Season of the Blood (S2) overhauled the entire endgame system with the introduction of 5 new endgame bosses, each with a specific loot table allowing you to finally be able to target farm some of the strongest items in the game.
This guide covers the Beast of Ice loot table and how to summon it.
How to Summon The Beast of Ice: Distilled Fear
Available in World Tier 4, The Beast of Ice requires players to gather Distilled Fear while completing Tier 30 or higher Nightmare Dungeons. After you have enough Distilled Fear, visit the Occultist to craft the Glacial Fissure Nightmare Sigil using Sigil Powder. Activate it to summon The Beast in the Ice.
| Art | Boss | World Tier | How to summon? | Level | Element | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Beast of Ice | World Tier 4 | Nightmare Dungeons | 85 | Cold | Uniques & Cosmetics |
How to summon The Beast of Ice, Diablo 4
The Beast of Ice Unique Drops: Loot table (Season 3)
These are all the Uniques that can drop from the Beast of Ice as of Season of the Construct (S3):
| Art | Item | Class | Slot | Source | Unique Effects | Released | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Beastfall Boots | Rogue | Boots | Beast of Ice | ► When you cast an Ultimate Skill, your next Core Skill consumes all of your Energy and deals [0.5 - 1.5]% increased damage per Energy consumed. Using a Cooldown restores 5 Energy. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Mutilator Plate | Necromancer | Chest | Beast of Ice | ► You are Blood Lanced, and when Blood Lance would deal damage to you, it instead Fortifies you for [1.0 - 2.0]% of your Maximum Life and has a 5% chance to form a Blood Orb. Blood Lance deals [10 - 20]% increased damage. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Paingorger’s Gauntlets | Any | Gloves | Beast of Ice | ► Damaging enemies with a Non-Basic Skill cast marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill's damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing [100 - 200]% increased damage. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Ring of the Ravenous | Barbarian | Ring | Beast of Ice | ► Rend's duration is increased by [2.0 - 4.0] seconds. Damaging enemies with your Brawling Skills applies 2 stacks of Rend's Bleed. This can only affect each enemy once every 4 seconds. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Starfall Coronet | Sorcerer | Helm | Beast of Ice | ► Meteor now has 2 charges with a [11.0 - 6.0] second Charge Cooldown instead of a Mana cost, and drops 3 additional meteors around the target. Meteor's Enchantment Effect and Enhanced Meteor drop 1 additional meteor. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Unsung Ascetic's Wraps | Druid | Gloves | Beast of Ice | ► Lightning Storm gains 1 additional strike each times it grows. Lightning Storm Critical Strikes cause lightning to strike twice, dealing [10 - 20]% increased damage. | Season 3 | Normal |
 | Tassets of the Dawning Sky | Any | Pants | Beast of Ice | ► While Injured, Your Potion Also Grants 30% Movement Speed for 2 Seconds ► Control Impaired Duration Reduction ► Maximum Life ► All Stats ► Resistance to All Elements ► When you take damage from a Non-Physical damage type, you gain + [6 - 10%] Maximum Resistance to that damage type for 6 seconds. This effect can only apply to one damage type at a time. | Season 2 | Normal |
 | Eaglehorn | Rogue | Bow | Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Distant Enemies ► Critical Strike Chance ► Physical Damage ► Vulnerable Damage ► Damage to Elites ► Penetrating Shot has a [30 - 80%] chance to fire an arrow that bounces off walls and scenery. ► Damaging 5 enemies with Penetrating Shot will cause your next cast to make enemies hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds. | Season 1 | Normal |
 | The Oculus | Sorcerer | Wand | Beast of Ice | ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Max Evade Charges ► Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown by [X] Seconds ► Damage ► Ranks of Teleport ► Gain the effect of the Teleport Enchantment for free. When you Evade using Teleport Enchantment, you are taken to a random location. | Season 1 | Normal |
 | 100,000 Steps | Barbarian | Boots | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Max Evade Charges ► Dexterity ► Damage with Skills that Swap to New Weapons ► Movement Speed ► Ranks of Ground Stomp ► After gaining the final damage bonus from the Walking Arsenal Key Passive, you automatically cast Ground Stomp and gain [32 - 50] Fury. This cannot happen more than once every 30 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Ancients' Oath | Barbarian | 2H Axe | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Healthy Enemies ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Vulnerable Damage ► Damage while Berserking ► Ranks of Steel Grasp ► Steel Grasp launches 2 additional chains. Enemies that have been pulled by Steel Grasp take [30 - 50%] bonus damage from you for 3 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Battle Trance | Barbarian | Amulet | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Resistance to All Elements ► Cooldown Reduction ► Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ► Maximum Fury ► Ranks of Frenzy ► Increase Frenzy's maximum stacks by 2. While you have maximum Frenzy, your other Skills gain [35 - 45%] increased Attack Speed. | Launch | Normal |
 | Bloodless Scream | Necromancer | Scythe | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Life On Kill ► Bloodless Scream ► Darkness Skill Damage ► Damage to Chilled Enemies ► Intelligence ► Cold Resistance ► Your Darkness Skills Chill enemies for up to 100% . Lucky Hit: Your Darkness Skills deal x [20 - 50%] bonus damage to Frozen enemies and have up to a 100% chance to generate [7 - 10] additional Essence against Frozen targets. | Launch | Normal |
 | Condemnation | Rogue | Dagger | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Basic Skill Attack Speed ► Critical Strike Damage ► Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons ► Core Skill Damage ► Your Core Skills deal [20 - 40%] increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Skills using this weapon have a 30% chance to generate 3 Combo Points. | Launch | Normal |
 | Deathspeaker's Pendant | Necromancer | Amulet | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Resistance to All Elements ► Blood Skill Damage ► Summoning Skill Damage ► Essence Cost Reduction ► Ranks of the Coalesced Blood Passive ► Blood Surge casts a mini nova on your Minions, dealing [X] damage. Damage is increased by 10% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50%. | Launch | Normal |
 | Esu's Heirloom | Sorcerer | Boots | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Dodge Chance While Evading ► Movement Speed ► Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite ► Shrine Buff Duration ► Critical Strike Damage ► Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by [20 - 30%] of your Movement Speed bonus. | Launch | Normal |
 | Fields of Crimson | Barbarian | 2H Sword | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Critical Strike Damage ► Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons ► Damage Over Time ► Critical Strike Damage ► Rupture Cooldown Reduction ► While using this weapon, damaging at least one enemy with Rupture creates a blood pool that inflicts [X] Bleeding damage over 6 seconds. Enemies standing in the pool take 20% increased Bleed damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Fists of Fate | Any | Gloves | Beast of Ice | ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% Chance to Gain [X]% Damage for 4 Seconds ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Immobilize ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Daze ► Your attacks randomly deal 1% to [200 - 300%] of their normal damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Frostburn | Any | Gloves | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Critical Strike Chance ► Attack Speed ► Freeze Duration ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [15 - 25%] chance to Freeze enemies for 2 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Gloves of the Illuminator | Sorcerer | Gloves | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Critical Strike Chance ► Fireball Attack Speed ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 55% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Ranks of Fireball ► Fireball now bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but it's explosion deals [35 - 25%] less damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Hellhammer | Barbarian | 2H Mace | Beast of Ice | ► Overpower Damage ► Damage with Two-Handed Bludgeoning Weapons ► Damage to Burning Enemies ► Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Burning ► Ranks of Upheaval ► Upheaval ignites the ground Burning enemies for an additonal [X] damage over 3 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Howl from Below | Necromancer | Gloves | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Corpse Skill Attack Speed ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Stun ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Fear ► Instead of detonating immediately, Corpse Explosion summons a Volatile Skeleton that charges at a random enemy and explodes. Corpse Explosion's damage is increased by [30 - 40%] . | Launch | Normal |
 | Hunter's Zenith | Druid | Ring | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Lightning Resistance ► Poison Resistance ► Damage while Shapeshifted ► Critical Strike Chance ► Ranks of the Heightened Senses Passive ► Ranks of the Quickshift Passive ► Gain a bonus when you kill with Shapeshifting Skill: Werewolf: Your next Non-Ultimate Werebear Skill costs no Resource and has no Cooldown. Werebear: Your next Werewolf Skill will Heal you for [X] when damage is first dealt. | Launch | Normal |
 | Insatiable Fury | Druid | Chest | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Physical Damage ► Overpower Damage ► Damage Reduction While Fortified ► Total Armor while in Werebear Form ► Werebear form is now your true form, and you gain +3 Ranks to all Werebear Skills. | Launch | Normal |
 | Mother's Embrace | Any | Ring | Varshan Beast of Ice | ► Fire Resistance ► Cold Resistance ► All Stats ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Critical Strike Damage ► Maximum Life ► If a Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, [20 - 40%] of the Resource is refunded. | Launch | Normal |
 | Ring of Mendeln | Necromancer | Ring | Beast of Ice | ► Cold Resistance ► Shadow Resistance ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Minion Attack Speed ► Maximum Minion Life ► Thorns ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to empower all of your Minions, causing the next attack from each to explode for [X] Physical damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Staff of Lam Esen | Sorcerer | Staff | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Lightning Damage ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Critical Strike Damage ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Your cast of Charged Bolts have a [30 - 50%] chance to be attracted to enemies and last 300% longer. | Launch | Normal |
 | Storm's Companion | Druid | Pants | Beast of Ice | ► Your Potion Also Briefly Grants Movement Speed ► Maximum Life ► Damage Reduction ► Companion Movement Speed ► Ranks of Wolves ► Your Wolf Companions are infused with the power of the storm, dealing Lightning damage and gaining the Storm Howl ability. | Launch | Normal |
 | Waxing Gibbous | Druid | 1H Axe | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Healthy Enemies ► Critical Strike Damage ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Damage to Injured Enemies ► Life On Kill ► Gain Stealth for 2 seconds when killing enemies with Shred. Breaking Stealth with an attack grants Ambush which gaurantees Critical Strikes for [1.0 - 2.5] seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Windforce | Rogue | Bow | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Damage to Distant Enemies ► Vulnerable Damage ► Core Skill Damage ► Ranks of the Concussive Passive ► Ranks of the Impetus Passive ► Lucky Hit: Hits with this weapon have up to a [20 - 30%] chance to deal double damage and Knock Back the target. | Launch | Normal |
 | Word of Hakan | Rogue | Amulet | Grigoire Beast of Ice | ► Ultimate Skill Damage ► Rain of Arrows Cooldown Reduction ► Movement Speed ► Ranks of All Imbuement Skills ► Your Rain of Arrows is always Imbued with all Imbuements at once. | Launch | Normal |
On top of dropping specific Uniques (giving us an opportunity to truly target farm them), Varshan can also drop the following items:
- The Skull Torch and Fell Steed Mount Trophies
Skull Torch and Fell Steed Mount Trophies, Diablo 4
Where to find Varshan: Glacial Fissure
Once you’ve gathered all the required materials, you can take them to the Glacial Fissure, located in the Desolate Highlands in the Fractured Peaks. After clearing a couple of short corridors, you’ll arrive to the Altar where you can deposit the required items.
When you enter World Tier 4, the Glacial Fissure will appear on your map and mini-map. There are no requirements to enter, but you’ll need the necessary items to summon Varshan.
Glacial Fissure Location Diablo 4
How to defeat the Beast of Ice
All Endgame Bosses have an elemental theme to encourage players to farm the appropriate elemental resist gear. The Beast of Ice deals Cold damage, which means you should increase your Cold resistance as much as possible. If you can’t reach the 70% Cold resistance cap through your gear, you can always use a Potent Elixir of Cold Resistance.
How Endgame Bosses Work
Endgame Bosses are meant to add more goals, things to do, and ways to make our characters more powerful. These Bosses are Blizzard’s response to the harsh criticism that D4 lacks Endgame content. But how will they work?
Endgame Bosses will be available in World Tier 3 and World Tier 4. Each Boss will have specific requirements to summon it, and each will have a pre-defined loot table that will include specific Unique Items and Cosmetics (and Uber Duriel will even have a low chance to drop Uber Uniques!). This guide covers all you need to know about these bosses.
Endgame Bosses Progression, Diablo 4
Before you go…
Don’t forget that Lord Zir can also be tackled in World Tier 4. We cover Lord Zir’s loot table and requirements here.
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