Herald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald Level: (1-20) Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. The AoE cold damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Herald of Ice is a self-castbuff that reserves mana to increase damage output. See also Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Base duration is 4.00 seconds (0-38)% more Burning Damage Buff grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Buff grants (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base burning damage is an additional (0.25-5)% of Overkill DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage Cannot inflict Shock Base duration is 6.00 seconds Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Storms Hit Enemies with (1-20)% increased FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Like Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Base duration is 4.00 seconds (0-38)% more Burning Damage Buff grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Buff grants (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base burning damage is an additional (0.25-5)% of Overkill DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage Cannot inflict Shock Base duration is 6.00 seconds Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Storms Hit Enemies with (1-20)% increased FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage Damage cannot be Reflected Base radius is 1.2 metres Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Attack Cold Damage Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Spell Cold Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. has two separate effects on the player:
the second is the on-kill effect. Upon shattering an enemy, the enemy explodes dealing cold secondary damage to surround targets in an AoE. Enemies will shatter if they are killed whilst frozen. Added damage support gems such as Added Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support Icon: L Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (1-19) to (8-358) added Lightning Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Lightning 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. will be added to the explosion only.
It is worth noting that Herald of Ice is a secondary damage and not spell damage, and does not receive any direct bonuses from spell damage modifiers. This includes bonuses from items, passive nodes and spell only support gems such as Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support Icon: k Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage Supported Skills Repeat an additional time Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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. and Iron Will SupportIron Will SupportSpell, Support Icon: w Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 18Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.Strength's Damage bonus applies to all Spell Damage as well for Supported Skills Supported Skills deal (0-38)% increased Spell Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell 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.
The quality of the gem is global. This means that the increased Cold Damage will affect all types of cold skills, not just Herald of Ice.
Gem level progression
Level
Spell Cold Damage
Attack Cold Damage
Cold Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
16
26
18
N/A
N/A
18–26
0
0
2
20
31
22
N/A
N/A
23–35
49725
49725
3
24
37
25
N/A
N/A
30–45
95714
145439
4
28
42
29
N/A
N/A
38–57
169595
315034
5
31
46
32
N/A
N/A
45–67
199345
514379
6
34
50
35
N/A
N/A
53–80
285815
800194
7
37
54
37
N/A
N/A
62–94
401344
1201538
8
40
58
40
N/A
N/A
73–110
554379
1755917
9
43
62
43
N/A
N/A
85–128
755049
2510966
10
46
66
46
N/A
N/A
99–149
1016533
3527499
11
49
70
48
N/A
N/A
115–173
1898602
5426101
12
52
74
51
N/A
N/A
134–200
1964019
7390120
13
55
78
54
N/A
N/A
154–232
2573731
9963851
14
58
82
57
N/A
N/A
178–267
4676439
14640290
15
60
84
59
N/A
N/A
195–293
3017327
17657617
16
62
87
60
N/A
N/A
214–321
7823001
25480618
17
64
90
62
N/A
N/A
235–352
15264208
40744826
18
66
92
64
N/A
N/A
257–386
26272845
67017671
19
68
95
66
N/A
N/A
282–422
62872274
129889945
20
70
98
68
N/A
N/A
308–462
212023122
341913067
21
72
100
70
N/A
N/A
337–505
N/A
N/A
22
74
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
368–552
N/A
N/A
23
76
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
402–603
N/A
N/A
24
78
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
438–658
N/A
N/A
25
80
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
478–717
N/A
N/A
26
82
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
521–782
N/A
N/A
27
84
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
568–852
N/A
N/A
28
86
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
619–928
N/A
N/A
29
88
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
674–1010
N/A
N/A
30
90
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
733–1100
N/A
N/A
31
91
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
765–1149
N/A
N/A
32
92
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
796–1198
N/A
N/A
33
93
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
830–1251
N/A
N/A
34
94
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
863–1304
N/A
N/A
35
95
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
899–1361
N/A
N/A
36
96
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
934–1418
N/A
N/A
37
97
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
971–1479
N/A
N/A
38
98
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1008–1540
N/A
N/A
39
99
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1047–1605
N/A
N/A
40
100
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1085–1670
N/A
N/A
Item acquisition
Herald of Ice can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Herald of Ice 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
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Circle of FearCircle of Fear Sapphire RingRequires Level 52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(20-30) to Dexterity Adds (20-25) to (26-35) Cold Damage +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance <Two Random Herald of Ice modifiers>My subordinates circled me eternally, attuned to the slightest weakness, ready to tear me apart for their own gains.
Circle of AmbitionCircle of Ambition Prismatic RingRequires Level 64<Three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(10-20) to all Attributes +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances 10% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Herald Skills <Three Random Herald modifiers>I will build the wall that stands against the tide. The day is coming... I have seen it.
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.
Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage Damage cannot be Reflected Base radius is 1.2 metres Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Attack Cold Damage Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Spell Cold Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage Cannot inflict Shock Base duration is 6.00 seconds Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Storms Hit Enemies with (1-20)% increased FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have been changed from Spell to Cast active skill types to indicate that they deal secondary damage and not spell damage.
Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
and 
Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
.
Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
has two separate effects on the player:
Added Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support
will be added to the explosion only.
Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
and 
Iron Will SupportIron Will SupportSpell, Support
The Cataclysm
The Cataclysm
13Level 21 Spell Gem
The Fox
6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
Gemcutter's Promise
3Gem
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
The Void
1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Circle of Fear
Circle of Ambition
Automaton Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an Automaton Effect.
Divine Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect.
Gloom Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.
Gore Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.
Innocence Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.
Purple Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.
Sin Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.
Wasteland Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect.