Ice Queen

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Ice Queen
Released27 February 2002 (Update)
MembersYes
Combat level111
Size1x1
ExamineA cold hearted lady.
Combat info
XP bonus+0%
Max hit10
AggressiveNo
PoisonousNo
Attack styleCrush
Attack speed4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time50 ticks (30 seconds)
Combat stats
10495949511
Aggressive stats
Monster attack bonusMonster strength bonusMonster magic strength bonusMonster ranged strength bonus
+0+0+0+0+0+0
Melee defence
+30+40+20
Magic defence
Fire elemental weakness
+10100% weakness
Ranged defence
LightStandardHeavy
+30+30+30
Immunities
Poison0% resistance
Venom0% resistance
CannonsNot immune
ThrallsNot immune
Advanced data
Monster ID4922
LinkMOID

The Ice Queen is a monster found beneath White Wolf Mountain, known for dropping ice gloves. A boostable level of 50 Mining is required to reach her.

Players must fight the Ice Queen to obtain ice gloves for Heroes' Quest, but it is not required to start the quest to be able to fight her, making it possible for skillers to obtain the gloves. A method of fighting the queen while gaining minimal combat experience is shown below.


Location

Location Levels Members Spawns Map League region
Ice Queen's Lair111Members1Show mapAsgarnia Asgarnia✓

Transportation

The queen can be found in her lair beneath White Wolf Mountain. Players can quickly reach the mountain via gnome glider by selecting the "Sindarpos" option; alternatively, it can be accessed from either Catherby or Taverley.

To enter the lair, players must first mine the rockslide by the northernmost part of the mountain Show map. Using a pickaxe on the rock slide requires 50 Mining. Once through, there will be level 57 ice warriors and three ladders.

The lair maze

Steps
After the rockslide, head down the southernmost ladder
Go down the south-west tunnel and climb up the ladder near the gate
Avoiding the ice giants, climb down the easternmost ladder
Go north through the long tunnel, and climb up the ladder at the end
Climb down the ladder immediately next to it
Follow the tunnel north until it opens into a large room

Strategy

The Ice Queen is weak to Magic. Players struggling to damage her can poison her and use the safespot shown below, although they may have to re-poison her several times.

There are areas of the cave outside of her and her minions' wander range. These areas (behind clusters of stalagmites) can be very useful to take a break to eat some food, and can also be used to safespot the queen if used correctly. Note that it may be necessary to 'hit-and-run' to lure her closer to the spot, firing at her then running closer to the spot until she is within firing range of it.

A player safespoting the Ice Queen.

Minimal combat method

It is possible for skillers to obtain the Ice Gloves with the help of tank account with fairly high Hitpoints (70+). The tank should bring at least 3 rings of recoil, as well as some food to heal from the queen's hits. The skiller can also help by bringing extra rings and food if the tank account is not an ironman.

Because the queen isn't aggressive, the tank account will need to cast curse or another non-damaging spell to get her to attack. Alternatively, if the tank account does damage, they can allow the queen to heal to full health in order to reset her player damage tracker.

The skiller will need to deal at least 1 damage to the queen before she dies. As long as no other account has done any direct damage, this will reward the skiller with the gloves. This damage should not be the first hit done to her, as if she regenerates to full health, the kill won't count. Skillers can either use a safespot (right) to deal the hit with Magic or Ranged, or have the tank account use a fun weapon to keep the queen actively engaged, resulting in the skiller being able to attack with Melee.

Drops

100%

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Ice gloves.png: Ice Queen drops Ice gloves with rarity Always in quantity 1Ice gloves1AlwaysNot sold3

Changes

Date Changes
25 June 2025
(Update)

The Ice Queen now has a 100% elemental weakness to fire spells.

22 June 2005
(Update)

The NPC's appearance was altered again with the second rework of female bodykits.

31 May 2005
(Update)

The NPC's appearance was altered with the rework of female bodykits.

29 March 2004 –
31 May 2005
31 May 2005 –
22 June 2005
22 June 2005 –
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