Kinetic Bolt

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Kinetic BoltKinetic Bolt of Fragmentation
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 value
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Acquisition
Drop level: 5
Metadata
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

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Damage
Effectiveness
Attack
Damage
Direction
changes
Exp.Total Exp.
1105160%160%500
2205163.2%163.2%57070
34165166.3%166.3%6308378
47225169.5%169.5%615541932
511315172.6%172.6%666678599
616416175.8%175.8%62604734646
720506178.9%178.9%64972584371
824586182.1%182.1%695714180085
928676185.3%185.3%7169595349680
1032757188.4%188.4%7283759633439
1136837191.6%191.6%74539961087435
1240927194.7%194.7%77031281790563
13441007197.9%197.9%710612232851786
14481097201.1%201.1%720658704917656
15521178204.2%204.2%825071107424766
16561258207.4%207.4%8579893613223702
17601348210.5%210.5%81508391928307621
18641428213.7%213.7%82779273556100356
19671489216.8%216.8%84386973999970095
20701559220%220%8242081556342051651
21721599223.2%223.2%9
22749226.3%226.3%9
23769229.5%229.5%9
24789232.6%232.6%9
25809235.8%235.8%9
26829238.9%238.9%9
278410242.1%242.1%10
288610245.3%245.3%10
298810248.4%248.4%10
309010251.6%251.6%10
319110253.2%253.2%10
329210254.7%254.7%10
339310256.3%256.3%10
349410257.9%257.9%10
359510259.5%259.5%10
369610261.1%261.1%11
379710262.6%262.6%11
389810264.2%264.2%11
399910265.8%265.8%11
4010010267.4%267.4%11

Item acquisition

Kinetic Bolt can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Kinetic Bolt can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1
YesNoNoNoNoNoNo

Vendor reward

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

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate
Act 1
Nessa
YesYesYesNoNoNoYes
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Yes
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth
Yes

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.

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 Kinetic Bolt Attack Speed 166Merciless LabyrinthKinetic Bolt has 10% increased Attack Speedhelmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Attack Speed 275Eternal LabyrinthKinetic Bolt has 15% increased Attack Speedhelmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Extra Bounces 166Merciless LabyrinthKinetic Bolt changes direction 1 additional timehelmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Extra Bounces 275Eternal LabyrinthKinetic Bolt changes direction 2 additional timeshelmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Projectile Speed 166Merciless LabyrinthKinetic Bolt has 20% increased Projectile Speedhelmet 100
Enchantment Kinetic Bolt Projectile Speed 275Eternal LabyrinthKinetic Bolt has 30% increased Projectile Speedhelmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Kinetic Bolt has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription
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.

References