Talk:Snow Flinx

Topis from Ice Climber

Is it just me, or do these guys look exactly like the Topis from Ice Climber? - 71.90.44.109 02:46, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Spawning on snow

It seems that in pc version 1.4.1. flinxes can spawn on snow and ice blocks too. (enclosed spawn box, there is no other surface where they could be coming from than the strip of snow/ice, journey mode pre-hardmode) 95.90.148.17 19:19, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Verifying the enemy's spawn condition

Just found out that Snow Flinxes can sometimes spawn on Snow/Ice/etc. blocks (with no other blocks around), so I added an open info request. BadPiggy1024 (talk) 02:52, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Looking at the  Desktop 1.4.2.3 source code, I can confirm that it is possible for them to spawn on Snow Blocks, Ice Blocks, and Thin Ice. In the process of spawning an NPC, there are three opportunities for the spawned NPC to be a Snow Flinx. For the first one, the player must be in the Ice biome and not in the Hallow biome (i.e., the respective block and location requirements must be fulfilled), and the world must be in pre-Hardmode. For the second one, the only requirement is that the player is in the Ice biome. If these two checks fail, e.g. because the attached RNG did not yield a sufficient result, there is a third check later. Immediately prior to that third check is the spawn check for Undead Vikings. An Undead Viking is spawned if the player is in the Cavern layer or below and the selected tile (on which the NPC is to be spawned) is a Snow Block, an Ice Block, or Thin Ice. Now if that is not the case, e.g. if the selected tile is an ore or a block of Boreal Wood, and if the player is in the Ice biome, then a Snow Flinx is guaranteed to be spawned. I can see how this code segment might give the idea that it is entirely impossible for Snow Flinxes to spawn on the mentioned blocks, but that disregards the two earlier possibilities.

To summarize, Snow Flinxes solely require the player to be in the Ice biome to spawn. However, if they miss their first two opportunities to spawn, then they will have to "compete" with Undead Vikings and will only "win" here if the tile in question is not Snow/Ice/Thin Ice.

Hope this clears things up. I added a very generalized statement to the article with a pointer to this talk page, and removed the info request. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 15:11, 29 October 2021 (UTC)