The Frost Giant Caves are a cave network in Wyrm's Tooth in the Icewind Dale game.
Description[]
From the entrance, the main cave leads left, past a wyrm lair, to the frost giants' throne room – and then north to their sleeping places and to the slave pens where they keep their human prisoners.
Separated from the main cave by only two small tunnels, is the "north cave" in the top-right part of the map. The giants cannot enter this cave[1], and so it has become inhabited by other creatures. A mage has also set up camp here.
Exits[]
| Bottom-right path: | back outdoors |
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NPCs & quest content[]
| Character | Quest content | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Main cave | |||
| Joril frost giant leader |
Must be confronted to complete the main quest step:
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| Davin slave |
Gives the optional side-quest:
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| Gorg frost giant guard |
Relevant to the side-quest. | ||
| Frostbite wyrm |
Relevant to the side-quest. | ||
| North cave | |||
| Kontik mage |
Relevant to the side-quest, and has an interesting reason for being here. | ||
In addition, the quest item Barrel of Pure Water found in the north cave is needed to advance a side-quest back in the Severed Hand.
Enemies[]
There are 66 potentially-hostile creatures on Core Rules and below, and 75 on Hard and Insane. (Parties that already completed the Heart of Winter expansion[2] get the higher enemy counts on all difficulty settings.)
| Creature type | Count | Loot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main cave | |||
| Winter Wolf (lvl 6) | 8 | minor loot | |
| 8 | initially non-hostile | ||
| White Wyrm (lvl 10) | 4 | initially non-hostile | minor loot
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| NPC: Frostbite (lvl 14) | 1 | initially non-hostile | minor loot
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| Frost Giant (lvl 14) | 8 | (10 on Hard/Insane) initially non-hostile |
minor loot
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| Frost Giant Guard (lvl 16) | 3 | (6 on Hard/Insane) initially non-hostile |
minor loot
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| NPC: Gorg (lvl 16) | 1 | initially non-hostile | minor loot
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| Joril's Bodyguard (lvl 14) | 2 | initially non-hostile | minor loot
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| NPC: Joril (lvl 18) | 1 | initially non-hostile | |
| North cave | |||
| Glacier Yeti (lvl 8) | 7 | (11 on Hard/Insane) | minor loot |
| Yeti Chieftain (lvl 11) | 1 | minor loot | |
| Greater Ice Troll (lvl 7) | 5 | minor loot
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| Snow Troll (lvl 9) | 11 | minor loot
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| Black Ice Knight (lvl 12) | 5 | - | |
| NPC: Kontik (lvl 18) | 1 | ||
In the main cave, only the wild winter wolves at the entrance attack you on sight – the frost giants and their wyrm and wolf pets are initially neutral. You can turn them hostile through dialog with their leader Joril, or by attacking one of them. (With the exception of Gorg, that is: Killing him does not affect the others.)
Traps[]
None.
Lootable containers[]
| Container | Content |
|---|---|
| Container at (x2490, y1570)
near Kontik |
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| Container at (x2395, y1640)
near Kontik |
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| Container at (x2800, y1795)
near White Wyrm's Nest |
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| Container at (x2880, y1900)
near White Wyrm's Nest |
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| Container at (x1920, y1950)
near White Wyrm's Nest |
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| Container at (x150, y1750)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x600, y1820)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x290, y1370)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x420, y1250)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x320, y910)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x890, y1070)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x370, y650)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x420, y630)
in Joril's Cave |
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| Container at (x1060, y570)
in Joril's Cave |
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Footnotes[]
- ↑ Because they cannot fit through the tunnels. (Revealed in Gorg's dialog.)
- ↑ By destroying the soul gem on the White Wyrm Iceberg
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 One of: Sunstone Gem, Pearl, Andar Gem, Black Opal, Turquoise Gem, or Skydrop Gem (each with equal probability).