[2022] Winter Event 2022

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Dear Kings and Queens,
On Wednesday, October 19th, our Winter Event returns once again!

This is the place to be if you have any questions about it or would like to discuss it with other players.
Please keep in mind that your opinion may differ from the opinions of other players, you don't have to convince each other of anything here.

We appreciate your feedback!

Please write your feedback in a factual and constructive way and stay on topic.
So that we can pass your feedback on to the developers, the following points would be important to note:

• Feedback that only contains one sentence like "Ted's Choc sounds sus." is not helpful. Please make sure to include reasons for your opinion.
• The same goes for positive feedback. We are happy about it of course, but describing what exactly you like is always very helpful!
• Limit your feedback to the actual content. Feedback like "You should improve X" or feedback that refers to other game content or previous events is not helpful.
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Thank you very much and have fun!

Sincerely,
Your Forge of Empires Team  

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Get ready to paint the town white! The Winter Event is right around the corner!


Our new Quest Giver Ami needs your help to light up Mistletown for the festive season. Help her out, listen to her stories and have fun unwrapping gifts and winning some magical prizes! You will also come across Isabella, last years Quest Giver!

The Winter Event will start on the 19th of October, and will run until November 21st!

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 will reward you also with a Match Stick. Match Sticks will be useful in lighting up Mistletown and earning you progress towards the Winter Pass! Each Match Stick lights up between 1 and 3 houses. Light up all 20 and Mistletown's Winter Tree will also illuminate and grant you a Grand Prize in the Winter Pass!



Don't forget to claim your rewards in the Winter Pass. But don't worry, all unclaimed prizes will be granted automatically once the event is over.
You also have the option to unlock the second tier of prizes again in this event, which will include our brand new Special Building: Nutcracker Guardhouse.



Hidden among the gifts on the shuffle board is the Daily Special. If you're lucky enough to win the Daily Special, find the "Shuffle" or a "Show 2", 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 gift 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 gift 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!

Opening the Calendar doors requires keys of course, and you can win these from the shuffle board by opening Gifts, so make sure to try and win a key every day to unlock the entire Calendar! If you are very lucky and win more than one key on the same day, you will earn a Master Key Part 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 coming down into your town and cover everything in a nice white layer for a while.


Without further ado, the moment you've been waiting for! This year's Grand Prize will be the delicious looking Chocolatery to sweeten up your city all year round! This is a building with 11 levels, and two options for the final level:

Ted's Choc 4x6	Ketebo Candy 4x6
Bonus: Happiness, 16-28% Attack for Attacking Army, 5-8% Defense for Attacking Army, 2 Forge Points, 22 Random Goods, 1 Fragment of the Nutcracker Guardhouse Bonus when motivated: 2 Forge Points, 10 Random Goods, 2 additional Fragments of the Nutcracker Guardhouse	Bonus: Happiness, 4-7% Attack for Attacking Army, 21-34% Defense for Attacking Army, 10 Forge Points, 6 Random Goods, 1 Fragment of the Nutcracker Guardhouse Bonus when motivated: 4 Forge Points, 4 Random Goods, 2 additional Fragments of the Nutcracker Guardhouse

The Nutcracker Guardhouse is another all new reward building we have for you!

Nutcracker Guardhouse 2x2
Bonus: 1 Forge Point, 3-5% Attack for Attacking Army, 5-7% Defense for Attacking Army Bonus when motivated: 2 Forge Points, 2 Fragments of a Mass Self-Aid Kit

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

Willy​	Padmini​	Nutcracker​	Snowman​	Nicholas​
​	​		​	​
Quest reward	Quest reward	Premium Winter Pass	Premium Winter Pass	Calendar Collection reward

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

Finally, please keep in mind that you can always test our newest features in advance by using our Beta Mobile App. For more information on how to install it, please follow this guide.

Let it snow!

Your Festive Forge of Empires Team!  

Albert the balance said: Both buildings (Ted's choc and Ketebo candy) give the same? The description is the same.

They provide the same boosts, yes. But the amount is different. We will probably update the announcement later on.  

xivarmy said: This is a very intriguing building if the nutcracker guardhouse is worth having at all. A building that keeps making more buildings and could turn your entire city into a christmas village

Looking forward to stats! (edit: or possibly dreading i'm conflicted)

Well, of course you won't get many fragments for the building, so it will take a while to do so.  

xivarmy said: Not many fragments isn't the worry - it potentially not being worth placing when you get the fragments is what I need to see numbers for! lol

You will see them tomorrow  

Edited in the size.  

xivarmy said: Some of the images seem like they have placeholders in them - i.e. there appears to be energy drinks from a sports event in the bonus pass. And the daily special and one of the event pass rewards are the crow's nest which is summer event territory...

Any info on whether this is something we should read into? Are we going to get more off-season prizes available? Or are these just preliminary images?

You have not read the full announcement, have you?

Juber said: Note: All images are WIP. They will be replaced by better ones during the Event here on Beta.

 

The Event is available on mobile, once you have the version 1.242.13 (or higher) downloaded and installed.  

Here are the current stats for the new Event buildings:
Spoiler: Ted's Choc
Produces in 1 day:

Age
Bronze Age	720	120	16%	5%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Iron Age	1,240	192	16%	5%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Early Middle Ages	1,370	480	17%	5%	2	22	1	2	10	2
High Middle Ages	1,530	960	17%	5%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Late Middle Ages	1,710	1,440	18%	5%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Colonial Age	2,010	2,400	18%	6%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Industrial Age	2,270	4,800	19%	6%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Progressive Era	2,490	7,200	19%	6%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Modern Era	2,660	12,000	20%	6%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Postmodern Era	2,770	19,200	20%	6%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Contemporary Era	3,220	28,800	21%	7%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Tomorrow Era	3,910	48,000	21%	7%	2	22	1	2	10	2
The Future	4,690	76,800	22%	7%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Arctic Future	5,460	115,200	22%	7%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Oceanic Future	6,300	144,000	23%	7%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Virtual Future	7,530	192,000	24%	8%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Space Age Mars	12,040	312,000	25%	8%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Space Age Asteroid Belt	13,090	312,000	26%	8%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Space Age Venus	14,140	504,000	27%	8%	2	22	1	2	10	2
Space Age Jupiter Moon	15,230	576,000	28%	8%	2	22	1	2	10	2

Needed Fragments for : 200 Spoiler: Ketebo Candy
Produces in 1 day:

Age
Bronze Age	720	120	4%	21%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Iron Age	1,240	192	4%	22%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Early Middle Ages	1,370	480	4%	22%	10	6	1	4	4	2
High Middle Ages	1,530	960	4%	23%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Late Middle Ages	1,710	1,440	4%	23%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Colonial Age	2,010	2,400	5%	24%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Industrial Age	2,270	4,800	5%	24%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Progressive Era	2,490	7,200	5%	25%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Modern Era	2,660	12,000	5%	25%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Postmodern Era	2,770	19,200	5%	26%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Contemporary Era	3,220	28,800	6%	26%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Tomorrow Era	3,910	48,000	6%	27%	10	6	1	4	4	2
The Future	4,690	76,800	6%	27%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Arctic Future	5,460	115,200	6%	28%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Oceanic Future	6,300	144,000	6%	29%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Virtual Future	7,530	192,000	7%	30%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Space Age Mars	12,040	312,000	7%	31%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Space Age Asteroid Belt	13,090	312,000	7%	32%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Space Age Venus	14,140	504,000	7%	33%	10	6	1	4	4	2
Space Age Jupiter Moon	15,230	576,000	7%	34%	10	6	1	4	4	2

Needed Fragments for : 200 Spoiler: Nutcracker Guardhouse
Produces in 1 day:

Age
Bronze Age	20	3%	5%	1	2	2
Iron Age	32	3%	5%	1	2	2
Early Middle Ages	80	3%	5%	1	2	2
High Middle Ages	160	3%	5%	1	2	2
Late Middle Ages	240	3%	5%	1	2	2
Colonial Age	400	3%	5%	1	2	2
Industrial Age	800	3%	5%	1	2	2
Progressive Era	1,200	4%	6%	1	2	2
Modern Era	2,000	4%	6%	1	2	2
Postmodern Era	3,200	4%	6%	1	2	2
Contemporary Era	4,800	4%	6%	1	2	2
Tomorrow Era	8,000	4%	6%	1	2	2
The Future	12,800	4%	6%	1	2	2
Arctic Future	19,200	4%	6%	1	2	2
Oceanic Future	24,000	5%	7%	1	2	2
Virtual Future	32,000	5%	7%	1	2	2
Space Age Mars	52,000	5%	7%	1	2	2
Space Age Asteroid Belt	72,000	5%	7%	1	2	2
Space Age Venus	84,000	5%	7%	1	2	2
Space Age Jupiter Moon	96,000	5%	7%	1	2	2

Needed Fragments for : 30  

Dear Kings and Queens,
Today, we will make a small change to the Grand Prizes. We have removed the Fragments for the Parlor Car and replaced them with all 4 variants of the cars (no fragments)!
Edit: The update for today was delayed, so the change will be applied, once the next update arrives.  

Dear Kings and Queens,
Tomorrow, we will make some further balancing changes:

• We have added the Elves' Present to the "Show 2" as well.
• The Calendar will now provide a full Nutcracker Guardhouse, instead of 100 Fragments.
• The 10 Fragments of a Renovation Kit in the Grand Prizes have been changed to a full kit.
• The amount of goods was too high in the Winter Prizes. It has been divided by 5, which is the intended amount.
• We have made changes to the Daily Specials, removing most of the Fragments and the 100 Medals and replaced them with (mostly) better rewards.

 

Dear Kings and Queens,
The Event is almost over, however we are still making some balancing changes. Most of them were changed, so you got more rewards, however we noticed some issues during the beta phase and also need to address them before the live release. Starting tomorrow, the Winter Event will receive the following changes:

• The 2 Upgrade Kits for the Chocolatery (later on in the Grand Prizes) have been reduced to 1 each. We have also added more of them at the end, so you still receive enough Upgrade Kits in relation to Level 1 buildings. This means, that you need to spend more stars to get the Kits.
  • Please note, that uncollected Grand Prizes will be exchanged, meaning if you have a 2x Chocolatery Upgrade Kit still uncollected, it will be exchanged to a 1x Chocolatery Upgrade Kit. Already claimed prizes are not affected, however it will update the prize visually in the Grand Prizes window.
• We have exchanged the first Grand Prize for a Winter Train Selection Kit and moved the Cars around a bit.
• We have added 2 Master Key Parts to half of the reward pools from the Elves' Gifts.

 

Dear Kings and Queens,
We want to inform you about the changes done after the Event ended here on Beta.
There is only one change and that is, that the Winter Prizes will not be available for Diamonds anymore, but can instead be bought in the Shop. It will also be like that for the following Events. The reason for that is, that based on data we have received during the Halloween Event, we found out, that buying the Prizes in the Shop was more popular, than unlocking it for diamonds. We have therefore made this change.
Other than that, there are no further changes, thank you all for providing your feedback! We could make many tweaks to the Event during testing and hope you will enjoy the Event on live.
Your Forge of Empires Team