Kinetic Bolt

Kinetic BoltAttack, Projectile
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-9) Mana
Attack Speed: 115% of base
Attack Damage: (160-220)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (160-220)%Fire a projectile from your wand that changes direction in a zig-zag pattern at regular intervals or when hitting enemies. Each time it changes direction, a secondary projectile breaks off, flying in the direction it changed away from.Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 200% of their value
Projectile changes direction (5-8) times
Modifiers which would cause projectiles to Fork instead cause them to change direction additional times

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at +(2.5-50)% of their valuePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 5Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemKineticBolt

Kinetic Bolt is a wand attack skill that fires a bolt that forks in a zig-zag pattern at it travels, releasing secondary projectiles as it forks. The user (of this skill)'s additive (not multiplicative) spell damage modifiers affect this skill's damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Only increases and reductions to spell damage are applied to attack damage. More and less modifiers do not apply to attack damage.
• The modifier Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at 200% of their value does not stack with the similar wand mastery; Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attacks while wielding a Wand. This mastery will have no effect on Kinetic Bolt if taken.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Direction changes	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	5	160%	160%	5	0	0
2	2	0	5	163.2%	163.2%	5	70	70
3	4	16	5	166.3%	166.3%	6	308	378
4	7	22	5	169.5%	169.5%	6	1554	1932
5	11	31	5	172.6%	172.6%	6	6667	8599
6	16	41	6	175.8%	175.8%	6	26047	34646
7	20	50	6	178.9%	178.9%	6	49725	84371
8	24	58	6	182.1%	182.1%	6	95714	180085
9	28	67	6	185.3%	185.3%	7	169595	349680
10	32	75	7	188.4%	188.4%	7	283759	633439
11	36	83	7	191.6%	191.6%	7	453996	1087435
12	40	92	7	194.7%	194.7%	7	703128	1790563
13	44	100	7	197.9%	197.9%	7	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	7	201.1%	201.1%	7	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	8	204.2%	204.2%	8	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	8	207.4%	207.4%	8	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	8	210.5%	210.5%	8	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	8	213.7%	213.7%	8	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	9	216.8%	216.8%	8	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	9	220%	220%	8	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	9	223.2%	223.2%	9	—	—
22	74	—	9	226.3%	226.3%	9	—	—
23	76	—	9	229.5%	229.5%	9	—	—
24	78	—	9	232.6%	232.6%	9	—	—
25	80	—	9	235.8%	235.8%	9	—	—
26	82	—	9	238.9%	238.9%	9	—	—
27	84	—	10	242.1%	242.1%	10	—	—
28	86	—	10	245.3%	245.3%	10	—	—
29	88	—	10	248.4%	248.4%	10	—	—
30	90	—	10	251.6%	251.6%	10	—	—
31	91	—	10	253.2%	253.2%	10	—	—
32	92	—	10	254.7%	254.7%	10	—	—
33	93	—	10	256.3%	256.3%	10	—	—
34	94	—	10	257.9%	257.9%	10	—	—
35	95	—	10	259.5%	259.5%	10	—	—
36	96	—	10	261.1%	261.1%	11	—	—
37	97	—	10	262.6%	262.6%	11	—	—
38	98	—	10	264.2%	264.2%	11	—	—
39	99	—	10	265.8%	265.8%	11	—	—
40	100	—	10	267.4%	267.4%	11	—	—

Item acquisition

Kinetic Bolt can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Kinetic Bolt can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate 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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate 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 Kinetic Bolt.

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 Kinetic Bolt Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt has 10% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt has 15% increased Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Extra Bounces 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt changes direction 1 additional time	helmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Extra Bounces 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt changes direction 2 additional times	helmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt has 20% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Kinetic Bolt has 30% increased Projectile Speed	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Kinetic Bolt has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Ghostflame Kinetic Bolt EffectGhostflame Kinetic Bolt EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Kinetic Bolt becomes a Ghostflame Effect.	Your Kinetic Bolt becomes a Ghostflame Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has a Mana cost of 5 at gem level 1 (previously 6), scaling up to 9 at gem level 20 (previously 10). Now has 160% Effectiveness of Base and Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 140%), scaling up to 220% at gem level 20 (previously 175%).
3.23.0	Quality now causes Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage to also apply to Attack Damage from this Skill at +0-50% of their value, instead of providing 0-20% increased Projectile Speed.
3.21.0	Fixed a bug where cast speed applied to attack speed from Wilma's Requital and Anomalous Kinetic Bolt stacked with each other. Only the higher value effect now applies.
3.13.0	Increases and reductions to spell damage now also apply to attack damage from this skill at 200% of their value (from 150%). Anomalous Kinetic Bolt now causes increases and reductions to Cast Speed to apply to Attack Speed at 2.5% of their value per 1% gem quality (from 5% per 1% quality).
3.12.0	Now has alternative gem quality: Anomalous or Divergent.
3.10.0	Kinetic Bolt has been added to the game.