Frostburn Arrow

Frostburn Arrow

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Statistics

Type	Ammunition
Damage	7 / 7 (Ranged)
Knockback	2.2 (Very weak)
Velocity	3.75
Rarity	00*
Sell	3
Research	99 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Frostburn
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Chance	33.3%
Duration	3 seconds

Projectile created

• Frostburn Arrow
  

• Internal Item ID: 988
• Internal Buff ID: 44
• Internal Projectile ID: 172

Frostburn Arrows are a type of ammunition which have a chance to inflict the Frostburn debuff upon hitting an enemy.

Similar to Flaming Arrows, Frostburn Arrows have a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to drop as an item upon impact, allowing them to be recovered. However, only 1/3 of those that do drop as an item will remain Frostburn Arrows; the rest will revert to Wooden Arrows. This means that on average one out of nine fired Frostburn arrows may be recovered.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Frostburn Arrow 10	Wooden Arrow10 Ice Torch	By Hand
only: Frostburn Arrow 5	Wooden Arrow5 Ice Torch

Notes

• Unlike Flaming Arrows, Frostburn Arrows remain lit when shot into, or under water.
• Of the 32 enemies which are immune to Frostburn, only 6 spawn in pre-Hardmode.

Tips

• Frostburn Arrows have decisive advantages over Wooden or Flaming Arrows, especially during the early game:
  • They are made from very common crafting ingredients: 30 Frostburn Arrows require only 1 Wood of any kind, 1 Gel, 1 Ice Block, and 30 Wooden Arrows.
  • Frostburn does slightly more damage than On Fire! and cannot be put out underwater.
• Frostburn Arrows can be replaced by using the Endless Quiver with Frost Armor, as the armor's set bonus imbues all ranged and melee attacks with the Frostburn debuff.

Trivia

• Frostburn Arrows resemble Spectral Arrows, a type of arrow exclusive to the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Damage increased from 7 to 9.
  • Crafting output increased from 5 to 10.

• 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.