Merrywinter

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Merrywinter

Merrywinter

Merrywinter is the winter seasonal event that takes place around December on Fjolarok.

Activities

• Gathering Snowflakes from Festive Gifts, Giant Gifts and Gilded Gifts to trade with The Winter Man.
• Trading certain Cards with the Shady Dealer.
• Buying exclusive items and skins from The Winter Man with Unique Snowflakes.
• Fighting Frost Crabs and Rude Holfs to gain Cheer and Spear cards
• Frogs are replaced by Penguins

Gifts

During the event, gifts will randomly spawn around Fjolarok and can be gathered for Snowflakes. There are three sizes of gifts: Festive, Giant and Gilded. Snowflakes can also be earned by turning in quests in Fjolarok. Gathering a gift rewards 40 reputation with The Winter Man.

Festive Gift	Giant Gift	Gilded Gift
1 - 2 Snowflakes	3 - 7 Snowflakes	5 - 12 Snowflakes

The Winter Man

The Winter Man is an NPC and a matching faction who accepts 15 snowflakes in exchange for a random Merrywinter item: Sprig of Mistletoe, Bottomless Eggnog, Glacial Eggnog or Unique Snowflake. Turning in snowflakes also rewards 100 reputation. The Unique Snowflakes can be used to buy cosmetics or a special winter necklace.

Items

• Snowflake (currency) from gathering gifts or turning in quests in Fjolarok
• Unique Snowflake sometimes from turning in 15 snowflakes to The Winter Man
• Sprig of Mistletoe sometimes from turning in 15 snowflakes to The Winter Man
• Bottomless Eggnog sometimes from turning in 15 snowflakes to The Winter Man
• Glacial Eggnog sometimes from turning in 15 snowflakes to The Winter Man
• Enchanted Wreath (set-stat level 20 epic necklace) for 5 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation
• Cheer and Spear cards from Frost Crabs and Rude Holfs
• Festive Spear from turning in sets of Cheer and Spear cards

Cosmetics

• Arctic Hare Pet Skin for 15 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation
• Rude Holf Mount Skin for 15 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation
• Bearded Wizard Skin for 15 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation
• Bearded Knight Skin for 15 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation
• Bearded Priest Skin for 15 Unique Snowflakes at Honored reputation

History

2018 Items

• Enchanted Wreath : level 20 neck with 10 to all attributes, requires 5 Unique Snowflakes and honored reputation with The Winter Man
• Festive Spear : with 30 quality + 3 random stats (from trading 6 Cheer and Spear cards with Vikar).
• Bearded Wizard Skin (requires Honored reputation with The Winter Man and 15 Unique Snowflakes).
• Scented Beard Oil (from trading 5 Wizard's Vice with Vikar).

2017 Items

• Enchanted Wreath : level 8 ring with 35 quality, 25% attack speed and 25% cast speed, requires 4 Unique Snowflakes and honored reputation with The Winter Man.
• Festive Spear : with 10% Attack Speed + 3 random stats (from trading 6 Cheer and Spear cards with Vikar).
• Bearded Wizard Skin (requires Honored reputation with The Winter Man and 15 Unique Snowflakes).
• Scented Beard Oil (from trading 5 Wizard's Vice with Vikar).

Frequently Asked Questions

• How do you get snowflakes? You get snowflakes from collecting presents and doing quests.
• How many snowflakes per quest? One snowflake per quest completed.
• Which present gives more snowflakes? Presents are different sizes, which correspond to the amount of snowflakes you get.
• Where can I use snowflakes? The snowflakes can be traded to the winter man, who is in Fjorlgard (the town).
• What do I get for snowflakes? The winter man will give you mistletoe, unique snowflakes, and, very rarely, an ~eggnog.
• How many snowflakes can I trade? You trade snowflakes 15 at a time.
• What's the chance for frost crabs and rude holfs to spawn? 4% chance for a mob to be elite, which means the chance of a rude holf or frost crab is 4%.
• What do rude holfs and frost crabs drop? Rude holfs (elite elk) and frost crabs (elite titan crabs) drop cheer and spear cards.
• What do you do with Cheer and Spear cards? These can be used to trade 6 at a time to the shady dealer.
• What will 6 Cheer and Spear cards get me? The shady dealer will, in return, give you a spear with 30% quality
• What's the spawn rate for frost crabs and rude holfs? Every 25 elk or titan crabs killed should result in a rude holf/frost crab.
• How many snowflakes do you need to turn in to be honored with the winter man? 1364 snowflakes required to get honored with winter man.