Talk:The Frost Gate (mission)

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Recently, while obtaining my Cartographer title, I noticed that if the snow wolf near the bridge dies while under the bridge, necrotic traversal brings you on top of the bridge, usually where you already are, and dont want to be. This got me to thinking. Inside the cave, killing an ettin or a dryder under the small bridge Rurik runs across, then using necrotic traversal on the corpse brings you to the top of the bridge, and thus to Rurik's path. This has worked for me everytime Ive done this mission, and I find it is much more reliable than the methods already posted. Perhaps somebody can confirm this for us and have it added to the page for future Cartographers. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.109.4.234 &bull; contribs) 19:42, 19 July 2006.


 * I tested today and agree that this is a very easy way. It worked for me both times I tried it. I also tested killing things over me, and this took me up to their level as well. Basically, it seemed to me (guessing), that teleportation tends to favor the top level, regardless of the corpse location. There are benefits, however, to teleporting earlier in the Frost Gate mission, since this breaks the mission and it will not fail when Rurik dies. (I read that you have to rush because Rurik might die, but in my experience this did not happen when I warped back up after leaving Rurik behind (basically, by skipping a couple of Engineers you force him to stay behind and he is later moved forward by a cut scene)). Also, the 0.4% I wrote about was measured with screen shots before and after, and should be reasonably accurate minus any rounding. --Alphastream 17:20, 2 August 2006 (CDT)


 * If you run to the end and kill the first stone summit that rurik will attack (just leave the two that spawn afterwards) before his cutscene, after the cutscene he will not attack but just stand still. If the mission does indeed fail because of his death, this is a (rather tedious) way of avoiding that.

Dialogue
Cleaning screenshots, but I'm not entirely certain where to put this:
 * (at the beginning)
 * Prince Rurik: Those Stone Summit ballistae are guarding the pass to the Frost Gate!
 * (slightly further)
 * Prince Rurik: Destroy them so we may lead our people through!
 * (a bit further)
 * Prince Rurik: We dare not move forward until they are destroyed!

And when doing the bonus:
 * (when first spoken to)
 * Rornak Stonesledge: Just me luck. I've been caught again.
 * Rornak Stonesledge: The Stone Summit are tryin' to buid a new and devastatin' siege weapon. King Ironhammer sent me in to steal the plans.
 * Rornak Stonesledge: There is a decrepit ballista pointed to the east. Take me to it, and I'll help ye blast open the doors that keep safe the plans.
 * (taken to the ballista)
 * Rornak Stonesledge: It should work now. Ye can fire it at the doors.
 * Rornak Stonesledge: After ye blast open the doors, return the secret plans to me.
 * (when given the plans)
 * Rornak Stonesledge: Any friend of Rornak Stonesledge is a friend of Deldrimor Dwarves. Many thanks, friend.