Tower of Frozen Shadow
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Tower of Frozen Shadow is a zone primarily used to acquire Ultimate Charm upgrade tokens, Stone of Heroic Resistance, and Essence of Frozen Shadow (used in making Ultimate Weapons
Level 1
The combination of the Bone Pit in the center of the first room along with the icy slide floor can make this a huge pain in the ass. Cast levitate before zoning in, no more worries
When killing mobs, Randomly one of them (most commonly a gnoll) will spawn the Large Undead Gnoll, which drops the key to level 2.
EACH character must have a key to go to the next level. Fortunately, keychain works, so after you level up once you no longer need the key on that character
Level one mobs often drop Stone of Heroic Resistance I, which are +5 heroic to all resists. But….combine 2 of those in a magic box and you get a rank 2 stone - Two rank 2 stones to get a rank three, and so on, to a max of rank XX (20) which gives 100 heroic resists to all resist types. You can also combine 8 of the same rank resist aug to make an aug 3 levels higher (e.g. 8x lvl 1 = Version 4, 8x lvl 2 = Version 5 and 8x lvl 3 = Version 6). A level 4 stone is +20 heroic, and takes 8 rank 1 stones. A rank five is 25 heroic for 16 rank 1 stones. Rank 20 is 1,024 rank 1 stones for 100 heroic resists.
I recommend starting with rank 4’s in all the slots you want to fill, then slowly upgrade them til you get to where you want to stop.
Mobs can drop v1 charm upgrades, so this is a very good place to work up your crew’s charms while working up resists.
In addition many mobs on 1 drop weapons with crappy stats that sell anywhere between 1500 and 30K plat, so this is a great place to make cash!
Far side of the bone pit is a walkway left and right: left leads to the old shortcut mirror (used to port you to Tserrina’s level 7 if you had the master key) and the right leads to the mirror to level 2
Notable Loot
- Key to ToFS level 2 (Always, Large Undead Gnoll)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 1 (Rare, Large Undead Gnoll)
- Vendor weapons (common)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 1 (common)
- v1 charm upgrades (rare)
Notable NPCs
- Large Undead Gnoll (Boss)
Tips
- Summon Newbie Merchant (Reward Item) is useful in this zone to allow you to immediately sell the weapons you collect
Level 2
Behind the desk you will see a librarian….but rarely the Angry Librarian will be there.The Angry Librarian mob is the key holder to the next level. If she isn’t up in angry form, don’t worry! Killing the mobs here will eventually spawn her.
Clear the mobs, get more resists stones (rank 2 on this level), v1 charm upgrades and ToFS trash loot (the level 71 armor everyone eventually lets rot) Far side of the double tables is the doorway that leads to the mirror up to level 3.
Notable Loot:
- Key to ToFS level 3 (Always, Angry Librarian)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 2 (Rare, Angry Librarian)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 2 (common)
- v1 charm upgrades (common)
Notable NPCs
- an Angry Librarian (boss)
Level 3
Level three is the kitchen, dining area and servants quarters. This level is gnolls, suits of armor, skeletons and undead maids/butlers. Nasty little AE’s from most of them, and often you will get clumps of 2 - 8 at once if not careful. The mobs here hit a bit harder….around HoH/T3 level.
The key holder (Enraged Shadow Beast) is a LOT more powerful than the other mobs, and can self buff with its own speshul version of “stonewall”. Every mob in the level is his placeholder, so keep killing and he will eventually spawn.
Go right from zone in, around the corner past the kitchen and dining hall to a small set of stairs down into the maid/butler area. In back by the maid’s beds is a mirror out to Iceclad. Past this area and down the hall, around several turns, is the mirror up to level 4
Notable Loot
- Key to ToFS level 4 (Always, boss)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow (Rare, boss)
- v1 charm upgrades (rare)
- v2 charm upgrades (rare)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 3 (common)
Notable NPCs
- Enraged Shadow Beast
Level 4
Level 4 is a mazelike level. The zonein is NOT safe, so you will need to immediately start fighting, although there is a safe area in the central northwest area of the zone (it appears as a largish rectangle on the map).
The boss of this zone is Cara Omica, who drops a dagger that can summon 10k hp food, the key to level 5, and rarely the essence for this level.
To spawn Cara, you need to kill Amonceptna, and Cara will spawn in the center of the zone, near the zoneout. Amon can be up with a repop, so you can continuously repop the zone to get Amon to spawn. "/target amon" works to check if he is up.
Notable Loot
- Key to ToFS level 5 (Always, boss)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 4 (Rare, boss)
- v2 charm upgrades (rare)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 4 (common)
Notable NPCs
- Cara Omica (boss)
- Amoncepna (PH for Cara)
Level 5
Level 5 is the wedding party. Kill them over and over until Noja or Damon drop the Ceremonial Wedding Sword, which gives your pets their v3 pet weapons. You MUST have over 1600 resists to survive on this level.
The boss of this zone is the Enraged Relative, who is spawned by killing any NPC on the level, but more commonly from the wedding party.
Notable Loot
- Key to ToFS level 6 (Always, boss)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 5 (Rare, boss)
- v2 charm upgrades (rare)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 3 (common)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 5 (common)
Notable NPCs
- Enraged Relative (boss)
Level 6
This level is divided into two sections, "6a" and "6b". "6a" is where you kill the placeholder ("#an Ice Shade"), and 6b is where you kill the boss of the zone (VhalSera).
1600 resists is still good on this level. You are looking for "#an Ice Shade" to pop here to get a key mob to spawn. The one with the "#" will spawn the boss of the level 100% of the time.
There are 2 locations that "#an Ice Shade" can spawn
- From port in take first left, follow it all the way around, looks like a hook. He can spawn at the south end of the hook.
- In the thrown room, to the left of the throne on the west end.
You can either pull/kill PH's or repop zone over and over until "#an Ice Shade" pops. Once he is killed, VhalShera will pop, and she holds the key.
To get to her, from the zonein take the first right and follow it up and around to the mirror, which will take you to the second area of level 6. After VhalSera is dead, to get off her little island, there is a mirror located underneath the stairs in front of the zonein of level 6b.
Once your whole team has keys to level 7, go up the stairs on 6b where VhalSear spawn and go right. In the back there is a room with a red crystal on the wall. Clicking the crystal will take you to level 7.
Notable Loot
- Key to ToFS level 7 (Always, boss)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 6 (Rare, boss)
- v2 charm upgrades (rare)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 6 (common)
Notable NPCs
- #an Ice Shade (PH for boss)
- VhalSera (boss)
Level 7
Kill "#a shrouded bat" to spawn Tserrina. Any of the bats with the "#" can spawn Tserrina upon death. There are 4 PH bats in the north wing, and 3 in the upstairs wing. Tserrina always drops the master key (which allows you to use the mirror room teleport from level 1 to get to any level). She rarely drops an essence of Frozen Shadow 7 and rarely will spawn Advisor Svartmane upon her death. Svartmane will spawn in the north room in the north wing. He always drops Master essence of Frozen Shadow, and a few other goodies, including Spirit of the Ninja Click (Reward Item).
Notable Loot
- Master Key (Always, Tserrina)
- Essence of Frozen Shadow 7 (Rare, Tserrina)
- Master Essence of Frozen Shadow (Always, Advisor Svartmane)
- Spirit of the Ninja Click (Reward Item) (Always, Advisor Svartmane)
- v2 charm upgrades (rare)
- Stone of Heroic Resistance 7 (common)
Notable NPCs
- Tserrina Syl'Tor
- Advisor Svartmane
