Snow Pile

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Snow Pile
Tool Required	, ,
Resources
Renewable?	Yes
Code	"snowpile"

“That'll be a problem if it builds up.”

–Wilson

“Fire seems oddly ineffective.”

–Willow

“Cold is no good for the muscles!”

–Wolfgang

“Cold death awaits us”

–Wendy

“KEEP THAT AWAY FROM ME”

–WX-78

“Makes one think of stories by the fire during a stormy night.”

–Wickerbottom

“You call that being snowed in?”

–Woodie

“Remove it, before it gets in my boots.”

–Maxwell

“Skaði wöuld nöt be impressed.”

–Wigfrid

“I wish it was a good time to play...”

–Webber

“Save your back, shovel early.”

–Winona

“Snow is a new thing for me, seems like a problem.”

–Warly

“Ooh what mischief we could cause with this! Hyuyu!”

–Wortox

“Friend killer!”

–Wormwood

“Fun! Brr...”

–Wurt

“A shovel would help against frostbite when clearing these!”

–Walter

“Time to clean shop!”

–Wanda

“Snow hill.”

–Winky

“Concentration, obscuration.”

–Wathom

“Schools out forever!”

–Wixie

Snow Piles are generated near structures during Snowstorms. Picking them up with no tools will increase the player's wetness by 10 and yield Snowballs. Digging them up with a Shovel will only occasionally yield snowballs, but it will neither increase player wetness.

If a player steps on a Snow Pile, they'll continuously gain a small amount of Wetness.

Snow Piles have 3 states: Low, Medium and Full. They will always spawn as Low and grow in size during the Snowstorm's duration. Medium and Big snow piles will force player made structures to stop working (Chests can't be open, Science Machine won't let you prototype, etc.). This can be reverted by removing the Snow Pile by hand or with a shovel.

Certain structures such as lit Fire Pits, Scaled Furnace and Walls will prevent Snow Piles from forming anywhere around them. Any structure on top of Scaled Flooring will also be prevented from having Snow Piles formed on top of them.

If a Snow Pile reaches maximum size, every time a Player digs it, there's a chance to spawn an Abominamole. The pile will also very often visually show teeth and eyes peeking out of it.

During Winter's Feast, Snow Piles will drop 1-4 Snowballs instead of just 1 per dig.

Tips

• Try to keep your structures around a Fire Pit to prevent them all from getting deactivated or getting overrun by Abominamoles.
• If the player does not wish to actively maintain a Fire Pit, running around with a shovel to dig up Snow Piles works quite well, however it requires the player to be quite attentive, as missing a single pile can eventually become a real threat to deal with.
  

Credits

Idea	Axe
Code	Scrimbles and Axe and FourthLess
Art	Klei
Quotes	Scrimbles

Gallery

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  Abominamole Warning Idle 1.

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  Abominamole Warning Idle 2.

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  Abominamole Warning Idle 3.

• Snow Pile Base.png

  Several structures disabled by snow piles.

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  Wigfrid running through a blizzard.

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  An Early Concept of Snow Piles, being an edited version of a Dung Pile.