Ready for yet another edition of the Winter Event? We hope you are, because your backpacks and deposits won’t fill themselves. ;) Mark your calendars - from December 22nd to January 2nd, you’ll be partying in Broken Ranks. Join us!
Old Father Winter or Santa Claus? Santa Claus or Old Father Winter? The old geezers are at it again, so help one take revenge on the other to have some fun and get a lot of presents.
Duration
The Holiday Event will start on December 22nd at 6 PM CET and end on January 2nd at 10 AM CET.
Once the event is over (on January 2nd at 10 AM CET), a new NPC who exchanges your loot will appear. Make haste, because he won’t stay here long. He’ll be on his way on January 8th at 10 AM CET and all the leftover hats and stars will disappear from your backpacks.
Rewards and activities
Old Father Winter and Santa Claus will appear in Trentis, Alaril, on the Plateau, and in Beirn. They will give you tasks that vary in difficulty and profits.
Types of tasks:
- trivial (20-39),
- easy (40-65),
- hard (66-89),
- hardcore (90-109),
- almost impossible (110-139),
- extreme (140).
Completing them, as well as killing event mobs if you are lucky, will reward you with boxes containing boss entry tickets, currencies, and many other utility items. For most of the mobs, we recommend gathering a party to beat them quickly and efficiently. ;)
The maps will also be filled with event opponents who drop hats and stars. They are a special currency that you can:
- use to open boxes,
- exchange for boxes once the event is over,
- exchange for gold once the event is over (20 gold for each).
Boxes dropping from Santa Claus’ minions can be opened by Old Father Winter and vice versa - both of them will be happy to put their hands on their opponent’s belongings.
At almost every level range, there are three ways of paying NPCs for opening the boxes: hats / stars (depending on who you ask to open them), platinum, and gold. The only exception is the lowest range where you cannot open them for platinum.
*You cannot take tasks or open boxes from higher level ranges, but you can still exchange stars / hats for boxes from them.
**You can take tasks, open and buy boxes from lower level ranges.
That’s not all. At every level range, champions will spawn from time to time. They have a 100% chance of dropping boxes (15 in total for the whole party per champion).
Spawning areas (for each level range from lowest to highest):
- Trentis Hamlet,
- Alaril,
- Khemenak,
- Dmorther Cliff,
- Frozen Lake,
- Beirn.
At the end of the battle between the two old geezers, Old Year will come to Broken Ranks. He will exchange your leftover hats and stars for gold or boxes (or he can help you open the boxes you have). As the old saying goes: “two dogs strive for a bone, a Taernian runs away with it”.
In the Premium Store, you’ll find a special, event cloak skin - the Coat of Christmas Past. We hope that it’ll nicely complement your winter outfits and shield you from the low temperatures ;)
Changes versus the previous edition
The Winter Event will see some changes introduced thanks to your feedback. We paid special attention to the lack of mobs in some level ranges. Due to this, you will meet some completely new minions of Santa Claus and Old Father Winter this year.
In the Forlorn Settlement, angels will team up with carolers and reindeers with elves. This should provide an interesting alternative to solo players in the 40-65 range. However, if you are looking for a bigger challenge in this range and have a full party, you will find the Secretary's Assistant in the Khold Forest - he hasn’t completed his training yet, so he should be considerably weaker than Santa Claus’ Secretary. ;) In this area, you’ll also see two completely new opponents - Santa Claus’ Bigger Helper and Snegurochek. Their target is mainly players in the 66-89 range who seek a challenge solo or in a small party. They will appear not only in the open maps but also in tasks.
The level ranges given are only suggestions - if you want to test your prowess at other ranges, you’re free to do so.
Unfortunately, Snegurocheks, Santa Claus’ Bigger Helpers, and Assistants proved to be quite grabby and took so much space that the groups of angels and reindeer felt they needed to move out of the Khold Forest. Rumor has it that they can now be found in the de Vries Estate and on the Shore, so look for them there.
Moreover, the Santa Claus from the level 140 tasks slightly changed his behavior and decided to take away fewer Action Points. The contents and opening cost of the gifts have also changed for the following level ranges: 40-65 (the price in platinum decreased from 3 to 2) and 110-139 (the price in hats or stars increased from 6000 to 8000). Want to spoil the surprise when opening the presents? Here’s a handy table with their contents: [LINK].
Thank you for being with us! We wish you a lot of fun, backpacks overflowing with gold, and deposits filled with items!
