The Ultimate Guide for Tombs in Frostborn! Best Way to do Each Tomb — JCF

The zones of Frostborn have 5 types of tombs, each of these tombs have 4 variations and each of these 20 variations have their own secrets. So in this video I am going to go over each one!

Frostborn has 5 different types of tombs in yellow and red zones. There are no tombs in green zones. I have named these 5 types of tombs after an animal that resembles them so that we can better identify them and communicate to each other about them as Frostborn players. The lizard is the simplest of the tombs and has the lowest average hit point per chest ratio which I will be talking more about. The worm has the lowest average of chests, but it is arguably the safest tomb to do solo. The dragon is the second safest tomb to do solo, but it also has the second highest hit point to chest ratio. The Scorpion has the worst average hit point to chest ratio overall, but sometimes has free loot rooms. And then lastly the bull on average has the most loot.

But these are just generalizations because each tomb is different depending on what zone you find it in so let’s go into each one, which things are unique about that tomb and then explain the most efficient way to do that tomb.

When you enter a lizard tomb, you will notice a stairwell and a pathway leading Northwest with three doors. The fastest way to get to the boss in this one is easy as it is just a straight line. If your team Is expecting an ambush because perhaps you already killed a team in this tomb or in the zone above it, the best place to set up traps is in this doorway because it is far enough away from the entrance that their shields will run out, but also far enough away from the boss to have room for team positioning.

You will notice in yellow Forest lizard that while only 25% of the chests are held in rooms L2 and L3, they contain almost 40% of the enemy hit points making it usually best to ignore those rooms altogether. This is not as true for Yellow Stone lizard but I still probably wouldn’t recommend looting those rooms unless you are specifically farming for tomb preferential loot.

Then we get to Red Forest lizard which you will notice has less enemy hit points and 50% more chests. This tomb is the most lucrative tomb in the game tying at the maximum number of chests, but dominating at the lowest hit point per chest ratio of any other tomb. So if you get red Forest lizard, I strongly recommend opening every room and looting every box.

Red Stone lizard doesn’t have quite as many chests and has significantly more enemies, but it is still the third most lucrative tomb in the game so I strongly recommend farming all of it.

When you enter a worm tomb, the pathway is again leading Northwest but you will notice that you came in through a tunnel rather than a stairwell and there is only one door. The fastest way to get to the boss in this one is to go through that door, take a left around the loop and then continue down the only path available to you. If expecting an ambush, the best place to set up traps here because it gives your team enough time to capitalize on the extra damage.

As I mentioned earlier, the worm has the lowest average of chests, but ultimately a tomb is a tomb and all of them are worth doing if you need tomb resources. The worm is the safest tumb to do solo because not only is it fairly short and you can see when enemies are coming, but in most of the iterations, you can avoid attacking this giant which can serve to guard you if an enemy enters and tries to approach you. The sarcophagus in the middle of the boss room is skill disruptive making it easy to kite the boss without needing to branch out to other rooms. This method is difficult to explain so if you want to know more about how to do this, make sure to check out some videos covering tombs on our gameplay channel.

Yellow Forest worm only has 12 chests, but it has very few enemies to start with and all of the chests can be looted without having to kill the wood giant given that one of the lowest hitpoint pur chest ratios of any of the tombs. In this iteration, I recommend coming back and looting W3 after killing and looting the boss.

I also recommend looting W3 in the Yellow Stone iteration because killing those five enemies is worth the two chests. Unfortunately, in this iteration you cannot avoid killing this giant oh, but it is interesting to note that this version has more chests then either of the red versions of this tomb.

Red Forest worm has the second highest number of chests, but it also has a lot more enemies. You’ll notice that they moved the giant over just a little bit only in this iteration to make it impossible to loot this chest without killing him. So unless you are farming for TPL, I recommend ignoring this chest and I also recommend skipping W3 in this version of the Tomb.

Red Stone worm is the worst iteration of this Tomb and one of the many reasons I recommend avoiding tomb diving in desperate Foothills, but if you find yourself farming this tomb, it is important to note that you can loot all of the chests without killing this giant and I do recommend looting W3.

When you enter a dragon tomb, you will notice that you came in through a tunnel with the pathway leading Southeast. The fastest way to get to the boss in this one is to always choose right if you have an option. This tomb is so long that it is a little difficult for me to tell you the best place to put traps when you’re expecting an ambush, but usually it is best to put them somewhere around D3 or D4.

The yellow Forest Dragon has the record for the lowest amount of chest of any tomb in the game, but there are a few tricks to making it more efficient. The first trick is that after you clear up until this point, you can move your character to this location to agro these enemies one at a time. If you do this, you can avoid this giant hermit who will then serve as a guard for you as you finished the tomb. But after killing the boss, you will probably want to come back and kill him because he is guarding 2 of the 11 chests. More importantly, you will notice that D6 is guarded by a giant and 3 enemies, but contains no loot so there is no reason to open this room whereas D7 has loot but no enemies guarding it so this room should always be looted.

Yellow Stone dragon is the complete opposite with D6 having the easy loot and D7 heavily guarded without any loot. Unfortunately, this giant will get agroed regardless and one of the many reasons I avoid tomb diving in garms Fang. But if you find yourself in this tomb, I would also recommend looting D2 because the hit point to chest ratio for that room is pretty good.

Red Forest Dragon has the 5th most chests of any tomb in the game, but it also has a lot of enemies and no unguarded loot. That being said, I do recommend looting D2 in this iteration because it has an incredibly low hit point to chest ratio. And it is important to a grow these three Giants separately. the best way to do this is to walk over here to engage with this one. Then sneak over here until this giant pursues you and then lead it away to fight it alone which will allow you to get a sneak attack on the last one. And then lastly, D6 as a little bit better ratios than D7, but unless you are farming for TPL, I would just avoid both of them.

Other than having the record for the highest amount of small mobs in any tomb variation in the game, Red Stone dragon doesn’t offer anything I haven’t covered in the other variations. The only thing of note Is that D6 does not have any loot and should therefore be avoided while as D7 has only one small enemy in which you can sneak attack essentially making it a free loot room.

When you enter a scorpion tomb, you will notice a stairway with the pathway leading Southwest. The fastest way to get to the boss in this one is to go straight and the right and then straight again. Once you reach S5, this tomb is the most difficult tomb to prepare for an ambush. Furthermore, when you get this far it is unlikely that you will see enemies in your mini-map because by the time they get in range they will either be sneaking or they will be prepared to rush you. So it is imperative that when you are farming this tomb that your team is attentive to lag spikes which often happen when another player is spawning into the tomb with you. If those likes bikes are reliable enough for you, then you can set up traps here, but more often, a good team will use the giants of D5 or the boss to gain an advantage in an ambush.

In yellow forest scorpion, the first giant can be avoided to stand guard for you. S2 and S7 have moderately guarded loot. S4 has lightly guarded loot and S8 is a free loot room. S6,9&10 do not have any loot and should therefore always be avoided.

In yellow stone scorpion, S4 has heavily guarded loot. S7 has moderately guarded loot. S2 and 8 have lightly guarded loot and S6 is a free loot room. S9 and 10 Have No Loot and should always be avoided as should the Giant in front of those rooms.

Red forest scorpion is not only the worst red Forest tomb, but also holds the record for the highest hitpoint per chest ratio in the game totaling at almost 4 times that much as red forest lizard. Red forest scorpion has no free loot rooms with moderately guarded loot in S2,4,6 and 7 and lightly guarded loot in S8. S9 and 10 are again lootless and luckily, the devs did move this giant back a little bit so all three of these Giants can be avoided.

Red Stone Scorpion is not nearly as bad as the red Forest iteration, but it still has the second highest hit point to chest ratio in the game. The loot in S2 is extremely well guarded and should be avoided. S8 is lightly guarded loot and S4 is lightly guarded loot if you are careful to open it without agroing the giant. After that, there is no loot in any of the other rooms so they should always be avoided. You will notice that S9 and 10 do not have any loot in any of the iterations so unless you are looking for ghost flowers, there is no reason to ever open them.

The bull tomb is easily recognizable because it is the only tomb that has a door that separates you from the first set of enemies. The fastest way to get to the boss in this one is simply to go right and then follow it to the end. If you suspect an ambush, the best place to set traps is in this doorway.

The bull tomb is most noticeable by the fact that on average it has the most loot chests out of any of the other types of tombs, but it is also the most straight forward of the tombs so there aren’t a whole lots of tricks to share with you about it.

For example, you can see here in the yellow Forest bull that the loot and enemies are pretty evenly distributed making it to where if you’re primarily going for the boss, then you should just go to the boss and if you are going for TPL, then you should just kill every enemy and loot every chest.

The same thing is true of Yellow Stone bull. It has less chests and less enemies, but they are all pretty evenly distributed.

Red Forest Bull offers a little bit more variation in that B3 would be classified as lightly guarded loot and B4 would be classified as heavily guarded loot, but you will notice that B4 has a special chest containing better loot than your average chest. Due to rng, it is very difficult for me to tell you whether or not this chest is going to be worth your time. If you have a teammate that is unlocked the Illusionist, and I would recommend them taking the Giants away and then resetting them after you have looted the chest.

A similar argument could be made for looting B4 in Red Stone Bull and I definitely recommend it if you are farming for TPL, but otherwise I would avoid it.

So those are the 20 different variations of normal tombs in frostborn. Lizard is the most lucrative tomb with Bull being a close second. Worm is the safest tomb to solo. And then Scorpion and dragon are the most complicated with several rooms that should never be opened and others that should always be opened.

If you are a youtuber and find a better way to do any of these 20 variations, just name your video something like “the best way to do red forest dragon” and then send it to me on discord and if it better than my approach, I will put a link to it in the description.

Since you can’t choose what tomb you are going to get, my recommendation is that if you are farming tombs for TPL, then you should go for Red Forest and if you are poor I’m looking for the lowest hit point purchase ratio, then you should farm the yellow forest especially if the one triggered at New Heim is available to you.

Lastly, you will notice that I did not include the tomb of Ash which is my favorite tomb in the game because it is so complicated and amazing that I will be making a video dedicated to just that tomb.

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