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A Frosty Reception

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A Frosty Reception is the 4th quest in the Fables of the Feywild Part One: Lord Arden's Slumber story arcIcon tooltip.pngStory arcs  are chains of quests that make up a story line.
Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.
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These quests can be completed in any order.
The Endless Revels • Witch Hunt • Make Believe • A Frosty Reception • Wake Me Up Inside


One of the ritual ingredients you need to wake Lord Arden is an ancient flower with magical properties, last seen a thousand years ago in the Bitterspine Mountains. You're hoping that Baroness Hilda Bitterspine can tell you how to find one.

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DDO Point icon.png Requires access to adventure pack: Fables of the Feywild
A Frosty Reception
Heroic level: 5
Epic level: 32
(considered Legendary)
Duration: Long
Heroic XP:  ♣2,056Solo/Casual ♦3,684Normal ♥3,940Hard ♠4,196Elite
Epic XP:  ♣17,681Solo/Casual ♦30,198Normal ♥30,928Hard ♠31,657Elite
Takes place in: Bitterspine Palace
Bestowed by: Lady Borealis
NPC contact: Lady Borealis
Quest acquired in: Wynwood Hall
Patron: The Summer Court
Base favor: 4
Purchase: Fables of the Feywild
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

One of the ritual objects you need to wake Lord Arden is a flower that only blossoms in the Bitterspine Mountains. Go to Bitterspine Palace to seek help from Baroness Bitterspine in obtaining one.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak to Baroness Hilda Bitterspine
  • Confront the court advisor on the Windward Balcony
  • Gather your party in the Aurora Garden
  • Investigate the Frosted Cerise Flower
  • Find the source of the commotion
  • Figure out who is summoning the flowers
  • Ask the Eladrin Nobles for clues (4 total)
  • Question Sir Snowdrift in the Gamesters' Lounge
  • Seek out Lord Beryl in the Kitchen
  • Find Dame Allegra in the Prince of Frost's Quarters
  • Meet Dame Allegra in the garden
  • Defeat Cadence the Night Hag
  • Defeat the Shambling Cerise
  • Collect a Frosted Cerise flower
  • Return to the Baroness
  • (Optional) Find out what happened to the Baron (3 notes) — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )
  • (Optional) Take a nap on the sofa north of the garden — no XP
  • (Optional) Eliminate the Ice Spider — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )
  • (Optional) Learn more about the Prince of Frost — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )
  • (Optional) Defeat the Frost Giant — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )
  • (Optional) Deliver a letter to the Baroness — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )
  • (Optional) Return to Squire Icebrook for your reward — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣411 ♦737 ♥788 ♠839 ) Epic( ♣3,536 ♦6,040 ♥6,186 ♠6,331 )

Tips and Misc

There are various Mysterious Paintings around; they'll all take you to the large painting behind the Baroness and Prince of Frost.

Required steps:

First, talk to Ausha, the Court Advisor.

Ausha is located on the Windward Balcony (top floor, west side). To unlock the Balcony, you must pull two levers:

  • One in the Baroness' Salon. The salon is accessible through the North door on the upstairs level (unmarked on map (located west of "Cellar Entrance", labeled "Palace North Wing" when you select it). Once through this door, you'll see "Baroness' Salon" to the west on your map.
  • One in the Treasure Vault in the Cellar, which is through the North door on the ground level ("Cellar Entrance" on the map). There are multiple ways to unlock the vault:
    • You can use a social skill on the headwaiter, to lie (Bluff), intimidate (Intimidate), or persuade (Diplomacy) your way past
    • You can just pick the door (Lock DC).
    • You can ask the headwaiter if there's any way to change his mind. Note that if you use a social skill, you can no longer pick up this optional.
      • This option requires you to take a nap (/sleep) on a couch in the north, across from the Garden.
    • Whichever method you choose, you'll still have to deal with the guards inside the Vault itself.
There is a Mysterious Painting close to each lever, providing quick teleport back to the Wintertide Ballroom.

After both levers are pulled, go to the Windward Balcony. Speak to Ausha to unlock the Garden doors using Diplomacy, Intimidate, or Spellcraft checks; a success will convince him to unlock it for you, but if you fail, you'll have to fight him.

Second, pick a "Frosted Cerise" in the Aurora Garden.
  • Optional: Speak to Squire Icebrook, found in the southwest corner of the upper level, to deliver a message to the Baroness.
  • The Aurora Garden is in the large room visible on the map east of the Wintertide Ballroom, accessible through either the north or south door on the ground level (both labeled "Aurora Garden Entrance" on the map).
  • After picking the Cerise, you'll be trapped inside the Garden. If you can't Dimension Door, then climb a snowy staircase in the northwest and shatter a sheet of ice blocking the door.
  • Return to the Wintertide Ballroom and talk to the Prince and Baroness.
Third, question the Eladrin Nobles for clues.
  • First, speak to Lady Lazuli in the Wintertide Ballroom.
  • Sir Snowdrift is in the Gamesters' Lounge, south side of the ground floor.
  • A secret door (Secret Door DC) in the southeast corner in the Gamesters' Lounge reveals a spiral stair with a back way into the South Wing.
  • Lord Beryl is in a side room in the Cellar (Cellar entrance, ground floor north side, then look in the room marked Cellar Kitchen on your map).
  • Dame Allegra is just inside the Prince's Quarters, at the far East of the map past the Aurora Garden.
  • Optionals and chest (named items): Go all the way east to the Prince's quarters. A small fountain on the south wall has a lever that opens a secret door on the east wall.
  • Shoot the orb that is being held by the statue in the Prince's secret chamber, and read the "preserved journal" that falls out (+20% XP).
  • Kill the Frost Giant (+20% XP), the redcaps are not necessary to kill.
  • There is a Mysterious Painting next to Dame Allegra, but it's faster to run back west to the garden.
Fourth, collect a real Frosted Cerise flower.
  • Return to the Aurora Garden on the north side
  • Confront "Dame Allegra", who in a totally unpredictable turn of events is actually Condescending Cadence.
  • Fight the Shambling Cerise and pick the Frosted Cerise from the center of the Aurora Garden.

Return to the Ballroom and talk to the Baroness for quest completion and end chest.

Notes:

  • You can find out what happened to the Baron by reading three notes in his quarters in the South Wing.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 33 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣206 ♦368 ♥394 ♠420 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 67 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣308 ♦553 ♥591 ♠629 )
  • Conquest bonus: 100 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣514 ♦921 ♥985 ♠1,049 )
  • Perception bonus: 2 or more secret doors discovered +10% Bonus.( ♣206 ♦368 ♥394 ♠420 )
  • Mischief bonus: 16 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣164 ♦295 ♥315 ♠336 )
  • Vandal bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣206 ♦368 ♥394 ♠420 )
  • Ransack bonus: 26 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣308 ♦553 ♥591 ♠629 )

Loot

  • Chests: Three
    • One (locked) behind a secret door in the treasure vault
    • One for defeating the frost giant; may contain named loot
    • One end chest; may contain named loot
  • Collectables:
  • NPC rewards: Standard; choose from 10

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
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Plate of the Winter Solstice
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Heavy Armor  5 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
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Nocturne Ring
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Ring  5 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
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Winter Court Necklace
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Necklace  5 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
Deepsnow Boots
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Boots  5 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
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Legendary Winter Court Necklace
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Necklace  29 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
  • Update 50.0.1
  • 2 years, 8 months, and 6 days
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Legendary Nocturne Ring
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Ring  29 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
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Legendary Plate of the Winter Solstice
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Heavy Armor  29 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
Legendary Deepsnow Boots
Legendary Deepsnow Boots.png
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Boots  29 Bound to Account on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire A Frosty Reception, End chest, Frost Giant chest
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Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Ausha( view
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 ♥39Epic Hard Air Outsider Djinn
Blossoming Needle Blight( view
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 ♣5Solo/Casual ♦5Normal ♠16Elite ♠57Epic Elite Plant Needle Blight
Blossoming Vine Blight( view
Blossoming Vine Blight.png
 • edit )
 ♦5Normal ♠57Epic Elite Plant Vine Blight
Cadence( view
Cadence.png
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal Humanoid Hag
Flaik the Watchful( view
Flaik the Watchful.png
 • edit )
 ♦6Normal ♠63Epic Elite Giant Giant
Frost Forged Defender( view
Frost Forged Defender.jpg
 • edit )
 ♠10Elite Construct Animated Object
Kelpie Swampcaller( view
Kelpie Swampcaller.png
 • edit )
 ♦32Epic Normal Plant Kelpie
Midnight Kiss( view
Midnight Kiss.png
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 ♦6Normal Magical Beast Spider
Pixie Party-Crasher( view
Pixie Party-Crasher.png
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 ♦5Normal Fey Pixie
Redcap Guard( view
Redcap Guard.jpg
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 ♠10Elite ♥37Epic Hard Fey Redcap
Shambling Cerise( view
Shambling Cerise.jpg
 • edit )
 ♠12Elite Plant Shambling Mound
Winter Warden( view
Winter Warden.jpg
 • edit )
 ♠10Elite Elemental Water Elemental

External Links

Aldbar's Solo Walkthrough & Guide