ice region concept

the glacial grasp a new region found in northwestern grasped by freezing temperatures & formed by shield volcanoes & underwater volcanoes that created a archipelago of islands. with a few solo islands mixed in the area. these islands are covered in snow & ice are very rocky being covered in large stones & gravel with black sands beaches & mosses/ lichens growing with some plants like conifers or shrubs growing on higher spots away from lavas reach. the large islands will always have a volcano on it these volcanoes differ from devils roar because. 1 they can be climb up and see inside of 2 instead of launching giant flaming boulders it spews out lava that can cover the island and even reach out to the sea. when it does this obsidian can form which can be grabbed while in the water and sold to merchant alliance. obsidian can also be found on islands after eruption rarely once lava is cooled. there are also lava tubes that can be found on these islands these tubes will fill with lava during eruption but when there's no lava these can lead to hidden passages and other secrets finally.

icesheets can be found floating in glacial grasp region ranging from small to very large. if ran into depending on ships speed & ice sheets size will either have you break through the ice at the cost of being slowed or being stopped by the ice and possibly taking damage. ice sheets can be found surrounding some islands these cannot be broken.(walking on ice will be slippery)

icebergs can be found floating around the glacial grasp region these iceberg can take damage from ships crashing into it cannon shots and explosions. cause enough damage and the iceberg will fall apart creating a large wave that can cause ships to be pushed off course or even take on large amounts of water from the wave. the waves will be opposite side of where it was damaged from. icebergs come in many sizes so a extremely large iceberg will create a massive wave when broken but takes more damage to destroy compared to a smaller one

blizzards a new weather event that exclusive to glacial grasp. due to the extreme cold whipping winds and pelting hail any player found in its icey grasp. will be slowed and have their health drained away at the longer they're not in shelter or by a heat source the worse it gets. additionally your visibility is greatly reduced to barely being able to see more than a few feet Infront of you. ships caught in blizzards will be slowed too the amount of slowness will depend on the ships size so smaller ship will freeze slower compared to larger ships. if fully frozen you cant move and cannot interact with ship items like sails anchor wheel etc. you can break the ice of with sword guns or bombs .

the frost skeleton found abundantly in the glacial grasp region but can be found across the sea of thieves. these frost skeletons will slow players upon hit and take massive damage against fire.

frost shard fort a massive fortress found in the northwestern corner of the glacier grasp. this fort is massive similar in size to tributes peak and just like it would be filled with puzzles traps and enemies. but to get access you must find new serpent medallion. this medallion is made of amber & ice & allows access to the fort through the magic blizzards that surrounds the fort. this medallion will be used to open the gate to to let your ship into the fort. to get this you must embark on a new voyage where you find pieces of the medallion some will be connected to riddles other you’ll have to fight skeleton lords and ships for the other pieces. once all are gathered you are marked on the map and a beacon that give your location away will follow the medallion and increase damage your ship takes. if you can survive until you get to the blizzard that surrounds frost shard fort you’ll be safe to complete the fort but a blue skull will be over the area letting other know your at the fort and highly valuable loot is up for grabs. so be ready to fight after exiting the blizzard. (after leaving the fort walls of ice will form preventing you from going back in and if you stay in the blizzard to long you will sink. this is to prevent people from camping in blizzard till others leave to avoid pvp for loot they got from the fort.)

Glacius Berserker the new boss at the end of all the traps puzzles and mini bosses at frost shard fort he is found in a massive arena that's open to the sky when you enter he will be fighting and quickly finish off an ashen lord by ripping its heart out and tossing it. he wields a round shield and a 1 handed battle axe both made of ice during your fight there will be no minions this is because this fight is incredibly hard and is advised to have other ship crew get on your ship yo enter & help fight. his move set will be listed down below.

basic attack light attacks are horizontal slashes heavies overhead slash

shield bash a very quick attack that stuns the target for a second but deals very little damage

dash Glacius Berserker summons a strip of ice quickly dashes forward to cover distance extremely fast

ice wall Glacius Berserker raises his shield up and create a wall of ice that he uses to protect him or to separate crewmates from each other

grab he will lunge forward grabbing up too 2 targets. if in range once grabbed 1 of a few things can happen 1st will have him freeze you solid leaving you immobile for a time. before you can break yourself free if solo you will only be frozen for a few seconds before breaking free. but if with crew it faster to have a crew mate break the ice. 2nd if he is being attacked while he has someone grabbed. he will slam you down into the ground causing massive damage and creating a shockwave.3rd he will throw you at high speed if you hit a wall you will take massive damage and be slowed for a time. if you hit a crew member while being thrown you both will take massive damage and be slowed.

ice spear creates a large icicle & throws it at a target if it hits will kill the target and anything behind it when in air icicle will make a loud whistling sound this attack has long wind.

ice clones create 5 clones of ice that can do all his abilities but only have 10 hp

berserker rage Glacius Berserker will shout and start to glow with a bright white and blue aura during this he is much faster all his attacks deal more damages but he takes 3x normal damage in his rage

ice shard storm create small whirlwind that fires out small spikes of ice. that deal low damage but will wittles hp down fast if not behind cover

rewards

the frosten hoardings a chest that's made of magic ice & amber with a pattern welded steel trim and a serpent design that wraps over top of it. the frosten hoarding will form where Glacius Berserker is defeated having his soul bound into it lighting the eyes of the serpent with a bright white light the frosten hoarding will constantly freeze the surrounding area around it increase damage you and your ship takes and will give off a large white beacon the frosten hoarding can be sold to any faction and will give 100k and massive reputation.

spear of frost primary fire shoots an ice spike that takes 2.5s to charge up and deals massive damage secondary fire uses more energy but create a wall of ice that will block anything until it disappears or is destroyed this can be sold for 10k and can be sold to any faction

new sword Ulfberht swords these can be unlocked by completing different commendation related around frost shard fort

frosten curse a new curse that civets your body is shards of ice and gives your eyes a cloudy white look. gained by completing all commendation that are related to glacial grasp region and defeating glacius berserker 100 times after.