❄️☃️ Winter Event 12/03 - 01/01 ☃️❄️

Links

• More info to be found at: https://forgeofempires.fandom.com/wiki/2020_Winter_Event
• The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyQ_TYerivA
• Video Guide: https://www.forgeofempirestips.com/winter-event-2020/
• The Main Questline (including bottlenecks)

Summary

For those that have been around, the play is the exactly the same as last year’s Event except an Advent Calendar has been added which will require Calendar Keys for the exact day of the Event (but there is an option to acquire Lock Picks for the days you miss).

In this Event, you will be unwrapping Presents to find what glorious rewards await inside! This is done by collecting Stars, the Event currency, which will then lead to the Event premium currency – Matchbooks and Calendar Keys. Grand Prizes are received for every 20 Houses illuminated with the Matchbooks and extra Prizes are provided by the Calendar Keys and Reindeer. The Reindeer prizes will cost you some hefty Diamonds to fetch.

The Grand Prize is the Winter Bakery which at Level 6 can be converted to a Lussebullar, Marzipan, Gingerbread or Macron Bakery. Each variant providing additional features to the Level 5 Winter Bakery.

Event Play

You will acquire winter Stars (#1) by completing the Event Questline, logging into your world, discover them in city Incidents, or when opening Presents in the Event mini-game.

In addition to keeping count of your Winter Stars (#1), the Winter Village main playing area consists Presents (#2) that you will unwrap for a chance at a Daily Special (#3). Unwrapping Presents will also provide a Matchbook (#4) that is used to light Candles that will illuminate Houses (#5). A Grand Prize (#6) will be awarded when 20 Houses have been illumed. If you discover a Calendar Key among the Presents, you want use it on the Calendar (#7) for even more prizes.

Prize Systems

Opening Presents will always provide a Prize whether it’s a regular prize, Daily Special or a Special award (with Stars). Depending on the type of Prize, additional Prizes may be obtained.

• Daily Special will be random for each day of the Event.
• A Reindeer will be awarded for every Daily Special found. To look at your collected Reindeer, select the reindeer and sled located next to your Friends Tavern. More items may be purchased from the Reindeer for a small fee of 2,995 diamonds.
• Opening a present will provide a Matchbook. When a Matchbook is opened, it will have 1 to 3 Matchsticks used to light Candles in the Houses. When 20 Houses are lit, you will receive a Grand Prize.
• A Special award from a Present could be:


• “Show” - which will reveal two (2) random Presents.
• “Double Payout” that will double the reward for next opened Present.
• “Shuffle All” will reset all the Presents after you select “Start” again.
• “Calendar Kit” will provide an Advent Key for the first one found each day and then will award a Lock Pick thereafter.


• Each day, you have the chance to discover a Calendar Kit that will reveal Calendar Key for that days’ Advent Box. Once you have that days’ Calendar Key, the Calendar Kit will provide 2 Lock Picks. Gather 10 Lock Picks and you will be able to open a previous days’ Advent Box. You can also gather 2 Lock Picks each day by completing the Daily Challenge.Successfully opening all 32 Advent Boxes will be awarded with 2 Winter Bakery Selection Kits, 200 FP, Bianca portrait and 100 current-Age Goods.

Prizes

If a Present is not the Daily Special or a Special award, it will be filled with the usual regular prizes consisting of Blueprints, Military Units, Decorations, Potions, Buildings, SoK/WW fragments and a small amount of FP, Goods and Medals.

*** Event Main Building (Grand Prize) ***

• Winter Bakery: A 3 x 5 building that provides for a various amount of Population, Happiness, Coin, Goods and FP. It is unique in two ways: (1) The last and final upgrade (Level 6) one of four options (Lussebullar, Marzipan, Gingerbread, Macaron) will need to be selected that will add additional features and (2) it also has a set bonus that goes up to two connected Winter Bakeries. Caution though; (1) they all must fully upgraded for set bonus to apply, (2) they all must be a different type, and, (3) the only the middle building will get the second boost if placed in a row (like chain), so you must cluster (e.g., offset them in an overlapping triangular fashion) for all buildings to get the second boost.

*** Other Notable Buildings (from Daily Special) ***

• Winter Train: Last year’s Grand Prize, a 7x3 building that has a variety of features with a type-selection option at Level 9. It also has a chain bonus depending on the type of Cars that are connected to it (Goods, FP, Att-Att). The Dailies from Beta look to provide separate Winter Train and Winter Train Cars Selection Kits.
• Winter Spire: A 4x4 residential building that provides increasing Population, Happiness, Coin, Supplies, Goods, FP and a Def-Def boost depending on Level (max Level 12).
• Sleigh Builder: A 2x3 building that has 6 different production options. Notably used a previous-Age Goods building given its production output and small footprint as well as Daily Challenges and Event Quests as it has different production options.

Grand Prize Upgrading

The Winter Bakery is upgradable to Level 6. You will receive a Level 1 WB upon completing the first 5 Quests and upgrades upon completion of Quests #20, #55 and #70. More upgrades are available from the Grand Prize Rotation List where you will receive an upgrade for every two (2) Grand Prizes (i.e., 40 Houses illuminated).

Daily Specials (from Beta)

• Victory Tower Upgrade Kit
• Winter Train Selection Kit
• Sleigh Builder
• Gigantic Medals
• Hall of Fame Selection Kit
• Sentinel Outpost Upgrade Kit
• Wishing Well Shrink Kit
• Rogue Hideout
• Winter Train Cars Selection Kit
• Sentinel Outpost Lvl 1
• Renovation Kit
• Tactician's Tower Upgrade Kit
• Shrine of Knowledge
• Wishing Well
• Winter Village Selection Kit
• Winter Deco Selection Kit
• Winter Spire Selection Kit
• Winter Train Selection Kit
• Wishing Well Shrink Kit
• Sentinel Outpost Upgrade Kit
• Renovation Kit
• Santa's Workshop
• Shrine of Knowledge
• Sleigh Builder
• Winter Train Cars Selection Kit
• Winter Spire Selection Kit
• Sentinel Outpost Lvl 1
• Gigantic Medals
• Santa's Workshop
• Rogue Hideout Shrink Kit
• Winter Train Cars Selection Kit
• Tactician's Tower Lvl 1
• One Up Kit

Advent Calendar Boxes

1. 10 Forge Points
2. Production Building
3. Extra Large Medals Pack
4. 3 Fragments of Wishing Well
5. 5% Attack Boost
6. Boost Crate
7. 3 Fragments of Shrine of Knowledge
8. 8h Mass Coin Rush
9. Mass Self-Aid Kit
10. 25 Goods of Current Age (5 of each)
11. Winter Deco Selection Kit
12. 6hr Mass Supply Rush
13. 3 Fragments of Wishing Well
14. 3 Fragments of Wishing Well Shrink Kit
15. Premium Decoration
16. 2 Blueprints
17. 3 Fragments of Shrine of Knowledge
18. Boost Crate --- Not in Beta
19. Extra Large Medals Pack
20. 10 Forge Points
21. 8h Mass Coin Rush
22. One Up Kit
23. 25 Goods of Current Age (5 each) --- Not in Beta
24. Store Building
25. Boost Crate
26. 30% Defender Boost
27. Rogue
28. 2 Blueprints
29. 3 Fragments of Wishing Well
30. 10 Forge Points
31. Premium Decoration
32. Mass Self-Aid Kit

Grand Prizes - Rotation List (20 Lit Houses)

1. Winter Bakery Upgrade Kit
2. 50 Forge Points
3. Winter Bakery Upgrade Kit
4. Shrine of Knowledge
5. Winter Bakery Upgrade Kit
6. Wishing Well
7. Winter Bakery Upgrade Kit
8. Renovation Kit
9. Winter Bakery Upgrade Kit
10. Winter Bakery Level 1

Notes and Tips

• If possible, try to combo any Special awards (Show + Double Payout) together to maximize your rewards.
• If you will be purchasing the Reindeer prizes, it is best to collect all 8 reindeer before committing over 2k Diamonds.
• Although the Advent Calendar boxes appear to be lackluster, you may consider collecting the Lock Picks from the Daily Challenge for the bonus reward of opening all of them. Caution though, it still may require Diamonds to complete this area of the Event (see video). Check back often, as the list above will be updated as the Event progresses for correct assignment.

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