Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

Map of Winter Wonderland

Type

Activity

Region

Wintersday Celebration

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—Run and jump as fast as you can to make it to the end.
—Don't stay out in the cold too long.
—The Quaggan path on the right is the easiest for trainee jumpers.
—The Snowman path in the center is at a normal pace.
—The Gingerbread path on the left is the most challenging.

— In-game description

Winter Wonderland is a jumping puzzle style activity that is only available during Wintersday. Players must jump across a precarious path of melting snowflakes, hop over exploding presents, and flee past massive rolling snowballs. Interact with the chest at the end of the puzzle to receive your reward.

Getting there

• In The Crown Pavilion, Divinity's Reach, south of the  Crown Pavilion Waypoint —
  • Speak with the Festive Youth
  • Or use the portal on the peppermint platform above him

Mechanics

The puzzle is instanced content with a limit of 20 players per instance. Being inside the instance counts as being in combat at all times and prevents any gear or template change. Additionally, all skills, effects, pets, minions etc. are disabled (except those granted by the puzzle). All other players are shown as hostile (red labels) but there is no way to attack them.

Players may complete the puzzle as many times as they wish. After each completion players can use the teleporter in the end area to get back to the start of the route the player chose. Dying for any reason will also take the player back to the start.

Players can also use the end teleporter to leave the instance, or leave through one of the Asura gates on the starting platforms.

Each instance will reset after 30 minutes (countdown is shown at the top of the screen). Each time the player arrives at the end of the puzzle a counter will increment at the top of their screen. Before the instance is about to expire a dialog will show player completion rankings, but there is no prize associated with being first.

After the instance reset there is a short cooldown period and a 10 second countdown. Characters will have their position reset after the cooldown so there's no point in starting the course yet.

Effects and damage

While in the instance, damage is constantly taken from the  Frostbite effect, keeping the player in combat slowing them down, and acting as a time limit for each section. The damage is mitigated by  Warmth provided by bonfires found on the starting platforms, at the half-way platform by Tixx, and after reaching the finish line. Arriving at a bonfire restores all health and provides a moment of respite.

The three different starting platforms offer players a difficulty choice with increasing rewards:

•  Quaggan Route (Leisurely): The easiest path. Snowflake and peppermint stick platforms don't disappear. Damage taken is low, with a time-to-death of 100 seconds.
•  Snowman Route (Adventurous): The middle path. Snowflake and peppermint stick platforms disappear slowly. Higher damage taken, and a time-to-death of 67 seconds.
•  Gingerbread Route (Intense): The most difficult path. Snowflake and peppermint stick platforms rapidly disappear. Highest damage taken, at a time-to-death of 56 seconds.

Getting hit by a rolling snowball deals 2,500 damage and launches the player back, likely resulting in death either from repeated hits of the same snowball, or from being knocked off a cliff. The skritt's mortars (shown as red ground indicator rings) deal negligible direct damage (12-14 depending on armor), but applies 10 seconds of  Chilled and may launch you.

Historical mechanics

• During Wintersday 2012, players would begin the puzzle at a set interval. Prepare Yourself...for a Jumping Time! would show how much time remained until the next round would start. In the meantime, there were Piles of Snowballs on the ground for players to have snowball fights.
• Starting with Wintersday 2017 a "present" could be taken from Tixx and opened for an immediate reward, delivered to the children at the end of the puzzle for a greater reward, or forgone completely to activate the "checkpoint." If the player failed to complete the jumping puzzle after accepting the present for delivery, nothing was gained. If the player chose the checkpoint feature it only worked once; it would return you to Tixx the first time, provided you had not completed the puzzle yet, but to the starting area after that.
• The three different difficulty levels were added in the 2017 Wintersday release, until then all paths had the same effects.

Walkthrough

Search YouTube for videos related to Winter Wonderland. You will start at the middle route by default (Snowman route - medium difficulty). Move to the right for the Quaggan route (easy) or left for the Gingerbread route (hard) if desired. The first part of the course is a series of snowflake platforms and candy canes. Depending on the chosen route they dissolve faster or slower, so you may have to move quickly. The snowflakes lead to peppermint platforms which do not dissolve, but you have to keep moving because of the Frostbite effect. Crossing the platforms gets you to a bonfire platform, next to Tixx himself. The second part of the puzzle is made up of rows of gifts that act as platforms. They will start shaking a few seconds after the first player touches them, then explode and disappear, dropping you to your doom. They reset after a few seconds. On the peppermint platform immediately after the gifts watch out for a gust of wind coming from the right before you move forward. The area is marked with damage rings. You then have to cross a narrow candy cane bridge. Watch out for the gap at the beginning. The next part consists of a long uphill path where you meet giant snowballs that launch you if they touch you. Skritt will use mortars to drop snowballs (red-marked areas) that inflict chilled for 10 seconds and also launch you. You can use peppermint platforms on the sides of the path to avoid both. Watch out for gusts of wind at the edge of the larger platform. Once you get far enough on the path there will be gifts and candy canes suspended in mid-air, to the right of the path. These do not disappear. Follow them up and finally leap into the giant present. You will be teleported to the end area, where you are greeted by cheering gingerbread people. Claim the Magnificent Chest as a reward and use the teleporter to return to the starting platform or to leave the instance. Tips Candy canes in the snowflake path are easier to land on if you jump into their length (at a sharp angle) rather than across them. You can use dodge rolls to traverse damage areas unaffected. Dodge rolls can also be used to speed up your advance. However, watch out for accidental dodge rolls while on the snowflake platforms. You can skip certain snowflakes by jumping directly to the one after them, either through normal jumps or dodge-jumps. The hitbox of the giant rolling snowballs is cubic, so it's actually larger around the base than their spherical appearance makes it seem. Snowflakes and the exploding gifts do not disappear until a player has touched them, which forces people to leave the bonfires in groups. This can complicate matters, since other characters' bodies can make it hard to see your own. Getting ahead of the pack can be advantageous. The indicators for the skritt mortars appear a lot earlier than the impact happening, which may make it seem as though the path's undoable due to an impending snowball that may not actually be hit for some time. Anomalies: Guardians will still gain some effects periodically. Sometimes the exploding gifts will spawn incompletely, with the lower row missing, and disappear by themselves after a few seconds. Players who key their departure from Tixx's bonfire to the appearance of the top rows often jump to their death when the last row fails to appear. Bugs: Some of the skritt mortar shot snowball locations do not launch players hit. There's an eroneous additional indicator with no associated impact after the two Peppermint Platforms and before the skeleton.

Reward

• Magnificent Chest, once per completion.
  • The chest grants 8 Wintersday Gifts for the Quaggan Route, 10 Wintersday Gifts for the Snowman Route, or 12 Wintersday Gifts for the Gingerbread Route.
  • The chest also grants 1000 Karma and 2540 Experience, regardless of the route taken.
  • The first three interactions with the chest every day reward an additional 5000 Karma (delivered as bonus chests) and 2540 Experience.
  • Opening the chest counts as puzzle completion toward achievements.
• Prizes are only awarded and achievements only fulfilled if the player interacts with the chest explicitly. Arriving at the end of the puzzle increases the counter at the top of the screen but does not, by itself, award anything.

Achievements

Current achievements

The following achievements are available:

Achievements
Daily Bonus Rewards: Winter Wonderland	Wintersday Daily	0
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle. Rewards: Tier 1:   Mote of Candied Karma Tier 2:   Mote of Candied Karma Tier 3:   Mote of Candied Karma	1 Puzzle Achievement	0
	2 Puzzle Achievement	0
	3 Puzzle Achievement	0
Winter Wonderland Winner	Wintersday Daily	0
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle.Make a run for some holiday cheer. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (3)	Puzzle Achievement	0
(Annual) Leaping Above the Snow	Wintersday Traditions	0
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 5 times during Wintersday. Achievement can be completed once per year. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (10)	Completed Winter Wonderland 5 Times	0
Winter Wonderland Mastery	Wintersday Traditions	5
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 3 times.Stepping on snowflakes. Reward: Wintersday Gift (5)	3 Completions	5
The Wintersday Gauntlet	Winter's Presence	3
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 3 times during Wintersday. Reward: Snowglobe	Completed Winter Wonderland 1 Time	1
	Completed Winter Wonderland 2 Times	1
	Completed Winter Wonderland 3 Times	1

Historical achievements

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2015:

Winter Wonderland Mastery (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '15	3
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 15 times.Stepping on snowflakes. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (5)	15 Completions	3

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2014:

Winter Wonderland Mastery (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '14	4
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 15 times.Stepping on snowflakes. Reward: Giant Wintersday Gift (5)	1 Completion	1
	15 Completions	3

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2013:

Winter Wonderland Mastery (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '13	6
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 20 times.Stepping on snowflakes. Reward: Loot Bag	1 Completion	1
	20 Completions	5

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx (2012):

Wintersday Cheermeister (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '12	10
Spread joy atop the frigid heights of Winter Wonderland.Skritt and melting snowflakes won't stop this present from being in time.	Puzzle Achievement	10

NPCs

The ending of the jumping puzzle.

Allies

• Child
• Cub
• Kid
• Progeny
• Quaggan Hatchling
• Tixx

Foes

• Skritt Forager

Ambient dialogue

Toymaker Tixx: This Wintersday will be full of wonder!

Skritt: You're gonna get it, and I'm gonna give it to you!

Skritt: Attack, fast!

Skritt: Attack!

Objects

• Asura Gate (Winter Wonderland)

Notes

The hidden area above the reward chest.

• Karmic Enrichment does not increase the amount of karma gained upon opening the reward chest.
• Players who idle for two minutes are kicked out of the instance.
• Upon arriving at the end area, if you turn around and jump behind the box you came out of, there is a series of steps that will take you to a big red star. There doesn't seem to be any purpose to this mini jumping puzzle, though it gives the player a nice view of the jumping course.
• You may explore most areas of the puzzle freely as long as you don't fall off and before you're killed by the Frostbite effect. Some areas, however, such as the towers in the snowflake stage, will kill you when you land on them.
• The graphical interface reuses the PvP layout, showing the other players and their health on the top-left of the screen, your completions at the top as your "score", as well as the countdown for the instance. The right-hand "enemy" score has no purpose and will always show zero.

Trivia

• Since Wintersday 2013 players are allowed to start the puzzle whenever they wish, and three different paths are available for the first segment.

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Wintersday
Accessed from: Divinity's Reach

Activities	Bell Choir Ensemble Secret Lair of the Snowmen Snowball Mayhem Snowfall Sprint Tixx's Infinirarium Toypocalypse Winter Wonderland
Achievements	Daily  For the Children!  Grawnk Munch  Traditions  The Wondrous Workshop  Winter's Presence (Weekly) Wintersday Festivities • The Goldclaw Holiday Collection
Vendors	Decorations Gift Wrapping Snowflake Trader Weapons Weekly Wintersday Crafting Wintersday Gifts Wintersday Rewards Wintersday Skins
Items	Invitation to Wintersday Rewards and items Gem Store
Other	Drooburt Orphans NPCs and dialogue

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Activities

Daily activities	Crab Toss Sanctum Sprint Southsun Survival Keg Brawl
Historical	Basket Brawl
Festival activities
Lunar New Year	Dragon Ball Arena Celestial Challenge
Festival of the Four Winds	Aspect Arena
Halloween	Lunatic Inquisition Mad King's Clock Tower & Stopped Clock Tower Reaper's Rumble
Wintersday	Bell Choir Ensemble Winter Wonderland Snowball Mayhem Toypocalypse

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Jumping puzzles