Return of the Frost King!
Within the Great Winter Taiga to the North, the Frost King has once again constructed his massive Ice Fortress. Shielded by a dome of thick ice, the Frost King is projecting an icy spell to plummet the Kingdom into perpetual winter!
Fortunately the arrival of the Festive Comet and Animated Snow provides the perfect means of amassing ammunition to shatter the shield: Hailstones! Visit the Great Winter Taiga to collect Golem Parts and Animated Snow. Construct magical Snow Golems to collect not only valuable hunting supplies but also Hailstones which can be fired at the fortress to shatter its shield, allowing hunters to confront the Frost King.
Collect Pecan Pecorino to loot Golem Parts
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Forge more Golem Parts at the Workshop
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Send Golems out to collect loot and Hailstones
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Fire Hailstones at the fortress to stop the Frost King
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25 Festive Jingle Bells Instantly return a golem!
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Magical Holiday Hat +3 loot to ANY level golem!
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Collect the Frost King's Magical Holiday Scarf to construct an especially rewarding golem!
Uncork Festive Spirit
When all the warm and fuzzy feelings from the holiday season are condensed and coalesced by a crisp north wind it produces this truly miraculous vapour that is believed to be the physical manifestation of joy itself.
Double Compressed Cinnamon anytime a mouse drops it!
+1 progress to all active forges in the Golem Workshop!
+1 shield damage when any cannon is fired (for a possible max of four)
Conjures 1 Throwable Snowball each and every hunt!
Double loot drops of a wide variety of festive-themed items at the Taiga!
You can obtain Festive Spirit by hunting with standard cheese, completing Naughty Maps, opening doors on your Advent Calendar, and by purchasing it from the Premium Shop.
25 Festive Spirit More loot!
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100 Festive Spirit Storm the Ice Fortress!
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Festive Spirit will double the following items dropped by mice in the Great Winter Taiga:
Animated Snow
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Compressed Cinnamon
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Pecan Pecorino
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Reinforced Ice Shards
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Winter Hunt Gift Boxes
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Throwable Snowballs
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Festive Jingle Bells
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Gift Wrapped Charms
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All types of Snowball Charms
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Festive Ultimate series charms
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Ultimate Charms
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Festive Spirit will not double the following items dropped by mice:
Golem Parts
Magical Holiday Hat
Magical Holiday Scarf
Festive Spirit itself
New Festive Rewards
Each time you claim a golem reward you'll progress a reward track to earn bonus rewards including two new pieces of Limited Edition hunting equipment.
(NEW) Storm Condenser Base
Limited Edition
While armed at Moussu Picchu, prevents the weather from intensifying!
Claimed from the Reward Track
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(NEW) Steam AugerBot 3000
Limited Edition
While hunting at the Iceberg, has a chance of doubling your forward progress!
Claimed from the Reward Track
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(NEW) Cozy Chalet Journal Theme
A new journal theme to keep keep your Hunter's Journal cozy and warm!
Adventure Reward
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(NEW) Golden Winter Hunt Gift Box
Winter Aura Reward
Hunters ranked Viceroy and up will occasionally receive a Golden Winter Hunt Gift Box from their Winter Aura instead of the regular Orange Gift Box!
Viceroy+ Loot Drop
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New Festive Trap Skins in the Premium Shop
The Premium Shop is stocked with five new festive trap skins. Grab a new skin for the Chrome Dragon Slayer Cannon, Legendary KingBot, Dragonsnare Net Launcher, Queso Fount Trap, and the Infinite Dark Magic Mirrors Trap! Visit the Premium Shop to see the new skins as well as a convenient bundle that includes all of them along with some bonus items.
Winter Taiga Trap Skin Bundle Skins, Throwable Snowballs, Showdown Dust!
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Festive Activities
The Great Winter Hunt is one of the biggest events of the year and there's so much more than golems. Hunt with friends to complete Nice and Naughty List Treasure Maps, reveal loot and prizes in the Snowball Showdown, leave something special under a friend's profile tree, and so much more! To help keep tabs on when things are happening a new calendar has been added to the heads-up display at the Great Winter Taiga.
Reminder: Each Gnawnian Day begins at midnight UTC
Stuck Snowball Sundays
Stuck Snowball mice will drop a quantity of Throwable Snowballs or Super Snowball Charms equal to the number of Stuck Snowball mice you've captured during this year's event.
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Animated Snow Storm
During the 48 hour storm all mice in the taiga will drop Animated Snow with the Snowflake, Glazy, and Joy mice dropping the most.
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Grand Gift Opening Ceremony
Players can leave gifts under profile trees up until the ceremony on December 19. Once the ceremony is held, gifts can be opened but no longer sent.
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New Year's Celebration
Keep an eye out for an update on December 30 at approximately 4:00pm UTC to start the New Year's celebration! There will be a new map to complete and new rewards to earn!
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Naughty and Nice Lists
Visit a Cartographer anywhere in the taiga to start one of these festive maps!
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Snowball Showdown
Reveal festive rewards including golem parts, charms, and more in this classic game!
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Festive Supplies, Gift Baskets, Kits, and Skins!
The King has assembled a variety of supply kits and baskets to give you a jump start on the Great Winter Hunt!
Golem Body Builder Bundle Get huge gains with one entire golem! (Limit 1)
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Animated Snowball Starter Bundle Arm yourself with snowballs! (Limit 3)
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Golem Gang Bundle Golems, Pecorino, Charms, and more! (Limit 3)
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100 Festive Spirit Super charge the Taiga!
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500 Pecan Pecorino Cheese Gather Golem Parts!
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500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino Unique event mice!
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3 Magical Holiday Hat Enhanced Golem rewards!
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25 Festive Jingle Bells Speed up your golems!
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Snowball Showdown Dust Amp up showdown rewards
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Winter Taiga Gift Basket Great gift!
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Winter Taiga Small Supply Kit Jump start festivities!
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Winter Taiga Large Supply Kit Stock up!
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The Great Winter Hunt will enter shutdown phase on
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
On Tuesday, January 7 2025, the Great Winter Hunt event will enter its shutdown phase. At this time, Pecan Pecorino and Golem Parts will no longer be found as loot drops. Forges will still work at the Golem Workshop and Cannons can still be fired at the Ice Fortress but Compressed Cinnamon will no longer drop in Cinnamon Hill.
The Great Winter Hunt will end completely on
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Hunters can continue to send out Snow Golems until the event ends completely.
After the event ends, the following items will melt away and be removed from your inventory:
- Golem Parts
- Animated Snow
- Reinforced Ice Shards
- Compressed Cinnamon
- Hailstones
- Firework Sugar Cookies
- Magical Holiday Scarf
- Golem Gift Box
Make sure to use up all of these resources before January 14!
Travel to the Great Winter Taiga!
-- Dave Vanderburg