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This article is about Frost Mode. You may be looking for other uses of Frost.

For a frosty experience.
―Gamemode Description

Description

Frost mode is one of the six main survival modes. Frost mode has 40 waves. It is named after snow and frost-themed enemies in said mode.

Cash is only gained if an enemy is killed, or in some cases, damaged by a specific amount of health. Additionally, the amount gained is a set amount of cash, which is not always equal to the enemy's health. It uses a slightly different method of distributing cash between players, as enemies split their cash between players, regardless of how much damage the player dealt to it. If, in a duo, one player does all the damage to an enemy, both players will receive 50% of the cash the enemy would normally give in solo. This means that in solo, you receive 100% of the cash when an enemy is killed, or it is damaged enough. With each additional player, this is reduced to 50% in duo, 33% in trio and 25% in quad. If it is a decimal, it gets rounded up or down depending on the decimal value. If it is at least 0.5, it gets rounded up. If it is less than 0.5, it gets rounded down.

The health of enemies in this mode scales with the player count, starting at two players. The increase 30% in duo, 45% in trio and 60% in quad. It is applied after attributes, like Bloated, meaning they can affect the health of an enemy. The increase is not always the stated amount.

Rewards

The game calculates how many  Coins and   EXP you receive based on how many waves you survived and if you won a match. During periods of 50% more   EXP (Friday – Sunday), any   EXP earned is multiplied by 1.5x through the XP Boost modifier. The VIP gamepass also multiplies any   EXP earned by 1.25x through the VIP Boost modifier. These two boosts are additive. Some maps like Mason Arch can also increase all rewards by a specific amount. Regular   EXP boosts are multiplicative with other modifiers.

Any rewards that end in a decimal point is rounded down, no matter the first figure of the leading decimal.

Rewards are calculated as:

Coins Reward Gem Reward EXP Reward Tower EXP Reward
 800 ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2.4) +  1,200 (Triumph Bonus)  45 (Triumph Bonus)  200 EXP ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2) +  100 EXP (Triumph Bonus)  85 EXP ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]) +  110 EXP (Triumph Bonus)

Triumphing Frost mode can give out an additional reward, which can be a crate, consumable or ticket. They are meant to be guaranteed, though due to a bug this does not always happen. Sun & Moon Crate, Beach Crate, Scuba Ops Crate and Patriotic Crate are also part of this, though it is not known which rarity they are in. These items are:

Badges/Achievements

There are badges and achievements that you can or could obtain when playing this mode, which may have additional rewards alongside them. These are:

Defeat the Frost Spirit
✔ OBTAINABLE
Defeat the Frost Spirit in Frost Mode.


1,230,871 players earned this
Licensed Technician
✖ UNOBTAINABLE
Triumph Frost Mode with Spotlight Tech.

Rewards:
 500, 1x  Spin Ticket, 1x  Time Scale Ticket, 1x Showtime Crate

players earned this

Seasons

During some Passes, the Frost mode could give currency rewards that you used to progress through a season. Rewards for all the seasons were calculated as:

Season Rewards
The Final Act Battle Pass  16 per wave
Spring Frenzy Battle Pass  16 per wave
Solar Requiem Battle Pass [650×(Current Wave40)3]−[650×(Current Wave - 140)3]

Enemies

       
Frozen
Wave 1
51 Total
Snowy
Wave 2
44 Total
Snowman
Wave 4
30+ Total[1]
Frostmite
Wave 6
42+ Total[2]
       
Snow Golem
Wave 8
16 Total
Cold Mist
Wave 10
21+ Total[3]
Frost Mystery
Wave 12
48 Total
Snow Minion
N/A
N/A[4]
       
Crying Angel
Wave 14
43 Total
Yeti
Wave 16
21+ Total[5]
Packed Ice
Wave 17
25+ Total[6]
Unstable Ice
Wave 19
25 Total
       
Frost Invader
Wave 20
50 Total
Frost Undead
Wave 21
31+ Total[7]
Blizzard Wizard
Wave 23
23 Total[8]
Frost Hunter
Wave 25
16 Total
       
Frostbane
Wave 26
21+ Total[9]
Frost Ravager
Wave 28
6 Total
Deep Freeze
Wave 30
19 Total
Shivergeist
Wave 30
20 Total
       
Frost Mage
Wave 30
11 Total
Mega Frost Mystery
Wave 31
12 Total
Frost Necromancer
Wave 32
6 Total
Frost Champion
Wave 33
1 Total
       
Jack Frost
Wave 35
1 Total
Frost Hero
Wave 37
6 Total
Frost Spirit
Wave 40
1 Total
Ice Beacon
N/A
N/A Total[10]

Wave Structure

Currently, Frost mode has two wave bonuses, based on the current wave. Between waves 1 to 30, the wave bonus is calculated as:

 $325 + ([Waves Completed - 1] ×  $80)^1.03

Between waves 31 and 40, it is calculated as:

 $325 + ([Waves Completed - 1] ×  $80)^1.07

Depending on player count, the wave bonus is reduced using multipliers. These multipliers are:

Players Reduction per Player Total Reduction
Solo 0% 0%
Duo 15% 30%
Trio 13% 39%
Quad 10% 40%

The wave clear bonus appears when every enemy from that wave was killed and no damage was dealt to the base health. It is 7.5% of the wave bonus in solo, while for duo, trio and quad it is 5%.

The waves in Frost mode follow these timings:

Waves Wave Timer Skip Time[11]
1-5 0:30 0:10[12]
6-24 0:50 0:16[13]
25 2:00 0:40[14]
26-28 1:50 0:36[15]
29 1:00 0:20[16]
30-31 1:50 0:36[15]
32 1:30 0:30[17]
33 3:00 1:00[18]
34 1:30 0:30[17]
35 2:30 0:50[19]
36 1:30 0:30[17]
37 2:00 0:40[14]
38 2:30 0:50[19]
39 2:00 0:40[14]
40 ∞ N/A

Bolded names indicates an enemy type's debut.

The total of enemies in Frost Mode excluding summoned enemies is 821 enemies. Number includes summons from the naturally spawned Frostbane, Frost Mystery and Mega Frost Mystery as while a lot of them summon in a random enemy from a list, they will always spawn a specific number of enemies on death, making them consistent. Other forms of summoning are not accounted due to them being inconsistent.

Wave Structure
Wave Dialogue Enemy Type & Amount
1
 
Dispatcher
Heads up Commander. We've tracked unusual activity nearby and the temperature is plummeting.
5x Frozen
 
Dispatcher
Also...V seems a bit too exited about it, so I'd take that as a warning sign.
 
Commander
Yes Ma'am!
2 - 4x Snowy
3
 
Professor V
I've been tracking these anomalies for weeks! Creatures have been coming out of these random pockets of frost and I just have to know where they're coming from!
3x Frozen, 9x Snowy
4 - 1x Snowman, 5x Frozen, 1x Snowman
5
 
Commander
Hey V, what do we know about these things so far?
5x Frozen, 4x Snowy, 3x Snowman
 
Professor V
Hacker sent some drones into the frost so it'll be some time until we know more. I can't wait!
6 - 1x Frostmite, 5x Frozen, 1x Snowman (Bloated), 5x Snowy
7 - 1x Frostmite, 1x Snowman, 1x Snowman (Bloated), 1x Frostmite, 1x Snowman, 1x Snowman (Bloated)
8
 
Dispatcher
I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Commander, it might be time to set up some hidden detection!
6x Snowy, 3x Snowman, 1x Snow Golem
 
Commander
Yes Ma'am! I'm on it!
9 - 1x Snow Golem, 5x Frozen (Bloated), 4x Snowy (Bloated), 2x Snowman (Bloated), 1x Frostmite, 5x Frozen (Bloated), 5x Snowy (Bloated), 2x Snowman (Bloated), 1x Frostmite
10
 
Professor V
That's incredible! Those Cold Mists are using droplets of water to refract the light and make themselves nearly invisible!
7x Cold Mist
 
Commander
I meant to ask. How do we know the names of these things anyway?
 
Professor V
The research team has a dart board and they just kinda'-*click*.
 
Commander
Right-... Got it.
11 - 1x Snow Golem (Bloated), 4x Cold Mist, 4x Frostmite
12
 
Professor V
Is that a Frost Mystery?! It's been years since we've seen one! You just HAVE to bring one back for me!
5x Frost Mystery
 
Commander
So you can do what you did to that other creature? No way!
 
Professor V
You really suck the fun out of research, don't you?
13
 
Commander
If I knew they were frost enemies, I would have brought Pyro. These snowballs keep stunning us!
1x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 3x Snowman, 1x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 3x Cold Mist, 1x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 5x Frostmite
 
Dispatcher
Have you tried, I don't know... ducking?
 
Commander
I think one's enough.
14
 
Professor V
So that's what they were. I knew I saw something flying over a building in the photos! Why do they seem so...sad?
1x Snow Golem (Bloated), 3x Crying Angel, 5x Frostmite, 10x Frozen (Nimble, Bloated)
 
Commander
Please don't do that.
15 - 1x Snow Golem (Bloated), 3x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 1x Snow Golem (Bloated), 3x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 1x Snow Golem (Bloated)
16
 
Professor V
We've finally got something back from Hacker. It's not much, but we did learn a few things.
6x Frostmite (Bloated), 12x Snowy (Bloated, Nimble), 1x Yeti
 
Professor V
In the few pictures we transmitted, it shows a massive city carved completely out of ice and stone. Primitive by our standards, but the designs are impressive!
 
Professor V
We've trying to see what they're using to connect to our realm, but it's so cold there that the drones are freezing in only a few seconds. I'll let you know if we find out more.
17 - 1x Packed Ice, 8x Frostmite, 6x Snow Golem (Nimble), 1x Packed Ice
18
 
Professor V
Does it seem like fighting with strategy? That would mean something is commanding them.
7x Crying Angel
 
Commander
It's a bit hard to think when you are shooting something you can barely see!
19
 
Professor V
Hey, uh... I see something crawling out of the frost.
1x Unstable Ice, 1x Packed Ice, 5x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 4x Frostmite, 1x Yeti
 
Professor V
It might be a good idea to start building up our defenses a bit more.
 
Commander
On it!
20 - 10x Snowman (Bloated, Nimble), 2x Snow Golem, 1x Snow Golem (Bloated), 5x Frostmite, 4x Frost Invader
21 - 1x Frost Undead, 1x Packed Ice (Bloated), 3x Crying Angel, 3x Frost Mystery (Bloated), 1x Frost Undead, 3x Crying Angel, 3x Frost Mystery (Bloated), 1x Frost Undead
22
 
Commander
I am freezing-I can barely feel my fingers! The more of these things that show up, the colder it gets!
3x Frost Invader, 6x Unstable Ice, 4x Crying Angel
 
Dispatcher
I'm starting to think we should have brought Freezer instead. I bet he'd feel right at home-and won't complain too much.
 
Commander
That's easy to say when you're not the one out here!
23 - 3x Frost Invader, 3x Frost Undead, 4x Packed Ice, 1x Blizzard Wizard
24 - 5x Crying Angel (Nimble), 3x Unstable Ice (Bloated), 2x Blizzard Wizard, 8x Frost Mystery (Aggro), 1x Yeti (Nimble)
25
 
Dispatcher
Heads up! Looks like you have something coming.
4x Frost Undead, 3x Packed Ice, 2x Blizzard Wizard, 1x Frost Hunter (Boss)
 
Commander
'Something' is putting it lightly. Those Frost Hunters are terrifying!
 
Professor V
Yeah they are!
 
Commander
Whats[sic] wrong with you?
26 - 3x Blizzard Wizard, 3x Frostbane, 2x Unstable Ice (Aggro, Bloated)
27 - 4x Frost Undead, 3x Blizzard Wizard, 10x Frost Mystery (Bloated), 2x Yeti (Bloated)
28
 
Commander
There's[sic] some Frost Ravagers coming! Take out their shields!
1x Frost Ravager (Boss), 2x Packed Ice, 1x Frostbane, 1x Blizzard Wizard (Bloated), 3x Frost Undead, 2x Packed Ice, 1x Frostbane, 1x Blizzard Wizard (Bloated), 3x Frost Undead
 
Professor V
...and collect the pieces! I want to study what they're made out of!
 
Dispatcher
I think I'm going to send you into the field next time since you want to research everything.
 
Professor V
Please don't...
29
 
Dispatcher
V, have you learned anything else about the Frost Realm?
1x Frost Hunter, 1x Frostbane (Bloated), 3x Frost Invader (Aggro), 3x Packed Ice (Bloated, Nimble), 3x Frost Mystery (Nimble), 3x Frost Invader (Aggro), 1x Blizzard Wizard (Bloated), 1x Frost Hunter
 
Professor V
Aside from chains hanging everywhere? It seems like a structured society. The portal also leads into a militarized area, but in the back of this image there's something flying. I'm not sure what it is.
 
Dispatcher
We need to prepare for whatever might come out from that opening. The scientists have confirmed that it functions like our own portals, only differences is that something on the other side is holding it open, Maybe it could be that?
30
 
Dispatcher
Deep Freezes incoming!
1x Deep Freeze, 5x Frost Invader, 1x Deep Freeze, 1x Shivergeist (Bloated), 8x Crying Angel (Bloated, Nimble), 1x Frost Mage (Nimble), 7x Cold Mist (Nimble, Bloated), 3x Unstable Ice (Aggro)
 
Professor V
They look like they're built to be front liners! I bet their job is to make an opening so they can kill us! How cool!
 
Dispatcher
V!
 
Professor V
I need to stop doing that!
31
 
Commander
Those are a lot bigger than I remember!
1x Frost Ravager, 1x Mega Frost Mystery, 3x Packed Ice (Bloated), 1x Mega Frost Mystery, 5x Frost Undead, 1x Shivergeist (Aggro)
 
Professor V
I wonder how they got like that? They must be absorbing whatever is in their realm to cause such large mutations!
 
Commander
Please...I can't handle any more scientific theories...
32 - 5x Frost Invader, 3x Yeti, 2x Deep Freeze, 3x Yeti, 2x Blizzard Wizard, 3x Yeti, 1x Frost Mage, 1x Frost Necromancer
33
 
Professor V
I don't want to alarm you, but the last drone that went in showed a lot of enemies heading towards the portal.
2x Mega Frost Mystery, 3x Shivergeist (Aggro), 4x Frost Invader (Bloated), 2x Frost Hunter, 1x Deep Freeze, 1x Frost Champion (Boss)
 
Dispatcher
Watch out Commander, this would be the best time to upgrade everything we have!
 
Commander
Will do!
 
Professor V
I hope whatever that thing was comes through!
 
Commander
I don't!
34 - 1x Frost Ravager (Health Regen, Bloated), 5x Frost Invader, 2x Deep Freeze, 1x Shivergeist (Aggro), 2x Blizzard Wizard, 1x Frost Mage, 1x Frost Necromancer, 1x Shivergeist (Aggro)
35
 
Professor V
Those Tricksters are buffing the Frost Army!
1x Frost Ravager, 3x Frost Hunter, 1x Jack Frost (Boss), 1x Frost Mage (Bloated), 7x Frostbane, 8x Frost Invader, 4x Packed Ice (Bloated), 1x Deep Freeze
 
Professor V
Those Tricksters are buffing the Frost Army!
 
Commander
They're starting to send out stronger units. I have a bad feeling about this.
 
Professor V
Hold out for as long as you can! There's so much to study!
36 - 2x Deep Freeze (Bloated), 2x Yeti (Bloated), 3x Frost Hunter, 2x Shivergeist (Aggro), 2x Yeti (Bloated), 2x Frost Necromancer, 2x Shivergeist (Aggro), 3x Unstable Ice
37
 
Commander
I've spotted a Frost Necromancer!...and a Frost Hero?!
3x Frostbane, 2x Frostbane (Bloated), 1x Shivergeist (Nimble, Aggro), 3x Blizzard Wizard, 1x Shivergeist (Nimble, Aggro), 1x Frost Necromancer, 2x Frost Mage, 2x Frost Hunter, 1x Frost Ravager, 1x Frost Hero (Bloated, Boss)
 
Commander
They're starting to send out stronger units. I have a bad feeling about this.
 
Professor V
Hold out for as long as you can! There's so much to study!
38 - 7x Unstable Ice, 6x Frost Invader (Bloated), 3x Deep Freeze (Bloated), 4x Shivergeist (Bloated, Nimble), 4x Frost Mage (Nimble), 10x Crying Angel (Bloated)
39
 
Professor V
They have to be those guards that I saw surrounding the creature! It's almost here!
4x Deep Freeze, 3x Mega Frost Mystery, 3x Frost Hero, 8x Frozen (Bloated, Tank)
 
Professor V
I wonder if those creatures are tied to it in some way. What if they're enslaved to serve? What if they devote their existence to it? I have so many questions!
 
Commander
V you're giving me villain vibes!
40
 
Dispatcher
A large enemy exited the frost portal and the temperature is dropping! You need to get out of there!
3x Frost Hunter, 4x Frost Invader, 2x Deep Freeze, 6x Frost Undead, 1x Frost Ravager, 3x Frostbane, 3x Shivergeist, 5x Mega Frost Mystery, 1x Frost Mage, 2x Blizzard Wizard, 1x Frost Necromancer, 3x Yeti, 1x Frost Hero, 1x Frost Spirit, 1x Frost Hero
 
Professor V
This data is incredible! I've never seen anything like it! This could revolutionize so many things! I'd study it more if I wouldn't freeze to death.
 
Commander
We're giving it everything we've got! We can't let this thing stay in our realm!
 
Dispatcher
Take it down!
Lose Dialogue
 
 
 
One icon and dialogue is randomly chosen upon defeat:

•We're toast!
•OOF!
•Mission Failed, we'll get em' next time.
•Not enough numbers!
•Mistakes are just part of the journey..
•We're overrun chief!
•We'll get them next time!
•Don't give up!
•We need back up sergeant!
•We just had our grave dug..
•We have to fall back soldier!
•Oops! Try again!
•The enemies got to the base!
•Strategy is key!

Soundtracks

Wave 1-9 & 10-15
These soundtracks can be randomly chosen to play between these waves.

Wave 16 - 22 & 23 - 29
These soundtracks can be randomly chosen to play between these waves.

Wave 30-34 & 35-39
These soundtracks can be randomly chosen to play between these waves.

Final Wave
This soundtrack is played on the final wave.

Icons

Trivia

Update History

  • 3 December 2025 - v1.82.0
    • Frost mode added.
    • Bug: Wave 1 deliberately loses the match if the player is in elevators.
    • Bug: Professor V animations do not work.
    • Bug: Frost mode cannot be chosen in Sandbox mode.
  • 9 December 2025 - v1.82.0e
  • 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
  • 21 December 2025 - v1.83.2
    • Updated bonus triumph rewards.
      • Common chance decreased from 35% to 31.25%.
      • Uncommon chance decreased from 30% to 26.79%.
      • Rare chance decreased from 30% to 26.79%.
      • Epic chance increased from 3% to 13.39%.
      • Legendary chance decreased from 2% to 1.79%.
  • 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
    • Wave structure changed.
    • Health scaling changed.
      • Duo health scaling decreased from 20% to 15%.
      • Trio health scaling decreased from 40% to 25%.
      • Quad health scaling decreased from 50% to 40%.
  • 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
  • 3 April 2026 - v1.88.0
  • 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
    • Wave skip now appears after one third of the wave has passed instead of after 20 seconds.
    • Reduced  Gem reward from  75 to  30.
    • Now gives tower experience, with a  85 EXP base reward and an  110 EXP triumph bonus.
  • 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
    • Updated reward equations.
      • Triumph bonus increased from  500 to  750.
      • Coins exponential value increased from 1.3 to 2.4.
      • Gem reward increased from  30 to  45.
      • Exp exponential value increased from 1 to 2.
  • 28 August 2026 - v2.8.0
    • Wave structure changed.
    • Wave bonus increased.
    • Wave clear bonus decreased from 30% to 7.5% in solos.
    • Wave clear bonus decreased from 17.5% to 5% in duos and higher.
    • Updated wave timers.
    • Health scaling changed.
      • Increased from 15% to 30% in duos.
      • Increased from 25% to 45% in trios.
      • Increased from 40% to 60% in quads.
    • Ambient music changed.
      • Early-game now plays Never Broke Again, Snow Jumper and Frost Solitude instead of Into The Void, Melancholy Hill, Rebelution, Rain Dance, The Horde and Snow Jumper.
      • Mid-game now plays It's Getting Frosty, Blizzard and Metaverse (Giga AJ) instead of It's Getting Frosty, Blizzard, Shellshock, Neuro Raze, Fill Them With Lead and Art Of War.
      • Late-game now plays Frostbite, Frost Spirit Theme Song and Krampus 2023 Theme instead of Frostbite, Catharsis, Desolate Dystopia and Portal To Hell.
    • Bug: Wave rewards were completely unchanged instead of getting increased.
  • 28 August 2026 - v2.8.0a
    • Bugfix: Updated reward equations.
      • Base coin reward decreased from  1,000 to  800.
      • Triumph bonus increased from  750 to  1,200.

Notes

  1. ↑ Number is based on natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Frost Mystery and Snow Golem.
  2. ↑ Number is based on natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Frost Mystery and how many Frostbanes spawn.
  3. ↑ Number is based on natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Frost Mystery.
  4. ↑ Does not appear naturally. Can only be spawned by the Frost Mystery and how many Blizzard Wizards spawn.
  5. ↑ Number is based on natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Mega Frost Mystery and Frost Spirit.
  6. ↑ Number is based on natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Mega Frost Mystery.
  7. ↑ Number is natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Frost Necromancer.
  8. ↑ Number is natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Mega Frost Mystery and Frost Spirit.
  9. ↑ Number is natural spawns. This number can be exceeded if spawned by the Mega Frost Mystery and Frost Spirit.
  10. ↑ Does not appear naturally. Can only be spawned by the Frost Spirit.
  11. ↑ How long you have to wait before you can skip.
  12. ↑ Skip at 0:20.
  13. ↑ Skip at 0:34.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Skip at 1:20.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Skip at 1:14.
  16. ↑ Skip at 0:40.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Skip at 1:00.
  18. ↑ Skip at 2:00.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Skip at 1:40.
  20. ↑ "📕New Story: Non-canon storyline created for this mode." ― v1.82.0 In-Game Update Log
    https://x.com/paradoxum_games/status/1996309694495727632
    https://x.com/AWritingKiwi/status/1996325266180698390
    https://discord.com/channels/587355301083349002/664997359071002637/1445867404256215110


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