Rime Rend Location in Grounded 2 Into the Abyss

The Rime Rend is a Tier 3 ice staff added in the Into the Abyss update for Grounded 2. It sits at the back of a freezing cave on the border between the Ice Cream Cart area and Gnarly Bark, and reaching it means surviving a chilling environment, clearing a rock wall with an explosive, and beating two rounds of Toe Biters.

Quick answer: Go to the cave entrance beneath the racetrack at coordinates -19° N / -22° E, bring chill protection and a Bratburst bomb, defeat the Toe Biters, blow open the cracked rock, then grab the Rime Rend from the ice cream at -28° N / -29° E.

What to bring before entering the cave

The cave applies a constant “Chilling” effect, so you need cold resistance to keep fighting instead of retreating. A cracked rock also blocks the path to the weapon, and only an explosive will break it.

Requirement	What it does
Fuzzy Hat / Fuzzy armor set	Adds Chill Reduction and Freeze Resistance for the cold cave
Fresh Defense, Spicy Safety	Mutations that reduce the chilling effect
Bratburst bomb	Destroys the cracked rock blocking the deeper cavern
Spicy weapon	Helps against the cold-based Toe Biters

Active Mutations menu showing a passive mutation and card collection progress — Check your Active Mutations screen and slot chill-reducing options before the descent. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

How to reach the Rime Rend

Travel to the racetrack area on the border of the Ice Cream Cart and Gnarly Bark regions. Follow the orange toy track down to a hole in the ground beneath the track structure. The entrance sits at coordinates -19° N / -22° E.

World map open with a marker near the racetrack showing the cave entrance area — The map marker for the cave entrance near the racetrack at -19° N / -22° E. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

Drop through the entrance hole and descend the dirt and root tunnel into the icy cavern below. Keep moving down the ledges toward the freezing lower chamber.

Fight the first group of enemies at the bottom, a Toe Biter Nymph and a Toe Biter. Spicy elemental attacks work well here against their cold and venom damage.

Combat against a Toe Biter Nymph as its chilling status bar fills — The first Toe Biter Nymph fight in the icy lower chamber. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

Move to the cracked rock blocking the tunnel and throw a Bratburst to destroy it. This opens the route into the deeper cavern.

Push into the back chamber and defeat the tougher enemies waiting there, the O.R.C. Toe Biter Nymph and the adult O.R.C. Toe Biter.

Tracking view targeting an O.R.C. Toe Biter Nymph as it is chilled — The O.R.C. Toe Biters guard the deeper cavern past the blasted wall. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

With the room cleared, head to the back wall where the Rime Rend is stuck in a scoop of ice cream at -28° N / -29° E. Pick it up to unlock it. Picking up the weapon triggers a “New Idea” discovery, which confirms it is now unlocked for crafting.

Player character moving across the pond floor after collecting loot — After looting the chamber, the discovery unlocks the Rime Rend recipe. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

Tip: You can run past most enemies on the way in if you only want the pickup, but the O.R.C. Toe Biters in the final room usually need to be dealt with before you can loot safely.

How to craft the Rime Rend

The Rime Rend is a Masked Stranger weapon, so it is built at a Forbidden Workbench rather than a normal crafting bench. You cannot build these workbenches yourself. They appear at certain Ranger outposts, with Pine Hill being the reliable location to remember when you need the station.

Material	Quantity
Glacial Sting	1
Suspicious Mint	1
Gold Foil	2

Rime Rend stats and effects

The Rime Rend is a Tier 3 staff that deals Fresh (ice) damage with an attack power of 58. It is a stronger variant of the Glacial Sting, carrying slightly more damage and a higher critical hit chance, though it does not gain an extra level-up ability. Its two passive effects make it a strong pick for a freezing, magic-focused playstyle.

Effect	What it does
Chilling Attack	Attacks chill enemies and can freeze them
Critical Freezing	Frozen enemies take increased critical attacks and critical hit damage

At the Smithing Station you can upgrade the Rime Rend along paths such as Tough and Mighty using materials like Brittle Whetstone and Mighty Glob, raising its damage as you level it.

Player exploring a rocky path toward the pond with an active exploration objective — Once crafted and upgraded, the Rime Rend suits an ice-focused magic build in the Abyss. Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment

With the recipe unlocked at a Forbidden Workbench and the right materials on hand, the Rime Rend becomes a repeatable craft, letting you keep an ice staff in rotation for freezing enemies and stacking critical damage on frozen targets.