Packed Ice

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Packed Ice

Frost Invasion • Krampus Frosthold • Modern

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Packed Ice
Animation 1 Animation 2
Mode Appearance	Frost Events Operation I.C.E (Easy) Operation I.C.E (Hard)
Wave Debut	17 (Frost) 5 (Operation I.C.E Easy) 7 (Operation I.C.E Hard)
Statistics
Base Health	1,500
Defense	50%
Speed	Average (3.25)
Cash Given	$563 every 50% health
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Stun Immune Bloated (Variable) Nimble (Wave 29 only)
Base Health	100 (Easy) 250 (Hard)
Defense	100%
Speed	Average (3.25)
Cash Given	$200 on death (Easy) $400 on death (Hard)
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Freeze Immune Bloated (Variable) Nimble (Variable) Health Regen (Variable) Aggro (Variable)

Description

The Packed Ice is a tanky enemy that appears in the Frost mode. Like most of that mode's enemies, it first appeared in the Operation I.C.E Event. It has a higher amount of health than most enemies before it, but it walks at an average speed. The Packed Ice has a Defense of 50%, which was set to 100% during the event.

Logbook Description

"Packed Ice is a specialized foot soldier of the Frost Army. During their creation, their core beliefs are embedded within their body, marked by an exposed heart. Their motto is simple: become the best defender, for survival depends on it."

Appearance

The Packed Ice is a foot soldier made out of ice. It has a large, right arm with two grey chains wrapped around it and a hole in its torso, showcasing a piece of ice held by two blue bars. On its head, it has two white eyes with large, blue brows.

Strategy

• Mid-game or late-game towers like the Turret, Enforcer, Accelerator or Necromancer can be useful against it.
• The Packed Ice has a Defense of 50%, reducing most forms of damage by 33%.
  • Towers that bypass Defense, like the Rocketeer, Military Base or Mortar can be useful against it because of this.
  • Similarly, defense dropping towers like the Toxic Gunner, Electroshocker or Pyromancer can be used to reduce its Defense.
    • Despite being an ice-themed enemy, the Packed Ice does not have the Freeze Immunity, meaning freezing towers like the Cryomancer or Freezer can also be used.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

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  Second Corpse variant, current version, first animation variant (12 March 2025 – Present)
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  Second Corpse variant, current version, second animation variant (12 March 2025 – Present)

Promotional Videos

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  Packed Ice on a promotional video.

Miscellaneous

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  Packed Ice icon in the Index.

Trivia

• The Packed Ice is unaffected by enemy appearance modifiers, such as Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Update History

• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • Packed Ice added.
  • Bug: Packed Ice cannot have its defense dropped by the Jester.
  • Bug: Packed Ice creates Mystery death particles on death.
• 20 December 2024 - v1.47.0
  • Bug: Packed Ice has no health in Sandbox, causing it to break.
• 8 January 2025 - v1.48.0
  • Bugfix: Packed Ice no longer creates Mystery death particles on death.
  • Bug: Packed Ice is smaller than intended.
• 15 January 2025 - v1.49.0
  • Packed Ice removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in Sandbox mode.
• 3 December 2025 - v1.82.0
  • Packed Ice re-added to the main game, now appears in Frost mode.
    • Has 75 health in Frost mode.
    • Now gives $120 on death in Frost mode.
    • Speed decreased from Above Average (3.5) to Average (3).
    • Defense decreased from 100% to 50%.
    • Freeze Immunity removed.
    • Size decreased.
  • Bugfix: Packed Ice now has 75 health in Sandbox, no longer causing it to break.
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Speed increased from Average (3) to Above Average (3.5).
  • Cash given decreased from $120 to $100 on death.
• 28 August 2026 - v2.8.0
  • First wave appearance changed from 5 to 17.
  • Health increased from 75 to 1,500.
  • Speed decreased from Above Average (3.5) to Average (3.25).
  • Cash given changed from $100 on death to $563 every 50% health lost.
  • Stun Immunity added.
  • Size increased.

Frost Mode
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Yeti Wave 16	Packed Ice Wave 17	Unstable Ice Wave 19

Outpost 32 (Operation I.C.E Event) (16 December 2024 – 15 January 2025)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Frozen Wave 4	Packed Ice Wave 5 (Easy) Packed Ice Wave 7 (Hard)	Snow Minion Wave 7 (Easy) Snow Minion Wave 9 (Hard)