The Grinch has teamed up with Jack Frost, Oogie Boogie, and a den of thieves to wreak havoc upon Excelsior! They have created an army of evil minions to protect them in their lair, have stolen all of Santa's gifts, and destroyed his magic suit. Without these, there can be no Christmas!
There are 4 quest lines varying in difficulty from relatively easy to rather hard.
These quests will be available until January 1st, 2014.
The most difficult quest is the "Save Christmas" quest, outlined below.
To begin, speak with Kalare, Santa's Head Elf. You can reach her by entering the holiday event portal in Moonglow. You will retrieve stolen items, gather enchanted items from the minion army, and defeat the holiday villains for a very special reward.
Important info:
YOU CAN FAIL THIS QUEST.
- You must fight the bosses (Jack Frost, Oogie Boogie, and The Grinch) alone. The items that grant you access to a boss' room are temporary and only last 30 minutes from the time you turn the quest in. Once you have entered the boss' room, you have 30 minutes to kill him or you will be ported out. NO second chances will be given if you do not complete the boss within the allotted time frame. We will not make exceptions for dropped connections (except in cases of verified server crash), death, or inability to do enough damage.
- Resists are incredibly important for this quest. If you do not have full or close to full resists, you may have a very, very difficult time completing it successfully.
- Since the bosses are fought alone, and the summoning item lasts only 30 minutes, it is a good idea to check the line for that boss before you turn in your quest book and receive the temporary summoning item! It is also a good idea to ensure that you have enough time to play without distraction before turning in the quest book to receive the boss tokens.
- The quest books will not decay until after the winter event has closed in January. Only the boss summoning tokens will decay quickly.
- Kalare's quest is difficult and cannot be grouped, nor can undergeared players be 'run through'. Items needed to complete the quest are not to be traded or sold. Players should not borrow gear from others in order to exploit this quest. If we catch you trying to do any of these things, all participants will be barred from all winter quests and their rewards removed, no exceptions.
- If you delete your quest book at any time during this quest, you will not be issued another.
- The quest items that spawn on tables inside the dungeon and on the mobs are TEMPORARY. Please add them to your quest book IMMEDIATELY upon taking them, it is entirely possible that the item could decay moments after being picked up (depending on when it spawned), and you'd have to go get another one.
- This quest cannot be repeated. This includes alternate characters on your account. Any attempt to circumvent this will result in being barred from all winter events and jail.
- The rewards for this quest is account bound and cannot be worn by any other character. Do not buy this item from a fellow player, you will not be able to wear it.
- There are ankhs and corpse stones inside each boss area.
- Exiting the dungeon has been modified to avoid exploiting. When you wish to exit the dungeon - Flip the switch, step into the sparkles and wait. It will open a moongate that leads out in 10 seconds.
- Healing has been diminished in this dungeon and all cleric spells have been disabled. Hunt with caution, insta-healers
- Failing this quest has no effect on the other quests.
NEW - 2 additional quest rewards have been added to this quest. When you complete the quest you will be given a reward voucher to bring to Matrika the assistant elf. She will give you an option between the 3 displayed rewards. Choose carefully, we will not change it out after the fact if you don't like what you picked.
NEW - Do NOT carry more than 1 book for this quest line at a time. If you spam the NPC, you may receive an additional book. This is considered an exploit, and we have added various systems in place to ensure that the quest cannot be completed more than once. However, if you are carrying more than 1 book for this quest line, you will not be able to fight the bosses, and will fail the quest entirely.
To access the other quests, step onto the green sparkle a few tiles to the North of the dungeon entrance.
The mid-difficulty quest is the "Santa's Magic Suit" quest.
Say 'hello' to Santa in his shack on top of the mountain. He needs you to gather various items using brute force as well as sneakiness.
Important info:
- Healing has been diminished for this area and all cleric spells have been disabled. Proceed with caution.
- This quest is not repeatable. This includes alternate characters on your account. Any attempt to circumvent this will result in being barred from the winter events and receiving jail.
- The quest books will not decay until after the winter event has closed in January. Only the boss summoning tokens will decay quickly.
- This quest may be grouped, but it is not intended or allowed for players who cannot defend themselves to be 'run through' by tougher players. It is also not intended for the quest items to be traded or sold. Nor is it intended for one to loan their gear to someone who could not otherwise do the quest themselves. If we catch you doing any of these things, all players involved will be barred from all winter events and their rewards removed, no exceptions.
- The quest items on the mobs are TEMPORARY. Please add them to your quest book IMMEDIATELY upon taking them, it is entirely possible that the item could decay moments after being picked up (depending on when it spawned), and you'd have to go get another one.
- If you delete your quest book at any time during this quest, you will not be issued another.
- The reward for this quest is account bound and cannot be worn by any other character. Do not buy this item from a fellow player, you will not be able to wear it.
The easy-difficulty quest is the "Artistic Elf" quest.
Say "greetings" to Callidora in the cottage to the Northwest of Santa's shack. She needs help replenishing her art supplies. In return, you will receive a random deco piece.
Important info:
UPDATED - There are 53 total deco items available. Some are more rare than others. All 21 of last year's rewards are available again this year, with an additional 32 rewards brand new for this year.
- This quest can be repeated every 6 hours. The quest books do not decay.
- Most everyone should be able to handle this quest, though it will likely present a respectable challenge for the low-level players.
- The quest items on the mobs are TEMPORARY. Please add them to your quest book IMMEDIATELY upon taking them, it is entirely possible that the item could decay moments after being picked up (depending on when it spawned), and you'd have to go get another one.
- Healing has been diminished for this area and all cleric spells have been disabled.
NEW for 2013 - Save the Reindeer Quest (Mid/High-level difficulty)
The reindeer have been forced out of their home grounds by invading predators. Without your assistance they will not survive, and Santa will have no reindeer to pull his sleigh! To access this quest, Go through the event gate in Moonglow, through the Low and Mid-level quests gate, and then through the Reindeer quest gate. Speak to Donner to begin.
Important info:
- You must be patched to run this quest!
- This quest is repeatable every 10 hours.
- This quest may be grouped.
- All mobs in this quest area have 0 weapon xp and reduced drops.
- Your quest books will expire after 8.5 hours if you have not completed the quest.
- Do not attempt to exit this quest area in order to wander the facet. We have systems in place to restrict the player to the allowed event areas only. If you are found outside of the event area on this facet, you will be jailed for exploiting.
- Do not attempt to utilize boats. As above, we have systems in place to prevent this and any methods used to get around it are exploits.
- The quest items on the mobs are TEMPORARY. Please add them to your quest book IMMEDIATELY upon taking them, it is entirely possible that the item could decay moments after being picked up (depending on when it spawned), and you'd have to go get another one.
- This quest has 27 never-before seen deco reward possibilities. All but 2 of these rewards are patch graphics. The 2 that are not are still entirely new, but they utilize an older graphic in order to match the Elf quest rewards' set.
Things to keep in mind with the quest system:
- Pets are disabled in all of these quest areas.
- Teleport, Recall, Mark, Gate, Sacred Journey, Personal World Teleporters, Bracelets of Binding, and various other spells have been disabled in all quest areas.
- Boats are NOT permitted to be used for any function regarding any of these quests. Don't even try to sail there.
UPDATED - You may not "glitch" out of the event area and wander the facet as you please. We have added safeguards to restrict access only to the allowed event areas. If we find you outside of the event area, you will receive jail for exploiting.
- All spawn camping/sharing rules are in effect for all stages of these quests. This also goes for the items that you must collect from around the event areas.
- All mobs involved in these quests will drop very little gold, very few tokens, and have no weapon xp.
- Any attempts to manipulate, cheat, or exploit any portion of these quests will result in removal of rewards, being barred from the event areas, and jail time.
- Your account must be at least 7 days old in order to run these quests. This is to prevent the (young) player status from allowing them to complete quests without being attacked.
- You may do all of the quests if you so choose.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
- If for some reason you believe your quest is bugged or has an error:
DO NOT DELETE OR TRASH YOUR BOOK.
If you do this, you are completely out of luck. We will not issue you another. Instead, page and explain the issue. We will assist you as soon as possible.
- If more than one person is near the NPC, it may not trigger properly. Wait until all other players have left the area, then walk away and back to the NPC. It will trigger then.
- Do NOT run away from the NPC immediately after it triggers! It sometimes takes awhile for it to process your reward and deposit it into your pack. If you run away too soon, you will receive no reward and we will not replace it. PERIOD.
Happy Questing!
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