Cold Penetration Support

Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support is a support gem. Cold damage dealt by active skills supported with this gem will ignore a portion of the target's cold resistance. See penetration for details.

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.

Cold, Support. Level: 1–20. Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%. Requires Level 31.

  • Supported Skills Penetrate (20–34)% Cold Resistance

This 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Cold Penetration SupportSupported Skills deal (0–10)% increased Cold Damage50

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Cold Penetration Support Recipe

Outcome Vendor Recipes Notes
  • 1x Hypothermia Support Hypothermia Support
  • 1x Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support
  • 1x Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support
  • 1x Mana Leech Support Mana Leech Support
  • 1x Added Cold Damage Support Added Cold Damage Support
  • 1x Inspiration Support Inspiration Support
  • 1x Bitterdream Bitterdream
 The resulting Added Cold Damage Gem is level 10, all the others are level 1.
  • 1x Unbound Ailments Support Unbound Ailments Support
  • 1x Inspiration Support Inspiration Support
  • 1x Immolate Support Immolate Support
  • 1x Ice Bite Support Ice Bite Support
  • 1x Innervate Support Innervate Support
  • 1x Fire Penetration Support Fire Penetration Support, Cold Penetration Support Cold Penetration Support, or Lightning Penetration Support Lightning Penetration Support
  • 1x Replica Bitterdream Replica Bitterdream
 The resulting Immolate, Ice Bite, and Innervate Gems are level 10, all the others are level 1.

Selling Bitterdream Bitterdream to a vendor in exchange for the following support gems.

Cold Penetration Support Recipe

Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexteritySupported Skills Penetrate 20% Cold ResistanceExperience
1315220285,815
2345720252,595
3366021314,394
4386322388,734
5406623477,437
6426923583,786
7447224710,359
84675251,355,511
94878261,138,877
105081261,368,233
115284271,638,338
125487281,956,648
135690293,655,184
145893293,017,327
156096307,720,126
1662993115,058,455
17641023225,964,218
18661053262,460,771
196810833211,508,743
207011134
217235
227435
237636
247837
258038
268238
278439
288640
298841
309041
319142
329242
339342
349443
359543
369644
379744
389844
399945
4010045

Item acquisition

Cold Penetration Support can drop anywhere. Drop level: 31.

Recipes

Cold Penetration Support can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
1 Bitterdream level 15 Cold Penetration and 5 other gems
1 Replica Bitterdream random level 15 Cold/Fire/Lightning Penetration gem and 5 other gems
9 Gift of the Gemling Queen Random level 20 support gem
7 Dialla's Subjugation Random corrupted support gem with 23% quality
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Usage in recipes

Cold Penetration Support is used in the following recipes:

Result Amount Part Notes Description
Elemental Penetration Support 1 Replica Bitterdream N/A Vendor recipe; returns level 1 Elemental Penetration Support and 5 other gems
1 Fire Penetration Support level 20
1 Cold Penetration Support level 20
1 Lightning Penetration Support level 20

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3		 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓

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 ↓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Clarissa		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Cold Penetration Support:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Bitterdream Shadow Sceptre 32 22% increased Elemental DamageSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Bonechill
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Hypothermia
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Ice Bite
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Cold Penetration
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Added Cold Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 15 Inspiration
The Hungry Loop Unset Ring 70 Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level
Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems
Has not Consumed any Gems
<Consumed support gem modifier>

Related modifiers

The following modifiers are related to Cold Penetration Support:

Name Level Stats Spawn Weighting
The Shaper's 68 (45-52)% increased Cold Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 16 Cold Penetration		 rune_dagger_shaper 400
wand_shaper 400
default 0
The Shaper's 75 (53-56)% increased Cold Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 18 Cold Penetration		 rune_dagger_shaper 200
wand_shaper 200
default 0
The Shaper's 80 (57-60)% increased Cold Damage
Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Cold Penetration		 rune_dagger_shaper 100
wand_shaper 100
default 0

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