VortexSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-25) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-210)% AoE Radius: 2Requires Level 28An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it.Deals (48-933) to (72-1399) Cold Damage Base duration is 3.00 seconds Deals (115.6-2772.8) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect Base radius is 2 metres Base secondary radius is 2 metres
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the specific damage over time effect of Vortex, not other types of damage over time that may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Decay SupportDecay SupportChaos, Support Icon: D Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills inflict Decay on Hit, dealing (162-1230) Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos DamageThis 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..
Overlap: If multiple Vortex ground effects apply to the same enemy, only the highest damage per second effect will deal damage. This is consistent with other damage over time debuffs without special exceptions.
On hit effects: Because the initial blast counts as a hit, Vortex can be used with on-hit effects such as 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 DurationThis 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..
Chilling Area: Enemies inside a chilling area become chilled. This chilling area is affected by the player and skill's modifiers to the effect of cold/non-damaging ailments, but its chills are not considered inflicted by the player. It cannot apply chilled by you stats, cannot make the player count as having chilled recently, and can chill regardless of stats that prevent the application of chill by the player, such as Elemental Focus SupportElemental Focus SupportSupport Icon: F Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.Supported Skills deal (20-34)% more Elemental Damage Supported Skills cannot inflict Elemental Ailments
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Elemental DamageThis 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. or Secrets of Suffering.
Gem level progression
Level
Mana Cost
Damage Effectiveness
Cold Damage
Cold DPS
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
28
67
13
130%
48 to 72
115.6
0
0
2
31
73
14
130%
61 to 92
148.7
199345
199345
3
34
79
15
140%
77 to 115
189.7
285815
485160
4
37
85
16
140%
96 to 144
241.4
401344
886504
5
40
92
16
150%
120 to 180
305.4
554379
1440883
6
42
96
17
150%
138 to 208
355.9
477437
1918320
7
44
100
18
160%
160 to 240
415.7
583786
2502106
8
46
104
18
160%
184 to 276
484.1
710359
3212465
9
48
109
19
160%
212 to 318
563.1
1355511
4567976
10
50
113
19
170%
244 to 366
654.1
1138877
5706853
11
52
117
20
170%
280 to 420
758.9
1368233
7075086
12
54
121
20
170%
321 to 482
879.5
1638338
8713424
13
56
125
21
180%
368 to 552
1016.8
1956648
10670072
14
58
130
21
180%
421 to 632
1174.3
3655184
14325256
15
60
134
22
190%
482 to 723
1360.1
3017327
17342583
16
62
138
22
190%
551 to 826
1567.9
7759995
25102578
17
64
142
23
200%
629 to 943
1810.3
15138193
40240771
18
66
146
24
200%
718 to 1077
2088.4
26083825
66324596
19
68
151
24
200%
819 to 1228
2410.2
62620247
128944843
20
70
155
25
210%
933 to 1399
2772.8
211708088
340652931
21
72
159
25
210%
1063 to 1594
3191.4
—
—
22
74
—
26
210%
1210 to 1814
3670.5
—
—
23
76
—
26
210%
1376 to 2064
4214
—
—
24
78
—
27
210%
1565 to 2347
4834.9
—
—
25
80
—
27
210%
1778 to 2667
5562.5
—
—
26
82
—
28
210%
2020 to 3029
6374.4
—
—
27
84
—
28
210%
2293 to 3439
7324.7
—
—
28
86
—
29
210%
2602 to 3903
8411.6
—
—
29
88
—
30
210%
2952 to 4427
9603
—
—
30
90
—
30
210%
3347 to 5020
11016.3
—
—
31
91
—
30
210%
3563 to 5345
11790.5
—
—
32
92
—
31
210%
3793 to 5690
12617.5
—
—
33
93
—
31
210%
4038 to 6056
13500.9
—
—
34
94
—
31
210%
4297 to 6446
14444.4
—
—
35
95
—
31
210%
4574 to 6860
15451.9
—
—
36
96
—
32
210%
4867 to 7301
16527.8
—
—
37
97
—
32
210%
5179 to 7768
17676.6
—
—
38
98
—
32
210%
5510 to 8265
18903
—
—
39
99
—
33
210%
5862 to 8793
20212.3
—
—
40
100
—
33
210%
6236 to 9354
21588.3
—
—
Item acquisition
Vortex can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Vortex 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 corruptedlevel 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
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
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.
Vortex: Now has 130-210% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem levels 1-20 (previously 130-170%). Now deals 48 to 72 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 49 to 73), scaling up to 933 to 1399 at gem level 20 (previously 779 to 1169). Now deals 115.6-2772.8 Base Cold Damage per second at gem levels 1-20 (previously 116.1-2316.1).
Alternate quality gems, labyrinth helmet enchantments and unique threshold jewels are all systems that were trying to subtly modify the behaviour of skills. With this expansion these have been combined into a new system called Transfigured Gems that allows us to fully achieve the goal of these three systems, and then some.
Quality now provides +0-0.2 metres to radius, instead of 0-10% increased Area of Effect.
Anomalous, Divergent and Phantasmal Quality Gems have been removed from the game. Existing alternate Quality Gems now have the base Quality effect found on the respective Gem.
Now has a 0.750 second Cast Time (previously instant), and no longer has a Cooldown Time.
It now deals 49 to 73 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (previously 41 to 62), scaling up to 779 to 1169 at gem level 20 (previously 1209 to 1813).
It also now has a Mana cost of 13 at gem level 1 (previously 11), and 25 Mana at gem level 20 (previously 20).
It can no longer be cast on Frostbolt projectiles, and as such, no longer has 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt or "Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles."
This interaction has been moved to Vortex of ProjectionVortex of ProjectionSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova Level: (1-20) Cost: (13-25) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-210)%Requires Level 28An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will explode from a number of those projectiles instead, destroying them.Deals (48-933) to (72-1399) Cold Damage Base duration is 1.50 seconds Deals (57.7-1386.4) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect 50% more Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt Base radius is 2 metres 50% more Damage when Cast on Frostbolt Base secondary radius is 2 metres Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
StormbindStormbindSpell, AoE, Channelling, Lightning, Duration, Arcane Level: (1-20) Cost: (3-5) Mana Cast Time: 0.12 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%Requires Level 28Channel to spread runes on the ground in a growing pattern. The runes fade away after a duration, or will be immediately removed and deal damage in a circular area when detonated by Rune Blast. Enemies standing on the runes are Hindered, reducing their movement speed.Deals (36-444) to (107-1332) Lightning Damage Base duration is 12.00 seconds 50% reduced Movement Speed Runes have 30% more Area of Effect per Improvement Runes deal 100% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per Improvement A Rune is Improved for each (5-24) Mana Spent Runes can be improved 3 times
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Runes have +(0.5-10)% more Area of Effect per Improvement (0.5-10)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. is now offered to the Witch and Templar (instead of Vortex) for completing Sever the Right Hand, and can be purchased from Clarissa by the Shadow and Scion.
Vortex can no longer be supported by Intensify SupportIntensify SupportAoE, Spell, Support Icon: T Level: (1-20) Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Supported Skills have (30-49)% increased Area of Effect Supported Spells lose 1 Intensity every 0.5 seconds while moving, or immediately if you teleport Supported Spells gain Intensity when you Cast them, to a maximum of 3 Supported Skills deal (12-16)% more Area Damage with Hits per Intensity Supported Skills have 15% less Area of Effect per Intensity
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area DamageThis 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..
Can now detonate from up to 5 Frostbolt projectiles at once.
Gains increased cooldown recovery speed as the gem levels up.
Deals 42 to 63 cold damage at gem level 1 (down from 50 to 75) and 538 to 808 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 458 to 688).
Deals 116.1 base cold damage per second at gem level 1 (up from 41.6) and 1495.6 base cold damage per second at gem level 20 (up from 684.5)
No longer deals 40% more damage when cast on Frostbolt.
Now has 20% less Area of Effect when cast on Frostbolt.
Disabled the Vortex Labyrinth Helmet enchantments that increase the base radius of Vortex. Existing items with this enchantment will go unchanged, but this enchantment cannot appear on any more items.