Fireball

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Fireball.

"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."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

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. The threshold jewel 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. causes the radius to increase the further the fireball travels before collision.

• Pierce, Chain, and Fork: A fireball that hits an enemy without terminating will only cause the AoE damage effect on the last enemy struck. Any enemies hit by a projectile that pierces, forks, or chains will take full damage but the projectile will not explode and deal AoE damage.

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20% | 7–10 | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21% | 8–11 | 70 | 70 |- ! 3 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 22% | 9–14 | 308 | 378 |- ! 4 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 23% | 13–19 | 1,554 | 1,932 |- ! 5 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 24% | 18–27 | 6,667 | 8,599 |- ! 6 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 25% | 26–40 | 26,047 | 34,646 |- ! 7 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 26% | 35–52 | 49,725 | 84,371 |- ! 8 | 24 | 58 | 12 | 27% | 45–68 | 95,714 | 180,085 |- ! 9 | 28 | 67 | 13 | 28% | 58–86 | 169,595 | 349,680 |- ! 10 | 32 | 75 | 15 | 29% | 73–109 | 283,759 | 633,439 |- ! 11 | 36 | 83 | 16 | 30% | 91–137 | 453,996 | 1,087,435 |- ! 12 | 40 | 92 | 17 | 31% | 113–170 | 703,128 | 1,790,563 |- ! 13 | 44 | 100 | 18 | 32% | 140–210 | 1,061,223 | 2,851,786 |- ! 14 | 48 | 109 | 19 | 33% | 172–258 | 2,065,870 | 4,917,656 |- ! 15 | 52 | 117 | 21 | 34% | 210–315 | 2,507,110 | 7,424,766 |- ! 16 | 56 | 125 | 22 | 35% | 256–384 | 5,798,936 | 13,223,702 |- ! 17 | 60 | 134 | 23 | 36% | 310–466 | 15,083,919 | 28,307,621 |- ! 18 | 64 | 142 | 24 | 37% | 375–563 | 27,792,735 | 56,100,356 |- ! 19 | 67 | 148 | 25 | 38% | 432–647 | 43,869,739 | 99,970,095 |- ! 20 | 70 | 155 | 26 | 39% | 496–744 | 242,081,556 | 342,051,651 |- ! 21 | 72 | 159 | 27 | 40% | 543–815 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | 27 | 41% | 595–893 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | 28 | 42% | 651–977 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | 28 | 43% | 713–1069 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | 29 | 44% | 779–1169 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | 30 | 45% | 852–1278 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | 30 | 46% | 931–1396 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | 31 | 47% | 1016–1524 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | 31 | 48% | 1109–1664 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | 32 | 49% | 1210–1815 | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Threshold Jewel

The following threshold jewels augment the skill gem:

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Dragon Fireball EffectDragon Fireball EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Fireball becomes a flaming dragon whelp skeleton that explodes on impact	90	Replaces the standard effect on a gem with a flying, burning dragon. Preview

Version history

Version	Changes
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%.