Ice Sickle

Ice Sickle

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	50 / 40 (Melee)
Knockback	5.5 (Average)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	25 (Fast)
Velocity	12
Tooltip	Shoots an icy sickle
Rarity	05*
Sell	5
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Ice Sickle
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1306
• Internal Projectile ID: 263

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Armored Viking Armored Viking	1	1% / 0.56%
Ice Elemental Ice Elemental	1	1% / 0.56%
Ice Tortoise Ice Tortoise	1	1% / 0.56%
Icy Merman Icy Merman	1	1% / 0.56%

Not to be confused with Death Sickle or Sickle.

The Ice Sickle in use.

The Ice Sickle is a Hardmode melee weapon that fires a projectile with no ammunition or mana cost. The projectile will gradually reduce speed and eventually stops in midair, exist up to 5 seconds before disappearing, and can pierce a limited number of targets. It can be dropped by Armored Vikings, Ice Elementals, Ice Tortoises, and Icy Mermen, these enemies can spawn in Snow and Ice biomes.

On the  Desktop version, its projectile deals 67% (33) base damage and can pierce up to 3 enemies, dissipating upon hitting the fourth. Its drop chance is 1*1/100 (1%).

On the  Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, its projectile deals 100% (40) base damage and can pierce up to 4 enemies, dissipating upon hitting the fifth. Its drop chance is 0.56*1/180 (0.56%).

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• Like the Death Sickle, the range of the projectile produced by the weapon increases with melee speed.

Tips

• The weapon is very effective for close-range area control, as most enemies will be knocked back and take high damage by trying to pass through the hovering projectile. It is also potent against worm enemies (like the The Destroyer, Dune Splicer, Digger or World Feeder) that take multiple hits from each projectile.
• The Ice Sickle is extremely useful in early Hardmode, because it can be obtained just after defeating the Wall of Flesh and can kill groups of enemies in just a few hits.
• This weapon is good for dealing with monsters that can travel through blocks (especially while farming).
• Compared to the Death Sickle, it is an inferior weapon, lacking autoswing and block penetration.

Trivia

• The name Ice Sickle is a play on the word icicle.
• The Ice Sickle is improperly named; it more resembles a real-life scythe than a sickle, as it is much larger than sickles and lacks their short handle and circular blade.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.8:
  • Projectile damage increased from 50% of base to 67%.
  • Pierce count on projectile increased from 3 to 4.

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage increased from 42 to 50.
  • Range of Ice Sickle projectiles increased by 50%.
  • Projectile damage reduced from 100% of base damage to 50% of base damage.
  • Projectile changed to use static frames, and reduced the immune time between hits (deals damage slightly more often).
  • Projectile pierce count reduced from 5 to 3.
  • Drop rate increased from 1/180 to 1/100.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Increased damage from 40 to 42.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.