Eye of Winter | PoE Wiki (2024)

Eye of Winter is a cold spell that fires a projectile that deals no damage but that constantly releases shard projectiles in a spiral over its lifetime, and then on dissipation or collision with terrain explodes in an additional spiral of shard projectiles. The spell will fire 31 shards over its lifetime, and then explode for an additional 8 (+1 per 10 quality) shards.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Additional Projectiles: Sources of additional projectiles do not increase the number of primary eye projectiles fired through casting this spell. Additional projectiles for this spell, obtained through modifiers or support gems such as Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: l
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Damage

Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: P
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Damage

This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

Projectile Behaviors: The standard behaviors of projectiles, such as Pierce, Fork, and Chain do not apply to the primary "eye" projectile, as the eye does not actually collide with enemies. These behaviors do apply to the secondary shard projectiles, however.

Returning Projectiles: When this skill is supported by Returning Projectiles SupportReturning Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
Icon: R
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Projectiles from Supported Skills Return to you
Projectiles from Supported Skills deal (70-61)% less Damage with Hits and Ailments while Returning
Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce all Targets while Returning

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Projectile Speed

Projectile Speed: Modifiers to projectile speed affect both types of projectiles from this skill- the eye and the secondary shard projectiles. If projectile speed is increased, for example, the eye projectile travels further than it normally would, as do the shard projectiles, which would travel further before they dissipate. This can effectively increase the coverage area of this skill. Bear in mind, however, that the faster the eye projectile, the larger the gap formed between shard projectiles unleashed in the spiral; this may cause single targets close to the caster to take less damage than if the eye projectile travels slower.

Spiral of Shard Projectiles: This skill fires an "eye" projectile which fires out secondary "shard" projectiles as it travels. These shards are released constantly as the eye travels, and if a target is directly in the center of the eye, the multiple shards can hit that target. This behavior also applies to the final spiral that is triggered upon the eye projectile reaching the end of its lifetime (through reaching its maximum distance or colliding with terrain). Though it may look like an explosion, it is indeed a very fast sequential spiral, meaning that with careful positioning by the player, a single target may be hit by all projectiles in this last spiral, effectively "shotgunning" this target.

Traps and Mines: This skill can be turned into traps or mines with the appropriate support gems.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	14	16to25	0	0
2	31	73	15	20to31	199345	199345
3	34	79	16	25to38	285815	485160
4	37	85	17	31to46	401344	886504
5	40	92	18	38to57	554379	1440883
6	42	96	18	43to65	477437	1918320
7	44	100	19	49to74	583786	2502106
8	46	104	19	56to84	710359	3212465
9	48	109	20	64to95	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	20	72to108	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	21	82to123	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	22	93to139	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	22	105to158	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	23	119to178	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	23	134to202	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	24	152to228	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	25	171to257	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	25	193to290	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	26	218to326	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	26	245to367	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	27	276to413	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	27	310to465	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	28	348to523	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	29	391to587	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	29	439to659	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	30	493to739	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	30	553to829	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	31	620to930	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	32	695to1042	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	32	778to1167	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	32	823to1235	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	33	871to1307	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	33	922to1382	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	33	975to1462	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	34	1031to1547	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	34	1091to1636	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	34	1154to1731	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	34	1220to1830	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	35	1290to1935	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	35	1364to2046	N/A	N/A

Transfigured Variants

Eye of Winter has 2 variants:

• Eye of Winter of Transience will cause Eye of Winter to only fire shards while travelling, removing the explosion that normally happens on dissipation or collision with terrain.
• Eye of Winter of Finality will cause Eye of Winter to only fire shards when it dissipates or collides with terrain, removing the extra shards that normally fire while travelling.

Item acquisition

Eye of Winter can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Eye of Winter can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Eye of Winter.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Eye of Winter Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Eye of Winter Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Eye of Winter Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Eye of Winter Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Eye of Winter Projectile Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% increased Eye of Winter Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Eye of Winter Projectile Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% increased Eye of Winter Projectile Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Eye of Winter Shard Frequency 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Eye of Winter fires Shard projectiles with 8% increased Frequency during flight	helmet 100
Enchantment Eye of Winter Shard Frequency 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Eye of Winter fires Shard projectiles with 12% increased Frequency during flight	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Eye of Winter has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Celestial Eye of Winter EffectCelestial Eye of Winter EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Eye of Winter becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Eye of Winter becomes a Celestial Effect.
Fluttering Eye of Winter EffectFluttering Eye of Winter EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Eye of Winter becomes a fluttering effect.	Your Eye of Winter becomes a fluttering effect.

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