Ice Queen





Type | |
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Environment | |
AI Type | Ice Queen AI |
Damage | 120/180/270 (melee) 110 (melee) 84168252 (Frost Wave) 70–74140–148210–222 (Frost Shard) [1] |
Max Life | 34000/44200/56355 |
Defense | 38 |
KB Resist | 100% |
Immune to | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Debuff | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Debuff tooltip | You can't move! |
Chance | 16.54% (Frost Wave) |
Duration | ≤ 1 second≤ 2 seconds≤ 2.5 seconds (see Notes) |
Coins | 51250 |
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- Item (Quantity)Rate
- Higher item drop chances in later waves [2]
- One of the following 4 items may be dropped [2]
- 4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
- 4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
- 4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%
- 0.95%–1.67%3.33%–6.67%
Reindeer Bells
During Wave 15 and upIce Queen Trophy
During Wave 15 and up During Wave 15 and up
During Wave 8 and up[3]4.17%–12.5%
25%–50% 27.27%–60%
Hurt | |
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Killed |
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.[4] 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 [db 1] 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%)
- ↑ In total, the chance to inflict the Chilled debuff is 100% for the Frost Wave and
66.67*2/3 (66.67%) for the Frost Shard. The Frozen debuff is inflicted with an overall chance of16.54*127/768 (16.54%). Information taken from theDesktop 1.4.0.5 source code, methods
StatusPlayer()
inTerraria.Projectile.cs
,AddBuff()
inTerraria.Player.cs
, andAddBuff_DetermineBuffTimeToAdd()
inTerraria.Player.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
Tips
- 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.[5]
- 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
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 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 1.05: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced.
- 3DS 1.03: Introduced.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.0.5 source code, method
AI()
inTerraria.NPC.cs
. The relevant part is theaiStyle == 60
block. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 See Frost Moon for more details on the loot drop rates. Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.0.5 source code, method
RegisterBoss_FrostMoon()
inTerraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.ItemDropDatabase.cs
and classFrostMoonDropGatingChance
inTerraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.Conditions.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Trophies have a different drop rate than other loot from Frost Moon minibosses; see Frost Moon for more detail on these loot drop rates. Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.0.5 source code, method
RegisterBoss_FrostMoon()
inTerraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.ItemDropDatabase.cs
and classFrostMoonDropGateForTrophies
inTerraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.Conditions.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.0.5 source code, method
CheckProgressFrostMoon()
inTerraria.NPC.cs
. There may be inaccuracies, as the currentDesktop version is 1.4.4.9.
- ↑ For this attack, the frost shards are assigned an angle by being given a random, uniformly-distributed X-velocity and a random, uniformly-distributed Y-velocity, and their velocity vectors are then normalized to have a length of 15.0 (which does not change the angle). Thus, the distribution of the polar angles of their velocity vectors is nonuniform, being proportional to
. One external source which illustrates and explains this can be found here.[1]