Winter Nostalgia

**Update 2.44** released on December 6, 2023, introduced the Winter Nostalgia Main Event and added one new Hidden Object Location to the game: Grandma's Room

    **From Mytona:**

🎄✨ Season's Greetings, Seekers! A new update is here!

Get ready to step into the warmth and nostalgia of a Cozy Grandma Bedroom this Christmas 🤗

🔎 Imagine stepping into a world adorned with handmade quilts, fragrant pinecones, and twinkling fairy lights. This magical new location is filled with the love and warmth only a grandmother's embrace can bring 😍

**Update Information:**

*Winter Nostalgia festive event! Download it now and get free energy!*

NEW

* Cozy Grandma's Room location!
* Exclusive event rewards and mysterious creatures. Only the best for you!
* New tool for the Darkwood Stories event. Use your Revelation Cards before they disappear!
* Get gifts and decorate the Christmas tree in the Advent Calendar!
* Share the festive fun with your friends! Send musical greetings cards via the Darkwood mail!
* Explore the main event location and get the new  Inquisitive Explorer trophy!
* Help Leonard Valentine assemble a collection of astonishing tales in the Darkwood Stories event!
* The grand Bloom Festival event: unlock all the festival rewards!
* Guild competition: Magister's Path!
* Darkwood Cup guild competition
* Paint a picture in the Colorful Adventure event
* The Starcatcher event: catch as many rewards as you can!
* Join Gremlin Fun and compete for the top spots
* Tasty event: Ice Cream for Yeti! Help Yeti find amazing prizes
* The opening of the Rabbit Café! Impress the restaurant critic
* Search for the Talisman: explore locations and put together a mighty artifact
* Take part in the Air Races event, overtake your opponents, and get valuable rewards
* Unravel the Emerald Mystery and get a unique guardian—Timmy the Hare!

### **Access Pass**

Regular Locations (3-5 per location) *or*

**Access Pass Requirements**

**At the end of the Winter Nostalgia event, any leftover Polar Star Access Passes will be converted to regular Access Passes for Premium locations.**

## Winter Nostalgia

Players have from December 6, 2023 until January 3, 2024 (28 days) to complete 3 Special Event Challenges in the Winter Nostalgia event to win its unique rewards.

The number of days left in the Main event is located at the top of the events/offers list on the right side of the screen and is designated with a decorative border.

### Event Challenge 1: Avatars / Reach the Rank of Virtuoso

Reach the rank of Virtuoso in the Grandma's Room and become the proud owner of two event avatars!

Explore the Grandma's Room to achieve higher ranks.

*This challenge is divided into 5 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion:*

1. Precise Arrow
2. Marble chest
3. New Year Meringue
4. Owl Wisdom talisman
5. Tool Kit Chest, unique Astrolabe Skin and avatars

#### Avatars

Event Avatars are awarded upon reaching the rank of Virtuoso in the Grandma's Room.

After reaching the rank of Virtuoso, a second Avatars Event Challenge appears in the event location. Explore the Grandma's Room, reach 30% completion in the rank of Virtuoso, and receive unique animated avatars!

### Event Challenge 2: Assemble 5 Event Collections and Craft a Special Item

Assemble 5 event collections, craft a special item, and get the Generous Winter chest and a unique jewelry box!

*This challenge is divided into 6 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion:*

1. Chocolate Cones
2. Time Augmenter talisman
3. Snow Waffles
4. Clairvoyant's Lantern talisman
5. Wonderful Light chest
6. Generous Winter chest and the Greetings from Santa jewelry box

#### Event Collections

Listed below are the 5 collections players must gather to complete the event's quests. A random artifact fixer is also awarded when a collection is combined.

One of the stages requires the item to be crafted (assembled) at the Fortune Teller and claimed.

Once the Winter Nostalgia Event is over, these collection items can be acquired by purchasing a special event TBA chest from the Store.

#### Jewelry Box

Complete Event Challenge 2: Assemble 5 event collections and craft a special item and obtain the Greetings from Santa Jewelry Box.

### Event Challenge 3: Placate the Event's Creatures

Collect 100 pleasant surprises for placating this event's creatures, get two valuable talismans and a unique picture, and take part in the global Top 1,000!

Creatures must be located on the Darkwood Town Map and placated using the placating items required for each creature. As each creature is placated, pleasant surprises will be awarded, adding to the total needed to reach each level.

*This challenge is divided into 5 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion:*

1. Mulled Berry Wine
2. Double Rocket
3. Blue Fire talisman
4. Cranberry Cake
5. Two Snowman talismans and the Messengers of the Cold picture

#### Event Creatures

**Level 1 Creature**

**Level 2 Creature**

**Level 3 Creature**

## Top 1000 Guilds

    The Top 1000 Guilds Competition is a competition between guilds for banishing or placating **event** creatures. All the points earned by members of a guild during the competition will be counted towards the guild's overall score.

Depending on the guild's place in the Top 1,000, all members will get unique emblems with the current event creatures as a reward.

**Emblems for Winter Nostalgia:**

Level 3 Creature in Gold FrameLevel 2 Creature in Gold FrameLevel 1 Creature in Gold FrameLevel 3 Creature in Silver FrameLevel 2 Creature in Silver FrameLevel 1 Creature in Silver FrameLevel 3 Creature in Copper FrameLevel 2 Creature in Copper FrameLevel 1 Creature in Copper Frame
## Trophy Skin

Now, when you participate in the main event and progress in the update's location, you have the opportunity to obtain a special, unique trophy skin. This trophy skin is part of a larger collection consisting of all 13 trophies, with this year's theme centered around "zodiac signs". Don't miss out on the chance to decorate your map with the entire collection. Each update's Trophy skin is unique and can only be obtained in the corresponding event. Get all 13 Trophies from the collection!

Reach Virtuoso rank in Grandma's Room to earn the Astrolabe trophy skin. The trophy skin is applied to your existing trophies, altering their appearance. The Astrolabe trophy skin will replace the NEW Inquisitive Explorer trophy icon.

## Special Christmas Decorations

A special Christmas loading screen was used during this update as well as a Christmas Icon for the Game.