Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx

This article is about the 2012 release. For the 2012 achievement category, see A Very Merry Wintersday '12.

The nights may be long and dark, but Tyrians of all races keep joy alive during the ancient holiday of Wintersday. While each race celebrates Wintersday in their own unique way, children all over Tyria share a common love of one thing: toys. This year the city of Lion's Arch will host the asuran Toymaker Tixx as their special Wintersday guest of honor. Before Tixx arrives in Lion's Arch in his massive airship toy workshop, he'll visit every major city in Tyria to deliver Wintersday toys and holiday cheer. — Official website

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The nights may be long and dark, but Tyrians of all races keep joy alive during the ancient holiday of Wintersday. While each race celebrates Wintersday in their own unique way, children all over Tyria share a common love of one thing: toys.

This year the city of Lion's Arch will host the asuran Toymaker Tixx as their special Wintersday guest of honor. Before Tixx arrives in Lion's Arch in his massive airship toy workshop, he'll visit every major city in Tyria to deliver Wintersday toys and holiday cheer.

— Official website

Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx is the Wintersday 2012 release that was live from December 14th, 2012 through January 3rd, 2013. The content involved the Toymaker Tixx and his massive airship toy workshop, which visited every major city in Tyria.

It was the second festival to occur in Guild Wars 2. A short teaser was released prior to the event.

Features

Temporary features

• Wintersday 2012 event
• Mysterious Presents spawn in all zones
• A special event for the game release
• New Wintersday items in the Gem Store: Wintersday Mystery Boxes, Festive Town Clothes, Winter's weapon skins
• A new jumping puzzle: Winter Wonderland
• New Wintersday activities: Snowball Mayhem, Bell Choir Ensemble, and Toypocalypse
• New Wintersday dungeon: Tixx's Infinirarium
• WvW siege weapons will become Wintersday themed
• New Wintersday PvP finishers
• Wintersday themed mini events scattered around the world
• The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx Achievments

Permanent features

• 6 new crafting materials (snowflakes) and 275 new crafting recipes, including Wintersday recipes the new Giver's attribute combination
• Breakout events in World versus World
• /rank emote
• New currency: Pristine Fractal Relics
• Ascended rings added to Fractal merchant
• Collection slots for Rare and Festive materials

Tixx's schedule

Location	Date	PST	EST (NA)	GMT	CET	IRST	JST	EDT (AU)
The Grove	December 15, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Divinity's Reach	December 16, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Black Citadel	December 17, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Hoelbrak	December 18, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Rata Sum	December 19, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Lion's Arch	December 20, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Toypocalypse (start)	December 20, 2012	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)
Toypocalypse (end)	January 3, 2013	10:00	13:00	18:00	19:00	21:30	03:00 (+1 day)	05:00 (+1 day)

Special Event

The special event article tracks the progress of Wintersday 2012.

Tixx's Infinirarium dungeon

Tixx's Infinirarium is a Wintersday-themed dungeon accessed from the airship as it moves from city to city. The location of the dungeon will be indicated with the dungeon map icon. Once the airship reaches Lion's Arch, players will be able to play through each of the Tixx's Infinirarium events from previous cities by entering the Tixx's Infinirarium and choosing which toy to make from the Toy Makers Console.

• The Grove - Caledon Path, east of Caledon Waypoint
• Divinity's Reach - Plaza of Dwayna, next to Dwayna Waypoint
• Black Citadel - Perimeter Loop, northwest of Junker's Waypoint
• Hoelbrak - Might and Main, east of Might and Main Waypoint
• Rata Sum - Synergetics Union, southwest of Accountancy Waypoint
• Lion's Arch - Grand Piazza

Activities

Most of the activities for Wintersday are located in the Enchanted Snow Globe.

Mysterious Presents

See also: Mysterious Present, Present

Mysterious Presents began appearing across Tyria, allegedly from a devious airship. These presents contain some rather dangerous surprises. Players will find presents that provide gift boxes. These gift boxes provide various Wintersday-related items. The small, medium, large, giant, and personalized gift boxes all have an equal chance of dropping the Endless Toymaker's Tonic and the Unbreakable Choir Bell.

Magic Snow

Piles of Magic Snow can be found around Tyria under floating snow dispensers. Players can build a Magic Snowman from the snow, which spawns several snowballs. This adds to the Cold-Weather Friend achievement. See Magic Snow for more information, including the locations.

Snowball Mayhem

Primary article: Snowball Mayhem

Snowball Mayhem pits two teams in an 8v8 match of snowball dominance. Players have a choice of three class: heavy gunner, scout, or supporter. They must bring gifts back to their base and defeat other players. This activity serves as the successor to Dwayna Vs Grenth activity from the Guild Wars.

Winter Wonderland

Primary article: Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is a Wintersday-themed jumping puzzle. Players must race to the end with their gifts for the children before frostbite stops them in their tracks. This features snowflakes, candy canes, gift boxes, giant snowballs, a snowman overlooking the area, and other Wintersday material.

Bell Choir

Primary article: Bell Choir Ensemble

Bell Choir Ensemble is a music activity for fans of rhythm-based games. You play the upper, middle, or lower portion of Wintersday and Guild Wars 2 music along with two other players. The songs will grow more challenging as the activity goes on.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Tixx's Infinirarium over the Black Citadel.

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  Tixx's Infinirarium over The Grove.

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  Tixx's Infinirarium over Rata Sum.

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  Wintersday decorations at the Mystic Forge.

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  Wintersday decorations at Trader's Forum.

Soundtrack

Wintersday 2012
Track	Title	Length	Composer	Download
1	The Great Toymaker	2:34	Lena Chappelle	SoundCloud
2	The Tale Of Tixx And Toxx	2:03	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud
3	Wintersday In Lion's Arch	2:51	Stan LePard	SoundCloud
4	Wintersday Bell Choir Medley I. Wintersday Is Here II. Beyond Hills of Snow III. Flight of the Infinirarium IV. The Great Toymaker	1:57	Lena Chappelle Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud
5	Wintersday Divinity's Reach One Man Band	2:39	Stan LePard	SoundCloud
6	Wintersday Toypocalypse Medley	0:52	Maclaine Diemer	SoundCloud
7	Wintersday In Tyria	1:35	Jeremy Soule	SoundCloud

Notes

• The Toypocalypse Canceled reward was changed in a game update to compensate that fact that players can't join in teams.

Trivia

• The trailer is narrated by Jennifer Veal.

See also

• Toy weapon skins
• Winter's weapon skins
• Wintersday 2012 mail
• Festive Adventurer

External link s

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Wintersday 2012.

• Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx on official website
• Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx teaser
• Wintersday soundtrack by ArenaNet on SoundCloud. Individual songs can be downloaded by clicking on them and clicking on the button with the arrow pointing down.

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Festivals

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2012 Festival and Special Event releases

Shadow of the Mad King The Lost Shores The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx