Ice Fortress 2022

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Ice Fortress
Region: Great Winter Taiga
Minimum Rank: Recruit
Travel Requirement: None
Recommended Power Types: All
Required Cheeses: Standard Cheese
Pecan Pecorino Cheese
Glazed Pecan Pecorino Cheese
Number of Mice: 25
Shops: Cheese Shoppe
Trapsmith
Charm Shoppe
General Store
Cartographer
Opening Date: 6 December 2022
New Year's Content: 28 December 2022
Shutdown phase start: 4 January 2023
Closing Date 10 January 2023
This frighteningly frigid fortress towering over the Great Winter Taiga is home to the devious and dastardly Frost King!

Overview

The Great Winter Hunt 2022 event takes place in Great Winter Taiga region, with 3 hunting locations: Cinnamon Hill, Golem Workshop, and Ice Fortress.
This region requires the rank of Recruit to access. It is only available during the event.

In this location, the Hunter aims to ultimately defeat the Frost King, which is only available after taking down Ice Fortress Shield.

Gameplay Mechanics

Snow Golem

During the event, the Snow Golem is in effect in all 3 locations in this region.
The details on this mechanic can be found here.

Fortress

In this location, a Fortress mechanic is in effect:

  • There is an Ice Fortress Shield with 36 HP.
  • There are 3 cannons: Animated Snow Cannon, Cinnamon Cannon, and Charm Cannon. Each cannon can be either Offline or Firing.
  • When hunting with at least 1 cannon with Firing state, the Hunter can damage the Shield.
    • Each cannon adds 1 damage per hunt.
    • Using Festive Spirit adds 1 additional damage per hunt.
  • When the Shield HP reaches 0, the Hunter will attract Frost King next hunt in this location.
  • Catching Frost King resets the Shield to 36 HP.

Heads-Up Display

The Heads-Up Display can be divided into 3 parts:

  • Top shows quick travel interface and general guide.
  • Left provides Snow Golem info.
  • Right provides Fortress info.

Top

Info interface

This interface provides a general guide to participate in the event:

  • Collect Golem Parts
    • Hunt using standard bait in any Great Winter Taiga location to collect Pecan Pecorino cheese.
    • Hunt mice using Pecan Pecorino or Glazed Pecan Pecorino cheese to collect golem parts.
  • Build Snow Golems
    • Once you've collected 1 Golem Head, 1 Golem Torso, and 4 Golem Limbs, you can construct a Snow Golem.
    • Choose any location in the Kingdom that you've already unlocked and send your Golem there to collect loot for you.
Cinnamon Hill

Hunt mice with Pecan Pecorino or Glazed Pecan Pecorino cheese to collect Compressed Cinnamon.

Take this Compressed Cinnamon to the Golem Workshop to fuel the Golem Part Forges.

Golem Workshop

Turn on a Golem Part Forge to begin manufacturing its associated Golem part.

Each active Forge will consume one Compressed Cinnamon and make one unit of progress per hunt.

When a Forge completes, it automatically produces a Golem part!

Ice Fortress

Turn on a cannon to start firing Hailstones at the Ice Shield while you hunt.

Per hunt, each active cannon will consume one Hailstone, deal one unit of damage to the shield, and cause the mice to drop its associated item.

Once the shield reaches zero, you will encounter the Frost King until he is caught.

Catching the Frost King will reward you with a Magical Holiday Scarf and will reset the shield's health.

Left

The HUD tracks the Hunter's inventory of:

The HUD also shows Snow Golem info:

Clicking on golems brings up the Golem interface.

Golem interface

This interface tracks the Hunter's inventory of:

This interface also has 2 tabs with golem information:

Explore

Snow Golems love to explore! Send them to your favourite locations in the Kingdom and they'll bring back valuable loot for you!

This tab shows the current golem status, which can be either:

  • Available:
    • List of locations to send golem
  • Exploring:
    • Location sent
    • Number of hunt left
Upgrade

Use Reinforced Ice Shards to increase the amount of loot your Snow Golems bring back! Upgrades are permanent and will even apply to golems who are already out exploring.

This tab shows the Golem leveling info:

  • Current golem level and loot
  • Upgrade cost and bonus loot for the next level

Right

Mice

All mice found in this location are part of Event Mice group.

All Power Types work against these mice.

Standard Cheese attracts mice that drop Pecan Pecorino as loot. Festive Spirit makes these mice drop 1 additional Pecan Pecorino.
Pecan Pecorino and Glazed Pecan Pecorino attract mice that drop Snow Golem Head, Snow Golem Torso, and Snow Golem Limb as loot.

Mouse Points Gold Standard Cheese Pecan Pecorino Glazed Pecan Pecorino Loot
Borean Commander 19,000 2,900 X X
Builder 990 900 X
Confused Courier 6,000 1,500 X
Frigid Foreman 2,000 1,200 X
Frost King
Requires Ice Fortress Shield at 0 health
120,000 50,000 X X X See below
Glacia Ice Fist 10,150 3,000 X X
Glazy 50,000 10,000 X
Great Winter Hunt Impostor 30,000 5,000 X X
Hoarder 10,000 4,000 X
Iceberg Sculptor 21,000 3,000 X X
Joy 40,000 12,000 X
Miser 10,000 5,000 X
Missile Toe 4,600 2,000 X
Naughty Nougat 20,000 4,000 X X
Reinbo 11,000 1,165 X X
S.N.O.W. Golem 25,000 5,000 X X
Slay Ride 14,000 1,500 X X
Snow Fort 5,000 1,000 X X
Snow Sorceress 12,000 2,000 X X
Snowblower 1,200 150 X
Snowflake 30,000 5,000 X X
Snowglobe 900 900 X
Squeaker Claws 22,000 9,000 X X
Stuck Snowball ??? ??? X X
Tundra Huntress 32,000 15,000 X X

Frost King drop table

Selection group Item Quantity
(A) All of Throwable Snowball 5
Magical Holiday Scarf 1
Frost Globe 1
Animated Snow 1
Compressed Cinnamon 1
Reinforced Ice Shard 36
(B) 1 slot of Festive Ultimate Power Charm 1
Festive Ultimate Luck Charm 1
Festive Ultimate Lucky Power Charm 1
Ultimate Snowball Charm 1
Rift Ultimate Snowball Charm 1
Ultimate Charm 1
(C) 0 - 1 slot of Ancient Relic 1

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

This place gives me the chills and I'm not talking about the temperature!

Deep inside that scary-looking Ice Fortress, behind that tough-looking ice shield, lives the frigid fanatic who calls himself the Frost King.

Rumour has it, he is trying to freeze the entire Kingdom of Gnawnia so that we'll be stuck in the festive season forever!

As much as I love this season, all good things must come to an end and that's where we need your help!

You'll need to capture the Frost King to put a stop to his plan but before you can reach him, you'll need to break through his Reinforced Ice shield.

I've taken the liberty of setting up three cannons capable of firing Hailstones which are the only things strong enough to break through Reinforced Ice.

So collect some Hailstones from your Snow Golems, switch on these cannons, and start the barrage for the good of the Kingdom!

Adventure Book

During Great Winter Hunt 2022, the Hunter can complete steps of Defeat the Frost King adventure in Ice Fortress.

Shops

During Great Winter Hunt 2022, these are the shops found in Ice Fortress.

Cheese Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Cheddar Cheese 10 gold None 10 gold
Marble Cheese 50 gold None 50 gold
Swiss Cheese 100 gold None 100 gold
Brie Cheese 200 gold None 200 gold
Gouda Cheese 600 gold None 600 gold

Trapsmith

Bases
Item Cost Requirement Refund
2023 New Year's Base
Limited Edition
Available from 28 December 2022
30 Firework Sugar Cookie None N/A
Queso Cannonstorm Base
Limited Edition
3 Frost Globe 1 Defeat the Frost King N/A
Seasonal Gift of the Day Base 250,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Gingerbread Base 30,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Candy Cane Base 90,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Festive Winter Hunt Base 127,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Weapons
Item Power Type Cost Requirement Refund
Gingerbread House Surprise Tactical 75,000 gold
2 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Skins
Item Used With Cost Requirement Refund
Digby DecroBot Skin Digby DrillBot 2 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Sinister Winter Wreath Portal Sinister Portal 2 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive ACRONYM Skin Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery 4 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Box Trap Skin Ancient Box Trap 4 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Un-Raged RhinoBot Skin Enraged RhinoBot 4 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Zugzwang's First Move Skin Zugzwang's First Move 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive S.L.A.C. II Skin S.L.A.C. II 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Droid Archmagus Trap Skin Droid Archmagus Trap 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Steam Freezer Mk. III Skin Steam Laser Mk. III 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Helper's Perch Reaper's Perch 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Blizzard Ballista Trap Skin Storm Wrought Ballista Trap 5 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Judge Trap Skin Judge Droid Trap 6 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Point-settia Ballista Trap Skin Chrome Storm Wrought Ballista Trap 6 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Sandtail Sentinel Skin Sandtail Sentinel 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Snow Sphynx Skin Sphynx Wrath 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Chrome Santa Sphynx Trap Skin Chrome Sphynx Wrath 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Oasis Trap Skin Oasis Water Node Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Phantasmic Oasis Trap Skin Phantasmic Oasis Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Grand Wreath Arcanum Trap Skin Grand Arcanum Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Droid Arch Santa Trap Skin Droid Archmagus Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Kris Chromo Trap Skin Chrome MonstroBot 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Queso Fount Trap Skin Queso Fount Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Snowball Sentinel Trap Skin Smoldering Stone Sentinel Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Infinite Winter Wreath Trap Skin Infinite Labyrinth Trap 8 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Candy Cane Crossbow Trap Skin Interdimensional Crossbow Trap 10 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Eternal Frost Ember Prison Core Trap Skin Ember Prison Core Trap 10 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Crystal Ice Tower Skin Crystal Tower 10 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Mysteriously unYielding Null-Onyx Rampart of Cascading Amperes Trap Skin Mysteriously unYielding Null-Onyx Rampart of Cascading Amperes 10 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Fête Manipulator Trap Skin Thought Manipulator Trap 10 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Temporal Turbine Trap Skin Temporal Turbine 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Chrome Winter Wreath Trap Skin Chrome Temporal Turbine 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
School of Secret Santa Sharks Trap Skin School of Sharks 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Icy Chrome School of Sharks Trap Skin Chrome School of Sharks Trap 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Snowball Slayer Cannon Dragon Slayer Cannon 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Chrome Celestial Christmas Tree Trap Skin Chrome Celestial Dissonance Trap 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Winter Wasteland Dissonance Trap Skin Timesplit Dissonance Weapon 12 Advent Chocolate None N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
2023 Charm
Available from 28 December 2022
1 Firework Sugar Cookie None N/A
Rift 2023 Charm
Available from 28 December 2022
2 Firework Sugar Cookie None N/A
Snowball Charm 100 gold
1 Animated Snow
None N/A
Super Snowball Charm 300 gold
2 Snowball Charm
None N/A
Extreme Snowball Charm 600 gold
2 Super Snowball Charm
None N/A
Ultimate Snowball Charm 900 gold
2 Extreme Snowball Charm
None N/A
Rift Snowball Charm 100 gold
2 Animated Snow
None N/A
Rift Super Snowball Charm 300 gold
2 Rift Snowball Charm
None N/A
Rift Extreme Snowball Charm 600 gold
2 Rift Super Snowball Charm
None N/A
Rift Ultimate Snowball Charm 900 gold
2 Rift Extreme Snowball Charm
None N/A
Festive Ultimate Power Charm 1 Advent Chocolate None N/A
Festive Ultimate Luck Charm 1 Advent Chocolate None N/A

General Store

Item Cost Requirement Refund
2023 Lucky Codex
Available from 28 December 2022
70 Firework Sugar Cookie None N/A
Magical Scarf Journal Theme 3 Frost Globe 1 Defeat the Frost King N/A
Festive Jingle Bell 5 Animated Snow None N/A
Magical Holiday Hat 3 Frost Globe 1 Defeat the Frost King N/A
Snowball Showdown Dust 175 Throwable Snowball None N/A
Compressed Jet Stream 3 Frost Globe 1 Defeat the Frost King N/A
Floating Reindeer Crate 1 Frost Globe 1 Defeat the Frost King N/A
Great Winter Hunt Airship Balloon 180,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Great Winter Hunt Airship Sail 180,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Great Winter Hunt Airship Hull 180,000 gold
1 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Holiday Express Airship Balloon 200,000 gold
5 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Holiday Express Airship Sail 200,000 gold
5 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Holiday Express Airship Hull 200,000 gold
5 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Winter Hunt Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Snowball Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Iceball Brawl Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Extreme Toboggan Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Joyous Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Snow Golem Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Festive Decoration Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Snowy Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
M.I.L.K. and Cookies Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
The Holiday Express Journal Theme 15,000 gold
3 Advent Chocolate
None N/A
Snow Golem Head 20 Animated Snow None N/A
Snow Golem Torso 20 Animated Snow None N/A
Snow Golem Limb 10 Animated Snow None N/A

Cartographer

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Sealed Nice List 1 Ancient Relic None N/A
Sealed Naughty List 3 Ancient Relic None N/A
New Year's Party Scroll Case
Available from 28 December 2022
3 Ancient Relic
100 Firework Sugar Cookie
None N/A

History and Trivia

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