Flower of Frost

Flower of Frost

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	60 / 55 / 50   (Magic)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Mana	11 / 17
Critical chance	4%
Use time	12 (Very fast) / 20 (Very fast)
Velocity	7
Tooltip	Shoots a ball of frost
Rarity	05*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Frostburn
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	100% / 50%
Duration	8 seconds

Projectile created

• Ball of Frost
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1264
• Internal Buff ID: 44
• Internal Projectile ID: 253

 Dropped by

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ice MimicIce Mimic	1	31.67%

The Flower of Frost inflicting the Frostburn debuff. Note how its projectile can ricochet off of blocks.

The Flower of Frost is a Hardmode magic weapon that has a 31.67*19/60 (31.67%) chance to be dropped by Ice Mimics in the Ice biome. It launches a slow, non-piercing Ball of Frost that ricochets up to seven times (but not off of platforms), dissipating on the eighth. It can inflict the Frostburn debuff upon impact.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• On all versions, the Flower of Frost has a 50% chance to inflict the Frostburn debuff in player-versus-player scenarios. However, the debuff can still be activated even if the player receiving damage dodges the initial shot, e.g. with a Black Belt or Master Ninja Gear.

Trivia

• The Flower of Frost can be considered the Hardmode upgrade to the pre-Hardmode Flower of Fire.
  • Similar to the Flower of Fire, the Flower of Frost is a reference to the Super Mario platform game series, in which the Ice Flower is a power-up that gives the player the ability to throw bouncing ice balls that freeze enemies on contact.
  • While the Flower of Fire and Flower of Frost's stems look very similar, they are actually different: the leaves are shaped more circular on the Flower of Frost, and there is a distinct lack of shading as well.
  • In contrast to the Ball of Fire, the Ball of Frost can move through all liquids, falls slower, and gains height with each bounce.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Damage increased from 55 to 60.
  • Use time decreased from 20 to 12.
  • Mana cost decreased from 17 to 11.
  • Increased Frostburn chance from 50% to 100%.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage increased from 50 to 55.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Fixed bug where Frostburn wasn't applied in PvP when using Flower of Frost.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.