The in-game map for this zone. North is up.
Everfrost Peaks is a sprawling arctic zone of frozen canyons, open snow plains, and a frozen lake that serves as the newbie yard for the Barbarian city of Halas. The sheltered canyons hold low-level game while the open tundra is roamed by high-level mammoths, orc warbands, and ice giants, making it one of the most punishing newbie zones in the game.
A tunnel in the northwest canyon leads to the Barbarian city of Halas, the Blackburrow gnoll caves in the east connect through to Qeynos Hills, and the Permafrost caverns at the south hold the ice caves of the dragon Lady Vox. All travel between them is done on foot through the snow.
The open tundra is far deadlier than the canyons, with high-level woolly mammoths and roaming ice giants that will flatten a low-level character who strays too far. Shaman-led orc packs and icebone skeletons can also assist and quickly overwhelm the unwary.
New Barbarians should hunt near the Halas tunnel and along the frozen lake where the game is weakest, and use the canyon walls to avoid line of sight with the mammoths and giants on the plains. Groups heading to Blackburrow or Permafrost should stick to the canyon routes rather than crossing the open snow.
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