The Ice Worm is the final boss of chapter 3, and it can only be defeated with the help of allies in Armored Core 6. This boss fight ends the mission by neutralizing the area, but with the boss’s rapid launch attacks and frequent disappearance, the battle becomes hard.
This mission requires you to collaborate with other players to stand out most of the fight by providing additional firepower. Despite the tough fight, the prior mission gives you a key item to help you neutralize the target and bring it down easily in AC6.
Ice Worm Location in Armored Core 6
You will encounter the Ice Worm in mission 27, in an unobservable area in the Central Ice Field.
How to Beat Ice Worm in Armored Core 6
After solving the last mission, you will get a Stun Needle Launcher; you can purchase another and get dual stun launchers to speed up the fight. Let’s break into how you can dismantle the chaotic boss and disable its protective measures to take it down.
Disabling the Coral Shield
As soon as you see the worm emerging from the layered ice, lock in your Stun Needle towards its mouth and fire it when ready. This will bring down the Coral Shield, leaving the worm vulnerable to the attack launched by Viv Rusty.
This will conclusively bring the worm down momentarily as the secondary shield of the Ice Worm collapses. Launch your barrage of weapons onto the worm.
Attacking the mouth repeatedly
As it lays there stunned, use all sorts of combinations of your equipped Gatling Guns and Grenade Cannon to decrement the health pool of the worm. However, the worm gets up soon and then takes cover under the ice, deploying the drones to help him in the fight.
Killing the drones and repeating the process
As the drones get deployed, assist your allies to neutralize them. You must then make way for Viv Rusty to bring down the secondary shield. As previously mentioned, this can be done by taking down the coral shields using the Stun Needle in Armored Core 6.
Repeat the process of utilizing your guns to attack the worm’s head. The worm goes underground again and returns with a final wave of reinforcements.
Beware of the Amplified Coral Shield
The AC6 Ice Worm comes back with an Amplified Coral Shield that makes it difficult for you to bring it down with a single hit by a Stun Needle. Do this multiple times to bring the coral shield down and evade the storm of missiles by the worm as well.
When you bring the coral shield, your allies will be overwhelmed, but Viv Rusty will assist you with one more attack to bring the secondary shield down. Just repeat the process and try to get back, as you will find that the worm will soon explode, leaving behind a Circular Coral Field of damage.
Boss Attacks in AC 6
IA-02 Ice Worm has deadly attacks; you must take immediate measures to minimize their impact.
| Assault Surge | The boss appears from the ground and thrashes across the striking everything in the way | Watch out for its movement and dodge accordingly |
| Homing Missiles | Release a high volume of low-impact missiles with high homing capacity | Quick boost at the last second in one direction before activating the quick boost |
| Drone Deployment | The boss deploys a swarm of enemy drones | Destroy the enemy drones before the boss reemerges from the ground |
| Crimson Thunder Surge | Releases a red electric energy that surges across the area and deals heavy damage to anything in the nearby radius | Maintain distance as much as possible |
Best Build to defeat Ice Worm
The best thing you get in an earlier mission is the VE-60SNA, which we recommend using as both L-Back and R-Back units. This Stun Needle Launcher is an Anti-Ice Weapon that neutralizes the coral shielding caused by electrical interference. You can fire this to create a powerful discharge at impact. This will play a massive part in overwhelming the shield of the ice worm.
To speed things up, we use the Galting Gun on the L-Arm Unit to burst down faster when the boss is down. If you want to dodge faster with thrust, get the Gills booster; however, note that you will get this at the beginning of chapter 4.
