Christmas event

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The Christmas event is a major event occurring on Ephinea over the month of December. It lasts four weeks, and features rate boosts, event-exclusive items, and event-exclusive quests.

Dates

Boosts

Rotating weekly boosts

During the Christmas event, each of the four rotating weekly boosts are doubled during their respective active week.

Present rate increase

On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day, the drop rate for Presents is doubled, going from the base rate of 1/2250 up to 1/1125.

Event items

Present

Tool icon.pngPresent
A present wrapped with a ribbon. Wait till you see what's inside...
Type
:
Event Item
Max Stack
:
1
Hex
:
031300
Main article: Tool icon.pngPresent

During the Christmas Event, Presents will drop from all enemies at a rate of 1/2250, regardless of quest, difficulty, or episode. This does not include scared Rappies. Presents will not drop from boxes.

Note: The Christmas event-exclusive Present item should not be confused with other kinds of Presents.

When found, a Present can be "used" from the player's inventory to acquire a random item. The items available from Presents during the Christmas event are always pre-determined, but are not revealed to the community. Instead, the community must compile the list of possible items by reporting them in the annual Christmas event thread posted on the forums at the start of the event.

From the 2017 Christmas event and onward, there are two types of Present (though they appear identical in the player's inventory):

Coal

Tool icon.pngCoal
石炭
An ore discovered upon landing on Ragol.
Seemingly useless but maybe someone wants this...?
Type
:
Event Item
Max Stack
:
99
Hex
:
03100F
Main article: Tool icon.pngCoal

During the Christmas event, Tool icon.pngCoal is an event-exclusive currency that is primarily obtainable from clearing the Christmas-exclusive quests (see below). It can also be obtained (in varying quantities) from Presents (see above). Coal may be exchanged for two different types of Presents in the Quest icon.pngChristmas Event Shop at the following rates:

Present Required Coal
Common 8
Ultimate 40

Associated quests

The main quests featured in the Christmas event are the Christmas Fiasco series. These quests are long, high-enemy-density quests that span the majority of their respective episodes' areas. Upon completion, they award players with Tool icon.pngCoal in varying amounts (detailed below).

List of Christmas quests
Episode Quest Title Areas
Episode 1 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E1) Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Quest icon.pngDecember Disaster #1* Forest 2, Ruins 1, Ruins 2
Episode 2 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E2) VR Spaceship Beta, Central Control Area, Seabed Lower
Quest icon.pngDecember Disaster #2* Jungle Area (East), Mountain Area, Control Tower
Episode 4 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E4) Crater East, Subterranean Desert 2, Subterranean Desert 3
* These quests are "omnispawn" quests, and are able to feature enemies from any area of their respective episodes (though not all are used).
Coal Rewards per Quest
Episode Quest Title Difficulty
Normal Hard Very Hard Ultimate
Episode 1 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E1) 1 1 2 4
Quest icon.pngDecember Disaster #1 2 3 4 6
Episode 2 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E2) 1 2 3 6
Quest icon.pngDecember Disaster #2 2 3 5 8
Episode 4 Quest icon.pngChristmas Fiasco (E4) 1 1 2 6

Christmas event shop

Main article: Quest icon.pngChristmas Event Shop

The Quest icon.pngChristmas Event Shop is one of the featured quests during the annual Christmas event. This quest features a single NPC, near the Check Room, with whom players may trade Tool icon.pngCoal for the two different kinds of Christmas presents.

This quest may be selected at the quest counter year-round.