Feast of Winter Veil !

[Tenkar]

when

[Slicy]

Would be awesome if we could get some information concerning the advancement of quests additions/fixes and such.

Like right now it seems Winter Hats can drop (seen a gnome with the green one, which wasn't the gnome disguise) but aren't those supposed to only drop past 25th December ?

Feel free to share where you got one if you did !

This comment, despite being from 2.3.0, gives interesting information :
By Cinesias on 12/15/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
I'm just pasting this from the Blizzard website, that other people have linked to, or mentioned in passing.

Please note, that it specifically says that the hats only drop from bosses Dec. 25th to Jan.2nd. So, farming old or new world bosses won't likely net you a hat, until the 25th.

Taken Directly From the Blizzard Forums:

From December 25th to January 2nd only

Winter Veil Bosses
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The denizens of the dungeons of Azeroth and Outland are also getting into the holiday spirit, and some dungeon bosses even wear festive Winter Hats just like Greatfather Winter's. Defeat a Winter Veil boss, and the boss' hat is yours!

Winter Veil bosses of Azeroth:

War Master Voone (Blackrock Spire) - Red Winter Hat
Emperor Dagran Thaurissan (Blackrock Depths) - Red Winter Hat
Cannon Master Willey (Stratholme) - Red Winter Hat
Goraluk Anvilcrack (Blackrock Spire) - Green Winter Hat
Prince Tortheldrin (Dire Maul) - Green Winter Hat
Darkmaster Gandling (Scholomance) - Green Winter Hat

[Kiala]

Thank you for sharing that, Slicy, was wondering myself, as I got confused about it. Saw someone wear a dress that comes from the Easter Holiday event too already!

[Bixbite]

Can someone list the events that are available on the server? I've seen the Treats for Great-father Winter quest, but what else is there, and what are the level requirements (I'm only level 12)?

I saw people running around with the gnome disguise, dressed in green Xmas outfits, but how do you get that? And is something supposed to happen when you kiss a Winter Reveler under mistletoe? Because nothing happened for me. Are there other quests or items available at lower levels? Does anything actually happen on the 25th?

[Kolmar]

Can someone list the events that are available on the server? I've seen the Treats for Great-father Winter quest, but what else is there, and what are the level requirements (I'm only level 12)?

Unfortunately you're out of luck there, the rest of the quests are supposed to be 35-40 (treats for greatfather winter + metzen the reindeer) but even then the level requirements are bugged and you need to actually be 60 to even accept them. Bit of a bummer

I saw people running around with the gnome disguise, dressed in green Xmas outfits, but how do you get that?

You can temporarily get them for 30 minutes by running through the "PX-238 Winter Wondervolt" machines. They are located in Stormwind by the path that leads to the flight master, outside the gates of Ironforge, near the zeppelins outside Orgrimmar and Undercity, and near the boat path in Booty Bay.

You can cycle through the christmas transformations by right-clicking your buff to de-select it and going into the transformer again

And is something supposed to happen when you kiss a Winter Reveler under mistletoe? Because nothing happened for me.

Yes, it's apparently supposed to give people "Fresh Holly" which is an item to transform your mount into a holiday variant, but it seems bugged at the moment.

Are there other quests or items available at lower levels?

There aren't any quests as mentioned earlier, but there are a few items that you can buy from Smokywood Pastures vendors located in the major cities. There are Snowballs that you can throw at other players/npcs, Blue/Green/Purple wrapping papers that you can use to create wrapped gifts to give to people, and two christmas-exclusive cooking recipes, which are the Gingerbread Cookie and the Egg Nog. Everything else they sell is either christmas-themed food or crafting materials used in creating the aforementioned recipes.

A bit underwhelming unfortunately, but oh well.

Does anything actually happen on the 25th?

From what i've gathered, the presents around the christmas trees in the major cities become lootable, where you can get a bunch of free stuff. I have no idea if nostalrius will remember to add this in though, or even if it was in vanilla in the first place, so no promises.


Most of the information i gathered in this post was from this very helpful article on the history of the Winter Veil festival, i'd recommend giving it a read yourself.

And on a closing note, have a Merry Christmas

[Stalk]

Has anyone gotten their Winter Veil Disguise Kit in the mail yet? I have completed my quest long ago and still have yet to receive one.

[Bixbite]

Phew, thanks for the detailed answers, Kolmar! It's too bad you have to be so high level for some things, reindeer mounts would be awesome. I did find the Wondervolt machine outside Orgrimmar, and the items that the vendors have are kinda cool. Thanks again!

[sarah92lynn]

There's no presents

[Hammersplat]

fresh holly?

[Tenkar]

Hello?