The event focuses on sending gifts between guildmates
The best boon of this event comes from the generators at the winterfest island. Invest on the one for baubles as soon as you log in on the first day: it is more than worth it
The random totem in the power gifts seems to be extremely rare, be warned!
Sending gifts is a very good source of soul stones, check out the Heroes of the Day in case you need a particular hero
This event rewards plenty of many things. This is nice, but not game-changing, aside of winter skins or great luck. So keep your head cool, enjoy sharing gifts with your guildmates, appreciate the christmas mood, and maybe keep your emeralds
Baubles to decorate the tree: this rewards candies. The island generator will give you 200k baubles
Candies to purchase the basic gifts and the first levels of generators. Gifts in turn sometimes reward gingerbread cookies, with pet gifts apparently being the best ones for this purpose
Gingerbread cookies are the most valuable resource: they are used to get the best gift, upgrade the later levels of generators, and buy totems, catalysts or other great rewards. You will never get enough for a totem without paying though
Winter Skins
Do not miss this once-in-a-year opportunity to get the winter skins for your heroes
You get one random skin per skin gift. They cost 20k candies, so quests and generators will give you enough to send one gift a day. This means two gifts a day for you if you arrange an exchange. It is important to communicate with your guildmates to find someone interested
You will also get about two free skin gifts as your guild decorate the tree
Finally you can exchange 50k candies for 10k emeralds spent, so 4k emeralds per additional skin gift. There are 30 skins in the gifts at the moment
Some skins can only be bought in the shop: the new winter skins and some of those from last year
112200(daily) Send 1 Upgrade Gift Box to a guildmate1100(daily) Send 1 Pet Gift to a guildmate1200(daily) Send 1 Ascension Gift to a guildmate1300(daily) Send 1 Skin Gift to your guildmate1400(daily) Send 1 Transformation Gift to a guildmate1500(daily) Send 1 Power Gift to a guildmate1700[+]
(daily) Decorate your Guild's Winterfest Tree with 2,000 baubles
4(daily) Decorate your Guild's Winterfest Tree with 500 baubles1(daily) Decorate your Guild's Winterfest Tree with 1,000 baubles1(daily) Decorate your Guild's Winterfest Tree with 1,500 baubles1(daily) Decorate your Guild's Winterfest Tree with 2,000 baubles1[+]
1001000(daily) Spend 500 : "New Year Candy"10100(daily) Spend 1,000 : "New Year Candy"20200(daily) Spend 1,500 : "New Year Candy"30300(daily) Spend 2,000 : "New Year Candy"40400[+]
20001500(daily) Get 20 Soul Stones of any hero400100(daily) Get 40 Soul Stones of any hero400200(daily) Get 60 Soul Stones of any hero400300(daily) Get 80 Soul Stones of any hero400400(daily) Get 100 Soul Stones of any hero400500[+]
40004000(daily) Complete 3 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.250250(daily) Complete 8 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.500500(daily) Complete 14 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.750750(daily) Complete 18 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.10001000(daily) Complete 22 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.15001500[+]
Send 5 Gifts to a guildmate1Send 15 Gifts to a guildmate1Send 20 Gifts to a guildmate1Send 30 Gifts to a guildmate1Send 40 Gifts to a guildmate1Send 60 Gifts to a guildmate1
42000Log in 1 time during a special event1500Log in 2 times during a special event1500Log in 3 times during a special event1500Log in 4 times during a special event1500[+]
50016k5Start or join 1 adventure501000Start or join 2 adventures752000Start or join 3 adventures1002000Start or join 4 adventures1253000Start or join 5 adventures1503000Start or join 6 adventures50005[+]
100010k5Open 15 chests in the Tower100500Open 30 chests in the Tower2001000Open 50 chests in the Tower3001500Open 70 chests in the Tower4002000Open 90 chests in the Tower50005[+]
3572005Collect 100 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5200Collect 200 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5400Collect 300 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5600Collect 400 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5800Collect 500 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51000Collect 600 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51200Collect 700 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51400Collect 800 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon16005
42000Log in 1 time during a special event1500Log in 2 times during a special event1500Log in 3 times during a special event1500Log in 4 times during a special event1500[+]
836kMake 1 purchase (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)11000Make 2 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)12000Make 3 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)13000Make 4 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)14000Make 5 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)15000Make 6 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)16000Make 7 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)17000Make 8 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)18000[+]
72528kOpen 5 chests in Outlands251000Open 10 chests in Outlands502000Open 15 chests in Outlands753000Open 20 chests in Outlands1004000Open 25 chests in Outlands1255000Open 30 chests in Outlands1506000Open 40 chests in Outlands2007000
1457250Fight 1 time in the Arena5250Fight 2 times in the Arena10500Fight 4 times in the Arena15750Fight 6 times in the Arena201000Fight 9 times in the Arena251250Fight 12 times in the Arena301500Fight 15 times in the Arena402000[+]
Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking
60045Take the 500 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking4040Take the 200 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking52Take the 100 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking8080Take the 50 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking100100Take the 20 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking8Take the 10 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking25015Take the 5 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking815Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking35015[+]
Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking
60045Take the 500 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking4040Take the 200 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking52Take the 100 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking8080Take the 50 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking100100Take the 20 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking8Take the 10 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking25015Take the 5 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking815Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking35015
Letter to Winter Claus (before Christmas)
You can choose three gifts among those proposed. You will receive one of them, randomly, on December 31.
Here were the results reported by players who answered my poll:
Players below vip5: 60% got a totem, 40% got a raid ticket (105 accounts). None got something else!
Players at least vip5: 51% got a totem :) (53 accounts)
Note that many players with several maxed totems got a free fragment, even some long-time players who had maxed them all already. I have also seen in my own guild, among players with three winterfests under their belt and a few maxed totems, that several of them got a fragment. This disproves some urban legends that Nexters was scheming against spenders. Not only that but the odds are actually generous: thank you Nexters!
Gifts
You get one free gift of every type from quests, every day, if you send a similar one to a guildmate
If your guildmate reciprocates, this means you essentially got two gifts for the cost of one, once per type and day
Recipient10001000Sender2020Cost20kRanking+806.2515.0You will always win one random winter skin until you have them all. Only after that will you get the other possible rewards.Average rewards. Sources: Deda, FireLordZuko, Хома
Click on the shop' decoration at the town place, as illustrated below. Warning: you must complete all puzzles in a row. If you leave or is disconnected, you will have to restart them all!
Missing Letters
There are four letters missing to light up the NY2026 logo above your guild tree. They are scattered all around the game, go collect them
Chapter 1 of the campaign, top-left, there is a gift
Chapter 2 of the campaign, top-right, there is another gift
Chapter 12 of the campaign, bottom-middle, the cave leads you to a game
At the town hall, whenever someone is launching fireworks, click on the bells above their guild banner
Finally you are ready to click the NY2026 logo to claim your reward
Heroes of the Day
Gifts reward the sender with a few soul stones for two heroes. The first hero is always the same, the other changes everyday
The tree is upgraded whenever your guildmates offer gifts to each other (not to themselves), or when they decorate the tree with emeralds. Every new level unlocks a gift for every member of the guild
1
10,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
2
15,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
3
20,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
4
20,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
5
25,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
6
30,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
7
30,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
8
40,000 xp/level
Power Gift
9
40,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
10
40,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
11
40,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
12
40,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
13
50,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
14
50,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
15
50,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
16
50,000 xp/level
Skin Gift
17
50,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
18
50,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
19
50,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
20
50,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
21
60,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
22
60,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
23
60,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
24
70,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
25
70,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
26
80,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
27
80,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
28
90,000 xp/level
Power Gift
29
100,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
30
110,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
31
110,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
32
130,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
33
150,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
34
170,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
35
200,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
36
250,000 xp/level
Skin Gift
37
250,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
38
300,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
39
300,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
40
300,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
41
310,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
42
400,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
43
440,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
44
484,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
45
532,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
46
586,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
47
644,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
48
709,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
49
779,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
50
858,000 xp/level
Power Gift
51
1,888,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
52
2,260,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
53
2,720,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
54
3,260,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
55
3,910,000 xp/level
Transformation Gift
56
4,690,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
57
5,640,000 xp/level
Ascension Gift
58
6,750,000 xp/level
Pet Gift
59
8,120,000 xp/level
Upgrade Gift
60+
9,730,000 xp/level
Power Gift
Rankings
The following rewards are granted based on your rank at the end of the event
50
50
1
1
1000
20
10k
3M
Orion22th
Nebula23th
K'arkh24th
Lyria25th
Celeste26th
Corvus27th
Aurora28th
Keira29th
Arachne30th
Heidi31th
Qing Mao
