Glacial Hammer

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	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	165%	165%	0	0
2	2	0	168%	167.6%	70	70
3	4	16	170%	170.3%	308	378
4	7	22	173%	172.9%	1554	1932
5	11	31	176%	175.5%	6667	8599
6	16	41	178%	178.2%	26047	34646
7	20	50	181%	180.8%	49725	84371
8	24	58	183%	183.4%	95714	180085
9	28	67	186%	186.1%	169595	349680
10	32	75	189%	188.7%	283759	633439
11	36	83	191%	191.3%	453996	1087435
12	40	92	194%	193.9%	703128	1790563
13	44	100	197%	196.6%	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	199%	199.2%	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	202%	201.8%	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	204%	204.5%	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	207%	207.1%	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	210%	209.7%	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	212%	212.4%	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	215%	215%	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	218%	217.6%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	220%	220.3%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	223%	222.9%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	226%	225.5%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	228%	228.2%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	231%	230.8%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	233%	233.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	236%	236.1%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	239%	238.7%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	241%	241.3%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	243%	242.6%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	244%	243.9%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	245%	245.3%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	247%	246.6%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	248%	247.9%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	249%	249.2%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	251%	250.5%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	252%	251.8%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	253%	253.2%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	254%	254.5%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Glacial Hammer:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

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
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 Hit, Glacial Hammer, Infernal Blow and Lightning Strike 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"