Frozen (Status)

Frozen is a status effect in Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Description

Frozen is a negative environmental status effect that incapacitates affected character, rendering them unable to act. Frozen also lowers Dodging by 100 % and Water resistance by 20 %, however it increases Fire Resistance by 10 %. Frozen also grants immunity to following status effects:

Cause

Frozen is a water based status effect which can be caused by many ways and is applied only if Magic armour is at 0. First and most common is by combining Wet status with Chilled or by applying Chilled status effect twice. Frozen can also be inflicted by stepping unto cursed ice surface. Note that there are few places on Rivellon where environment itself may freeze characters such as Arx Harbour cellar flooded with freezing water regardless of Magic armour being above 0.

In combat Frozen can be inflicted by casting certain Hydrosophist spells or using certain items.

List of items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Freezing Arrow.png Freezing Arrow	Arrow	Directly causes Frozen Deals Water damage	Creates ice surface
File:Frost Grenade.png Frost Grenade	Grenade	Directly causes Frozen Deals Water damage	Creates ice surface
File:Water Arrow.png Water Arrow	Grenade	Set Wet Deals Water damage	Only if already affected by Chilled
File:Water Balloon.png Water Balloon	Grenade	Set Wet	Only if already affected by Chilled

List of spells

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Deep Freeze.png Deep Freeze	Master Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Frozen Kills every Frozen character below 10 % Vitality	Level 16 spell
File:Global Cooling.png Global Cooling	Adept Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Level 9 spell
File:Hail Strike.png Hail Strike	Starter Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Available from the start of the game
File:Hail Storm.png Hail Storm	Master Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Level 16 Source spell
File:Ice Breaker.png Ice Breaker	Master Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Level 16 spell
File:Ice Fan.png Ice Fan	Novice Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Level 4 spell
File:Rain.png Rain	Starter Hydrosophist	Wet Creates water surface	Available from the start of the game
File:Winter Blast.png Winter Blast	Novice Hydrosophist	Deals water damage Set Chilled	Level 4 spell

Notable NPCs

Following NPCs are characters which may utilise spells or items that will afflict their enemies with Frozen status.

Slane the Winter Dragon

Treatment

Frozen is a status that is based on water and damages Magic armour, therefore it can be negated via fire based tools and spells or resisted through increasing Magic armour. On Rivellon Frozen status will be negated via fire surface or fire cloud.

Magic armour restoration

Magic armour can be increased via blessed ice surface, items or through spells. Notable status effect that is associated with increased Magic armour is Magic shell.

List of items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Blessed Ice Grenade.png Blessed Ice Grenade	Grenade	Creates blessed ice surface Restores Vitality	Creates blessed water surface
File:Small Magic Armour Potion.png Magic Armour Potion	Potion	Directly restores Magic Armour	Can be upgraded
File:Whisperwood.png Whisperwood	Herb	Directly restores small amount of Magic Armour	Can be found or purchased

List of spells

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Arcane Stitch.png Arcane Stitch	Hydrosophist	Directly restores Magic Armour Set Magic Shell	Level 9 Source spell
File:Armor of Frost.png Armour of Frost	Hydrosophist	Directly restores Magic Armour Set Magic Shell	Available from the start of the game
File:Cryotherapy.png Cryotherapy	Hydrosophist Huntsman	Consume frozen surfaces in exchange for Magic armour	Crafted spell
File:Mass Cryotherapy.png Mass Cryotherapy	Hydrosophist Huntsman	All allies around caster consume frozen surfaces in exchange for Magic armour	Crafted spell
File:Soothing Cold.png Soothing Cold	Hydrosophist	Regenerate small amount of Magic armour for all allies around caster	Level 4 spell

Status negation

As mentioned above the easiest way to utterly remove Frozen is through fire based status effects such as Burning. Other status effect that directly removes Frozen is Blessed and Permafrost which turns negative properties of Frozen into positive ones but still renders character incapacitated.

List of items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Cursed Cluster Grenade.png Cursed Cluster Grenade	Grenade	Directly causes Burning	Creates necrofire surface
File:Cursed Firestorm Grenade.png Cursed Firestorm Grenade	Grenade	Directly causes Burning	Creates necrofire surface
File:Cluster Grenade.png Cluster Grenade	Grenade	Directly causes Burning	Burning lasts 1 turn
File:Cursed Fire Arrow.png Cursed Fire Arrow	Arrow	Directly causes Burning for 1 turn	Creates necrofire surface
File:Fire Arrow.png Fire Arrow	Arrow	Directly causes Burning	Creates fire surface
File:DOS2 firestorm grenade.png Firestorm Grenade	Grenade	Directly causes Burning	Creates fire surface

List of spells

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Arcane Stitch.png Arcane Stitch	Hydrosophist	Directly restores Magic Armour Set Magic Shell	Level 9 Source spell
File:Armor of Frost.png Armour of Frost	Hydrosophist	Directly restores Magic Armour Set Magic Shell	Available from the start of the game
File:Bless.png Bless	Sourcery	Set Blessed	Requires 1 Source Point
File:Cryogenic Stasis.png Cryogenic Stasis	Hydrosophist	Slowly restores Vitality Makes target invulnerable but incapacitated	Level 9 spell
File:Fireball.png Fireball	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage Creates fire surface	Level 4 spell
File:Fire Whip.png Fire Whip	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage Set Blind and Burning	Level 9 spell
File:Dragon's Blaze.png Dragon's Blaze	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage Creates fire surface	Lizard racial spell
File:Ignition.png Ignition	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage to enemies in sight	Available from the start of the game
File:Laser Ray.png Laser Ray	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage in line Creates fire clouds	Level 9 spell
File:Searing Daggers.png Searing Daggers	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage Can create 3 fire surfaces	Available from the start of the game
File:Spontaneous Combustion.png Spontaneous Combustion	Pyrokinetic	Deals fire damage Removes burning but deals increased damage	Level 4 spell