Snowball - Revision history

Voker57: /* Gathering */ removed stray 'also'

2025-08-28T12:13:54Z

Gathering: removed stray 'also'

Voker57: /* Gathering */

2025-08-28T12:13:28Z

Gathering

Goldfinch: /* Notes */

2023-12-24T19:49:35Z

Notes

Goldfinch: /* Notes */

2023-12-24T19:48:02Z

Notes

Goldfinch: /* Gathering */

2023-12-24T19:46:27Z

Gathering

Nume: /* Gathering */ adding steppe and tundra as 1 snowball per tile terrains and condensed the list of 1 snowball terrains into 1 line.

2022-07-17T12:41:52Z

Gathering: adding steppe and tundra as 1 snowball per tile terrains and condensed the list of 1 snowball terrains into 1 line.

PodVon: /* Notes */

2021-07-01T01:54:13Z

Notes

Mordoskull: Added note about producing snowballs outside of season.

2019-02-08T19:07:28Z

Added note about producing snowballs outside of season.

Mordoskull: Alleviated extra section and added to the uses of the snowball with "Description" section. Also added note on how to throw snowballs as well as storage methods.

2019-02-08T19:03:33Z

Alleviated extra section and added to the uses of the snowball with "Description" section. Also added note on how to throw snowballs as well as storage methods.

Ostentatio: Added note about tiles regaining snow

2018-08-08T01:56:53Z

Added note about tiles regaining snow

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 ==Gathering==
-Snowballs can also be found year-round by collecting from [[Snow pile]] [[Resource nodes]]. Snowball item count from snow pile nodes is significantly increased in winter, however. For instance, [[Snow pile]]s below the snow line will yield 8 snowballs instead of 4. The resource node is also much more often encountered in Winter.
+Snowballs can be found year-round by collecting from [[Snow pile]] [[Resource nodes]]. Snowball item count from snow pile nodes is significantly increased in winter, however. For instance, [[Snow pile]]s below the snow line will yield 8 snowballs instead of 4. The resource node is also much more often encountered in Winter.
 The [[quality]] of a snowball is random, with a maximum of 99.00. Average quality is determined by how many snowballs can be collected on the tile, and how many have already been collected in that action. When gathering multiple snowballs from the same tile or [[Snow pile]], they will decrease slightly in quality with each successive snowball you gather. Tiles producing only 1 snowball are likely to produce one at maximum quality.

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 ==Gathering==
-Snowballs can be found in [[Winter]] by right-clicking a ground tile and clicking '''Collect snow'''. Snow starts becoming available on tiles approximately 21 hours after the beginning of Winter. After snowballs are collected from a tile, they will be replenished periodically throughout Winter.
+Snowballs can also be found year-round by collecting from [[Snow pile]] [[Resource nodes]]. Snowball item count from snow pile nodes is significantly increased in winter, however. For instance, [[Snow pile]]s below the snow line will yield 8 snowballs instead of 4. The resource node is also much more often encountered in Winter.
 The [[quality]] of a snowball is random, with a maximum of 99.00. Average quality is determined by how many snowballs can be collected on the tile, and how many have already been collected in that action. When gathering multiple snowballs from the same tile or [[Snow pile]], they will decrease slightly in quality with each successive snowball you gather. Tiles producing only 1 snowball are likely to produce one at maximum quality.

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 ==Notes==
 *Snow will become more abundant over time as winter sets in, and will be much easier to collect.
 *Snowballs have a 12-hour (real life hours) decay 'grace period', during which they will not start decaying in your inventory.
 *A snowball can be thrown at various targets by activating the snowball and then right-clicking the target and selecting "Throw Snowball". No damage or hostility is invoked here.
 *Snowballs cannot be stored in bulk storage containers such as food storage bins or crates.
-*The [[snowman statue]] is the only known way with which to generate snowballs outside of normal ground-harvest methods utilized in the snowy months in Wurm.
+*The [[snowman statue]] is an additional way to generate snowballs.
 ==Gallery==

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 ==Notes==
 *Snow will become more abundant over time as winter sets in, and will be much easier to collect.
-*Snowballs decay extremely quickly in one's inventory, and can start taking damage within a few minutes.
+*Snowballs have a 12-hour (real life hours) decay 'grace period', during which they will not start decaying in your inventory.
 *Moving them immediately to saddlebags or a cart will greatly delay their decay.
 *A snowball can be thrown at various targets by activating the snowball and then right-clicking the target and selecting "Throw Snowball". No damage or hostility is invoked here.

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 ==Gathering==
-Snowballs can be found in [[Winter]] by right-clicking a ground tile and clicking '''Collect snow'''. Snow starts becoming available on tiles approximately 21 hours after the beginning of Winter. After snowballs are collected from a tile, they will be replenished periodically throughout Winter in a similar fashion to [[foraging]] or [[botanizing]].
+Snowballs can be found in [[Winter]] by right-clicking a ground tile and clicking '''Collect snow'''. Snow starts becoming available on tiles approximately 21 hours after the beginning of Winter. After snowballs are collected from a tile, they will be replenished periodically throughout Winter.
 The number of snowballs you can gather from a tile depends on the type of tile:
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 * '''3''': [[grass|Tall grass]], [[tree|trees/bushes]] with tall grass.
 * '''4''': [[grass|Wild grass]].
-No other tiles are known to produce snowballs, and the tile must not be within a building.
+The tiles must not be within a building.
-The [[quality]] of a snowball is random, with a maximum of 99.00. Average quality is determined by how many snowballs can be collected on the tile, and how many have already been collected in that action. For example, collecting from wild grass gets 4 snowballs, each with decreasing quality, and even the first is likely to be lower quality than a snowball collected from slab pavement or short grass. Tiles producing only 1 snowball are likely to produce one at maximum quality.
+Snowballs can also be found year-round by collecting from [[Snow pile]] [[Resource nodes]]. Snowball item count from snow pile nodes is significantly increased in winter, however. For instance, [[Snow pile]]s below the snow line will yield 8 snowballs instead of 4.
 ==Notes==

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 The number of snowballs you can gather from a tile depends on the type of tile:
-* '''1''': [[Stone slabs]], [[Slate slabs]], [[Sandstone slabs]], and [[Marble slabs]]
+* '''1''': [[Stone slabs]], [[Slate slabs]], [[Sandstone slabs]], [[Marble slabs]], [[Lawn]], [[Steppe tile|Steppe]], [[Tundra]], [[grass|Short grass]] and [[tree|trees/bushes]] with short grass.
-* '''1''': Lawn
+* '''2''': [[grass|Medium grass]], [[tree|trees/bushes]] with medium grass.
-* '''1''': Short [[grass]], [[tree|trees/bushes]] with short grass
+* '''3''': [[grass|Tall grass]], [[tree|trees/bushes]] with tall grass.
-* '''2''': Medium [[grass]], [[tree|trees/bushes] with medium grass
+* '''4''': [[grass|Wild grass]].
 No other tiles are known to produce snowballs, and the tile must not be within a building.

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 ''A ball of snow that someone makes, usually for throwing.''
-==Usage==
+Snowballs are used to slow decay of food when placed in the icebox of a [[larder]], for some food recipes, for player hydration, and for snowball fights.
 ==Gathering==
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 *Snow will become more abundant over time as winter sets in, and will be much easier to collect.
 *Snowballs decay extremely quickly in one's inventory, and can start taking damage within a few minutes.
 ==Gallery==