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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=980 The Great Winter Hunt Returns!] ===
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=== Great Winter Iceball Brawl! ===
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==== The Frost King's Latest Attack ====
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''{{date|9|December|2014}}''
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The return of wintry weather has once again allowed the Frost King to construct his massive Ice Fortress. Hunters will need to smash their way through the Frost King's protective ice shield in order to end his plan to plunge Gnawnia into perpetual winter.
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Visit the Great Winter Taiga to find magical snow golems that are perfect for collecting all sorts of resources! Along with useful hunting supplies, your golems can collect powerful Hailstones to smash through the Ice Fortress' shield.
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | Collect Pecan Pecorino to loot Golem Parts
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | Forge more Golem Parts at the Workshop
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | Send Golems out to collect loot and Hailstones
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | Fire Hailstones at the fortress to stop the Frost King
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''25 Festive Jingle Bells'''<br>Instantly return a golem!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Magical Holiday Hat'''<br>+3 loot to ANY level golem!
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<div style="text-align: center;">Collect the Frost King's Magical Holiday Scarf to construct an especially rewarding golem!</div>
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==== Uncork Festive Spirit ====
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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.
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<div style="text-align: center; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em">Double Compressed Cinnamon anytime a mouse drops it!
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+1 progress to all active forges in the Golem Workshop!
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+1 shield damage when '''any''' cannon is fired (for a possible max of four)
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Conjures 1 Throwable Snowball each and every hunt!
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Double loot drops of a wide variety of festive-themed items at the Taiga!</div>
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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.
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''25 Festive Spirit'''<br>More loot!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''100 Festive Spirit'''<br>Storm the Ice Fortress!
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<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;">Festive Spirit '''will double''' the following items dropped by mice in the Great Winter Taiga:</div>
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| style="width: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Animated Snow
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| style="width: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Compressed Cinnamon
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| style="width: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Pecan Pecorino
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| style="width: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Reinforced Ice Shards
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| style="width: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Winter Hunt Gift Boxes
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| style="width: 20%; padding: 0.416em" | Festive Jingle Bells
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| style="width: 20%; padding: 0.416em" | Gift Wrapped Charms
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| style="width: 20%; padding: 0.416em" | All types of Snowball Charms
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| style="width: 20%; padding: 0.416em" | Festive Ultimate series charms
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| style="width: 20%; padding: 0.416em" | Ultimate Charms
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'''Magical Holiday Scarf'''
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==== New Festive Rewards ====
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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.
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'''''(NEW)''  Storm Condenser Base'''
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<div style="text-align: centre; padding-left: 0.416em">'''Limited Edition'''</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left: 0.416em">While armed at Moussu Picchu, prevents the weather from intensifying!</div>
  
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The Festive Comet has crashed down again, coating the land around it in a thick layer of frosty ice. An army of icy mice have taken advantage of the circumstances and are creating a Crystal Citadel to oppose the hunters of Gnawnia. You'll need to steal their supplies and build an Ice Fortress to challenge them!
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Each week for the next three weeks, a new icy leader will set up shop in the enemy Citadel and begin work on a massive, impenetrable tower. You'll need to build your defenses first, then challenge each leader directly. If you fall behind, you'll have to work to catch up -- but if you defeat them before the week is out, you'll have an opportunity to catch a very special mouse and earn some bonus loot to prepare for the next leader's arrival!
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'''''(NEW)'' Steam AugerBot 3000'''
  
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==== Accumulate Arctic Asiago! ====
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Priority number one is going to be amassing an amazing amount of Arctic Asiago -- the number-one preferred cheese of the invading icy mice. Arctic Asiago is fermented in the frigid air of the arctic, then frozen under a natural river of pure spring water and kept fresh and cool under a hardened protective layer of ice. If you want to get anything accomplished at all, arm Arctic Asiago!
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You can collect Arctic Asiago by hunting at the Festive Ice Fortress with any cheese (good), previous years' festive cheeses (better), or SUPER|brie+ ('''BEST'''). Also make sure to check your friends' profiles, your daily Advent Calendar, and your Daily Loyalty rewards to grab extra cheese and more!
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'''Claimed from the Reward Track'''
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If you just can't get enough of that amazing Arctic Asiago, the King has authorized the sale of a bundle of festive baskets, chock full of helpful goodies!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left: 0.416em">A new journal theme to keep keep your Hunter's Journal cozy and warm!</div>
  
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If you look off into the distance, you can see the results of the mousey construction effort -- a massive (for mice) Crystal Citadel! If you want a fair fight against them, you'll need to build an Ice Fortress of your own! To find some useful construction materials, equip Arctic Asiago and start catching mice! They'll drop Ice Bricks, which you can use to build your fortress and acquire special bonuses and powers!
 
  
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Specifically, though, look out for the Frigid Foreman, who is carrying the all-important Tower Slabs. There are a limited number of these shipped in each week, and once you've collected them all, you'll be able to build a new level of your Ice Tower, and begin a snowball fight against that week's leader! Again, remember to equip Arctic Asiago -- the Frigid Foreman's favourite!
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This week's leader is the abominable Glacia Ice Fist. Her immense strength and acclimation to the frigid cold makes her a great asset to the cause and an incredible rival. You'll need to defeat her quickly, that way you don't need to catch up when next week's leader arrives!
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If you do manage to defeat her quickly enough, you'll earn an opportunity to catch the rare Stuck Snowball Mouse! This mouse will only occasionally visit your trap, but if you've managed to defeat this week's leader before the next week's leader arrives, you'll enter into a quick, repeating snowball fight against the Stuck Snowball Mouse directly. Catch him as many times as you can!
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And why would you want to catch this mouse so many times? Well take a look -- he's zipping along, stuck inside that snowball, tumbling everywhere, getting bigger and snatching up more loot as he rolls. The more times you catch him, the bigger he is, and the more and better loot you get! Not to mention, every tenth catch will include a valuable Advent Chocolate!
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<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold">New Festive Trap Skins in the Premium Shop</div>
  
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==== Upgrading your Ice Fortress ====
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The Premium Shop is stocked with four new festive trap skins! 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.
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Step one for any fortress is building the foundation, sure, but that's only getting started! Keep hunting with Arctic Asiago and collecting Ice Bricks. Once you have enough, you'll be able to build an Ice Cannon that increases your trap's power, an Ice Armoury that helps you out in tournaments, Winter Walls to help you snag some extra loot, and a Festive Tavern to boost your social rewards!
 
  
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Want more loot? Every day, you'll get five Throwable Snowballs, and certain mice will drop some too. Check the upper-left of your HUD for a button labelled "Throw 'em!" which will open the Snowball Showdown. Toss your Throwable Snowballs at the board and try to uncover the differently-shaped festive items. Revealing a whole item will award you a gift, and clearing ALL the items will earn you SUPER|brie+! See how many times you can clear the board!
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[{{MHdomain}}/index.php?hg_sgh=ndbIXTGmPMO2ue5pxdry38Cek8zB41iZ4kCJ9iQOPEkfJXu86Bvy9T3jQNKB6O6m Grab some free Throwable Snowballs!]
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==== Festive Activities ====
  
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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 calendar can be viewed via the heads-up display at the Great Winter Taiga.
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Keep an eye out for Ice Coins and Advent Chocolates while hunting! Certain mice will drop these as loot, with mice attracted to SUPER|brie+ and Arctic Asiago dropping the most. Make sure to visit the various Festive Shoppes at the Festive Ice Fortress and browse all the various charms, supply packs, and other hunting equipment!
 
  
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The Hothouse Base is a reasonably powerful base with a crazy powerful bonus -- it doubles all Petal drops from the Living Garden, Lost City, Sand Dunes, and their twisted counterparts! You'll have to catch the final icy leader first -- the terrifying Borean Commander, who will arrive on week three.
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Next up, the Festive Gauntlet Crusher -- a festive relative to the Ancient Gauntlet. Aside from adding a bright and cheerful menace to your trap, any Tier 2 King's Gauntlet mice will drop double Tier 3 Gauntlet Potions when caught! But first, you'll need to completely build your Ice Fortress, so get hunting down those Ice Bricks!
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Once a day you can visit the profiles of up to ten of your friends to claim some Festive Feta to help you at the Festive Ice Fortress! Additionally, if your friend has upgraded their Festive Tavern, you'll also be able to claim Snowball Bocconcini from them! While you're there, thank them for helping you out by leaving a gift under their tree which they'll be able to open after the King's Grand Gift Opening Ceremony has begun in a couple of weeks.
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Finally, before friends can visit your profile, you'll need to remove the ice which has encased your dinner table! If a friend has not done the same, you can remind them by "chipping the ice" on their profile. If a friend has been away for an extended period of time, you may even find an Ice Coin when chipping away their ice! Chipping the ice will only let your friend know that you were there; they still need to clear away the ice on their own!
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'''Naughty and Nice Lists'''
  
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Looking for even more of a boost? Check out the Charm Shoppe and you'll find the Winter Hoarder Charm, which you can buy for 1 Winter Charm and 1 Magic Essence (obtained by smashing SUPER|brie+). This fancy charm will add 5 Luck to your trap, give you an equal chance to catch a Snowflake Mouse, '''AND''' add a chance of catching the Hoarder Mouse, who drops a lot of Arctic Asiago when caught!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">Reveal festive rewards including golem parts, charms, and more in this classic game!</div>
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For ''the most loot'', make sure to be hunting on '''Monday''' with SUPER|brie+ or Arctic Asiago! Some mice will have an extra chance of dropping either an Ice Coin or a Winter Charm, and those cheeses will give you the best chance of catching them. Furthermore, if you're using a Winter Charm or Winter Hoarder Charm, you'll have a better chance of encountering a Snowflake or Hoarder mouse on Mondays!
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The King has assembled a variety of supply kits and baskets to give you a jump start on the Great Winter Hunt!
  
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Golem Gang Bundle'''<br>Golems, Pecorino, Charms, and more! (Limit 3)
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino'''<br>Unique event mice!
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Looking for some competition? Festive Tournaments will start tomorrow, and we're going to kick things off with a MEGA Tournament -- the Hoarder Hunting Tournament! Get the most points by tracking down the Hoarder Mouse, and get just absolute gobs of loot for winning or placing!
 
  
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 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.</div>
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The icy invasion's leader mice are keeping a secret -- the secret of who is naughty and who is nice! When you catch them, they may drop either a Sealed Naughty or Nice List containing the names of a few mice. Check each mouse on the list to earn you and any friends you invite a special festive treasure chest reward! These rewards can be increased using Rare Map Dust, and even further increased by upgrading your Ice Fortress' Festive Tavern! What will you find in each reward chest?
 
  
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Old favourite trap skins return, along with some fantastic new ones! Some cost Ice Coins, while others require a handful of Advent Chocolates. If you find yourself a little short after raiding your Advent Calendar for chocolates, keep hunting! You may come across a rare chocolate or two while hunting at the Festive Ice Fortress. The King has also put together a Festive Skin Pack #1 containing all the old favourites, and a Festive Skin Pack #2, containing all the new ones!
 
  
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The Passing Parcel makes its glorious return! Accessible via the Free Gifts page, these gifts from the King have been wrapped with an undisclosed number of layers. After unwrapping a layer, should the final gift not be discovered, the parcel must be passed onto another friend from the Send Supplies page!
 
  
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:*Completely build your Ice Fortress.
 
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In order to beat back the icy mice, the King has authorized the sale of a wide variety of kits and bundles containing cheese, charms, and Ice Fortress construction equipment. Pick some up now to help you with the fight!
 
  
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[{{MHdomain}}/travel.php?highlightEnvironment=special_event_location Click here to travel to the Festive Ice Fortress]  |  [{{MHdomain}}/buy.php Click here to see the new supplies]
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 10 December 2025

For older updates, visit the Archive.

The Great Winter Hunt Returns!

9 December 2025

Start sending golems to collect loot

Visit the Great Winter Taiga and Confront the Frost King once again

The Frost King's Latest Attack

The return of wintry weather has once again allowed the Frost King to construct his massive Ice Fortress. Hunters will need to smash their way through the Frost King's protective ice shield in order to end his plan to plunge Gnawnia into perpetual winter.

Visit the Great Winter Taiga to find magical snow golems that are perfect for collecting all sorts of resources! Along with useful hunting supplies, your golems can collect powerful Hailstones to smash through the Ice Fortress' shield.

Collect Pecan Pecorino to loot Golem Parts Forge more Golem Parts at the Workshop
Send Golems out to collect loot and Hailstones Fire Hailstones at the fortress to stop the Frost King
25 Festive Jingle Bells
Instantly return a golem! 		Magical Holiday Hat
+3 loot to ANY level golem!
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! 		100 Festive Spirit
Storm the Ice Fortress!
Festive Spirit will double the following items dropped by mice in the Great Winter Taiga:
Animated Snow Compressed Cinnamon Pecan Pecorino Reinforced Ice Shards Winter Hunt Gift Boxes Throwable Snowballs
Festive Jingle Bells Gift Wrapped Charms All types of Snowball Charms Festive Ultimate series charms Ultimate Charms


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

(NEW) Steam AugerBot 3000

Limited Edition
While hunting at the Iceberg, has a chance of doubling your forward progress!

Claimed from the Reward Track

(NEW) Cozy Chalet Journal Theme

A new journal theme to keep keep your Hunter's Journal cozy and warm!

Adventure Reward

(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

New Festive Trap Skins in the Premium Shop

The Premium Shop is stocked with four new festive trap skins! 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!

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 calendar can be viewed via 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.

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.

Grand Gift Opening Ceremony

Players can leave gifts under profile trees up until the ceremony on December 18. Once the ceremony is held, gifts can be opened but no longer sent.

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 map to complete and new rewards to earn!

Naughty and Nice Lists

Visit a Cartographer anywhere in the taiga to start one of these festive maps!

Snowball Showdown

Reveal festive rewards including golem parts, charms, and more in this classic game!

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) 		Animated Snowball Starter Bundle
Arm yourself with snowballs! (Limit 3)
Golem Gang Bundle
Golems, Pecorino, Charms, and more! (Limit 3) 		100 Festive Spirit
Super charge the Taiga!
500 Pecan Pecorino Cheese
Gather Golem Parts! 		500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino
Unique event mice!
3 Magical Holiday Hat
Enhanced Golem rewards! 		25 Festive Jingle Bells
Speed up your golems!
Snowball Showdown Dust
Amp up showdown rewards 		Winter Taiga Gift Basket
Great gift!
Winter Taiga Small Supply Kit
Jump start festivities! 		Winter Taiga Large Supply Kit
Stock up!
The Great Winter Hunt will enter shutdown phase on
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 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 13, 2026

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 13!


Travel to the Great Winter Taiga!

-- Dave Vanderburg



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