Cold Snap - Path of Exile

Cold Snap Cold Snap is an active skill gem.

Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. This 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.You are taking cold damage over time from a Cold SnapYou are taking cold damage over time from a Cold Snap

Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration. Level: 1–20. Cost: 11–28 Mana. Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec. Cast Time: 0.85 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 320%. Radius: 16. Requires Level 16.

  • Deals (34–1440) to (51–2160) Cold Damage
  • Deals (28.7–1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second
  • Base duration is 5 seconds
  • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill"s Damage Over Time effect
  • (0–19)% increased Effect of Chill
  • 25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill"s Area

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Cold Snap(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityIntelligenceCostDeals 34 to 51 Cold DamageDeals 28.7 Base Cold Damage per second#% increased Effect of ChillExperience
11618261134, 5128.749,725
22022311348, 7241.7195,714
32425371466, 9959.22169,595
42829421590, 13482.83199,345
531324616112, 168106.84285,815
634355017139, 208136.45401,344
737375418171, 257173.36554,379
840405819211, 3162197755,049
943436220259, 388274.781,016,533
1046466621316, 474343.391,898,602
1149487021385, 577426.2101,964,019
1252517422467, 701529.1112,573,731
1355547823567, 850653.2124,676,439
1458578224685, 1028804.3133,017,327
1560598425777, 1166930.9147,823,001
1662608725880, 13211076.11515,264,208
1764629026997, 14951242.61626,272,845
18666492271128, 16921433.11762,872,274
19686695271275, 19121646.718212,023,122
20706898281440, 21601895.419
2172291626, 24392173.920
2274291835, 27532491.321
2376302069, 31042852.622
2478302332, 34993255.823
2580312628, 39413722.524
2682322959, 44384242.925
2784323330, 4995483326
2886333746, 56195501.827
2988334212, 63186259.628
3090344734, 71017101.429
3191345018, 75287649.629
3292355319, 79798218.830
3393355637, 84568866.930
3494355974, 89619520.831
3595366330, 949510242.231
3696366707, 1006010991.532
3797367105, 1065811792.732
3898377527, 1129012649.133
3999377973, 1195913592.233
40100378444, 1266614572.134

Cold Snap is a spell that deals cold damage to enemies in an area, leaving chilled ground that expands and deals cold damage over time. It has a cooldown that is bypassed by using Frenzy Charge. It also leaves behind an area of chilled ground that deals damage over time and has a 25% chance to grant a frenzy charge when you kill an enemy within its area of effect.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Can be used in left mouse button slot to cast and move.

Item acquisition

Cold Snap can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Cold Snap can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
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

Quest reward

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

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2		 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

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 ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2
Yeena		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Cold Snap:

Item Limit Radius Stats
Winter's Bounty 1 Medium (10-15)% increased Cold Damage
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap grants Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges when Enemies die in its Area
With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap's Cooldown can be bypassed by Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cold Snap.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Cold Snap has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate helmet 100
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Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Cold Snap has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate helmet 100
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Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Cold Snap Damage helmet 100
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Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Cold Snap Damage helmet 100
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Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 16% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect helmet 100
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Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 24% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect helmet 100
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Alternate skill effects

Cold Snap has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Cold Grasp Effect Your Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost
Overseer Cold Snap Effect Your Cold Snap becomes an Overseer Effect.

Monster version

Delve monster Unstable Weta use its own version of Cold Snap (id: WetaColdSnapOnDeath) as a cast on death skill. It has two status icons, one for Chilled Ground part, one for the Cold Snap damage

The Vaal Oversoul also placed "Cold Snap" on the ground instead of normal chilled ground.


The following monsters use Cold Snap (or similar) skills:

Monster names skill ids
Boiling Ambusher MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Boiling Strider MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Bubbling Gold MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Bubbling Gold MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • WaterElementalWeakness
Captain of the Damned MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • ProphecySummonZombiesBoss • ProphecyColdSnap • ProphecyBlackguardGrab
Corpsestitch MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • NecromancerReviveSkeletonInvasion • NecromancerSummonSkeletonsInvasion • NecromancerVulnerability • MonsterLightningWarpInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion • DesecrateInvasion • FleshOfferingSideAreaBoss
Daemon GeometryTriggerBlightColdModOnDeath • BlightColdModOnDeathMortar • BlightColdModOnDeathColdSnap
Daemon CGEArchnemesisColdSnapGround
Frostspout Melee • DoLiterallyNothing • MPSHeistRobotTotemColdShot • GSHeistRobotTotemColdSnap • ChangeToStance1Heist
Jik'shah IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered
Mirageblast MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElementalInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion
Mirageblast MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElementalInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion
Mutewind Snow-singer Melee • WbFreezingPulseTrap • WbColdSnapTrap • WbColdResistAura • WbFreezingPulseMultiTrap
Olmec, the All Stone MonsterLightningWarpLegends • MonsterCausticBombLegends • MonsterColdSnapLegends • MonsterSearingBondLegends • MonsterLightningProjectileNovaLegends
Otesha, the Giantslayer WbThrownWeapon • WbWhirlingBlades • WbColdThorns • WbBloodRage • WbSmokeMine • WbHatred • WbColdLeaderWait • WbColdSnap • WbDoubleStrike • WbDualStrike • WbFrenzyFortify • WbFlickerStrike • WbColdLeaderIcestorm • WbColdThornsShort
Otesha, the Giantslayer WbThrownWeapon • WbWhirlingBlades • WbColdThorns • WbBloodRage • WbSmokeMine • WbHatred • WbColdLeaderWait • WbColdSnap • WbDoubleStrike • WbDualStrike • WbFrenzyFortify • WbFlickerStrike • WbColdLeaderIcestorm • WbColdThornsShort
Phantom Impaler Melee • PerandusClusterColdSnapTrap
Seething Brine MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Shadow of the Vaal IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered
Shadow of the Vaal IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered
Shadow of the Vaal IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered
Stranglecharm MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElemental • WaterElementalCleave • StranglecharmWaterPool • StrangleCharmColdSnap
Stranglecharm MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique • IceNovaWaterElemental • WaterElementalCleave • StranglecharmWaterPool • StrangleCharmColdSnap
Undying Patrician MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • CityStalkerColdSnap
Undying Patrician MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • CityStalkerColdSnap
Undying Patrician MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Undying Patrician MeleeAtAnimationSpeed • MonsterColdSnap
Unstable Weta DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Unstable Weta DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Unstable Weta DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Vaal Oversoul IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSpray • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered