Guild Wars 2 Wiki Guide

Snowblind Fractal

The Snowblind Fractal is one of the Fractals of the Mists.

Video Walkthrough[edit]

2:34 Bypass obstruction
3:03 Defeat ice elemental
5:25 Look for survivors
7:05 Kill the Son of Svanir Shaman

1. Condition Damage
In this fractal, players will deal with constant condition damage from the cold. Pay attention to the debuff/buff bar. The cold will do more and more damage over time.
To avoid the cold, players will need to stay near lit bonfires. These will remove the cold and provide up to 8 stacks of warmth. This will allow you some time to run to the next bonfire without getting a cold debuff.
As you run, grab a torch. Only the first bonfire will be lit. You will need to use Skill(1) on the torch for the rest of the bonfires.
The cold effect stops once the Ice Elemental boss is dealt with.

2. Ice Wall
Run down the mountain & gain warmth from the bonfires on the way.
At ground level, there is a big firepit of 6 wood stacks. There is an ice wall that blocks you from moving forward. Keep lighting up the firepit to melt the ice wall. As you do this, there will be Sons of Svanir continuously spawning to attack you. They do not drop loot.

3. Ice Elemental
When the wall melts, quickly run through it & kill the remaining Sons of Svanir that follow you.
At the Ice Elemental boss, you will see 3 firepits around it. Everyone should have a torch with them. Spread out to each firepit and keep lighting it to get warmth as you fight the Ice Elemental boss. If you need to drop your torch, drop it near the firepits.
The Ice Elemental boss alternates between an AOE blast of moderate damage & sending ice darts to extinguish a fire.
At times, the Ice Elemental boss will teleport everyone in the party to a random place in the circle and a blizzard will limit visibility for a few seconds. Try to find your torches and light up the firepit.
The Ice Elemental boss also spawns Veteran Ice Elementals. They will continuously respawn once summoned.
When the boss dies, the blizzard will ends. Remove any frostbite you still have on you before moving on.

4. Survivors
Grab a torch and go through the dark forest towards the marker on your map.
There will be 2 or 3 groups of Sons of Svanir. There are also footprints on the ground for you to follow if you get lost.

5. Legendary Shaman
Go in the cave towards the Legendary Shaman. If the group is separated by an ice wall, turn around and interact with the flaming banner behind you. It will teleport you to fight.
The Shaman has two alternating stages.
First is when he is down on the ground melee-ing the party. Note that when he hunkers down, he is healing himself. You can interrupt him by damaging him. He also has a special attack where he uses ice breath to encase a player in a destroyable block of ice.
Second is when he teleports to an unreachable location where he will send ice blast AOEs to destroy the party. Simply outrun them, and dodge roll if you need to.