Frosty Flare
| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 32 Rogue |
| Knockback | 2 (Very Weak) |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 15 Average |
| Velocity | 22 |
| Tooltip | Throw a flare that sticks to enemies and rains a hailstorm on them Stealth strikes trail snowflakes and summon phantom copies instead of ice shards 'Do not insert in flare gun' |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Glacial State100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 0.5 seconds (Flare) |
| Debuff tooltip | Cannot move |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Frostbite100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 3 seconds (Flare) |
| Debuff tooltip | It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts |
| Rarity |  |
| Buy / Sell | 8  / 1 60  |
| Research | 99 required |
Frost Shard
Snowflakes
- Not to be confused with Frost Flare, an accessory which drops from Cryogen.
Frosty Flares are consumable Hardmode rogue weapons that are sold by the Archmage for 8 each after defeating all the Mechanical Bosses. When thrown, icicle shards rain down from the sky around the flare. The flares remain fixed on struck enemies, causing the icicles to fall on the marked enemy. A max of five flares can mark a single enemy at a time. Thrown flares that hit enemies will always inflict the Frostbite and Glacial State debuffs.
Performing a stealth strike with a Frosty Flare will make the weapon deal 90% damage, cause phantom copies of the Frosty Flare to rain down instead of icicle shards, and gravity-affected snowflakes to follow the path of the Frosty Flare. The phantom copies can spawn ice shards, and count towards the maximum of five flares on an enemy.
The Frosty Flare cannot be reforged, and therefore cannot have modifiers.
Notes
- Contrary to their name and appearance, they cannot be used as ammo for the Flare Gun. This is referenced in its tooltip.
- Unlike ordinary flares, Frosty Flares disappear upon impacting blocks and do not stick to them.
History
- 2.0.2.001:
- Buffed use time from 16 to 13 and stealth strikes no longer have a 90% damage modifier.
- Now inflicts Frostbite instead of Frostburn.
- 2.0.1.001: Frost Shard projectile now only plays its sound effect on enemy hits. Additionally, decreased its volume by 30%.
- 1.5.1.001:
- Decreased Frostburn duration from 5 seconds to 3, and Glacial State duration from 1 second to 0.5.
- No longer considered an ice weapon.
- 1.5.0.001:
- Decreased Glacial State duration from 2 seconds to 1.
- Stealth strikes now have a 90% damage modifier.
- Resprited.
- Fixed thrown projectile's sprite rotation issue.
- 1.4.5.001: Now has a stealth strike effect.
- 1.4.4.002:
- Now sold after defeating all Mechanical Bosses.
- Increased buy price from 36
to 48 , and it now uses the rarity instead of 
.
- 1.4.3.001: Projectile now functions in PvP.
- 1.4.0.001: Introduced.
