Glacial Hammer

Glacial HammerAttack, Melee, Cold
Mana Cost: 5
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: (140% to 182%)Hits the enemy, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If the enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. Requires a Mace or Staff.Per 1% Quality:
2% increased Chill Duration on enemies
1% increased Freeze Duration on enemiesDeals (140-181.8)% of Base Damage
50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
25% chance to Freeze enemies
35% increased Chill Duration on enemies
(10-29)% increased Effect of ChillPlace 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

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

Where Infernal Blow burns hot, Glacial Hammer freezes to the bone. The spell infuses a Mace or Staff with the essence of pure ice, making a weapon so cold it can barely be handled. A successful hit from Glacial Hammer deals grievous damage, and if the target is already frozen and near death, it will shatter into thousands of shards. The more skilled one becomes at inscribing the runes for Glacial Hammer, the greater the frostbite becomes, eventually leaving most foes frozen solid.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Glacial Hammer is a melee attack that hits the enemy, converting half of physical damage to cold damage. If the enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit with Glacial Hammer. 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.

• Dual Wielding: Dual Wielding attacks will alternate weapons unless one of the weapons is not a mace. In this case, the mace will be used for all attacks.

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

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	140%	140%	0	0
2	2	0	142%	142.2%	70	70
3	4	16	144%	144.4%	308	378
4	7	22	147%	146.6%	1,554	1,932
5	11	31	149%	148.8%	6,667	8,599
6	16	41	151%	151%	26,047	34,646
7	20	50	153%	153.2%	49,725	84,371
8	24	58	155%	155.4%	95,714	180,085
9	28	67	158%	157.6%	169,595	349,680
10	32	75	160%	159.8%	283,759	633,439
11	36	83	162%	162%	453,996	1,087,435
12	40	92	164%	164.2%	703,128	1,790,563
13	44	100	166%	166.4%	1,061,223	2,851,786
14	48	109	169%	168.6%	2,065,870	4,917,656
15	52	117	171%	170.8%	2,507,110	7,424,766
16	56	125	173%	173%	5,798,936	13,223,702
17	60	134	175%	175.2%	15,083,919	28,307,621
18	64	142	177%	177.4%	27,792,735	56,100,356
19	67	148	180%	179.6%	43,869,739	99,970,095
20	70	155	182%	181.8%	242,081,556	342,051,651
21	72	159	184%	184%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	186%	186.2%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	188%	188.4%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	191%	190.6%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	193%	192.8%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	195%	195%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	197%	197.2%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	199%	199.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	202%	201.6%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	204%	203.8%	N/A	N/A

Quest reward

This skill is not given as quest reward.

Vendor reward

This skill can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class	Marauder	Templar	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	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	Radius	Stats
Shattered Chains Shattered Chains Crimson JewelRadius: Medium (1200)(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, 20% increased Rarity of Items dropped by Enemies Shattered by Glacial HammerThe prisoners of the empire raised their shackled hands. Begging to be delivered from Corruption. The rebellion smote their chains, And gave them the freedom to choose corruption for themselves.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	Medium (1200)	(10-15)% increased Cold Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, 20% increased Rarity of Items dropped by Enemies Shattered by Glacial Hammer
Winter Burial Winter 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.	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		Effect(s)
EnchantmentGlacialHammerDamage1	66	25% increased Glacial Hammer Damage
EnchantmentGlacialHammerDamage2	75	40% increased Glacial Hammer Damage
EnchantmentGlacialHammerFreezeChance1	66	Glacial Hammer has +20% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentGlacialHammerFreezeChance2	75	Glacial Hammer has +30% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentGlacialHammerPhysicalDamagePercentToAddAsColdDamage1	66	10% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage gained as Extra Cold Damage
EnchantmentGlacialHammerPhysicalDamagePercentToAddAsColdDamage2	75	15% of Glacial Hammer Physical Damage gained as Extra Cold Damage

Version history

Version	Changes
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, Melee, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Bow Mana Cost: (6 to 12) Cast Time: 1.00 secA standard attack (with any weapon) that adds damage of a random element.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Elemental DamageCan deal (4-169) to (8-314) base Fire Damage Can deal (3-138) to (6-257) base Cold Damage Can deal (1-27) to (13-516) base Lightning Damage 10% chance to Freeze, Shock and IgnitePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Cold Mana Cost: 5 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (140% to 182%)Hits the enemy, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If the enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. Requires a Mace or Staff.Per 1% Quality: 2% increased Chill Duration on enemies 1% increased Freeze Duration on enemiesDeals (140-181.8)% of Base Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage 25% chance to Freeze enemies 35% increased Chill Duration on enemies (10-29)% increased Effect of ChillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Infernal BlowInfernal BlowAttack, AoE, Melee, Fire Radius: 15 Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Damage Effectiveness: (130% to 160%)Hits the enemy, converting some of your physical damage to fire damage. If the enemy dies soon after being hit, they will explode, dealing fire damage to nearby enemies. The damage from this explosion cannot be reflected. Requires a Sword, Axe, Mace, Staff or Unarmed.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (130-160.4)% of Base Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Base duration is 0.5 seconds Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the corpse's maximum LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeProjectile, Attack, Melee, Lightning Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (130% to 176%)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 behind your target to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit its target.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Lightning DamageDeals (130-175.6)% of Base Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage (4-7) additional Projectiles Projectiles deal 25% less Damage Damage over time caused by Projectiles deals 25% less 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"