Event Winter Event 2023

[Kyrael]

Dear Kings & Queens,

Is that the jingle of Santa's bells I hear? Its time to hang up your stocking and decorate the tree - the Winter Event is here with all its prizes and festive cheer!

Our Quest Givers, Ami and Isabella, once again need your help to decorate Mistletown for the festive season. Help them out, listen to Ami's stories and have fun unwrapping gifts and winning some magical prizes!

The Winter Event will start on the 1st of December, and will run until the 1st of January!

Event Mechanics​

Our Winter Event shuffle board is back again for you to enjoy! To start the festive fun this year, you'll need to gather Stars from event quests and incidents which you can use to unwrap gifts from the shuffle board. Each gift costs 10 Stars to unwrap and lights up either 1 or 2 houses. Light up all 20 and Mistletown's Winter Tree will also illuminate and grant you a Grand Prize!

Hidden among the gifts on the shuffle board is the Daily Special. If you're lucky enough to win the Daily Special or find the "Shuffle", you'll also win an Elf for the Elves' Workshop. Each time you win an Elf you will have the opportunity to choose one of two gifts to add to a bonus blessing pile which you can then unlock with diamonds. Or if you just can't choose, you can pay the diamond cost to add both of them, or even switch the blessing options available to choose from!

That's not all! The Winter Calendar is returning too, offering a new door to unlock every day, each holding a prize. Unlock all doors in the Calendar to win some bonus prizes! Those include the Santa's Spectacular Showtime, as well as Forge Plus for a duration of 7 days!

Opening the Calendar doors requires keys of course, and you can win these from the shuffle board by opening Gifts, but keep in mind, that not every selection of Gifts will also include a key! If you are very lucky and win more than one key on the same day, you will earn a Master Key Part as well as 10 Stars instead, which will allow you to assemble additional Keys to unlock any Calendar days you miss. You can win Master Key Parts also in the Daily Challenges, or purchase them with diamonds.

Please note: If your Daily Key is doubled, you will get a Daily Key and a Master Key Part together with 10 Stars!

And let's not forget the most important part about the Winter: Snow!
After receiving or spending your stars, snow will begin falling down into your town and cover everything in a nice white layer for a while.

The Prizes​

Without further ado, the moment you've been waiting for! This year's Grand Prize will be the Winter Wonderland Pyramid! There will be two upgrades to boost the stats on your Pyramid to boost it up to the Grand Winter Wonderland Pyramid (Silver Upgrade) and the Majestic Winter Wonderland Pyramid (Golden Upgrade).

Name:	Winter Wonderland Pyramid - Lv. 10 (4x4)	Grand Winter Wonderland Pyramid (4x4)	Majestic Winter Wonderland Pyramid (4x4)
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Permanent Effects:	+22% to +25% Attack for Attacking Army +23% to +26% Attack for Defending Army	225 to 14003 Population +24% to +27% Attack for Attacking Army +1% to +4% Attack for Attacking Army in Guild Battlegrounds +26% to +29% Attack for Defending Army	238 to 14811 Population +26% to +29% Attack for Attacking Army +5% to +8% Attack for Attacking Army in Guild Battlegrounds +29% to +32% Attack for Defending Army +9% to +12% Attack for Defending Army in Guild Expeditions
1d Production:	1800 to 118600 Supplies	1900 to 126700 Supplies	2000 to 134800 Supplies
1d Production:	10 to 13 Forge Points 13 to 16 Goods +10 Random Units 5 Grand Winter Wonderland Pyramid Silver Upgrade Kit Fragments (150 Required) 1 Winter Wonder Retreat Selection Kit Fragment (100 Required)	13 to 16 Forge Points 29 to 32 Goods +11 Random Units 5 Majestic Winter Wonderland Pyramid Golden Upgrade Kit (150 Required) 2 Winter Wonder Retreat Selection Kit Fragments (100 Required)	16 to 19 Forge Points 45 to 48 Goods +12 Random Units 3 Winter Wonder Retreat Selection Kit Fragments (100 Required)
Required Road Connection:	No Road Connection Required	No Road Connection Required	No Road Connection Required

We also have a sweet boost for last year's Chocolatery building! Introducing Ted's Blissful Choc and Ketebo Candy Delights! The Nutcracker Guardhouse is also receiving a boost! All of them got a new level!

Name:	Ted's Blissful Choc (4x6)	Ketebo Candy Delights (4x6)	Joyful Nutcracker Guardhouse (2x2)
Available in:	Elves' Workshop, Silver & Gold League, Calendar Completion Reward and Event Pass	Elves' Workshop, Silver & Gold League, Calendar Completion Reward and Event Pass	Elves' Workshop, Chocolatery production and Calendar Reward
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Permanent Effects:	760 to 17219 Happiness +28% to +41% Attack for Attacking Army +9% to +13% Defense for Attacking Army +5% to +9% Attack for Defending Army +23% to +36% Defense for Defending Army	760 to 17219 Happiness +8% to +12% Attack for Attacking Army +33% to +47% Defense for Attacking Army +16% to +30% Attack for Defending Army +6% to +10% Defense for Defending Army	+8% to +12% Attack for Attacking Army +10% to +14% Defense for Attacking Army
1d Production:	4 Forge Points 44 Goods 1 Nutcracker Guardhouse Selection Kit Fragment (100 Required)	20 Forge Points 12 Goods 1 Nutcracker Guardhouse Selection Kit Fragment (100 Required)	2 Forge Points
1d Production:	4 Forge Points 20 Goods 2 Nutcracker Guardhouse Selection Kit Fragments (100 Required)	8 Forge Points 8 Goods 2 Nutcracker Guardhouse Selection Kit Fragments (100 Required)	4 Forge Points 3 Mass Self-Aid Kit Fragments (30 Required)

We also have some more new festive buildings to add some seasonal cheer to your cities!

Name:	Sweet Gingerbread Cottage (3x3)	Santa's Spectacular Showtime (3x3)	Capy's Winter Holiday Spa (3x2)	Magical Winter Snow Globe (2x3)
Available in:	Gold League	Calendar Completion Reward	Silver Event Pass & Winter Wonder Retreat Selection Kit	Golden Event Pass & Winter Wonder Retreat Selection Kit
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Permanent Effects:	+45% Attack for Attacking Army +56% Attack for Defending Army +75% Defense for Defending Army	+44% Attack for Attacking Army +60% Defense for Attacking Army +57% Attack for Defending Army	-1080 to -24450 Happiness -248 to -15450 Population +6% to +12% Attack for Attacking Army +8% to +14% Defense for Attacking Army +21% to +27% Attack for Defending Army	-1620 to -36670 Happiness -166 to -10300 Population +12% to +18% Attack for Attacking Army +4% to +10% Attack for Defending Army +9% to +15% Defense for Defending Army
1d Production:	31 Forge Points	36 Forge Points	30 to 42 Previous Age Goods	3 to 9 Forge Points
1d Production:	27 Goods 27 Previous Age Goods 20 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Golden Selection Kit Fragments (150 Required)	25 Goods 24 Previous Age Goods 10 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Silver Selection Kit Fragments (150 Required)	Random Production: 75% 1 Renovation Kit Fragment (30 Required) 25% 5 One Up Kit Fragments (30 Required)	Random Production 75% 1 One Up Kit Fragment (30 Required) 25% 5 Renovation Kit Fragments (30 Required)
Required Road Connection:	No Road Connection Required	No Road Connection Required		No Road Connection Required

Your townspeople deserve a treat, so we're introducing Elfie's Nog Shop - a 4 level building which provides Selection Kit Fragments for this year's main event building, among other great bonuses! It can be obtained from the Elves' Workshop!

Name:	Elfie's Nog Shop Lv. 1 (3x3)	Elfie's Nog Shop Lv. 2 (3x3)	Elfie's Cream & Nog Shop	Elfie's Cream & Nog Emporium
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Permanent Effects:	+23% to +28% Attack for Attacking Army	+23% to +28% Attack for Attacking Army	-1360 to -30600 Happiness +23% to +28% Attack for Attacking Army +32% to +37% Attack for Defending Army	-1620 to -36670 Happiness -248 to -15450 Population +25% to +30% Attack for Attacking Army +34% to +39% Attack for Defending Army
1d Production:	11 to 13 Forge Points	11 to 13 Forge Points	11 to 13 Forge Points	13 to 15 Forge Points
1d Production:	1 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Selection Kit Fragment (150 Required)	22 to 30 Goods 3 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Selection Kit Fragments (150 Required)	22 to 30 Goods 3 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Silver Selection Kit Fragments (150 Required)	34 to 42 Goods 3 Winter Wonderland Pyramid Golden Selection Kit Fragments (150 Required)

Leagues​

This year we are adding Leagues to the Winter Event to provide even more opportunities to win prizes! Your league progress will be based on your Grand Prize progress.

Avatars​

No Event is complete without some seasonal new Avatars for you to enjoy!

Freya	Winston	Ginger	Ophelia	Jasper	Thalia	Juniper	Walter	Astrid
Quest Reward	Quest Reward	League Reward	Calendar Reward	Grand Prize	Silver Pass	Silver Pass	Gold Pass	Gold Pass

Should you have any comments, questions or issues, please let us know! We're very much looking forward to your feedback!

Let it snow!

Your Festive Forge of Empires Team!