Ice Blade

Ice Blade

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	17 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 13 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) (Melee)
Knockback	4.75 (Average)
Critical chance	6%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Velocity	9.5
Tooltip	Shoots an icy bolt
Rarity	01*
Sell	40 SC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Ice Bolt
  

Sounds

Use
Frost Bolt
Frost Bolt impact
End of projectile cooldown

• Internal Item ID: 724
• Internal Projectile ID: 118

 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	15.51%
Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	16.67%

The Ice Blade used against Target Dummies.

The Ice Blade is a pre-Hardmode sword which occasionally fires a non-piercing Ice Bolt projectile when swung. It costs no ammunition or mana, emits a small amount of light, deals the same damage as the sword, is not affected by gravity, and dissipates upon hitting an enemy or solid block. The Ice Blade has a 1551/10000 (15.51%) 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).

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• The Ice Bolt projectile has a cooldown of 0.92 seconds.
  • While the cooldown is active, the player can neither switch items, look in another direction, nor utilize Auto Select, but they can continue swinging the sword.
  • A small particle effect and the sound for restoring mana will notify the player of a recharged Ice Bolt.
• The Ice Blade is capable of autoswing. It will swing in the direction of the last fired projectile.
• Melee speed will affect the speed of the Ice Bolt. Its cooldown will remain unchanged, however.
• On the , this weapon deals 18 damage without modifiers instead of 17. Whether this is intended or not is unknown.

Tips

• This can be a good early game melee weapon, because of its autoswing, 17 damage, and projectile.

Trivia

• The Ice Blade makes the same noise as the Ice Elemental when its projectile is fired.
• The Frostbrand can be considered its Hardmode upgrade.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated. Old sprite was .

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Increased damage from 13 to 17.

• 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: ()
  • Increased damage from 13 to 17.
  • Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with a damage stat of 17.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Increased damage from 13 to 17.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.