Frostcovered City

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## Bosses

Thunderclaw (pwdb)

Weakened Diabolic Shocktrooper (pwdb)

Tough Diabolic Shocktrooper (pwdb)

Frenzied Diabolic Shocktrooper (pwdb)

Cyclotra Styren (pwdb)

Dreadindra (pwdb)

Asoteric Runewolf (pwdb)

Messenger of Fear (pwdb)

Oceania Master (pwdb)

Decaying Fragrance (pwdb)

Asoteric Runephoenix (pwdb)

Holeen, Champion of Fientazzar (pwdb)

**Frostcovered City** is a dungeon located in the northwest corner of the Midlands. The dungeon was previously a popular place for characters to level due to the high experience from bosses and monsters and the ability to rerun the dungeon with no limitations. Hyper EXP Stones are almost always disabled in the dungeon now, so players can no longer gain large amounts of experience. On occasion, Hyper EXP Stones will be enabled, but they typically get disabled again upon release of an expansion or content update.

## Overview

In order to activate the dungeon, you must have a squad of at least 2 players including yourself. The squad leader must be level 85 or higher, while squad members must be level 75 or higher. Only the squad leader needs to be inside the dungeon to activate it. To activate the dungeon, the squad leader must talk to Lin Yan at the beginning of the dungeon and take the quest "Open the Gate".

Lin Yan also offers an optional quest "A Daring Rescue" which is only available to players that are level 85 or higher. This quest is required to spawn the optional boss Cyclotra Styren, and rewards players with the item "Faithfullness", half of the items required to receive an item reward at the end of the dungeon.

### Squad Structure

Nowadays players will typically do this dungeon alone or in small groups. However, if you are looking to do a more traditional Frostcovered City run with lower-leveled and lower-geared players, these classes are the most ideal for the dungeon:

* Barbarian: for tanking, or a similar class that can pull and tank a lot of mobs such as a Blademaster or Seeker.
* Cleric or Mystic: for healing, purifying, and resurrecting.
* Debuffers: Assassins, Blademasters, Seekers, Stormbringers, Venomancers
* Classes capable of using AoEs: Archers, Psychics, Wizards, etc
* Damage Dealers (any class that is capable of dealing high damage)

### Doors

In Frostcovered City, there are several closed doors blocking your way through the dungeon. They can mostly be opened by killing Glacial Shades, while other doors must be opened by killing the bosses in the dungeon. Generally traditional squads will have their tanker pull large groups of mobs to the Glacial Shades for players to AoE. Note that mobs can reset if you run too far away, and there are some invisible barriers that mobs cannot run through.

### Tips

* For tanks: Know how many mobs you're capable of tanking at once. Many mobs in the dungeon do magic damage, so pulling too many can kill you (and the rest of the squad) quickly. Usually, you will pull mobs to every Glacial Shade. For barbarians, use the skills Bestial Rage, Invoke the Spirit, Roar, and Sunder as a basic combo when finishing your mob pull. For extra protection and aggro you can use the genie skills Solid Shield and Alpha Male.
* For clerics/healers: Be careful of when you heal the tank. If you heal while they are pulling mobs, then those mobs will attack you instead. Usually it is enough to use Ironheart Blessing a few times before the tank begins to pull, and on harder pulls use Wings of Protection on the tank. Chromatic Healing Beam is usually enough for most groups of mobs but some tougher groups may require Regeneration Aura (BB). Bosses will interrupt BB, however, and many of them have tactics that require purifying or other such support.
* For assassins: You may be tasked with stealthing through mobs and solo-killing Glacial Shades so that the tank can pull bigger groups of mobs.
* For damage dealers: Depending on your tanker and your ability to survive, do be careful of how much damage you deal in case you accidentally steal aggro of mob groups from the tank. To be on the safe side, you should have immunity potions, or if you're using constant AoEs the genie skill Absolute Domain. The genie skill Expel can be used on certain groups of mobs that deal physical damage as well.

## Bosses

All bosses in Frostcovered City are level 150.

### Thunderclaw

Thunderclaw is the first boss of the dungeon. Like many bosses, it mainly does ranged magic attacks that will reduce the player's movement speed. It will also use a short bleed damage-over-time debuff. It will occasionally spawn three circles on random players that deal 5000 damage each after 5 seconds, regardless of your defense. If you are killing this boss solo, typically two of these circles will spawn on top of you instead. It is recommended to run out of these circles especially if you do not have a large amount of health. Note that if you kill Thunderclaw just as it summons more circles, the traps will still explode even though the boss is dead.

### Diabolic Shocktrooper

Diabolic Shocktrooper is the second boss of the dungeon. There are three different forms of it which range in difficulty only - it will not affect the experience reward or the drop rates of items. The type of form of boss you get will depend on how many Glacix Elementos you kill during the ritual:

* Weakened Diabolic Shocktrooper: Kill all elementos
* Tough Diabolic Shocktrooper: Kill half or most elementos
* Frenzied Diabolic Shocktrooper: Kill none or few elementos

To summon this boss, any player should take the quest at Frost Lord Holan. Doing so will begin the ritual to summon the Diabolic Shocktrooper. The boss will spawn encased in ice and will be immune to damage. Around him will be five colored circles where the Glacix Elementos will spawn.

During this phase, 2 Glacix Elementos will spawn every 30 seconds, meaning you will only have 30 seconds to kill each of them. As the ritual progresses, the more health the elementos will have. If you are running a more traditional squad, then it is highly recommended to kill as many Glacix Elementos as possible. They can also be somewhat decent for experience which is another advantage to killing them.

Once the ritual is over, the colored circles will disappear and the Diabolic Shocktrooper will appear and be able to be damaged. The Diabolic Shocktrooper mainly deals ranged magic damage. On occasion it will put players to sleep or use the Occult Ice skill on players. The Occult Ice skill deals damage over time which can be deadly to weaker squads, but can be purified. Because it functions as a stun, it can be purified by using the genie skill Badge of Courage.

Once the boss is killed, Frost Lord Holan will reappear in its place and two groups of Frost Bishops and Ice Sirens will spawn in the same room.

#### Drops

Diabolic Shocktrooper has a 1.6% chance to drop a green-named piece of equipment, regardless of which version of the boss you kill.

 ★Auspicious Ring

### Cyclotra Styren

Cyclotra Styren is an optional boss and does not need to be killed to complete Frostcovered City. To summon this boss one player must have the quest "A Daring Rescue", meaning you will need at least one level 85+ player in your squad. To summon the boss, talk to Shiner Nin in the room. All players that wish to receive the reward chest at the end of the dungeon should talk to Shiner Nin. After a short period of time, the Cyclotra Styren will appear at the entrance of the room and walk to Shiner Nin.

Cyclotra Styren itself does not have many tactics outside of ranged magic attacks and an AoE bleed damage-over-time skill, but it will spawn a Glacix Dragoon once at the beginning of the fight and once when it has roughly 1/3 HP remaining. Glacix Dragoons can AoE stun players after being damaged a bit, but will only do it once.

After Cyclotra Styren dies, Lin Yan will appear next to Shiner Nin. Players can hand in their "A Daring Rescue" quest at this NPC to receive the item "Faithfullness".

#### Drops

Cyclotra Styren has a 1.6% chance to drop a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Decaying Snow Cape
 ★Moonshade Cape
 ★Transitional Necklace

### Dreadindra

Dreadindra is the fourth boss of the dungeon. He is capable of dealing melee ranged physical damage. On occasion he will put players to sleep. He will sometimes call a Frost Bishop to attack players, which are capable of freezing players in place. Dreadindra will also randomly aggro on players and can purge the squad. He can also deal AoE damage equal to a certain percentage of your health, so AoE heals are recommended.

In a more traditional squad, the primary tank would hold the boss while the rest of the squad primarily focuses on the Frost Bishops when they spawn, and deal damage to the boss in between spawns.

#### Drops

Dreadindra has a 1.6% chance to drop a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Decaying Snow Helmet
 ★Galemark Helmet
 ★Suprature Amulet

### Asoteric Runewolf

Asoteric Runewolf is the fifth boss of the dungeon. Players should avoid using attacks that interrupt the boss's channelling as it can trigger his mechanics early, risking a squad wipe for weaker squads.

On occasion the boss will stop moving and will start shouting "SUPER..." "POWERFUL..." "MIGHTY..." "WHIRLING..." "SLASH!". During this time, players should run away from the boss as once he says "SLASH!" he will use multiple AoE attacks that deal quite a bit of damage to players and is fatal for more traditional squads. Once he begins to move again, it is safe to move back to him and continue killing him.

His other attacks include a ranged magic attack that reduces movement speed, an AoE that deals damage equal to a certain percentage of your health, and a random silence on players. Occasionally he will also increase his magic attack for a short time or use a frenzy buff which increases his attack but lowers his defense.

#### Drops

Asoteric Runewolf has a 1.6% chance to drop a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Decaying Snow Wristguards
 ★Galemark Gauntlets
 ★Sirenith Necklace

### Messenger of Fear

Does AoE sleep and AoE damage. The tank holds the boss. Heal tank and AoE heals for squad.

Level 85+: After you killed this boss the NPC Yi Lam appears. Talk to him and he will teleport you near next boss. If you are below level 85 you need to walk.

#### Drops

Messenger of Fear has a 1.6% chance to drop a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Moonshade Footwear
 ★Galemark Graves
 ★Vibrant Jade

### Oceania Master

Warnings: Do *NOT* use AoE skills.

Stands in a big room filled with mobs. Kill the Harpy flying back and forth in front of the boss before you start. The tank holds the boss. Don't hit the minion that spawns next to the boss, telling you to try hit him. Ignore this minion. If you kill the minion he does a severe AoE killing most people in your squad. Kill any hands that spawn within 5 seconds before they clap or they kill almost everyone. Most players will kill the hands that spawn near them on their own, but putting a player in charge of killing them is also an option.

Note: Do *NOT* talk to the NPC yet!

#### Drops

Oceania Master is guaranteed to drop one item. The item has a 98.8% chance of being The Past of Frostcovered City, or it will be a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Decaying Snow Vest
 ★Galemark Mail
 ★Beholder Sachet

### Frozen Heads

**After the boss:** For the mobs in the room, a tank follows a pattern to avoid the harpies and instead drags all the mobs to the squad. The squad follows the same skill combos used when pulling mobs to a shade.

Level 85+: After you kill this boss the NPC **Celestial Sister** appears, talk to her after the squad has killed all the mobs in the room. Hit as many of the **Frozen Heads** you can, they give EXP, and afterwards the NPC gives you a second quest item 'Sincerity'.

### Decaying Fragrance

This one does the axe debuff like one of the last bosses in FB69. Purify the debuff. The tank holds the boss. AoE stuns.

#### Drops

Decaying Fragrance is guaranteed to drop one item. The item has a 98.8% chance of being The Past of Frostcovered City, or it will be a green-named piece of equipment.

 ★Decaying Snow Shinguards
 ★Galemark Shinguards
 ★Percussion Necklace

### Asoteric Runephoenix

Shoot him, run to lower him so everyone in the squad can hit him. He AoE seals, does damage, and drains life. Just DD, cleric team heals. A venomancer may use Soul Degeneration when Amplify Damage is on cooldown because this boss has a great HP regeneration rate. After the phoenix dies, you need to destroy the remains Blazing Phoenix Soul before it disappears.

**After the boss:** The last few mobs are the dragons that the FC boss *Cyclotra Styren* spawns, meaning they will stun. Do the mobs one group at time or use a Vacuity Powder if you want pull them all to the last boss room.

#### Drops

Asoteric Runephoenix does not drop any items, but the Infernobird Soul that appears afterwards does. It is guaranteed to drop one item. The item has a 98.72% chance of being The Past of Frostcovered City, or it will be a gold-named piece of equipment.

### Holeen

Lure the Holeen Body and kill it. After he's dead Holeen Champion of Fientazzar spawns. He random aggros, seals, AoEs, and buffs himself at around 30% of his HP. AoE heals are used and the venomancer should Purge the boss as soon as he buffs himself.

Level 85+: Talk to the NPC Frost Elder. For the 'Sincerity' and 'Faithfulness' he'll give you a Chest of Faith containing a random gift: Perfect Stones, Flawless Shards, Scarlet Fruit, Mirage Celestone, Auspicious Ring: Order, Unicorn Spirit Ring: Order, Socket Stones.

#### Drops

Holeen will drop 2 items, which can either be a Flawless Shard, a green-named weapon, or a gold-named weapon.

## Quests

Wind and Snow (Main Quest)
Ruthless Ones (Side Quest)
Kill Iceshadow Assassin (0/5)
 Reward:

Lost Souls (Side Quest)
Vengence for Lin (Side Quest)
A Daring Rescue (Repeatable)
 Quest
 Infiltrate the Prison
 Cyclotra Styren
 A Couple's Reunion
 Reward:

Evil Spreading (Repeatable)
Sincerity (Repeatable)
### Videos

* FC Fast Run with 90+ Squad, half run.
* Frostcovered City Run; A Tank's PoV, FC squad 90+ half run.