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A Break In the Ice
A Break In the Ice is the 4th quest in The Secret of the Storm Horns story arc![]() Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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The first four quests can be completed in any order to unlock What Goes Up. |
The Tracker's Trap • Lines of Supply • Breaking the Ranks • A Break In the Ice • What Goes Up |
You know two things: that a disgruntled Frost Giant named Rungnir may be ready to turn against the Netherese, and that he can be found INSIDE a glacier.
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A Break in the Ice | |
Heroic level: | 19 |
Epic level: | 27 |
Duration: | long |
Heroic XP: | ♣3,973Solo/Casual ♦6,864Normal ♥7,106Hard ♠7,347Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣15,290Solo/Casual ♦26,203Normal ♥26,923Hard ♠27,643Elite |
Takes place in: | Mountain Glacier |
Bestowed by: | Renton Finne |
NPC contact: | Renton Finne |
Quest acquired in: | Eveningstar |
Patron: | The Harpers |
Base favor: | 7 |
Purchase: | Shadowfell Conspiracy |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
The Harpers have made contact with a Frost Giant in the Storm Horns named Rungnir. Apparently Rungnir is disgruntled with his position in the emerging monster army.
Harper Renton Finne believes that the right conversation with Rungnir could reveal the true scheme behind the formation of the monster army. He also believes that Rungnir could be used to drive apart the various factions within the army.
So, Renton Finne has hired you to speak with Rungnir and see what can be done. First, you must find Rungnir at the Mountain Glacier, near the top peaks of the Storm Horns.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Locate Rungnir the Frost Giant
- Persuade Rungnir over to the cause
- Collect Rungnir's battle-trappings (collect 6)
- Bring Rungnir his battle-trappings
- Meet Rungnir in the Great Chamber
- Defeat the Wizard Tharno
- Defeat Rungnir
- (Optional) Find the rest of Rungnir's battle-trappings (collect another 5) — Bonus (29.6%): Heroic( ♣1,176 ♦2,032 ♥2,103 ♠2,175 ) Epic( ♣4,526 ♦7,756 ♥7,969 ♠8,182 )
- (Optional) Defeat the Ice Elemental — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣397 ♦686 ♥711 ♠735 ) Epic( ♣1,529 ♦2,620 ♥2,692 ♠2,764 )
- (Optional) Negotiate with the Orc warband — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣397 ♦686 ♥711 ♠735 ) Epic( ♣1,529 ♦2,620 ♥2,692 ♠2,764 )
What to Expect
- overlaying floors
- closed drawbridges (with levers)
- collapsing floors (points of no return)
- secret doors, which chamber behind them leaves no trace on the map
Tips and Misc
- To find all Rungnir's battle-trappings for the optional objective, you will need some skill:
- One item is behind a locked lever. A wand of Knock is enough on Epic Normal. (Lock DC)
- One is behind a secret door (Secret door DCs).
- Marlukk holds one in the north-eastern room. You can negotiate (Bluff, Intimidate, or Perform, see table at the bottom) or fight.
- The battle-trapping in the east-most room is guarded by ice elementals. Several spawn simultaneously, often attacking you with few Otiluke's Freezing Spheres at the same time. That can be dangerous on higher difficulty settings. Some spawn within walls, making it difficult to hurt them without magic. Hirelings, summons, and charmed monsters don't seem to see them – they don't attack them. Eventually, elementals leave the wall and can be targeted normally.
- Hirelings can also be used to successfully retrieve battle-trappings; if you focus on the battle-trapping, command the Hireling to interact. The Hireling will usually try to reach the battle-trapping, which can be useful if you cannot clearly see the path to its location, but have it in focus.
- There are a total of 11 battle-trappings: Axe-grip, Gambeson, Birnie, Cross-Garters, Helm-horn Irons, Plackart, Beard-Brace, Greave-Straps, Gardbrace, Spaulder and Loincloth Stays.
- In the final battle, Rungnir helps you fight Tharno. Unfortunately, they do pitiful damage to each other. After a while, Tharno summons a few ice elementals to help him. When Tharno dies, the remaining elementals disappear and Rungnir attacks the party.
- If Rungnir is defeated in the battle with Tharno, the quest may become impossible to complete: you are warned to leave the glacier, and then nothing further occurs.
- Glitch: If you have human monster manual HP display unlocked, when you quickly switch focus between Tharno and Rungnir, you can occasionally also see Rungnir's HP (epic normal solo+hire: Tharno 25k, Rungnir 57k/epic hard solo: Tharno 44k, Rungnir 123,748hp).
Marlukk Skill DCs
Heroic DC table
Skill | Quest Difficulty | Skill Total | Suspected DC range |
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"The stone giant sent me for his winnings. He said he'd take Rungnir's things instead of coin" (Bluff) | Normal | 24:Fail; 38:Success | 25-38 |
Hard | 19:Fail; 38:Success | 25-38 | |
Elite | 38:Success | 25-38 | |
"Give me Rungnir's battle-trappings and I won't report your little dicing lair to Tharno. Do we have a deal?" (Intimidate) | Normal | 24:Fail | 25-35 |
Hard | 24:Fail; 35:Success | 25-35 | |
Elite | 37:Success | 21-37 | |
"The Frost Giant is coming this way! Quick, give me his things - we've got to hide them! (Perform) | Normal | 20:Fail | 21-35 |
Hard | 35:Success | 21-35 | |
Elite | 30:Fail; 46:Success | 31-46 |
Epic DC table
Skill | Quest Difficulty | Skill Total | Suspected DC range |
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"The stone giant sent me for his winnings. He said he'd take Rungnir's things instead of coin" (Bluff) | Normal | 33:Fail; 38:Success | 34-38 |
Hard | 46:Success | 34-46 | |
Elite | 49:Success | 34-49 | |
"Give me Rungnir's battle-trappings and I won't report your little dicing lair to Tharno. Do we have a deal?" (Intimidate) | Normal | 30:Fail; 43:Success | 31-43 |
Hard | 34:Fail; 45:Success | 35-45 | |
Elite | 35-? | ||
"The Frost Giant is coming this way! Quick, give me his things - we've got to hide them! (Perform) | Normal | 65:Success | ?-65 |
Hard | |||
Elite |
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 119 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣397 ♦686 ♥711 ♠735 )
- Onslaught bonus: 145 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣596 ♦1,030 ♥1,066 ♠1,102 )
- Observance bonus: 1 or more secret door discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣318 ♦549 ♥568 ♠588 )
- Mischief bonus: 56 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣318 ♦549 ♥568 ♠588 )
- Vandal bonus: 73 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣397 ♦686 ♥711 ♠735 )
- Ransack bonus: 89 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣596 ♦1,030 ♥1,066 ♠1,102 )
Loot
- Chests: 3
- 2 End-chests
- 1 optional chest for finding the rest of Rungnir's battle-trappings
- Collectables:
- Adventurer's Pack — behind the waterfall to the north near the first drawbridge)
- Adventurer's Pack — just before the drawbridge that closes in front of you
- Bones — in the tunnel after the collapse
- Bones — with Marlukk
- Bones — behind the locked bridge (with Rungnir's Spaulder)
- Adventurer's Pack — behind the waterfall to the north near the first drawbridge)
- NPC rewards: standard and all of:
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Sage's Spectacles (Level 15) (edit) | Goggles |
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15 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
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Guardian's Glasses (Level 19) (edit) | Goggles |
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19 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
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Skirmisher's Lenses (Level 19) (edit) | Goggles |
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19 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
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Guardian's Glasses (Level 27) (edit) | Goggles |
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27 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
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Sage's Spectacles (Level 27) (edit) | Goggles |
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27 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
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Skirmisher's Lenses (Level 27) (edit) | Goggles |
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27 | Bound to Character on Acquire![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End reward |
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 17) (edit) | Scimitar |
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17 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Normal) |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 18) (edit) | Scimitar |
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18 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Hard) |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 19) (edit) | Scimitar |
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19 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Elite) |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 26) (edit) | Scimitar |
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26 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Normal); The Secret of the Storm Horns, Quest chain end reward (Epic) |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 27) (edit) | Scimitar |
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27 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Hard) |
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Frostbite Blade (Level 28) (edit) | Scimitar |
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28 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Elite) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 17) (edit) | Gloves |
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17 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Normal); The Secret of the Storm Horns, Quest chain end reward (Heroic) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 18) (edit) | Gloves |
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18 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Hard) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 19) (edit) | Gloves |
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19 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Heroic Elite) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 26) (edit) | Gloves |
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26 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Normal); The Secret of the Storm Horns, Quest chain end reward (Epic) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 27) (edit) | Gloves |
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27 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Hard) |
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Gloves of the Master Illusionist (Level 28) (edit) | Gloves |
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28 | Bound to Character on Equip![]() |
A Break In the Ice, End chest (Epic Elite) |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Air Elemental ( view • edit ) | ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard | Elemental | Air Elemental |
Gnoll Skirmisher ( view • edit ) | ♦15Normal ♥17Hard ♠20Elite ●♦25Epic Normal ●♠29Epic Elite | Gnoll | Gnoll |
Gnoll Tracker ( view • edit ) | ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard | Gnoll | Gnoll |
Gnoll Warlock ( view • edit ) | ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♥34Epic Hard | Gnoll | Gnoll |
Ice Elemental ( view • edit ) | ♦18Normal ♠28Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard | Elemental | Ice Elemental |
Marlukk ( view • edit ) | ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Orc | Orc |
Netherese Arcanist ( view • edit ) | ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ●♦28Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard | Humanoid | Human |
Netherese Mage ( view • edit ) | ♦19Normal ♥23Hard ♠29Elite ●♦30Epic Normal ●♠34Epic Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Orc Archer ( view • edit ) | ♦17Normal ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♦29Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard | Orc | Orc |
Orc Berserker ( view • edit ) | ♦17Normal ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♦29Epic Normal ●♥33Epic Hard | Orc | Orc |
Rungnir ( view • edit ) | ♦22Normal ♥26Hard ♠32Elite ●♦33Epic Normal ●♥37Epic Hard | Giant | Giant |
Stone Giant Crusher ( view • edit ) | ♠30Elite ●♦31Epic Normal ●♥35Epic Hard | Giant | Giant |
Tharno ( view • edit ) | ♦22Normal ♥26Hard ♠32Elite ●♦33Epic Normal ●♥37Epic Hard | Humanoid | Human |
Watcher of the Glacier ( view • edit ) | ♦21Normal ♠31Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard | Elemental | Ice Elemental |
Winter Wolf ( view • edit ) | ♦17Normal ♥20Hard ♠25Elite ●♦28Epic Normal ●♥32Epic Hard | Magical Beast | Wolf |
- The Secret of the Storm Horns chain quests
- Shadowfell Conspiracy quests
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- Mountain Glacier quests
- Eveningstar quests
- The Harpers patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Quests with no traps
- Quests with collectables/5
- Quests by name
- Compendium:Level 19 (27 epic) quests
- Level 27 quests
- Level 19 quests
- Quests with 7 base favor reward
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