Infectious Smile How to Get Packed Ice: Weapon Stats and Skins

Infectious Smile players obtain the Packed Ice melee weapon exclusively by collecting Christmas gift boxes during annual holiday events. Once unlocked from event presents, this limited-edition main weapon equips directly at the starting area alongside default loadout options.

Obtaining Packed Ice Through Holiday Events

Packed Ice is one of the six primary weapons in the game, but it cannot be purchased with Smile Coins from Rob like the Katana or Spear. Instead, players obtain this tool during annual Christmas events by collecting gift boxes that spawn directly across the match stages.

When holiday events go live, presents appear in the field during standard rounds. Collecting your first event gift box unlocks the base Packed Ice weapon. After you claim it during the event window, the item remains accessible at spawn points and safe zones, allowing you to equip it as a starting tool in future rounds.

Packed Ice Combat Stats and Freeze Mechanics

Packed Ice appears as a large block of ice comparable to the size of a Roblox avatar. It shares reach characteristics with the Branch, though its active hitbox duration is shorter, requiring precise swing timing during melee engagements.

Holding Packed Ice slows player walkspeed by 20 percent, lowering movement speed from 16 to 12.8. In combat, the weapon provides distinct mechanical attributes:

• Damage: Deals approximately 20 damage per swing.
• Durability: Withstands 5 total hits before breaking.
• Initial Stun: Inflicts a 2-second stun on the target after half a second of use. Consecutive strikes within 3 seconds reduce subsequent stun durations by 50 percent.
• Final Hit Freeze: The fifth and final blow completely freezes the target for 3 seconds instead of causing standard knockdown.
• Friction Loss: Frozen smiles lose footing friction and slide across the floor when pushed.
• Coin Yield: Grants 2 Smile Coins per landed strike.

The freeze property functions similarly to an ice potion effect. Because frozen targets slide rather than ragdoll onto the floor, human teammates can continue landing consecutive strikes without interruptions from knockdown recovery states. The freezing effect does not apply when striking Giant enemies.

Present Requirements for Packed Ice Skins

Beyond unlocking the base tool, participating in Christmas events allows players to secure cosmetic skins. In an instructional video by creator pet ice dins, the skin distribution corresponds directly to the total number of Christmas presents collected across holiday seasons:

• 1 Present: Base Packed Ice weapon without cosmetic modifications.
• 2 Presents: Gilded skin.
• 3 Presents: Radioactive skin.
• 4 Presents: Muddy skin.
• 5 Presents: Subspace skin.

A distinct Strawberry skin required finding the specific 2024 Christmas present. Equipping the Strawberry variant grants an invisibility effect to the user.

Primary Melee Weapon Decision Guide

Selecting a primary starting weapon depends on your survival approach against infected players. The table below outlines how Packed Ice compares to the standard starting bat and the purchasable Katana.

Combat Strategies for Human Teams

Carrying Packed Ice requires compensating for the 20 percent speed reduction, which makes escaping running smiles more difficult without defensive positioning. When learning how to survive as a human, wielding this weapon works best in tight corridors where infected players cannot circle around your swings.

The sliding effect caused by the final freezing hit allows you to push smiles into environmental hazards, such as lava pits or hazard zones. In elimination mode, immobilizing a smiler with Packed Ice creates an opening for nearby teammates to secure eliminations without risk of grab attacks. If you carry secondary throwable potions or a glass bottle, you can chain initial stuns into the fifth freeze strike to neutralize hostile smiles before your weapon breaks.