Fireball

FireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 240%
Projectile Speed: 1040
AoE Radius: 9Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Deals (9-1095) to (14-1643) Fire Damage
(20-39)% chance to Ignite enemies
(50-88)% more Damage with Ignite
Projectiles gain Radius as they travel farther, up to +(0-9) Radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Projectile Speed2% reduced Projectile Speed
3% increased Area of Effect3% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on Enemies
-2% more Damage with Ignite0.25% chance to Debilitate Enemies for 1 second on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFireball

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Fireball.

Fireball is a spell that fires a projectile, dealing fire damage with an increased chance to Ignite.

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, with a base radius of 9. 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	Ignite Chance	More Ignite Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	6	9 to 14	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	6	10 to 16	N/A	N/A	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	7	13 to 20	N/A	N/A	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	8	19 to 28	N/A	N/A	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	31	9	28 to 42	N/A	N/A	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	41	10	43 to 65	N/A	N/A	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	50	11	60 to 91	N/A	N/A	N/A	49725	84371
8	24	58	12	83 to 124	N/A	N/A	N/A	95714	180085
9	28	67	13	111 to 167	N/A	N/A	N/A	169595	349680
10	32	75	14	148 to 222	N/A	N/A	N/A	283759	633439
11	36	83	15	195 to 292	N/A	N/A	N/A	453996	1087435
12	40	92	16	255 to 383	N/A	N/A	N/A	703128	1790563
13	44	100	18	332 to 498	N/A	N/A	N/A	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	19	429 to 643	N/A	N/A	N/A	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	20	552 to 828	N/A	N/A	N/A	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	21	707 to 1061	N/A	N/A	N/A	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	22	903 to 1354	N/A	N/A	N/A	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	23	1149 to 1723	N/A	N/A	N/A	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	24	1374 to 2061	N/A	N/A	N/A	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	25	1640 to 2460	N/A	N/A	N/A	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	25	1845 to 2767	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	26	2073 to 3110	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	26	2328 to 3493	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	27	2614 to 3921	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	27	2933 to 4400	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	28	3289 to 4934	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	28	3687 to 5531	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	29	4131 to 6197	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	30	4627 to 6940	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	30	5180 to 7770	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	30	5480 to 8219	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	31	5796 to 8694	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	31	6131 to 9196	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	31	6484 to 9726	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	31	6856 to 10285	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	32	7250 to 10875	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	32	7665 to 11498	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	32	8104 to 12156	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	33	8567 to 12850	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	33	9055 to 13583	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 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

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
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

In addition, Fireball is the starting skill gem for Witch. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Fireball:

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
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.	1	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 scorch	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Fireball.

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
Enchantment Fireball Cast Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	8% increased Fireball Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Fireball Cast Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	12% increased Fireball Cast Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Fireball Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Fireball Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fireball Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Fireball Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Fireball Ignite Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Fireball has +20% chance to Ignite	helmet 100
Enchantment Fireball Ignite Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Fireball has +30% chance to Ignite	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Fireball has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Direblade Fireball EffectDireblade Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a Direblade Effect.	Your Fireball becomes a Direblade Effect.
Dragon Fireball EffectDragon Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact	Your Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact
Oblivion Fireball EffectOblivion Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes an Oblivion Effect.	Your Fireball becomes an Oblivion Effect.
Stygian Fireball EffectStygian Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a Stygian Effect.	Your Fireball becomes a Stygian Effect.

Monsters

Monsters using this skill:

• Goatman Fire-raiser
• Flame Sentinel + Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: l
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  
  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.
• Solar Guard

Version history

Version	Changes
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).
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%).
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.
2.6.0	Fireball gains 1 additional unit of radius every 6 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	50% more damage at gem level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by 15%. It now has a base chance to ignite. Its projectile speed has been increased by 30%.
1.1.0	Increased the damage of Fireball at low and high levels.
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).
0.10.0	Damage progression increased - now 14% increased by level 15.
0.9.12s	Damage progression increased. By skill level 15, it's doing 16% more damage than before.
0.9.7b	Increased the damage at higher levels.
0.9.7	The damage has been increased.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.5g	Increased the Critical Strike chance.
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 5%.
0.9.2	Fireball splash damage is now centered on the monster itself, 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%.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Fireball mana cost and reduced its damage
0.6.13	Major fix to projectile/fireball code (fixed crashes and strange behaviour)