Weekly Strike Mission: Fraenir of Jormag

Weekly Strike Mission: Fraenir of Jormag

Levels

80

Type

Strike Mission

Zone

Bjora Marches
(Shiverpeak Mountains)

API

1341, 1344

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One of Havroun Weibe's shamans, Hallveig, has reported that the Raven Sanctum has recently been taken over by the Fraenir of Jormag. Raven Shaman Hallveig is looking for volunteers to enter the sanctum and cleanse it of this menace.

— In-game description

Weekly Strike Mission: Fraenir of Jormag is the third strike mission introduced into the game, taking place in Sanctum Arena.

Getting there

After selecting one of the modes, either Public or Squad, players will be put into a new instance with up to 10 players. If a Public mission engages the boss with fewer than 10 players, it will be locked down and no more players will be able to join.

• Portal in the middle of Bjora Marches.
  • Only available during its appropriate weekly rotation.
• Strike Mission portal in Eye of the North.
  • Available at any time, no matter the weekly rotation.

Objectives

• Speak to the Raven shaman to begin the Strike Mission.
• Players in Strike Mission: x (if public)
• Engage the Fraenir
  • Fraenir of Jormag
  • 
  • Strike Mission ends in: 10:00
  • Silver rewards disappear in: 5:00
  • Gold rewards disappear in: 3:00
• Strike Mission complete!
  • Mission closes in 2:00
  • Bonus rewards obtained: x/2

Rewards

• Three Essence chests (once per day)
  • Small Chest of Vigilance, or Strike Mission: Lost Small Chest of Vigilance (by mail if not looted in the instance)
  • Medium Chest of Vigilance, or Strike Mission: Lost Medium Chest of Vigilance (by mail if not looted in the instance)
  • Large Chest of Vigilance, or Strike Mission: Lost Large Chest of Vigilance (by mail if not looted in the instance)

• One bouncy chest containing rewards which scale with the achieved rank:
  • Misty Cape Scrap (If Prototype Harmonizing Mist Loom has been purchased.)
  • Blue Prophet Shard (1-3)
  • Piece of Rare Unidentified Gear
  • Piece of Unidentified Gear (2-3)
  • Piece of Common Unidentified Gear (1-3)
  • 35 -45 
  • 2,000 -4,000  (Karma Rewards are affected by consumable boosters.)
  • 32,004 -48,006 
  • Possible rare rewards:
    • Blessed Raven Statuette
    • Boneskinner's Totem
    • Endless Cloudseeker Tonic Container
    • Ice Golem's Maw Box
    • Reliquary of the Raven Ceremonial Sandals

Walkthrough

This strike mission acts as a good entry point for players tackling instanced content for the first time. Players will be introduced to the concept of 10-player content in a low-pressure environment and can then attempt the Shiverpeaks Pass and Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen strike missions, which are of similar difficulty. Due to their relative ease of difficulty, these three strike missions are collectively referred to by the community as the "IBS EZ3" strike missions.

Fraenir of Jormag

Health: 12,387,060

Enrage Timer: 10 minutes

Enrage Effect: Defeats all players

Fixation Mechanic: None

Healing and boons are proximity and priority-based, so it is important to stay near the group be in range of receiving them.  Swiftness is one of the few boons not removed when engaging a boss in instanced content and can thus be applied to the group beforehand.

Players with the Essence of Valor mastery can attack the nearby pylon to collect orbs to gain the  Power of Valor effect. This grants players the   Night Terror special action key to deal significant damage to the boss and its defiance bar.

Phase 1 (Fraenir of Jormag)

100% – 75%

The encounter begins once players near the boss, who possesses the following skills:

Skill	Notes
Dagger Strike	Frontal cone strike with a fan of ice that inflicts 1 Vulnerability. Only used in melee range.
Flare of Ice	Three sets of four ice shard AoEs that deal moderate damage. Each set of AoEs is larger and further away from the Fraenir than the previous set but deal the same damage.
Frostbite Aura	Pulses low damage every three seconds.
Frozen Missile	Targets a random player with a red arrow and a timer above their head. Upon expiry, a frozen missile is fired and inflicts  Launch. This is susceptible to projectile-related skills, such as projectile destruction and reflects
Raven Leap	Leap to a distant target and inflict medium damage and  Blinded.
Torrent of Ice → Icequake→ Shatter	Ice blocks shower the arena, inflicting moderate damage and  Frozen on-hit. Players with this effect will be trapped in an Ice Shard and take periodic damage. Destroying this shard either with   Struggle to Escape or other allied skills will free the trapped player. The boss then leaps to the center and unleashes a shock wave, shattering all ice shards and inflicting  Knockdown. The shockwave can be blocked, evaded, jumped, or mitigated with  Stability.

The boss casts Torrent of Ice at the start and throughout the fight. The center of the arena next to the boss is an easy-to-reach safespot that avoids this attack. Because the Fraenir can leap away to distant targets, players should ideally stack together to prevent him from moving too much.

Players targeted by the Frozen Missile attack should ideally orient this attack away from the group.

The Fraenir leaps away at 75% health then summons an Icebrood Construct in the center of the arena.

Phase 2 (Icebrood Construct)

Health: 8,258,040

100% – 70%

The Construct uses the following skills:

Skill	Notes
Frostbite Aura	Pulses low damage every three seconds.
Ice Arm Swing	Sweeps its right arm across half the arena, inflicting medium damage and  Knockback.
Ice Shock Wave	Slams its left arm down and unleashes a shockwave. Several orange AoEs also spawn, each inflicting  Chilled.
Seismic Crush	Unlocks its defiance bar and channels a slam with its left arm and several orange AoEs. Failure to break the bar unleashes a shock wave that inflicts  Knockdown.The bar does not regenerate. Breaking the bar will interrupt the shock wave and inflict  Daze to the Construct.

Players should apply  Stability to negate the disabling effects of the Construct's attacks.

The defiance bar unlocks during Seismic Crush. Although breaking the bar interrupts the shock wave, it may be preferable to not break the bar if the Construct is nearing 70% health. The animation of the interruption is long and can get the boss animation-locked when it becomes invulnerable at 70% health. This delays the animation that would normally occur at 70% health, refreshing the timer of the  Determined effect on the boss.

70% – 0%

The Construct becomes invulnerable as it loses an arm, revealing the Fraenir hidden inside. Afterwards, it gains the following skills:

Skill	Notes
Frigid Fusillade	Players on the left side of the construct will be targeted timed orange circles that inflict a moderate amount of damage after a delay. This can occur up to three times in quick succession. This can be negated with projectile-related skills.
Ice Flail	Sweeps its right arm across half the arena, inflicting medium damage and  Knockback, and freeing Veteran Icebrood Elementals trapped in ice shards.

Overlapping AoEs during the Frigid Fusillade attack can deal significant damage. Projectile destruction and reflects are thus preferred to minimize the damage pressure during this phase.

Players can hit the Veteran Icebrood Elementals freed from the Ice Flail attack. Each hit generally unlocks the   Night Terror special action key, greatly increasing damage output if used multiple times.

Phase 3 (Fraenir of Jormag)

25% – 0%

After defeating the Construct, the Fraenir returns with 25% health remaining. This phase is identical to the first phase. There still may be some Icebrood Elementals remaining, allowing players to hit them to use the respective special action skill for more damage.

NPCs

Allies

• Raven Shaman Hallveig

Foes

• Fraenir of Jormag (Legendary)
• Icebrood Construct (Legendary)
• Veteran Icebrood Elemental

Objects

• Anvil
• Bound Ice Elemental
• Pylon of Valor

Dialogue

Raven Shaman Hallveig: Thanks for the assistance, Commander. Is your squad ready to go?

If public:

(Advancing will lock your party and prevent any other players from joining the Strike Mission.)

Let's do this.

We're still waiting for more people to show up.

If fewer than 10 players

Raven Shaman Hallveig: Could still use more bodies. You sure you're ready?

(You have fewer players than recommended for this Strike Mission. Choose to go forward anyway, or wait for more help.)

We're ready.

Your party has been locked.

No new players will be able to join the Strike Mission. Work with your party to complete the goal!

We'll wait for more help.

During the fight

Fraenir of Jormag: Dream with me!

Fraenir of Jormag: It's time to sleep beneath the stars.

Fraenir of Jormag: You've fought so hard...but your long day has ended.

Related achievements

• Whisper in the Dark: Legendary High Shaman — Defeat the High Shaman in the Sanctum Arena. (10)
• Daily Icebrood Saga: Daily Legendary Hunter — Defeat a legendary creature in the Raven Sanctum. (0)
• Shadow in the Ice: Elemental Elegy — Dispatch 10 elementals before they are freed in the Fraenir of Jormag encounter. (10)
• Shadow in the Ice: Fraenir Frolic — Defeat the Fraenir of Jormag without being hit by any shock waves. (5)
• Shadow in the Ice: High Shaman, High Stakes — Defeat the Fraenir of Jormag without being downed or defeated. (5)
• Return to Whisper in the Dark: (Bonus) Strike Back: Raven Sanctum — Defeat a legendary creature in the Raven Sanctum. (0)

Notes

• Players joining late to an ongoing fight will spawn as defeated; however they can still obtain credit and thus the reward chest.

Version history

For a detailed location history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 27, 2024	Post-victory achievements will now be rewarded much faster in Icebrood Saga strike missions to prevent the achievements from being missed if a player left the map too quickly after receiving their first rewards.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Icebrood Saga strike missions now reward Blue Prophet Shards and Blue Prophet Crystals. All Green and Red Prophet Shards and Green and Red Prophet Crystals have been converted to Blue Prophet Shards and Crystals, respectively.
April 27, 2021	Fixed an issue that caused the Eye of the North's prompt for daily strike achievements to be out of sync with the daily strike.
March 17, 2020	Added a universal strike access portal in Eye of the North, from which any of the current strike missions can be launched. Added Prophet Shards as a reward from all strikes. Prophet Shards and Crystals can be traded with vendors in the Eye of the North for powerful rewards. One strike per day is now promoted as a Priority Strike, with its public version available from the Eye of the North and a daily achievement that rewards the new Prophet Crystal currency.
January 29, 2020	Fixed an issue with the strike mission timers in Bjora Marches.
November 19, 2019	Weekly Strike Mission: Fraenir of Jormag has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Shrines to Eagle can be found within the arena.
• Prior to the February 28, 2022 game update, the strike mission rewarded shards depending on the weekly Emissary:
  • Blue Prophet Shard (1-3)
  • Green Prophet Shard (1-3)
  • Red Prophet Shard (1-3)

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Strike Missions

Living World Season 1	Old Lion's Court
The Icebrood Saga	Shiverpeaks Pass Voice of the Fallen and Claw of the Fallen Fraenir of Jormag Boneskinner Whisper of Jormag Forging Steel Cold War
End of Dragons	Aetherblade Hideout Xunlai Jade Junkyard Kaineng Overlook Harvest Temple
Secrets of the Obscure	Cosmic Observatory Temple of Febe
Wintersday	Secret Lair of the Snowmen (temporary)

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Bjora Marches