap Slam]] and fireball simultaneously.
FireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire Level: (1-20) Cost: (6-25) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 370% Projectile Speed: 1040 AoE Radius: 9Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Deals (9-1640) to (14-2460) Fire Damage 25% chance to Ignite enemies Base radius is (0.9-1.4) metres
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion caused by collision (with either an enemy or a terrain obstruction) is affected by all AoE increases, with a base radius of 9.[1] Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion.
Pierce, Chain, Fork: Enemies hit by a projectile that pierces, chains, or forks will take full damage from the hit, but the projectile will not explode until it hits an enemy and does not pierce, chain, or fork, or hits a wall.
Shotgunning: Each enemy can only be hit directly by one projectile per cast. However, if an enemy is in range of the explosion effect of more than one projectile from the same cast, and those projectiles each exploded on different enemies or a wall, it will take full damage from each explosion.
Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Fire Damage
Radius
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
1
0
6
9 to 14
0.9m
0
0
2
2
0
6
10 to 16
0.9m
70
70
3
4
16
7
13 to 20
1m
308
378
4
7
22
8
19 to 28
1m
1554
1932
5
11
31
9
28 to 42
1m
6667
8599
6
16
41
10
43 to 65
1.1m
26047
34646
7
20
50
11
60 to 91
1.1m
49725
84371
8
24
58
12
83 to 124
1.1m
95714
180085
9
28
67
13
111 to 167
1.1m
169595
349680
10
32
75
14
148 to 222
1.2m
283759
633439
11
36
83
15
195 to 292
1.2m
453996
1087435
12
40
92
16
255 to 383
1.2m
703128
1790563
13
44
100
18
332 to 498
1.2m
1061223
2851786
14
48
109
19
429 to 643
1.3m
2065870
4917656
15
52
117
20
552 to 828
1.3m
2507110
7424766
16
56
125
21
707 to 1061
1.3m
5798936
13223702
17
60
134
22
903 to 1354
1.3m
15083919
28307621
18
64
142
23
1149 to 1723
1.4m
27792735
56100356
19
67
148
24
1374 to 2061
1.4m
43869739
99970095
20
70
155
25
1640 to 2460
1.4m
242081556
342051651
21
72
159
25
1845 to 2767
1.4m
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
26
2073 to 3110
1.5m
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
26
2328 to 3493
1.5m
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
27
2614 to 3921
1.5m
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
27
2933 to 4400
1.5m
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
28
3289 to 4934
1.5m
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
28
3687 to 5531
1.6m
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
29
4131 to 6197
1.6m
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
30
4627 to 6940
1.6m
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
30
5180 to 7770
1.6m
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
30
5480 to 8219
1.6m
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
31
5796 to 8694
1.6m
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
31
6131 to 9196
1.6m
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
31
6484 to 9726
1.7m
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
31
6856 to 10285
1.7m
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
32
7250 to 10875
1.7m
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
32
7665 to 11498
1.7m
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
32
8104 to 12156
1.7m
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
33
8567 to 12850
1.7m
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
33
9055 to 13583
1.7m
N/A
N/A
Gem quality
Type
Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality
Weight
Superior
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metres
1
Item acquisition
Fireball can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Fireball can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
13
The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Random corruptedlevel 21 Spell gem
A
6
The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gem
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality:+20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and can only be found in permanent leagues as legacy items.
Item
Limit
Radius
Stats
Drop Enabled
Rolling FlamesRolling Flames Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Fire Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Fireball cannot ignite With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Fireball has +(30-50)% chance to inflict scorchFrom north to south the sea of fire swept, Rolling waves of gorging flame, Growing taller and hungrier, With every land they consumed.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
Fireball is the first skill of the game, introduced to the game during alpha. So that item such as Replica Dragonfang's FlightReplica Dragonfang's Flight Onyx AmuletRequires Level 56+(10-16) to all Attributes+3 to Level of all <Random Skill> Gems +(5-10)% to all Elemental Resistances (5-10)% increased Reservation Efficiency of Skills Items and Gems have (10-5)% reduced Attribute Requirements"Did we make this? Why do we have no record of it? We were warned that there would be consequences..." - Administrator Qotra allocate numeric value of 1 for the skill.