Iceclad Ocean

Velious Era (added 2000-2001 March)

The Iceclad Ocean consists of two parts, the open ocean between it and the other continents of Norrath, and Icy Fingers, a series of small fragmented islands that lead to the continent of Velious itself. The Icy Fingers have long been the home of outsiders to Velious, starting with the ancient Tower of Frozen Shadow, up until now where the original gnomes who drove Icebreaker here are now busy becoming pirates. This is also the home of the Icepaw Gnolls, and one arm of the huge Graitspaign lies here.

The Tower of Frozen Shadow in Iceclad Ocean (Artist's Rendition)

Level of Monsters: 30-40 Types of Monsters: Snow Cougars, Snow Dervish, Dire Wolf, Dire Wolf Stalker, Shadow Guardian, Pulsar Guardian, Frost Giant Scout, Frost Giant Elite, Snowfang icehunter, Snowfang Spearguard Notable NPCs: Balix Misteyes, Corudoth, Garou, Lodizal, Midnight, Pulsating Icestorm, Stormfeather Unique Items: Belt of the Great Turtle Belt of the Great Turtle MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: WAIST AC: 6 STR: +10 DEX: +10 HP: +30 Effect: Aura of Battle (Worn) WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG Race: ALL , Bloodstained Fang Bloodstained Fang MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 32 DMG: 9 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM Race: ALL , Bloody Cougar Bone Bloody Cougar Bone MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP WT: 1.0 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Chill Dagger Chill Dagger MAGIC ITEM Slot: RANGE SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 21 DMG: 5 SV COLD: +10 WT: 1.0 Range: 40 Size: SMALL Class: WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM Race: ALL , Club of the Ice Ocean Club of the Ice Ocean MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 27 DMG: 14 Effect: Frost Strike (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) Level 51 STR: +3 HP: +10 Required level of 51. WT: 3.5 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD SHM Race: ALL , Cougar Claw Earring Cougar Claw Earring MAGIC ITEM Slot: EAR AC: 4 STR: +3 DEX: +2 WT: 0.5 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Cougarskin Mask Cougarskin Mask MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: FACE AC: 6 DEX: +2 AGI: +2 HP: +10 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except TRL OGR , Cougarskin Sleeves Cougarskin Sleeves MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: ARMS AC: 6 DEX: +3 STA: +3 WIS: +3 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU MNK BRD ROG SHM Race: ALL , Cougarskin Boots Cougarskin Boots MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: FEET AC: 4 STR: +3 STA: +4 WT: 1.5 Size: SMALL Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL except DWF HFL GNM , Direwolf Fur Cloak Direwolf Fur Cloak MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: BACK AC: 7 STR: +5 WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK ROG Race: ALL , Direwolf Fur Hood Direwolf Fur Hood MAGIC ITEM NO DROP Slot: HEAD AC: 6 DEX: +5 HP: +20 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Frozen Mantle Frozen Mantle MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: SHOULDERS AC: 6 MANA: +10 WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL Class: ALL Race: ALL , Garou Bone Club Garou Bone Club MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 25 DMG: 5 WIS: +7 INT: +7 Effect: Curse of the Garou (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 32 WT: 4.0 Size: MEDIUM Class: CLR SHD DRU SHM Race: ALL , Iceball Iceball MAGIC ITEM Slot: RANGE Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 20 DMG: 2 WT: 0.5 Range: 40 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Knotted Turtlebone Ring Knotted Turtlebone Ring MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FINGER AC: 5 STR: +3 HP: +25 MANA: +35 Effect: Enduring Breath (Worn) WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL except WAR MNK BRD ROG Race: ALL , , Lodizal Shell Boots Lodizal Shell Boots MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FEET AC: 14 STR: +7 HP: +20 Effect: Turtle Skin (Must Equip, Casting Time: 10.0) WT: 0.1 Size: MEDIUM Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG Race: ALL , Otterhide Armor, Ring of Frost Ring of Frost MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: FINGER INT: +3 MANA: +10 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: CLR DRU SHM NEC WIZ MAG ENC Race: ALL , Spear of Winter Spear of Winter MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 27 DMG: 8 Effect: Spirit Strike (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 30 WT: 4.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR ROG SHM Race: ALL , Stormfeather Talons Stormfeather Talons MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: SECONDARY Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 23 DMG: 8 STR: +5 DEX: +5 AGI: +5 WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR RNG BRD Race: ALL Related Quests: Captain Nalot's Triple Strength Rum, The Grammar Manual, The Lost Map, The Mighty Garou, The Mighty Snowfang Hero Adjacent Zones: North Ro, Eastern Wastes, Tower of Frozen Shadow Name in /who: iceclad Zone Spawn Timer: 6:40 Succor/Evacuate: 5330, 340 (Pirate dock) ZEM Value: 75 82.5 (110%)

Map

Iceclad Ocean 1. Dock for the Icebreaker (5325, 370, -16) which goes to Dock #6, Melee Bind Point 2. Gnome Pirate Outpost with Merchants who sell Food and Water (very expensive), Tinkering Supplies, Mana Batteries, and Velious Spells 3. Camp of Balix Misteyes 4. Camp of Icepaw Gnolls 5. Dragon Ring - Druid and Wizard Iceclad Portal (-580, 4835) 6. Dock for the Icebreaker which goes to Dock #1 7. Spot for raft from Northern Desert of Ro (3765, -20380)

Dangers

The Iceclad Ocean's largest danger is the monsters that roam the islands, but compared to other areas of Velious, they are not that dangerous. They are typically spread out and easy to avoid. The largest problem is that the islands have very steep sides to them, and this can cause you to not see a monster until you are upon it.

The portal spot here is also not very safe. People will often hang out here or, even worse, pull to here. This means that when you appear in the zone, fresh to the new continent, you stand a good chance of getting jumped by some monster that was pulled here or just happened to wander by. Be careful and be ready to run when you arrive.

Also, the Tower of Frozen Shadow lies in this zone. The evil from within spills onto the surface of the Icy Fingers on which it stands, and the guardians of the tower are more aggressive than the other creatures in the zone.

There are also two dangerous creatures of note, both of which appear on the island with the Tower (typically). The first is Lodizal, a very powerful turtle who is aggressive to everyone. The second is Garou, a rarely seen but very dangerous foe.

Benefits

Iceclad Ocean is largely known as a transit zone between the continent of Velious and the other continents of Norrath. Wizards and Druids can port to within this zone, very near to the bridge to the rest of Velious. Also, melee types can be bound at the dock located here.

This area provides very good hunting that is also relatively safe. The cougars are what most people hunt, and are aggressive but not immediately, and are generally not mixed in with aggressive creatures. The monsters are also a bit more spread out in Iceclad, making hunting generally safer.

Traveling To and From Iceclad Ocean

The most common way to reach Iceclad Ocean is via the boat from the Northern Desert of Ro. The boat lands at an island at 4000, -20,200 in the Ocean and the traveler must go over that island and take the Icebreaker to one of the main islands in order to reach the mainland.

The Eastern Wastes are adjacent to the Iceclad Ocean and can be reached by traveling over the Graitspaigne, or Great Span, a large visible bridge that goes from the largest Icy Finger to the mainland. The loc of the base of this is -4400, 8900.

The Tower of Frozen Shadow is located at the loc 2000, 3000.

What's in this zone?

50 NPCs that spawn in Iceclad Ocean:

Name	Level	Class	Race	Coordinates	HP
a frost giant elite	34-45	Warrior	Frost Giant	(-4665, 8895)	1350-1650 (IC), 6500 (GD)
a frost giant scout	30-35+ (edit 8/10/18, one /con blue at 31 in Iceclad)	Warrior	Frost Giant	(-167, 5916)	1500-2200
a shadow guardian	29 - 33	Monk	Snow Dervish	See Discussion	1271
a snow dervish	30	Monk	Snow Dervish	See Discussion	1200
a dire wolf	31-33	Warrior	Dire Wolf	Various	1344
a lost pirate	1	Enchanter	Gnome	(6356, 1015)	11
a snow cougar	27-31 / up to 38 in EW	Warrior	Puma	Various	1064
Adinel Jailbar	35	Shopkeeper	Gnome	(4540, 1287)	1575
Adisson Stubblechin	45	Rogue	Gnome	(4583, 1305)	2475
Ami	31	Rogue	Gnome	(4504, 1332)	1271
an agitated snowfang	29	Monk	Gnoll	(900,2000)	1131
Balix Misteyes	51	Shaman	Gnoll	(2921, 3230)	9750
Bilf	26	Rogue	Gnome	(5707, 760)	936
Blik	26	Rogue	Gnome	(5716, 750)	936
Captain Nalot	51	Rogue	Gnome	(4638, 1324)	9750
Corudoth	5	Warrior	Sea Turtle	(-5718, 5931)	200,000
dire wolf stalker	35	Warrior	Wolf	(-1782, 6692)	2800
elder spearguard	37	Monk	Gnoll	?	1739
Ergrez Shortpaw	45	Monk	Gnoll	(1064, 2409)	2475
Errgriz	28	Monk	Gnoll	(1064, 2409)	1064
Feld	26	Rogue	Gnome	(5698, 747)	936
Garou	38	Shaman	Lycanthrope	(2700, 2975)	1824
gnomish pirate	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4551, 1305)	1200
Graktar Bluehammer	33-35	Warrior	Frost Giant	-1369, 7034 pathing NE/SW	1390
Grizlin Bloodfang	51	Monk	Gnoll	(1019, 2355)	9750
Icebreaker	You can't consider that.	''NPC Non-quest''	Big Boat	Iceclad Ocean	| HP_regen =
Keref Spiritspear	35	Monk	Gnoll	(983, 2421)	?
Lodizal	60	Warrior	Sea Turtle	(377, 2392)	33000 (?)
Madan Eflik	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4530, 1272)	1200
Masurt Dok	30	Rogue	Gnome	(5329, 482)	1200
Midnight	32	Warrior	Puma	Various	1900
Nelet Durzit	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4539, 1269)	1200
Nilham the Chef	26	Rogue	Gnome	(4550, 1369)	936
patrolling sentry	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4784, 1348)	1200
pirate lookout	26	Rogue	Gnome	(4768, 591)	936
pirate sentry	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4587, 1227)	1200
pulsating icestorm	34	Warrior	Snow Dervish	See Discussion	1496
Rabid snow cougar	27-31	Warrior	Puma	Various	1064
Ratop	?	Rogue	Gnome	(4715, 2208)	?
Relit	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4563, 1357)	1200
Rendap	30	Rogue	Gnome	(5308, 388)	1200
Ritap	31	Rogue	Gnome	(4717, 2218)	1271
Snowfang fisher	28	Monk	Gnoll	(857, 2022)	1064
Snowfang Icehunter	27-30	Monk	Gnoll	| AC =	1200-1500
Snowfang spearguard	29-31	Monk	Gnoll	(900, 2065)	1271
Sojan the Sleepless	40	Shopkeeper	Gnome	(4539, 1269)	2000
Stormfeather	34	Warrior	Griffin	(5823, 728)	1496
Traboh	30	Rogue	Gnome	(4553, 1351)	1200
Tsilos the Swabby	26	Rogue	Gnome	(4628, 1326)	936
Xorbinasticalus Zimralicus	40	Shopkeeper	Gnome	(4637, 1313)	2000