Skill

Active

Cold Snap

Overview

Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. Also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.

Properties

Gem type: Active
Colour: Blue
Attribute: Dexterity
Drop level: 16
Cast time: 0.8 sec

Quest reward sources

These are reward options. Availability can depend on your class and quest choices. A blank class restriction remains unspecified.

Quest	Classes	Amount	Reward item level
Intruders in Black	Witch	1	1
Intruders in Black	Shadow	1	1

Compare gem levels and variants

Choose levels and quality to see which recorded properties and effects change. Additional skill effects remain in their separate progression tables.

First levelCompare withSecond levelQuality for both

Mechanics at a glance

Burst Base radius is 1.5 metres
Chilled Ground Base initial radius is 1.5 metres
Chilled Ground Base final radius is 3 metres
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area
25% chance to Freeze enemies
Base duration is 5 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Deals 34 to 51 Cold Damage
Deals 34.6 Base Cold Damage per second

At 20% quality

20% more Effect of Chill

Acquisition

Intruders in BlackAct 2 quest reward · Witch Intruders in BlackAct 2 quest reward · Shadow

Related gem versions 2

Regular, transfigured, Vaal, and awakened versions are joined from the game records.

Cold Snap of Power

Vaal Cold Snap

Compatibility inputs

Skill types: Spell, Damage, Area, Trappable, Totemable, Mineable, Multicastable, Triggerable, Cold, Cascadable, Duration, Chilling Area, Area Spell, Cooldown, Damage Over Time
Granted minion skill types: None recorded
Can be supported: Yes

Support compatibility is evaluated against these recorded types. A support is omitted when its allowed expression does not match, its excluded expression matches, or this skill is marked as unable to be supported.

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Cooldown	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
1	16	11 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	220%	Deals 34 to 51 Cold Damage Deals 34.6 Base Cold Damage per second	49,725	0
2	20	13 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	230%	Deals 48 to 73 Cold Damage Deals 50.98 Base Cold Damage per second	95,714	49,725
3	24	14 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	240%	Deals 68 to 101 Cold Damage Deals 73.22 Base Cold Damage per second	169,595	145,439
4	28	15 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	250%	Deals 93 to 139 Cold Damage Deals 103.9 Base Cold Damage per second	199,345	315,034
5	31	16 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	260%	Deals 117 to 176 Cold Damage Deals 135.42 Base Cold Damage per second	285,815	514,379
6	34	17 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	260%	Deals 147 to 220 Cold Damage Deals 174.33 Base Cold Damage per second	401,344	800,194
7	37	18 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	270%	Deals 183 to 275 Cold Damage Deals 223.85 Base Cold Damage per second	554,379	1,201,538
8	40	19 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	280%	Deals 228 to 341 Cold Damage Deals 286.03 Base Cold Damage per second	755,049	1,755,917
9	43	20 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	290%	Deals 282 to 423 Cold Damage Deals 361.9 Base Cold Damage per second	1,016,533	2,510,966
10	46	21 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	300%	Deals 348 to 521 Cold Damage Deals 457.43 Base Cold Damage per second	1,898,602	3,527,499
11	49	21 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	310%	Deals 428 to 642 Cold Damage Deals 573.2 Base Cold Damage per second	1,964,019	5,426,101
12	52	22 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	320%	Deals 525 to 787 Cold Damage Deals 718 Base Cold Damage per second	2,573,731	7,390,120
13	55	23 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	330%	Deals 643 to 964 Cold Damage Deals 896.87 Base Cold Damage per second	4,676,439	9,963,851
14	58	24 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	340%	Deals 785 to 1177 Cold Damage Deals 1114.72 Base Cold Damage per second	3,017,327	14,640,290
15	60	25 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	350%	Deals 896 to 1344 Cold Damage Deals 1297.38 Base Cold Damage per second	7,823,001	17,657,617
16	62	25 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	350%	Deals 1022 to 1533 Cold Damage Deals 1511.7 Base Cold Damage per second	15,264,208	25,480,618
17	64	26 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	360%	Deals 1165 to 1747 Cold Damage Deals 1755.25 Base Cold Damage per second	26,272,845	40,744,826
18	66	27 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	370%	Deals 1327 to 1990 Cold Damage Deals 2040.45 Base Cold Damage per second	62,872,274	67,017,671
19	68	27 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	380%	Deals 1510 to 2265 Cold Damage Deals 2358.87 Base Cold Damage per second	212,023,122	129,889,945
20	70	28 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 1717 to 2575 Cold Damage Deals 2736.43 Base Cold Damage per second	—	341,913,067

Gem level	Required level	Cost	Cooldown	Crit. chance	Damage effectiveness	Effects	Exp. to next	Total exp.
21	72	29 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 1952 to 2927 Cold Damage Deals 3157.68 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
22	74	29 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 2217 to 3325 Cold Damage Deals 3640.77 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
23	76	30 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 2517 to 3775 Cold Damage Deals 4194.45 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
24	78	30 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 2856 to 4283 Cold Damage Deals 4818.75 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
25	80	31 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 3238 to 4858 Cold Damage Deals 5554.77 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
26	82	32 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 3671 to 5506 Cold Damage Deals 6372.85 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
27	84	32 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 4159 to 6238 Cold Damage Deals 7306.88 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
28	86	33 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 4710 to 7065 Cold Damage Deals 8372.85 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
29	88	33 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 5331 to 7997 Cold Damage Deals 9588.8 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
30	90	34 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 6032 to 9048 Cold Damage Deals 10954.33 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
31	91	34 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 6416 to 9623 Cold Damage Deals 11828.72 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
32	92	35 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 6823 to 10234 Cold Damage Deals 12745.05 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
33	93	35 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 7255 to 10882 Cold Damage Deals 13804.3 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
34	94	35 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 7714 to 11570 Cold Damage Deals 14864.83 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
35	95	36 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 8201 to 12301 Cold Damage Deals 16059.77 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
36	96	36 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 8718 to 13077 Cold Damage Deals 17284.2 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
37	97	36 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 9267 to 13900 Cold Damage Deals 18597.55 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
38	98	37 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 9849 to 14774 Cold Damage Deals 20040.2 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
39	99	37 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 10467 to 15701 Cold Damage Deals 21588.87 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—
40	100	37 Mana	3 sec	7.5%	390%	Deals 11123 to 16685 Cold Damage Deals 23212.4 Base Cold Damage per second	—	—

Quality	Effects
0%	No quality bonus
5%	5% more Effect of Chill
10%	10% more Effect of Chill
15%	15% more Effect of Chill
20%	20% more Effect of Chill
23%	23% more Effect of Chill
30%	30% more Effect of Chill

Cold Snap

Overview

Properties

Quest reward sources

Compare gem levels and variants

Mechanics at a glance

Acquisition

Related gem versions 2

Compatibility inputs

Compatible support gems 97

Gem progression 20 standard levels

Quality progression

Alternate effects 4

Cold Grasp Effect

Overseer Cold Snap Effect

Blighted Cold Snap Effect

Delirious Cold Snap Effect