Creeping Frost

Creeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold
Radius: 12
Mana Cost: (7-20)
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds
Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage
Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas
Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcticBreath

Creeping Frost is a projectile cold spell that launches a frozen skull at a targeted area. The projectile will explode when it reaches the targeted area, or if it comes into contact with an enemy. This explosion causes initial damage and creates a chilled area that slows and deals cold damage over time to any enemies that enter it. This chilled ground area will move in the direction of nearby enemies.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area of Effect: The radius of the explosion is affected by all AoE increases. Full spell damage is done to any enemy in range of the explosion. Concentrated Effect SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
  Icon: o
  Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Area DamageSupported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
  Supported Skills deal (35-54)% more Area DamageThis 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. and Area of Effect damage passive nodes will only affect the damage if the projectile does not fork or pierce. Additionally Area of Effect chilled ground effect will only trigger at the end of a projectile chain supported by Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
  Icon: c
  Mana Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile SpeedSupported Skills Chain +2 times
  Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with HitsThis 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..

• Projectile: While Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: l
  Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile DamageThis 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. and Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Mana Multiplier: 165%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile DamageThis 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. will increase the number of projectiles, a single target can only be hit by one projectile of Creeping Frost. However, an enemy can be hit by multiple explosions from a single cast, provided each projectile can collide with something and there is enough overlap on the enemy. In this sense, Creeping Frost is capable of "shotgunning" an enemy.

• Duration: Increases/decreases to duration affect length of time the chilled ground remains.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Cold DPS	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	14	21	7	16.7	11 to 16	0	0
2	15	17	25	8	22.9	14 to 21	15,249	15,249
3	19	21	30	9	33.2	19 to 28	41,517	56,766
4	23	24	35	9	46.9	25 to 37	81,983	138,749
5	27	28	41	10	65.2	33 to 49	147,968	286,717
6	31	32	46	11	89.2	43 to 64	250,557	537,274
7	35	36	51	12	120.5	55 to 82	405,086	942,360
8	38	38	55	13	151.8	66 to 98	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	41	59	14	190.1	78 to 117	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	44	63	14	236.6	93 to 139	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	47	67	15	293.1	111 to 166	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	49	71	15	361.4	131 to 196	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	52	75	16	443.9	155 to 231	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	55	79	16	543	183 to 273	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	58	83	17	662.1	215 to 321	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	60	87	18	804.6	252 to 376	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	62	90	18	925.1	280 to 418	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	64	92	19	1061.7	311 to 465	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	66	95	19	1216.3	345 to 516	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	68	98	20	1391.2	383 to 572	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	70	100	21	1588.8	425 to 634	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	21	1811.7	470 to 702	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	21	2063.2	521 to 778	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	21	2346.3	576 to 860	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	22	2665.1	638 to 952	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	22	3023.6	705 to 1052	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	23	3426.4	779 to 1163	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	23	3878.7	860 to 1284	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	24	4386.2	950 to 1417	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	24	4955.3	1048 to 1564	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	24	5265.5	1101 to 1643	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	25	5593.9	1156 to 1725	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	25	5941.4	1214 to 1812	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	25	6309.1	1275 to 1903	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	25	6698	1338 to 1997	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	26	7109.5	1405 to 2097	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	26	7544.6	1475 to 2201	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	26	8004.8	1548 to 2311	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	26	8491.3	1625 to 2425	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	27	9005.6	1705 to 2545	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

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

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

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

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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 ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Creeping Frost.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Creeping Frost Chilling Area Movement Velocity 1	75	Creeping Frost's Chilling Area has 38% increased Movement Speed	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Damage 1	66	25% increased Creeping Frost Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Damage 2	75	40% increased Creeping Frost Damage	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Duration 1	66	24% increased Creeping Frost Duration	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Duration 2	75	36% increased Creeping Frost Duration	helmet 75 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Creeping Frost Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Creeping Frost Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Creeping Frost Area of Effect	helmet 75 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	Renamed from Arctic Breath. There was an error which caused Arctic Breath to not correctly inherit damage penalties from gems like Greater Multiple Projectiles Support after gem level 1. We have fixed this, and have compensated the damage accordingly. Now deals 11 to 16 Cold Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 383 to 572 Cold Damage at gem level 20 (from 301 to 450). Now deals 16.7 base Cold Damage per second at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 1391.2 Cold Damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1383.5)
3.10.0	Base projectile speed has been greatly increased. Now has a base cast time of 0.6 seconds (from 0.7). Now deals 11 to 16 cold damage at gem level 1 (from 13 to 19), up to 301 to 450 at gem level 20 (from 350 to 524). Now costs 7 mana at gem level 1 (from 8), up to 20 at gem level 20 (from 23).
3.6.0	Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 6). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 20). Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8). Now deals 13 to 19 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 10) and 350 to 524 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 275 to 413). Now deals 16.7 base Cold damage per second at gem level 1 (from 9.2) and 1383.5 base Cold damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1089.2). Now has an added damage effectiveness of 80% (from 60%).
3.5.0	No longer a ground-projectile. It is now capable of passing over gaps and cliffs. No longer leaves a trail of Chilled Ground in its wake. Now leaves a chilling area on impact that deals cold damage over time over its duration. This area will move towards enemies. You can now target specific locations with this skill. The projectile will impact at the location if it does not collide with something sooner. Now requires level 28.
2.4.0	35% more damage at gem level 20.
2.0.0	Explosion area increased (to 12). The radius of the chilled ground left by the explosion now matches the radius of the explosion.
1.2.0	Cast time has been reduced from 1000ms to 800ms. The mana cost has been reduced further than other skills to account for the change in cast time. Its damage has been reduced by 20%. The same change was applied to monster versions of this skill, though to a lesser or no extent if they had a cooldown or mana cost.
1.1.2	Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (7-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s damage has been increased by 42% at level 1, up to an increase of 95% at level 15.
1.0.0b	Fixed a performance problem with Ice ShotIce ShotAttack, Projectile, AoE, Cold, Bow Radius: 23 / 10 Mana Cost: (6-10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130%-174%) Projectile Speed: 3260Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Cold DamageDeals (130-174)% of Base Attack Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage (2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage Chills Enemies as though dealing (100-195)% more Damage (0-19)% increased Effect of ChillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (7-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
0.9.12	Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (7-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. has been added to the game.