Ice Nova

Ice NovaSpell, AoE, Cold
Radius: 30
Mana Cost: (10 to 31)
Cast Time: 0.80 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (15-486) to (21-715) Cold Damage
40% more Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace 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 Fragment

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ice Nova.

Reaching deep within, the caster of the mighty Ice Nova assaults surrounding enemies with a shivering blast of pure rime. The shock wave from this nova is often enough to slay outright, and those who survive the blast will be frozen, their very blood chilled solid. With precise use, a master weaver of frost can annihilate his enemies without suffering a scratch.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Ice Nova is a spell that casts an expanding circle of cold damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Area Damage: Ice Nova hits every enemy in its Area of Effect as long as it is not blocked by terrain obstacles.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	10	15 to 21	0	0
2	15	39	11	19 to 27	15,249	15,249
3	19	48	13	25 to 37	41,517	56,766
4	23	56	14	33 to 49	81,983	138,749
5	27	64	16	44 to 64	147,968	286,717
6	31	73	17	56 to 83	250,557	537,274
7	35	81	19	72 to 106	405,086	942,360
8	38	88	20	86 to 127	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	94	21	103 to 151	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	100	22	122 to 179	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	106	23	144 to 212	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	113	24	170 to 250	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	119	25	200 to 294	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	125	26	235 to 346	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	132	27	276 to 405	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	138	28	323 to 474	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	142	29	358 to 526	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	146	30	397 to 583	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	151	30	439 to 646	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	155	31	486 to 715	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	159	32	538 to 791	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	33	595 to 875	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	34	657 to 966	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	34	726 to 1067	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	34	801 to 1178	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	34	884 to 1300	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	35	975 to 1433	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	35	1074 to 1580	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	35	1183 to 1740	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	35	1303 to 1917	N/A	N/A

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

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

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

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Arctic Ice Nova Effect Arctic Ice Nova EffectIce Nova Skin Stack Size: 20Your Ice Nova becomes a swirling ring of arctic wind.Right click this item then left click an Ice Nova Skill Gem to apply it.	55	Replaces the standard effect on an Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10 to 31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (15-486) to (21-715) Cold Damage 40% more Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a swirling ring of arctic wind. Preview
Water Nova Effect Water Nova EffectIce Nova Skin Stack Size: 20Your Ice Nova becomes a rippling burst of cold waterRight click this item then left click an Ice Nova Skill Gem to apply it.	10	Replaces the standard ice effect on an Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10 to 31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (15-486) to (21-715) Cold Damage 40% more Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. gem with a fluid, watery blast. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ice Nova:

Name		Effect(s)
EnchantmentIceNovaDamage1	66	25% increased Ice Nova Damage
EnchantmentIceNovaDamage2	75	40% increased Ice Nova Damage
EnchantmentIceNovaFreezeChance1	66	Ice Nova has +20% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentIceNovaFreezeChance2	75	Ice Nova has +30% chance to Freeze
EnchantmentIceNovaRadius1	66	8% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect
EnchantmentIceNovaRadius2	75	12% increased Ice Nova Area of Effect

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10 to 31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (15-486) to (21-715) Cold Damage 40% more Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. damage has been increased by 3% at level 1, scaling up to 24% increased damage by level 20.
2.3.0	The cast time for Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold Radius: 30 Mana Cost: (10 to 31) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (15-486) to (21-715) Cold Damage 40% more Damage when Cast on FrostboltPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Vaal Ice NovaVaal Ice NovaVaal, Spell, AoE, Cold Souls per use: 24 (N) / 36 (C) / 48 (M) Can store 1 use(s) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 70%Requires Level 12A chilling circle of ice expands from the caster, repeating from every enemy it hits. If the caster targets near one of their Frostbolt projectiles, it will expand from the projectile instead.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (11-274) to (17-428) Cold Damage Causes smaller novas up to 5 times on enemies hit 20% reduced Area of Effect each repeat CorruptedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have been reduced from 900ms to 800ms.
2.1.0	Damage has been increased by 20% at level one, improving to a 35% increase in damage by level 20.
2.0.0	Damage increased by up to 36% at high levels. Base cast time reduced to 900ms (from 935ms). Now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality). Critical Strike Chance has been increased from 5% to 6%.
1.2.0	We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
1.1.0	Fixed a bug where the the Ice Nova graphical effect wouldn't scale correctly.
1.0.1	Damage at high levels has been increased (around 10% more damage at level 15).
0.10.0	Now doesn't hide monster health bars while being cast.
0.9.10	Fixed a bug with the damage dealt while in Trap form.
0.9.6	Increased the damage.
0.9.2	Increased the damage.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Ice Nova mana cost and increased its damage. Corrected its range
0.6.12	Ice nova no longer damages monsters through walls
0.6.9	Further nerfed ice nova, another 10% less damage
0.6.8	Nerfed ice nova (-40% damage, costs more mana)
0.6.0	Ice Nova now ripples damage correctly