Genshin Impact: How to Get the Ice Cream Sword Skin in Snezhnaya

The Ice Cream Sword skin turns any sword-wielding character’s weapon into a giant frozen popsicle, and it costs nothing but time in the Snezhnaya open world added in Genshin Impact 7.0. It lives inside the Jack Frost village on the right side of the Snezhnaya map, and you claim it by helping the little snow spirits and trading a currency you earn along the way.

Quick answer: Complete the “Small Jack Frost, Big Problems” World Quest in Jack Frost village, collect 30 Intricately Patterned Buttons by helping Jack Frosts across the 7.0 map, then buy the Ice Cream Sword skin from the village chief’s shop.

What you need before starting

The skin is free and works for any character who uses a Sword as their weapon. It only changes how the weapon looks, so it has no effect on stats.

Before you head out, unlock as many Teleport Waypoints and Statues of the Seven across Snezhnaya as you can. This makes moving around the region far quicker, since the buttons you need come from Jack Frosts scattered throughout the 7.0 map.

Free the trapped Jack Frost and start the quest

Travel to Jack Frost village on the right side of the Snezhnaya map. You can walk there or teleport straight to its waypoint, then move deeper into the settlement until a cutscene plays.

Walk up to the Jack Frost stuck under a rock. Open your Eye of Graeae menu using the button shown at the bottom-right of the screen, between your health bar and your elemental skill icon.

Select an ice cube in the menu and place it on the left side of the rock. This lifts the rock and frees the trapped Jack Frost, triggering another cutscene.

Continue up and deeper into the village until you spot a snowball hopping back and forth. The surface it bounces on is an ice chunk you can dig out through the same Eye of Graeae menu.

Dig out the ice chunk to stop the snowball. A new cutscene plays and the village leader, “Slightly huge Jack Frost,” appears to talk with you.

Speak with the leader to unlock the World Quest “Small Jack Frost, Big Problems.” Finish it to collect a batch of rewards, which includes your first Intricately Patterned Buttons.

Collect 30 buttons and buy the skin

Intricately Patterned Buttons are the currency you trade for the cosmetic. Finishing the World Quest alone will not give you enough, so you need to keep helping Jack Frosts wherever you find them across the 7.0 map.

Requirement	Detail
Currency	Intricately Patterned Buttons
Amount needed	30
Where to earn	The “Small Jack Frost, Big Problems” quest, plus helping Jack Frosts throughout the 7.0 map
Where to spend	The village chief’s shop in Jack Frost village

Once you have 30 buttons, return to Jack Frost village and talk to the village chief again. This time his shop is open. Exchange the 30 Intricately Patterned Buttons for the Ice Cream Sword skin.

Equip the skin and confirm it worked

After the trade, the skin is yours to keep. To put it on, open the character menu and go to the Dressing Room, then select the weapon slot for any Sword user. Choosing the Ice Cream Sword swaps the in-hand model for the popsicle without touching your weapon’s stats.

You know it worked when the character’s Sword appears as the ice cream in the preview and in the field. If it is missing from the Dressing Room, make sure you completed the exchange with the chief rather than only finishing the quest, since the skin unlocks at the point of purchase.