Winter Solstice Festival 2013 & 2014

December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Winter Solstice 2014 forum guide

Event Breakdown:

Defeat monsters no more than 4 levels below your own to collect Sugar Beets.
Snowmen (located in wilderness locations) will trade 1 Sugar Beet for a stack of Snow Essences.
Use 25x Sugar Beets to enter the Winter Summit event map. Enter through a portal in any city.
Collect Honey Cookies to complete the event.
Collect and open presents along the way for bonus prizes.
Defeat the boss Big Paws using Snow Essences.

Daily login prize: Solstice Stocking = 100x Snow Essences + 40x Sugar Beets.

Progress

Collect Queen Antonia's honey cookies. Honey cookies provide a 0,5% faster attack speed for 5 minutes; can be stacked up to 5x.

45 Honey cookies = Gem Bag x3
90 Honey cookies = 20
155 Honey cookies = Frost Bomb x20
240 Honey cookies = 20
345 Honey cookies = Essence of Destruction x999
470 Honey cookies = 20
810 Honey cookies = 50
1025 Honey cookies = Royal Roasted Pheasant
1270 Honey cookies = 50
1545 Honey cookies = Diligent Gnome (Pet)
1855 Honey cookies = 50
2200 Honey cookies = Snowman (Costume)
2580 Honey cookies = 50
3000 Honey cookies = Throw Snowball (Emote)
3460 Honey cookies = 50
3980 Honey cookies = Winter Solstice Gem Bag
4620 Honey cookies = 50
5220 Honey cookies = Reindeer (Mount)
6100 Honey cookies = 50
6800 Honey cookies = Solstice Star (Gem)
7920 Honey cookies = 100
8680 Honey cookies = Nightmare 'Frosty Wasteland' x2
9000 Honey cookies = Winter Festival Bag (Cloak)
9000 Honey cookies = 110

Total = 620

Shop

Items sold by Phestos in Kingshill:

Snowman

Snowmen have cropped up in Wilderness areas looking for a nose. Click to trade one Sugar Beet for a stack of Snow Essences (2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x or 100x).

8 snowmen located in each wilderness location; resets 6 min 10 sec after being clicked.

Only the player who opens the snowman will receive a drop, even in a group.

Big Paws

NORMAL

Hit Points (45 lvl):

1/5 - 317100 (317100 per person)

2/5 - 348810 (174405 per person)

3/5 - 380520 (126840 per person)

4/5 - 412230 (103058 per person)

5/5 - 443940 (88788 per person)

Possible Drop:

- 150x, 250x, 300x cookies

- Golden Present

- Red Beet (always)

- Violet Present

HARD

Hit Points (45 lvl):

1/5 - 543600 (543600 per person)

2/5 - 815400 (407700 per person)

3/5 - 869760 (289920 per person)

4/5 - 924120 (231030 per person)

5/5 - 978480 (195696 per peson)

Possible Drop:

- 250x, 400x, 500x cookies

- Golden present

- Uniques

- Soltice Scoundrel

Mini-Bosses

Each miniboss (1-7) always drops Honey Cookies, normal mode: 10x, 20x, 50x(rare) or 100x(very rare) hard mode:10x, 20x, 50x(rare), or 100x (very rare)

To kill Big Paws you need to use Snow Essences.

1) Gnorbel the Cookie Monster
2) Hulking Cookie Gorger
3) Gwib the Cookie Thief
4) Klirr the Wintry
5) Shepp the Snow Sludge
6) Knarrts the Fir Tree
7) Mamf the Cookie Crusher
8) Big Paws

Winter Summit - Hard

After defeating Big Paws on the normal map, a Red Sugar Beet will always drop. Use this beet as your entry ticket into the Difficult level. All monsters will have a higher difficulty than those on the normal map. Find higher cookie drops and a greater chance of better prizes.

Nightmare 'Frosty Wasteland'

Upon near completion of the event, obtain a couple portals to the Nightmare arena. Face off against Big Paws in Boss mode. He will be accompanied by either a mad Santa (dragonknight) or an evil Snowman (mage) along with attacking Stonehead towers. This arena has a very high level of difficultly and a well-geared character is recommended, so be prepared for a tough fight. Snow Essences not necessary.

Drops include costumes and items that can be obtained as a progress reward during the Winter event.

Quests

Queen Antonia:

Honey-Coated Winter Solstice Festival

Phestos:

Jullov & Family: complete to obtain pieces of the Solstice Reindeer

Presents

Unwrap presents for many different types of rewards! All normal mobs, champions and bosses have a chance to drop presents of all colors. Champions+ have a higher chance of dropping rarer presents. Receive the best reward from Gold presents: Green < Blue < Violet < Gold

Presents will stack up to 10x per inventory slot.

Possible rewards:

Coins
Andermant
Sugar Beet
Snow Essence
Snowman (Consumable)
Solstice Scoundrel (Consumable)
Throw Snowball (Consumable)
Build Snowman (Consumable)
Knowledge
Solstice legendary weapon / offhand (rare)
White / Improved / Magic / Extraordinary / Legendary Equipment

Event Items

Type	Name	Location	Notes
Chest	Winter Solstice Surprise Pack	40 (Trader)	Contains a few items to help you in progress
cloak	Winter Festival Bag	Progress reward	3,0 % increased chance of finding items from normal monsters
costume	Snowman	Progress reward, Evil Snowman
costume	Solstice Scoundrel	Festive amphore, Big paws, Mad Santa
emote	Throw Snowball	Progress reward
emote	Build Snowman	Festive amphorae
essence	Snow Essence	Snowman, Festive amphorae, purchase	+ 150% damage (Use against Big Paws)
gem	Solstice Star	Progress reward, Nightmare "Frosty Wasteland"	+ 5 resource points / 1,0 % more hitpoints
mount	Reindeer	Progress reward, Nightmare "Frosty Wasteland"
mount (epic)	Solstice Reindeer	Made on workbench	+ + +
pet	Diligent Gnome	Progress reward	5,0 % more hitpoints
Stocking	Solstice Stocking	Login bonus	100x Snow Essence & 40x Sugar Beets