Kinfall

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Kinfall is a fractal taking place within an icy cavern deep in the Shiverpeaks. Players journey as a group of Kodan, searching for the mysterious source of haunting whispers.

Basic Mechanics

Upon entry, players transform into Kodan bear forms. To revert to your usual character appearance, interact with the Fractal Interface Panel at the entrance.

Throughout the fractal, visibility is limited, creating the illusion of multiple paths. However, there is only one true path. Stick closely with your team and progress together.

Life-Fire Mechanic

All players receive the Life-Fire buff, creating an aura protecting against the stacking Deathly Rime debuff. This debuff gradually damages players, reduces movement speed, and increases skill recharge time.

At specific points, players must sacrifice their Life-Fire aura to activate blue orbs, opening further paths. These players lose their protective aura and must remain close to teammates who retain their Life-Fire to stay safe from Deathly Rime. Two Life-Fire buffs are required to open the final boss room, mandating at least two surviving auras.

Svanir Groups

Throughout Kinfall, players encounter groups of Svanir enemies. These packs consist of ranged and melee units, and some possess break bars with a mini-boss spawning at the last portal. Proceed carefully, clearing each pack to advance to the boss area.

Whispering Shadow (Final Boss)

Arrows and Circles

During the encounter, the ground fills with confusing visual effects. Distinguish clearly between non-harmful Life-Fire circles and hazardous red circles and orange arrow patterns, both of which must be avoided.

Semi-Circle Attack

The boss strikes in a frontal semi-circle pattern, creating an icy hazardous zone. Remain close and quickly reposition behind the boss to dodge effectively.

Focused Spikes

The boss targets a player with a bullseye icon, signaling incoming ice spikes. These spikes track the targeted player’s movement and spawn in a rotating clock motion, causing disabling conditions if struck.

Either kite away from the group or stack together while using to avoid disruptions.

Break Bar

The boss periodically gains a robust defiance bar around 75%, 50%, and 25% health. Quickly deploy crowd-control abilities to shatter this bar, preventing continuous blinding pulses and negating Life-Fire‘s protective capabilities.

When not doing the CC quickly enough the boss removes Life-Fire protection from all players causing Deathly Rime to stack.

Cryoflash Mechanic

The central attack of the encounter, Cryoflash, affects either the ground or air, Lower Cryoflash will not occur until 75% CC has passed.

Upper Cryoflash: An orb appears above the boss, signaling a devastating aerial attack. Avoid using ice spikes and remain grounded.
Lower Cryoflash: The boss spins without an orb, indicating a large ground attack AoE. Immediately position yourself within red circles with upward arrows to be launched safely above the attack.

Freezing Vortex

Four spiral AoEs emanate from the boss, expanding outward. Move carefully to evade these expanding AoEs, maintaining your position away from damage zones.

The simplest way to avoid the mechanic is to move inside the boss when the Vortexes appear

By recognizing these animations and maintaining strategic positioning, your team can efficiently overcome the Kinfall Fractal’s challenges and emerge victorious.

Achievements

All that Remains

Find all six of the memory fragments in the Kinfall Fractal

Fragment of Doubt:
Found on top of scaffolding in the first zone.
Fragment of Terror
Found on top of scaffolding to the right after the first door.
Fragment of Pain
Found in a small “storage” room directly after the “jumping puzzle”
Fragment of Guilt
Found on a catwalk to the right in the same room as Fragment of Pain.
Fragment of Confusion
Found in the first side room after the 4th door
Fragment of Regret
Found along the Ice stalactites before the raven gate

Map of Fragments: