- This page is about the main Ice Islands Quest. See also Alawar's Vault Quest (Senja).
Legend
The jarl, Sven the Younger is not too keen in accepting new citizens in the barbarian settlement of Svargrond, and for that reason he will submit you to a few quests. If succeeded, you will be able to help the other barbarians that are in dire need of help.
Location
Dangers
All ice islands creature, the cultists, and eventually a lot of demonic creatures
Reward
Norseman Outfit, access to the Formorgar Mines, Helheim, Tyrsung, ability to use the dogsleds from Nibelor to Inukaya, ability to become a citizen of Svargrond, including talking to the arena, boat and more NPCs.
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Required Equipment
- Meat
- 1 Pick
- 5 Bat Wings
- 4 Bear Paws
- 3 Bonelord Eyes
- 2 Fish Fins
- 1 Green Dragon Scale
- 1 Spoon (Buy it in Venore)
- 1 Kitchen Knife (Buy it in Venore's Tools Shop)
Method
- Succeed the Barbarian Test Quest, and then head to Iskan to the north-east of Svargrond (here).
Befriending the Musher
Ask Iskan about mission, buy or get a piece of Meat and then head to the south of where you had found the mammoth, find A Starving Dog, call him by "Sniffler" and then say "Meat". If green sparkles appear over his body, report back to Iskan.
- A Starving Dog is marked with "Dog":
Nibelor 1: Breaking the Ice
Remember to bring your pick for this part! Ask Iskan for passage and go north into a cave where you will find the shaman NPC Hjaern. Ask him for a mission. After he gives you it, go east and there will be 3 little cracks here, here, and here in the ice spread out by the large crack that runs north and south by the easternmost part of Nibelor. Each time you use the pick on a crack, several Chakoyas spawn. The holes will be cracked open when you use a pick on them, and they cannot be picked again until they close. It takes around 5 minutes for them to close. After using the pick on all three little cracks, head back to Hjaern and report about your mission.
- The yellow dot with black outline is an ice crack:
Nibelor 2: Ecological Terrorism
Go up the ramp that is beside Hjaern and ask Siflind for a mission. After talking with her, you can now travel to Tyrsung via Buddel's boat. Siflind will ask you to travel to Port Hope to get ants from an Ant-Hill to perform ecological terrorism on some pirates on Tyrsung.
To return from Nibelor back to Svargrond, say "passage" to Nilsor.
Head to Tiquanda and go near the dworc spawn south of town to find the Ant-Hill. One can be found on the location to the right. Use the Jug on the hill.
Now head back to Svargrond and go to Buddel, the drunk sailor in southern Svargrond (here), and ask him to take you to Tyrsung.
- Note: Buddel may take you to the wrong island because he is drunk. Also, be forewarned that he will try and take a Dwarven Ring from you in exchange for a passage. Unless you want to lose a Dwarven Ring, say "no" to his request. He will then ask for 50 gold.
Now go all the way to the southern shores where you find a hunter outpost filled with outlaws and a few Pirate Marauders. You will find a ship with a Pirate Cutthroat and 3 Smugglers inside. Go to the bottom deck where you will find 2 Pirate Buccaneers and 4 Smugglers and use the jug with the western mast:
Once you did it, report back to Siflind.
Nibelor 3: Artful Sabotage
After completing ecological terrorism, head back to Siflind. Ask her for another mission and she will give you a Vial of Paint to use on some Baby Seals. Go back to Tyrsung and follow the shore from Buddel south. There will be several Baby Seals along the shore. Use the Vial of Paint on three of these seals, and then head back to Siflind again.
You see a baby seal. It is covered with paint. |
- Note: You can paint just one seal and then wait about 30 seconds and the paint will be gone so you can repaint the same seal 2 more times.
Nibelor 4: Berserk Brewery
Talk to Siflind and ask her for another mission in which she will ask you for several items. The items are as follows:
- 5x Bat Wings
- 4x Bear Paws
- 3x Bonelord Eyes
- 2x Fish Fins
- 1x Green Dragon Scale.
Nibelor 5: Cure the Dogs
Talk to Nilsor, the NPC that sends you back to Svargrond from Nibelor, and ask him about medicine. He will tell you that his dogs are sick and he needs someone to collect the ingredients for some medicine. He needs the spores of a giant glimmer cap mushroom, a hydra tongue, a fine sulphur, a waterskin with geyser water, a purple kiss blossom, a frostbite herb, and a part of the sun adorer cactus. As a reward for this mission you will be granted access to the Chakoya-inhabited settlement of Inukaya. After giving all the items to him, ask him about another mission and he will send you to Hjaern.
Receiving all the items: Note: There's a 5-minute wait-time between "use" actions for the spoon, kitchen knife, and waterskin used to attain most of the required items. If you try to "use" the spoon or knife too close together, you will get the message "You might try again later."
Hydra Tongue
Find Rose in the botanic shop, just a little south-east of the Venore boat. Buy from her (by saying hydra tongue) for 100 gp. While you are in Venore, it is recommended that you get a Spoon and a Kitchen Knife from Chephan, in the most western shop of Venore.
Vial of Geyser Water
Buy the Nilsor's Waterskin for 25 gp from Nilsor.
- There are Inactive Geysers in the Nibelor Ice Cave. One is here. Use the Waterskin on it. Beware of Ice Golems.
Or,
- Go to Svargrond and then head south to Buddel. Ask him to take you to Okolnir for 50 gold. Don't forget to say "no" when he asks you for a dwarven ring.
- There are Inactive Geyser holes near NPC Buddel. Walk south 10 steps and you will see the geysers to the right. Use Nilsor's Waterskin on the middle geyser while it is not spouting water.
- Alternatively, when you get off the boat and land in Okolnir, head immediately east around the mountain (not south towards the dragons), and you will find an Inactive Geyser hole at a dead end. Use Nilsor's Waterskin on it.
Frostbite Herb
There are a few places to get this herb, the first in this list is arguably the easiest to get to:
- Go here and use Levitate to go up thrice before going west and using Levitate to go down here. You should now find the Frostbite Herb on your left, which you should use a Kitchen Knife on. You will face nothing more dangerous than a single Ice Golem along the way.
- Go to the very top of the mountain on Tyrsung. Be prepared to face Mammoths, Frost Giants, and Frost Giantesses on that mountain. The herb is here. Use the Kitchen Knife on the plant.
- Directly south of the mammoth you pushed, levitate up 3 times. Follow the wall on the right side until you come to a ramp. There will be several Ice Golems. Follow this path and make a quick left and south. Go up this ramp and to end of road. Use the Kitchen Knife on the plant.
- Another one can be found by going directly south from the mammoth you push in the barbarian test, there you will find what appears to be a waterfall, levitate up 3 three times. Head east then south following next level up till you'll see another spot to levitate up again. Here you find an assortment of Crystal Spiders, Ice Golems, and Wyverns. Follow this path as far west as you can go (It's shaped like a "m"), there you will find a place to levitate 1 more time (it looks like a waterfall again but only the north square of the waterfall can be levitated from). Go all the way north (Beware Ice Golems attacking from the nearby mountain).
Use the Kitchen Knife on the plant.
Fine Sulphur
Use your Spoon on an inactive lava hole. You can find those in Goroma, for example here, in the Ancient Temple Fire Devil spawn, in the tunnel from Thais to Fibula, in the Maze of Lost Souls, and some other places. You can also find it in Cyclopolis, south on the first floor. If you are level 30 or higher, you can just go to any city and enter a Fire Archway; the areas containing the Fire Shrines you are teleported to also contain inactive lava holes.
Part of the Sun Adorer Cactus
There are several Sun Adorer Cactuses in the town of Ankrahmun, but you only need one.
- Go east of the boat and you will find the plant here. It will be easily recognizable because of the red flower it has. Use the Kitchen Knife on it to get a piece of it.
- The second one is located slightly west of the north gate in the grass patch, here.
- There is also a fourth one near one of the Kha'zeel Dragon Lairs/Kha'labal, here.
There is also one Sun Adorer Cactus close to Darashia:
- Next to the Swimming Zone, here.
Spores of a Giant Glimmercap Mushroom
Go to Trapwood, by the river that divides Port Hope into south and north side. Keep to the south side and tail the river to the east until you find a very big mushroom called Giant Glimmer Cap Mushroom, here or here. Use a Spoon on it to collect its spores.
Purple Kiss Blossom
Very close to the Giant Glimmer Cap Mushroom there are several Purple Kiss Bushes. Use a kitchen knife to harvest the blossom.
The Secret of Helheim
Ask Hjaern for a mission. He will send you to Helheim. Get to Helheim via Buddel and go up the stairs to the south-east, go down the hole, where you will find mummies and ghouls, follow to the extreme south and go downstairs, then go west until you find another staircase, go down, follow to the south-east, go down, follow to the west, go downstairs and then go to the extreme north, in a small house. Enter the small house and run past or kill the Elder Bonelord and the Braindeath and step close to the skeleton. Report back to Hjaern.
The Contact / The Contactman
Get out of Nibelor and go to the Svargrond Explorer's Society. Ask Lurik for the mission, go to Buddel and ask him to go to the raider camp. Get to the raider camp, then follow to the extreme south where you find lots of barbarians. Near the southern most coastline, try looking for the NPC Nor. Ask him about Memory Crystal, when you retrieve it, go back to Lurik and deliver him the memory crystal. Wait five minutes and then ask him for another mission.
You can find the NPC Nor on the location shown on the map.
Formorgar Mines 1: The Mission
You will have to find a NPC called "A Restless Soul". Prepare to face a lot of Novice of the Cults, a few Acolyte of the Cults and Adept of the Cults, some Mammoths, Ice Golems and Gargoyles. Once you find the ghost, open the skeleton just north of him where you will find a paper written "<the paper is old and tattered, you can only make out a signature:> Tylaf, apprentice of Hjaern". Once you obtained this paper, mines mission number 1 completed. (Note: it will not appear as completed on the quest log yet, but you can return to Svargrond.)
- Follow this path to reach the mines:
- Note There's a shortcut to step 5 if you go up the Glacier and down a hole here, but you'll have to face 2 Frost Dragons, 3 Crystal Spiders and other weaker creatures in this room.
- (Alternatively you can access the mines through the Ice Portal in thais which leaves you close to image 11. See Forgotten Knowledge Quest- Ice portal)
- Now follow this path to reach the ghost:
Formorgar Mines 2: Ghostwhisperer
Go back to Hjaern and ask about Tylaf. He will enable you to speak with ghosts. That means you will be able to communicate with Tylaf's ghost in the Formorgar Mines. Mines Mission 2 completed.
Formorgar Mines 3: The Secret
Go back to the Formorgar Mines and ask Tylaf about his story. He will tell that he has been captured and tortured by the cultists that were in the mines trying to melt down the ice from the Formorgar Glacier to revive old demons that were frozen when the frostheart spire had shattered. Once he tells you it all, go back to Hjaern and talk to him about mission.
Formorgar Mines 4: Retaliation
Hjaern will show himself deeply displeased with the news and will ask you to mark four obelisks (Blue Shrine Stones) in the deeper mines using the Frost Charm he gives you.
- All four obelisks are located on the same floor level deep in the mines.
- Take the same route you would for the first Formorgor Mine missions. On the second floor of the Mines, instead of taking the east passage towards the NPC, take the north passage all the way until it ends and follow it east until you find the ramp to go down a level.
- Be very careful on this level, as you will encounter Enlightened of the Cults, Nightmares, Destroyers, Lost Souls and Crystal Spiders. Follow the passage west and then turn down the second south passage. Follow this passage until you come to the second west passage. At the entrance to the passage you will see another ramp. Go down.
- Go north a few steps and then follow the west passage until you come across the next north passage. Continue north and then follow the right passage at the fork.
- Here you will find a skeleton body, open it up and then go down the ramp twice. There will be a few Nightmares and Destroyers. This is the level with the obelisks you need to mark. 3 of them are in a diagonal line running northeast and the fourth towards the northwest corner. Be extremely carefull on this level as you will encounter many Nightmares, Destroyers, Plaguesmiths, Lost Souls, Demons and Behemoths. Make sure you are well supplied to fight these beasts.
- Tip: At this level with the obelisks, always try to walk together/near the walls to avoid mass attacks from the monsters here. Don't walk so fast.
- Follow the path at Formorgar Mines 1: The Mission from number 1 to 10. And when you reach the Mines follow this:
- Every yellow dot with black outline is an obelisk:
Once all 4 obelisks are marked report back to Hjaern.
Transcripts
Befriending the Musher
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Nibelor 1: Breaking the Ice
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Nibelor 2: Ecological Terrorism
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Nibelor 3: Artful Sabotage
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Nibelor 4: Berserk Brewery
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Nibelor 5: Cure the Dogs
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Part of the Sun Adorer Cactus
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Vial of Geyser Water
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Fine Sulphur
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Frostbite Herb
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Purple Kiss Blossom
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Hydra Tongue
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Spores of a Giant Glimmercap Mushroom
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The Secret of Helheim
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The Contact / The Contactman
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Formorgar Mines 1: The Mission
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Formorgar Mines 2: Ghostwhisperer
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Formorgar Mines 3: The Secret
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Formorgar Mines 4: Retaliation
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