Christmas Event
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The Christmas Trees
As you may have already noticed, there are a lot of Christmas trees standing around Juno. Most of these trees are fully decked out and very pretty to look at but one isn't. This one undecorated tree is located in the center of Randol City beside the spawn pad (red circle on the map). It's the most important tree of them all. This main tree is the NPC you'll have to talk with to participate in the Christmas event. |
The Christmas Tree Decorations
While you hunt, the monsters you kill may drop Christmas tree decorations. You will have the highest decoration drop rate when you are killing monsters that are white-named to you, so get ready to do some SP-farming. There are six types of decorations:
These decorations are used to decorate the main Christmas tree. To decorate the tree, talk to it and select option 1, "Decorations for a Christmas tree." All of the decorations will be removed from your inventory and put on the tree. Don't worry about missing out on anything, these Christmas tree decorations are only good for giving to the Christmas tree. The more decorations the tree has the better buffs and drops the tree will bestow upon the citizens of Iris as listed below. Each player can get the Christmas tree buffs once per hour.
While you hunt, the monsters you kill may drop Christmas tree decorations. You will have the highest decoration drop rate when you are killing monsters that are white-named to you, so get ready to do some SP-farming. There are six types of decorations:
- Candy Cane
- Christmas Sock
- Christmas Ribbon
- Christmas Jingle Bell
- Christmas Ball
- Christmas Star
These decorations are used to decorate the main Christmas tree. To decorate the tree, talk to it and select option 1, "Decorations for a Christmas tree." All of the decorations will be removed from your inventory and put on the tree. Don't worry about missing out on anything, these Christmas tree decorations are only good for giving to the Christmas tree. The more decorations the tree has the better buffs and drops the tree will bestow upon the citizens of Iris as listed below. Each player can get the Christmas tree buffs once per hour.
Buff | Buff effect | Decorations needed |
Christmas Blessing 1 | Increase item drop rate x4 for 20 minutes | 1 000 |
Christmas Blessing 2 | Increase item drop rate x4 for 30 minutes | 3 000 |
Christmas Blessing 3 | Increase item drop rate x4 for 40 minutes | 15 000 |
Christmas Blessing 4 | Increase item drop rate x4 for 60 minutes | 100 000 |
After each 1 000 decorations that are added to the tree, the trees will drop rewards for players to take and enjoy! Once you see the announcement for the drops, hurry to the nearest tree!
The Holiday Cheers
Holiday Cheers are temporary buffs that you may receive from the main Christmas tree. To get buffed, talk to the tree and select option 2, "You have received Christmas cheer!" You can see the descriptions for the different Holiday Cheers below.
When you receive the Holiday Cheer, you will also receive a second, matching icon. The second icon is a timer, put there to let you know how long you have until you may go and receive the Holiday Cheer again from the main Christmas tree. The timer's description should be something like the one on the left. This timer lasts for 1 hour real-time, or 45 minutes real-time after the Holiday Cheer buff has run out. When this one disappears, go talk to that Christmas tree again!
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The Gift Deliveries Maybe you've seen the Gift Delivery icon already. If you haven't, it is located in the upper left hand corner of your screen in the area where your buffs normally appear. The icon's description should be something like the one on the right. What does it mean? It's quite simple, actually. You see that in this shot my timer says 16hour 2 minute until I will receive a gift delivery. The timer is in game-time and starts at 24hour, then counts down from there. In game-time, 1 hour equals 2.5 minutes real-time. So the timer lasts for 1 hour real-time. Once the timer expires, a Christmas Gift Box will appear next to you, provided that you're outside of a town. |
Yes that's right! It looks like a *gasp* huge Pandora's Box! Attack the gift box to have a chance at receiving a special present from it. The Christmas Gift Boxes seem to work like the Halloween Pumpkins did, with a 75% chance of spawning a gift and a 25% chance of being a dud. Also, like with the normal pandora boxes, your box and your gift may be KSed if you're not quick. So be careful where you are when your Gift Delivery timer runs out!
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The different types of presents are shown below:
The Gift Delivery timer only counts down while you are logged in. If you relog or teleport into another map then the timer will not start over at 60 minutes (game time) again! After your timer runs out and you receive and open a Christmas Gift Box, you will get a new timer which starts over at 60 minutes (game time).
The Grinch
The evilness of the Grinch is upon us. As it is the Grinch's job, he has used his skills to steal some presents from Santa Claus. Hunt him down for prizes!!! Be careful! This nasty guy is only level 10, but that's a ruse to make you think he's harmless. He's a match for a toon five times his level.
The Grinch
The evilness of the Grinch is upon us. As it is the Grinch's job, he has used his skills to steal some presents from Santa Claus. Hunt him down for prizes!!! Be careful! This nasty guy is only level 10, but that's a ruse to make you think he's harmless. He's a match for a toon five times his level.
Upon death the Grinch will drop a Gift Box, which can contain:
*Those gems have the "[Event]" tag on them, they cannot be traded or stored. |
Rudolph
One of the rewards coming from Christmas Gift Delivery is the Reindeer Pet Change Book. This special item will transform your horse into Rudolph! However, the spell works only on unmounted horses above level 16. Your pet will return to its normal form as soon as the event ends.
Note: Be warned that the custom color and your pet's name will be lost after using the Reindeer Pet Change Book.
One of the rewards coming from Christmas Gift Delivery is the Reindeer Pet Change Book. This special item will transform your horse into Rudolph! However, the spell works only on unmounted horses above level 16. Your pet will return to its normal form as soon as the event ends.
Note: Be warned that the custom color and your pet's name will be lost after using the Reindeer Pet Change Book.
Christmas Puzzle
Aside from the Christmas Tree Decorations monsters will drop the Christmas Puzzle parts. There are 9 pieces in all. Together they make a snowman. Once you complete the puzzle you'll have chance to enter the Scissor-Rock-Paper game. To do so find Sharoyan. He stands next to Teleporter Eteal in Randol (the NPC location is shown on the map - red circle). You choose at the lower three circles between Scissor, Rock or Paper. Sharoyan plays with the upper circle. At any time you can stop the game and claim the reward or try your luck and play to the end! |
The possible rewards are:
Number of wins | Prize |
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0 | Greater Healing Potion [1] | ||
1 | Physical Defense Potion [10] | ||
2 | Physical Attack Potion [10] | ||
3 | Large Defense Potion [10] | ||
4 | Large Attack Potion [10] | ||
5 | Heaven Stone [1] | ||
6 | Heaven Stone [3] | ||
7 | Chaos Ball [1] | ||
8 | Lucky Smelting Stone [1] |
Snowman Costumes
During the Christmas Event special Snowman Costumes are available in the Item Mall for all classes. The costumes last for 30 days and increases the critical hits, HP and MP of the wearer.
In addition to the usual Fortune Buffs, the Snowman Costume can have one of the three special ones:
- increasing statistics and attack
- increasing defence and constitution
- increasing physical evasion and hit rate
Changes to Christmas Event
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Shining Green Santa Hat Permanent Auto Potion Pendant 1 Day Life Searcher 1 Day Christmas Grocer Ticket 1 Day |
Shining Green Santa Hat Permanent Velocity of Light 1 Day Reindeer Pet Change Book Until event ends Christmas Warehouse Ticket 1 Day |