Freezing Mist

Type

Sorcery

FP cost

20

Memory slots

1

Stamina cost

13

Additional stamina cost

4

Hold action

Charge

Requires

21Int

Spell school

Cold sorceries

Effects

Sorcery said to have been used by the old snow witch.

Releases a cold mist before the caster.

This sorcery can be cast while in motion. Charging enhances range of the mist.

The snowy crone taught the young Ranni to fear the dark moon as she imparted her cold sorcery.

Seluvis's Rise

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Ranni's Rise

Before you go

• Have 6,000 runes.
• Join Ranni's service and finish Seluvis's potion request to use his living shop, or offer his bell bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks if he has died.

1. Reach the western Liurnia road and follow it north through Kingsrealm Ruins. Strike the illusory wall blocking the road at the northern end, then continue past Iji at Road to the Manor.
2. Ride toward the large manor while avoiding the magical strikes falling along the approach. Activate Main Caria Manor Gate grace at the entrance.
3. Inside, follow the courtyard path northwest toward the building in the far corner. Fingercreepers hide among the plants and beneath the ground; do not stop on a buried hand.
4. Enter the building with the seated spirit and climb its stairs to Manor Lower Level grace.
5. Take the elevated walkways east and continue straight along the main route at the first junction. Spectral soldiers appear along the bridges. Reach the far building and take its lift up to Manor Upper Level.
6. Leave the upper grace, pass the wolves in the garden and climb the main stone stairway toward the Troll Knight and sorcerers.
7. Continue up the stairs beyond the troll and Pages to the large circular courtyard. Defeat Royal Knight Loretta, then activate Royal Moongazing Grounds grace.
8. Leave through the rear exit into Three Sisters. Ranni's Rise is the western tower; climb to Ranni and agree to serve her.
9. Speak to the servant projections downstairs, including Seluvis, then return to finish Ranni's conversation. Go to Seluvis's Rise, the tower southwest of hers.
10. Speak to Seluvis and take his potion request. If choosing the nonviolent disposal route, go to Gideon at Roundtable Hold and ask him to dispose of the potion.
11. Return to Seluvis and report that the request is finished, then buy Freezing Mist for 6,000 runes from his starting spell shop. Amber Starlight and his later scheme are unnecessary.
12. If Seluvis is already dead, loot his bearing at the same tower and offer it to the Twin Maiden Husks at Roundtable Hold. His sorcery stock is sold separately from his puppets.

Notes

• Requires 21 Intelligence, one memory slot and a glintstone staff. Both ordinary and charged casts cost 20 FP.
• Leaves a cold cloud for 15 seconds. A target staying inside receives repeated frost buildup, about 100 per second, instead of a direct Magic-damage hit.
• Charging enlarges the cloud. It does not make the frost buildup scale with Intelligence or increase the damage of the eventual Frostbite burst.
• You can move during the cast. Place the cloud where an enemy is staying or must pass, rather than aiming at a fast enemy's current position and expecting the mist to chase it.
• Snow Witch Hat, Graven talismans, Magic damage bonuses and a higher staff Sorcery Scaling do not improve its fixed buildup. Godfrey Icon does not add direct damage to a cloud that has none.
• Frostbite must still overcome the target's resistance. An immune enemy will not lose HP just from standing in the mist, regardless of how many clouds you cast.
• Frostbite's active debuff prevents immediately building another frost burst. Fire damage clears that debuff; remaining mist can then start the next buildup, but you give up the existing damage-negation penalty when you clear it.
• Its lack of direct impact makes it useful for applying frost without a projectile hit. Do not treat a cloud as a shield or assume it will stop an enemy's attack.
• Seluvis sells it for 6,000 runes. His bell bearing preserves the sorcery purchase after his death, so the later Amber Starlight scheme is unnecessary for this spell.