Ice Boomerang

Ice Boomerang

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	21 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 14 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Melee)
Knockback	8.5 (Very strong)
Critical chance	6% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 4% (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Use time	20 (Very fast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 15 (Very fast) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
Velocity	11.5
Rarity	01*
Sell	1 GC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Frostburn
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	50% (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Duration	3 seconds

Projectile created

• Ice Boomerang
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 670
• Internal Buff ID: 44
• Internal Projectile ID: 113

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	16.67%
Frozen ChestFrozen Chest	1	15.52%
Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	16.67%

The Ice Boomerang's animation.

The Ice Boomerang is a pre-Hardmode boomerang that has a 15.52% chance of being found inside Frozen Chests in the Ice biome, as well as a 1/6 (16.67%) chance of being obtained from Frozen(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Boreal Crates(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions). On  Desktop,  Console, and  Mobile, it can also inflict the Frostburn debuff for 3 seconds, and also has a base 6% critical strike chance, as opposed to the usual 4%.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount. However, Ruthless might be preferred if the player already has very high critical strike chance.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Trimarang(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Enchanted Boomerang Shroomerang(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Ice Boomerang	Work Bench

Notes

• The Ice Boomerang can travel for 0.5 seconds before it starts decelerating, and eventually turning around to return towards the player. This results in having a maximum range of roughly 26.38 tiles.^[1]
  • Melee speed bonuses increase the boomerang's velocity, which in turn increases its range.
    • Conversely, liquids will slow down the boomerang and reduce its range.
  • As soon as the boomerang begins decelerating, it gains infinite piercing and becomes capable of going through solid tiles. This allows it to hit enemies multiple times near end of its maximum range and slightly penetrate into tiles.
• The Ice Boomerang has a top speed of 46 mph when returning to the player, and can only exist for up to 1 minute before despawning. It will also despawn if its distance from the player is more than 187.5 tiles.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Increased damage from 16 to 21.
  • Now has a 50% chance to inflict Frostburn for 3 seconds.
  • Use time increased from 15 to 20.
  • Now used to craft the Trimarang.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Item and projectile sprites updated.
  • Now obtainable from the Frozen Crate and the Boreal Crate.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 16.
  • Critical strike chance increased from 4% to 6%.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Damage increased from 14 to 16.
  • Critical strike chance increased from 4% to 6%.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with a damage of 16 and critical strike chance of 6%.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Damage increased from 14 to 16.
  • Critical strike chance increased from 4% to 6%.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.

References