Bitterfrost Frontier

Farming

Potential Gold Per Hour

Full list of benchmarks

Spreadsheet
Farm Type Farm Benchmark
Currency Info
Fresh Winterberry Gathered from nodes, Icebound Chests, map bonus rewards
Unbound Magic Gathered from all mobs, meta, most events, Fresh Winterberries (consumed), Glyph of Unbound

How to:

Follow the recommended priority of events. This farm consists of farming a lot of the same events, gathering all the Icebound Chests, and doing the meta once or twice (depending the instance of the map). Since the meta is not on a global timer, there's no way to know when it will take place unless you knew or had an idea of when the last meta finished.

Criteria

These are the categories of the type of content. This includes events, bounties, and (in a similar variation) gathering nodes.

Meta

Great

Meh

Avoid

Events

Recommendation: Priority of Events

Event Timers

1-3, 9-10, 12-14, 6, 11, 4, 7-8, 15-16, 17, 5

Event #

Criteria

Upscale

Extra

= Chain event leading to event # [ ] Sorting by Event # shows chain events, cooldowns
# Qty Name Description Upscale Extra
1 9 Light the Kodan brazier Take a torch from a brazier and use it on an event brazier to start it. The more Braizers that are lit, the faster (but not too many or it will complete too fast). Spawns if #2 fails Possible champs, Mob density+
2 9 Defend the Kodan braziers from Jormag's minions If event #1 completes, this event will spawn eventually. Will spawn more frequently the closer the time is to the meta Possible champs, Mob density+
3 9 Defeat Jormag's Champions Champions will spawn randomly to one of the 9 lit braziers 1 Guaranteed champ each Respawns Icebound Chests
4 1 Kill the Svanir, free the quaggans Quick event Fake champs
5 1 Defeat the champion Svanir tyrant Very quick champion 1 Guaranteed champ
6 1 Defend the griffon chicks from the Sons of Svanir 9 waves of Svanir. Fails if all the chicks get defeated Possible champs, Mob density+
7 3 Trounce the veteran corrupted wolf Very quick event. Might be too fast for a squad
8 1 Protect the statue from destruction 5 waves of enemies. If this event fails, #9 eventually will spawn. Possible champs, Mob density+
9 1 Gather stones to bolster the statue of Chokocooka Gather stones. There are a lot of stones deeper into the cave. If successful, event #8 spawns eventually
10 1 Clear the streams of corruption so the quaggan can bathe 5 minutes of waves. Event fails easily if there is no attendance. If this event fails, #11 spawns immediately Possible champs, Mob density+
11 1 Destroy all the icebrood around the hot spring Only spawns if #10 fails. Quick event. If successful, #10 spawns instead eventually

Nodes

Node locations are subject to change due to new/different instances and new days

Criteria

These are the categories for how abundant the nodes are available in this zone

High Quantity

Meh Quantity

Low Quantity

Node

Criteria

Cooldown

Type Node Info Cooldown
Plant Fresh Winterberry Use to exchange for ascended trinkets or consume for Unbound Magic. There is a daily account limit 24 hours
Ore Mithril Ore Chance to receive crystals 1 hour
Ore Orichalcum Ore Chance to receive rare orbs ???
Log Cypress Sapling Chance to receive Foxfire Clusters, Hidden Troves (crystals) 1 hour
Log Ancient Sapling Chance to receive Foxfire Clusters, Hidden Treasures (orbs), or rare Palm Lumber Cores ???
Plant Verdant Herb Chance to receive Black Peppercorn, Head of Garlic, Rosemary Sprig, Thyme Leaf, and rare Varietal Peppercorn Seeds 1 hour
Plant Coral Chance to receive Coral Orbs 1 hour
Plant Leek 1 hour
Plant Winter Root Vegetable Chance to receive Beet, Parsnip, Rutabaga, Turnip 1 hour

Solo Farm

Farm Type Farm Benchmark
Spreadsheet

Solo Farm: Bitterfrost Icebound Chests

This farm consist of farming Icebound Chests. Having the mastery "Koda's Flame" from Ancient Magics is required to grab torches from Braizers. To grab a torch, interact with an active Braizer that's lit (and does not have the gear symbol above it) and then interact with an Icebound Chest. You cannot grab a torch if the Braizer is not lit or is in the process of being lit.

If you're farming this for more than 50 minutes, you're guaranteed to have a meta pop up, which will prevent the Icebound Chests from showing up. Luckily, this meta is very easy to do as you just have to kill 9 champions. There are always players around and you don't need that many to complete the meta. Once the meta is over, fresh Icebound Chests will respawn. Thus, making this super repeatable! Make sure to switch characters if you plan to continue it.

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Peureki.3647 Peureki#5452 peubadoo@gmail.com

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