Ice Storm (mini-quest)

This page is about the mini-quest. For the game mode, see Ice Storm (game mode).

Ice Storm (mini-quest)

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In-game music

Original source

Ice Storm is a type of mini-quest featured in Quest.

Gameplay

A dialog box providing information about the first Ice Storm mini-quest.

In the Ice Storm mini-quests, singlewide columns of ice extrude from the bottom of the game board toward the top. The goal of each mini-quest is to clear a specific number of gems and destroy the columns by matching gems over them. The types of matches have different effects on the rising ice; horizontal matches only push down columns, while vertical matches shatter them. Special Gem effects can lower and destroy ice columns as well.

The game board, as it appears frozen over.

When an ice column reaches the top of the game board, a skull icon appears over the column and an "internal" column begins to rise. Pushing down or destroying the original ice column removes this secondary column. As an internal column approaches the top, various things that intensify the situation occur (a warning sound plays, the background darkens, etc.). When a secondary ice column reaches the top, the skull icon above the column turns red and enlarges. If the column is not pushed down or destroyed within a few seconds, the mini-quest ends in which the entire board freezes over.

During each Ice Storm mini-quest, Hypercubes fall into the game board every now and then.

Mini-quests

Mini-quest	Associated Relic	Description
Ice Storm	Relic 2	The goal of this mini-quest is to clear 150 gems while preventing ice columns from freezing the game board over.
Ice Storm II	Relic 4	The goal of this mini-quest is to clear 200 gems while preventing ice columns from freezing the game board over.
Ice Storm III	Relic 5	The goal of this mini-quest is to clear 250 gems while preventing ice columns from freezing the game board over.

Notes

• Pausing the game during an Ice Storm mini-quest causes the gems to vanish, but they reappear upon resuming the game. This most likely happens to prevent "cheating."

Trivia

• An early screenshot of Bejeweled 3 shows that the Ice Storm mini-quests originally had double-wide ice columns. This makes the game easier.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アイスストーム Aisu Sutōmu	Ice Storm
Spanish	Glaciar	Glacier
French	Blizzard	Blizzard
German	Eissturm	Ice Storm
Italian	Tormenta	Snowstorm
Portuguese	Glacial	Glacial
Chinese	冰风暴 Bīng Fēngbào	Ice Storm

Gallery

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  An Ice Storm mini-quest, as it appears when the game is paused.

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  An early screenshot of an Ice Storm mini-quest (Japanese version).

See also

• Ice Storm mode