The Whispering Ice

The Whispering Ice
Vile StaffWarstaff
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: 49.2-91.2
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 33, 59 Str, 59 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems
Grants Level 1 Icestorm Skill
Plays Whispering Ice sound on killing a rare Monster (Hidden)
(14-18)% increased Intelligence
(8-12)% increased Cast Speed
1% increased Spell Damage per 10 IntelligenceGuard your darkest thoughts well, for they are
the cracks through which the Nightmare crawls.Vendor Prices

Unique

5x Chaos Orb

Vendor Offer
20x Alchemy Shard
3x Alteration ShardWeapon DPS
Physical: 91.3
Phys+Chaos: 91.3
Total: 91.3Metadata
Item class: Warstaves

The Whispering Ice is a unique Vile StaffVile StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 41-76
Critical Strike Chance: 6.10%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 13Requires Level 33, 59 Str, 59 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff.

Modifiers

Grants Level 1 Icestorm Skill – The Whispering Ice grants level 1 Icestorm. Icestorm will be supported by any applicable support gems socketed into The Whispering Ice; the sockets do not have to be linked.

The Whispering Ice has a hidden modifier "Plays Whispering Ice sound on killing a rare Monster". In earlier versions of Path of Exile, this may have caused a ghostly sound effect to play when killing a rare or unique monster. Currently, it does not appear to do anything.

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
1	A Whispered PrayerA Whispered PrayerA preacher whispers to the skies and the skies answer with a blanket of biting frost.You will track down a powerful Frost Preacher who will drop a unique item when slain.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character.Seal Cost: 2x Silver Coin	Prophecy reward	Manual
4	The IncantationThe Incantation4The Whispering IceWhen there is no other choice, even the meekest whisper can bring about the greatest storm.	The Whispering Ice	Manual
7	The SirenThe Siren7The Whispering Ice CorruptedAt the beck and call of The Siren's hand, winter ravages the trembling land, and the weight of ice that binds will break the strongest of minds.	corrupted The Whispering Ice	Manual
6	The TowerThe Tower6StaffA tower built of the strongest stone is not eternal; a towering intellect is not enlightened.	random staff	Automatic
4	Atziri's ArsenalAtziri's Arsenal4Weapon CorruptedIn the prison of all sins, will you grasp godhood or sorrow? Only hope lies under the shadows.	random corrupted weapon	Automatic
7	PrejudicePrejudice7Item Influenced ItemOne who is blinded by their past may only see a sliver of the present.	random influenced item	Automatic
8	Arrogance of the VaalArrogance of the Vaal8Item Two-Implicit CorruptedDiscovery can lead to beauty, or it can lead to ruin.	random two-implicit corrupted item	Automatic
4	Jack in the BoxJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank, close your eyes, and pray to the gods for a pleasant surprise.	random item	Automatic
1	Singular IncubatorSingular IncubatorAdds an incubated Unique item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersUnique ItemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	random item	Automatic
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	random divination card set exchange	Automatic

Legacy variants

The Whispering Ice has a legacy variant.

Version Discontinued	Modifiers
2.6.0	+12% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff +1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems Grants level 1 Icestorm Skill (14-18)% increased Intelligence (8-12)% increased Cast Speed 1% increased Spell Damage per 10 Intelligence

Alternate artwork

Winterheart race season prize for reaching 100 RP.

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.12.0	The Ice Storm skill has undergone a significant rebalance, with larger impacts falling in a smaller area meaning you are significantly more likely to hit targets within the area multiple times over the storm's duration than before: Now has 2 to 4 base Cold Damage per 10 Intelligence (from 1 to 3). Now has a base Duration of 1 second (from 1.5 seconds). Now gains 0.1 seconds of additional base duration per 100 intelligence (from 0.15 seconds). There is now 1 impact every 0.2 seconds (from every 0.1 seconds) Now has an Added Damage effectiveness of 60% (from 45%). Now has a maximum of 5 storms at a time (any more than that replace the oldest). Impacts now have a base radius of 16 units (from 10). Impacts can now land in an area with a base radius of 22 (from 25).
3.11.0	The Icestorm skill granted by this item now has an added damage effectiveness of 45% (from 30%).
3.8.0	Several Staves are now classified as Warstaves. Warstaves can no longer roll caster-related modifiers, while Staves retain their old mod generation behaviour.
3.7.0	Certain staff base types can no longer roll spell-based mods such as added damage for spells or increased spell damage. Their base attack speeds have been slightly increased, and their damage decreased to compensate. This affects all existing versions of these base types. (For a full list, see Version 3.7.0 § Item Balance.)
2.6.0	Base type implicit mod increased to 18% Chance to Block (up from 12%). Base type critical strike chance decreased to 6.1% (down from 6.6%).
2.1.2	Fixed a bug where The Whispering Ice was missing its vendor sell price.
2.0.0	Introduced to the game.