Nord Greatshield

Nord Greatshield

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Type	Shield
Damage	-
Stamina	-
Block	158 block armour 150 block force
Weight	5
Durability	400
Crafting Station	Frost Foundry
Station Level	4 (Black Forge)
Crafting Materials	1x Cast: Nord Greatshield 5x Liquid Frost
Biome	Deep North
Spawn ID	`spawn ShieldGoldTower`

Nord Greatshield is the tower shield of the Deep North, with 158 block armour, the most of any shield. Like every tower shield it cannot parry, and it slows you by 10% while you hold it. Instead of crafting it outright at a forge, you pour a cast around a mould found in the biome and then harden it in a Frost Foundry.

How to Craft

You make it in a Frost Foundry from:

1x Cast: Nord Greatshield: poured at a level 4 Black Forge from Bloodgold, Timberwood and its mould.
5x Liquid Frost: frozen down from Ice in a Frigid Kiln.

Name	Image	Biome	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Cast: Nord Greatshield		Deep North	Black Forge	`spawn ShieldTowerGoldUncooked`
Liquid Frost		Deep North	Frigid Kiln	`spawn FrozenFuel`

Mould

You find the Mould: Nord Greatshield in the Deep North:

It drops from the trash piles you smash in the Winding Tunnels.
It lies in the buried chests at Memorial Sites.
It sits on the weapon stands on the last floor of Mörkhalla.

When to Use It

This is end-game gear: you can only progress through the Deep North once Fader is dead.

Upgrades

You can upgrade it twice at the Black Forge. Each step needs the station one level higher than the last: the first costs the per-level amount and the second costs twice that.

Quality	Crafting Station	Block armor	Durability	Resources
1	Frost Foundry	158	400	1x Cast: Nord Greatshield 5x Liquid Frost
2	Black Forge (Level 5)	164	450	10x Bloodgold 10x Timberwood
3	Black Forge (Level 6)	170	500	20x Bloodgold 20x Timberwood

Properties

The three Nord shields split the job between them. The greatshield blocks hardest at 158, the highest block armour of any shield, but it cannot parry and costs you 10% of your movement. The round shield blocks 132 and parries at 1.5x for 198, at a cost of 5% movement. The buckler blocks only 88 but parries at 2.5x for 220, the highest parry block armour of any shield, and it also costs 5%.

All three stop at quality 3 when upgraded at the Black Forge, and the Forge of Potential carries them further with a Bloodgold Protection Idol. Their moulds come from the trash piles of the Winding Tunnels, the buried chests at Memorial Sites and the weapon stands on the last floor of Mörkhalla.

It has 158 block armour but cannot parry at all.

It gives -10% movement speed while it is in your hands.

It weighs 5 and has 400 durability, rising to 500 at quality 3.

It blocks with 158 armour and cannot parry. Blocking a melee attack knocks the attacker back with a block force of up to 150.

Crafting it from scratch and taking it to quality 3 costs 50 Bloodgold and 50 Timberwood, plus a mould and 5 Liquid Frost.