Description
The Frost Keep is the fifth dungeon along on your travels. You can find this dungeon in Parna's Coast, south of Farlark. Players will first encounter this dungeon as part of the main storyline. In Frost Keep you are guided by a ghost pirate named Captain Dave Johnson. He tries to help the player stop Rondo and save the people of Parna’s Coast.
Your Mission
With the power of the mirror, you might just stand a chance against Rondo himself. But is it enough? I pray you are strong enough to end this tyrant once and for all…
Guidelines
You can find this dungeon in Parna's Coast, south of Farlark. Which you can challenge solo or in a party. When attempting to enter you will be prompted with the Dungeon Difficulty selection window. where you will choose your difficulty in which you would like to enter (between Story, Elite, Heroic, and Legendary). Each of these difficulties come with their own separate requirements, waiting time and daily entry limit. After choosing the desired difficulty, you can now select a stage from I to V. Choosing a higher stage does influence the overall difficulty of the instance, but it will also significantly increase the drop rate. Cavern of the Veil can be accessed multiple times a day and the entry can be reset using elluns. For any specific detail about a certain difficulty please consult the table below.
Requirements
- Be level 33 or above (certain difficulties demand a higher level)
- All difficulties after the Story will require you to successfully clear the previous one
- For legendary, the player needs to possess a level 50 Blessed Legendary Emblem
| Story | Elite | Heroic | Legendary |
|---|
| Min Level | 33 | 34 | 34 | 50 |
| Max Members | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Rec. Level | 33 | 34 | 34 | 50 |
| Rec. Members | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Wait Time | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min | 2 hours |
| Entry Limit | 10/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 |
Quest
Near the entrance to The Frost Keep, you will find NPC Kouslo, and NPC Van Owen Rabbini. They will be ready to hand you the following quest that can be completed inside of The Frost Keep.
- [Dungeon][Normal/Elite] Palace of Ice -(Repeatable)
- [Dungeon] Strange Ember
- [Dungeon] [Heroic] Rabbini and The Keep- (Repeatable)
- [Dungeon] [Legendary] Rabbini and The Keep- (Repeatable)
Difficulties
The Story mode is the first level that you will have to complete to be able to go to the elite difficulty, and it only has one stage available. Once you enter the Dungeon you will meet the ghost Captain Dave Johnson who guides you through. You will have a cut scene than you will be told to “Smash It All.” What this means is that you need to smash the Ruinous Amplifier that you will find to the left of the screen. After you do that, the captain will tell you “Big gate, small switch. This is child’s Play!” Here you need to go to the room on the left and the right. Once you are in each of the rooms you will need to turn on the switch on the wall. After you have turned the switch on then you will go back to the center room. Here you need to walk thru the gate in front of the berserker summoning device. This will lead you to Audience Chamber. This area holds several more ruinous amplifiers and enemies. Once you get past all of that and you’re walking up to the throne to confront Rondo, you will have another cutscene in which a large hammer wielding knight named Balbora jumps in front of Rondo and promises to make the player “pay in blood” for killing his men. You also see Rondo walk away saying “I’ll leave you to it than” After the cutscene your fight with Balbora will start. Once you defeat him you will than go behind the throne and thru a short hall to the prison staircase. The staircase spirals upwards and is connected to a bunch of (mostly emptied) cell on each floor. Once you reach the third floor you will have a frozen barrier that you will need to knock down. Once you reach the top you will encounter Aisha’s Chamber. Here you will face off with Rondo. Once you get the first Rondo down to about 25 % health he will retreat to the last room. Once you’re in the last room you will get another cutscene, in which it shows the player placing the water mirror down and a beam of light is emitted out towards Rondo. Then you get to have your final battle with him. Once Rondo is defeated a final cutscene triggers, showing the spirit of Aisha appears and takes Rondo with her into the afterlife. At this point the dungeon has been cleared.
The Elite mode is the second level that you will need to complete in order to move on to the Heroic level. In elite you have five different levels of difficulty to choose from where 1 the easiest level is and 5 is the hardest level of elite that you can play. Once you enter the Dungeon you will meet the ghost Captain Dave Johnson who guides you through. You will have a cut scene than you will be told to “Smash It All.” What this means is that you need to smash the Ruinous Amplifier that you will find to the left of the screen. After you do that, the captain will tell you “Big gate, small switch. This is child’s Play!” Here you need to go to the room on the left and the right. Once you are in each of the rooms you will need to turn on the switch on the wall. After you have turned the switch on then you will go back to the center room. Here you need to walk thru the gate in front of the berserker summoning device. This will lead you to Audience Chamber. This area holds several more ruinous amplifiers and enemies. Once you get past all of that and you’re walking up to the throne to confront Rondo, you will have another cutscene in which a large hammer wielding knight named Balbora jumps in front of Rondo and promises to make the player “pay in blood” for killing his men. You also see Rondo walk away saying “I’ll leave you to it than” After the cutscene your fight with Balbora will start. After you defeat Balbora you will than go behind the throne and here you will first come face to face with a Yeti Brute. After you defeat him, you will go thru a short hallway, which once thru you will have to defeat Revived Sinthan and DeLamarche. Once you defeat the two of them you will need to smash the Attack Stone before you can go up the Prison staircase. On your way to the top of the staircase you will encounter more enemies which you will need to defeat. When you get to the third level of stairs you will need to break the frozen barrier to keep going. When you get to the top of the staircase you will then go thru another gate to Rondo’s Chamber. When you first go into the chamber you will confront Rondo but once you get him down to about 25% health he will retreat further back in the chamber. When he does that, you will than face off with an Armored Rondo. After you are able to defeat him you than you will have cleared the dungeon and go on to the heroic level.
Loot:
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 45
Lord Knight Equipment
Frost Officer Equipment
Aisha Equipment
Frost Commander Equipment
Corrupted Equipment Recipe
The Heroic mode is the third level that you will need to complete in order to move on to the Legendary level. In Heroic, you have five different levels of difficulty to choose from where 1 the easiest level is and 5 is the hardest level of Heroic that you can play. Once you enter the Dungeon you will meet the ghost Captain Dave Johnson who guides you through. You will have a cut scene than you will be told to “Smash It All.” What this means is that you need to smash the Ruinous Amplifier that you will find to the left of the screen. After you do that, the captain will tell you “Big gate, small switch. This is child’s Play!” Here you need to go to the room on the left and the right. Once you are in each of the rooms you will need to turn on the switch on the wall. After you have turned the switch on then you will go back to the center room. Here you need to walk thru the gate in front of the berserker summoning device. This will lead you to Audience Chamber. This area holds several more ruinous amplifiers and enemies. Once you get past all of that and you’re walking up to the throne to confront Rondo, you will have another cutscene in which a large hammer wielding knight named Balbora jumps in front of Rondo and promises to make the player “pay in blood” for killing his men. You also see Rondo walk away saying “I’ll leave you to it than. “After the cutscene your fight with Balbora will start. After you defeat Balbora you will than go behind the throne and here you will first come face to face with a Yeti Brute. After you defeat him, you will go thru a short hallway, which once thru you will have to defeat Revived Sinthan and DeLamarche. Once you defeat the two of them you will need to smash the Attack Stone before you can go up the Prison staircase. On your way to the top of the staircase you will encounter more enemies which you will need to defeat. When you get to the third level of stairs you will need to break the frozen barrier to keep going. When you get to the top of the staircase you will then go thru another gate to Rondo’s Chamber. When you first go into the chamber you will confront Rondo but once you get him down to about 25% health he will retreat further back in the chamber. When he does that, you will than face off with an Armored Rondo. After you are able to defeat him you than you will have cleared the dungeon and go on to the Legendary level.
Loot:
Lord Knight Equipment
Frost Officer Equipment
Frost Commander Equipment
Defender Equipment
Frozen Stone
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 45
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 50
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 55
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 60
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 65
Shadow Spark
Mysterious Crystal
Purple Paper Airplane
Blue Paper Airplane
Elite Pet Scroll
Elite Seal Stone Extractor
The Legendary mode is the fourth and final level that a player can run in The Frost Keep. In Legendary, you have five different levels of difficulty to choose from where 1 the easiest level is and 5 is the hardest level of Legendary that you can play. Once you enter the Dungeon you will meet the ghost Captain Dave Johnson who guides you through. You will then be told to “Smash It All.” What this means is that you need to smash the Ruinous Amplifier that you will find to the left of the screen. After you do that, the captain will tell you “Big gate, small switch. This is child’s Play!” Here you need to go to the room on the left and the right. You will have enemies to defeat as you make your way to each room. Once you are in each of the rooms you will need to turn on the switch on the wall. After you have turned the switch on then you will go back to the center room. Here you need to walk thru the gate in front of the berserker summoning device. This will lead you to Audience Chamber. This area holds several more ruinous amplifiers and enemies. Once you get past all of that, you will start to walk up to the throne and here you will have to defeat Balbora, DeLamarche, and Sorrow’s Guide. Once you defeat them than you will continue on behind the throne. You will go up the staircase. This time you not going to encounter enemies on your way up. You will still encounter the frozen barrier on the third level of stairs, but once you’re at the top you will wait for the frozen gate to open. Once it is open you can either walkaround, kill, or tame Garlion, before getting to Rondo himself. Once you defeat him you will have cleared the dungeon on legendary level.
Loot:
Frost Bone
Ellora's Armor Chest
Ellora's Jewelry
Karash's Equipment
Legendary Seal Stone
Frizeon's Mark
Recipe: Frizeon's Mark
Recipe: Frost Dragon Stone
Legendary Refining Stone
Frost Dragon Stone
Frost Heart
Frost Scale
Heroic Refining Stone
Legendary Refining Stone
Recipe Gem III-V
Gem III-V
Heroic Pet Scroll
Heroic Stone Extractor
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 145
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 150
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 155
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 160
Elite Tempering Stone Lv. 170
Chest with Super Companion Spheres (10 pcs.)
Chest with Excellent Companion Spheres (10 pcs.)
Recipe: Excellent Dragon Magic Essence
Excellent Dragon Magic Essence
Magic Dragon Essence
Whisper of Ellora's Soul
Fragment of Ellora's Soul
Elite Chest with Parna's Companion Mark
Heroic Chest with Parna's Companion Mark
Great Companion EXP Potion
Super Companion EXP Potion
Legendary Dungeon Luck Chest
Humble Legendary Transcending Stone
Copper Ingot
Crystal of the Defiant Soul
Crystal of the Brave Soul
Strong Potion of Intelligence / Strength / Agility / Will / Endurance
Dragon Essence
Holy Legendary Emblem Lv. 50
Karash's Pure Soul
Elite Jewelry Tempering Stone Lv. 130
Elite Jewelry Tempering Stone Lv. 140
Elite Jewelry Tempering Stone Lv. 150
Elite Jewelry Tempering Stone Lv. 160
Primeval Shard
Purple Paper Airplane
Blue Paper Airplane
Monsters to Kill
| Name | Level | Grade | Type | Loot |
|---|
| Frost Keep Sentinel | ??? | n/a | Add | 33 silver |
| Frost Keep Guard | ??? | n/a | Add | 28 silver |
| Yeti Brute | ??? | n/a | Add | 24 silver |
| Frost Keep Mage | ??? | n/a | Add | 26 silver |
| Balbora/ DeLamarche/Sorrow’s Guide | ??? | n/a | Boss | 40 gold |
| Rondo Terramunce | ??? | n/a | Boss | 300 gold |
Strategy
First Boss
Balbora and Delamarche
Perfect Stability - Immune to all status effects.
Recovery - possesses high recovery
Thick Skin- Grants strong resistance against critical damage
Besides their normal attacks they will perform the following skillls
- Dark Temptation
- Dark arrow
- Hammer Blow
- Rage Hammer
FInal Boss
Rondo has the following attributes
Perfect Stability - Immune to all status effects.
Recovery - possesses high recovery
Thick Skin- Grants strong resistance against critical
Frost Guard Uniform- Proudly displays the sigil of the frost guard
Besides his normal attacks he will use the following skills,
- Freezing Wind
- Harsh Strike
- Frozen Path
Familiars
In The Frost Keep there are four different familiars that you can tame;
Phantom,
Mist, And
Frost can be found on the Heroic level of the dungeon. On the legendary level of the dungeon, you can find
Garilon.
