Ice ElementalHardmode exclusive
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Statistics
Type | |
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Environment | |
AI Type | Hovering AI |
Damage | 55/110/165 (melee) 90180270 (Frost Blast) |
Max Life | 200/400/600 |
Defense | 20 |
KB Resist | 40%/46%/52% |
Banner | ![]() |
Immune to | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Debuff | ![]() |
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Debuff tooltip | It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts |
Chance | 33.3% (Frost Blast) |
Duration | 61215 seconds |
Sounds
Hurt | |
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Killed | |
Attack |
- Internal NPC ID: 169
Ice Elementals are Hardmode enemies that hover towards the player and shoot Frost Blasts which, on PC,
Console,
Mobile, and
tModLoader, have a chance to inflict the Frostburn debuff. They can appear in the Ice biome at all times, and in the Snow biome at night.
Notes[]
- They can only hover about eight blocks off the ground.
- Both the Ice Elementals and their projectiles emit a high amount of light.
- Frost Blasts cannot be destroyed by hitting them, unlike many other orb projectiles.
- Frost Blasts cannot travel through walls.
- Ice Elementals ignore the Shroomite/Vortex armor's set bonus and they can still fire at stealthly/invisible players.
Tips[]
- Although Ice Elementals have a high range, their projectiles travel slowly enough to dodge them.
Trivia[]
- Elementals are magical entities who embody/personify a force of nature. Historically, elementals personify one of the four Classical elements: earth, water, air, or fire (sometimes plant, but never Aether). Dungeons & Dragons introduced elementals that were fusions, and other unconventional elementals.
- Unlike most ice-themed enemies, the Ice Elemental can neither inflict the Chilled nor the Frozen debuffs.
They instead inflict the Frostburn debuff. - Ice Elemental is the only enemy in the game to inflict Frostburn.
The Bestiary entry for the Ice Elemental: "Water elementals become icy when dense strong magicks accumulate in the coldest places. Their frosty shards freeze all."
See also[]
History[]
- Desktop 1.4.4: Ice Sickle drop rate increased from 1/180 to 1/100.
- Desktop 1.4.1: Projectile attack can now inflict Frostburn.
- Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated. The old sprite was
.
- Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop its Banner.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.