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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

Chaos Bolt Effects and How to Get

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Chaos Bolt is a Wand skill in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). See the effects and requirements of Chaos Bolt, as well as how to get Chaos Bolt.

Chaos Bolt Skill Overview

Chaos Bolt Stats

Chaos Bolt Icon Chaos Bolt
Type Spell
Critical Chance 7.00%
Cast Time 0.75 sec
Tags
Chaos, Projectile
Description
Fires a burst of Chaos energy at the target.

Chaos Bolt Effects

Weapon Effects
・Deals 5–200 to 9–371 Chaos Damage
・Inflicts Withered on Hit
・Withered lasts 4 seconds
Quality Effects:
・0-40% increased Projectile Speed

Latest Patch Update

  • The following skills found as inherent skills on Wands and Staves now deal approximately 12% more Damage from skill level 11 onwards: Bone Blast, Chaos Bolt, Decompose, Firebolt, Freezing Shards, Lightning Bolt, Power Siphon, and Solar Orb.
  • Chaos Bolt, granted by Withered Wand: Now inflicts 1-3 stacks of Withered for 4 seconds on hit at Gem levels 1-20.

0.3.0 Patch Notes

How to Get Chaos Bolt

Unlock Chaos Bolt Using an Uncut Skill Gem

You can unlock the Chaos Bolt Skill Gem in the Gemcutting menu by engraving the skill using a Level 1 or higher Uncut Skill Gem.

Equip Wands That Can Use Chaos Bolt

Path of Exile 2 Withered Wand Withered Wand Path of Exile 2 The Wicked Quill Withered Wand The Wicked Quill Withered Wand

Chaos Bolt is a skill that comes by equipping a Wands that has Chaos Bolt as its implicit. Chaos Bolt is automatically equipped as a skill when using the equipment listed above.

Path of Exile 2 Related Guides

Skills

List of All Skills

Skills
Ascendancy Skills Equipment Skills
Gem Skills Spear Skills

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Bow Shot ImageBow Shot Chaotic Infusion ImageChaotic Infusion Crossbow Shot ImageCrossbow Shot
Gemini Surge ImageGemini Surge Mace Strike ImageMace Strike Parry ImageParry
Phantasmal Arrow ImagePhantasmal Arrow Quarterstaff Strike ImageQuarterstaff Strike Requiem ImageRequiem
Spear Stab ImageSpear Stab Spear Throw ImageSpear Throw Icestorm ImageIcestorm
Black Powder Blitz ImageBlack Powder Blitz Cast on Block ImageCast on Block Crackling Palm ImageCrackling Palm
Discipline ImageDiscipline Future-Past ImageFuture-Past Herald of Ash ImageHerald of Ash
Herald of Ice ImageHerald of Ice Herald of Thunder ImageHerald of Thunder Impurity ImageImpurity
Lightning Spell on Melee Hit ImageLightning Spell on Melee Hit Malice ImageMalice Purity of Fire ImagePurity of Fire
Purity of Ice ImagePurity of Ice Purity of Lightning ImagePurity of Lightning Spellslinger ImageSpellslinger
ValakoValako's Charge Withering Presence ImageWithering Presence Raise Shield ImageRaise Shield
Cast on Charm Use ImageCast on Charm Use Skeletal Warrior Minion ImageSkeletal Warrior Minion Blink ImageBlink
Bone Blast ImageBone Blast Chaos Bolt ImageChaos Bolt Decompose ImageDecompose
Ember Fusillade ImageEmber Fusillade Feast of Flesh ImageFeast of Flesh Firebolt ImageFirebolt
Freezing Shards ImageFreezing Shards Fulmination ImageFulmination Heart of Ice ImageHeart of Ice
Lightning Bolt ImageLightning Bolt Living Bomb ImageLiving Bomb Mana Drain ImageMana Drain
Pinnacle of Power ImagePinnacle of Power Power Siphon ImagePower Siphon Reap ImageReap
Sigil of Power ImageSigil of Power Spark ImageSpark Volatile Dead ImageVolatile Dead

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1 Anonymous Anonymous 11 months

Chaos Bolt is NOT in the skill gem category. this website and wiki both list it there. its not. the only way to get chaos bolt is by having a wand. annoying.

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