Bolt of Cold

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Bolt of Cold
Casting noise	6
Spell noise	0
Range	5
Flags	Dir or target, Monster, Needs tracer

Fires a penetrating bolt of frost.

Bolt of Cold is a monster-only spell capable of striking multiple targets along its path, doing a considerable amount of cold damage. Cold resistance reduces the damage dealt by this spell by 50% (rC+), 66% (rC++), or 80% (rC+++). The Cold Breath monster ability is very similar to this spell.

Bolts of cold that travel through water will create freezing vapours.

The following enemies cast Bolt of Cold:

p Arcanist (3d20 damage)
n Bog body (3d18 damage)
L Boris (3d32 damage)
q Draconian knight (3d25 damage)
& Ereshkigal (3d27 damage)
e Fannar (3d18 damage)
C Frost giant (3d25 damage)
D Golden dragon (3d27 damage)
L Halazid warlock (3d27 damage)
1 Ice Fiend (3d27 damage)
I Ice statue (3d16 damage)
L Lich (3d29 damage)
Q Tengu reaver (3d26 damage)

The following enemies may be able to cast Bolt of Cold, depending on their spell set:

& Pandemonium lord (5.2% chance)

History

Bolt of Cold
Level	6
School¹	Conjuration
School²	Ice
Source(s)	Book of Ice Wand of cold
Casting noise	6
Spell noise	6

Spell Details
Damage Formula	6d(3+Power/9) cold
Max Damage	6d(25)
Max Power	200
Range	5
Targeting	Bolt
To-hit	10+Power/25
Special	N/A

Prior to 0.26, bolt spells would decrease by 1 range for every target they hit.
Prior to 0.25, Bolt of Cold was a level 6 Conjurations/Ice Magic spell available to players.

It was often considered worse than Bolt of Fire, due to its inferior range, and the fact that cold resistant monsters were generally more common (undead have rC+, for instance).