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Permafrost Bolts Gem Effects and How to Get

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Last updated on: January 14, 2025 09:09 PM

Permafrost Bolts is a Skill Gem in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Continue reading to learn about its effects, modifiers, how to obtain it, its requirements, and other gems you can pair with it.

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Permafrost Bolts Gem Overview

Permafrost Bolts Stats and Requirements

Requirements
Permafrost Bolts
		Type	Skill
		Tier	1
		Tags	AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold
Attack Damage		15%
Level	1	Dex	None
Str	None	Int	None
Description
Loads your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts make them extremely potent at Freezing enemies.

All Permafrost Bolts Gem Effects

Effects
Permafrost Bolts: ・Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage ・Knocks Back Enemies ・80% more Freeze Buildup ・Bolts shatter on impact, dealing damage in a 2.7 metre cone ・Multiple fragments can Hit the same target ・Multiple fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit ・Fires 10 fragments per shot Ammunition: ・1 Bolt loaded per clip

Effects

Permafrost Bolts:
・Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
・Knocks Back Enemies
・80% more Freeze Buildup
・Bolts shatter on impact, dealing damage in a 2.7 metre cone
・Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
・Multiple fragments hitting a target simultaneously will combine their damage into a single Hit
・Fires 10 fragments per shot

Ammunition:
・1 Bolt loaded per clip

Compatible Gems

Acceleration	Ambush	Ammo Conservation	Bursting Plague
Break Endurance	Brutality	Concentrated Effect	Comorbidity
Cold Infusion	Conduction	Chain	Corrosion
Deceleration	Deep Freeze	Double Barrel	Envenom
Expanse	Lightning Infusion	Eternal Flame	Encumbrance
Scattershot	Energy Barrier	Frost Nexus	Magnified Effect
Fire Infusion	Ignition	Life Drain	Martial Tempo
Ruthless	Overpower	Execute	Glaciation
Inspiration	Leverage	LifeTap	Lockdown
Lasting Shock	Lacerate	Minion Pact	Pin
Pierce	Swift Affliction	Unbreakable	Withering Touch
Wind Wave	Hourglass	Innervate	Ice Bite
Wildfire	Close Combat	Deep Cuts	Heft
Demolisher	Supercritical	Immolate	Lightning Exposure
Inevitable Critical	Deadly Poison	Longshot	Fiery Death
Splinter	Primal Armament	Rising Tempest	Strip Away
Blind	Fork	Mobility	Auto Reload
Armour Explosion	Bullseye	Bludgeon	Break Posture
Coursing Current	Cold Penetration	Devastate	Exploit Weakness
Electrocute	Excise	Ferocity	Fresh Clip
Fire Penetration	Rageforged	Momentum	Maim
Chaos Infusion	Lightning Penetration	Life Thief	Potential
Ricochet	Soul Thief	Shock Siphon	Rupture
Biting Frost	Cold Exposure	Culling Strike	Cold Mastery
Discombobulate	Elemental Focus	Execrate	Frostfire
Fire Exposure	Life Bounty	Mana Bounty	Neural Overload
Nimble Reload	Overcharge	Soul Drain	Stormfire
Searing Flame

How to Get Permafrost Bolts

Unlock Permafrost Bolts Using an Uncut Skill Gem

Path of Exile 2 - Uncut Skill Gem
You can unlock the Permafrost Bolts Skill Gem in the Gemcutting menu by engraving the skill using a Level 1 or higher Uncut Skill Gem.

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Artillery Ballista	Ball Lightning	Barrage
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Conductivity	Contagion	Dark Effigy
Despair	Detonate Dead	Detonating Arrow
Earthquake	Earthshatter	Electrocuting Arrow
Ember Fusillade	Emergency Reload	Enfeeble
Escape Shot	Essence Drain	Explosive Grenade
Explosive Shot	Eye of Winter	Falling Thunder
Fireball	Firestorm	Flame Wall
Flameblast	Flammability	Flash Grenade
Flicker Strike	Fragmentation Rounds	Freezing Mark
Freezing Salvo	Frost Bomb	Frost Wall
Frostbolt	Frozen Locus	Galvanic Shards
Gas Arrow	Gas Grenade	Gathering Storm
Glacial Bolt	Glacial Cascade	Hailstorm Rounds
Hammer of the Gods	Hexblast	High Velocity Rounds
Hypothermia	Ice Nova	Ice Shards
Ice Shot	Ice Strike	Incendiary Shot
Incinerate	Infernal Cry	Killing Palm
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Lightning Rod	Lightning Warp	Magnetic Salvo
Mana Tempest	Mantra of Destruction	Molten Blast
Oil Grenade	Orb of Storms	Pain Offering
Perfect Strike	Permafrost Bolts	Plasma Blast
Poisonburst Arrow	Profane Ritual	Rain of Arrows
Raise Zombie	Rapid Shot	Resonating Shield
Ripwire Ballista	Rolling Slam	Seismic Cry
Shattering Palm	Shield Charge	Shield Wall
Shockburst Rounds	Shockchain Arrow	Shockwave Totem
Siege Cascade	Siphoning Strike	Skeletal Arsonist
Skeletal Brute	Skeletal Cleric	Skeletal Frost Mage
Skeletal Reaver	Skeletal Sniper	Skeletal Storm Mage
Skeletal Warrior	Snipe	Sniper's Mark
Solar Orb	Soul Offering	Spark
Spiral Volley	Staggering Palm	Stampede
Storm Wave	Stormblast Bolts	Stormcaller Arrow
Sunder	Supercharged Slam	Tempest Bell
Tempest Flurry	Temporal Chains	Tornado Shot
Toxic Growth	Unearth	Vaulting Impact
Vine Arrow	Volcanic Fissure	Voltaic Grenade
Voltaic Mark	Vulnerability	Wave of Frost
Whirling Assault	Wind Blast

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Boneshatter Image Boneshatter

Bonestorm Image Bonestorm

Chaos Bolt Image Chaos Bolt

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Cluster Grenade Image Cluster Grenade

Cold Snap Image Cold Snap

Comet Image Comet

Conductivity Image Conductivity

Contagion Image Contagion

Dark Effigy Image Dark Effigy

Despair Image Despair

Detonate Dead Image Detonate Dead

Detonating Arrow Image Detonating Arrow

Earthquake Image Earthquake

Earthshatter Image Earthshatter

Electrocuting Arrow Image Electrocuting Arrow

Ember Fusillade Image Ember Fusillade

Emergency Reload Image Emergency Reload

Enfeeble Image Enfeeble

Escape Shot Image Escape Shot

Essence Drain Image Essence Drain

Explosive Grenade Image Explosive Grenade

Explosive Shot Image Explosive Shot

Eye of Winter Image Eye of Winter

Falling Thunder Image Falling Thunder

Fireball Image Fireball

Firestorm Image Firestorm

Flame Wall Image Flame Wall

Flameblast Image Flameblast

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Flash Grenade Image Flash Grenade

Flicker Strike Image Flicker Strike

Fragmentation Rounds Image Fragmentation Rounds

Freezing Mark Image Freezing Mark

Freezing Salvo Image Freezing Salvo

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Frost Wall Image Frost Wall

Frostbolt Image Frostbolt

Frozen Locus Image Frozen Locus

Galvanic Shards Image Galvanic Shards

Gas Arrow Image Gas Arrow

Gas Grenade Image Gas Grenade

Gathering Storm Image Gathering Storm

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Glacial Cascade Image Glacial Cascade

Hailstorm Rounds Image Hailstorm Rounds

Hammer of the Gods Image Hammer of the Gods

Hexblast Image Hexblast

High Velocity Rounds Image High Velocity Rounds

Hypothermia Image Hypothermia

Ice Nova Image Ice Nova

Ice Shards Image Ice Shards

Ice Shot Image Ice Shot

Ice Strike Image Ice Strike

Incendiary Shot Image Incendiary Shot

Incinerate Image Incinerate

Infernal Cry Image Infernal Cry

Killing Palm Image Killing Palm

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Lightning Arrow Image Lightning Arrow

Lightning Conduit Image Lightning Conduit

Lightning Rod Image Lightning Rod

Lightning Warp Image Lightning Warp

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Mana Tempest Image Mana Tempest

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Oil Grenade Image Oil Grenade

Orb of Storms Image Orb of Storms

Pain Offering Image Pain Offering

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Rain of Arrows Image Rain of Arrows

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Rapid Shot Image Rapid Shot

Resonating Shield Image Resonating Shield

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Rolling Slam Image Rolling Slam

Seismic Cry Image Seismic Cry

Shattering Palm Image Shattering Palm

Shield Charge Image Shield Charge

Shield Wall Image Shield Wall

Shockburst Rounds Image Shockburst Rounds

Shockchain Arrow Image Shockchain Arrow

Shockwave Totem Image Shockwave Totem

Siege Cascade Image Siege Cascade

Siphoning Strike Image Siphoning Strike

Skeletal Arsonist Image Skeletal Arsonist

Skeletal Brute Image Skeletal Brute

Skeletal Cleric Image Skeletal Cleric

Skeletal Frost Mage Image Skeletal Frost Mage

Skeletal Reaver Image Skeletal Reaver

Skeletal Sniper Image Skeletal Sniper

Skeletal Storm Mage Image Skeletal Storm Mage

Skeletal Warrior Image Skeletal Warrior

Snipe Image Snipe

Sniper Sniper's Mark

Solar Orb Image Solar Orb

Soul Offering Image Soul Offering

Spark Image Spark

Spiral Volley Image Spiral Volley

Staggering Palm Image Staggering Palm

Stampede Image Stampede

Storm Wave Image Storm Wave

Stormblast Bolts Image Stormblast Bolts

Stormcaller Arrow Image Stormcaller Arrow

Sunder Image Sunder

Supercharged Slam Image Supercharged Slam

Tempest Bell Image Tempest Bell

Tempest Flurry Image Tempest Flurry

Temporal Chains Image Temporal Chains

Tornado Shot Image Tornado Shot

Toxic Growth Image Toxic Growth

Unearth Image Unearth

Vaulting Impact Image Vaulting Impact

Vine Arrow Image Vine Arrow

Volcanic Fissure Image Volcanic Fissure

Voltaic Grenade Image Voltaic Grenade

Voltaic Mark Image Voltaic Mark

Vulnerability Image Vulnerability

Wave of Frost Image Wave of Frost

Whirling Assault Image Whirling Assault

Wind Blast Image Wind Blast

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