Snowball Survival

Snowball Survival is one of the rounds in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. This round is a Survival round and has been introduced in Season 3's mid-season update.

According to this blog post, this round was designed by Max Boyle.

In-game descriptions

 * Objective
 * Don't get knocked out!


 * Description
 * Try not to break the ice and don't fall out the bowl!

Standard version
Snowball Survival is a survival round.

All players start in a bowl with icy walls and a circular base made out of two different kinds of hexagonal tiles: the red tiles never break and form the shape of a snowflake in the middle of the arena. The remaining tiles in the center of the snowflake and on the outer edge of the arena are ice tiles like the ones found on Thin Ice and continually crack to a weakened state, eventually breaking after being stood on for too long.

At the start of the round, cannons shoot a total of two giant snowballs into the bowl. These balls can move decently fast, and will knock the player a significant amount if they are hit by the ball. Even if all the ice tiles are destroyed, the snowballs never fall into them. The snowballs can also bump into each other, suddenly changing direction after the collision.

This round runs for a total of 1 minute, after which all remaining survivors qualify for the next round.

Survival
Simply trying to stay as much as you can on the red tiles and only using the ice tiles when absolutely necessary while keeping track of the position of the snowballs at all times will make it harder for the snowballs to knock players into the slime. This will likely mean that more players make it into the next round, however. Keep in mind that players may intentionally break the tiles, making survival harder for everyone else.

"Chasing"
Intentionally chasing after a snowball can vastly reduce the chance that it will hit you. It is still important to pay attention to where the other snowball is, as well as to the holes on the ground, as to not be taken off-guard.

Circling
A variation of the chasing strategy, it involves running around the central hole of the arena in such a way that you're chasing after a snowball and being chased by the other one, essentially running laps around the arena with them. This strategy is only really effective if the snowballs are rolling along the arena without colliding with one another.

Sabotage
Intentionally destroying the central and outer layer tiles can make it harder to avoid the slime due to the reduced surface area and larger gaps of the arena. This strategy is risky without any awareness however as the player focused on breaking tiles could lose track of where the snowballs are and suddenly find themselves hit by one of them.

Grabbing
As with any other survival game, grabbing can disrupt other players, pushing (or making them fall) into gaps or putting them on a snowball's path, especially if the "victim"' happens to be standing on an ice tile that's about to shatter. This can easily backfire as other players may grab the grabber in turn or the victim might grab the grabber back, causing both of them to fall or get hit by snowballs. Best to grab other players from the side or the back so that they cannot retaliate if pursuing this strategy.

Miscellaneous

 * The cannon will fire snowballs from your left, so keep that in mind for the initial part and dodge out of the way if necessary.
 * As Season 4 made changes to the Fall Guy's physics to make them sturdier, you are now less likely to be flung violently if hit by the ball, making surviving from this round much easier.

Medal thresholds

 * Gold - Qualified
 * No medal - Eliminated

Trivia

 * In Hard Mode, Snowball Survival's timer is increased to 1:30.