When the cold winds blow, dragons stir. Syrillax is back for another year, but her brood continues to grow, and with it, the threat to Frozen Hope. The residents of Frozen Hope have opened their gates to all Arlorian heroes willing to take up arms against the dragons.
The Winter Event runs for 3 weeks from 12/15 to 1/5, with a 3 day cooldown.
This is an Energy Event. Energy Essence drops everywhere in the realm but the chances to loot are higher when fighting monsters at (or above) your level, and lower when fighting monsters below your level.
What's New?
- Leaderboard vanities are tradable this year.
- Similar to the Halloween Event, the Winter Event will take place over 3 weeks, with new rewards and a leaderboard reset each week! Read on to learn what to expect for each one.
Notable differences week-by-week include:
- A new/different Level 81 Arcane accessory contained in event crates. Open crates during all 3 weeks to collect all 3.
- Different vanity items available in locked crates.
- Different Leaderboard vanities to collect.
- Different Tier Rewards.
- Visit the Winter Gift Tree in the center of Frozen Hope to collect free gifts every day (more below)!
Bane Item: Orb of Ursume
The Orb of Ursume is a special item purchasable only for Platinum that will help you along your way through mobs of frozen enemies and increasingly challenging bosses. Having the Orb in your inventory will reduce the critical rate of bosses by 6% and deal up to 50% more damage to monsters and bosses in the Mount Spyr Pass zone!
If you purchased an Orb in past years--you're set! Same orb, same perks.
Bane Item Upgrade
The Orb of Ursume can be upgraded with a recipe that drops from Syrillax. The upgraded version of the orb works in the Brooding Grounds in addition to the original zone.
Elixir: Ice Dragon Tears
Once you reach the Silver event tier, visit King Frost for a special quest. This quest will lead you to unlock the new Ice Dragon Tears elixir at the vendor which will give you a 15% score boost in all event zones!
There is also a cracked (crafted) version, which has the same effect but is not tradable.
Elixir: Warming Waters
Visit King Frost in Frozen Hope for the Rescue the Brewmaster quest, where you'll have to save Esai the Brewmaster from the Frozen Village! Once you do this quest you'll gain access to the "Warming Waters" Elixir from Rodrick the token vendor. This elixir reduces the freezing effects from Mount Spyr monsters.
NEW: Winter Gift Tree
Don't forget to visit the Winter Gift Tree in Frozen Hope every day during the event to collect free gifts!
Each daily gift pack will grant you:
+ 50 Pet Experience Kit (bound - open it to give 50 XP to your Summoned pet; doesn't open if the summoned pet is already at your level).
+ 500 Spirit XP (also bound - open to apply 500 Spirit XP to your equipped Spirit weapons).
+ 30 Minute Crafting Timer Speed-up.
But you don't want to miss Christmas Day, where you'll get a special collection of great gifts!
Christmas Day (12/25):
+ 100 Winter Event Tokens
+ 1 Pet Level-up Ticket (can be used on any pet to set them to your character level).
+ 2hr Crafting Timer Speed-up.
+ 5000 Spirit XP.
+ 20 Story Tokens.
Mount Spyr
Kick off the Winter Event by entering the Mount Spyr Pass portal. Fight bosses and baddies, earn tokens, and loot items and chests.
Most importantly, snag the Weak Flamestones and open chests that drop in the zone to earn Icy Dragon Scales. These will be instrumental in defeating Syrillax's brood later on.
Event Zone: The Brooding Grounds
Throughout the Winter Event, Syrillax's brood egg begins to stir and all Arlorian heroes must gather to defeat it before it gets out of control!
The egg resides in the Brooding Grounds, which opens for 1 hour every 3 hours for a chance to crack the egg and make sure what's inside doesn't leave those grounds. While you wait, craft Dragon Flamestones as your ticket to the fight. When you enter the zone, one Dragon Flamestone will be removed from your inventory, the egg will hatch and the fight will commence!
Meet... Holleythrax!
Holleythrax will drop pet eggs and items (details below), so don't miss out!
For the more active farmers, you can purchase a special tradeable and stashable hunter's elixir from the event vendor for 10 Platinum. This elixir will increase the drop chance of Holleythrax's unique loot.
Boss Loot Summary
Standard Winter Event Boss Loot
- Holley Dragon's Holiday Chest
- Locked Zodias Crates
- Epic equipment
Gold Tier Winter Event Boss Loot
- All of the aforementioned items
- Recipe: Empowered Orb of Ursume
- Arcanite Yowie's Egg
Platinum Tier Winter Event Boss Loot
- All of the aforementioned items
- Arcanite Chester's Egg
- Holley's Winter Set Armor
Set Bonus: Wear with Holley Winter Helm and Weapon for +30% Primary Stat, +30% Speed (stacking), and +15% Haste.
During the Winter Event only: Gain an additional +25% Damage (stacking), and +50% Gold Loot in Brooding Grounds, Mount Spyr, and Frozen Village.
Holley Brood Dragon Boss Loot
- Lootable Winter Badge
- Heroic Regifter's Egg
- Heroic Krampus' Egg
- Arcanite Chester's Egg
- Arcanite Yowie's Egg
- Cozy Winter Vanity Set
- Holley's Winter Weapons
Tier Rewards
Remember, with the event taking place in 3 individual weeks, tiers will reset and have refreshed rewards each week!
Bronze Tier - 320 Points
+ Cloth Reindeer Banner (Wk 1) / Holiday Bells Banner (Wk 2) / Winter Tree Cloth Banner (Wk 3)
Silver Tier - 1,425 Points
+ Holley Hunter's Elixir Pack
+ 2x Holley Dragon's Holiday Chest
Gold Tier - 7,380 Points
+ 10 Crate Tokens
+ Holley Hunter's Elixir Pack
+ 2x Unlocked Holley Crate I / II / III
Platinum Tier - 20,150 Points
+ [Frozen Legend] Title (Wk 1) / Merrymaker Title (Wk 2) / The Grinch Title (Wk 3)
+ 2x 25 Crate Tokens (50 Total)
+ 4x Holley Hunter's Elixir Pack
+ 3x Unlocked Holley Crate I / II / III
+ Jewel Chest
Leaderboard Rewards
If you're the competitive type, run for your spot on the Winter Event leaderboards! The players with the most points at the end of each week will receive prestigious vanities and loot!
All Leaderboard vanities this year are tradable!
Top 5
+ Holleythrax Badge
+ Nittaewo Vanity Set (Wk 1)
+ R.I. Winter Prototype Set (Wk 2)
+ Holly Dragonborn Set (Wk 3)
+ 250 Platinum
+ Flawless Jewel Kit (Class-Specific)
Top 25
+ 100 Platinum
+ Precise Jewel Kit (Class-Specific)
+ Holley Dragonborn Banner
Top 50
+ 50 Platinum
+ Exquisite Jewel Kit (Class-Specific)
+ Merry X-mas Banner
Token Rewards and Craftables
When you beat bosses and complete quests in the Winter Event zones, you'll earn Frozen Hope Tokens. These can be exchanged in the quest hub for valuable items!
As always, you'll be able to use Platinum to purchase extra Energy Kits, Tokens, and the Holley Hunter's Elixir, but let's get to the good stuff.
Elixirs:
The new event elixirs, Ice Dragon's Frozen Tears and Warming Waters are available once you complete the requisite quests. See the Elixir sections at the top of this guide to learn about those!
Recipes:
+ Massive Locked Holley Crate (I / II / III)
+ Locked Holley Crate (I / II / III)
+ Bear Hat (Adds a festive hat to your Teddy Bear furnishings)
+ Deluxe Wreath Aura
+ Deluxe Toy Train Aura
+ Deluxe Ice Vortex Aura
Locked Crates and Chests
The Winter 2022 Crates/Chests have a chance to drop new vanities, pets, and other items, including 3 brand new Lv 81 Arcane accessories, available across all 3 weekly chests:
Locked Crates:
Pets:
- Heroic Glacial Grom's Egg
- Frostbitten's Egg (Arcane)
Gear:
- Kraken Battle Sign (Wk 1)
Proc: Chance on damage for "Fathom Frenzy" buff that gives +25 Primary Stat, +25% Damage Resistance, +25% Speed (stacking) and +25% Damage (stacking) for ten (10) seconds (30 sec. cooldown).
- Kraken Battle Band (Wk 2) - Gives additional benefits if worn with the Kraken Battle Helmet
Proc: Has a chance on damaging an enemy to grant +15 to STR, DEX, and INT for 5 seconds (15 sec. cooldown).
Kraken Battle Helmet Buff:
+ Improves the Ultimate Overdrive buff by 10% in PVE (35% up from 25%)
+ Improves the Haste buff in PvP to by 5% (20% up from 15%)
- Kraken Battle Belt (Wk 3) - Gives additional benefits to Kraken Battle Weapons
Proc: On damage has a chance to grant the wearer +25% Bonus Damage in Elite Zones, +25% Re-Roll chance, and +25% Gold Loot for eight (8) seconds (30 sec. cooldown).
Kraken Battle Weapon Improvements: Wearing the Kraken Battle Belt buffs Kraken Battle Weapon procs during their first four (4) seconds. See weapon item details in-game for more info!
- Venal Set (Grants 250% Gold Loot)
- Avarice Set (Grants 200% Gold Loot)
- Greed Set (Grants 100% Gold Loot)
- Desire Set (Grants 50% Gold Loot)
- Ravening Set (Grants 25% Gold Loot and 10% Speed (stacking))
+ Holly Dragonborn Vanity Weapons
+ Holiday Presents Sack Backpack (Wk 1)
+ R.I. Winter Prototype Pack (Wk 2)
+ Holley Dragonborn Wings (Wk 3)
+ Mythic Lv 81 Gear and Weapons
Holley Dragon's Holiday Chest Chests:
+ Holleythrax Set Helms
Set bonus: Wear 3 pieces to gain +30% Primary Stat, +30% Speed (stacking), +15% Haste
Winter Event bonus: During the Winter Event only, wearing 3 pieces of the Holleythrax set will give you +25% Damage (stacking) and +50% Gold Loot in the Brooding Grounds, Mount Spyr, and the Frozen Village!
+ Frost Fighter Vanity Set
+Snowman Banner
+Polychromatic Peppermint Weapons
+ Legendary and Epic Gear
Housing
Some new festive furnishings are available in the Housing Store for platinum:
- Large Silver and White Winter Trees
- Teddy Bear Furnishings (Use the recipes from the vendor to add a festive hat!)
- Winter Antique Sleigh
There is also a return of some holiday favorites. All are purchased for plat:
- Winter Tree + Silver, Green, and Gold Arcanite Trees
- Deluxe Gold, Emerald, and Platinum Trees
- Snowy Barrel
- Green Winter Bell
- Red Winter Bell
- Winter Garland
- Winter Holly
- Big Gift
- Fancy Gift
- Winter Snowman
- Winter Stocking
- Green Tinsel
- Red Tinsel
- Silver Tinsel
Plus the Winter Environment: Winter Wonderland: +10 to All Stats (STR, DEX, and INT)
Winter furnishings for guild halls are now also available in the furnishing store.
Store Sales
Looking for a deal? Here are the scheduled store sales for the holidays:
+ 12/15
- Locked Holley Crate I
- Aurelian Diamond Vanity Set
+ 12/16
- Locked Holley Crate I
+ 12/17-18
- Locked Holley Crate I
- Heroic Drauger's Egg
- Holiday Wreath Aura
- Winter Tree Weapons
- 12/19 - Locked Holley Crate I
- 12/20 - Locked Holley Crate I, Holiday Jewel Chest
- 12/21 - Locked Holley Crate I, Crate Keys
- 12/22 - Locked Holley Crate I, Aurelian Diamond Vanity Set
- 12/23 - Locked Holley Crate II
- 12/24 -25
- Locked Holley Crate II
- Heroic Drauger's Egg
- Arcanite Glacian's Egg
- Toy Train Aura
- Winter Tree Weapons
- 12/26 - Locked Holley Crate II
- 12/27 - Locked Holley Crate II, Holiday Jewel Chest
- 12/28 - Locked Holley Crate II, Crate Keys
- 12/29 - Locked Holley Crate III, Aurelian Diamond Vanity Set
- 12/30 - Locked Holley Crate III
- 12/31-1/1
- Locked Holley Crate III
- Arcanite Glacian's Egg
- Ice Vortex Aura
- Winter Tree Weapons
- 1/2 - Locked Holley Crate III
- 1/3 - Locked Holley Crate III, Holiday Jewel Chest
- 1/4 - Locked Holley Crate III, Crate Keys
- 1/5 - Locked Holley Crate III, Aurelian Diamond Vanity Set
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Holiday season from all of us at Spacetime Studios!
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