Icicle Cutter
Icicle Cutter is an Ice-element shot skill in Palworld with power 80 and a 4-second cooldown. 34 Pals learn it on their own, and the Ice Skill Fruit: Icicle Cutter teaches it to any Pal. Effective range: 500–4000.
Creates a crescent blade of ice and hurls it forward.
- Long-range
- Spammable
- Effect-bearing
How to get Icicle Cutter
Teachable via Ice Skill Fruit: Icicle Cutter. Feed the fruit to any Pal — see all Skill Fruit Tree locations for where it spawns. 34 Pals also learn it natively (see list below).
Ice Skill Fruit: Icicle Cutter turns up in 7 loot tables — 2 chests, 2 fishing spots, 2 Skill Fruit trees — with the best odds at a Forest skill-fruit tree, 2.6% a roll.
Icicle Cutter can be inherited through breeding. Breeding gives a 50% chance to pass down one active skill from either parent, and it can be any skill they know — not just the four they have equipped. Plan a pair in the breeding calculator.
How Icicle Cutter stacks up
- Power: #18 of 19 in Ice Shot
- DPS: #143 of 308 across skills with this stat
- Cooldown: #45 of 308 across skills with this stat
- Range: #87 of 308 across skills with this stat
Best Pals for Icicle Cutter (by SAtk)
- 1
FrostallionSAtk 140Lv 15 - 2
BushiSAtk 125Lv 15 - 3
Lyleen NoctSAtk 120Lv 7 - 4
Vanwyrm CrystSAtk 120Lv 15 - 5
WhalaskaSAtk 115Lv 7
Ranked by shot attack — the stat that scales ranged/breath skill damage. Full learner roster below.
Pals that learn Icicle Cutter (34)
- FrostallionSLv 15
CryolinxALv 22- Lyleen NoctALv 7
SilvegisALv 7
WumpoBLv 15- WhalaskaBLv 7
Pierdon CrystBLv 7
Mammorest CrystBLv 7
IcelynBLv 7- Vanwyrm CrystBLv 15
FrostplumeBLv 7
Kingpaca CrystBLv 7
Univolt CrystBLv 7
Loupmoon CrystBLv 7
LoupmoonBLv 22
FoxcicleBLv 15
SibelyxCLv 7- BushiCLv 15
ReindrixCLv 15
SweepaCLv 15
LunarisCLv 15
Rayhound CrystCLv 7
Smokie CrystCLv 7
ChilletCLv 22
SnuglooCLv 7
MunchillCLv 7
GobfinCLv 30
Hangyu CrystDLv 22
SweeDLv 15
Jolthog CrystDLv 30
MufflyDLv 7
Foxparks CrystDLv 15
PengulletDLv 22
Mau CrystDLv 22
Effects
- Freeze50 / 100
On hit, Icicle Cutter applies Freeze (50 of the 100 needed to trigger it).
Closest comparable skills
| Skill | Power | CD | DPS | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Frost | 700 | 30s | 23.3 | 3000 |
| Double Blizzard Spike | 700 | 30s | 23.3 | 5000 |
| Ice Laser | 700 | 30s | 23.3 | 4000 |
| Diamond Rain | 600 | 30s | 20.0 | 5000 |
| High Breach | 600 | 30s | 20.0 | 4000 |
When to use Icicle Cutter
Icicle Cutter is a long-range pick — out to 4000 units, comfortable for kiting flying targets and Tower bosses where staying mobile matters more than peak damage. It also applies freeze, so leading the rotation with it locks the target before your bigger hitters land.