Ice

Ice
Statistics
Types	Block • Raw material
Durability	6
Price	x 10 → 1
Tech needed	Basic Processing

Ice is a resource that can be found in Snow Worlds and in Elven Biomes. It can be used to make items exclusive to these ambients.

Behaviour

Falling

When the block under it is removed, snow blocks and ice blocks fall after a few seconds, just like sand, but with an interesting difference: it will not fall if there is a block of ice or snow next to it, either above, to the right or to the left.

Producing water

After being placed underground by a dwarf, a block of snow will melt into water after approximately 12 seconds, and will produce a 1-block-wide puddle of water, which generates 1 water bag after being collected. It is though more efficient to use ice in this process. Four snow blocks are used to produce 1 ice, and this will melt, after the same dozen seconds, into a full block of water (or a 5-block-wide puddle of water), which generates 5 water bags after being collected. The ice option will spare 80% of dwarf placing actions and 80% of waiting time (for blocks to melt).

1 snow block placed	— ≈ 12 sec ⟶	a 1/5 block of water	— collecting ⟶	1 water bag
1 ice block placed	— ≈ 12 sec ⟶	a full block of water	— collecting ⟶	5 water bags

Cistern dedicated to the production of water in the Snow World: the ice placed on a bridge melts and the water is retained with a layer of stone from where dwarfs can easily collect it.

Crafting recipe

Crafting station
None
Ingredient(s)	Qty.
Snow	4
Crafting grid
Result
Ice	1

Uses

 Ice Spikes

 Ice Statue

 Ice Table

 Ice Wall