en:rpd:potion_of_frost_item
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Potion of Frost
A Potion of Frost is a type of potion in Remixed Dungeon that creates a freezing effect when exposed to air.
Effect
When shattered, the potion creates a freezing cloud that affects all creatures within 2 tiles of the impact point:
- Freeze: Creatures are frozen in place, unable to move or act
- Area of Effect: The freezing cloud affects all creatures within 2 tiles of the impact point
- Duration: Creatures remain frozen until the effect wears off or is cleared
- Mechanism: Uses Freezing blob to apply the freeze effect
Properties
- Rarity: Common
- Weight: 1
- Price: 50 gold coins (base price)
- Identification: One use to identify (shatter to learn effect)
- Type: Throwable Potion
- Upgrade Class: UpgradablePotion
- Effect Radius: (int)(DISTANCE * qualityFactor()) where DISTANCE is 2
Mechanics
- When shattered at any location, creates an area of effect based on distance map
- Uses PathFinder.buildDistanceMap to calculate affected area
- Affects all cells within the calculated distance map
- Freezing effect is applied to each affected tile using Freezing.affect()
- According to string resources: “Upon exposure to open air, this chemical will evaporate into a freezing cloud, causing any creature that contacts it to be frozen in place, unable to act and move.”
Function
- Shatter: When thrown at a target or ground, creates the freezing effect cloud
- Arrow Moistening: Can be used to moisten arrows, turning them into Frost Arrows
- Utility: Effective for stopping dangerous enemies or creating temporary barriers
- Environmental interaction: Can extinguish fires on impact
Strategy
- Use to temporarily disable dangerous enemies during combat
- Particularly effective on single powerful enemies that are difficult to fight
- Can be used to create temporary breathing room during difficult encounters
- Be careful not to freeze yourself or important allies
- Useful for crowd control when facing multiple enemies
- Excellent for crowd control in corridors and enclosed spaces
- Effective against fire-based enemies for extra damage
- Can be used to interrupt enemy casting or special abilities
- Combine with other crowd control items for maximum effect
- Invaluable for creating Frost Arrows through the moistening process
- Particularly effective against fire-based creatures
Obtaining
- Found as random drops in dungeon levels
- Available in shops
- Sometimes found in chests
- Dropped by certain enemies
Content Verification
- Java Class: PotionOfFrost.java
- Source Code Location: RemixedDungeon/src/main/java/com/watabou/pixeldungeon/items/potions/PotionOfFrost.java
- String Resource: PotionOfFrost_Name and PotionOfFrost_Info
- Effects: Uses Freezing.java blob to apply freeze effect
- Implementation: registerItemClass(PotionOfFrost.class)
- Entity Kind: potion_of_frost (via getEntityKind())
- Machine-readable data: mr:potion_of_frost_item
Related Items
- Potions - Other potions in the game
- Frost Arrows - Arrows moistened with this potion
- Frost Status Effect - The freezing effect applied to creatures
- Potion of Liquid Flame - Opposite fire-based effect
- Potion of Overhealing - Healing-based alternative
en/rpd/potion_of_frost_item.txt · Last modified: by 127.0.0.1

