Cold Snap
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-28) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 320%
AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 16Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. This also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Deals (34-1440) to (51-2160) Cold Damage
Deals (28.7-1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second
Base duration is 5 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
(0-19)% increased Effect of Chill
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Drop level: 16Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemColdSnap
Cold Snap is a spell that deals cold damage to enemies in an area, leaving chilled ground that expands and deals cold damage over time. It has a cooldown that is bypassed by using Frenzy Charge. It also leaves behind an area of chilled ground that deals damage over time and has a 25% chance to grant a frenzy charge when you kill an enemy within its area of effect.
Skill functions and interactions
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Unlike Righteous FireRighteous FireSpell, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cooldown Time: 0.30 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Engulfs you in magical fire that rapidly burns you and nearby enemies. Your spell damage is substantially increased while under this effect. The effect ends when you have 1 life remaining.Deals 70% of your Maximum Life as Base Fire Damage per second
Deals 70% of your Maximum Energy Shield as Base Fire Damage per second
You Burn for 90% of your Maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
You Burn for 70% of your Maximum Energy Shield per second as Fire Damage
Grants (20-39)% more Spell Damage
Base radius is (1.8-2.3) metres
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Cold Snap can benefited from spell damage modifiers to increase/decrease/more/less the cold damage over time (DOT), which normally spell damage modifiers does not affect DOT. Since Cold Snap deals cold DOT but not as an ailment, modifiers to ailment are not affecting Cold Snap's damage. Cold DOT is a subset of DOT so that source of increase DOT multiplier such as Watcher's EyeWatcher's Eye
Prismatic JewelLimited to: 1(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield
(4-6)% increased maximum Life
(4-6)% increased maximum Mana
<Two or Three random aura modifiers>One by one, they stood their ground against a creature
they had no hope of understanding, let alone defeating,
and one by one, they became a part of it.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.'s +#% to Damage over Time Multiplier while affected by Malevolence also scale the DOT of Cold Snap. The skill gem also synergies with MalevolenceMalevolenceAura, Spell, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 50% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casts an aura that multiplies damage over time and increases skill effect duration of you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
You and nearby allies deal (14-20)% more Damage over Time
You and nearby allies have (10-19)% increased Skill Effect Duration
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. aura itself.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | Cold Damage | Cold DPS | Chill Effect | Exp. | Total Exp. | |||
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1 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 34 to 51 | 28.7 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
2 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 48 to 72 | 41.7 | N/A | 49725 | 49725 |
3 | 24 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 66 to 99 | 59.2 | N/A | 95714 | 145439 |
4 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 90 to 134 | 82.8 | N/A | 169595 | 315034 |
5 | 31 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 112 to 168 | 106.8 | N/A | 199345 | 514379 |
6 | 34 | 35 | 50 | 17 | 139 to 208 | 136.4 | N/A | 285815 | 800194 |
7 | 37 | 37 | 54 | 18 | 171 to 257 | 173.3 | N/A | 401344 | 1201538 |
8 | 40 | 40 | 58 | 19 | 211 to 316 | 219 | N/A | 554379 | 1755917 |
9 | 43 | 43 | 62 | 20 | 259 to 388 | 274.7 | N/A | 755049 | 2510966 |
10 | 46 | 46 | 66 | 21 | 316 to 474 | 343.3 | N/A | 1016533 | 3527499 |
11 | 49 | 48 | 70 | 21 | 385 to 577 | 426.2 | N/A | 1898602 | 5426101 |
12 | 52 | 51 | 74 | 22 | 467 to 701 | 529.1 | N/A | 1964019 | 7390120 |
13 | 55 | 54 | 78 | 23 | 567 to 850 | 653.2 | N/A | 2573731 | 9963851 |
14 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 24 | 685 to 1028 | 804.3 | N/A | 4676439 | 14640290 |
15 | 60 | 59 | 84 | 25 | 777 to 1166 | 930.9 | N/A | 3017327 | 17657617 |
16 | 62 | 60 | 87 | 25 | 880 to 1321 | 1076.1 | N/A | 7823001 | 25480618 |
17 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 26 | 997 to 1495 | 1242.5 | N/A | 15264208 | 40744826 |
18 | 66 | 64 | 92 | 27 | 1128 to 1692 | 1433.1 | N/A | 26272845 | 67017671 |
19 | 68 | 66 | 95 | 27 | 1275 to 1912 | 1646.7 | N/A | 62872274 | 129889945 |
20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 28 | 1440 to 2160 | 1895.4 | N/A | 212023122 | 341913067 |
21 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 29 | 1626 to 2439 | 2173.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 1835 to 2753 | 2491.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 2069 to 3104 | 2852.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 2332 to 3499 | 3255.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 31 | 2628 to 3941 | 3722.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 32 | 2959 to 4438 | 4242.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 32 | 3330 to 4995 | 4832.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 33 | 3746 to 5619 | 5501.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 33 | 4212 to 6318 | 6259.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 34 | 4734 to 7101 | 7101.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 34 | 5018 to 7528 | 7649.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 5319 to 7979 | 8218.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 5637 to 8456 | 8866.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 35 | 5974 to 8961 | 9520.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 36 | 6330 to 9495 | 10242.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 36 | 6707 to 10060 | 10991.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 36 | 7105 to 10658 | 11792.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 37 | 7527 to 11290 | 12649.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 37 | 7973 to 11959 | 13592.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 37 | 8444 to 12666 | 14572.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Gem quality
Type | Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality | Weight |
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Superior | (1-20)% more Effect of Chill | 1 |
Item acquisition
Cold Snap can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Cold Snap can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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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 corrupted level 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 |
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Intruders in Black Act 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
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Quest ↓ | |||||||
Intruders in Black Act 2 Yeena | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ |
Threshold jewels
The following threshold jewels augment Cold Snap:
Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.
Item | Limit | Radius | Stats | Drop Enabled |
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Winter's BountyWinter's Bounty Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 Radius: Medium(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap grants Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges when Enemies die in its Area With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap's Cooldown can be bypassed by Power Charges instead of Frenzy ChargesAs a boy, Rigwald was taught to hunt, Through the first snows of winter, When beasts have gorged their fill, And see nothing but the long slumber ahead.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. | 1 | Medium | (10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap grants Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges when Enemies die in its Area With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap's Cooldown can be bypassed by Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges | 0 |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Cold Snap.
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.
Name | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting | |
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Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | Cold Snap has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | Cold Snap has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 25% increased Cold Snap Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 40% increased Cold Snap Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 16% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 24% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect | helmet 100 |
Alternate skill effects
Cold Snap has the following alternate skill effects:
Item | Effect(s) |
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Blighted Cold Snap EffectBlighted Cold Snap EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes a blighted effect. | Your Cold Snap becomes a blighted effect. |
Cold Grasp EffectCold Grasp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost | Your Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost |
Delirious Cold Snap EffectDelirious Cold Snap EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes a delirious effect. | Your Cold Snap becomes a delirious effect. |
Overseer Cold Snap EffectOverseer Cold Snap EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes an Overseer Effect. | Your Cold Snap becomes an Overseer Effect. |
Monster version
The Vaal Oversoul and its map variants Shadow of the Vaal, Jik'shah, placed "Cold Snap" on the ground instead of normal chilled ground.
The following monsters use Cold Snap (or similar) skills:
Monster names | skill ids |
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Boiling Ambusher | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Boiling Ambusher | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Boiling Ambusher | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Boiling Ambusher | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Boiling Strider | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Bubbling Gold | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Bubbling Gold | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalFrostbite |
Corpsestitch | MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • NecromancerReviveSkeletonInvasion • NecromancerSummonSkeletonsInvasion • NecromancerVulnerability • MonsterLightningWarpInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion • DesecrateInvasion • FleshOfferingSideAreaBoss |
Eoin Greyfur | ExileGlacialHammer • Melee • WhiteExileCyclone • ExileColdSnap • ExileHatred • ExileVaalColdSnap • ExileVaalGlacialHammer |
Eoin Greyfur | ExileGlacialHammer • Melee • WhiteExileCyclone • ExileColdSnap • ExileHatred • ExileVaalColdSnap • ExileVaalGlacialHammer |
Eoin Greyfur | ExileGlacialHammer • Melee • WhiteExileCyclone • ExileColdSnap • ExileHatred • ExileVaalColdSnap • ExileVaalGlacialHammer |
Eoin Greyfur | ExileGlacialHammer • Melee • WhiteExileCyclone • ExileColdSnap • ExileHatred • ExileVaalColdSnap • ExileVaalGlacialHammer |
Eoin Greyfur | ExileGlacialHammer • Melee • WhiteExileCyclone • ExileColdSnap • ExileHatred • ExileVaalColdSnap • ExileVaalGlacialHammer • WalkEmergeExile |
Frigid Attendant | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnapInvasion |
Frostspout | Melee • DoLiterallyNothing • MPSHeistRobotTotemColdShot • GSHeistRobotTotemColdSnap • ChangeToStance1Heist |
Imperfect Shadow Construct | AzmeriOversoulRocks • AzmeriOversoulSpray • AzmeriOversoulExplosion • AzmeriOversoulLaser • AzmeriOversoulRocksTriggered • AzmeriOversoulColdSnapTriggered |
Jik'shah | IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered |
Mirageblast | MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElementalInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion |
Mirageblast | MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElementalInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion |
Mutewind Snow-singer | Melee • WbFreezingPulseTrap • WbColdSnapTrap • WbColdResistAura • WbFreezingPulseMultiTrap |
Olmec, the All Stone | MonsterLightningWarpLegends • MonsterCausticBombLegends • MonsterColdSnapLegends • MonsterSearingBondLegends • MonsterLightningProjectileNovaLegends |
Otesha, the Giantslayer | WbThrownWeapon • WbWhirlingBlades • WbColdThorns • WbBloodRage • WbSmokeMine • WbHatred • WbColdLeaderWait • WbColdSnap • WbDoubleStrike • WbDualStrike • WbFrenzyFortify • WbFlickerStrike • WbColdLeaderIcestorm • WbColdThornsShort |
Otesha, the Giantslayer | WbThrownWeapon • WbWhirlingBlades • WbColdThorns • WbBloodRage • WbSmokeMine • WbHatred • WbColdLeaderWait • WbColdSnap • WbDoubleStrike • WbDualStrike • WbFrenzyFortify • WbFlickerStrike • WbColdLeaderIcestorm • WbColdThornsShort |
Perfect Shadow Construct | AzmeriOversoulRocks • AzmeriOversoulSpray • AzmeriOversoulExplosionIgnite • AzmeriOversoulLaserMaxShock • AzmeriOversoulRocksTriggered • AzmeriOversoulColdSnapTriggered |
Seething Brine | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap |
Seething Brine | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap |
Seething Brine | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap |
Seething Brine | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap |
Shadow Construct | AzmeriOversoulRocks • AzmeriOversoulSpray • AzmeriOversoulExplosionIgnite • AzmeriOversoulLaser • AzmeriOversoulRocksTriggered • AzmeriOversoulColdSnapTriggered |
Shadow of the Vaal | IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered |
Shadow of the Vaal | IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered |
Shadow of the Vaal | IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered |
Stranglecharm | MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElemental • WaterElementalCleave • StranglecharmWaterPool • StrangleCharmColdSnap |
Stranglecharm | MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElemental • WaterElementalCleave • StranglecharmWaterPool • StrangleCharmColdSnap |
Undying Patrician | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap |
Undying Patrician | MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • CityStalkerColdSnap |
Vaal Oversoul | IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSpray • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered |
Version history
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3.6.0 |
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3.3.0 |
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2.6.0 |
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2.0.0 |
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1.2.0 |
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1.1.0 |
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0.10.0 |
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0.9.11 |
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0.9.5g |
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0.9.3c |
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0.6.11 |
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