The Beast in The Ice Boss Guide

Since his introduction in Season of Blood, we have been able to fight The Beast in the Ice as his Level 85 version in WT4. Now, with Season 4, we are also able to take on the challenge of fighting his Level 200 Tormented version. As with other endgame bosses, The Beast in the Ice has a special pool of Uniques that he can drop. The Tormented Level 200 version is not only much harder, but also costs 3 times the materials to summon in addition to 2 Stygian Stone, yet it drops 5 times the loot.

How to Summon The Beast in the Ice

To face The Beast in the Ice you must gather Distilled Fear from Nightmare Dungeons Tier 30+. There are 2 versions of The Beast in the Ice that you can summon: a Normal Level 85 Version and a Tormented Level 200 Version.

You must make a Nightmare Sigil using different materials depending on the version (outlined below), after which you simply use it from your inventory like any other Nightmare Sigil, and you can then open your map and teleport to it just like a normal Nightmare Dungeon.

Normal The Beast in the Ice:

9 Distilled Fear turned into a Tier 31 Glacial Fissure Nightmare Sigil at The Occultist

Tormented The Beast in the Ice

27 Distilled Fear and 2 Stygian Stone turned into a Tier 96 Glacial Fissure Nightmare Sigil at The Occultist

Preparations

There are a few things you can do before challenging The Beast in the Ice:

Get your Cold Resistance as high as possible including increasing your Max Cold Resist through items like Elixir of Cold Resistance II.
Play a build that you are comfortable with and that has shown to have enough damage and survivability to take on bosses (check out our Tier list here for suggestions).

Boss Mechanics

The Beast in the Ice will mainly use Cold-based attacks.

Stagger Bar: Like most bosses in Diablo 4, The Beast in the Ice has a stagger bar. Filling this bar will stun her, allowing you to deal damage without worrying about her attacks for a few seconds.

During the fight, in addition to their default attacks, The Beast in the Ice has a few mechanics to look out for:

Watch out for his Frozen Strike, when he swings his sword and releases Ice Crystals that will shatter after moving a short amount, releasing multiple smaller projectiles.
If he starts an inhale animation make sure to move out of the frontal cone to avoid their Icy Breath.
When he roars and slams the ground with his sword, he will create frost circles, which you will need to move out of before spikes fall from the ceiling and land on you.
If he leaps into the air make sure to move as far away from the landing site as you can, as he will deal heavy damage in a large area upon landing also shooting out Ice projectiles.
If you do not have enough damage to kill him before he phases, then you will encounter the following abilities:
- He will jump up into the air and stay there while adds will spawn.
- The ground will be split up into 4 lanes, of which only one will be safe to stand in; standing in the others will knock you into the storm surrounding the arena, which is normally a death.
  - Note: if you cannot get into the correct lane, position yourself so you get knocked back into a pillar instead of the storm.
- He will impale the ground with his sword and start channeling, causing 4 explosions that will target where you are standing. Make sure to be on the move and save an evade and Unstoppable in case you get frozen.

Tormented-only abilities:

Getting hit by certain attacks will inflict a stacking debuff causing you to take more damage. Those attacks are:
- The Ground Lanes, the knockback from the Ground Lanes, and getting hit by his entrance attack at the beginning and after each phase change.