Wildfrost: What Happens When You Finally Win A Run?

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Wildfrost is hard – and we mean brutally difficult. Its cutesy charms hide one of the most unforgiving Deckbuilders to come out this year, but it is far from unbeatable. In fact, we’ve managed to land a handful of wins and even got a streak along the way. Depending on your aptitude for picking up new concepts, this could you a while.

But what’s the reward for beating the game – what actually happens when you get to the heart of the storm and defeat whatever mysterious entity is causing the world to be a frozen hellscape? We have the answer. Naturally, there will be spoilers for just about everything in Wildfrost. You’ve been warned. 

More Wildfrost content:

Woolly Snail | What Is Wildfrost | Naked Gnome | Sacrifice Guide

Beating Wildfrost for the first time is one heck of an achievement. Especially if you have faced defeat for hours on end. You are rewarded with interesting mechanics, however, you are not rewarded in the traditional sense. If you were expecting a fancy Charm for overcoming a Challenge Stone, you are in for a rude awakening. 

Note: due to the lack of Challenge Stone for beating the game for the first time, we are under the impression the developers didn’t expect people to struggle as much getting to this point. Balance updates are planned for the future.

What you do get, however, is an introduction to Ascension, Modifier Bells, and the Frostoscope.

You may notice when you finally beat the Frost Guardian that your character got corrupted. This is the Ascension mechanic. Every time you beat the Frost Guardian the team you used, and all their Charms, become the last boss for your next run. 

The stronger the team you used to beat the game, the harder it becomes to win again. This is a wonderfully thematic