A Very Merry Wintersday 2017

A festive tradition returns to Tyria: Wintersday is here! — Official website

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A festive tradition returns to Tyria: Wintersday is here!

— Official website

A Very Merry Wintersday is a release launched on December 12, 2017 that brings the celebration of Wintersday back to Tyria with many festivities. Currently held in the Crown Pavilion area of Divinity's Reach, it was originally launched on December 10, 2013 has since been updated and re-released in the following years. The most recent release started on December 12, 2017 and ran until January 2, 2018.

Returning features

• Tixx's Infinirarium - Stop the rebellious toys within Tixx's workshop!
• Winter Wonderland - Leap from snowflake to snowflake across a Wintersday landscape before you freeze.
• Bell Choir Ensemble - Ring in the season by playing a selection of songs with others.
• Toypocalypse - Defend gift-bearing dolyaks in this tower defense-styled activity.
• Snowball Mayhem - Fight against other players while bringing presents back to your base.
• [Group Event] Aid the poor of Divinity's Reach by donating to Ho-Ho-Tron (0)
• [Group Event] Defend the gift dolyak and Ho-Ho-Tron during their delivery (0)
• Winter's Presence - Achievements regarding Winter's Presence were moved into their own Festivals category.
• Wintersday Daily
• Black Lion Chest: Wintersday weapon skins, Frostforged weapon skins, Winter's weapon skins, Infinirarium Glider, and Candelabra Staff
• Gem Store Festive Hat Skin and Royal Terrace Pass

Map of the Orphans

Donation Drive

Several orphans are located around Divinity's Reach, hoping a generous player will pass out some Wintersday gifts. Players can gift their extra Ugly Wool Sweaters, Ugly Wool Socks, Ugly Wool Hats, or cheap Wintersday weapon skins to make gifts to hand out. Players will need to purchase a Roll of Wrapping Paper from the Charity Corps Seraph, and then use the wrapping paper and the gift item to purchase a Wrapped Gift.

There are 30 orphans spread across the city. Each orphan will accept one gift per day and reward the player with karma.

2017 features

New events

• Prepare for a race around Divinity's Reach (0) - Race through Divinity's Reach on your mounts or on foot. Mount rental available, if needed. (Occurs roughly every 20 minutes)
• [Group Event] Donate Wintersday food for the people of Amnoon (0) - Food drive.

New achievements

•  The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx several new achievements
•  Wintersday Traditions

New weapon skins and equipment

• Additional Wrapped weapons
• Obsidian weapons
• Mistforged Obsidian weapons
• Eggnog Helmet
• Snow Diamond Infusion

New items

• Snow Diamond
• Snowflake
• Enchanted Colorful Snowball
• Enchanted Smiling Snowball
• Enchanted Snow Diamond Tonic
• Mist Capacitor
• Tixx's Giver's Inscription
• Tixx's Giver's Insignia
• Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription
• Bringer's Intricate Gossamer Insignia
• Giftbringer's Inscription
• Giftbringer's Insignia
• Large Wintersday Gift

New miniatures

• Mini Tiny Angry Snowball
• Mini Angry Snowball
• Mini Large Angry Snowball
• Mini Gift Box Gourdon
• Mini Tixx
• Mini Toxx

New guild hall decorations

• Antler Pattern Snowflake Platform
• Arrow Pattern Snowflake Platform
• Blue Wintersday Gift
• Fog Machine
• Gingerbread-Man Ice Sculpture
• Green Wintersday Gift
• Snow Mound
• Tray of Eggnog
• White Wintersday Gift

Gem Store

• Cozy Wintersday Mounts Pack
• New Black Lion Claim Ticket set:
  • Glacial weapon skins
• New Black Lion Chest items:
  • The Evon Gnashblade Wintersday Gift
  • Mini Cozy Wintersday Mounts Pack
  • Endless Upgrade Extractor Contract
  • Svanir Gauntlets

Mail

The following mail is sent to all players upon first login:

Toymaker Tixx Wintersday Has Returned! Dear Wintersday revelers, My airship and I have returned to Divinity's Reach for another year of Wintersday merriment. Prepare yourself, for plethora of holiday happenings await you! Speak with the Bell Maestro to make happy harmonics in the Bell Choir, or to the Festive Youth to jump into my Winter Wonderland. You may also converse with the Festive Lionguard near the Divinity's Reach snow globe for some Snowball Mayhem. And for those who desire a challenge, journey through the candy-swirl portal next to me for a test of skill inside my Infinirarium airship. I've also heard that the local orphanage has suffered the immodest tragedy of having its Wintersday ornaments stolen! The orphans could surely use your help retrieving them. And then there's the matter of the malfunctioning toys in my workshop. Left unchecked, they could ruin Wintersday! You can enter my ship and reduce the toys to scraps in Toypocalypse by speaking to the Toy Captain near me. As always, happy holidays, —Toymaker Tixx

Soundtrack

See also: Soundtrack#Living World Season 1

Guild Wars 2 - 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	1:57	Maclaine Diemer and Lena Chappelle	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

Previous releases

• The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx (2012)
• A Very Merry Wintersday 2013
• A Very Merry Wintersday 2014
• A Very Merry Wintersday 2015
• A Very Merry Wintersday 2016

External links

• Official release page for 2017
• 2017 Twitter Announcement

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Festivals

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2017 Festival and Special Event releases

Lunar New Year Super Adventure Festival Shadow of the Mad King A Very Merry Wintersday