Bitterfrost Frontier
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Bitterfrost Frontier
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Map of Bitterfrost Frontier
- Levels
- 80
- Type
- Zone
- Region
- Shiverpeak Mountains
- Connects to
- Frostgorge Sound (SW)
- Pets
- None
- API
- 1178
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Bitterfrost Frontier is a zone available via Living World Season 3 episode A Crack in the Ice. Located in the Shiverpeak Mountains, it is a frozen and desolate ice plain with a strong presence by icebrood, minions of Jormag. They are held back by the combined forces of kodan and quaggans of the Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary, with occasional support from a local grawl tribe. These kodan have been blessed with the spirit of fire, and will teach visitors about Koda's Flame, its legacy and how to wield it as a weapon.
Getting there[edit]
- Complete the A Crack in the Ice story step Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier from Living World Season 3.
- After completing this step of the story once, one can use the portal from Drakkar Spurs (northwest area of Frostgorge Sound) with any character. The portal is located to the east of the Drakkar Waypoint across the water
- Using a Bitterfrost Frontier Portal Scroll.
- Using a Bitterfrost Vantage Point.
- Using a Teleport to Friend whether or not story is started.
Map resources[edit]
Unbound Magic is found throughout the map and is dropped by various enemies, events, orbs of unbound magic, Icebound Chest and Winterberry Bush.
Fresh Winterberry can be gathered from the 21 Winterberry Bush nodes throughout the map and as event rewards.- Icebound Chest spawns at various locations after every successful meta, including several permanent once per day per character nodes
Completion rewards[edit]
- 8,001
- Unbound Magic (100)
- Fresh Winterberry (5)
- 1 piece of gear of Rare or higher rarity.
- One of the following:
Locations[edit]
| Area | Effective level |
Area objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Black Ice Pass | 80 |
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| Blizzard Basin | 80 | |
| Brakbrak Ice Snarl | 80 |
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| Dragon's Teeth Hot Springs | 80 |
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| Griffon Old Growth | 80 | |
| Hailstone Floe | 80 | |
| Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary | 80 |
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| The Bitter Cold | 80 |
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| The Svanir Hive | 80 |
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| Wayward Cave | 80 |
Interactive map[edit]
Events[edit]
Defend the kodan brazier from Jormag's minions (80)
- Failure:
Light the kodan brazier (80)
- Failure:
- Defeat Jormag's Champion (80)
- Other events
[Group Event] Defeat the champion Svanir tyrant (80)
Kill the Svanir, and free the quaggans (80)- Defend the griffon chicks from the Sons of Svanir (80)
- Trounce the veteran corrupted wolf and its pack (80)
- Clear the streams of corruption so the quaggans can enjoy bathing (80)
- Failure: Destroy all the icebrood around the hot springs (80)
- Failure:
- Protect the statue from destruction (80)
- Failure:
Gather stone to bolster the statue of Chokocooka (80)
- Failure:
Crafting resources[edit]
- Resource nodes
Mithril Ore/Rich Mithril Vein- Orichalcum Ore
Ancient Sapling- Cypress Sapling
Coral- Fresh Winterberry
- Leeks
- Verdant Herbs
- Winter Root Vegetables
- Recipes
Recipe: Winterberry Pie from Farmer Simooba at Dragon's Teeth Hot Springs- Recipe: Steak with Winterberry Sauce from Farmer Simooba at Dragon's Teeth Hot Springs
- Recipe: Winterberry Seaweed Salad from Farmer Simooba at Dragon's Teeth Hot Springs
- Recipe: Winterberry Sorbet from Farmer Simooba at Dragon's Teeth Hot Springs
Recipe: Gossamer Stuffing from Slooshoo at Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Frame from Slooshoo at Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Hide from Slooshoo at Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Eyes from Slooshoo at Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary
Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Adornments from Slooshoo at Sorrow's Eclipse Sanctuary
Notes[edit]
- Bitterfrost Frontier is part of the Shiverpeak Mountains, and counts towards mining, logging, or harvesting, daily achievements in that region.
- This map is part of the Daily Living World Season 3 achievement group. Every 6 days, extra achievements will reward additional currencies and experience.
- There are four achievements: using a Thaw Elixir, gathering 5 winterberries, lighting or defending a brazier, and gathering 10 Unbound Magic orbs. Each achievement rewards 3 Chest of the Bitterfrost Frontier Hero.
- Since Bitterfrost Frontier was released as part of Living World Season 3, experience earned here will go towards Heart of Maguuma masteries.
- The zone's renown hearts have their progress reset daily.
- Unlike other open world zones, Bitterfrost Frontier's day-night cycle is tied to the Beacons of Koda meta event.
- Specifically, the cycle will start at dawn (5 AM Tyrian Time) at normal rate until “Storm arrives in” some time after 1:00 PM1 . The time will then skip to 8 PM and progresses for a full 5 minutes to 9 PM (Refer to Beacons of Koda for approximate length of time for “Jormag’s Fury”)
- 1 "Storm Arrives in" used to occur at exactly 1 PM but the times are no longer fixed. It has been observed to occur anywhere between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
- Jormag’s Fury will begin next and the time will now skip to 9 PM; remaining frozen until Defeat Jormag's Champion is over.
- Defeat Jormag's Champion will begin as soon as the bar progression for Jormag's Fury is full.
- After all of Jormag's Champions are killed, the time will skip to 5 AM and the cycle will repeat.
- Consequently, the day-night cycle in Bitterfrost will not be synchronized with the rest of Tyria.
- Specifically, the cycle will start at dawn (5 AM Tyrian Time) at normal rate until “Storm arrives in” some time after 1:00 PM1 . The time will then skip to 8 PM and progresses for a full 5 minutes to 9 PM (Refer to Beacons of Koda for approximate length of time for “Jormag’s Fury”)
- Chests in the Bitter Cold give roughly double the loot of other Icebound Chests, and are lootable once per day, per character.
- Orbs of Unbound Magic found in the trees(20) and underwater(33), used to spawn in variable numbers on a rotation basis. All the orbs now spawn daily as permanent nodes.
