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Table of content:
- 1st message
- Introduction
- Quests
- Bosses
- The Plumkiss Hideout (New!)
- 2nd message - Crafting daily quests
- Toy Time quests
- Hideout crafting quests
- 3rd message - Rewards
- The Carol Songbooks
- The Blue Fungi mount
- Shop list
Introduction
It's the only one of the five Event Zones that has a double currency: Yuletide Joy
and Yuletide Spirit 
. While you can get Yuletide Spirit by doing quests and killing bosses, Yuletide Joy can only be obtained through quests.It's also the only Event Zone with a Vault and with Crafted Stations really close to each others. The only thing missing there is a well; so if you plan to host a CE there, or just to do some cooking, don't forget to grab some water before!
Quests
3 quests givers can be found inside the hideout.
Non repeatable quests -- Total: 525
, 525
| Quest | Where to start | Rewards | Description |
| Welcome to Grinchta's Lair | Enter Ardent City or Summer's Hollow | XP Christmas Flute Gingerbread Cookie | - Enter the Event Zone and speak with Noel. |
| The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Noel (G6) requires Welcome to Grinchta's Lair | XP 25 25 | - Kill all bosses - Complete all daily quests of the town (hideout doesn't count) - Get an Eggnog (sold at EZ vendors) |
| Winter Wonderland | Noel (G6) requires The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | XP 425 425 | - Kill each of Grinchta's lieutenants 15 times. - Kill Grinchta 25 times. - Complete a total of 225 daily quests. |
| A Present to Remember (New!) | Buddy Plumkiss (F6) | 25 25 2 Hot Chocolate | - Bring a gift to Pepper Snowbale (E5) - Kill 4 guards - Talk to Pepper Snowbale - Talk to Joy Jinglecard (G6) |
| Home of Plumkiss (New!) | Joy Jinglecard (G6) requires A Present to Remember | 50 50 | - Find Plumkiss Hideout (Spoiler: B4/5, behind Sugar Plum King) - Use the bomb in your inventory then enter - Talk to Coco Milkycheer - Complete a total of 15 hideout daily quests. |
Repeatable quests (16h cooldown) -- Total: 80
, 65 , 1 
, 1 
| Quest | Where to start | Rewards | Description |
| Cookies Gone Missing | Piper Mullingpears (G6) | Silver, XP 13 | Kill any Elfs until you get 10 cookies. |
| Holiday Punch | Fizzy Starcane (G7) | Silver, XP 13 | Kill 11 mobs |
| The Devils of Christmas (Resets every 14h) | Partridge Emberbell (G7) | Silver, XP 24 | Kill one of the bosses: Grinchta, Jingle Ding, Krampus Kringle, Sugar Plum King or Missile Toe |
| Christmas Memories | Eggey Nogton (G6) | XP 1 9 |  Find 5 memories floating in the zone. Locations can be found in this thread. |
| Runaway Joy | Nougat Toffeetuff (G6) | XP 1 9 |  Find a fairy somewhere in the zone.Locations can be found in this thread. |
| Taking Back Christmas | Ivy Silverpear (G6/7) | Silver, XP 8 |  Find 9 stolen presents in the zone. They appear at the bottom of some trees. |
| The Great Gift Exchange | Hazel Gingerspark (G6) | Silver, XP 11 | Exchange a toy with another player. If you give or loose your item, you can get another at the quest giver. |
| Toy Time (4 different quests) | Carol Shinytree (G7) Sumperump (G7) Glistenoin (G6/7) Snizzleton (G6) | For each quest: Silver, XP 7 | Gather a lot of materials to craft a toy. Look at the next post for a complete list Also look at Ayotloz's post |
| Cooking for Goons (New!) | Brownie Ciderkiss (Hideout, back of the canteen) | 5 5 | -Cook 5 items (Llarm Thehorn teaches the recipes) |
| Jingle Goon Bullies (New!) | Dash Hoticicle (Hideout, entrance of the canteen) | 5 5 | Kill 10 Jingle Goons in the Hideout. Careful, attacking a Goon will aggro every mob/bounty around him. |
| Material for Goons (New!) | Ice Ribbonbell (Hideout, near the pink pool) | 5 5 | -Craft 5 items (Irhaal Elara teaches the recipes) |
Bosses
Rewards (2h cooldown) -- Total: 13
, 6 , 5 , 1 Grinchta's Santa Sack
| Name | Location | Rewards |
| Grinchta | D5/6, top of the hill, behind the Relic Stone | Silver, XP Grinchta's Santa Sack 3 |
| Jingle Ding | G2 | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Krampus Kringle | E2 | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Missile Toe | C8 | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Sugar Plum King | B4 | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Buddy Plumkiss (New!) Can't be seen nor attacked until the 15 hideout tasks are done | From the hideout entrance: Go straight | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Bling Cocoby (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Left then Right | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Cookie Muffinball (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Right | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Doghnut (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Left then Straight | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Jolly Frost (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Right then Straight | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Merry Twinklepop (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Left then Left | Silver, XP 1 1 |
| Moonch (New!) | From the hideout entrance: Right then Left | Silver, XP 1 1 |
Grinchta
The main boss of this Event Zone. To enter his place, go to the top of the hill in E5/6 and interract with the Relic Stone.
Grinchta mostly use 3 mechanics:
| Health threshold | Description |
|---|---|
| 89% then every minute after 24% 9% | Grinchta casts Deck the Heroes - Removes 35% of the current health of everyone in the room, then reduces their healing received by 10% for 10s. |
| 74% then every minute after 24% | Grinchta summons 4 Guardians. Theses adds can mess with Grinchta's aggro table, he has a chance to attack their target. You should kill them ASAP. |
| 49% then every 45s after 24% | Colorful lights appears on the floor. They buff/debuff you, depending on the color you stand on. Red hurts; Yellow slows your attack speed; Green heals you; Blue regens your mana. |
To meet him, you have to do 15 tasks in the hideout - and since there are only 3 repeatable quests there, it takes at least 5 EZ days to unlock him.
Note that even if you can't see him, you will count for his scaling! Also you won't get credit, and you can still be killed. So if you don't see him yet, it's better if you simply don't go there!
Observed mechanics:
Summons
| Buddy Plumkiss summons clones of himself. They are ranged, are able to cast spells, and should be killed asap. The clones wear green clothes while the real Plumkiss is in red with a white hood. |
Ice Rune
| A moving 'shattered ice' rune appears on the floor. It deals heavy damage and apply Freezing Ground Slow: slows your movement speed by 20% for 10s. I saw only 1 pattern yet: the rune starts at Plumkiss throne, moves in a counter-clockwise circle around the room, then goes back and forth in the 'main alley' before vanishing as it reaches the throne again. |
| Frost Nova | Small AOE around him, deals Ice damage and stuns for 7s. |
| Ice Storm | AOE, deals Ice damage |
| Ice Javelin | Single target, deals Ice damage. |
| Hoarfrost | Single target, deals Ice damage. |
| Magic Missile | Single target, deals Fire damage. |
Grinchta's Lieutenants
The 4 Lieutenants of Grinchta stands in the snow, waiting to be challenged. Each of them has a few AOEs, so ranged players should keep their distance.
- Jingle Ding is one of the deadliest boss in all EZs. This powerful Ice wizard can OneShot most players around him with a single Bitter Chill, and his Deep Freeze deals huge damage and stuns his target. You should not stay around him if you haven't a well-geared tankish character. Even if you are a melee player, you should hit him once and step back to a safe zone.
And never, ever pull Jingle Ding in the crowd!
- Krampus Kringle the warrior has the smallest of AOEs (about 1m around him), one of them stuns but globally Krampus isn't that dangerous.
- Sugar Plum King use the power of Fire and Shadow... and he does some damage around him... not much else to say.
- Missile Toe has 3 AOEs, but this time 2 of them are ranged and centered on the tank. So again, if you are a bit squishy, don't stay around him (nor around the tank).
One of his ranged AOE is a stun, it can be dangerous when he combine it with another attack.
Hideout Bounties (New!)
Each of them is surrounded by 3 Jingle Goons who will help them in combat. Also, they wear a random affix (the Lighning Shield is really, really annoying)
While they are easier to kill than Grinchta's Lieutenants, they however copy their mechanics. Jolly Frost uses Missile Toe's attacks; Cookie Muffinball acts like Sugar Plum King; and the 4 others seems to copy Krampus Kringle's skills.
The Plumkiss Hideout
The new addition of this year, with 3 daily quests and 6 venerable bounties inside.
To enter the hideout, you first have to do a quest in F6, starting with a certain Buddy Plumkiss. When you are asked to find the entrance, head to a very secret location (Spoiler: B4/5, behind Sugar Plum King) then bomb the door. Once inside, you are told that Buddy Plumkiss isn't there yet, and you will have to work to make him come back...
To meet Buddy Plumkiss, you have to do 15 repeatable tasks inside of the hideout. But since there are only 3 daily quests there, it will take several days to do them.
One of the quests asks you to kill 10 Goons; the 2 others want you to craft 5 items each. For the crafting quests, there is a NPC next to the quest giver that will teach you the recipes. Each quest rewards 5
and 5.Each of the 6 venerable bounties is surrounded by 3 Jingle Goons. They are social mobs: attacking one will aggro the whole group. Bounties have a random affix, and they can hurt a lot; most players cannot solo them.
While their rewards have a 2h cooldown, these bounties respawns only a few minutes after their death. They are usually killed at the end of a Grinchta run.
When you are done with the 15 tasks, you can see and fight Buddy Plumkiss, and you unlock the timed quest Christmas Bash.
This quest is similar to the lvl 95 Elder quests.
It's a timed quest, with tiered rewards depending on how fast you complete it.
At the opposite of the 95s, you actually have to hit each mob (or be in group with the person who kill them) in order to progress. Since the Jingle Goons are squishy, being in a group is highly recommanded.
Note that this quest has a cooldown of 32h.
Note that at 'No extra rewards', if you let the timer run out, the quest fails and you die!
It's a timed quest, with tiered rewards depending on how fast you complete it.
At the opposite of the 95s, you actually have to hit each mob (or be in group with the person who kill them) in order to progress. Since the Jingle Goons are squishy, being in a group is highly recommanded.
Note that this quest has a cooldown of 32h.
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Craze | Kill 10 Jingle Goons Kill Cookie Muffinball Kill Jolly Frost Kill Moonch |
| Bathhouse Fun | Kill 10 Jingle Goons Kill Bling Cocoby Kill Doghnut Kill Merry Twinklepop |
| Plumkiss | Kill Buddy Plumkiss. |
| Tier | Time remaining | Tier description | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 7mn | Gear: Epic Bonus XP/Gold: +100% | Epic Christmas Present: Contains 75 and 75 Has an increased chance to get the toy Fist of Fire |
| Silver | 5mn | Gear: Rare Bonus xp/gold: +50% | Rare Christmas Present: Contains 50 and 50 Has a small chance to get the toy Fist of Fire |
| Bronze | 5mn | Gear: Rare Bonus xp/gold: +20% | 25 and 25 |
| No extra rewards | 13mn | Gear: Uncommon Bonus xp/gold: +0% | ? |
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Crafting Quests
The "Toy Time" quests
4 quests, a lot of materials, let's see what we need!The "Toy Time" quests
| Quest | Item to craft | Crafted mat 1 | Crafted mat 2 | Crafted mat 3 | Crafted mat 4 | Dropped Mat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toy Time: Chemistry Set | Christmas Chemistry Set (Cooking) | Kid-Safe Chemical Catalyst (Cooking) | Batch of Charcoal (Woodcrafting) | Lil' Lab Coat (Tailoring) | Harmless Elemental Extracts (Smithing) | Used Glass Vials (Dark Toymakers) |
| Toy Time: Dollhouse | Christmas Dollhouse (Tailoring) | Dollhouse Upholstery (Tailoring) | Dollhouse Frame (Woodcrafting) | Dollhouse Furnishing (Smithing) | Dollhouse Paint Set (Cooking) | Spare Arrow Feathers (Grinchta's Rangers) |
| Toy Time: Play Soldier | Christmas Toy Soldier (Smithing) | Toy Soldier Casting (Smithing) | Toy Soldier's Uniform (Tailoring) | Wooden Toy Sword (Woodcrafting) | Non-Toxic Lacquer (Cooking) | Small Soldier Button (Grinchta's Guardians) |
| Toy Time: Train Set | Christmas Train Set (Woodcrafting) | Wooden Train Wheels (Woodcrafting) | Conductors Cap (Tailoring) | Metal Train Tracks (Smithing) | Gnomish Toy Energy Source (Cooking) | Non-melting Snow (Sinister Snowmen) |
Crafted mats, by job
| Item | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollhouse Paint Set | 3 Tigris Oil | 1 Indigo | 1 Safflower | 1 Weld |
| Gnomish Toy Energy Source | 3 Tigris Oil | 3 Copper Ore | ||
| Kid-Safe Chemical Catalyst | 1 Tigris Oil | 2 Sunback Beetle | 2 Burnbite Beetle | |
| Non-Toxic Lacquer | 3 Tigris Oil | 1 Pine Resin |
| Item | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollhouse Furnishings | 3 Tin Ingot | 1 Copper Powder | |
| Harmless Elemental Extracts | 3 Tigris Oil | 2 Copper Ore | 2 Tin Ore |
| Metal Train Tracks | 3 Copper Ingot | 3 Tin Ingot | |
| Toy Soldier Casting | 6 Tin Ingot |
| Item | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Conductors Cap | 3 Bristlefur Leather | 1 Stately Helm Clasp |
| Dollhouse Upholstery | 3 Gossburg Cloth | 1 Dustpun Embroidery |
| Lil' Lab Coat | 6 Gossburg Cloth | |
| Toy Soldier's Uniform | 3 Bristlefur Leather | 3 Featherweight Fleece |
| Item | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Batch of Charcoal | 5 Pine | 5 Oak |
| Dollhouse Frame | 3 Oak Timber | 1 Copper Hobnail |
| Wooden Toy Sword | 3 Oak Timber | 1 Wildpaw Handgrip |
| Wooden Train Wheels | 3 Oak Timber | 1 Pine Resin |
For a list of all raw mats needed, check Ayotloz's post in the previous version of this guide.
Hideout dailies
Cooking for Goons
Talk to Llarm Thehorn in the canteen to learn those recipes.
| Recipe | Ingredients for 1 | Ingredients for 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Cake | 5 Apple (lvl 1) 2 Silverpearl Egg (lvl 30) 3 Water | 25 Apple (lvl 1) 10 Silverpearl Egg (lvl 30) 15 Water |
| Christmas Sweetroll | 3 Pinkpetal Egg (lvl 15) 5 Plum (lvl 15) 5 Water | 15 Pinkpetal Egg (lvl 15) 25 Plum (lvl 15) 25 Water |
| Fish Soup | 2 Ardent Bluegill (lvl 1) 1 Honeyrack Ham (lvl 15) 5 Water | 10 Ardent Bluegill (lvl 1) 5 Honeyrack Ham (lvl 15) 25 Water (lvl 15) |
Materials for Goons
Talk to Irhaal Elara next to the pink pool to learn those recipes.
| Recipe | Ingredients for 1 | Ingredients for 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Leather Straps | 2 Bristlefur Pelt (lvl 15) 4 Gossburg Thread (lvl 15) | 10 Bristlefur Pelt (lvl 15) 20 Gossburg Thread (lvl 15) |
| Stout Pipes | 2 Iron Hobnails (lvl 30) 2 Iron Ingot (lvl 30) | 10 Iron Hobnails (lvl 30) 10 Iron Ingot (lvl 30) |
| Sturdy Gears | 2 Copper Ingot (lvl 1) 1 Tigris Oil (lvl 15) | 10 Copper Ingot (lvl 1) 5 Tigris Oil (lvl 15) |
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Rewards
Carol Songbooks
Carol Songbooks
When you kill a boss, or do some quests, you get one of those two songbooks: Festive Carol Songbook
or Jolly Carol Songbook 
. Using them will give you a random lyric page.If you collect enough pages of the same song, you can turn them into Christmas-themed hats, boots, or (one) shield.
Festive Carol Songbook
Quest: Runaway Joy
Bosses: Buddy Plumkiss, Krampus Kringle, Sugar Plum King, Bling Cocoby, Merry Twinklepop, Moonch
| Song title | Quantity needed | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Wonderland | 9 | Red Whimsy Hat |
| Frosty the Snowman | 8 | Green White Striped Winter Hat |
| Jingle Bells | 10 | Toy Maker's Top Hat |
| Up on the Housetop | 8 | Green Red Striped Winter Hat |
| Silent Night | 8 | Red White Striped Winter Hat |
| I Saw Three Ships | 9 | Green Whimsy Hat |
Jolly Carol Songbook
Quest: Christmas Memories
Bosses: Jingle Ding, Missile Toe, Cookie Muffinball, Doghnut, Jolly Frost
| Song title | Quantity needed | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Let It Snow | 14 | Santa's Boot Collection |
| Silver Bells | 6 | Santa's Gloves Set |
| 12 Days of Christmas | 12 | Peppermint Holly Shield |
| O Christmas Tree | 10 | Santa's Winter Hat |
| Deck the Hall | 10 | Santa's Top Hat |
The Blue Fungi Mount
This mount can't be found directly at vendors - to create it, you need to combine 1 Winter Wonder Mushroom with 100 Bottled Winter.Both items can be found in the Miscellaneous tab of vendors; Oake sells the Winter Wonder Mushroom while Maple sells Bottled Winter.
Also, you have a chance to find Bottled Winter in Grinchta's Santa Sack, so if you fight him often, you can reduce the cost of that part!
Shop Lists
The two vendors are located south of the telepad. Oake will sell his goodies for 
, Maple for 
.| Item | Price | Yuletide Joy 80 / day | Quests only 65 / day | Quests + 1 full run 78 / day | Quests + 2 full run 91 / day | Quests + 3 full run 104 / day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flair- Grinchta's Presents | 2030 | 32 days (31,23) | 27 days (26,03) | 23 days (22,31) | 20 days 19,52 | |
| Holiday Tinkerer | Black, Green: 2080 Blue, Red: 1990 | 26 days | 32 days | 27 days (26,67) | 23 days (22,86) | 20 days |
| Nutcracker | Ruby: 1040 Emerald: 1010 | 13 days | 16 days (15,54) | 13 days (12,95) | 12 days (11,10) | 10 days (9,71) |
| Dryad Outfit | Brown: 650 White: 510 | 9 days (8,125) | 10 days | 9 days (8,33) | 8 days (7,14) | 7 days (6,25) |
| Dryad Antlers | Brown: 520 White: 510 | 7 days (6,5) | 8 days (7,85) | 7 days (6,54) | 6 days (5,60) | 5 days (4,90) |
| Dryad Boots, Dryad Gloves | Brown: 390 White: 380 | 5 days (4,88) | 6 days (5,85) | 5 days (4,87) | 5 days (4,76) | 4 days (3,65) |
| Item | Price | Yuletide Joy 80 / day | Quests only 65 / day | Quests + 1 full run 78 / day | Quests + 2 full run 91 / day | Quests + 3 full run 104 / day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Leopard | 2210 | 28 days (27,625) | ||||
| Ancient Sleigh | 1780 | 28 days (27,38) | 23 days (22,82) | 20 days (19,56) | 18 days (17,12) | |
| Shiverspine Yeti | 1820 1750 | 23 days (22,75) | 27 days (26,92) | 23 days (22,44) | 20 days (19,23) | 17 days (16,83) |
| Reindeer | Brown: 1820 White: 1520 | 23 days (22,75) | 24 days (23,38) | 20 days (19,49) | 17 days (16,70) | 15 days (14,62) |
| Fairy of Cheer | 520 | 7 days (6,5) | ||||
| Peppermint Bee | 635 | 10 days (9,77) | 9 days (8,14) | 7 days (6,98) | 7 days (6,11) |
| Item | Price | Yuletide Joy 80 / day | Quests only 65 / day | Quests + 1 full run 78 / day | Quests + 2 full run 91 / day | Quests + 3 full run 104 / day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presents (Belt, Boots, Gloves, Necklace, or Ring) | 390 or 380 | 5 days (4,88) | 6 days (5,85) | 5 days (4,87) | 5 days (4,18) | 4 days (3,65) |
| Carol Songbook ( or ) | 23 or 25 | 3 per day (11 left) | 2 per day (15 left) | 3 per day (3 left) | 3 per day (16 left) | 4 per day (4 left) |
| Winter Wonder Mushroom | 910 | 12 days (11,3) | ||||
| 100 Bottled Winter (8 for 1) | Up to 800 | Up to 13 days (12,31) | Up to 11 days (10,26) | Up to 9 days (8,79) | Up to 8 days (7,69) |
Jytal
Servant of Mallok
Platform
iOS
ishanroyc
Warrior
Characters
ishanroyc, ishamanroyc
Platform
Android, PC
bamfy
Citizen
Platform
iOS, PC
Does anyone know if there are any new items to be gotten from the song books compared to last year?
Chris30s
Reader
Platform
PC
Nope, same things... 8 different hats, boot set, glove set, shield
Yes, it seems to be after doing the dailies 5 times IN THE HIDEOUT will spawn Plumbkiss.
Zaphyra
Master Villager
Characters
Retired
Platform
Android, PC
Aww, thanks all! 
I added some info on Buddy Plumkiss and the quest Christmas Bash.
...I'm not sure if I should update the shop list to include Plumkiss in the calculation. Most players can't access him (yet), his fight is a bit long, and his regular reward is only 1
+ 1
... I don't know if it's worth to count him.
I added some info on Buddy Plumkiss and the quest Christmas Bash.
...I'm not sure if I should update the shop list to include Plumkiss in the calculation. Most players can't access him (yet), his fight is a bit long, and his regular reward is only 1
+ 1... I don't know if it's worth to count him.
justbequiet
Villager
Platform
iOS, PC