Frostfell 2017: ... Something Winter This Way Comes
Don't let that little ninjabread man make you crumb-le from fear. He may be a bit spicy from all that ginger, but he's a sweet little softie.
Frostfell 2017 is currently being tested on the Beta server (not Test server) because all the scaling content for the annual event needs to be tested for the new level increase. Since beta is the only spot where quest/mob scaling can be tested due to the level increase, things are a bit chaotic right now. Once I can get a breather and things settle a bit, I'll flesh this preview out more. For now, well, you all want your eye-candy, I am sure!
Stacking
Furniture from within the Planes of Prophecy expansion stacks in stacks of 10. Plans are underway to make it so this new Frostfell furniture also stacks to 10, but it will not be done until after the expansion is released on November 28, 2017.
But there is
more stacking-type news! Holiday harvests will now stack into stacks of 800.
New Crafted
There are three new crafting books again this year: "Frostfell Outfits You Can Make X", "Frostfell Feasts and Decorative Crafts X", "Scholarly Pursuits for a Festive Frostfell X" As usual, recipes from these books will require Frostfell harvestables and will need to be crafted on the Frostfell crafting equipment. I'll drop in more details for new players "later."
Blue Draconic Toy Block
Cool Mint Bed
Cool Mint Chair
Cool Mint Grandfather Clock
Cool Mint Nightstand
Cool Mint Rug
Cool Mint Table
Festive Tartan Cushion
Festive Tartan Pillow
Flat Envious Vine Wrapped Present
Flat Festive Tartan Wrapped Present
Halasian Holiday Fruit Basket
Holiday Fruit Basket
Purple Draconic Toy Block
Snowflake Cushion
Snowflake Pillow
Square Frost Wrapped Present
Warm Direbear Pelt
Square Festive Vine Wrapped Present
Then there are eight Baked Gingerbread cutouts to add to the existing building block set. (Arched Door Frame, Horizontal Window Frame in a Tall Divider, Rectangular Door Frame, Square Window Frame in Narrow Divider, Square Window Frame in Tall Divider, Tall Window Frame in Narrow Divider, Tall Window Frame in Tall Divider, and Vertical Window Frame in Tall Divider.)
Last, but not least, are new Frostfell Fae outfits. The leather appearance set consists of all armor slots. The cloth appearance set consists of robe, slippers and gloves.
New Purchased
Gerbi Frostfoot, the permafrostfell merchant in Frostfell Wonderland Village, has 5 new items for sale, including a new mount! These items cost Frozen Token of E'ci, the Frostfell currency that is earned from various Frostfell quests.
Deepice Gnomophone
plays "Frostfell Opus"
20 tokens
Ferocious Cool Mint Striped Steed
(flying mount)
500 tokens
Petamorph Wand: Tundra Snapper
4 tokens
Hinged Frosted Hedge
(functioning door)
20 tokens
Hinged Frigid Snowmound
building-block, swivels
20 tokens
New Santa Glug Gifts
Every 18 hours, each character can ask Santa Glug for a present. There are 15 possible gifts from him this year, including 8 that are brand-new.
bold=new gift for 2017
- Sweet Dreams Cushion
- Sweet Dreams Pillow
- Sinister Gumdrop (heirloom fluff pet)
- Chocolaty Ninjabread Man housepet
- Molten Throne Snowglobe - plays "Chrono Gate's Reprise"
- Plane of Magic Snowglobe - plays "Arcane Concerto"
- A Midnight Pekin housepet
- Cool Mint Candy Crown - appearance-only
- Majestic Stag Ice Sculpture
- Gumdrop Tower
- Alabaster Pekin housepet
- Gigglegibber Frostfell Pillow
- Snowfall Tapestry
- Envious Santa Glug Beard and Cap
- Purple Banded Knit Scarf
Plane of Magic Snowglobe
"Arcane Concerto"
Molten Throne Snowglobe
"Chrono Gate's Reprise"
Sinister Gumdrop
(fluff pet)
A Midnight Pekin
(housepet)
Chocolaty Ninjabread Man
(housepet)
Cool Mint Candy Crown
Sweet Dreams Cushion
Sweet Dreams Pillow
Old Quest, New-Old Rewards
There's
plenty to do this holiday season without stressing over running all your alts through a new holiday quest, so I'm kind of glad this year's event doesn't see any new quest. However, for those of you who happened to have missed certain small items that are no longer available, the Great Candycane Chase offers up 5 quest rewards that were no longer available.
TLE Servers?
TLE server, Fallen Gate, will have special Frostfell themed house items and equipment merchants in Freeport and Qeynos Province District.
TLE server, Stormhold, gets nearly the full live event! Exceptions (due to zone limitations these quests are not available):
- "Little Lost Goblin" quest offered by Meg Gingersnap.
- "Deepice Dreams" quest series offered by Jarith Icewing.
Video Tour?
{sings} On the second day of Frostfell (testing) Oaky gave to meeeeeeee, a video of the good-ies. Bad Ocarinah, naughty Ocarinah stressed about getting this video tour done ASAP, shorting herself on sleep. She's doing a me. That's not allowed! But we love her dearly, so she only gets a small scolding. Here's her
video tour of the Frostfell 2017 offerings.
Quest Tracker?
There is nothing really new to track this year, but Casdoe has updated the Frostfell quest trackers to reflect the new year.
Frostfell Quest Tracker in XLS format and
Frostfell Quest Tracker in pdf format.
25/11/2017, 09h22
