Glacial Hammer

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Glacial Hammer.

Glacial Hammer is a melee strike attack that hits the enemy, converting 60% of physical damage to cold damage, with added cold damage against chilled enemies. If the enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit with Glacial Hammer. Every third hit is more likely to freeze enemies. Requires a mace, staff or sceptre.

Skill functions and interactions

• Damage conversion: Like all converted damage, the cold damage component of Glacial Hammer's damage will be modified by Cold Damage, Elemental Damage and Physical Damage.

• Unique Enemies: Unique enemies that are frozen will not shatter at one third of maximum life.

• Successive strikes: must be done one after the other to get the third strike bonus. Doing anything other than attacking with glacial hammer after the first or second strike will prevent the third strike from getting the bonus.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Melee Range	Cold Damage	Cold Ailments Effect	Freeze Amplifier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	165%	165%	2	2 to 3	10%	200%	0	0
2	2	0	168%	167.6%	2	2 to 3	11%	210%	70	70
3	4	16	170%	170.3%	2	3 to 4	12%	220%	308	378
4	7	22	173%	172.9%	2	4 to 6	13%	230%	1554	1932
5	11	31	176%	175.5%	3	5 to 8	14%	240%	6667	8599
6	16	41	178%	178.2%	3	7 to 11	15%	250%	26047	34646
7	20	50	181%	180.8%	3	9 to 13	16%	260%	49725	84371
8	24	58	183%	183.4%	3	11 to 17	17%	270%	95714	180085
9	28	67	186%	186.1%	3	14 to 20	18%	280%	169595	349680
10	32	75	189%	188.7%	3	16 to 25	19%	290%	283759	633439
11	36	83	191%	191.3%	3	20 to 30	20%	300%	453996	1087435
12	40	92	194%	193.9%	3	24 to 35	21%	310%	703128	1790563
13	44	100	197%	196.6%	4	28 to 42	22%	320%	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	199%	199.2%	4	33 to 49	23%	330%	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	202%	201.8%	4	39 to 58	24%	340%	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	204%	204.5%	4	45 to 68	25%	350%	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	207%	207.1%	4	52 to 79	26%	360%	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	210%	209.7%	4	61 to 91	27%	370%	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	212%	212.4%	4	68 to 102	28%	380%	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	215%	215%	4	75 to 113	29%	390%	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	218%	217.6%	5	81 to 122	30%	400%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	220%	220.3%	5	87 to 130	31%	410%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	223%	222.9%	5	93 to 140	32%	420%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	226%	225.5%	5	100 to 150	33%	430%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	228%	228.2%	5	107 to 160	34%	440%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	231%	230.8%	5	114 to 172	35%	450%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	233%	233.4%	5	123 to 184	36%	460%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	236%	236.1%	5	131 to 197	37%	470%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	239%	238.7%	6	140 to 210	38%	480%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	241%	241.3%	6	150 to 224	39%	490%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	243%	242.6%	6	155 to 232	39%	495%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	244%	243.9%	6	160 to 240	40%	500%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	245%	245.3%	6	165 to 248	40%	505%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	247%	246.6%	6	171 to 256	41%	510%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	248%	247.9%	6	176 to 265	41%	515%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	249%	249.2%	6	182 to 273	42%	520%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	251%	250.5%	7	188 to 282	42%	525%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	252%	251.8%	7	194 to 292	43%	530%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	253%	253.2%	7	201 to 301	43%	535%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	254%	254.5%	7	207 to 311	44%	540%	N/A	N/A

In addition, Glacial Hammer is the starting skill gem for Templar. It drops after killing the first monster of the game, Hungry Corpse.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Glacial Hammer:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Glacial Hammer.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 269% of Base Damage, and has 269% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 215%).
3.13.0	Now deals base weapon damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 165% at gem level 1 (from 155%), up to 215% at gem level 20 (from 200%).
3.12.0	, Glacial Hammer, , , , , , , and now each also affect the alternate versions of their corresponding elemental ailments. Now has alternative quality.
3.7.0	Now has 155% damage effectiveness at gem level 1 (from 140%), up to 200% effectiveness at gem level 20 (from 182%). Now gets +2 to melee range at gem level 1 (from 0), up to +4 at gem level 20 (from 2). Updated: Every third successive strike now freezes enemies as if it were dealing 200% more damage at gem level 1, up to 390% at gem level 20. (previously stated it was 500% at all levels)
3.4.0	Now gain additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21)
2.4.0	6% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
2.0.0	Base damage increased by 7.5% (130% of weapon damage to 140% of weapon damage). Chance to freeze is now 25% across all levels.
1.3.0	The mana costs of , , and have been reduced.
1.2.0	Damage effectiveness increased from 125% to 130%.
0.10.2	Glacial Hammer's physical damage now increases by 4% per level rather than 3%.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats.
0.9.3g	Fixed Glacial Hammer to scale in damage properly as it levels up.
0.9.3	The stats which convert damage from one type to another now calculate the damage in a way that takes into account your physical damage bonuses.
0.9.2	Glacial Hammer does more damage at higher levels than before.
0.9.1	Glacial Hammer now doesn't prevent item drops from slain monsters. Increased damage of Glacial Hammer.
0.8.6	Added new skill prototype: "Glacial Hammer"