Frigid

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 Goal

## Rules

**Frigid** may be completed up to 15 times.

The reward is +2.5% Helium gain, Trimp attack and health, and Fluffy experience gain for the first completion. The reward increases to 5% for the second completion (for a total of 7.5%), 7.5% for the third completion (for a total of 15%), and so on until reaching a bonus of +300% (or, 4x).

The total bonus for the Nth completion is

(
2.5
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N
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N
1
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2
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%

{\displaystyle +(2.5\times N\times (N+1)/2)\%}

, which is a triangular number sequence.

However, each completion also buffs the attack and health of all enemies by 10x (compounding) for all future Frigid attempts, as well as decreasing the number of Warmth stacks received from clearing a Void Map by -5% (compounding).

As such, the warmth stacks gained per VM is equal to

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10
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0.95
C

{\displaystyle (Zone / 10) \times 0.95^C}

 (where C is the number of Frigid completions)

## Strategy

This is a challenge that can be run repeatedly with escalating difficulty and rewards. The first few completions are relatively easy but not particularly rewarding; the later completions become much more difficult but much more worth it. As such, the higher levels of this challenge make for good overnight runs, where you don't have to watch your trimps batter away at an enemy with Obliterated-grade HP values.

Functionally this challenge can be reduced to a choice: Either you can have crits, or you can raid maps; and once you make the choice to gain crits, you basically can't run maps anymore.

The challenge ends on Z460, which is an Ice zone. This means that the real challenge is getting to Z446 (the first Poison zone before Z460), as once you get to Z446, Poison damage will carry you to Z450. You can then run all your VMs on 450, which gives you 45 Warmth stacks per VM. The minimum basic sequence thus looks like this:

* AutoGold Voidtle. You need maximum VM drops, and then max combat stats. Also, use an Heirloom with VM drop chance.
* If you use Perky, the Other c2 profile will be your friend; this is not a helium challenge.
* Run a normal run up to Z450. Set M@Z for Run Void Maps at Z450 cell 100.
	+ If zone progress starts to slow down too badly (and it will at higher levels of this challenge), start bringing in push strats: M@Z a -3 map on Repeat To 10, raiding higher maps to get extra equipment prestiges, whatever it takes to get to Z450.
* Z450 cell 100, run all VMs, and then make sure *no M@Z profile* activates again before Z461. You're in crit territory now.
* You'll need 1001 stacks of Warmth to make it from Z450c100 to finish the challenge. To get that, you'll need at least **23** VMs (each 45 Warmth) to do the challenge for the first time, scaling up to **48** VMs (each 21 Warmth) to complete the final 15th run.
* It costs 150 map cells to raid a Perfect, Prestige, +5/+10 map, to unlock the next tier of equipment prestiges (minus GamebesOP, which would cost another 25 cells). These 150 cells, if run at Z390 or higher, each cost 8 VMs (on the 15th challenge run; or 7 VMs if done in the final 455-460 push). As such, it is possible to burn a few VMs on a lower-level zone, to gain temporary access to crits for a zone raid.

## History

This challenge was introduced in game version 5.9.0.