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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=980 The Great Winter Hunt Returns!] ===
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===Ronza visits Gnawnia===
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==== The Frost King's Latest Attack ====
''{{date|25|July|2017}}''
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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: 100%; margin: auto; border-spacing: 1em; text-align: center"
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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: 16.6%; padding: 0.416em" | Throwable Snowballs
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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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'''Golem Parts'''
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'''Magical Holiday Hat'''
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'''Magical Holiday Scarf'''
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'''Festive Spirit itself'''</div>
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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.
  
Ronza is is back with more goodies!
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'''''(NEW)''  Storm Condenser Base'''
  
<p>Ronza visits far and distant lands looking for new hunting equipment to bring to the Kingdom of Gnawnia. After a lengthy journey, Ronza has finally returned with a wide array of equipment for sale! Her schedule is a busy one, and she never stays for long, so make sure to visit her shop and browse her wares!
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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>
  
Pay special attention to which of Ronza's wares are Limited Edition. Anything marked as Limited Edition is in short supply and will not ever return to the Kingdom!</p>
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'''Claimed from the Reward Track'''
  
====Ronza's Trapsmith====
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'''''(NEW)''  Steam AugerBot 3000'''
  
'''Chrome Temporal Turbine (Upgrade for the Temporal Turbine)''' <br/>
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<div style="text-align: centre; padding-left: 0.416em">'''Limited Edition'''</div>
Ronza has secured another stash of shiny chrome and put it to good use! The Chrome Temporal Turbine Upgrade Kit will upgrade the Temporal Turbine into an even more formidable Shadow trap with 6,000 Power, +28 Luck, and a massive 25% Power Bonus!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left: 0.416em">While hunting at the Iceberg, has a chance of doubling your forward progress!</div>
  
'''Chrome Grand Arcanum (Limited Edition)''' <br/>
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'''Claimed from the Reward Track'''
This "chromed" version of the Grand Arcanum is an improvement upon the original design, having 5,000 Power and +23 Luck. This trap comes preassembled with its chrome coating, meaning there's no need to own the original Grand Arcanum.
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'''''(NEW)''  Cozy Chalet Journal Theme'''
  
'''Rocket Propelled Gavel Trap (Limited Edition)''' <br/>
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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>
Hunting mice is an absolute SMASH with this capable Physical trap. The Rocket Propelled Gavel Trap has 6,200 Power, +22 Luck, and a healthy 15% Power Bonus, making it great for hunters looking for a step up from the RhinoBot.
 
  
'''Ultimate Iceberg Base (Limited Edition)''' <br/>
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'''Adventure Reward'''
This highly complex piece of hunting equipment is the perfect base for traversing the Iceberg! Its "one base fits all" design provides the benefits of all the specialty Iceberg bases, including the Deep Freeze Base!
 
  
====Ronza's Charm Shoppe====
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'''''(NEW)''  Golden Winter Hunt Gift Box'''
  
'''Ultimate Wealth Charm (New Charm!)''' <br/>
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<div style="text-align: centre; padding-left: 0.416em">'''Winter Aura Reward'''</div>
Earn 40% more gold from mice to a maximum of 50,000 gold!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left: 0.416em">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!</div>
  
'''Nightlight Charm (New Charm!)''' <br/>
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'''Viceroy+ Loot Drop'''
Most powerful during night!
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'''Super Enerchi Charm (New Charm!)''' <br/>
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<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold">New Festive Trap Skins in the Premium Shop</div>
+5 Enerchi, anywhere in the Kingdom!
 
  
'''Rift Charm (New Charm!)''' <br/>
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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.
Provides the Rift set bonus!
 
  
====Ronza's Cartographer====
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Winter Taiga Trap Skin Bundle'''<br>Skins, Throwable Snowballs, Showdown Dust!
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'''Chrome Scroll Case (New Scroll Case)''' <br/>
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==== Festive Activities ====
  
This bright and shiny scroll case contains a special treasure hunt that spans the entire Kingdom. The difficulty of map you'll find inside scales with your hunters title and more challenge maps lead to more rewarding chests!
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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.
  
Opening the Chrome Treasure Chest that this map leads to will grant a special Chrome Aura which provides a +5 Luck Bonus for several days! The more challenging the map, the longer the aura lasts. Just like the Slayer Aura, the Chrome Aura duration stacks. If you open a Chrome Chest while having the Chrome Aura, the aura's duration will be extended. Using Rare Map Dust will result in a rare version of the chest that increases the duration of the aura!
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<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold">Reminder: Each Gnawnian Day begins at midnight UTC</div>
  
These scroll cases are a difficult commodity for Ronza to secure, and as a result, hunters are limited to three each. However, if you manage to complete a Chrome Treasure Map while Ronza is still here, she will sell you another.
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{| style="width: 100%; margin: auto; border-spacing: 1em; text-align: center"
Provides the Rift set bonus!
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'''Stuck Snowball Sundays'''
  
'''Golden Jade Scroll Case''' <br/>
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">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.</div>
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'''Animated Snow Storm'''
  
This treasure hunt will take you throughout the Kingdom in search of 20 clues. The chest you'll find is full of Points, Ancient Charms, Ancient Relics, and a wide variety of other goodies!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">During the 48 hour storm, all mice in the taiga will drop Animated Snow with the Snowflake, Glazy, and Joy mice dropping the most.</div>
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'''Grand Gift Opening Ceremony'''
  
These scroll cases are not as difficult for Ronza to secure and so have a much lighter carry restriction. Hunters are limited to 100 each.
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">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.</div>
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'''New Year's Celebration'''
  
====Airship Supply Ships====
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">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!</div>
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'''Naughty and Nice Lists'''
  
Ronza has brought with her "Supply Ships" stocked with tons of useful items! You'll also find Airship Charms, which provide an impressive Power and Luck bonus and are available directly from the Premium Shoppe, as free daily gifts for friends, and as free rewards within Daily Loyalty Chests!
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-left 0.416em">Visit a Cartographer anywhere in the taiga to start one of these festive maps!</div>
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'''Snowball Showdown'''
  
====Rockforth Cheese, Rockstar Mice, and Moussile Mice====
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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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While hunting at Ronza's Traveling Shoppe, you may come across a bait with an especially loud flavour -- Rockforth Cheese! The extreme volume means you can only hold 99 pieces in your inventory, however, arming it will bring around two special mice! The Rockstar and Moussile Mouse have both come to visit her shoppe and are carrying special loot.
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==== Festive Supplies, Gift Baskets, Kits, and Skins! ====
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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!
  
'''Note''': Ronza will leave on '''1 August 2017'''. Be sure to visit her Shoppe before it's too late!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Golem Body Builder Bundle'''<br>Get huge gains with one entire golem! (Limit 1)
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Animated Snowball Starter Bundle'''<br>Arm yourself with snowballs! (Limit 3)
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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" | '''100 Festive Spirit'''<br>Super charge the Taiga!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''500 Pecan Pecorino Cheese'''<br>Gather Golem Parts!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino'''<br>Unique event mice!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''3 Magical Holiday Hat'''<br>Enhanced Golem rewards!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''25 Festive Jingle Bells'''<br>Speed up your golems!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Snowball Showdown Dust'''<br>Amp up showdown rewards
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Winter Taiga Gift Basket'''<br>Great gift!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Winter Taiga Small Supply Kit'''<br>Jump start festivities!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Winter Taiga Large Supply Kit'''<br>Stock up!
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<div style="text-align: left; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em"><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;">'''The Great Winter Hunt will enter shutdown phase on'''<br>'''Tuesday, January 6, 2026'''</div>
  
===Bristle Woods Rift Maps and Changes===
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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>
''{{date|5|July|2017}}''
 
  
The Bristle Woods Rift has morphed and changed!
 
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====Bristle Woods Rift Updates====
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<div style="text-align: left; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em"><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;">'''The Great Winter Hunt will end completely on'''<br>'''Tuesday, January 13, 2026'''</div>
The ever-shifting chambers within the Bristle Woods Rift have twisted and turned, revealing new secrets within the Rift Acolyte Tower!
 
  
Explore the Bristle Woods Rift with friends by taking on one of two new treasure maps, locate two new rare chambers, and take on the updated Frozen Alcove to discover hidden loot.
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Hunters can continue to send out Snow Golems until the event ends completely.
  
'''New Treasure Maps'''<br/>
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After the event ends, the following items will melt away and be removed from your inventory:
Available from the Bristle Woods Rift Cartographer are two new Treasure Map Scroll Cases. The Rift Stalker Scroll Case contains a map with 30 mice spanning the Furoma and Bristle Woods Rift. The Bristle Woods Rift Scroll Case contains a map with 15 mice within only the Bristle Woods Rift.
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*Golem Parts
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*Animated Snow
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*Reinforced Ice Shards
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*Compressed Cinnamon
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*Hailstones
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*Firework Sugar Cookies
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*Magical Holiday Scarf
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*Golem Gift Box
  
'''New Rare Chambers'''<br/>
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<div style="text-align: center;">'''Make sure to use up all of these resources before January 13!'''</div></div>
The Lucky Tower and Hidden Treasury can be found on rare occasion while exploring the Rift Acolyte Tower. These chambers have a massive stockpile of loot including Quantum Quartz, Rift Luck Charms, and Rift Wealth Charms.
 
  
'''Frozen Alcove and Absolute Acolyte Loot'''<br/>
 
The shifting of the Rift Acolyte Tower has caused a change within the Frozen Alcove. There is now 35 loot to be found within the Frozen Alcove, meaning hunters will be able to loot the chamber more quickly.
 
  
The enchantment within the Frozen Alcove has also changed to not only protect against the Absolute Acolyte but also weaken its icy grip. If you've completed the Frozen Alcove, the Absolute Acolyte will drop bonus loot in addition to the Rift Mysterious Box. The nature and value of these items can vary wildly, including anything from lowly Rift Curd to the extremely valuable Timesplit Rune, Clockwork Cogs, Ultimate Charms, and more! The power of the Quantum Pocketwatch is able to reach these items, meaning you'll get additional loot if the Acolyte Drops a rift item and you are using Quantum Quartz!
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<div style="text-align: center; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em; font-size: 125%;">'''Travel to the Great Winter Taiga!'''</div>
  
However, this beneficial discovery for hunters has also come at a price. The discovery of the Absolute Acolyte's weakness has enraged the villain, causing it to steal Time Sand from hunters! However, fear not! Your Acolyte Influence spell will protect you from this dastardly new ability of the Absolute Acolyte Mouse.
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-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
  
'''Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme'''<br/>
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Amongst all the updates, a new reward has been discovered! The collectible Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme consists of three scraps hidden within the Rift Acolyte Tower. It's a safe bet that the Absolute Acolyte is carefully protecting one with its icy paws, but, where could the other two be?
 
  
'''Curse Removal Chambers'''<br/>
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Finally, the shifting of the tower has revealed a few new paths to finding some chambers. Hunters within the Bristle Woods Rift should find that the Security Chamber, Pursuer Mousoleum, and Furnace Room are slightly easier to find. Additionally, the Acolyte Chamber itself will now appear with a little more regularity. Hunters should notice the Acolyte Chamber appearing a little more often when they have lower quantities of Time Sand.
 
  
====Rift Supplies and Kits====
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*'''Bristle Woods Rift Treasure Hunting Kit'''
 
:Includes Rare Map Dust!
 
*'''Rare Map Dust'''
 
:More rewards!
 
  
====Bristle Woods Rift Updates====
 
*New Treasure Maps
 
*Two new rare chambers to find
 
*Easier Frozen Alcove
 
*Find the Acolyte Chamber with less Time Sand
 
*Unlock Absolute Acolyte Bonus Loot
 
 
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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