Understand the effects of Cryo damage in Borderlands 4 and maximize the potential of this elemental effect with your Vault Hunters.

Cryo Damage is one of the five elemental damage effects in Borderlands 4. Weapons with this elemental effect are among the rarer types to find, specific to the Pandora’s Moon location due to the forzone methane material required to fire them. These weapons are highly effective at slowing down enemies and can completely freeze them.
In this article, we will explore Cryo Damage and the different Vault users who can utilize this effect.
Cryo Damage Overview in Borderlands 4

The Cryo damage is especially effective when put up against general targets such as guardians. This is also a great weapon of choice to use against those pestering, flying enemies, as it freezes them and drops them to the ground. If their health is low to begin with, their fall will instantly cause them to shatter, killing them in the process.
Here is a table with a better description of the enemies the Cryo damage will be most effective against.
Opponent Type | Element Effect |
---|---|
Flesh Enemies | Normal |
Armor Enemies | Strong |
Shield Enemies | Very Weak |
Vault Hunters’ Cryo Damage Skills

All the hunters, Vex, Harlowe, and Amon, except Rafa, possess Cryo Elemental Damage skills. Below is a list of all the skills in their respective arsenals.
Vex’s Cryo Skills
- Icy Attunement
- Overspirited
- Shiver
Amon’s Cryo Skills
- Thermal Diffusion
- Berserk
- Fellfrost
- There Is Only Red
- Rimebreak
- Hoarcleave
- Scourge
- Wrath of Nature
- Blastchill
- Tail of the Comet
- Cryonic Thrum
- Bullet Hail
- Ancient Ways
- Ring of Frostfire
- Icy Rage
- Northern WInd
- Winter’s Kiss
- Glacial Rapture
- Crucible
- Axe and Stone
- Twin Tempers
- Tempered Ice
- Hour of the Hammer
- Ordained Hammer
- Snowmaul
- Permafrost
- Freezer Burn
Harlowe’s Cryo Skills
- Chroma Accelerator
- Break the ICe
- Cold Welding
- Periodic Table Flip
- Too Coolant For Schoolant
- CXryodynamics
- Freeze Frame
- Unstable Ice-otope
- Cold Storage
- Keep Ice On That
- Endothermic Reaction
- Flash Freeze
- Triple Point
- Cold Plunge
- FLux Generator
- Blue Giant
- Heat Death
- BLue Shift
- Nuclear Winter
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