Ice Flingomatic

"Begone, fire!"

- Maxwell

The Ice Flingomatic is a craftable structure from the "Reign of Giants" DLC. When turned on, it will automatically launch snowballs at a really fast rate and extinguish any fire within its range, including those of Campfires, Fire Pits, Night Lights, and Endothermic Fires, as well preventing smoldering objects from combusting. It will not, however, target players holding Torches or Willow's Lighter. When fire is desirable to have around, the Ice Flingomatic can be turned off.

The Ice Flingomatic has limited fuel, as shown by a red bar on the front of it that maxes out at 5 days and it may be refueled with fuel substances, such as Logs.

During the summer the Ice Flingomatic also fires snowballs on withered berry bushes, grass and twigs allowing them to be harvested normally throughout the summer.

Tips

 * Turn off the Flingomatic at night or in other seasons to conserve durability. Turning off the Flingomatic in the summer will inhibit its ability to extinguish smoldering fires however, and despite the high cost of construction and operation, the machine cannot put out extensive fires once started.
 * The Flingomatic does work even if there is a Wall (including the upgraded walls) in the trajectory of the projectile.
 * If leaving your base in the summer, it is advised to leave the Flingomatic on in case a structure catches fire. While there won't be any fires while the player is gone, fires can start as they approach the area.
 * If a Mob is near the structure the Flingomatic is flinging at, it will instantly be frozen, allowing an easy kill.
 * When manually placing grass, twigs and berry bushes near your base for easy gathering, position them within the range of an Ice Flingomatic to act as a sprinkler during the summer, maintaining them as a renewable source of resources as well as protecting them from fire.

Bugs

 * Sometimes when harvesting a plant the Ice Flingomatic will contiously fire snowballs at it seemingly without end.
 * This also sometimes results in a column of snowballs appearing in the world moving in a straight direction.