Trial by Ice

Trial by Ice
Starting NPC	Gulmama, Northern San d'Oria (E-7)
Required Fame	San d'Oria Level 6
Title	Heir of the Great Ice
Repeatable	Yes, after Japanese midnight after receiving your reward.
Description	Ring the tuning fork of ice upon the protocrystal in Fei'Yin. A path will open to the trial that awaits.
Rewards
Ability to summon Shiva or 10,000g or Rust 'B' Gone or Ice Belt or Ice Ring or Shiva's Claws

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None	The Moonlit Path Mama Mia Waking the Beast

Walkthrough

Speak to Gulmama in Northern San d'Oria (E-7). If you have sufficient fame, she will give you a Tuning fork of ice.
Travel to Fei'Yin and head to the Cloister of Frost.
- To get to the Cloister of Frost, enter Fei'Yin from Beaucedine Glacier (J-4).
- Follow the path to a large room and take the east passage. Ignore the branch south and pass through a small room, turn north and follow the path back west. Ignore the branch north and descend the stairs; leading you to the second map.
- The path forces you north and east, again, and into a small room (H-8). Here, follow the left wall (north) until it opens into a large room (full of Utukkus, Golems and Bats); continue north.
- The north exit (a short distance from where you entered) leads a winding path through several small rooms (populated by Specters, then Weapons), eventually leading to the Cloister of Frost.
Once you defeat Shiva Prime, you will acquire the Whisper of Frost.
Return the Whisper to Gulmama for your reward.

Alternatively, hold onto it and when you have all six whispers, you may start the quest The Moonlit Path to fight Fenrir Prime.
If you are collecting items for the Evoker's Ring, you will want the Rust 'B' Gone from Gulmama.

Everyone who is involved in the fight must have a tuning fork of the correct protocrystal.
There is no cap on this battle.
There is a 30-minute time limit.
You can buff up before entering the protocrystal, so feel free to do so and rest up while still outside.
Try to fight Shiva Prime on Firesday and do not fight her on Iceday.
Keep up Barblizzara at all times.
Do not use Ice-based spells, weaponskills, or weapons that have Additional effect: Ice damage, as they will heal Shiva Prime.
The battlefield is shaped like a long path up the side of hill, with a switchback about halfway to the top. This allows the mages to stand above the fight (and out of easy reach of the avatar) while still being able to cast spells upon the combatants.
See testimonials.

See Trial by Ice/Strategies for strategy and videos.

There are multiple quests for the main summons. Here is the relevant information on each:

Quest Key Item	Avatar	Start NPC Location	Location Entrance	Reputation Required
The Eight Celestial Avatars
Trial by Earth Tuning fork of earth	Titan	Juroro Port Bastok (I-8)	Cloister of Tremors Quicksand Caves (C-9)	Bastok Reputation 6
Trial by Water Tuning fork of water	Leviathan	Edal-Tahdal Norg (H-9)	Cloister of Tides Den of Rancor	Norg/Tenshodo Reputation 4
Trial by Wind Tuning fork of wind	Garuda	Agado-Pugado Rabao (G-9)	Cloister of Gales Cape Teriggan	Selbina/Rabao Reputation 5
Trial by Fire Tuning fork of fire	Ifrit	Ronta-Onta Kazham (J-9)	Cloister of Flames Ifrit's Cauldron	Kazham Reputation 6
Trial by Ice Tuning fork of ice	Shiva	Gulmama Northern San d'Oria (E-7)	Cloister of Frost Fei'Yin	San d'Oria Reputation 6
Trial by Lightning Tuning fork of lightning	Ramuh	Ripapa Mhaura (I-9)	Cloister of Storms Boyahda Tree	Windurst Reputation 6
The Avatars Odin and Alexander are currently not obtainable.
	Alexander
	Odin
The Five Terrestrial Avatars
The Moonlit Path Moon Bauble	Fenrir	Leepe-Hoppe Windurst Waters, South (J-9)	Full Moon Fountain Toraimarai Canal (G-7)	Windurst Reputation 5
Waking Dreams Vial of Dream Incense	Diabolos	Kerutoto Windurst Waters, South (J-8)	The Shrouded Maw Pso'Xja via Beaucedine Glacier (H-8)	Windurst Reputation 3
Carbuncle is obtained when unlocking the Summoner job. The remaining Terrestrial Avatars, Bahamut and Phoenix, are not obtainable as summons.