Cold Snap

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Cold Snap.

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.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Cold DPS	Chill Effect	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	11	32 to 47	26.3	N/A	0	0
2	20	22	31	13	42 to 63	37.2	1%	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	14	55 to 82	51.3	2%	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	15	71 to 106	69.8	3%	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	16	85 to 128	88	4%	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	17	102 to 152	110.4	5%	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	18	121 to 181	137.1	6%	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	19	143 to 214	169.8	7%	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	20	169 to 253	208.5	8%	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	21	198 to 298	255.5	9%	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	21	233 to 349	310.9	10%	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	22	272 to 408	377.6	11%	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	23	317 to 476	456	12%	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	24	369 to 554	550	13%	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	25	408 to 612	627.9	14%	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	25	451 to 676	717	15%	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	26	498 to 746	815.4	16%	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	27	549 to 823	927.9	17%	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	27	605 to 907	1051.9	18%	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	28	666 to 999	1193.2	19%	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	29	733 to 1099	1351.4	20%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	29	806 to 1209	1525.7	21%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	30	886 to 1330	1723.5	22%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	30	974 to 1461	1941	23%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	31	1069 to 1604	2187.2	24%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	32	1174 to 1761	2457.8	25%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	32	1288 to 1932	2763.6	26%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	33	1412 to 2118	3099.2	27%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	33	1548 to 2322	3477.8	28%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	34	1696 to 2544	3892.9	29%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	34	1775 to 2663	4166.7	29%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	35	1858 to 2787	4450.7	30%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	35	1944 to 2916	4758.4	30%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	35	2034 to 3051	5077.5	31%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	36	2128 to 3192	5422.8	31%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	36	2226 to 3339	5780.9	32%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	36	2328 to 3492	6168.1	32%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	37	2435 to 3653	6569.6	33%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	37	2547 to 3820	7003.2	33%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	37	2663 to 3995	7462.1	34%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Cold Snap:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cold Snap.

Alternate skill effects

Cold Snap has the following alternate skill effects:

Monster version

Cold Snap

Debuff

You are taking cold damage over time from a Cold Snap

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	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Boiling Ambusher	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Boiling Strider	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Bubbling Gold	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Bubbling Gold	Melee • IceNovaWaterElemental • MonsterColdSnap • MonsterElementalWeakness
Captain of the Damned	Melee • ProphecySummonZombiesBoss • ProphecyColdSnap • ProphecyBlackguardGrab
Corpsestitch	Melee • NecromancerReviveSkeletonInvasion • NecromancerSummonSkeletonsInvasion • NecromancerVulnerability • MonsterLightningWarpInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion • DesecrateInvasion • FleshOfferingSideAreaBoss
Daemon	GeometryTriggerBlightColdModOnDeath • BlightColdModOnDeathMortar • BlightColdModOnDeathColdSnap
Frostspout	Melee • DoLiterallyNothing • MPSHeistRobotTotemColdShot • GSHeistRobotTotemColdSnap • ChangeToStance1Heist
Jik'shah	IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSprayMaps • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered
Mirageblast	Melee • IceNovaWaterElementalInvasion • MonsterColdSnapInvasion
Mirageblast	Melee • 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	Melee • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine	Melee • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine	Melee • MonsterColdSnap
Seething Brine	Melee • 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
Undying Patrician	Melee • MonsterColdSnap
Undying Patrician	Melee • CityStalkerColdSnap
Unstable Weta	DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Unstable Weta	DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Unstable Weta	DelveMeleeCold • WetaColdSnapOnDeath
Vaal Oversoul	IncaBossRocks • IncaBossSpray • IncaBossTravel • IncaBossExplosion • IncaBossSummon • IncaBossLaser • IncaBossRocksTriggered • IncaBossColdSnapTriggered

Version history

Version	Changes
3.10.1d	Fixed a bug where spells triggered by could have their cooldown bypassed if that is normally a behaviour of the skill. Trigger effects that add a cooldown now all correctly prevent any cooldown bypass. This currently only affects Cold Snap.
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 11 (was 8). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 28 (was 20). Now deals 32 to 47 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 24 to 35) and 666 to 999 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 668 to 1002). Now deals 26.3 base Cold damage per second at gem level 1 (from 19.6) and 1193.2 base Cold damage per second at gem level 20 (down from 1196.4).
3.5.0	Now deals 19.6 base cold damage at gem level 1, up to 1196.3 base cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 997).
3.3.1	Fixed a bug where Cold Snap's damage over time stacked with itself. To compensate for this, we have increased Cold Snap and Vaal Cold Snap's damage by 25% at gem level 20, scaling down to no change at gem level 1.
3.3.0c	Fixed a bug where Cold Snap's damage over time could bypass damage immunities. Fixed a bug where damage over time from Cold Snap was not removed between PvP rounds or on death. This fixes a case of Catarina minions dying immediately upon being resurrected.
3.3.0	Previously dealt cold damage in an area. Now deals cold damage in an area, then creates an area of chilled ground which deals cold damage over time and expands over its duration to up to twice its original size. This effect lasts 6 seconds. Now deals 24-35 cold damage at gem level 1 (up from 9-13), up to 534-800 cold damage at gem level 20 (up from 462-693). Now has a cooldown of 3 seconds (down from 4), which can be bypassed by expending a frenzy charge (previously required a power charge). Now requires level 16. Now requires 18 dexterity at gem level 1 (Previously only required intelligence). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 180% (up from 120%). Now has a 25% chance to grant a frenzy charge when an enemy dies while affected by the skill's cold damage over time.
3.0.0	Cold Snap now has 20% increased Chill Effect at gem level 1, gaining 1% per gem level.
2.6.0	Cold Snap gains 1 additional unit of radius every 4 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.0.0	Quality now instead increases area of effect by 0.5% per 1%, and no longer affects freeze or chill duration.
1.2.0	Cold Snap: We changed the freeze chance to 30% at all levels. We increased the damage of Cold Snap by 50% at all levels.
1.1.0	Increased the damage of the following skills at low levels: , Cold Snap, and to a lesser extent, and .
0.10.0	Damage significantly increased (40% higher at Level 1, 105% higher at Level 15).
0.9.11	Increased its damage. Now has a cooldown which can by bypassed by spending a Power Charge.
0.9.5g	Fixed a bug where maximum distance could be bypassed with shift-casts.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Cold Snap (4%).
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 10%.
0.9.2	Massively increased Cold Snap's chill duration bonus.
0.9.1	Disabled the ability to cast Cold Snap on invalid locations.
0.8.0	Cold Snap now freezes for a longer duration than normal ice damage.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Cold Snap's damage
0.6.11	Added skills: Raise Zombie, Detonate Dead, Cold Snap