Every New Ore in The Forge’s Frostpire Expanse (Island 3)

Frostpire Expanse, the third island in The Forge, wipes the late‑game slate clean. The Winter update adds 14 ores with far higher multipliers than anything from Volcanic depths, plus several new traits that reshape both weapon builds and armor sets.

The island splits its ores across icy rocks and crystal formations. Early on you’ll only touch Icy Pebbles and Icy Rocks; once you unlock stronger pickaxes and reach The Peak mine, Small, Medium, Large, and Floating Ice Crystals start to matter. Below is a compact reference to what each new ore does, how rare it is, and where it actually drops.

Frostpire Expanse ores overview

The table focuses on the three numbers that matter when you’re deciding whether to chase an ore: money multiplier, trait, and drop odds. Price is the in‑game sell value.

Iceite is both the rarest ore in the Winter update and the one with the highest multiplier. Even common and uncommon Frostpire ores sit above most Forgotten Kingdom materials in raw value, which is why Island 3 effectively replaces Volcanic depths as the main money and forging farm once you can mine here consistently.

New movement and stamina traits (Aetherit, Velchire, Sanctis)

The Winter update leans heavily into movement‑focused traits on armor, with three ores that all interact with how fast you move and how long you can sprint or dodge.

Aetherit is the accessible option. It drops off all three icy rock sizes plus Small Ice Crystals, with roughly a 1 in 390 chance. When used in forging weapons or armor, it grants a Swiftness trait that adds 5 percent movement speed. That bonus is modest on its own but easy to stack alongside older movement traits such as Lightite on armor or Light runes.

Velchire is where speed starts to feel dramatic. It appears only in the heavier rock nodes (Icy Boulder and Ice Crystals, including Floating) and sits at 1 in 1450 odds. On armor, its Swiftness trait gives 20 percent extra movement speed. With three heavy armor pieces forged around Velchire and other speed ores, you can cross arenas and mines much faster than in previous islands, which directly translates into more rocks mined per potion and easier positioning in boss fights.

Sanctis fills a different gap: stamina. It uses the same high‑tier rock pool as Velchire but is slightly rarer, at 1 in 1830. On armor it adds an Endurance trait worth 18 percent more stamina. Longer sprint windows and more frequent dashes matter a lot in Frostpire’s Peak mine, where orc enemies and the local boss punish slow repositioning.

All three ores still carry strong multipliers and sale prices, but they are best treated as trait pieces for late‑game armor rather than pure money rocks.

Damage‑oriented traits (Frost Fossil and carryover volcanic ores)

The Winter island adds one steep tradeoff ore for raw physical damage and then expects you to keep relying on Volcanic traits for elemental pressure.

Frost Fossil is the main damage ore in Frostpire itself. It is an Epic drop with about 1 in 820 odds, found in Icy Boulders and Small and Medium Ice Crystals. Forging with Frost Fossil adds a Lethality‑style trait that increases physical damage by 17.5 percent, but also applies a Negative Swiftness penalty of 5 percent reduced movement speed. The trait works on both weapons and armor, so there is room to double or triple stack it on a heavy build if you are willing to sacrifice mobility.

For elemental traits, the high‑impact options still come from earlier islands. Magmaite adds a large on‑hit explosion, Fireite contributes burn damage, Demonite burns on hit and when you take damage, and Darkryte gives you shadow dodges and more movement speed on armor. Those ores remain the backbone of S‑tier trait builds, even though their raw multipliers are now below the Frostpire legends and mythics.

If you’re forging a late‑game melee weapon, the common pattern is to mix one movement ore such as Aetherit or Velchire (via armor), a damage trait ore like Frost Fossil or Eye Ore, and then one or two elemental traits from Volcanic Rock ores, depending on how aggressively you want to chase procs.

Crowd control and slow traits (Snowite and Iceite)

Two of the new ores directly control enemy movement. Both are weapon‑only traits, and both are tuned for builds that care about hit frequency.

Snowite is a Legendary ore with an 8x multiplier and around a 1 in 4325 drop chance. It can appear even in basic Icy Pebbles, which makes it technically farmable early, but the real grind begins once you reach richer nodes. On weapons, Snowite applies a Snow trait that slows both attack speed and movement speed of enemies by 15 percent for three seconds, with a 30 percent chance per hit. Fast‑swinging weapons, multihit skills, and builds that already layer burn or explosion traits benefit the most, since repeated Snow procs extend the slow window.

Iceite sits at the top of the island’s rarity curve. As a Mythical ore with a 10.5x multiplier and a 1 in 9898 chance to drop, each piece is effectively a small jackpot. It only drops from Icy Rock and Icy Boulder plus all Ice Crystal sizes, including Floating Crystals that require extremely strong pickaxes to break. Forged into a weapon, Iceite adds an Ice trait that freezes enemies in place for two seconds, with a 25 percent chance on hit and a 12‑second cooldown. That cooldown prevents infinite stun‑locking but still lets you lock down priority targets at key moments in boss fights or dense mob packs.

Practically, Snowite is for slow stacking and control across many enemies, while Iceite is a high‑impact panic button for freezing specific threats. Running both on the same weapon is possible if you can meet the 30 percent ore requirement for each trait in the recipe, but that usually means giving up room for some damage ores.

Graphite’s armor mitigation trait

Graphite appears early in Frostpire’s mine progression and quietly underpins tank builds. It is a Rare ore with a 3.1x multiplier and a 1 in 315 drop chance from all icy rock sizes.

When used in armor, Graphite grants two defensive benefits at once. First, it increases Vitality by 5 percent, so your base survivability goes up even before other modifiers. Second, it adds a reactive layer that can reduce incoming physical damage by 12 percent, with a 20 percent chance to trigger on hit. That mix makes Graphite attractive as a filler in heavy armor recipes where you don’t yet have enough Velchire, Sanctis, or Volcanic trait ores.

Because its trait is armor‑only, Graphite is not competing with Snowite, Iceite, or Magmaite for weapon slots. It slots neatly into a defensive plate build alongside Obsidian, Mythril, or Darkryte from earlier islands.

Trait coverage for each new ore

Not every Frostpire ore has a fully mapped trait yet. When choosing what to keep or sell, it helps to separate the ores with confirmed effects from those used mainly for their multiplier today.

For now, ores marked “Unknown” are best used as money and multiplier pieces in recipes where you don’t need a trait to reach your target build. As more traits surface, some of those may become core to niche builds in the same way Poopite and Rivalite did on earlier islands.

Where each Frostpire ore fits into your progression

Frostpire Expanse forces a reset on your mining tools. The Icy Pebble rocks at the entrance can be mined with existing Forgotten Kingdom pickaxes, but Icy Rocks require at least 135 base mine power, which usually means something at or above the Demonic pickaxe. Small and Medium Ice Crystals in The Peak mine then jump the requirement further, and Floating Crystals demand the new high‑end pickaxes such as Void and the seasonal Christmas pickaxe.

Early in Island 3, the realistic goal is to stack Tungsten, Sulfur, and Pumice from Icy Pebbles and Icy Rocks while you complete Sensei’s quest chain for Snow and Frost pickaxes. During this phase, any Aetherit or Graphite you pull should be banked for future armor, not sold. Their traits scale with every new defensive piece you forge.

Once you unlock reliable access to Icy Boulders and Small Ice Crystals, the chase ores become Frost Fossil, Snowite, and your first copies of Velchire and Sanctis. Builds start to diverge here. High‑damage melee players lean into Frost Fossil on weapons and armor, while mobility‑focused players prioritize Velchire and Aetherit traits on armor to turn Frostpire’s vertical arenas into less of a slog.

At the top end, Medium and Large Ice Crystals plus Floating Crystals are effectively long‑term projects. Iceite and dense veins of Velchire and Sanctis live here, and they pair naturally with secret pickaxes such as the Prismatic pickaxe, which is sold by a hidden vendor and requires both high mine power and special ore tokens to acquire. Those tools finally let you crack the 66,000 HP Floating Crystals shown in leaks and start rolling for the “black hole” style late‑game ore teased for future parts of the expansion.

Island 3’s ores change how almost every build in The Forge is put together. Movement speed and stamina traits are now as important as raw multipliers, while Snowite and Iceite introduce weapon crowd control that previous islands simply didn’t have. Once you meet the level and pickaxe requirements to enter Frostpire Expanse and its Peak mine, shifting your mining time into icy rocks and crystals is the fastest way to future‑proof both your gold farm and your end‑game weapon and armor recipes.