Cave Santa

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## Physical description

###  **New Year 2024**

*Cave Santa* main questline has once again reappeared during the New Year 2024 event. For those who have participated in the last years event, the amount of Magic Balls needed to decorate the Christmas tree is halved, and the rewards given will be completely different to the first-time players.

* -50 Cost to Decorate Tree

###  **New Year 2023**

Cave Santa are one of the NPC's that survivors can meet during the New Year 2023 event. This version of Santa resembles that of the prehistoric age, but despite this, the quest offered by Cave Santa will reward you Santa's Tambourine.

This quest requires 50 Magic Balls in order to start. Cave Santa uses Polar Axe as his mode of weapon. After completion of his quest, relevant side quests will appear around the map involving him.

## **Encounter**

Cave Santa: *“Uh… Eh, aah buh oooh!”*
It seems Cave Santa understood something. He waves his hand for us to follow him.
Actions:  Quit
Cave Santa: *“Oh ooh! Ah buh.”*
Cave Santa hits the ground with his club. It seems like he’s trying to tell us something…
Option 1: *"Are we going to beat someone up here?"*
Option 2: *"Do we have to dig a hole?"*
Option 3: *"Are you crazy?"*
Response to Option 1 & 3: He shakes his head and tries to scrape off the top layer of soil with the handle of his club.
Response to Option 2: *“Eee!”*
Santa has begun to nod happily. Apparently, he needs a hole dug right here.
Actions: Dig a hole -20  and
Cave Santa carefully inspected the hole I dug.
Cave Santa: *“Ooh. Uh vah, uhh vah!”*
While looking at us, he tore off a few long pieces of grass and laid them over the hole.

Cave Santa smiled and nodded.
Actions: Conceal the hole with grass -15
Now Cave Santa is lying down next to the hole with his arms and legs spread out.
Actions: *“Um, we have to go to sleep?”*
Without getting up, Cave Santa shakes his head.
*“No, no. It’s something else… Try to think as if you’re slightly, um… I mean, try another guess.*
Option 1: *"Lie low for an ambush?"*

Cave Santa stands up, sways, and falls abruptly on his back.
Actions: *“A heart attack? Huh?”*
Cave Santa got up slowly, picked up his club, and… hit me on the head! -15
Cave Santa holds some kind of rag against my head.
*“Sorry, friend. At a certain point, it became evident that our communication had reached an impasse.”* +50
Actions: *“You… can talk?*
*“Indeed. You see, an individual cannot acquire so much knowledge as to transcend their own mental framework upon finding themselves in a foreign environment. But let us return to our mission. Time is of the essence."*

Business Claus looked at us for a little while, waved his hand, and walked away.
Actions: *“Alright, let’s get to work.”*
*“Okay, we need a decoy. Lie down next to the hole to lure the kidnappers.”*
Actions: *“Why would they be over here?”*
*“Just trust me. There is no time to teach you how to intuit the great fractal likeness of the unity of being.”*
Actions: *“Um, okay…”* (Lie next to the hole)
*“No one will take the bait if you just lie there! To play a wounded animal, you must become a wounded animal.”*
Actions: Play dead
I don’t believe my eyes! As soon as I lay down by the hole, I heard a clatter and the roar of engines.
 During the battle, one of the gang members secretly slipped away and took to his heels!

Actions:  Follow him
The runaway led me to a village that was decorated for the holidays. Right before my eyes, thugs were unwinding string lights from the poles, pulling ornaments off trees, and disappearing behind houses.
Actions: Follow them
In the village square, the thugs dump the Christmas decorations into a pile by a bonfire. A few local residents huddle against the walls of the houses. They are led by a somber man with a couple of gifts in his hands.
 **Krampus Claus** | You: *“Hey, elder! Did you collect everyone’s gifts? Give ‘em here!*

The old man in the scary mask snatched a box with a festive bow from the man’s hands and threw it into the fire.
Actions: *“Hey, cut that out!”*
It was like no one heard me. The gift landed in the fire, blue flames flared up, and blue smoke poured out. The old man and his gang stood around the fire and inhaled the smoke, their eyes rolling back in their heads.
Actions: Ask the elder what's going on.
All of a sudden, the old man turned right to me and started laughing.
*“Ah, you want to talk to the elder? Hey, scoundrels, throw all this junk into the fire!”*
Actions: *“Leave him alone!”*
A whole bunch of Christmas decorations flew into the fire, which emitted a stream of acrid smoke even thicker than the first one. The old man pulled the poor village elder toward himself.
Actions: Jump out of the smoke
The smoke dissipated. Beside the old man, where the elder had been, now stood some kind of monster.
*“Scoundrels, Krampus Claus’s gang has a new recruit! Rookie, your first job is to do away with this punk!”*
Actions: *“What did you do to him?!”*
In reply, the old man burst out laughing again. Still chuckling, he ran to his motorcycle and tore out of the square. The thugs, led by the disfigured elder, closed in on me.

Actions: *“Is it toxic?”*
*“That’s beside the point. The way they’re ingesting it… while destroying everything Christmas-related. Is your whole world this corrupted?”*
Actions: *“It’s all that old man’s doing!”*
*“Oh, you didn’t recognize him? That old man is Santa Claus! I don’t know how he turned into that… I can’t even wrap my head around that abomination. Perhaps Business Claus knows what to do. We must find him.”*

Cave Santa have me a wooden mug. I took a cautious sip. Not bad! +50
Actions: Drink it all
I fell for it again! As soon as I tilted my head back to drink the potion, Cave Santa hit me with his club again! -15

Actions: Tell him about Krampus Claus
*“I can’t believe it. What could’ve happened to make Santa turn into that… But, either way, we’re going to need reinforcements to stand up against such a dangerous gang. I know someone strong enough.”*
Actions: *“Who?”*
*“I haven’t heard from him in a while… He was busy with government problems in his world. But he surely has combat experience. It’s settled! Decorate the tree again to open a portal for him.”*
Actions:  Quit

## **Enemies**

*Note that stat values for enemies are based upon player level, and the stats given are the stats when player level is 100.*

## **Rewards**

 Quest Rewards

## **Gallery**

**New Year 2024**

First BattleSecond Battle
**New Year 2023**

## **Trivia**

* This event quest commenced on version 737 during the New Year 2023.