The Cavern of Ice, also known as the Ice Cave and the Ice Cavern, is a location from Final Fantasy. It is located north of Mount Gulg, and is accessible only by canoe.
The Cavern of Ice contains many cracked tiles that work as Pitfalls, breaking when the player sets foot on them. This results in the player being dropped to the floor below the dilapidated ice. While this is often an annoyance, dropping down a level via a cracked tile is the only way to reach the Levistone (Floater in the NES version). This is because the Levistone itself is surrounded by cracked tiles and is impossible to reach directly from the floor it lies on.
The cavern is considerably more difficult than previous dungeons or even a number of dungeons afterwards; a large number of the enemy packs, such as the large packs of Winter Wolves or White Dragons can potentially kill the party in a single turn; Cockatrices are paired up with Mummies for the first time in this dungeon, making the Stone-inflicting birds more difficult to escape from; and the Dark Wizards which roam the lower floors have spells which can instantly kill one or more party members.
Story[]
The Warriors of Light travel to the Cavern of Ice to locate the Levistone, which will enable them to raise the airship from the desert. After they defeat the Evil Eye guarding the stone, they obtain the stone needed to raise the airship.
Items[]
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
| Clothes | B2 |
| 180 gil | B3 |
| 9,900 gil | B3 |
| 7,900 gil | B3 |
| 5,000 gil | B3 |
| 5,424 gil | B3 |
| 12,350 gil | B3 |
| Flame Sword | B2 |
| Ice Armor | B3 |
| Mythril Gloves | B3 |
| Ice Shield | B1 |
| Sleeping Bag | B1 |
| 9,500 gil | B1 |
| Ether | B1 |
| 10,000 gil | B1 |
| Levistone | B2 |
Encounters[]
Cavern of Ice-Marsh Cave-Mount Gulg encounter region in Pixel Remaster. See file summary for other versions.
Unique encounter region found to the west of the Cavern of Ice. While it has no landmarks of its own, it must be passed through to reach the Cavern. See file summary for other versions.
Battle background.
The Cavern of Ice region is part of a large disconnected encounter region shared with the Marsh Cave and Mount Gulg regions. It is bordered by the Pravoka encounter region, and Crescent Lake encounter regions, and in non-Pixel Remaster versions the Peninsula of Power in the Lufenia region.
The encounter tile to the west of the Cavern of Ice has no identifying landmarks of its own and covers only a small portion of the world map, but nonetheless has its own unique encounters. As it must be passed through to reach the Cavern of Ice, and the Cavern of Ice is located within its bounds in the MSX version
, its encounters are included here.
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B1 |
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B2 |
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B3 |
Other appearances[]
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
In Elfheim, the Warriors of Light learn of a buried Airship, and so proceed to the Cavern of Ice where the key to unearthing it--the Levistone--may be found.
Description
The Cavern of Ice is a Realm Dungeon, unlocked by completing Cosmo Canyon. Completing it unlocks the Citadel of Trials.
Musical themes[]
The background theme that plays inside the Cavern of Ice is "Matoya's Cave".
Gallery[]
