Cold Steel

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Cold Steel
Viridian Jewel
Radius: LargeIncreases and Reductions to Physical Damage in Radius are Transformed to apply to Cold Damage
Increases and Reductions to Cold Damage in Radius are Transformed to apply to Physical Damage
Winter provides us with her own weapons, hanging from the eaves of our homes.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Acquisition
Drop disabled
Vendor Offer
4x Alchemy Shard
Metadata
Item class: Jewel

Cold Steel is a unique Viridian JewelViridian JewelPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket..

Mechanics

Cold Steel will only transform nodes that explicitly state Cold Damage or Physical Damage. It will not apply to Elemental damage, nor Attack Damage, Melee Damage, etc., unless they also use the words Cold or Physical. All other restrictions on damage and weapon types will remain. A few examples are:

 X% increased Physical Damage with Two Handed Melee Weapons <--> X% increased Cold Damage with Two Handed Melee Weapons
 X% increased Cold Damage                                   <--> X% increased Physical Damage
 X% increased Cold Damage with Weapons                      <--> X% increased Physical Damage with Weapons

Strategy

Global Physical Damage is hard to come by on the skill tree, and Physical Spell Damage does not exist at all. The Jewel can therefore be used to turn Cold Damage nodes into Physical damage nodes for Ethereal KnivesEthereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220%
Projectile Speed: 1300
Fires an arc of knives outwards in front of the caster which deal physical damage.Deals (7-949) to (10-1423) Physical Damage
Fires (10-13) Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires +(0.1-2) Projectiles
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
, Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemTotem, Spell, AoE, Physical, Nova
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (21-39) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 110%
AoE Radius: 24
Requires Level 28Summons a totem that shakes the earth around it, knocking back and damaging nearby enemiesDeals (33-412) to (65-765) Physical Damage
Totem lasts 8 seconds
25% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit
Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
Base radius is 2.4 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.01-0.2) metres to radius
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
and Bear TrapBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-23) Mana
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 300%
Requires Level 4Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage.Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage
Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Base duration is 3.00 seconds
Locks enemy in place
Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits
Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.05-1) seconds
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
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If the player is dealing a lot of additive cold damage with any kind of weapon, the Jewel will allow them to convert physical nodes in the southern half of the tree to apply to that cold damage instead. However, as these bonuses will no longer apply to physical output, the only unique weapons with enough added cold damage to justify this strategy (i.e. achieve overall increased damage) is DyadusDyadus
Infernal Axe
One Handed Axe
Physical Damage: 51-85
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: (1.43-1.49)
Weapon Range: 1.1 metres
Requires Level 69, 158 Str, 76 DexAdds (255-285) to (300-330) Fire Damage in Main Hand
Adds (255-285) to (300-330) Cold Damage in Off Hand
(10-15)% increased Attack Speed
25% chance to Ignite when in Main Hand
100% increased Damage with Ignite inflicted on Chilled Enemies
Chill Enemies for 1 second on Hit with this Weapon when in Off Hand
Born of love, forged in blood
He burned as a torch in the blackest night
She shone as ice in the winter sun
Proudly, fiercely
At their mother's side, forever.
when held in the off hand or Debeon's DirgeDebeon's Dirge
Despot Axe
Two Handed Axe
Physical Damage: 90-122
Elemental Damage: (310-350) to (460-500)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.40
Weapon Range: 1.3 metres
Requires Level 66, 140 Str, 86 DexAdds (310-350) to (460-500) Cold Damage
15% increased Movement Speed if you've used a Warcry Recently
150% increased Elemental Damage if you've used a Warcry Recently
Warcries Knock Back and Interrupt Enemies in a smaller Area
A sharp and heavy beat,
discorded, out of tune,
when you hear it on the wind,
you know death will follow soon.
. As there is no noteworthy main hand weapon with similar amounts of additive cold damage, and the only skills that will not alternate between hands when dual wielding with an axe in the off hand are Heavy StrikeHeavy StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 5 Mana
Attack Speed: 85% of base
Attack Damage: (195-313)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (195-313)%
Attacks enemies with a forceful blow, knocking them back. Requires a Mace, Sceptre, Axe, Sword or Two-Handed Weapon.Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
+0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range
(20-39)% chance to deal Double Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance to deal Double Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
and Infernal BlowInfernal BlowAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (104-166)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (104-166)%
AoE Radius: 15
Requires Level 12Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to enemies hit by your strike, and an uncharged debuff to any other enemies hit. Upon reaching 6 charges, expiring, or the enemy's death, the charged debuff is removed to damage that and other surrounding enemies. Enemies with either debuff explode when they die, damaging other surrounding enemies. Damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 0.80 seconds
(5-75) to (8-113) Added Fire Damage
Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
Base radius is 2.4 metres
Base explosion radius is 1.8 metres
Debuff deals 66% of Damage per Charge

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Debuff deals +(0.5-10)% of Damage per Charge
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
(each when wielding a dagger or claw in the main hand), this is an unlikely scenario.

Skills with Damage conversion to Cold Damage, such as Frost BladesFrost BladesAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Damage: (110-225)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-225)%
Projectile Speed: 2250
Attack enemies with increased range, releasing icy blades from the first enemy hit which fly at other enemies. Requires a Melee Weapon.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage
Fires (5-8) Projectiles
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+(1.8-2.1) metres to Melee Strike Range

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires +(0.1-2) Projectiles
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
or Ice CrashIce CrashAttack, AoE, Cold, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 8 Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (230-350)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (230-350)%
AoE Radius: 26
Requires Level 28Slam the ground, damaging enemies in an area around the impact in three stages of increasing size. Enemies take slightly less damage on the second and third stage, and can only be hit by one stage. Works with Swords, Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
Second Stage deals 15% less Damage
Third Stage deals 30% less Damage
Base radius is 1.1 metres
Base secondary radius is 2.1 metres
Base tertiary radius is 3.1 metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Gain (0.75-15)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
, will usually not profit from turning increased Physical Damage nodes to increased Cold Damage nodes, as Physical Damage nodes will scale all of the damage, whereas Cold Damage nodes will only scale the cold portion of damage. See Damage Conversion for more information.

Item acquisition

Cold Steel is drop disabled.

Version history

Version Changes
3.20.0
  • The availability of existing Unique Jewels has been reviewed, and many (including Replica versions) can no longer be obtained.
2.0.0
  • Introduced to the game.

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