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IceMoon Basics

IceMoon is a multi-z level mining experience that is unique to the map IceMeta. It can be a fun change of pace, but there's a few things to be aware of. Here's a few tips when you mine on IceMoon for your first time.

Bring a pickaxe.

The method to collect glass on IceMoon is very different than other mining maps, as it requires you to get ice from mining boulders and rock piles you find in the wild with a pickaxe. To minimize load, it might be smart as a Shaft Miner to take a compact pickaxe from one of the mining lockers in the mining bay.

Avoid the plasma rivers. 

If you fall into a plasma river, it's almost certain death. These burn you insanely fast, and if you aren't able to get out of it in time, you'll very quickly become nearly unrecoverable. 

Watch your step!

Ice Chasms exposing you to lower levels are a risk in the elevated levels of the IceMoon Wastes. If you fall into one, you will almost certainly get hurt, and maybe even expose yourself to some hostile creatures waiting down below.

Mineral Hardness

IceMoon minerals have two different levels of hardness. Level 1 mineral walls will appear white and snowy, can be broken in one hit, and have less minerals than Level 2 walls. Level 2 mineral walls are known as Hardened Ice and take two hits to break. They have a better chance of spawning higher tier ores, or may even contain a shiny piece of Plasma Glacite.

The Wildlife - Non Sentient

IceMoon is home to a variety of creatures, and the majority of them would like to kill you.

Snow Legion

Fairly easy, very annoying.

Stats

Difficulty: Easy

Damage: Very Low

Speed: Slow

Attacks

Will not directly attack you, it will instead run away and maintain a distance.

• Sends snow legion heads after you, which inflict a tiny bit of damage and are very fast.
• If a Snow Legion head finds an unconscious being, it turns it into another Snow Legion.

Loot

(not merged yet)

Drops a snow legion core, an invaluable healing resource to miners and people around IceMoon. Using one will heal whoever it was used on a little bit, and will allow them to ignore any injuries for a moment and move at full speed. They will rapidly decay though, and need to be stabilized by a core stabilizing serum to prevent this.

White Wolves

Strength in numbers.

Stats

Difficulty: Medium

Damage: Low

Speed: Fast

Attacks

White wolves tend to stay close to each other, and will rush you as a group sometimes. They will chase after you, biting you for moderate damage, and will retreat once their health is low.

Loot

When wolves die, they leave behind a body to butcher. Butchering a wolf will reward you with the following:
1. 2 pieces of meat
2. 2 pieces of wolf sinew
3. 2 bones

Polar Bears

Big, strong, and not very nice. Polar Bears pack a heavy punch and can be the death of many unexperienced miners.

Stats

Difficulty: Medium

Damage: Medium

Speed: Slow

Attacks

Polar bears will chase after you, and stop for a moment to attack each time. They do a good bit of damage, and can kill you easily in groups. It's best to keep your distance when fighting these, or if you fight them at a close range, be observant of when they stop to attack.

Loot

Like wolves, polar bears leave behind a body to butcher. Butchering one gives you the following:
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You and Plasma Glacite

Plasma Glacite is a very strong ore found on IceMoon, and can be used for a variety of different things at the Moon Anvil. Functionally, it's the same as plasma magmite, but it looks different and makes different weapons.

You can only find plasma glacite in hardened ice deposits and can only harvest it via explosion. Be careful! Once you've collected a piece, make your way to the Moon Anvil. It will always be on the lowest level of IceMoon, and can be spotted by following the tempered signal in your GPS.

To use the Moon Anvil, you click it holding a piece of gibtonite, and then click it again with your plasma glacite. This will make plasma glacite upgrade parts. It can also be used to revitalize inert upgrade parts. After getting plasma glacite upgrade parts, you can use it on various pieces of mining equipment to upgrade it. Simply equip the glacite upgrade parts, and click an eligible mining equipment. You can see what can be upgraded and the result below.

• Proto-kinetic Accelerator - Mega Proto-Kinetic Accelerator: Functions the same as a normal Kinetic Accelerator, but it has a 120% mod capacity.
• Kinetic Crusher - Mega Kinetic Crusher: Functionally the same as a normal crusher, but it can be used to cut through rocks like a plasma cutter.
• Advanced Plasma Cutter - Mega Advanced Plasma Cutter: Functions the same as a normal Plasma Cutter, but goes 7 tiles with a bonus range of 7 more tiles (up from 5/5)
• Plasma Cutter Shotgun - Mega Plasma Cutter Shotgun: Functionally the same as a Plasma Cutter Shotgun but goes 7 tiles with a bonus range of 3 tiles (up from 5/2), it will also automatically defuse Gibtonite without needing an additional upgrade.