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Ice Bow
  • Ice Bow item spriteold Ice Bow item sprite
Autofire
Stack digit 1
Statistics
Type
Uses ammoArrows
Damage39 / 46 (Ranged)
Knockback4.5 (Average)
Critical chance4%
Use time14 (Very fast) /
21 (Fast)
Velocity20 (not affected by ammo)
TooltipShoots frost arrows
RarityRarity level: 5
Sell5
Research1 required
Projectile created
  • Frost Arrow
    Frost Arrow
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic mode icon Classic
Expert mode icon Expert
Master mode icon Master
EntityQty.Rate
Ice MimicIce MimicIce Mimic131.67%
Ice Bow (demo)

The Ice Bow firing Frost Arrows.

The Ice Bow is a Hardmode bow that has a 31.67*19/60 (31.67%) chance to be dropped by Ice Mimics in the Ice biome. On the PC version PC version, Console version Console version, Mobile version Mobile version, and tModLoader version tModLoader version, it is capable of autofire.

When fired, the next available arrow will instead be converted into a special Frost ArrowFrost Arrow which fires at a higher velocity than average arrows. However, while the used arrow's base damage is accounted for, special properties of converted arrows are entirely lost.

Unlike the craftable Frostburn Arrows, these special Frost Arrows do not inflict the Frostburn debuff.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

"Remix" Variant[]

The Ice Bow receives a plethora of changes in the "remix" seed, swapping it with the Snowball Cannon in progression. As such, in the seed, the Ice Bow is heavily nerfed for use in early Pre-Hardmode, and is found inside of Ice Chests in place of the Snowball Cannon.

Tips[]

  • Like other bows that fire special arrows, the Ice Bow is especially effective to use with the Endless Quiver.
  • Due to a special coding quirk, this bow can be used along side the Flying Knife - using the Flying Knife and switching to the Ice Bow while the fire button is held allows one to use both weapons at once. This is a great way to gain extra DPS via the Flying Knife's projectile as well as inflicting Ichor for free via Flasks, boosting the damage of the Ice Bow itself.

Trivia[]

  • The Ice Bow is very similar in function to the Marrow, as they are both Early Hardmode weapons obtainable underground, both shoot a unique high-velocity projectile, and before 1.4 had a very similar stat distribution.

History[]

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Damage decreased from 46 to 39.
    • Use time decreased from 21 to 16.
    • Now autofires.
  • Desktop 1.2.3: Slightly increased damage and slightly decreased use time.
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