Ice Elemental

Ice ElementalHardmode exclusive

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Snow biome + Night Ice biome
AI Type	Hovering AI
Damage	55/110/165 (contact) 90180270 (Frost Blast)
Max Life	200/400/600
Defense	20
KB Resist	40%/46%/52%
Banner	Ice Elemental Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Inflicts debuff

Debuff	Frostburn
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	33.3% (Frost Blast) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Duration	6 seconds12 seconds15 seconds

Drops

Coins	15 SC37 SC50 CC

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Ice Sickle
  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 1% / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 0.56%
• Frost Staff
  2%

Projectile created

Projectile created

Projectile created

• Frost Blast (hostile)
  

Sounds

Hurt
Killed
Frost Blast

• Internal NPC ID: 169
• Internal Buff ID: 44
• Internal Projectile ID: 128

The Ice Elemental is a Hardmode enemy that appears in the Snow biome at night and in the Ice biome at any time. The Ice Elemental slowly hovers towards the player and shoots Frost Blasts which, on  Desktop,  Console, and  Mobile, have a 1/3 (33.33%) chance to inflict the Frostburn debuff for 6 / 12 / 15 seconds.

Notes

• Ice Elementals 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 or personify a force of nature. Historically, elementals personify one of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, or fire (sometimes plants, and later included aether). In the fantasy role-playing game Dungeon & Dragons, elementals which are fusions and other unconventional elementals have been introduced.
• Unlike most ice-themed enemies, the Ice Elemental can neither inflict the Chilled or Frozen debuffs.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) They instead inflict the Frostburn debuff, and are the only enemy in the game able to do so.

• 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."

History

 Desktop version

• 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.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop its banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.