Kobold Icemancer

The Kobold Icemancer is a magic-using mob found in the Ice Caves level. It is an upgraded variant of the regular Kobold that uses ice-based attacks.

Kobold Icemancers were the elite of society. Notable warriors, wizards and most importantly, scientists. Ancient ice-masters seized the art of commanding ice, creating complex mechanisms strengthened with special spells.

• HP/HT: 70
• Defense Skill: 18
• Attack Skill: 25
• Damage: 15-17
• DR (Damage Reduction): 11
• EXP for Kill: 11
• Max Level: 21

• Ranged Attack: Can attack enemies at range using zapping mechanics with Ballistica line-of-sight calculation
• Slow Effect: Has a 50% chance to inflict Slow status effect on enemies for 1 turn when hitting with its ranged attack
• Death Resistance: Immune to Death enchantment and instant death effects
• Death Reporting: Tracks when the Kobold Icemancer kills an enemy with custom message

• Zapping Attack: Uses ranged attacks calculated via Ballistica.cast method (line-of-sight)
• Hit Detection: When zap hits target, has 50% chance (Random.Int(2) == 0) to apply Slow effect
• Slow Duration: Targeted enemies are slowed for exactly 1 turn
• Death Message: Uses string resource 'KoboldIcemancer_Killed' when killing a character: “%s's ice bolt killed you…”

• Potion Category: Has an 83% chance to drop a random potion from the potion category on death

Found in the Ice Caves level (floors ice2-ice4) based on Bestiary.json configuration:

• ice2: 1 spawn (vs 2 regular Kobolds)
• ice3: 1 spawn (vs 2 regular Kobolds, 1 ColdSpirit)
• ice4: 1 spawn (vs 2 regular Kobolds, 1 ColdSpirit, 0.6 IceElemental)

• Java Class: KoboldIcemancer.java - Core implementation
• Entity Kind: getEntityKind() returns “KoboldIcemancer” in Java code
• Base Class: Mob.java - General mob behavior
• Zapping Interface: IZapper.java - Ranged attack interface
• Line of Sight: Ballistica.java - Path calculation for ranged attacks
• Stats Verification: Extracted directly from KoboldIcemancer.java constructor (hp/ht: 70, defense skill: 18, attack skill: 25, damage: 15-17, dr: 11, exp: 11, maxLvl: 21)
• Zapping Method: zap method - Implementation of ranged attack and slow effect
• Attack Range Check: canAttack method - Uses Ballistica for line of sight
• Slow Effect Implementation: Slow class - Duration and mechanics of slow effect
• Random Chance: Random.Int(2) == 0 - 50% chance for slow effect
• Death Resistance: addResistance(Death.class) - Immunity to death enchantment
• Drop System: loot(Treasury.Category.POTION, 0.83f) - 83% chance for potion drop
• Treasury System: Treasury class - Manages random loot drops
• Death Reporting: checkDeathReport - Tracks when icemancer kills enemy
• String Resources:
  • English strings - Name, gender, objective, description, and killed messages
  • Russian strings - Russian localization
  • German strings - German localization
  • French strings - French localization
  • Spanish strings - Spanish localization
• Mob Factory: MobFactory - Registration of KoboldIcemancer class
• Spawn Rates: Bestiary.json - Defines spawn rates across Ice Caves levels
• Lua Script References: PlagueDoctor.lua - Used as requirement in NPC quests (5 Carcass of KoboldIcemancer)

• Kobold - Regular variant of this mob
• Ice Caves Level - Where this mob spawns
• Mobs - Other creatures in the dungeon
• Slow Buff - Status effect applied by this mob
• Ballistica - Line-of-sight calculation system
• Death Enchantment - What this mob resists
• Ice Elemental - Other ice-themed mob
• Cold Spirit - Other ice-themed mob
• Ice Guardian Core - Boss of Ice Caves