How to get black ice?

[MeGa]

Today I tried to get some, checked resource maps, found some spots (in the map, used this : https://survivethis.news/en/conan-exiles-map/)

Ingame I could only find one of the 5-6 black ice spots I checked! And the one I found was on top of a very high and thin mountain.

I could survive the cold, because of regeneration. But I fall when climbing, is it due I take damage? So maybe you cant farm any black ice if you are taking damage from the cold?

I checked all map, even gone to volcano by first time, and couldn't find any black ice node I could harvest. Any tips, please? Does it also drop from the normal ice? I got like 200 without any black to drop :/

[LittleBallOfPurr]

There is the Frost Temple in the very North if you want a ton of it, I like to run along the first 'blade' of mountain as you travel North, one end comes off the SW of the Volcano. There is loads up there in different spots along that ridge line.

Yes, the falling is due to the damage tick from being cold. There are a few things to help with the cold;

1) Armour with a Frost/Snowflake symbol
2) Foods, for example spiced haunch is easy to make and gives a heat buff
3) Alcohol like Fire Water
4) One of the Attribute perks reduces temperature affects.

That said, you can climb down easy enough, just fall and grab until the damage tick kicks you off then grab again.

It doesn't drop from the normal ice, though looks fairly similar, just darker. Good news is it tends to spawn in clusters so when you find some it's easy enough. I'll see if I've got a screenshot of the ridgeline I mean.

Edit:

https://i.redditmedia.com/9Cw8Fher5RucJUC0xYrPUeCKJ2bd-ibkTT4sR9JT-_8.png?w=591&s=1d16489fd510d38e7d58fa07646eb989

If you look at the top of the map, you'll see Eyelet Lake and Dragonmouth, between those two is a ridge line running from the SW of the Volcano all the way towards the Mounds of the Dead. It's the Mounds of the Dead end of the ridgeline that you'll find the easiest path up, there are also two paths down on the North side of that ridge.

[MeGa]

Originally posted by ParadoxedHope:

There is the Frost Temple in the very North if you want a ton of it, I like to run along the first 'blade' of mountain as you travel North, one end comes off the SW of the Volcano. There is loads up there in different spots along that ridge line.

Yes, the falling is due to the damage tick from being cold. There are a few things to help with the cold;

1) Armour with a Frost/Snowflake symbol
2) Foods, for example spiced haunch is easy to make and gives a heat buff
3) Alcohol like Fire Water
4) One of the Attribute perks reduces temperature affects.

That said, you can climb down easy enough, just fall and grab until the damage tick kicks you off then grab again.

It doesn't drop from the normal ice, though looks fairly similar, just darker. Good news is it tends to spawn in clusters so when you find some it's easy enough. I'll see if I've got a screenshot of the ridgeline I mean.

Edit:

https://i.redditmedia.com/9Cw8Fher5RucJUC0xYrPUeCKJ2bd-ibkTT4sR9JT-_8.png?w=591&s=1d16489fd510d38e7d58fa07646eb989

If you look at the top of the map, you'll see Eyelet Lake and Dragonmouth, between those two is a ridge line running from the SW of the Volcano all the way towards the Mounds of the Dead. It's the Mounds of the Dead end of the ridgeline that you'll find the easiest path up, there are also two paths down on the North side of that ridge.

Wow, awesome answer, thanks! I found some next to Ymir religion trainer.
Good to know I cant climb due to that!

In fact I learnt the hard way that you keep taking cold damage while unconscious....and there regend doesnt work. So I lost my full body first time in a month haha, damn black ice...! :P

As I am venturing more and more into the frozen north, those tips on how to overcome the cold also come very useful, so double thanks! And the screenshot comes very handy!