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NPC SantaClaus

Santa himself provides quests during the Christmas Event

Description[]

The Christmas Event is an annual event which occurs each December.  It adds new buildings, buffs and lots of Christmas themed additions.  

Christmas 2013[]

In 2014, the event ran from Thursday, 12th December 2013 until Thursday, 9th January 2014.  The Test Server added the event on Tuesday 12th November 2013.

Christmas Currency[]

During the Christmas Event, the main currency is Presents. These can be obtained in a variety of ways:

  • Explorer: Certain chance on each treasure search to find presents in addition to the normal search rewards
  • Shop: Presents can be bought in the shop. There are 2 packages - see merchant list below.
  • Event quest chain: Special Christmas quest chain which guides through the event
  • Daily quests: Special Christmas quests providing additional presents as a reward
  • Collections: Special collectible items will spawn on the island that can be transformed into presents. (2013 only)
  • Adventures: 2 Special event adventures with presents as rewards can be played. (2013 only)
  • Event calendar: An advent calendar with daily rewards. If you miss a day, it costs gems to open past doors. (2013 only)

Christmas Shop[]

The following items become available in the Merchant Chest during the Christmas Event.

Type Icon Name Description Cost Min.
Lv.
Currency Icon sm presents Small Present
Package
Gives 30 Presents ResCSS 90 -
Icon lg presents Large Present
Package
Gives 100 Presents ResCSS 300 -
Building Icon rarity prov Rarity Provision
House
A new Provision House which produces rare items.
(Limit: 1)
ResCSS 995 7
Icon arctic mine Arctic Iron Mine A frozen level 5 iron mine
(Limit: Unlimited)
ResCSS 295 18
Icon deerstalker Deerstalker Hut Collects Meat without a meat deposit.
(Limit: 2)
ResCSS 595 -
Icon recyc Recycling Manufactory Creates Coal without a deposit.
(Limit: 2)
ResCSS 295 -
Adventure Adv xmas feast Save the Christmas
Feast
An adventure where you retrieve Santa's stolen presents from Croaker. ResCSS 95 26
Adv stolen sleigh The Stolen Sleigh An adventure where you retrieve Santa's stolen sleigh from Croaker. ResCSS 95 36
Adv return2bandit nest Return to the
Bandit Nest
An adventure based on the Bandit Nest map. ResCSS 95 26
Adv more secluded More Secluded
Experiments
An adventure based on the Secluded Experiments map. ResCSS 95 36
Buff Buff lemon tea Hot Lemon Tea Use on the Village School to increase output threefold for 24 hours. ResCSS 50 -
Buff fermentation accelerator Fermentation Accelerator Use on a Brewery or Friary to quadruple output for 24 hours. ResCSS 60 -
Buff christmas dinner Christmas Feast Use on Mayor's House to increase output six-fold for 2 hours. ResCSS 50 -
Buff cookies Cookies Use on workyard to triple output for 32 hours. ResCSS 80 -
Buff thousand snowflakes Thousand Snowflakes Opening this magical little bag from Santa Claus will summon a snowstorm that will cover your island with a blanket of snow. (Lasts 32 hours) ResCSS 40 -
Icon solar flare Solar Flare Remove snow from your Home Island. ResCSS 1 -
Decoration Icon sm xmas tree Small Christmas Tree A smaller species of tree, more adequate for domestic purposes. Still too large to fit in the living rooms of your residences. Best placed in the front yard. ResCSS 40 -
Icon lg xmas tree Large Christmas Tree At Christmas, a Christmas tree is mandatory. This one here has not only a noble appearance, but also gets delivered with a full collection of decorative lights. ResCSS 60 -
Icon snowman Snowman Some of your settlers' children are very talented at building snowmen. If you want a snowman in your city, you can give the children some presents and they will build one for you. ResCSS 40 -
Other Buff exotic flotsam Exotic Flotsam A Mystery Chest. When opened, this will give one random Deposit RefillerResources Resource or Buff. ResCSS 95 -
Buff master architect Master Architect A Mystery Chest. When opened, this will give one random Decoration Item or Building. ResCSS 95 -
Buff premium account 3 3-days Premium Account Provides 3 days of Premium Account access. Note that this is in the Premium tab, not the Christmas Event tab. ResCSS 450 -

Christmas Collections[]

During the Christmas Event, more collectibles are found on your map, and the majority of those found are the Christmas Collectibles listed below:

Icon Appearance Name
Icon christmas bell B christmas bell Christmas Bell
Icon candy cane B candy cane Candy Cane
Icon gingerbread B gingerbread Gingerbread

These can be converted into extra Presents:

Icon christmas bell 25 Icon candy cane 25 Icon gingerbread 25 Process arrow ResCSS 10

Christmas Provision House[]

During the Christmas Event, it is possible to create Granite in the Provision House.

Icon Name Production
Icon granite transformation Granite Transformation ResCSS 500 ResCSS 20 Process arrow ResCSS 50

The Christmas Surprise[]

The Christmas Surprise, also known as the Christmas Calendar, or Advent Calendar, provides daily rewards (in addition to the normal daily rewards). To obtain these rewards you need to open the calendar and click on today's 'window' number.

The Christmas Surprise can be accessed by clicking on the star icon, above the quest icon, next to your avatar in the top-left corner of your screen.

Event Quests[]

There are a number of Quests and Quest Chains that become available over the Christmas Event.  The daily quests are in two tiers, with the higher-level quests starting from level 36.  These are:

Quests (Level 1-35)[]

Quest Name Requirements Reward (for completion)
Christmas Bakery
  • Pay 50 Flour from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Colored Fish
  • Pay 80 Fish from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Cozy Christmas Eve ResCSS 10
A Huge Christmas Tree ResCSS 10
A New Shelter
  • Pay 100 Stone from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Saving of Christmas Eve
  • Buff at least 5 of your friend's buildings.
ResCSS 10
Santa's Little Helper
  • Produce enough Tool Belts to make 150 Tools.
  • Fill the Mayor's House with the 150 Tools you just made.
ResCSS 10
Snowy Pretzel
  • Pay 50 Water from your storage.
  • Pay 50 Flour from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Tall Tree ResCSS 10

Quests (Level 36-50)[]

Quest Name Requirements Reward (for completion)
Christmas Postcard
  • Buff at least 5 of your friend's buildings using Aunt Irma's Gift Baskets.
ResCSS 10
Heavy Gifts
  • Pay 250 Horses from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Help for Mother Holle
  • Pay 50 Sausages from your storage.
ResCSS 10
Important Wood
  • Produce enough Used Longbows to obtain 10 Longbows.
ResCSS 10
Merry Maintenance
  • Pay 150 Tools from your storage.
ResCSS 10
The Naughty and the Nice
  • Pay 250 Coal from your storage.
ResCSS 10

Quest Chains[]

Quest Chain Reward (for chain completion)
It's Christmas Time! ResCSS 100
Reindeers Missing ResCSS 100
The Evildoer ResCSS 100
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