Christmas event
The Ephinea Christmas event is a major annual event that occurs during or around the month of December and lasts four weeks.
The Christmas event features the Christmas Fiasco series of quests, and the event-exclusive server-wide drop of Presents. Completing Christmas event quests also award the event-exclusive currency 
Coal, which may be exchanged for more Presents.
Additionally, St Rappies will spawn in the VR Temple instead of Love Rappies, and the Visual Lobby will feature the Christmas theme.
Dates
| Year | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | December 6th | January 9th, 2017 |
| 2017 | December 8th | January 8th, 2017 |
| 2018 | December 15th | January 12th, 2019 |
| 2019 | December 17th | January 13th, 2020 |
| 2020 | December 12th | January 9th, 2021 |
| 2021 | December 11th | January 8th, 2022 |
| 2022 | December 10th | January 7th, 2023 |
| 2023 | December 12th | January 9th, 2024 |
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
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- Main article: Present
During the Christmas event, Presents will drop from all enemies at a rate of 1/2250, regardless of quest, difficulty, or episode (with the exception of scared Rappies).
When found, a Present can be "used" from the player's inventory to acquire a random item. The list of items available from these Presents is pre-determined and varies each year, but this list is 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.
Presents are not affected by any drop rate boosts. Presents will not drop from item boxes.
- Note: The Christmas event-exclusive "Present" item should not be confused with other kinds of Presents.
Present types
From the 2017 Christmas event and onward, there are two types of Presents, "Common" and "Ultimate" (though they appear identical in the player's inventory):
- Common presents are those dropped in Normal, Hard, and Very Hard difficulties. These contain less generally valuable items, such as Photon Drops, Photon Crystals, HP, TP, or Luck materials (in quantities of 1-3), or "joke" weapons with varying Hit %.
- Ultimate presents are those dropped in Ultimate difficulty. These contain a much wider variety of items spread across different tiers of rarity. Ultimate presents can reward the aforementioned quantities of Photon Drops and Photon Crystals, but also items such as event-exclusive TypeM weapons, the various ring paints, high-Hit % common weapons with valuable specials (e.g. Arrest, Charge, Hell), as well as extremely high-value items at the rarest tier, such as one Photon Hoard, three Photon Spheres, a high Hit %
Lame d'Argent or Calibur, and even 
Heaven Punisher.
Coal
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- Main article: Coal
During the Christmas event, Coal 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 
Christmas 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 Coal in varying amounts (detailed below).
Event category
| Episode | Quest Title | Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Christmas Fiasco (E1)
|
Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3 |
| December Disaster #1*
|
Forest 2, Ruins 1, Ruins 2 | |
| Episode 2 | Christmas Fiasco (E2)
|
VR Spaceship Beta, Central Control Area, Seabed Lower Levels |
| December Disaster #2*
|
Jungle Area (East), Mountain Area, Control Tower | |
| Episode 4 | Christmas Fiasco (E4)
|
Crater (Eastern Route), 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).
| Episode | Quest Title | Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Very Hard | Ultimate | ||
| Episode 1 | Christmas Fiasco (E1) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| December Disaster #1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| Episode 2 | Christmas Fiasco (E2) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| December Disaster #2 |
2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Episode 4 | Christmas Fiasco (E4) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Shop category
Christmas Event Shop
The Christmas 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 Coal for the two different kinds of Christmas presents.
This quest may be selected at the quest counter year-round.
See also
| Year | Start date | End date | Forum post |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Link | ||
| 2017 | Link | ||
| 2018 | Link | ||
| 2019 | Link | ||
| 2020 | Link | ||
| 2021 | Link | ||
| 2022 | Link | ||
| 2023 | Link | ||
| 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Events | |
|---|---|
| Events | Anniversary event • Christmas event • Easter event • Halloween event • Valentine's event |
