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Ice spells

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Ice spells are one of four types of Ancient Magicks combat spells, and the only type that can apply Freeze. Ice spells are notable for high damage and Area of Effect (AoE) capability, giving players the ability to freeze multiple targets at the same time.

Upon being affected by an ice spell the chat box will report: You have been frozen!

When the effect is about to expire the following message notifies the affected player: The freeze cast upon you is beginning to thaw.

Blighted ancient ice sacks allow players to cast these spells in lieu of using runes while in the Wilderness, PvP worlds, Castle Wars, Clan Wars, or Soul Wars. Keep in mind switching weapons will cancel auto-casting when in the Wilderness.

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Spell Magic Level Runes Experience Base
Max hit
Type Freeze
duration[1]
Immunity
duration[1]
Ice Rush Magic 58 2Water 2Chaos 2Death 34 16 Single
target
8t (+0)[2] 5t
Ice Burst Magic 70 4Water 4Chaos 2Death 40 22 AoE 16t (+1)[2] 5t
Ice Blitz Magic 82 3Water 2Blood 2Death 48.5 26 Single
target
24t (+2)[2] 5t
Ice Barrage Magic 94 6Water 2Blood 4Death 52 30 AoE 32t (+3)[2] 5t
  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Values provided are in Game ticks, one tick is equal to 0.6 seconds.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Ancient sceptre increases the duration of Ice spells by 10%, rounding down.


Targets are immune from being frozen again for 5 ticks (3s) after the freeze time expires.

Casting an ice spell with the tome of water equipped does not use the 10% accuracy and damage bonus (20% if cast on players) normally applied, nor does it use any charges. The tome will still act as an infinite source of Water runes provided that it is at least partially charged.

The Ancient sceptre increases the duration of the freeze applied by ice spells by 10% (rounding down) leading to an increase of 0, 1 tick (0.6s), 2 ticks (1.2s), and 3 ticks (1.8s) for Rush, Burst, Blitz, and Barrage respectively. The Ice ancient sceptre furthermore increases accuracy against unfrozen targets by 10% on top of the base duration bonus.

  • Ice Rush
    Ice Rush
  • Ice Burst
    Ice Burst
  • Ice Blitz
    Ice Blitz
  • Ice Barrage
    Ice Barrage

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