The Strength of Snow

The grentches have discovered the secret base of the snowmen. Assist Freezie in repelling the invasion and save Wintersday.

Requirements

 * Guild Wars Prophecies or Guild Wars Nightfall
 * Guild Wars Eye of the North
 * This quest can only be completed during Wintersday.
 * Must not have Straight to the Heart in your quest log.

Objectives

 * Speak to the Rift Warden when you are ready to defend the secret lair of the snowmen.
 * Join Freezie's forces to defend the secret lair of the snowmen.
 * Defend the secret lair of the snowmen from the attacking grenches.
 * See Rift Warden for your reward.

Reward
Also, random items from the Wintersday Chest.
 * 1,000 Experience
 * 5 Wintersday Gifts

Walkthrough
During this quest, players will be under the effects of Yuletide and have the Yuletide skill bar with Avalanche instead of Yellow Snow.

Various snowmen and grentches will be battling each other. Any snowmen that survive a battle will run to the starting area and disappear. There is a hidden grentch where the Angry Snowman would be if you were doing the dungeon. Thats the Angry Snowman that disables the traps when you kill him. When you meet up with Freezie and his group, grentches will appear in waves. If Freezie or any of his snowmen are defeated, they will resurrect after a certain amount of time. The first time Freezie dies, you will gain a 2% morale boost. A Wintersday Chest will spawn when all the grentches are defeated. Speak to the Rift Warden to collect your reward.

Most of the grentches can be avoided. You can run past the battles as the grentches will be busy fighting and will remain stationary when the battle is over unless aggroed. When you've reached Freezie and killed the first 2 waves, you can simply go back where you came from and wait out the battle. Alternatively, you can stand by the large door where the chest spawns and will avoid all mobs including the first two waves. The snowmen will get overrun, but they resurrect and will eventually kill all the grentches. This takes less than 15 minutes if you ran through the dungeon avoiding battles where possible. It takes 2:47 minutes to run to Freezie (best tested time without "Let's Get 'Em!"). It takes a minimum of 8 minutes before the chest spawns (best tested time without helping the snowmen). An average of 11:03 minutes has been tested for each run to take including taking the quest from the Rift Warden.

Allies

 * 15 Mischievous Snowman
 * 15 Roguish Snowman
 * 15 Bustling Snowman
 * 15 Glimmering Snowman
 * 15 Chilled Snowman
 * 15 Industrious Snowman
 * 15 Impeccable Snowman
 * 15 Blessed Snowman

Bosses

 * 19 Freezie

Foes

 * 15 Sneaky Grentch
 * 15 Tricky Grentch
 * 15 Speedy Grentch
 * 15 Hasty Grentch
 * 15 Frozen Grentch
 * 15 Grentch
 * 15 Flashy Grentch
 * 15 Icy Grentch
 * 15 Dodgy Grentch
 * 15 Shifty Grentch

Bosses

 * 19 Grentchus Magnus

Initial dialogue
Rift Warden
 * "Grenth's forces have located the snowmen's secret base and are staging an attack. If they are successful, there will be no snowmen to defend the just and the innocent. The grentches will be unopposed in their capers! Dwayna beseeches you to defend the snowmen and save Wintersday...for the children.


 * For the children!"


 * "Are you ready to defend the Secret Lair of the Snowmen? You will be separated from your party for the duration of this task. You must protect the snowmen at all costs. Are you ready?"

Intermediate dialogue

 * Freezie: "The grentches are here!"

Reward dialogue
Rift Warden
 * "The grentches have been routed and Wintersday is saved! Please take these gifts to spread joy and happiness around the world this Wintersday."

Trivia

 * This quest was introduced in Wintersday 2007.
 * Prior to Wintersday 2010, this quest awarded 5 Candy Cane Shards instead of Wintersday Gifts.