Ice Queen

Ice Queen

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 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Frost Moon
AI Type	Ice Queen AI
Damage	120/180/270 (melee) 110 (melee) 84168252 (Frost Wave) 70–74140–148210–222 (Frost Shard)
Max Life	34000/44200/56355
Defense	38
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Debuff	Chilled
Debuff tooltip	Your movement speed has been reduced
Chance	100% (Frost Wave) 66.67% (Frost Shard)
Duration	5–10 seconds10–20 seconds12.5–25 seconds (see Notes)

Debuff	Frozen
Debuff tooltip	You can't move!
Chance	16.54% (Frost Wave)
Duration	≤ 1 second≤ 2 seconds≤ 2.5 seconds (see Notes)

Drops

Coins	51250

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Higher item drop chances in later waves 
• One of the following 4 items may be dropped 
• Blizzard Staff
  4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
• Snowman Cannon
  4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
• North Pole
  4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
• Baby Grinch's Mischief Whistle
  0.95%–1.67%3.33%–6.67%
• Reindeer Bells

  During Wave 15 and up
  1.12%–1.66%6.66% / 0.56%–0.83%3.33%
• Ice Queen Trophy

  During Wave 15 and up During Wave 15 and up
  During Wave 8 and up
  4.17%–12.5%
  25%–50% 27.27%–60%
• Frozen Crown
  12.5%–25%
• Ice Queen Relic
  50%–100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 345
• Internal Buff ID: 46, 47

The Ice Queen is a Hardmode, post-Plantera mini-boss that spawns during the Frost Moon event. She is the event's final enemy and can move freely through blocks. Defeating an Ice Queen will add 150 points (300 points) during the Frost Moon. She is the equivalent to the Pumpking from the Pumpkin Moon, being the Frost Moon's most powerful enemy, coming in at the last waves of the event, and being the event's only flying boss.

Like the Everscream and Santa-NK1, the later the wave the Ice Queen is killed in, the more likely she is to drop items. An Ice Queen defeated during wave 20 has a guaranteed chance to drop at least one weapon from her standard drop table.

Behavior

The Ice Queen's behavior is characterized by astonishingly fast movement and evasive maneuvers while firing off constant ranged attacks aimed toward the player. She will hover and attempt to position herself above the player while randomly cycling through the following attacks:

• The Ice Queen flies across the screen from left to right while shooting frost waves at the player.
• The Ice Queen hovers above the player while raining frost shards from below her. The frost shards from this attack deal slightly more damage (74 / 148 / 222).
• The Ice Queen remains stationary before spinning in the air and shooting frost shards in randomized directions. The frost shards from this attack fly in long horizontal arcs before being affected by gravity and deal slightly less damage (70 / 140 / 210).

As the Ice Queen's health is depleted, her acceleration and maximum horizontal speed increase. Additionally, the firing rates of her attacks increase, as detailed in the following table. Note that these changes happen as Ice Queen's health passes the listed thresholds, and are not continuous; thus, for example, her frost wave firing rate will be 2.07 waves/second at 100% health and also at 75% health, but as soon as its health drops below 75%, the rate of fire will increase to 2.22/sec.

Health	Frost Wave Rate of Fire (waves/sec)	Frost Shard Rain Rate of Fire (shards/sec)	Twirl Attack Rate of Fire (shards/sec)
≥ 75% (25500 / 33150 / 42266)	2.07 (1 every 29 ticks)	3.33 (1 every 18 ticks)	7.5 (1 every 8 ticks)
≥ 50% (17000 / 22100 / 28177)	2.22 (1 every 27 ticks)	3.53 (1 every 17 ticks)	8.57 (1 every 7 ticks)
≥ 25% (8500 / 11050 / 14088)	2.4 (1 every 25 ticks)	4 (1 every 15 ticks)	12 (1 every 5 ticks)
≥ 10% (3400 / 4420 / 5635)	2.61 (1 every 23 ticks)	4.62 (1 every 13 ticks)	30 (1 every 2 ticks)
< 10%		5.46 (1 every 11 ticks)	60 (1 every tick)

Notes

• During the final waves of the Frost Moon there may be several Ice Queens on the screen at once.
• The Ice Queen has a higher chance of dropping loot in later waves. See Frost Moon for more details.
• The Ice Queen's projectiles inflict the following debuffs:

Debuff	From Projectile		Duration			Chance
			Classic	Expert	Master
Chilled		Frost Wave	5 seconds	10 seconds	12.5 seconds	50*1/2 (50%)
			10 seconds	20 seconds	25 seconds	50*1/2 (50%)
		Frost Shard	5 seconds	10 seconds	12.5 seconds	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)
			10 seconds	20 seconds	25 seconds	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)
Frozen		Frost Wave	1/3 of a second	2/3 of a second	5/6 of a second	7.16*55/768 (7.16%)
			2/3 of a second	1 + 1/3 seconds	1 + 2/3 seconds	5.21*5/96 (5.21%)
			1 second	2 seconds	2.5 seconds	4.17*1/24 (4.17%)

Tips

For more elaborate strategies on defeating Ice Queen, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:Frost Moon strategies.

• Both of the Ice Queen's attacks will inflict the Chilled debuff, which slows the player's movement speed, and Frost Waves will sometimes inflict the Frozen debuff which completely immobilizes the player. Drinking a Warmth Potion, equipping a Hand Warmer, or equipping an Ankh Shield in the  Desktop,  Console, and  Mobile versions will negate these effects and potentially make the fight much less frustrating.
• The Frozen debuff causes players to exit their mount. This may kill a player without immunity to fall damage if inflicted at a high point in the sky.
• The Ice Queen is most vulnerable while executing her "Ice Twirl" attack, when she begins to spin in place rapidly, shooting Frost Shards in all directions. This is the only time she stays in one spot.
• The distribution of the Ice Queen's frost shards during her twirl attack is weighted such that the projectiles have a significantly higher chance of shooting near-diagonally than near-vertically or near-horizontally. Thus, players standing roughly along one cardinal direction from the Ice Queen (up, down, left, or right from her) have a lesser chance of being hit than players standing diagonally from her.
• To mitigate her damage, using wings and possibly movement enhancing accessories for chasing and dodging, in addition to equipping a Cross Necklace/Star Veil combined with healing (Spectre armor/Vampire Knives), proves very effective.

Trivia

• On  Old-gen console and 3DS versions, Ice Queen is considered the third strongest enemy in the game, the strongest being the Dungeon Guardian and the second strongest being Duke Fishron.

• The Bestiary entry for the Ice Queen: "If this icy towering monstrosity wishes for someone's soul, they'll surely let it go... right from their cold, dead hands."

• The Ice Queen's bestiary entry may be a reference to Elsa, from the Frozen franchise, since Elsa's most famous song is "Let it Go" and the bestiary entry for the Ice Queen references the title of that song. Furthermore, Elsa is known as the Ice Queen because of her royal status, but also because Frozen is based on a book by Hans Christian Andersen written in 1844, called "The Snow Queen".

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Reindeer Bells drop rate has been doubled.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now has Master Mode drops: it will always drop the Ice Queen Relic on death and also has a 25% chance of dropping the Frozen Crown pet.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Damage decreased from 130 to 120.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Damage decreased from 160 to 130.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.05: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS 1.03: Introduced.