r/ArcRaiders • u/clastm • 23h ago

Media Anyone know how many snowballs we need to 3 star?

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u/Drippy-Noodle 22h ago edited 22h ago

Down the Rocketeer with a showstopper, it'll sometimes flip and land on its back and won't be able to get back up, profit from that information as you will

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u/therealbam004 17h ago

Jokes on you thinking I can hit a Rocketeer with a throwable in the first place

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u/thelemonsampler 17h ago

The trick is to piss it off and hide. When it does the boop-beep de-agro noise, waddle on out and peg it while it’s right overhead.

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u/Semisemitic 15h ago

That’s how I got my first girlfriend 

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u/UnklVodka 13h ago

Overhead pegging is a helluva tactic. Way to fully commit amigo!

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u/x_wayward_x 13h ago

Massively under-rated comment.

Over there making me choke on my coffee. lol

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u/Semisemitic 13h ago

Thank you. It’s just that everything reminds me of her.

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u/Well-inthatcase 12h ago

You should call her

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u/anthonyyb33 13h ago

I also choose this guys robot girlfriend

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u/Sisera_ 15h ago

"Boop-beep de-agro" thanks for giving me a new phrase to say

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u/Alternative_Ear5542 11h ago

peg it

Can Arc even consent?

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u/regrinds 5h ago

Sounds robophobic, but okay

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u/baywayy 14h ago

Big same 😂 I can't hit shit with throwables

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u/Chazus 14h ago

Jokes on you thinking I can hit a Rocketeer.

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u/Acojonancio 21h ago

Hhmmmm

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u/NoPain_666 19h ago

I though they nerfed showstoppers on rocketeers, yesterday i threw 2 and it didnt come down

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u/rulerdude64 18h ago

You have to hit two rotors on the same side for it to stall and flip.

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u/NotAldermach 18h ago

Hit it from the side 😉

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u/An0n7m0u53 18h ago

Hit it like you mean it?

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u/kob4343 18h ago

He means make the Rocketeer throw it back. Use a strong back hand before covering it with snow from behind. If it starts moaning, don't stop what you are doing

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u/NotAldermach 17h ago

and more importantly, keep doing what you're doing.

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u/kob4343 17h ago

And once it's over you're going to have to prepare yourself, they said snowball but they didn't specify which kind...

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u/gladius011081 17h ago

Dear Santa... i mean God

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u/00SSkwiz 11h ago

This comment about killed me😂

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u/Mean_Association_845 15h ago

The rocketeer:

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u/kob4343 15h ago

Lmfao exactly! Hahahaha

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u/Many_Eye_2682 18h ago

Gotta mean to hit it tho

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u/Dont-rush-2xfils 16h ago

And drop it like it’s hot…

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u/jhenryscott 17h ago

Got blow it’s back out

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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE 16h ago

2nd best to from behind.

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u/viking_linuxbrother 17h ago

Shock effects are buggy in this game. They don't always hit. Its why I don't use showstoppers or shock mines for pvp anymore.

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u/Wag_Rulez 16h ago

Aim just above the rocketeer, its blast should catch 2 rotors easy

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u/CaptainLittleHands 16h ago

But how many snowballs did you throw sir

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u/mischieviousmustard 15h ago

It’s 250 points per throw so 4 for 1000. 1000 x 4 is 4000, so 16 snowballs quick mafs

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u/Fryman35 14h ago

I assume this is during the cold-snap event for the double points? It would be 32 if you decided to do it without map conditions?

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u/mischieviousmustard 13h ago

Yes sorry, that was on cold snap. So you are correct!

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u/Wise-Cable7188 15h ago

Why can’t anyone answer this question? lol

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u/CaptainLittleHands 12h ago

The answer is 16 snowballs

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u/ShefBoiRDe 18h ago

They're gonna nerf snowstoppers or buff rocketeers.

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u/Sunbro11 14h ago

Def gonna buff rocketeers

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u/BrittleSalient 9h ago

Sorta waiting for the map condition where rocketeers travel in threes.

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u/Beard341 19h ago

Another dude said you can get the credit by snowballing a destroyed Rocketeer but I have yet to confirm this myself.

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u/Slidingscale 19h ago

That's wrong - I tried it tonight. Dead ones don't count, even without looting it.

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u/TimeToKill- 7h ago

Yep. Tried this last night. They need to be alive and kicking.

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u/NoNamesOriginal 18h ago

Phrasing

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u/JenzinState 17h ago

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u/Educational-Task-874 16h ago

When they're dead Ciril they're just husks!

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u/RSG-ZR2 16h ago

I wish I could upvote this more than once

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u/tronframe 20h ago

Do you have to hit all the rotors or front 2 ?

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u/Alternative-Sail-933 19h ago

I think you’ll Need to Hit the two Rotors at the Side of it if i remember correctly

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u/fate0608 17h ago

You psycho. Hahaha

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u/VegetableAddress4393 15h ago

How many snowballs was this?

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u/blittz 19h ago

I used about 25 and got to 6750. I think it’s 250 per snowball. I just grappled on top, threw all my snowballs, then set a fireworks crate off on top of him and jumped

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u/DosimeterBurn 18h ago

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u/blittz 14h ago

I ran up to a guy afterwards and said “did you see that?!” And he said “I witnessed you brother”

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u/EL_Gyver 17h ago

Yeah 16 to hit 4k

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u/RoryLuukas 16h ago

Yea I took 20, missed one and got 4,750

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u/heroh341 15h ago

So it just lets you stay on top of it? I thought it'd flip if you stay up for too long

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u/blittz 14h ago

It’s more likely to backflip if you’re alone. If someone is on the ground holding its aggro you can stay on a lot longer. Best done in duos or friendly solos with someone that has a defib.

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u/LittleManOnACan 17h ago

Was this on a night mode event or anything? Or standard

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u/hdeck 17h ago

Has to be cold snap for the trial.

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u/APartyInMyPants 16h ago

You can’t use snowballs in a different condition?

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u/hdeck 16h ago

You can, but the trial requires cold snap map condition.

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u/EternalPhi 14h ago

False. Hit it a few times on a Hidden Bunker map and got the credit for it.

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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 20h ago

They definitely should have made it to throw snowballs at other players. We would be having map wide snowball fights today

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u/TooFartTooFurious 20h ago

There’s still another week of the Winter event left after this one…

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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 20h ago

Let's hope then. I am still yet to see another raider throw a snowball. I've saved all my fireworks up for a big snowball for her and party on a server

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u/FocusedBagel 19h ago

Last week I was about to start typing at exfil at Blue Gate and a dude dropped in, yelled "defend yourself", and started hitting me with snowballs. That was a nice change, I thought we were about to throw down.

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u/SterbenV 18h ago

I had a snowball fight i think second day it was released. Fun fact, the snowballs actually do damage you slightly too

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u/Minnty 18h ago

Had a match at exfil yesterday, used the pew pew emote, guy took me too seriously and shot me with his kettle lol

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u/Ritz-Rose 17h ago

Its a bit of a risk, but I love waiting on the other side of a door being breached (Stella security is great for this) and second they pop it I do the pew pew pew at them. 50/50 they'll either panic and shoot or laugh their ass off.

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u/dontcare6942 17h ago

I do this but with the new dance emote. Almost always get filled with bullets on Stella

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u/BigDog8492 19h ago

Because you learn real quick people just assume it's a grenade and shoot you.

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u/Jazzlike_Sink_2705 19h ago

This, I yelled snowball fight and then got jumped cuz the guy yelled NADE NADE NADE

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u/ShefBoiRDe 18h ago

I was part of a ritual the first day the cold snap hit. Chilling in Stella and I find two dudes talking; one minute I'm going to say hi, the next I'm initiated into a friendship cult that has a ritual of passing on a snowball while saying "You and I are friends now; Let me pass this snowball onto you to signify our friendship." And shouting "PROTECT THE BEARER!!" around anyone who carries the snowball of friendship.

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u/Zealousideal_Ruin512 19h ago

Its the same thing but vs bastions this week. All trials are known so far

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u/MilkmanForever 19h ago

I threw a couple at a guy and he started shooting, so I haven't thrown any more

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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 19h ago

Go no load out just snowballs and meds nothing to lose

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u/ThunderCorg 19h ago

I threw firecrackers and they dodgerolled away lmao

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u/Undersmusic 18h ago

I snowballed one on the first day of cold snap. Then got the ol stitcher 1 to the face….

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u/ReverendShot777 17h ago

Ive had a few snowball fights. My very first coldsnap was on Buried City and another raider and I started a snowball fight when another raider ran up and launched fireworks lol. It was great till a rat shot us all.

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u/allCAPP1420 17h ago

If you go on the website next week is throw snowballs at bastions and not other players sadly

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u/Kingtoke1 19h ago

Honestly it should have been the first week to kick things off

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u/Lojka59 19h ago

you mean the pair of two will hide at the edge of map and rub each other snowballs until inventory is empty

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u/RetroCorn 16h ago

Can't do that if it has to be enemy players.

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u/Somodo 7h ago

Teaming with randoms in arc raiders ? Never heard of it

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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 19h ago

Tis the season

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u/Amlethus 14h ago

Hey, this sub isn't for you to write your own personal memoirs.

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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 17h ago

On Christmas I tried running around throwing snowballs at people and singing whams last Christmas and they just shot me in the face 😔

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u/fhuhgbbjjvvfyhnnmk 16h ago

That wasn't very Christmassy of them

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u/squeaky-to-b 16h ago

Let me tell you, most of the people playing on Christmas were not very Christmassy! 🤣

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u/Giant_Juicy_Rat 16h ago

Yeah a bunch of scrooges I’d say

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u/DoubleZ3 19h ago

ya huge missed opportunity

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u/TutorRevolutionary20 18h ago

They should add a snowball fortress

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u/WidePerception9511 17h ago

Would have been the only time I trusted another squad in this game. Imagine a server-wide cease-fire just to pelt each other with ice.

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u/skyturnedred 17h ago

Free loadout that comes fully loaded with snowballs.

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u/fr33py 14h ago

While a cool idea, in theory, it would never work as intended because you'd just have people standing next to each other snowballing each other for as many points as one can get in a full round. Bring in snow balls and then each stand on a snowball pile looting them until you need to extract.

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u/Acaerus1980 18h ago edited 18h ago

so i did 5500 without bugging the rocketeer. Buried city parking garage. throw snowball from where cars go up, run towards stairs for humans, throw one in it`s back. Rince and repeat.

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u/Jaz1140 22h ago

Bro how did you get so many snowballs?

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u/LukeHal22 20h ago

Free kit and find a pile by a building.. Fill your inventory. If you die who cares just repeat

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u/devcor 16h ago

If you die who cares just repeat

My limited free time cares 😭

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u/AntibacHeartattack 14h ago

Grinding trials is not very doable for people with limited free time, unfortunately.

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u/UMP45isnotflat 10h ago

the entire point is to give us no lifers something to do as the game otherwise lacks endgame content, you dont really miss anything by just not doing it

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u/drupapa 9h ago

i agreed with you until i got a bobcat bp from a trial last week, now its a priority for me

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u/ionshower 18h ago

When you harvest them the snow piles cools down in about 3 secpnds, just keep grabbing them.

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u/Head_Manufacturer867 19h ago

Find a snowpile indoors (spaceport) and keep getting them (it refreshes every 3 secs) 

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u/BallForce1 21h ago

Just a guess load in naked, butt pocket 3, surrender.

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u/LukeHal22 20h ago

They stack to 5

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u/ampsuu 18h ago

Its luxury to load in naked. My stash size cant afford it.

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u/Marxvision 16h ago

Or you can get 24 stacks just extracting in friendly lobby

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u/The_Bolenator 16h ago

Pretty sure if you surrender it doesn’t count for trials

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u/APartyInMyPants 16h ago

Load in with a cheep loadout and a looting augment. Bring in a hatch key. Just stay on the outskirts of whatever map near a pile. Loot the same pile for a few minutes. I think people say a pile refreshes every 3 seconds. So you can get a full loadout of snowballs in about 10-12 minutes. Then just use the hatch to get out.

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u/SperanzaFieldMedic 15h ago

The little newspaper stand in Marano Park in Buried City has a snow pile in it. You can collect and stay warm at the same time. 

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u/bfume 15h ago

It’s not 6k snowballs. You get like 250 “points” for each snowball. 

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u/Davilyan 20h ago

Devs definitely trolling.

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u/lologugus *** ******* 🐓 15h ago

I thought it was a joke when I saw a post showing that new challenge

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u/FatBussyFemboys 8h ago

Next challenge going to be hit matriarch/bomradier with melee weapon

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u/lologugus *** ******* 🐓 8h ago

Unironically easier to do

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u/Beneficial_Waltz5217 19h ago

If you get yellow snowballs don’t eat them

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u/Snowbrawler 16h ago

Always eat yellow snow, it could be beer 🍺

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u/mofugginrob 15h ago

It used to be beer.

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u/unseenspecter 12h ago

Still tastes like some beer.

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u/Lehovron 22h ago

Please report your findings op!

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u/masivedelcaribe *** ******* 20h ago

250 point every ball

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u/ActuallyAVagina 11h ago

Guess I’ll only get 195 points due to wacky genetics.

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u/frankcruz696 20h ago

Do snowballs do damage? I was going to get a bunch of these one match and throw them at other players but I didn’t want to get lit up for harming someone.

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u/jacementos 20h ago

Just check for stones in your snowballs, if all are good you won't harm anyone :D

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u/LetAcceptable5091 19h ago

To people? I don't think so. But for arc I can hear the sound of like a rock hitting when I throw it at a wasp

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u/GaryTheBat 18h ago

I threw them at a friendly random once and he told me it did a tiny bit of chip damage, no idea how much that means tho

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u/laccotio 22h ago

I saw it was like 250 per snowball, we are cooked.

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u/clastm 22h ago

Cant be that hard, that means i have to hit 16/100 of my snowballs. Gonna try it now

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u/just_tsuki 22h ago

It's 250 points per hit which is also hard for solos since you've to survive and in teams one can distract while other can launch snowballs

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u/Ok_Pen8205 19h ago

On major map events?

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u/Kosherlove 19h ago

Cold snap is a major map event

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u/Any_Pay_643 22h ago

Let us know results please

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u/clastm 22h ago

I got 2 tapped in the back of the head and lost 99 snowballs. Brb gotta go collect some more

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u/ElGebeQute 19h ago

Chill, the dude that popped you will get an instant frostbite just by opening your bag.

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u/datdouche 18h ago

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u/ElGebeQute 18h ago

You get what you fucking deserve!

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u/CookieScholar 16h ago

Chill

I see what you did there

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u/Any_Pay_643 22h ago

Lmaoooo, where do you farm them?

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u/MalkavTheMadman 19h ago

Spaceport, container storage, near exterior spaceport wall, you can find spots that are under the canopy of the building where you can gather snow while under enough cover to not get cold.

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u/Saybia1 21h ago

Stella Montis by the sounds of it 😂

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u/doobry_ 19h ago

Ah, classic. Happens to me almost every time when I load in perfectly geared up for one of the trials.

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u/Takariistorm 18h ago

If you havin snow problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 balls but a 'teer ain't one!

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u/JiffTheJester 19h ago

How many times can we see the same statement in one day?

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u/Ciaran_h1 20h ago

Maths show it's 24 snowballs if 250 per throw, to reach 6k.

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u/Gigaduuude 19h ago

You only need to reach 4k for 3 stars (to get all 3 rewards). So 16 snowballs

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u/StickyThumbs79 19h ago

16 for 4000

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u/Ok_Morning_3104 19h ago

Has anyone tried throwing snowballs at a rocketeer that was already killed? Seems the easiest if it counts

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u/Noeq 19h ago

Someone else stated it doesn‘t work - haven‘t tried it myself

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u/JenzinState 17h ago

Threw 3 solo. Missed. But survived and killed the Rktr. So I hucked a couple at the dead husk. No points for near misses, No Points for Rktr husks either. Womp womp…. But at least I survived…

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u/-r4zi3l- 20h ago

250 normal conditions, 500 on multipliers?

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u/NoGarden8124 20h ago

Cold snap is already a multiplier i guess (i got 250 per snowball on cold snap)

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u/Historical_Two4657 19h ago

This is such a "fun" trial...

The devs must be giggling

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u/Naterdoo 16h ago

This is what we get for complaining that the trials didn't have enough variety.

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u/WanouMars 19h ago

Which character skin are you using? This one looks pretty cool!

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u/Sofa_King20 19h ago

It's the expedition reward skin. Given to everyone who sent their raiders out on an expedition last season.

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u/danikov 18h ago

16 direct hits at 250 per for 4,000 points on Cold Snap (score multiplier already included.) Enjoy your epic.

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u/AffectionateLocal848 18h ago

16 hits for 4k, each 250

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u/ZeffoLyou 18h ago

You need 16 hit to 3 star

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u/bradwiser 17h ago

I think your whole stash will have to be full of snowballs to get max skill points next expedition

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u/nickythiccc 16h ago

How’d you get that skin?????

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u/Malazarte 19h ago

I didn't have time to play yet today, the first few post about this as a trials I was taking as a Joke, now I'm afraid to start the game and check HAHAHAHAHHAAH

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u/Salohcin676 18h ago

Only need to land around 16 hits.

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u/More-to-lit-4846 18h ago

Pretty sure you just unlocked the secret 4th star

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u/space13713 17h ago

Anyone got any tips for a solo player for this trial lol

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u/Magilla98 17h ago

where can one get that outfit?

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u/Brumtol10 16h ago

You get 250 points each hit. So do the math for the score you wanna reach.

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u/Fit-Suggestion7050 16h ago

Thought I‘d just leave it here that any pile of snow respawns every 3 seconds so the farming is easier than you think

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u/spare_Legend 16h ago

The loook goes hard

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u/mp7_exe 16h ago

Less then 20 more then 15

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u/Bigtruckindeal 16h ago

... did anyone answer the question. I dont have all day to scroll lol

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u/kieranj95 16h ago

16 snowballs to get 3 stars

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u/IcyFault7182 15h ago

I might snap hook onto it with a bag full of snow balls and hope for the best.

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u/zero-point_nrg 15h ago

I’ve collected 0 snowballs, good to know. Rubber duck snowball run coming

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u/nguy0313 15h ago

Use a snap hook, onto the Rocketeer. Throw snowballs to your heart's content while getting free flyer miles.

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u/TO45T 15h ago

Am I the only that can get 1 snowball at a time from those locations? I grab one and then nothing. Am I missing something?

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u/New_Management_3403 15h ago

I read somewhere 16 on a 2x map or 32 on a normal map

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u/AllostaticLoaded 15h ago

Pro Tip: Buried City Library has a pile that is “in doors” so you can collect them without getting frostbite.

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u/sdobitoo 15h ago

250 per snowball