Wintertime Event

The Ooblets (game) **Wintertime Event** occurs in Badgetown every December. The 2023 event is available from November 28 - January 10.

## 2023 Wintertime Event Overview

The 2023 Wintertime Event was first available on patch v1.4.30, starting on November 28, 2023. The event ran from November 28, 2023 through January 10, 2024. During the event, players could:

* Collect Festive Bobbles that spawn on the ground all around Badgetown
* Use the gotsapon machines to exchange Festive Bobbles for winter-themed items, including:
	+ Clothing (shirts and hats)
	+ Decor (paint and wallpaper)
	+ Ooblet Accessories (hats)
* Purchase winter-themed Oobmobiles

Most of the items that players can collect during this event will not be available again until next year's event.

## Badgetown's Wintertime Makeover

Here are some highlights to look for around Badgetown during the event:

* The buildings and other infrastructure have tons of festive decor.
	+ Be sure to stick around after sundown to see the lights glow!
* Some individual ooblets now wander around town in winter-themed costumes.
* Wild ooblets all wear accessories, and they even bring them into dance battles.
	+ This means that you can use Gopslop's "Grubby Hands" card to get additional copies of the accessories they wear. This includes some that are otherwise very difficult (or impossible) to obtain otherwise.
	+ The wild ooblets will change their accessories each time you reload the area (such as entering and exiting a building). You can use this to help find the specific accessories you want.

#### **Accessories Worn by Wild Ooblets**

* Antlers I
* Antlers II
* Baby Present Costume
* Baby Snowplop Costume
* Baby Warm Hat
* Burst Wand\*
* Camby Cane
* Fluffy Hat I
* Fluffy Hat II
* Nondenominational Holiday Hat\*
* Ski Glasses\*

*\* At the time of writing, the accessories marked with an asterisk (\*) above have no other known way for the player to acquire them other than to use Gopslop's "Grubby Hands" card during this event.*

## Festive Bobbles

During the event, Festive Bobbles will spawn on the ground all over Badgetown that the player can pick up at the cost of 3 energy.

## Gotsapon Prizes

In the middle of Badgetown, the Player can find a Wintertime Event display, whose main feature is four gotsapon machines. Players will exchange festive bobbles – which can be found on the ground around Badgetown – for a capsule containing a random item.

The following items are available from the Wintertime gotsapons, and each crank costs 5 festive bobbles. The item that is dispensed will be randomly selected from a pool of 10 or 11 items depending on which gotsapon is being cranked. You can preview the items available within each gotsapon machine prior to spending any bobbles. Clothing items and decor (e.g. paint, wallpaper) can only be dispensed once each, while all other items (e.g. ooblet accessories, furniture, treabies) can be dispensed any number of times.

### Other Items

There are two tables on either side of the gotsapons. The one on the left sells Meltilizer for 1 festive bobble, while the one on the right sells a Spaceheater for 10 festive bobbles.

* Meltilizer
* Spaceheater

## Wintertime Oobmobiles

The following Oobmobiles are only available during the Wintertime Event. They can be purchased for 300 gummies each from the secondary Oobmobile kiosk in the Licensing Office. Only one is available for purchase from the kiosk each day, and it is randomly selected from this list. A new one is randomly selected each day, regardless of whether you bought the previous one or not.

* Blue Snowsticks
* Red Snowsticks
* Yellow Snowsticks
* Sleighmobile
* Coolguy Brand Green Snowskidder
* Coolguy Brand Red Snowskidder
* Coolguy Brand Yellow Snowskidder

## Trivia

* The gotsapons are likely named after named after real-world *gashapon* machines as both share a similar mechanic. Additionally, the action to dispense items from the gotsapons is “crank it!”, similar to the cranking sound made by real-life *gashapons.*
* Similar to the Halloween Event, the dates the Wintertime Event is active depends on the date set on one's system clock, rather than actual "real-world time". As such, time traveling to unlock the Wintertime Event is possible, similar to how time traveling works in the *Animal Crossing* games.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashapon