Frost Bomb

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Frost BombFrost Bomb of InstabilityFrost Bomb of Forthcoming
Frost BombSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Orb
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 310%
Requires Level 4Creates a crystal that pulses with cold for a duration. Each pulse applies a debuff to nearby enemies for a secondary duration which reduces life and energy shield regeneration rate, and also inflicts Cold Exposure. When the crystal's duration ends, it explodes, dealing heavy cold damage to enemies around it.Deals (9-1391) to (13-2086) Cold Damage
Base duration is 2 seconds
Base secondary duration is 5 seconds
Cold Exposure applies -15% to Cold Resistance
75% reduced Life Regeneration rate
75% reduced Energy Shield Regeneration rate
4% more Damage with Hits per 0.1 seconds Duration
+(0-7) to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
1% increased Cold Damage0.5% chance to Freeze enemies1% increased Area of Effect1% less Skill Effect Duration
1% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 5
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemFrostBomb


Frost Bomb is a cold spell that places an orb that releases pulses which reduce life regeneration and energy shield regeneration, along with applying Cold Exposure. It will rapidly pulse before it explodes, dealing cold damage in an area.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Duration: increasing or reducing the duration of Frost Bomb will affect the time it takes for the skill to detonate, as well as the duration of the debuff.
  • Negative Resistances: Frost Bomb's Exposure can reduce resistances below 0, making enemies vulnerable to cold damage.
  • Hit: just the explosion counts as hit (in terms of Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
    Icon: &
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
    You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
    35% less Effect of Supported Curses
    Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse Duration
    This 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.
    for example). The pulses do not.

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Cold
Damage
RadiusExp.Total Exp.
141649 to 13N/A00
2620511 to 16N/A841841
3927515 to 22N/A30993940
41233620 to 30N/A743311373
51641729 to 44N/A2289534268
62050741 to 62N/A4972583993
72458857 to 86N/A95714179707
82867979 to 118N/A169595349302
9327510106 to 160N/A283759633061
10368310143 to 214N/A4539961087057
11409211190 to 285N/A7031281790185
124410012252 to 377N/A10612232851408
134810912331 to 496N/A20658704917278
145211713433 to 650N/A25071107424388
155512314529 to 793N/A25737319998119
165813014644 to 966N/A761135117609470
176113615782 to 1174N/A1343790831047378
186414215949 to 1424N/A2505214756099525
1967148161150 to 1725N/A4386943699968961
2070155161391 to 2086N/A242081178342050139
2172159171577 to 2366N/AN/AN/A
2274N/A171788 to 2682N/AN/AN/A
2376N/A182025 to 3038N/AN/AN/A
2478N/A182293 to 3440N/AN/AN/A
2580N/A182595 to 3893N/AN/AN/A
2682N/A192936 to 4404N/AN/AN/A
2784N/A193319 to 4979N/AN/AN/A
2886N/A193751 to 5627N/AN/AN/A
2988N/A204237 to 6356N/AN/AN/A
3090N/A204784 to 7176N/AN/AN/A
3191N/A205083 to 7625N/AN/AN/A
3292N/A205400 to 8100N/AN/AN/A
3393N/A215736 to 8604N/AN/AN/A
3494N/A216092 to 9139N/AN/AN/A
3595N/A216470 to 9705N/AN/AN/A
3696N/A216871 to 10307N/AN/AN/A
3797N/A217296 to 10944N/AN/AN/A
3898N/A227747 to 11620N/AN/AN/A
3999N/A228224 to 12336N/AN/AN/A
40100N/A228731 to 13096N/AN/AN/A

Item acquisition

Frost Bomb can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Frost Bomb can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
13The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The 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 gemA
6The 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 gemA
3Gemcutter'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% qualityA
1Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right 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% qualityA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Quest reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs
Act 1

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Breaking Some Eggs
Act 1
Nessa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Frost Bomb.

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.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.LabyrinthStatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Frost Bomb Cooldown Speed 166Merciless LabyrinthFrost Bomb has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Ratehelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Cooldown Speed 275Eternal LabyrinthFrost Bomb has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Ratehelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Damage 166Merciless Labyrinth25% increased Frost Bomb Damagehelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Damage 275Eternal Labyrinth40% increased Frost Bomb Damagehelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Increased Duration 166Merciless LabyrinthFrost Bomb has 20% increased Debuff Durationhelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Increased Duration 275Eternal LabyrinthFrost Bomb has 30% increased Debuff Durationhelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Area Of Effect 166Merciless Labyrinth16% increased Frost Bomb Area of Effecthelmet 75
Enchantment Frost Bomb Area Of Effect 275Eternal Labyrinth24% increased Frost Bomb Area of Effecthelmet 75

Alternate skill effects

Frost Bomb has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Celestial Frost Bomb EffectCelestial Frost Bomb EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Frost Bomb becomes a celestial effect.Your Frost Bomb becomes a celestial effect.

Version history

Version Changes
3.17.0
  • Frost Bomb now deals 9 to 13 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 8 to 13), up to 1391 to 2086 at gem level 20 (previously 930 to 1395).
  • Now has 310% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 210%).
3.16.0
  • Now deals 8 to 13 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 14 to 21), up to 930 to 1395 at gem level 20 (previously 1336 to 2003).
  • It no longer has 25% reduced Energy Shield Recharge Rate.
  • It now has “4% more Damage with Hits per 0.1 seconds Duration”.
  • It now has 210% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 300%).
  • Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 74.1% higher when it is able to ignite.
3.14.0
  • Cold Exposure is now -15% cold resistance (was -25%).
3.13.0
  • Now has an added damage effectiveness of 300% (from 200%).
  • Now deals 14 to 21 cold damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1336 to 2003 at gem level 20 (from 959 to 1439).
  • Now gains additional radius as the gem levels, up to +7 at gem level 20.
3.12.0
  • Now has alternative quality
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 4 (was 6).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 16 (was 19).
  • Now applies Cold Exposure to affected enemies, rather than reducing their Cold Resistance.
3.4.0
  • Now reduces Energy Shield Regeneration Rate and Recovery Rate, not just Life Regeneration Rate.
3.3.0
  • Now deals 14-21 cold damage at gem level 1 (up from 10-14), up to 959-1439 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 521-781).
  • Now has a 2 second delay before exploding, and applies a debuff which lasts 5 seconds and grants -25% cold resistance to affected enemies. (Previously had a 3.5 second delay before exploding, and applied a debuff which lasted 2 seconds and granted -20% cold resistance to affected enemies.)
  • Now has an added damage effectiveness of 200% (up from 130%).
2.2.0
  • Added to the game

References

ru:Морозная бомба