Cold Snap

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Cold Snap.

Damage isn't everything. Weavers of Magic often find themselves facing a difficult dilemma in combat: fight or flight. When the latter option is decided, nothing does a better job of ensuring safety than Cold Snap. With a snap of the fingers, the caster summons a clump of freezing ice crystals from the ground. These frosty shards stab upward at the targeted location, impaling and freezing anything they strike. Though the damage from Cold Snap is low, it is a powerful when employed against other players in combat.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Cold Snap is a spell that deals cold damage to enemies in an area and has a high chance to freeze. Note that while Cold Snap has a flat 30% minimum chance to freeze, due to the way freeze mechanics work, enemies will only be frozen if the damage done by Cold Snap exceeds a minimum required percentage of the target's life.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	18	26	11	32 to 47	N/A	0	0
2	20	22	31	13	42 to 63	N/A	49725	49725
3	24	25	37	14	55 to 82	N/A	95714	145439
4	28	29	42	15	71 to 106	N/A	169595	315034
5	31	32	46	16	85 to 128	N/A	199345	514379
6	34	35	50	17	102 to 152	N/A	285815	800194
7	37	37	54	18	121 to 181	N/A	401344	1201538
8	40	40	58	19	143 to 214	N/A	554379	1755917
9	43	43	62	20	169 to 253	N/A	755049	2510966
10	46	46	66	21	198 to 298	N/A	1016533	3527499
11	49	48	70	21	233 to 349	N/A	1898602	5426101
12	52	51	74	22	272 to 408	N/A	1964019	7390120
13	55	54	78	23	317 to 476	N/A	2573731	9963851
14	58	57	82	24	369 to 554	N/A	4676439	14640290
15	60	59	84	25	408 to 612	N/A	3017327	17657617
16	62	60	87	25	451 to 676	N/A	7823001	25480618
17	64	62	90	26	498 to 746	N/A	15264208	40744826
18	66	64	92	27	549 to 823	N/A	26272845	67017671
19	68	66	95	27	605 to 907	N/A	62872274	129889945
20	70	68	98	28	666 to 999	N/A	212023122	341913067
21	72	70	100	29	733 to 1099	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	29	806 to 1209	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	30	886 to 1330	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	30	974 to 1461	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	31	1069 to 1604	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	32	1174 to 1761	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	32	1288 to 1932	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	33	1412 to 2118	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	33	1548 to 2322	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	34	1696 to 2544	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	34	1775 to 2663	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	35	1858 to 2787	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	35	1944 to 2916	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	35	2034 to 3051	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	36	2128 to 3192	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	36	2226 to 3339	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	36	2328 to 3492	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	37	2435 to 3653	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	37	2547 to 3820	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	37	2663 to 3995	N/A	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewel

The following threshold jewels augment the skill gem: #invoke: Item table

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Cold Grasp EffectCold Grasp EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost	70	Replaces the standard ice effect on a Cold Snap gem with an icy, grasping hand that emerges from the ground. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cold Snap.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 1	66	Cold Snap has 20% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cold Snap Cooldown Speed 2	75	Cold Snap has 30% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 1	66	25% increased Cold Snap Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cold Snap Damage 2	75	40% increased Cold Snap Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 1	66	16% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cold Snap Area Of Effect 2	75	24% increased Cold Snap Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Cold Snap gains 1 additional unit of radius every 4 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.0.0	Quality now instead increases area of effect by 0.5% per 1%, and no longer affects freeze or chill duration.
1.2.0	Cold Snap: We changed the freeze chance to 30% at all levels. We increased the damage of Cold Snap by 50% at all levels.
1.1.0	Increased the damage of the following skills at low levels: Spark, Cold Snap, Ice Spear and to a lesser extent, Freezing Pulse and Storm Call.
0.10.0	Damage significantly increased (40% higher at Level 1, 105% higher at Level 15).
0.9.11	Increased its damage. Now has a cooldown which can by bypassed by spending a Power Charge.
0.9.5g	Fixed a bug where maximum distance could be bypassed with shift-casts.
0.9.4c	Set the default critical strike chance of Cold Snap (4%).
0.9.3c	Reduced damage by 10%.
0.9.2	Massively increased Cold Snap's chill duration bonus.
0.9.1	Disabled the ability to cast Cold Snap on invalid locations.
0.7.1	Slightly increased Cold Snap's damage
0.6.11	Added skills: Raise Zombie, Detonate Dead, Cold Snap