The Snowager

The Snowager sleeps on its hoard.

The Snowager is a giant ice worm who lives in the Ice Caves, guarding an enormous hoard of treasure. Cold as ice and extremely mean, the Snowager is renowned for its freezing cold breath. While he sleeps for only a few hours a day, players may choose those times to approach and try to steal some of his hoard. The Snowager may based on the dragons of European folklore, who in many stories - Beowulf, Fafnir - guarded treasure. He first appeared on 11 January 2001.

He is a Battledome opponent, is featured in NeoQuest II, and has a starring role in the game Wrath of the Snowager.

The Snowickle Petpet is reminiscent of the Snowager - in its snakelike appearance and markings, and tendency to hoard objects - and fans have theorised that it the Snowager may be an overgrown form of the Snowickle, like the Turmaculus is an overgrown Turmac. The Hissi resembles the Snowager when painted Ice.

Snowager's Cave

The Snowager is watching for thieves most of the day.

The Snowager first appeared when his cave was added to the Ice Caves map on January 11, 2001. In it, the Snowager guards his treasure from any user who would want to take some of it.

The Snowager only sleeps between 6-7 AM, 2-3 PM, and 10-11 PM, Neopia Standard Time. During these times, it is possible to sneak in and grab a prize from the pile of treasure he rests on. Prizes range from neggs to medicine to plushies. Anyone who attempts to steal some of his treasure runs the risk of waking the Snowager, and he may deal damage to a user's active Neopet, or all of a user's Neopets, by delivering a powerful icy blast.

Being blasted by the Snowager allows the user to challenge him in the Battledome. It also has a chance of awarding the user with an avatar.

The player may attempt to steal one piece of treasure every time the Snowager sleeps.

Winter Starlight Celebration

In December 2011, as a part of the Winter Starlight Celebration, the Snowager went into hibernation for the month. This meant users could visit at any time of the day and attempt to steal a prize. Initially, users could try every two hours - this was later fixed to only allow one attempt per day.

Plot summary

NeoQuest II

Main article: NeoQuest II

The Snowager is an non-player character in NeoQuest II. He keeps order in Terror Mountain by clearing the roads of avalanches and eating various monsters that prowl the roads. At the beginning of the act he has gone missing - imprisoned by Scuzzy in his cave. When Rohane defeats Scuzzy, the Snowager can clear the cave in keeping him trapped and the act is complete.

The Snowager explains that his role in the ship's computer is to maintain the data lines and defeat rogue programmes - in the analogy of the simulation, clearing the roads and eating the monsters. A virus was introduced in the computer that he was unable to defeat, and he was trapped in a data loop - the cave. The virus is now in control of the ship's computer - the sentinel programme, in the guise of the Snowager, explains that it is up to Rohane to defeat it by entering the computer again in the rest of the simulations he was now able to unlock.

Battledome

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Weapons Used (In Order Stolen)
Wand Of The Air Faerie	Attack: 3×Water   1 - 3×Physical   Defence: 3×Fire Defence
Snowager Crystal	Attack: 2×Earth   2×Water   1×Physical   (Once per battle)
Lesser Attack Chive	Attack: 4×Earth   1 - 4×Physical
Cloud Rod	Attack: 6×Air   1 - 5×Physical
Golden Butter Knife	Attack: 10×Physical
Snowager Pendant	Attack: 5×Air   5×Darkness   Defence: Reflect All×Fire Defence  Reflect All×Water Defence
Snowager Shield	Defence: 5×Water Defence  5×Air Defence  5×Earth Defence  All×Physical Defence
Snowager Breath	Attack: 10×Water   1 - 10×Physical

Better Than You

The Snowager has been a contestant on Better Than You once:

Date:	February 24, 2011	Rrrr... Grrrr.... RAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRR!!!!!
Game:	Wrath of the Snowager
Score:	1,400,000
Prize:	Snow Petpet Paint Brush

Trivia

• As of August 2011, the Snowager is featured in 38 items and a Neocash background.
• The Snowager How to Draw tutorial was added on December 15, 2007.
• Next to Punchbag Sid, The Snowager is the strongest one-player Battledome opponent available outside of plots.
• An avatar featuring the Snowager was released on December 8, 2004. The avatar is randomly rewarded when your pet(s) get blasted trying to steal its treasure.

External links

• Location Link: The Snowager
• Neopedia: The Snowager, Simon and the Snowager
• NeoDeck: The Snowager
• Neopets TCG: Snowickle, Snowager Ice Lolly, Snowager Scale, The Snowager
• How to Draw: The Snowager
• Caption Competition: #140, #277, #345, #348, #399, #499, #751
• Help File: Does the Snowager ever sleep?
• Editorial: 39, 72, 73, 80, 82, 90, 93, 94, 110, 148, 237, 238, 244, 249, 257, 263, 266, 268, 358, 359, 392, 453, 523, 524