Permafrost Bolts
Attack
Trade Build Pin
AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold, Merging
Tier: 1
Level:
Quality: %
Cost: 44 Mana
Requires: Level 90, 86 Str, 86 Dex
Requires: Crossbows
Load your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts makes them extremely potent at Freezing enemies. These fragments can Merge.
Ammunition
+1 Bolt loaded per clip

Additional Effects From Quality:
(0—100)% more reload speed
Projectile
Deals 49% of Base Damage
Converts 80% of Physical damage to Cold damage
504% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Pierces 4 targets
504% more Freeze Buildup
Bolts shatter on impact, dealing Damage in a 2.7 metre cone
Fires +10 fragments per shot

Additional Effects From Quality:
Fires (0—2) fragments per shot
Hidden
Converts 80% of Physical damage to Cold damage
504% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Pierces 4 targets
504% more Freeze Buildup
Bolts shatter on impact, dealing Damage in a 2.7 metre cone
Fires +10 fragments per shot

Additional Effects From Quality:
Fires (0—2) fragments per shot
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Scaling 40 levels

Stat and cost values at each gem level. Level 20 is the highest a skill gem reaches without external modifiers.

Level Requires Level Str Dex Load Permafrost BoltsMana Permafrost BoltsBase Damage Permafrost Bolts_% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted Permafrost BoltsPierces _ targets Permafrost Bolts_% more Freeze Buildup
40 90 86 86 175 112% 824 5 824
39 90 86 86 164 108% 808 5 808
38 90 86 86 154 103% 792 5 792
37 90 86 86 145 99% 776 5 776
36 90 86 86 136 95% 760 5 760
35 90 86 86 127 91% 744 5 744
34 90 86 86 119 88% 728 5 728
33 90 86 86 112 84% 712 5 712
32 90 86 86 104 81% 696 5 696
31 90 86 86 98 78% 680 5 680
30 90 86 86 91 74% 664 5 664
29 90 86 86 85 71% 648 5 648
28 90 86 86 80 69% 632 5 632
27 90 86 86 74 66% 616 5 616
26 90 86 86 69 63% 600 5 600
25 90 86 86 64 61% 584 5 584
24 90 86 86 60 58% 568 5 568
23 90 86 86 56 56% 552 4 552
22 90 86 86 52 54% 536 4 536
21 90 86 86 48 51% 520 4 520
20 90 86 86 44 49% 504 4 504
19 84 80 80 41 47% 488 4 488
18 78 75 75 38 45% 472 4 472
17 72 70 70 35 44% 456 4 456
16 66 64 64 32 42% 440 4 440
15 64 62 62 30 40% 424 3 424
14 58 57 57 27 38% 408 3 408
13 52 51 51 25 37% 392 3 392
12 46 46 46 23 35% 376 3 376
11 41 41 41 21 34% 360 3 360
10 36 37 37 19 32% 344 3 344
9 31 32 32 17 31% 328 3 328
8 26 28 28 15 29% 312 3 312
7 22 24 24 14 28% 296 2 296
6 18 20 20 12 26% 280 2 280
5 14 17 17 11 24% 264 2 264
4 10 13 13 10 22% 248 2 248
3 6 9 9 8 21% 232 2 232
2 3 7 7 7 19% 216 2 216
1 0 4 4 6 17% 200 2 200
Recommended Supports 14

Support gems suggested for this skill, grouped by the uncut support level needed to create them — hover any card for its full tooltip.

I
Pierce I
Pierce I
Support · Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an Enemy
Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 20% less Damage if they've Pierced an enemy
Ice Bite I
Ice Bite I
Support · Warcry, Cold, Duration
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
Gain 25% of Damage as Cold Damage for 5 seconds on Freezing an enemy with Supported Skills
Elemental Armament I
Elemental Armament I
Support · Attack
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Str
Supported Skills deal 20% more Elemental Attack damage
II
Frost Nexus
Frost Nexus
Support · AoE, Cold
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
Supported Skills create Chilled Ground for 8 seconds when they Freeze an Enemy
Embitter
Embitter
Support · Cold
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
If Supported Skills would gain extra Damage of any Type other than Cold, they gain extra Cold Damage instead
Freeze
Freeze
Support · Cold
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
Supported Skills cause 50% more Freeze Buildup
III
Streamlined Rounds
Streamlined Rounds
Support · Ammunition, Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Supported Skills have 50% more Attack speed
Supported Skills deal 60% less Damage
Supported Skills have 50% less reload speed
Supported Skills load 5 additional bolts
Verglas
Verglas
Support · Cold
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
Destroying an Ice Crystal grants Supported Skills 1% of Damage Gained as extra Cold for 6 seconds, per two thousand maximum Life of the destroyed Ice Crystal
Pierce II
Pierce II
Support · Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an Enemy
IV
Nova Projectiles II
Nova Projectiles II
Support · Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Supported Skills fire 6 additional Projectiles
Supported Skills fire Projectiles in a circle
Supported Skills deal 50% less Damage
Nimble Reload
Nimble Reload
Support · Ammunition, Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Supported Skills have 60% increased Crossbow Reload Speed
Cold Exposure
Cold Exposure
Support · Cold, Duration
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Int
Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Critical Hit with Cold Damage
V
Ammo Conservation III
Ammo Conservation III
Support · Ammunition, Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Bolts fired by Supported Crossbow Attacks have 30% chance to not expend Ammunition
Supported Skills have 20% less Reload speed
Projectile Acceleration III
Projectile Acceleration III
Support · Projectile
Requires: Level (1—90), (4—157) Dex
Increases and reductions to Projectile speed also apply to Projectile Damage with Supported Skills
Supported Skills have 40% more Projectile Speed