Season of Icetide

A strange but welcome chill in the air heralds the coming of one of the most anticipated seasons in the world of Anthem, Icetide. It’s a time of joyous celebration, friendly competition, and harvest – but it also has its dangers. While some enemies avoid the cold, others flourish in the frigid temperatures and will test you to your limits. Better bundle up, Freelancer, it’s time to take on Icetide!

Icetide is a themed, season-long event that offers unique rewards and challenges for its duration – similar to the Season of Skulls. The normally steamy jungles undergo a fantastic transformation as Bastion becomes a winter wonderland, for a time. The people of Fort Tarsis celebrate by hanging colorful lights and delicate glass ornaments in every public space.

The Freeplay map was completely reskinned to cover in snow, change the foliage to shades of red, and include Shaper Globes.

The Season of Icetide was released during winter on December 11th 2019^[1] along with Patch 1.6.0. The season would last for 11 weeks until February 25 2020.

Note: The season was reduced to a festive event called Festive: Icetide and released during winter on December 8th, 2020. This would continue in the future years as a Festive events only until a client side patch is released. This means, there are no full season long events or challenges until that day arrives.

Overview[]

There are no level requirements for the Icetide content, anyone at any level is welcome to enter. To participate in the Seasonal Stronghold events, the only requirement is to have completed the Incursion story. Players can select currently available events by visiting the Game Modes menu.

The map is themed, Fort Tarsis is themed, and the Launch Bay is themed appropriately to fit the season. There are a lot of activities going on.

Seasonal Expedition[]

They can be found in the Game Mode menu and change weekly. Strongholds were given additional mechanics, such as solving puzzles, summoning secret bosses and following trails of Notes to receive more points.

Multipliers are added to get more points, and a special puzzle is included to summon a hidden boss, which requires to locate and destroy certain objects from start.

The following are the Competitive Strongholds:

Seasonal Store[]

Herschel's Seasonal Store has returned with brand new Legendary only war chests. Along with them, there is a new War Chest offering Universal Components.

There is also a Relics of Heliost puzzle in the store. As with other Bioware games, Anthem continues the tradition of incorporating the Tower of Hanoi puzzle in the form of Relics of Heliost with a small lore bit attached to it.

Tombs of Legionnaires Offering[]

Guardians' Gifts or Tombs Legionnaires offering is a new mechanic where crafting materials and Guardian Tokens can be exchanged for a guaranteed legendary item.

Tomb of Artinia: Legendary Weapons
Tomb of Cariff: Legendary Gear
Tomb of Gawnes: Legendary Melee Weapons and Javelin-Specific Components
Tomb of Yvenia: Legendary Support Gear and Universal Components

Freeplay World Event[]

Freeplay has more outlaws now, while other enemy types are scarce.A season exclusive Freeplay event called Ice Flower Frenzy was added. This event happens in one of the four Shaper Globes.

This Event counts towards completing the World Events Feat and Daily World Events challenge.

Freeplay Time Trials[]

There are time trials in Freeplay which challenge the Freelancer's skills at flying. Unlike a race, these are obstacle courses which follow a specific path. There are 8 Time Trials in total. Each trial, can be completed in Gold, Silver or Bronze times.