Glacial Hammer

Glacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
Mana Cost: 5
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (155%-200%)Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If an enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.Per 1% Quality:1232% increased Duration of Cold Ailments0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Area of EffectDeals (155-200)% of Base Attack Damage
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
25% chance to Freeze enemies
35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
(10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
+(2-4) to Melee Strike Range
Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 5Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Scroll of Wisdom

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

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

Glacial Hammer is a melee 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 or staff.

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.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Melee Range	Cold Damage	Chill Effect	Freeze Amplifier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	155%	155%	2	2 to 3	N/A	200%	0	0
2	2	0	157%	157.4%	2	2 to 3	N/A	210%	70	70
3	4	16	160%	159.7%	2	3 to 4	N/A	220%	308	378
4	7	22	162%	162.1%	2	4 to 6	N/A	230%	1,554	1,932
5	11	31	164%	164.5%	3	5 to 8	N/A	240%	6,667	8,599
6	16	41	167%	166.8%	3	7 to 11	N/A	250%	26,047	34,646
7	20	50	169%	169.2%	3	9 to 13	N/A	260%	49,725	84,371
8	24	58	172%	171.6%	3	11 to 17	N/A	270%	95,714	180,085
9	28	67	174%	173.9%	3	14 to 20	N/A	280%	169,595	349,680
10	32	75	176%	176.3%	3	16 to 25	N/A	290%	283,759	633,439
11	36	83	179%	178.7%	3	20 to 30	N/A	300%	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	92	181%	181.1%	3	24 to 35	N/A	310%	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	100	183%	183.4%	4	28 to 42	N/A	320%	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	109	186%	185.8%	4	33 to 49	N/A	330%	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	117	188%	188.2%	4	39 to 58	N/A	340%	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	125	191%	190.5%	4	45 to 68	N/A	350%	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	134	193%	192.9%	4	52 to 79	N/A	360%	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	142	195%	195.3%	4	61 to 91	N/A	370%	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	148	198%	197.6%	4	68 to 102	N/A	380%	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	155	200%	200%	4	75 to 113	N/A	390%	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	159	202%	202.4%	5	81 to 122	N/A	400%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	205%	204.7%	5	87 to 130	N/A	410%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	207%	207.1%	5	93 to 140	N/A	420%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	209%	209.5%	5	100 to 150	N/A	430%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	212%	211.8%	5	107 to 160	N/A	440%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	214%	214.2%	5	114 to 172	N/A	450%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	217%	216.6%	5	123 to 184	N/A	460%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	219%	218.9%	5	131 to 197	N/A	470%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	221%	221.3%	6	140 to 210	N/A	480%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	224%	223.7%	6	150 to 224	N/A	490%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	225%	224.9%	6	155 to 232	N/A	495%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	226%	226.1%	6	160 to 240	N/A	500%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	227%	227.2%	6	165 to 248	N/A	505%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	228%	228.4%	6	171 to 256	N/A	510%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	230%	229.6%	6	176 to 265	N/A	515%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	231%	230.8%	6	182 to 273	N/A	520%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	232%	232%	7	188 to 282	N/A	525%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	233%	233.2%	7	194 to 292	N/A	530%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	234%	234.3%	7	201 to 301	N/A	535%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	236%	235.5%	7	207 to 311	N/A	540%	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
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

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 ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Glacial Hammer:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats
Winter BurialWinter Burial Crimson JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium (1200)(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Glacial Hammer deals Cold-only Splash Damage to surrounding targets With at least 40 Strength in Radius, 25% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage Converted to Cold DamageExposure led to the deaths of many slaves. And it was the duty of slaves to bury the dead in the frozen ground. A growing circle of misery and death that the elite were all to happy to sustain.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	2	Medium (1200)	(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Glacial Hammer deals Cold-only Splash Damage to surrounding targets With at least 40 Strength in Radius, 25% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Glacial Hammer.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Damage 1	66	25% increased Glacial Hammer Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Damage 2	75	40% increased Glacial Hammer Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Freeze Chance 1	66	Glacial Hammer has +20% chance to Freeze	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Freeze Chance 2	75	Glacial Hammer has +30% chance to Freeze	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold Damage 1	66	10% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage gained as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Glacial Hammer Physical Damage Percent To Add As Cold Damage 2	75	15% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage gained as Extra Cold Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
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 Elemental HitElemental HitAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Fire, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Bow Mana Cost: (7-11) Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Each attack with this skill will choose an element at random, and will only be able to deal damage of that element. If the attack hits an enemy, it will also deal damage in an area around them, with the radius being larger if that enemy is suffering from an ailment of the chosen element. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.Per 1% Quality:1231% increased Elemental Damage0.5% increased Area of Effect1% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on Enemies(22-480) to (40-891) Added Fire Damage (18-392) to (33-729) Added Cold Damage (4-77) to (67-1465) Added Lightning Damage (30-49)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite 10% more Damage per Elemental Ailment on the Enemy 80% more Area Radius against Enemies affected by an Ailment of the chosen Element Only Deals Damage of the chosen Element Deals no Damage of other Damage Types +(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold Mana Cost: 5 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (155%-200%)Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If an enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.Per 1% Quality:1232% increased Duration of Cold Ailments0.5% increased Attack Speed1% increased Area of EffectDeals (155-200)% of Base Attack Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% chance to Freeze enemies 35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments +(2-4) to Melee Strike Range Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Infernal BlowInfernal BlowAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire, Duration Radius: 15 Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (104%-133%)Requires Level 12Attacks with your weapon, applying a charged debuff to enemies hit by your strike, and an uncharged debuff to any other enemies hit. Upon reaching 6 charges, expiring, or the enemy's death, the charged debuff is removed, and it deals damage to that and other nearby enemies. Enemies with either debuff explode when they die, damaging other nearby enemies. Damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Per 1% Quality:12340.5% increased Area of EffectExplosion has 1% chance to apply Uncharged Debuff on Hit3% increased Burning Damage 1% chance to Ignite enemies4% increased Skill Effect DurationDeals (103.9-133)% of Base Attack Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Base duration is 0.8 seconds Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 6% of the corpse's Maximum Life Debuff deals 66% of Damage per Charge (5-75) to (8-113) Added Fire Damage +(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135%-180%)Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits a target.Per 1% Quality:12341% increased Damage 1% increased Projectile SpeedProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsFires 0.1 additional Projectiles1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning DamageDeals (135-180)% of Base Attack Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage Fires (4-7) additional Projectiles Projectiles deal 25% less Damage Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 25% less Damage (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. 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"