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Cryogen
"The archmage's
Cryogen
prison."

Cryogen is a Hardmode boss

that can be fought in the Snow
or Ice biomes which possesses
many phases and features a
multitude of projectiles and
enemies.

Defeating Cryogen will free the

Archmage, as well as generate
Cryonic Ore in the Ice biome.

Contents [ hide ]

Statistics
1. Spawn
Type Boss
2. Behavior
Environment Snow biome – Ice biome
2.1. Attacks
AI Type Cryogen AI
2.1.1. Phase 1
50 / 115 / 138 / 161 (Contact)
2.1.2. Phase 2 46 / 80 / 96 / 108 (Ice Blast)
Damage
2.1.3. Phase 3 52 / 92 / 112 / 124 (Ice Shard)
100 / 120 / 132 (Ice Bomb)
2.1.4. Phase 4 Popular Pages
Max Life 30,000 / 48,000 / 57,600
2.1.5. Phase 5
Defense 12 Join the Fan Lab! Fandom's
2.2. In Expert Mode Exclusive Digital Community
DR 10%
2.3. In Revengeance KB Resist 100%
Mode
Immune to Guide:Class setups/Post-Moon Lord
2.4. In Death Mode
Drops
3. Summons
Coins 10 Exo Mechs
4. Aftermath
Item (Quantity) Rate
5. Notes
Frozen Key 20%
6. Tips Supreme Calamitas
7. Trivia Essence of Eleum (4-8 / 5-9) 100%

8. Lore At least one of the following 5 weapons will always drop:

Providence, the Profaned Goddess

Effluvium Bow 25% / 33.33%

Glacial Crusher 25% / 33.33%

Icebreaker 25% / 33.33%

Avalanche 25% / 33.33%

Snowstorm Staff 25% / 33.33%

Soul of Cryogen 100%

Cryo Stone 20%

Frost Flare 20%

Cold Divinity 10%

Greater Healing Potion (5-15) 100%

Cryogen Mask 14.29%

Cryogen Trophy 10%

Cryogen (Lore) 100%

(Always on first kill)

Sounds

Hurt

Killed

Projectiles

Map Icon

Spawn
Cryogen does not spawn on its own and requires the player to summon it with a
Cryo Key while in the Snow biome or Ice biome at any time.

Behavior
Cryogen has six phases, each of which has its own attack pattern and AI. It will
progress through these phases as it loses health.

Cryogen also spawns with an ice shield which protects it and inflicts contact
damage; this shield must be destroyed to directly attack Cryogen and will
regenerate 18 / 12 seconds after being destroyed. When destroyed, the shield
will explode into a cross-shaped burst of 4 Ice Blasts.

Leaving the Snow biome will cause Cryogen to enrage, almost doubling its
speed and acceleration.

Attacks

Phase 1

Slowly chases and levels with the player.

Fires an evenly-spaced ring of 16 Ice Blasts every 2 seconds.

Phase 2

Transitions at 80 / 85% health.

Attempts to fly above the player while continuing to fire bursts of Ice Blasts.
The amount of Ice Blasts are reduced from 16 to 12 from this phase
onwards.
After firing 3 bursts of Ice Blasts, briefly spins in place before charging at the
player and firing two concentric rings of ten Ice Blasts before flying up and
resuming its pattern.

Phase 3

Transitions at 60% / 70% health.

Slowly chases the player but stays slightly below the player.
After firing 3 bursts of Ice Blasts, briefly spins in place before charging at the
player and fires three concentric rings of eight Ice Blasts. Cryogen performs
this charge twice before resuming its pattern.

Phase 4

Transitions at 40% / 55% health.

Slowly chases the player.
Loses the ability to regenerate its shield.
Fires Ice Blasts at double the frequency.
Every 5 seconds, Cryogen will teleport somewhere near the player and start
attacking again.
The location it teleports to is surrounded by a cloud of blue dust two
seconds prior to telegraph its location.

Phase 5

Transitions at 20% / 40% health.

Stops firing either projectiles for the remainder of the fight.
Rapidly and loosely accelerates towards the player, charging at them when it
gets close.
Its rotation speed will increase when below 5% / 7.5% and even further
when below 2.5% / 5% / 30% health.

In Expert Mode

Regenerates its shield every 12 seconds instead of 18.

Every 10 seconds, Cryogen releases a cross-shaped burst of 4
Ice Bombs, with a 50% chance for it to be rotated 45 degrees. After
these bombs hit tiles or 5 seconds pass, they explode into a hexagonal burst
of 6 gravity-affected Ice Shards.
This occurs in all of the above phases alongside other attacks.
Ice Bombs are smaller and cannot hurt the player or inflict status effects
for the first 2 seconds after they're spawned.
They also inflict Glacial State for 1 second, Chilled for 1.5 seconds, and
Frostburn for 2 seconds on contact.

In Revengeance Mode

Transitions into Phase 2 at 85% health, Phase 3 at 70%, Phase 4 at 55%,

and Phase 5 at 40%.
Cryogen and its projectiles are slightly faster.
Gains a new phase when below 25% health:
Cryogen loses the ability to summon servants.
Attempts to hover above the player.
The Ice Bomb attack no longer occurs every 10 seconds. Instead, a
set of Ice Bombs is spawned every 1.25 seconds while hovering.
After spawning 2 sets of ice bombs, it rapidly charges the player 3 times
before repeating this pattern.
Below 15% health, its appearance will change one last time and its
charges will each each fire three concentric rings of Ice Blasts.
The outer and center rings have four Ice Blasts, while the center ring
has eight.

In Death Mode

Cryogen and its projectiles are even more aggressive and faster.

Summons

Cryogen's Shield

Statistics

Type Flying Enemy

Environment Snow biome

AI Type Cryogen's Shield AI

50 / 100 / 120 / 134 (Contact)

Damage
46 / 80 / 96 / 108 (Ice Blast)

Max Life 1400

Defense 0

DR 40%

KB Resist 10% / 19%

Frostburn
Inflicts debuff
100% chance

Debuff duration 1.5 seconds

It's either really hot or really

Debuff tooltip cold. Either way it REALLY
hurts

Chilled
Inflicts debuff
100% chance

Debuff duration 1 second

Your movement speed has

Debuff tooltip
been reduced

Frozen
Inflicts debuff
100% chance

Debuff duration 0.5 seconds (Ice Blast)

Debuff tooltip You can't move!

Immune to

Sounds

Hurt

Killed

Aftermath
Once Cryogen is defeated for the first time, Cryonic Ore spawns in the Ice
biome.
If at least two mechanical bosses have been defeated, Cryo Slimes will begin
to spawn in the Cavern layer.
The Archmage will begin to arrive if provided suitable housing.
If the Archmage isn't in the player's current world, he will drop alongside
Cryogen's loot.
The Angry Dog enemy's stats are increased and will start dropping Essence
of Eleum.

Notes
While Cryogen is alive, the sky above the player is filled with a waving
rainbow aurora effect. Unlike most screen effects from other bosses, it cannot
be toggled off by lighting options in the Settings Menu.
Cryogen's projectiles are colored deep blue during the day and white at night.
All Ice Shards/Blasts are fired in fixed patterns throughout the fight.
In the case of Ice Bombs, two spreads of three Ice Shards are fired when
they explode, one in each direction parallel to the direction the Ice Bomb
was moving.
Cryogen will not fire projectiles if it does not have a direct line of sight to the
player, with the exception of Ice Bombs. All of Cryogen's projectiles are also
unable to travel through blocks.
If Cryogen is close to the player when it enters Phase 5, it will briefly spin in
place to give the player time to get away from its dash.

Tips
For more elaborate strategies on defeating Cryogen, including weapon and
arena recommendations, see Guide:Cryogen strategies.

It is easier to see Cryogen's projectiles during the night.

A wide arena with several levels of platforms can help in dodging Cryogen's
attacks.
Putting a roof of solid blocks above the platforms can help protect you
during Cryogen's second phase.
Be careful: Building platforms too far above the ground could cause the
player to exit the Snow biome and enrage Cryogen.
Moving at a constant speed will cause Cryogen to hover in the same place
relative to the player, making it an easy target for ranged weapons.
Moving slowly enough will cause Cryogen to hover directly above the
player, this makes it very easy to hit, but be wary of its ice bombs and it
potentially getting up close.
Avoid getting hit by Cryogen's Ice Blasts at all costs as they will freeze the
player, possibly leading to a swift death.
Cryogen's final phase is one of its most deadly. If on Revengeance or Death
Mode, saving Rage and/or Adrenaline to quickly finish it off during this phase
could be a life-saving decision.
While Cryogen is fought as the first boss in Hardmode, caution is still advised
as the fast speed and many projectiles will make this boss tough for an
unprepared player.
In multiplayer, Cryogen does not despawn when off-screen and moves slowly
across the map, allowing players to slowly kill the boss.

Trivia
Cryogen's theme is Antarctic Reinforcement, which was composed by the
artist DM DOKURO.
While in production the theme was originally intended to be called
"Frostbite."
If the Calamity Music add-on mod is disabled, the Frost Moon's theme will
play instead.
Cryogen was previously an alternative for The Destroyer because of its
previous ability to drop Souls of Might.
Cryogen is often fought at the start of Hardmode, as its summoning item only
requires Souls of Light and Night, and Ice Blocks.
Originally, every time upon entering phase 6, a status message would say
"Cryogen is derping out!".
There is now a 1% (5% if the day is April Fools' Day) chance that this
message is displayed when entering phase 6.
If the Boss Checklist Mod is installed, its unique despawn message will be
"Cryogen drifts away, carried on a freezing wind."

Lore
Yharim's prison for the archmage of the ice castle, Cryogen. It is a
representation of Yharim's bitter hatred for the master of ice. When Yharim was
young he ventured from the jungle temple to the ancient tundra where
Permafrost resided. Yharim asked to learn from him in order to "peacefully" calm
the denizens of the underworld. But the archmage saw through his ruse and
viewed only bitter contempt within Yharim's heart and the fiery urge to annihilate
the underworld obsidian towers and their inhabitants. When the archmage
refused, Yharim prepared to take his leave. However, the archmage had not
realized that Yharim had a contingency plan in place; around his dwelling a
massive trap had been set. A magic circle of runes set to trap the power of
whatever was caught inside. Permafrost suspected nothing, until the moment the
runes activated, causing his castle to collapse inwards, trapping his body in a
radial structure between dimensions. Cryogen is what remains, a mindless
frozen structure contained by Yharim due to its uncontrollable nature and
powerful magic.

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