Whenever I open Odette's ascension panel in 2026, the Frostfairy Flowers almost seem to glow back at me like a row of tiny frozen lanterns. I'll be honest, the first time I needed these local specialties I wandered across Snezhnaya like a hilichurl chasing a snow fox, picking up two here and three there. After a few dedicated farming runs, though, the route settled into something calm and predictable. The flowers only grow in the cold region, so gathering enough for a full ascension means sweeping the map instead of camping one spot.

In total, I usually find about 70 Frostfairy Flowers across Snezhnaya. The main zones I rely on are Snezhnograd, Korolevskiy Theater, the Sanctuary of Grief, and a handful of smaller clusters nearby. These are the ascension material for Odette and other Snezhnaya characters that need them. The best reset-friendly rhythm is simple: teleport to the Snezhnograd Statue of the Seven, clear the station, work through the city planters, then slide over to the Sanctuary of Grief. Just remember they share the usual local specialty respawn timer, so I have to revisit after a couple of days.

Here is the field-verified breakdown I use when planning a run:

Those named clusters add up to roughly 58, with the rest hiding in stray corners outside the usual paths. HoYoverse has not published an official total, so I treat these counts as approximations rather than gospel.

The first stop always feels like flipping on a lantern in a dark room. I teleport to the Snezhnograd Statue of the Seven and grab the six Frostfairy Flowers scattered around the station. Their pale blue-violet color stands out beautifully against the snow, almost like little winter stars that refuse to melt. Because they ring the warp point, this is the easiest burst of flowers on the whole route.

From there, Snezhnograd itself gives me the largest share of the run. Around 23 Frostfairy Flowers sit in planters all over the city, so I do not need to do much climbing. The only exception is a group of five on a rooftop north-west of the Snezhnaya Adventurer's Guild. For those, I either scale the nearby buildings slowly or bring a character with vertical mobility and call it a day.

Korolevskiy Theater and the Sanctuary of Grief feel like the calm middle chapter. I fast travel to Korolevskiy Theater and collect five Frostfairy Flowers from the planters at ground level. It is one of the quickest clusters in the region. Then I teleport to the Sanctuary of Grief waypoint and climb the stairs toward Signora's Tomb. Along the path I gather about 14 flowers and grab any Pyro Crystalflies that drift by. Two birds, one snowstorm.

After the big zones, I sweep three smaller areas. East of the Inverted Glacier Domain there are four Frostfairy Flowers, and south-east of Central Station there are three more. These are a bit off the main roads, so they are easy to miss if I just follow the usual paths. The Cavern of Melodic Tides adds three final flowers and asks for a little more effort. I fast travel to the Tidesong Cavern south-west waypoint, head north-east between the two slopes, enter the crack in the ground with my glider, and follow the path to the Meeting Point: Tidesong Cavern. The three flowers wait right around the meeting point. Let's just say my glider gets a workout every time.

One trick I always rely on is the local specialty tracking passive. In Snezhnaya, Odette and Alyosha can both reveal Frostfairy Flowers on the mini-map. If I am missing one or two stragglers, I swap one of them into the party and watch the little icons appear when I get close.

A few final habits that keep the route smooth:

• Start with the densest zones, especially Snezhnograd and the Sanctuary of Grief.

• Do not stress about the smaller clusters until the final ascension materials are needed.

• Use a tracking character to find hidden stragglers.

• If I only need a handful, the Central Station flowers are the fastest respawn-friendly route to repeat.

After a few runs, collecting all available Frostfairy Flowers takes only a few minutes once I know the path. The respawn timer means I cannot max out Odette in one day, but the route above keeps wasted time to a minimum. Now when I look at those pale blue-violet petals, they do not feel like a chore. They feel like old acquaintances waiting in the snow.