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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=555 She's Big, She's Back, She's Jaq!] ===
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=980 The Great Winter Hunt Returns!] ===
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''{{date|29|June|2021}}''
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''{{date|9|December|2025}}''
  
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'''Big, Back, with some new things in the Shack!'''<br/>
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'''Start sending golems to collect loot'''
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Big Jaq is back in the Queso Canyon with all sorts of spicy deals!
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Visit the Great Winter Taiga and Confront the Frost King once again
  
 
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==== Jaqueline the Spice Merchant Returns to Queso Canyon ====
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==== The Frost King's Latest Attack ====
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The travelling spice merchant Jaqueline, or "Big Jaq" as she's known to friends, has once again setup her Spice Shack in the Queso Canyon! Visit any General Store in the areas of the Queso Canyon region to browse her popup shop where all sorts of spicy deals are available.
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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: 100%; margin: auto; border-spacing: 1em"
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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: 100%; margin: auto; border-spacing: 1em; text-align: center"
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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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While Big Jaq is visiting, there are also some unique loot drops to find! Boost your Bland Queso collection by recovering Kegs of Bland Queso from mice throughout the Queso Canyon region.
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'''Golem Parts'''
  
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The Mobile App requires version 1.108.0 in order to use the new Cork Material exchange and purchase the new Blooming Rubber Plants.
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'''Magical Holiday Hat'''
  
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This update is live on the Google Play store but unfortunately, this update is still pending approval from Apple and is not yet available on the App Store. We hope this update will be approved soon but in the meantime, iOS users can visit www.mousehuntgame.com from a web browser in order to use the Cork Material exchange and purchase the new Rubber Plants.
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'''Magical Holiday Scarf'''
  
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'''Festive Spirit itself'''</div>
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Big Jaq's Bland Queso Kegs have been stolen! Catch mice in Queso Canyon for a chance to get a cheesy reward (she won't mind you keeping the kegs for yourself). The kegs come in three sizes and you can use Wild Tonic to shake loose '''double''' the kegs when mice drop them!
 
  
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:'''250 Bland Queso'''
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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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:'''1,500 Bland Queso'''
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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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'''150 Wild Tonic'''
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'''Claimed from the Reward Track'''
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DOUBLE keg drops with Wild Tonic!
 
  
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These Kegs of Queso can be collected '''anywhere in the region''', including the Queso Geyser! Fortunately, the kegs are heat-resistant and buoyant enough to safely float in the liquid hot queso at the geyser. As a result, the kegs will appear as loot drops directly from mice and not in nests.
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'''''(NEW)''  Steam AugerBot 3000'''
  
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==== Spice Leaf and Cork Material Exchange ====
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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 hunting at the Iceberg, has a chance of doubling your forward progress!</div>
  
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Big Jaq has expanded her wares this year and now offers a Cork Material Exchange in her shop in addition to the Spice Leaf Exchange! You can now exchange up your Nachore, Spice Leaves, AND Cork Materials for higher tier items! Make sure you don't miss out!
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'''Claimed from the Reward Track'''
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'''''(NEW)''  Cozy Chalet Journal Theme'''
  
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'''Spice Leaf Exchange'''
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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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*Mild Spice Leaf
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'''Adventure Reward'''
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:Cost: 6 Nachore
 
  
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*Medium Spice Leaf
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:Cost: 3 Mild Leaves
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'''''(NEW)''  Golden Winter Hunt Gift Box'''
  
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*Hot Spice Leaf
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<div style="text-align: centre; padding-left: 0.416em">'''Winter Aura Reward'''</div>
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:Cost: 3 Medium Leaves
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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>
  
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*Flamin' Spice Leaf
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'''Viceroy+ Loot Drop'''
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'''NEW Cork Material Exchange'''
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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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*Cork Bark
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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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:Cost: 12 Nachore
 
  
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*Rubber
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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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==== Festive Activities ====
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:Cost: 6 Rubber
 
  
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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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:Cost: 6 Geyserite
 
  
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==== Blooming Spice Plants ====
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<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold">Reminder: Each Gnawnian Day begins at midnight UTC</div>
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Make sure to tap open the Queso Kegs as you find them to add to your inventory of Bland Queso. Visit Big Jaq's Spice Shack where you can fertilize the Bland Queso into Blooming Spice Plants of various sizes, heats, and materials.
 
  
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'''Small Blooming Spice Plant'''
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'''Stuck Snowball Sundays'''
  
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'''Medium Blooming Spice Plant'''
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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find '''Mild''' and '''Medium Spice Leaves'''. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of either '''Hot''' or '''Flamin' Spice Leaves'''.
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'''Animated Snow Storm'''
  
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'''Large Blooming Spice Plant'''
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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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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find '''Mild''', '''Medium''', and '''Hot Spice Leaves'''. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of '''Flamin' Spice Leaves''', or, more rarely, '''Ember Roots''' or '''Ember Stones'''.
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'''Grand Gift Opening Ceremony'''
  
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'''NEW Blooming Rubber Plant'''
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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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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find enough '''Cork Bark''' and '''Congealed Rubber''' for a Medium Cork along with either some '''Geyserite''' or '''Tungsten'''.
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'''New Year's Celebration'''
  
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'''50 Wild Tonic'''
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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'''
  
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==== Big Jaq's Bundles ====
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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'''
  
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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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Pick up Big Jaq's Budding Bundle to receive 25 Wild Tonic, 10,000 Bland Queso and a Large Blooming Spice Plant. (Limit 1 per hunter)
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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!
  
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Pick up Big Jaq's Blooming Bundle to receive 100 Magic Essence, 200 Wild Tonic, 20,000 Bland Queso, 3 Large Blooming Spice Plants, and 3 Blooming Rubber Plants. (Limit 3 per hunter)
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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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These special offers are only available until Big Jaq leaves on July 13, 2021.
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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>
  
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Big Jaq's Buddin' Bundle
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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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Tonic, Bland Queso, and a Large Plant!
 
  
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Big Jaq's Bloomin' Bundle
 
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Tonic, Queso, and two plants!
 
  
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Big Jaq is visiting Queso Canyon until Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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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>
  
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-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
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Hunters can continue to send out Snow Golems until the event ends completely.
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After the event ends, the following items will melt away and be removed from your inventory:
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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
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<div style="text-align: center;">'''Make sure to use up all of these resources before January 13!'''</div></div>
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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>
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-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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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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