Winterfest

Presentation

• The event focuses on sending gifts between guildmates

• The best boon of this event comes from the generators at the winterfest island. Invest in 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 a whole lot of things. This is nice, but not game-changing, aside from 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

Resources

• Winterfest Baubles → New Year Candies → Gingerbread Cookies

• 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 decorates 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

End conversion

• 1000 baubles → 1 hero upgrade gift box

• 1000 candies → 1 hero upgrade gift box

• 2 gingerbread cookies → 1 hero upgrade gift box

Holiday Every Day (entire duration)

[+] (daily) Send 1 Power Gift to a guildmate[-] Mountains of Gifts (daily)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[-] Forest Beauty (daily)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

[+] (daily) Spend 2,000 : "New Year Candy"[-] Fulfilling Dreams (daily)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

[+] (daily) Get 100 Soul Stones of any hero[-] New Year's Spirit (daily)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

[+] (daily) Spend 500 Energy[-] Storm and Stress (daily)30005

(daily) Spend 100 Energy2001 (daily) Spend 200 Energy4001 (daily) Spend 300 Energy6001 (daily) Spend 400 Energy8001 (daily) Spend 500 Energy10001

[+] (daily) Complete 22 quests of the "Holiday Every Day" special event.[-] King of the Party (daily)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

[+] Spend 50 : "Explorer's Move"[-] Exploring the Environment155065k

Spend 2 : "Explorer's Move"302000 Spend 5 : "Explorer's Move"603000 Spend 10 : "Explorer's Move"904000 Spend 15 : "Explorer's Move"1205000 Spend 20 : "Explorer's Move"1506000 Spend 25 : "Explorer's Move"2008000 Spend 30 : "Explorer's Move"25010k Spend 40 : "Explorer's Move"30012k Spend 50 : "Explorer's Move"35015k

[+] Send 60 Gifts to a guildmate[-] Wishmaster

Send 5 Gifts to a guildmate1 Send 15 Gifts to a guildmate1 Send 20 Gifts to a guildmate1 Send 30 Gifts to a guildmate1 Send 40 Gifts to a guildmate1 Send 60 Gifts to a guildmate1

Waiting for the Holiday (21-24)

[+] Log in 4 times during a special event[-] Distinguished Guest42000

Log in 1 time during a special event1500 Log in 2 times during a special event1500 Log in 3 times during a special event1500 Log in 4 times during a special event1500

[+] Reach VIP level 15[-] Special Invitation27 500

Reach VIP level 1500 Reach VIP level 31000 Reach VIP level 51500 Reach VIP level 72000 Reach VIP level 92500 Reach VIP level 113000 Reach VIP level 123500 Reach VIP level 134000 Reach VIP level 144500 Reach VIP level 155000

[+] Get 8,000 VIP points[-] World-Famous165k110

Get 500 VIP points30002 Get 1,000 VIP points60004 Get 1,500 VIP points90006 Get 2,000 VIP points12k8 Get 3,000 VIP points15k10 Get 4,000 VIP points18k12 Get 5,000 VIP points21k14 Get 6,000 VIP points24k16 Get 7,000 VIP points27k18 Get 8,000 VIP points30k20

[+] Spend 150,000 Emeralds[-] Shopping Days107 500147k25

Spend 500 Emeralds15001000 Spend 1,000 Emeralds30002000 Spend 2,500 Emeralds45003000 Spend 5,000 Emeralds60004000 Spend 10,000 Emeralds75006000 Spend 15,000 Emeralds90008000 Spend 25,000 Emeralds11k10k Spend 40,000 Emeralds13k12k Spend 60,000 Emeralds15k16k Spend 90,000 Emeralds17k20k Spend 120,000 Emeralds20k25k Spend 150,000 Emeralds40k25

[+] Spend 12,000 Energy[-] Winter Energy30k34k5

Spend 100 Energy400300 Spend 200 Energy800600 Spend 500 Energy1200900 Spend 1,000 Energy16001200 Spend 1,500 Energy20001500 Spend 2,000 Energy25002000 Spend 3,000 Energy30002500 Spend 4,000 Energy35003000 Spend 6,000 Energy40003500 Spend 8,000 Energy50004000 Spend 10,000 Energy60004500 Spend 12,000 Energy10k5

[+] Start or join 6 adventures[-] Time of Heroism50016k5

Start or join 1 adventure501000 Start or join 2 adventures752000 Start or join 3 adventures1002000 Start or join 4 adventures1253000 Start or join 5 adventures1503000 Start or join 6 adventures50005

[+] Open 90 chests in the Tower[-] Searching for Secrets100010k5

Open 15 chests in the Tower100500 Open 30 chests in the Tower2001000 Open 50 chests in the Tower3001500 Open 70 chests in the Tower4002000 Open 90 chests in the Tower50005

[+] Collect 800 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon[-] Rich Deposits3572005

Collect 100 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5200 Collect 200 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5400 Collect 300 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5600 Collect 400 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon5800 Collect 500 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51000 Collect 600 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51200 Collect 700 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon51400 Collect 800 Titanite in the Guild Dungeon16005

Christmas Miracle (25-28)

[+] Log in 4 times during a special event[-] Paragon of Stability42000

Log in 1 time during a special event1500 Log in 2 times during a special event1500 Log in 3 times during a special event1500 Log in 4 times during a special event1500

[+] Get 7,000 VIP points[-] Due Recognition142k92

Get 500 VIP points30002 Get 1,000 VIP points60004 Get 1,500 VIP points90006 Get 2,000 VIP points12k8 Get 3,000 VIP points16k10 Get 4,000 VIP points19k12 Get 5,000 VIP points22k14 Get 6,000 VIP points25k16 Get 7,000 VIP points30k20

[+] Make 8 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)[-] Holiday Shopping836k

Make 1 purchase (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)11000 Make 2 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)12000 Make 3 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)13000 Make 4 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)14000 Make 5 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)15000 Make 6 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)16000 Make 7 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)17000 Make 8 purchases (emeralds, special offers, skins, etc. included)18000

[+] Spend 150,000 Emeralds[-] Honorable Ally169105k25

Spend 500 Emeralds2500 Spend 1,000 Emeralds41000 Spend 2,500 Emeralds61500 Spend 5,000 Emeralds82000 Spend 10,000 Emeralds103000 Spend 15,000 Emeralds144000 Spend 25,000 Emeralds185000 Spend 40,000 Emeralds226000 Spend 60,000 Emeralds248000 Spend 90,000 Emeralds2610k Spend 120,000 Emeralds3514k Spend 150,000 Emeralds50k25

[+] Complete 1,200 missions[-] Snowy Paths33 50040k5

Complete 10 missions500500 Complete 20 missions10001000 Complete 50 missions15001500 Complete 100 missions20002000 Complete 150 missions25002500 Complete 200 missions30003000 Complete 300 missions35003500 Complete 400 missions40004000 Complete 600 missions45004500 Complete 800 missions50005000 Complete 1,000 missions60005500 Complete 1,200 missions70005

[+] Open 400 Artifact Chests[-] Key to the Holiday110027 500

Open 5 Artifact Chests20500 Open 10 Artifact Chests401000 Open 20 Artifact Chests601500 Open 40 Artifact Chests802000 Open 60 Artifact Chests1002500 Open 100 Artifact Chests1203000 Open 150 Artifact Chests1403500 Open 200 Artifact Chests1604000 Open 300 Artifact Chests1804500 Open 400 Artifact Chests2005000

[+] Fight 15 times in the Arena[-] Duel Master75008000

Fight 3 times in the Arena500500 Fight 5 times in the Arena10001000 Fight 7 times in the Arena15001500 Fight 10 times in the Arena20002000 Fight 15 times in the Arena25003000

[+] Open 40 chests in Outlands[-] Surprise Fan72528k

Open 5 chests in Outlands251000 Open 10 chests in Outlands502000 Open 15 chests in Outlands753000 Open 20 chests in Outlands1004000 Open 25 chests in Outlands1255000 Open 30 chests in Outlands1506000 Open 40 chests in Outlands2007000

Winter Tale (29-31)

[+] Log in 3 times during a special event[-] A Warm Welcome31500

Log in 1 time during a special event1500 Log in 2 times during a special event1500 Log in 3 times during a special event1500

[+] Reach VIP level 15[-] Child of Fortune27 500

Reach VIP level 1500 Reach VIP level 31000 Reach VIP level 51500 Reach VIP level 72000 Reach VIP level 92500 Reach VIP level 113000 Reach VIP level 123500 Reach VIP level 134000 Reach VIP level 144500 Reach VIP level 155000

[+] Get 7,000 VIP points[-] Parade of Virtues142k92

Get 500 VIP points30002 Get 1,000 VIP points60004 Get 1,500 VIP points90006 Get 2,000 VIP points12k8 Get 3,000 VIP points16k10 Get 4,000 VIP points19k12 Get 5,000 VIP points22k14 Get 6,000 VIP points25k16 Get 7,000 VIP points30k20

[+] Spend 150,000 Emeralds[-] Business Mindset291k165

Spend 500 Emeralds30002 Spend 1,000 Emeralds60004 Spend 2,500 Emeralds90006 Spend 5,000 Emeralds12k8 Spend 10,000 Emeralds16k10 Spend 15,000 Emeralds20k12 Spend 25,000 Emeralds25k14 Spend 40,000 Emeralds30k16 Spend 60,000 Emeralds35k18 Spend 90,000 Emeralds40k20 Spend 120,000 Emeralds45k25 Spend 150,000 Emeralds50k30

[+] Spend 12,000 Energy[-] Unstoppable30k32k5

Spend 100 Energy400300 Spend 200 Energy800600 Spend 500 Energy1200900 Spend 1,000 Energy16001200 Spend 1,500 Energy20001500 Spend 2,000 Energy25002000 Spend 3,000 Energy30002500 Spend 4,000 Energy35003000 Spend 6,000 Energy40003500 Spend 8,000 Energy50004000 Spend 10,000 Energy60004500 Spend 12,000 Energy80005

[+] Fight 15 times in the Arena[-] Winterfest Activities1457250

Fight 1 time in the Arena5250 Fight 2 times in the Arena10500 Fight 4 times in the Arena15750 Fight 6 times in the Arena201000 Fight 9 times in the Arena251250 Fight 12 times in the Arena301500 Fight 15 times in the Arena402000

[+] Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking[-] Noble Generosity60045

Take the 500 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking4040 Take the 200 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking52 Take the 100 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking8080 Take the 50 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking100100 Take the 20 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking8 Take the 10 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking25015 Take the 5 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking815 Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Sender Ranking35015

[+] Take the 3 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking[-] Center of Attention60045

Take the 500 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking4040 Take the 200 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking52 Take the 100 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking8080 Take the 50 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking100100 Take the 20 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking8 Take the 10 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking25015 Take the 5 position or higher in the Gift Receiver Ranking815 Take 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.

Notable rewards include a lesser elemental spirit summoning sphere and a golden raid ticket, that grants free players the capacity to conduct single or multiple raids, as with vip5.

75 15k 5 50 400 4000 1 3 1000 1

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 all totems 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

Upgrade

Recipient5050Sender11Cost1000Ranking+4?23 /100 ?12 /100 ?19 /100 ?16k /100 ?9000 /100 ?56 /100 ?54 /100 ?55 /100 ?9 /100 ?1.0 /100 ?61 /100 ?78 /100 ?11 /100 ?4.7M /100 Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Pet

Recipient100100Sender22Cost2000Ranking+8?91 /100 ?660 /100 ?36 /100 ?63k /100 ?31 /100 Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Ascension

Recipient250250Sender55Cost5000Ranking+20?14 /100 ?3 /100 ?130 /100 ?130 /100 ?610 /100 ?27 /100 ?940 /100 ?1700 /100 ?120 /100 ?49 /100 ?21k /100 Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Skin

Recipient10001000Sender2020Cost20kRanking+80 ?620 /100 ?1500 /100 You will always win one random winter skin until you have them all. Only after that will you get the other possible rewards.Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Transformation

Recipient10001000Sender1010Cost20Ranking+801~3%3 /100 1~2%2 /100 ?5 /100 ?430 /100 ?23 /100 ?360 /100 ?260 /100 ?770 /100 ?490 /100 ?490 /100 ?450 /100 ?31 /100 ?180 /100 ?410 /100 ?21k /100 Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Power

Recipient20002000Sender2020Cost40Ranking+1601~0.9%0.9 /100 ?19 /100 ?940 /100 ?850 /100 ?1400 /100 ?94k /100 ?280k /100 ?320k /100 1~2%2 /100 1~0.9%0.9 /100 8000~12%98k /100 Lots and odds come from empirical observations, some items may be missing.

Shop

-43% 80 -43% 80 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -72% 40 -4% 58000 -4% 508500 -4% 55000 -4% 1007000 +8% 5010k +12% 309000 -4% 50005000 -4% 25005000 -4% 30008000 -4% 10004000 +5% 512k +11% 1900 +5% 11400 -22% 10150 +4% 500200 +56% 5150 -6% 1200 +30% 10200 +17% 1080 +11% 16000 +32% 1100 -13% 1200 10k 10k 10k 10k 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M 3M

Secret Mini-Games

Puzzles

Click on the shop's decoration at the town square, as illustrated below.
Warning: you must complete all puzzles in a row. If you leave or are 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

eventCascade21thOrion22thNebula23thK'arkh24thLyria25thCeleste26thCorvus27thAurora28thKeira29thArachne30thHeidi31thQing Mao

Decorate the Tree

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

Rankings (per server)

The following rewards are granted based on your rank at the end of the event, in terms of the value of gifts you offered.

Gift Sender Ranking

position	rewards
#1	1
#2	1
#3	1
#4	1
#5	1
#6	1
#7	1
#8	1
#9	1
#10	1
#11-20	20 20
#21-30	15 15
#31-40	15 15
#41-50	10 10
#51-60	10 10
#61-100	5 5
#101-200	4 4
#201-500	3 3
#501-1000	2 2
#1001-50000	1 1

Gift Recipient Ranking

position	rewards
#1	500 500
#2	450 450
#3	400 400
#4	350 350
#5	300 300
#6	250 250
#7	200 200
#8	175 175
#9	150 150
#10	125 125
#11-20	100 100
#21-30	80 80
#31-40	80 80
#41-50	60 60
#51-60	60 60
#61-100	50 50
#101-200	40 40
#201-500	30 30
#501-1000	20 20
#1001-50000	10 10

Guild Tree Ranking

position	rewards
#1	40 40
#2	30 30
#3	25 25
#4	20 20
#5	18 18
#6	16 16
#7	14 14
#8	12 12
#9	10 10
#10	8 8
#11-20	6 6
#21-30	5 5
#31-40	4 4
#41-50	2 2

Tickets

Light Fest

Paid Rewards

70 30 2500 15 2800 30k 215k 200 400 85 20 1000 10* 19.89 USD-81%non-giftable

Free Rewards

20 10 500 9 700 4000 55k 55 100 19 10 2*

Darkness Fest

Paid Rewards

70 30 2500 15 2800 30k 215k 200 400 85 20 1000 10* 19.89 USD-81%non-giftable

Free Rewards

20 10 500 9 700 4000 55k 55 100 19 10 2*

Bundles

Festival Sale

namecostrewardsguild rewards1-2*free5000 6 3-5*5.59 USD*300 3250 10k 100 3-8*15.58 USD*800 9750 30k 300 3-12*35.47 USD*1800 5 11 850 110k 700 3-16*66.46 USD*3350 15 15 150 230k 1300 3-20*111.45 USD*5600 30 20 150 410k 2200 3-24*186.44 USD*9350 55 28 150 710k 3700

Winter Fest Bundle!

#19.99 USD500 2 25k 2 #224.99 USD1250 2 50k 2 #349.99 USD2500 2 140k 2 #4131.00 USD7000 1 350k 1 #590.00 USD4500 2 240k 2 #6150.00 USD7500 2 300k 2

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History