Snowblind Fractal
Brave the cold and face off against the Legendary Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker
Face the elements in this Fractal, as you battle to keep the fire going to provide warmth for you and your allies. Clear the isolated village of the cause for the blizzard and fight your way through the dark to find Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker
Entrance / Bonfire
When you spawn in you will be beside a bonfire, but once you leave the perimeter of the bonfire you will notice a few special mechanics
Warmth
Immune to Hypothermia
You gain this effect whenever you are close to a bonfire
Hypothermia
Deals damage unless a heat source is found - stacks
This debuff stacks over time while Ice Elemental is alive, and will only be cleansed when you get close to a bonfire
You will have a Special Action Key (SAK) skill called Ignite this will be used to light bonfires, it can also hit enemies and do a small amount of damage and provide burning. Approach the unlit bonfire and use your SAK to light it, you will need to keep this burning to melt the ice wall blocking your progression, once you do enemies will start coming from around the outside.
Sons of Svanir and wolves will spawn to try and kill you, and Ice Elementals will spawn to try to put out your fire, keep them away from the bonfire.
You will also see firewood appear around the area, grab this to throw onto your fire to keep it burning. Once the progress bar fills the wall will melt and the enemies will despawn
Elemental Source
In the next room past the bridge you will run into a blizzard caused by the Elemental Source, which is in the middle of the area surrounded by five bonfires. Your safest choice is to light the bonfires around it to keep up stacks of Warmth and remove the Rime Shield on the boss. The Elemental Source will have two stacks of Rime Shield per unlit bonfire, this reduces damage it takes by 10%
It will send our projectiles the whole fight, and at 75%/50%/25% the Elemental Source will send out projectile AoEs towards the bonfires that does 50% of the bonfires remaining health, you can use reflects to prevent the bonfires from taking damage, you can also replenish this with the firewood located in the huts by the bonfires themselves.
If all fires go out the Elemental Source will have a large blizzard spawn and deal more damage, light at least 1 bonfire to stop this. Sons of Svanir will also be spawned to attack you while you work on the stationary Elemetal Source.
Achievement - If We Only Had Marshmallows
1 Core Mastery Point / 5 AP
Your team lit every bonfire in Snowblind fractal inside the Fractals of the Mists
Dark Forest
After defeating the Elemetal Source you are to move on the the dark forest and follow the torch's that light the path. There will be torches you can take if you like, but most players will be run through to the cave, being careful to avoid pulling all the mobs.
Legendary Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker
The Legendary Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker has two forms, his melee form and his ranged form where you cant attack him.
Melee Form - When he is within Melee range he will summon three Corrupted Ice Crystals that will grant him Rime Shield, these can be dispelled by destroying the Ice Crystals (they respawn everytime he re-enters into his melee form). His auto attack in this form is a greatsword cleave and can apply Hypothermia. He will also send out a ring of ice shards around himself, and do a icy cone AoE that gives the player a stacking debuff.
Ranged Form - At 75% and 50%, he will teleport out of range to the ledge above, and begin raining AoE ice spikes in the arena. Multiple adds will spawn including Elite Icebrood Effigy, which you will need to kill to make him come back down so you can damage him again When he comes back down he will respawn the Corrupted Ice Crystals and spawn some more adds.
Bear Form - When he gets down to 25% he will use a skill called Become the Bear and stay in this form until you kill him. It will give gim more damage, and the leap abilities which causes knockdown.
Achievement - Snowblind Fractal Stabilizer
5 AP
You've completed the Snowblind fractal inside the Fractals of the Mists
Awarded on your first time completing the Snowblind Fractal
Extra Achievements
Achievement - Nevermore IV: The Raven Spirit
Ancient Svanir Relic
Found in the chest at the end of the Snowblind Fractal
Achievement - Meteorlogicus I: The Experimental Scepter
Blizzard's Chill
Dropped after destroying the Elemental Source
Achievement - Frostfang III: Tooth of Frostfang
Snowblind Ice Sample
Dropped after destroying the Elemental Source
Achievement - Incinerator III: Spark
Flame Jelly
Combining 10 Piles of Bloodstone Dust with a Fire Core at the Frozen Core - accessible after defeating the Elemental Source
Achievement - Rodgort III: Rodgort's Flame
Warmth to Live
Light the first bonfire
Achievement - Twilight III: Dusk
Frozen Darkness
Use your Gloominator in the forest between the Elemental Source and final boss room
Achievement - Ad Infinitum II: Upper Bound
Pollenated Ice Elemental Core
Obtain an Ice Elemental Core from the remains of Legendary Shaman Lornarr Dragonseeker. Take it to a pollenated spore beneath one of the towers in the Silverwastes and imbue it
Achievement - Ad Infinitum II: Upper Bound
Snowblind Challenge Mote
Activating the Challenge Mote and completing the level 27 Snowblind Fractal
Achievement - Ad Infinitum III: Unbound
Magically Charged Infusion Sample
Created by combining a +8 Agony Infusion with the mist geyser located in the Snowblind Fractal