Chaos BoltSpell, Projectile, Chaos Level: (1-20) Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%Fires a burst of Chaos energy at the target.Deals (5–183) to (10–339) Chaos Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (0–40)% increased Projectile SpeedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition Drop restricted Granted by equipping a Wand that grants the skill.Metadata Item class: Skill Gem Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemChaosbolt
Chaos Bolt is a chaosspellskill that shoots a projectile to the direction of the cursor, dealing chaos damage to a target.
Skill functions and interactions
Gem level progression
Level
Chaos Damage
1
0
1
5 to 10
2
3
9
7 to 14
3
6
16
10 to 19
4
10
25
14 to 25
5
14
34
17 to 32
6
18
43
21 to 40
7
22
52
26 to 48
8
26
61
31 to 58
9
31
72
37 to 69
10
36
83
44 to 81
11
41
95
51 to 95
12
46
106
60 to 111
13
52
119
69 to 129
14
58
133
80 to 149
15
64
146
93 to 172
16
66
151
106 to 198
17
72
164
122 to 227
18
78
178
140 to 260
19
84
191
160 to 297
20
90
205
183 to 339
Recommended support gems
The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.
Gem tier
Support gems
I
ChainChainProjectile, Chaining Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports Projectile Skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain additional times.Supported Skills chain +1 times Supported Skills Chain 100% more times Supported Skills deal 50% less Damage with HitsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
PiercePierceProjectile Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports Projectile Skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so.Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce an Enemy Projectiles from Supported Skills deal 30% less Damage if they've Pierced an enemyPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
Withering TouchWithering TouchChaos, Duration Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to Wither enemies on Hit.Withered last 4 seconds Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage Supported Skills inflict Withred on Hit with Chaos damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II
BlindBlindTier: 2 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Supported Skills have 100% chance to Blind enemies on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
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RicochetRicochetProjectile Tier: 2 Level: 1Supports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Projectiles from Supported Skills have 40% chance to Chain an additional time from terrainPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III
Coming Soon
ExtractionExtractionTier: 3 Level: 1Supports Spell Skills. Using supported Spells will cause you to Sacrifice a portion of your Life on use, gaining extra Chaos Damage in exchange. Does not support Persistent Skills, Minion Skills, or Triggered Skills.Supported Skills Gain 25% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage Supported Skills Sacrifice 10% of Life on usePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
WildshardsWildshardsSpell, Projectile Tier: 3 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports Spell Skills that fire Projectiles. Supported Skills have a chance to fire many additional Projectiles in a circle.Supported Skills have a 20% chance to fire 8 additional Projectiles in a circlePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
Item acquisition
Chaos Bolt has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
Granted by equipping a Wand that grants the skill.
Increased the damage growth per level on Essence Drain, Contagion, Profane Ritual and Chaos Bolt (Wand Skill). Results in approximately 33% more damage at Gem Level 25.