Sephiria Ice Bolt – Stats, Effects, and How to Use

Overview

Sephiria Ice Bolt is a Common-grade magic book artifact in Sephiria. When acquired, it grants the Ice Bolt skill, a low-cost projectile spell that fires two ice projectiles at once. It belongs to the Glacier combo tag, making it a key early-game artifact for ice-focused builds.

The Ice Bolt is notable for being the weakest bolt spell in raw damage per projectile, but it compensates by firing two projectiles per cast. This gives it a unique niche among bolt-type magic books, especially for players who want a cheap, reliable way to apply Frostbite or trigger Glacier combo effects.

Data Table

Ice Bolt Skill Details

How to Obtain

The Ice Bolt is a Common-grade artifact, which means it can appear in regular artifact reward pools. There is no boss-specific drop or unique acquisition method documented for this item.

Based on the artifact system in Sephiria, you can obtain the Ice Bolt through standard sources such as:

• Stage rewards – Common artifacts appear frequently in normal stage clear rewards.
• Artifact shops – Common-grade artifacts can be purchased from merchants when available.
• Random drops – Enemies and treasure sources can drop common artifacts.

The Ice Bolt has no unique tag, meaning it is not restricted to a single copy per run (unless Wisdom Talent 10 is active, which prevents duplicate non-unique artifacts). This allows players to potentially acquire multiple copies, though the value of stacking this particular artifact is limited since it only provides the skill once.

Uses

Early-Game Ice Damage

The Ice Bolt provides a 2 MP spell that fires two projectiles. This makes it one of the cheapest magic books in the game, allowing frequent casting even with low maximum MP. At base magic acceleration, you can fire 5 shots before needing to wait for cooldowns.

Glacier Combo Enabler

The Ice Bolt carries the Glacier tag, which is one of the most important combo tags in Sephiria. By collecting multiple Glacier-tagged artifacts (2 or more), you activate the Touch of Frost effect, which applies the Frostbite debuff when dealing ice damage. The Ice Bolt is one of the few Common-grade artifacts with this tag, making it a practical early pick for players building toward Glacier combos.

Frostbite Application

Each Ice Bolt projectile deals ice attribute damage. When combined with the Glacier combo effect, these projectiles apply Frostbite to enemies. Frostbite reduces movement speed by 25% for 10 seconds and stacks up to 5 times. At 5 stacks, the target is frozen, taking 500% ice attribute damage and being stunned.

This makes the Ice Bolt a reliable tool for:

• Slowing fast enemies – The two-projectile spread helps hit moving targets.
• Building Frostbite stacks – Rapid casting at low MP cost helps stack Frostbite quickly.
• Triggering Freeze – With enough Glacier combo level, the stacks convert to Freeze, stunning enemies.

Synergy with Bicorn Crown

The Ice Bolt pairs well with the Bicorn Crown, a rare artifact that makes bolt magic fire in 3 directions. While this reduces the power of each projectile, the Ice Bolt's low cost and dual-projectile nature make it a viable candidate for this build. Combined with a Rat Wizard's Pendant, which induces bolt magic toward enemies, the Ice Bolt can hit targets reliably from a distance.

Upgrades and Changes

The Ice Bolt artifact has a maximum level of 1, meaning it cannot be upgraded through enchantment or slabs. Its effect is static: it always grants the Ice Bolt skill with the same base stats.

However, the Ice Bolt skill itself scales with the artifact's level. At level 0, the skill deals 14 base damage with +20% ice attribute scaling. At level 1, it deals 16 base damage with +30% ice attribute scaling.

The number of shots available is determined by magic acceleration. Higher magic acceleration values allow more consecutive casts before cooldown becomes a factor. At base magic acceleration, you can fire 5 shots.

Version Context

The Ice Bolt has been part of Sephiria's artifact pool since before patch 0.9.1. The artifact system was significantly reorganized in patch 0.9.1, which changed how combo effects work. Before this patch, combo effects were not cumulative; after the patch, all combo effects from 2 to 10 stacks apply additively.

This change benefits the Ice Bolt indirectly because the Glacier combo became more powerful. The Ice Bolt's role as a cheap Frostbite applicator became more valuable as Glacier combo effects now stack cumulatively.

No direct changes to the Ice Bolt itself have been documented in later patches. The artifact remains a Common-grade magic book with the Glacier tag.

Related Pages

• Sephiria Blade
• Sephiria Crossbow
• Sephiria Dagger
• Sephiria Katana

Sources

The information on this page is consolidated from the Sephyria Artifact wiki page (https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%84%B8%ED%94%BC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84/%EC%95%84%ED%8B%B0%ED%8C%A9%ED%8A%B8). Specific values and mechanics are drawn directly from that source.