It might seem a little counter-intuitive at first, given the sub-zero conditions up in Climate Control when you first get there in Mudborne, that you’ll need to rely on the Cooler and the cooling power of the right kinds of frogs to get to the Climate Control machine and reset it.
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That’s because you’ll need to find the pieces of equipment around the map that have frozen over so you can thaw them out, and to get to each one, you’ll need to be able to create a path through the ice to reach the machine parts that need attention.
Lower Temperatures Anywhere, Anytime
Reach New Areas In Climate Control
When you first get up into the Climate Control area, which is the northern path out of the Central Junction, you’ll see that the whole area is frozen over, including much of the water in the ponds and several of the frogs that once lived in it. On one of the central islands, you’ll come across a large green half-circle that branches off into pipes that spread around the area. These are supposed to maintain the temperature in the region, but the machine is broken when you arrive.
The first step of getting things back to working order again is to go to the Caretaker’s Rest building just to the east of the climate control machine. This is where you’ll find your froggy friend for the region, Annura, but she’s frozen when you first find her. You’ll need to thaw her using a high Umbrage frog like a Furious Lurker before you can talk to her, at which point she lays out the mission of the area for you. After this, you’ll be able to trade with Annura at any time and for plenty of different things.
To start with, you’ll want to trade for a Cooler, which will cost you three Frosty Crowns and five Logs. If you haven’t already grabbed some on the way here, Frosty Crowns are the flowers growing in the icy water of the Climate Control region. Flipping through her shop catalog, you’ll see Annura has a vested interest in the flowers that grow around the regions, so it’s not a bad idea to keep a few of each.
Annura shares a bit of info about the Coolers’ use: your goal is to use frogs with minimal Umbrage in Cooler machines to immediately freeze a five-by-five area with the Cooler in the very center. Not only can you use this technique to create all kinds of new mushrooms that require specific temperatures, but you can also make ice paths across the water.
If you’ve been using the map of the Climate Control region to navigate through the massive space it encompasses, plenty of which is blocked by the pesky green pipes from the Climate Control machine, then you’ll likely have seen the three black X marks on there, beside small green icons with arrows pointing to them. Annura tells you that these are the sensors for the Climate Control machine, but they’ve frozen over and need to be thawed. If you tried going to those sensors before, you’ll know there’s no direct path to them.
As such, you’ll need to make ice paths in the water using your Cooler and low Umbrage frogs. Carefully place your Cooler to build the largest sections of ice for easier crossing, and be sure to use your hammer to take the Cooler back when you’re finished making your ice path.
Not only does this teach you how to get to the sensors to reset the machine in the Climate Control building, but it also shows that you can make ice bridges to avoid the green pipes that block access to certain parts of the map if you’re going through the water. By making ice paths around the islands and pipes, you can move through the Climate Control region with ease. Just keep in mind the ice is slippery!
Create New Chilly Mushrooms
The secondary perk of the Cooler in Mudborne is that you’ll be able to bring it back to your house with you when you’re finished making your ice bridges, where you can place the Cooler indoors close to cultivators with compost placed inside to begin growing new mushroom spores under these chillier conditions!
Scrolling through the Encyclopedia hints at a few mushrooms that prefer cooler conditions than natural, including:
- False Suppressors, which spawn when your home has been cooled down.
- Filling Oysters, which need you to venture out on a snowy night and cool it down even more.
- Booming Manes, which thrive in the sunlight of the dream world when you cool the surrounding area.
- Chill Pills, which grow in your dream house in conjunction with raised moisture stats.
Plenty of these are the key to making some rather important frog species in Mudborne, so be sure you’ve grown a few using the power of your new Cooler and the low Umbrage frogs that power them.
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