North Pole

North Pole

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	80 / 73 (Melee)
Knockback	6.7 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	30 (Average) / 25 (Fast)
Velocity	4.75
Tooltip	Shoots an icy spear that rains snowflakes
Rarity	07*
Sell	9
Research	1 required

Projectiles created

• North Pole
  
• North Pole Spear
  
• North Pole Snowflake
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1947
• Internal Projectile ID: 342, 343, 344

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ice Queen Ice Queen	1	4.44%–7.78%15.56%–31.11%

The North Pole is a Hardmode, post-Plantera spear dropped by the Ice Queen during the Frost Moon event. It fires a icy spear projectile with no mana or ammo cost, similar to the Daybreak. The projectile travels straight for half a second and is then affected by gravity. It leaves a trail of snowflakes that deal damage, effectively "carpet bombing" the area between the player and the landing point of the projectile. The projectile fired will break upon contact with any enemy or block, and the weapon does not have autoswing.

Its best modifier is Godly or Demonic. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

Animation of the North Pole.

Notes

• The North Pole Spear projectile deals the same damage as the weapon and 85% of its knockback (5.695 (Average) base knockback). The North Pole Snowflake projectiles deal 70% of the weapon's damage (56 base damage) and 46.75% of its knockback (3.132 (Weak) base knockback).
• The North Pole Spear projectile deals 80% of the weapon's damage (58 base damage) and 85% of its knockback (5.695 (Average) base knockback). The North Pole Snowflake projectiles deal 64% of the weapon's damage (46 base damage) and 46.75% of its knockback (3.132 (Weak) base knockback).
• There can only be 187 snowflakes on the screen at any given time. After reaching this cap the spear projectiles will not produce anymore until the snowflakes start disappearing.
  • Additionally, every snowflake after 100 will spawn with 1% less damage. This can make them deal extremely low damage if the spear projectiles are launched high into the air. For example, while the 100th snowflake will still deal 64% weapon damage (46 base damage) as normal, the 150th snowflake will only deal 32% weapon damage (23 base damage), and the 187th snowflake, the last possible one, will only deal 8.32% weapon damage (6 base damage).
  • The high number of projectiles might trigger anti-cheat systems on some servers.
• Traveling horizontally, the projectiles move at 57 mph.
• The snowflakes are affected by the direction of the wind, so make sure to adjust aim to compensate.
• The projectiles are affected by liquids; when used underwater they travel half the normal distance before being affected by gravity and arc downwards very sharply. This does not reduce the number of snowflakes spawned per projectile, however, leading to a denser cluster of flakes.
• Holding this weapon will reduce the melee speed boost by half, which reduces the velocity increasing of the projectile from the melee speed boost.
• The spear projectile will pierce two enemies, dissipating upon impacting a third enemy.

Tips

• Fighting enemies out in the open gives a huge advantage.
• Aim it straight up and launch the missile upwards to allow all the snowflakes to descend and rain damage against large targets. This has a much higher rate of damage than even the Solar Eruption or Daybreak and can destroy weaker bosses or immobile targets like the Celestial Pillars with ease.
• The North Pole can be very useful for events due to the snowflakes falling over multiple enemies at once.
• This spear can easily take care of worm enemies, including The Destroyer. Fire it up in the air to create snowflakes which can damage the body all at once.
• Using the Feral Claws or any of their upgrades will provide autoswing, making this weapon much easier to use.

Trivia

• The North Pole is the northernmost point of the Earth, traditionally stated as the location of Santa Claus's home and workshop. Being a spear, like a pole, it uses North Pole as a pun. It follows from the weapon being dropped during the Christmas-themed Frost Moon event.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.8.1: Damage increased from 73 to 80.

• Desktop 1.4.4.8: Flakes that are very close to each other will now slightly push away from each other, resulting in flake spread when falling.

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Use time increased from 25 to 30.
  • Now spawns half as many projectiles, but the damage of the spear projectile now deals base damage and the flakes deal 70% base, compared to the previous 80% for the spear projectile and 64% for the snowflakes.
  • Removed the projectile cap.
  • Removed the impact of wind on flakes. Their spawning position is now semi-randomized, so that they don't all fall in the exact location.
  • Spear projectiles and flakes now have a much shorter projectile lifetime.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Damage reduced from 75 to 73.
  • Added a projectile cap.
  • Fixed a bug where the North Pole projectile could attain enough gravity velocity to pass through blocks.
  • Can no longer fire through walls.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.06:
  • Damage reduced from 75 to 73.
  • Now has a projectile cap.
  • Can no longer fire through walls.

• Console 1.05: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.12773: Fixed a bug where it would fire automatically upon entering a world.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced with mechanics of Desktop 1.2.3.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS 1.03: Introduced with mechanics of Desktop 1.2.3.