Ice Staff

The **Ice Staff** is a magic weapon.

## Appearance

The Ice Staff looks like a long stick topped with a Sapphire.

## Use

By combining the Ice Staff with other items, the player can use several spells to inflict ice damage and freeze NPCs. The Ice Staff's spells consume 50% less Mana when the player is cold and 50% more mana when the player is hot.

### Hotbar

When the Ice Staff is equipped, a vertical hotbar will appear on the right side of the screen, consisting of 6 slots, those being one basic spell and five advanced spells. The basic spell, Freeze, is unlocked by default, while the advanced spells have to be crafted. The player can scroll through these by pressing the arrow keys(the up arrow will select the slot above the slot previously selected, while the down arrow will select the slot below it). The player casts the spell selected by pressing M2.

### Spells

The Ice Staff is charged with a spell by using the crafting recipes listed below.

* **Items** denotes what items are used to create the spell. Not used in Freeze.

* **Slot** denotes what slot number the spell is in.

* **Damage** denotes how much ice damage the spell inflicts. Not used in Create Frost Man.

* **Cost** denotes how much Mana is used by casting the spell.

* **Cooldown Length** denotes how long the player must wait before they can cast the spell again. This refers to real-life time, not in-game time.

* **Tier** denotes what tier of Freeze is inflicted by the spell. Not used in Create Frost Man.

When a spell is crafted, it will appear in the appropriate slot. After the spell is cast, there will be a cooldown period before it can be cast again. Once a spell is crafted, the player will be able to use it at any time, provided they have sufficient Mana and the cooldown period for that spell is not active.

The spells are listed below:

#### Freeze

* **Slot:** 1

* **Damage:** 15

* **Cost:** 3

* **Cooldown Length:** 3 seconds

* **Tier:** Freeze I

Creates a weak icicle in front of the player, which is then projected.

#### Ice Spike

* **Items:** Icicle x5

* **Slot:** 2

* **Damage:** 25

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 10 seconds

* **Tier:** Freeze III

Creates a powerful icicle in front of the player, which is then projected.

#### Frost Stream

* **Items:** Frost Dust x5

* **Slot:** 3

* **Damage:** 10 per second

* **Cost:** 3 per second

* **Cooldown Length:** 15 seconds

* **Tier:** Freeze III

The player points the staff in front of them and a three-block-wide jet of freezing air is sprayed from it for as long as the spell is active. The spell can be active for a maximum of five seconds.

#### Create Frost Man

* **Items:** Ice

* **Slot:** 4

* **Cost:** 10

* **Cooldown Length:** 1 minute

Spawns a Frost Man to fight for the player until its death. Only one summoned Frost Man can be active at once, unless the Ice Staff is upgraded to Impeccable or higher using a Grindstone, in which case two can be active at once.

#### Frost Aura

* **Items:** Frost Dust x10

* **Slot:** 5

* **Damage:** 10

* **Cost:** 3 per five seconds

* **Cooldown Length:** 10 minutes

* **Tier:** Freeze II

For one minute, the player is coated with freezing air. Upon entering melee range, any enemies take damage and are frozen.

#### Blizzard

* **Items:** Frost Dust x15, Sapphire x15, Icicle x10, Eye of Frost, Yeti Bone x15

* **Slot:** 6

* **Damage:** 16 per second

* **Cost:** 100

* **Cooldown Length:** 30 minutes

* **Tier:** Freeze V

Conjures a massive swirling ice storm, freezing creatures within a 20-block AoE around the player for 10 seconds. This does not harm the player character, but the player should be wary of friendly fire while using it so that the player does not accidentally harm any allies.

## Obtaining

The Ice Staff can be crafted with Freeze, two Sticks, and five Arcane Essence at a Magic Manipulator. It can also be found in an Ice Staff Trap, though this is more dangerous.

## Crafting

### Magic Manipulator

**Freeze** + **Stick x2** + **Arcane Essence x5** = **Ice Staff**

**Ice Staff** + **Icicle x5** = **Ice Staff(Ice Spike)**

**Ice Staff** + **Frost Dust x5** = **Ice Staff(Frost Stream)**

**Ice Staff** + **Ice** = **Ice Staff(Create Frost Man)**

**Ice Staff** + **Frost Dust x10** = **Ice Staff(Frost Aura)**

**Ice Staff** + **Frost Dust x15** + **Sapphire x15** + **Icicle x10** + **Eye of Frost** + **Yeti Pelt x15** = **Ice Staff(Blizzard)**

## Trivia

* The Ice Staff is the counterpart of the Fire Staff.

## Achievements

**Cryomancer** - *"Master all of the Ice Staff's spells."*
Learn and cast all of the spells for the Ice Staff.