Archmage

Archmage

Statistics

Type	NPC
Environment	Valid house
AI Type	Passive AI
Max Life	20,000
Defense	15
KB Resist	20%
Inflicts debuff	Frostburn 100% chance
Debuff duration	3 seconds (Dark Ice attack)
Debuff tooltip	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts
Inflicts debuff	Glacial State 100% chance
Debuff duration	0.5 seconds (Dark Ice attack)
Debuff tooltip	Cannot move and defense is shattered

Sounds

Hurt

Killed

Dark Ice

Map Icon

This is a Town NPC. A House may be required in order for it to appear.

The Archmage is a Hardmode NPC vendor that will spawn once the following conditions have been met:

• There is an empty house.
• Cryogen has been defeated.

When threatened by enemies, he will defend himself with a dark ice crystal. He and Crabulon are incapable of attacking each other.

Items sold

Inventory
Item	Cost	Availability
Warmth Potion	2	Always available.
Coldheart Icicle	36	If the player has the Calamity Community Remix mod enabled,
Frostbite Blaster	36	Always available.
Icicle Trident	36	Always available.
Ice Star	5	Always available.
Arctic Bear Paw	48	After defeating all Mechanical Bosses.
Frosty Flare	8	After defeating all Mechanical Bosses.
Cryophobia	36	After defeating all Mechanical Bosses.
Cryogenic Staff	48	After defeating all Mechanical Bosses.
Absolute Zero	80	After defeating the Frost Moon.
Eternal Blizzard	80	After defeating the Frost Moon.
Winter's Fury	80	After defeating the Frost Moon.
Icy Bullet	80	After defeating the Frost Moon.
Icicle Arrow	80	After defeating the Frost Moon.
Permafrost's Concoction	36	Always available.
Super Mana Potion	15	Always available.
Delicious Meat	20	Always available.
Magic Scarf and Hat	5	Always available.
Blood Rune	1	When the player possesses an Ice Barrage.

Names

• The Archmage will always be named Permafrost.

Quotes

While homeless:

• "I deeply appreciate you rescuing me from being trapped within my frozen castle.... It's been many, many years..."
• "I have not seen such a sky in decades. Who are you, to so brazenly march against that Tyrant?"
• "I am finally free... how could I ever repay you? Oh, I know. Want some Delicious Meat? "

Anytime:

• "The tundra’s unnatural state is not all my doing. Decades ago, I came across it and amplified the climate with my magic."
• "If you have a request, make it quick. I am in the process of weaving a spell, which requires great focus."
• "You have the makings of a gifted mage. Tell me, what do you think of ice magic?"
• "Flowers and the like don’t hold a candle to the beauty of intricately formed ice."
• "Tasty and delicious, yummy and nutritious! Buy Delicious Meat today!"

Anytime if Truffle is present:

• "That truffle fellow doesn’t seem too fond of the food I’m selling."
• "So few of us here know of the Shroom Garden . Great place, honestly."

During the daytime while not in the snow biome:

• "The sun beats down harshly upon my creations here. If you would allow me to conjure a blizzard every now and then..."
• "I must admit, I’m not quite used to this weather. It's far too warm for my tastes..."

During the night or in the snow biome:

• "Nightfall is a good time for practicing magic. We mages often rely on celestial bodies and their fragments to enhance our mana."
• "Necromancy was never a field I found interesting. Why utilize the rotting corpses of people, when you could form far more elegant servants of ice?"

During a Party:

• "Sometimes... I feel like all I'm good for during these events is making ice cubes and slushies."
• "I brought some Delicious Meat for everyone to enjoy. "

During a Blood Moon:

• "If your blood were to thoroughly freeze, it would be quite fatal."
• "The undead which roam tonight are still monsters of blood and guts, but they seem... fresher."

After either Plantera, The Calamitas Clone or The Derellect has been defeated prior to Polyphemalus' defeat.

• "r we srsly gunna gloss ova da fax dat teh eyes r angurr??/??"

Prior to Unstable Calamity's defeat:

• "Unstable Calamity? Oh, they're quite EVIL all right.."

If Moon Lord has been defeated:

• "It is shocking, to see you have come so far. I wish you the best of luck on your future endeavours."
• "You, having bested so many beings, even deities, I wonder if I have anything left to offer you. Oh right, want some Delicious Meat? "

Notes

• When defeated for the first time, Cryogen will drop the Archmage from wherever it is defeated.

Trivia

• The Archmage works with Crabulon to produce and sell Delicious Meat.
• The Archmage, along with the Sea King, are two characters who appear in the mod's lore.
  • Further supporting this, Permafrost refers to Cryogen as his ice castle, which is a reference to the lore, where it states that Yharim trapped him in his castle, which is Cryogen.
• The Archmage has a Draedon's Log entry dedicated to him that can be found in the Ice Bio-center Lab.
• The Archmage drops from Cryogen when it is defeated for the first time, once again referencing the lore.
• Real life Permafrost is ground that consistently remains at low temperatures below 0°C (32°F) for more than 2 years.
• His self-defense projectile is visually identical to the ice crystal fired by Absolute Zero; however, the Archmage's ice crystal pierces enemies and does not deal additional damage when it explodes.
• The Archmage has only one possible name, sharing this trait with Santa Claus, the Brimstone Witch, and the Sea King.
  • The Wizard expresses attraction for the Archmage in one of his dialogues.
• The quote "r we srsly gunna gloss ova da fax dat teh eyes r angurr??/??" is reference to Polyphemalus' theme, the eyes are anger, which was composed by the artist GummyLeeches.
• In the mod's source files, the Archmage is referred to as 'DILF'.