Ice Caves of Sorrow

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This is a mission entry. For information on the outpost, see Ice Caves of Sorrow (outpost).
Ice Caves of Sorrow
Campaign Prophecies
Region Southern Shiverpeaks
Type Cooperative
Party size 8
Duration Medium
Preceded by Seeking the Seer
Followed by Iron Mines of Moladune

Having ascended, and with the truth behind the White Mantle and their Mursaat masters revealed, it's time to strike back. The leaders of the Shining Blade, Evennia and Saidra have been condemned to death. Break them free of their cell and escape to a boat prepared by your Deldrimor allies.

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[edit] Objectives

Rescue Evennia

  • Find a way into the holding area.
  • Break Evennia out of her cell.
  • Escape with Evennia to the awaiting ice ship.
  • Bonus Return news of Rornak Stonesledge to Hamdor Grandaxe.

[edit] Walkthrough

Upon entering, you'll see a few Ice Imps and Pinesouls scattered around. These shouldn't prove very difficult to defeat. Much more dangerous is the patrol of Mursaat Elementalists that circle the area. If you haven't fought Mursaat (or their Jade constructs) before, they have a unique skill called Spectral Agony that will cause massive damage to anyone without infused armor (which is most likely the case the first time through this mission). Avoid heading straight north to avoid the catapult fire, instead, head northeast through a Stone Summit group (containing a boss) towards the icy river. Don't cross the bridge just yet, as it is under heavy fire from catapults. Continue past the bridge and you'll see more Stone Summit and an engineer. Killing this engineer won't do much to help now (other than a morale boost). Head north of the engineer to find a second engineer. Kill him and pull the lever he guarded. You'll see in a cutscene how the shot incites a Dolyak stampede, crushing the ballista operators that were bombarding the bridge.

Head back to the bridge and up the hill. You'll fight a few groups of White Mantle. Proceed all the way to the northeast and you'll find a door familiar from previous missions in the Northern Shiverpeaks. You know what that means. The powder lies west of the door; drop it in front of the door to open the way into the cave. The cave is occupied by White Mantle which should prove little resistance. Beware of the Mursaat and Jade that linger on the west side of the cave. If not attempting the bonus, you should avoid them. Head southeast to exit the cave into what looks like a mining quarry. Mursaat Elementalists patrol the center, so the easiest way to get to the prison cells is through the small cave to the east. You'll run into groups of weak White Mantle that can be easily dispatched. Exiting the cave, the cells should be visible to the south. Run past them to find conveniently placed powder kegs to blast the doors open. Opening the cell, you'll see a cutscene where Saidra sacrifices herself to allow you to escape with Evennia. Evennia must survive the rest of the mission.

Use another keg to blast open the door nearby the cells. The short cave opens to an icy sea with a narrow path leading north and a bunch of Mursaat Elementalists to the south. As soon as you approach, the Mursaat will begin to move down the path.

Bug Bug.
A little while after the first Stone Summit group this mob of Mursaat passes, there is a Shiverpeak Chest which the Mursaat sometimes will get stuck on and stop moving. If this happens, you will have to retry the mission or attempt to have an infused player pull them away from it. The mursaat stops after the stonebridge
You can either try to outrun them or let them pass. If you try to outrun them, you will still have to fight most of the Stone Summit, as Evennia tends to stop to fight them herself. If you get caught by the Mursaat, chances of survival are quite low. The easier method is to approach until the Mursaat start to move, then pull back into the cave to let them pass. Follow a distance behind, allowing them to clear out the Stone Summit they encounter. Eventually, they will all be killed by catapult fire.
Bug Bug.
Catapult are fireing themselves killing the engineer and not the Mursaat
Regardless of which method you choose, simply follow the path until you reach the Deldrimor dwarves and their ice ship. The mission is complete as soon as Evennia approaches the ship.

[edit] Skill recommendations

[edit] Bonus

After blasting open the first door to the ice cave, you'll notice a number of Jade and Mursaat along the western areas of the cave. The southern group of Jade Armor and Mursaat Elementalists protects another blastable door. Try to kill the Jade fast before their Spectral Agony tears the group to shreds. Having expendable targets such as minions and spirits helps, as they will occasionally target these instead of the rest of the party. Also, any heroes automatically come with infused armor, thus will take only a slight amount of damage from their skill. Past the door, you'll fight a few White Mantle until you get to a cell holding Rornak Stonesledge (point 1) captive. Be quick because two white mantle zealots will attack him. You may use another powder keg to free him, but sometimes you can talk with him without the extra hassle. Talk to him to initiate the bonus.

After you free Evennia and get to the part with the horde of Mursaat Elementalists, you'll notice Hamdor Grandaxe standing a distance behind the Mursaat (point 2). To complete the bonus, you need a party member to talk to him. The easiest way is to let the Mursaat walk by, allowing you to walk over unhindered. But, you can choose to fight through them or run past them if you really wish. Be careful if you fight them even with infused armour, if Evennia is killed, the mission will end and all your efforts will have been in vain.

You can actually talk to the dwarves in either order. Should you choose to talk to Hamdor first, you will gain credit for the bonus upon talking with Rornak.

[edit] Mission NPCs

[edit] Allies

Human (Shining Blade)

Dwarf (Deldrimor)

[edit] Foes

Dwarves

Imps

Plants

Mursaat

White Mantle

[edit] Bosses

Dwarves

Elementals

[edit] Dilaogue

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Evennia: Help! Help! We're over here!
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[edit] Notes

In either case, you will need to defeat an Eidolon then bring the dropped Spectral Essence to a Seer. In the Iron Mines mission, they are about two-thirds of the way through the mission. In the Mineral Springs, they are in the far northeast corner, at the back of the Ice Imp cave.

Prophecies missions
The Great Northern Wall » Fort Ranik » Ruins of Surmia » Nolani Academy » Borlis Pass » The Frost Gate » Gates of Kryta » D'Alessio Seaboard » Divinity Coast » The Wilds » Bloodstone Fen » Aurora Glade » Riverside Province » Sanctum Cay » Dunes of Despair and Elona Reach and Thirsty River » Augury Rock » The Dragon's Lair » Ice Caves of Sorrow » Iron Mines of Moladune » Thunderhead Keep » Ring of Fire » Abaddon's Mouth » Hell's Precipice
Missions in the Southern Shiverpeaks
Ice Caves of Sorrow • Iron Mines of Moladune • Thunderhead Keep
Towns and outposts • Explorable areas • Landmarks
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