Wintertide Brand

Wintertide BrandSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Brand
Level: (1-20)
Cast Time: 0.70 secRequires Level 12Creates a magical brand which can attach to a nearby enemy, dealing cold damage over time and chilling them. It periodically activates while attached, gaining stages that raise the damage. When removed, a short-duration debuff dealing the same damage over time and chill is applied to each nearby enemy.Can be Attached for a total Duration of 2 seconds
Your Skills can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Can be Detached for a total Duration of 6 seconds
Deals (12.5-164.6) Base Cold Damage per second
Base Debuff Duration is 1 seconds
Activates every 0.25 seconds while Attached
Debuff deals 20% more Damage per Stage
Maximum 20 Stages
Can have an additional Brand Attached to an Enemy
Increases and Reductions to Cast Speed also apply to this Skill's Activation frequency
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 12Vendor Prices

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

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

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold DPS	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	6	13.7	0	0
2	15	39	6	16.9	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	22	41517	56766
4	23	56	8	28.1	81983	138749
5	27	64	9	35.4	147968	286717
6	31	73	9	44	250557	537274
7	35	81	10	54.1	405086	942360
8	38	88	11	62.9	447718	1390078
9	41	94	11	72.8	615318	2005396
10	44	100	12	83.9	834639	2840035
11	47	106	12	96.5	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	13	110.7	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	13	126.6	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	14	144.5	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	14	164.6	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	15	187.1	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	15	203.6	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	16	221.3	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	16	240.5	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	16	261.2	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	17	283.4	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	17	307.4	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	18	333.1	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	18	360.9	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	18	390.8	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	19	422.9	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	19	457.4	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	19	494.6	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	20	534.5	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	20	577.5	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	20	600.1	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	20	623.6	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	21	647.9	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	21	673.1	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	21	699.2	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	21	726.3	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	21	754.4	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	22	783.4	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	22	813.5	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	22	844.8	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Wintertide Brand can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Wintertide Brand 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

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗

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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Wintertide Brand:

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

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Wintertide Brand.

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 Winter Brand Chill Efffect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand has 25% increased Chill Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Winter Brand Chill Efffect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand has 40% increased Chill Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Winter Brand Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Winter Brand Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Winter Brand Stages 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand has +2 to maximum Stages	helmet 100
Enchantment Winter Brand Stages 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Wintertide Brand has +4 to maximum Stages	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Wintertide Brand has been added to the game.