Wintersday 2007

Schedule

 * Friday, December 21, 2007 (12:00 pm PST): Start of the event

Festival Finale
Tuesday, January 1, 2008:

Wednesday, January 2, 2008:


 * NOTE - If your district is created after the Avatars appear, they will not come and your district will not take part in the event.  To be safe, it is best to map to the town at least 5 minutes before the event is due to start.  Also, to prevent from being logged out from lag, you might want to go to a district without as many players.

Redecorated towns

 * Ascalon City (Post-Searing)
 * Lion's Arch
 * Droknar's Forge
 * Kamadan

Quests and Missions
During the festivities, special quests will be offered:


 * Two quests from Wintersday 2005:
 * The Greatest Snowman Ever Made (support Dwayna)
 * A Very Grentchie Wintersday (support Grenth)
 * The quests from Wintersday 2006:
 * Save the Reindeer
 * Follow up:Find the Stolen Presents
 * Follow up:Spreading the Wintersday Spirit
 * White Mist
 * Follow up:How The Grentches Stole Wintersday
 * Follow up:The Gift of Giving


 * From the Rift Warden:
 * Two missions from Wintersday 2006:
 * You're a Mean One, Mr. Grenth
 * In Grenth's Defense
 * Two new missions:
 * Straight to the Heart
 * The Strength of Snow

See also: Category:Wintersday 2007 quests

Candysmiths
A number of candysmiths appeared in the above listed event towns, they offer candy and gingerbread weapons in exchange for Candy Cane Shards,

For a listing, see: Category:Candysmiths.

Snowball arena
Like in the 2005 and 2006 version of Wintersday, the Snowball Arena is available in Kamadan, Lion's Arch, Great Temple of Balthazar, and in Ascalon City.

Items
The following are the available items from Wintersday 2007, with a brief description from the official Guild wars website:


 * See also: Category:Wintersday 2007 items

Collectors
A number of collectors appeared in the above listed event towns, handing out special reward items in return for special collectible items. The selection differed, depending on whether the collector supported Dwayna or Grenth.

Description
During the Wintersday 2007 event, collectors appeared in several outposts within the Prophecies and Nightfall campaign. Each collected a different Collectable Drop and offered some of the following Wintersday items in return:
 * 1) Eggnog is only offered by the followers of Dwayna in Tyria and is only offered by the followers of Grenth in Elona.
 * 2) Spiked Eggnog is only offered by the followers of Grenth in Tyria and is only offered by the followers of Dwayna in Elona.
 * 3) Wintersday Gifts are only offered by Wintersday Gift Givers,.
 * 4) Yuletide Tonics are only offered by Tina & Terum the Tonic Makers, who do not offer any other items.

Obtaining your Wintersday Hats
To receive a Wintersday hat, you must have a character present at one of the finale events in either Lion's Arch or Kamadan. The hat you receive depends whether Dwayna (Wreath Crown) or Grenth (Ice Crown) wins the particular district you're in, which in turn depends on the number of people supporting each god. While this may cause an element of randomness as to which hat you receive, players typically band together to control which deity wins each district, therefore ensuring everyone can get the hat they want.

In order to create an easy method of securing headgear from Grenth or Dwayna, the Even-Odd system from last year is continued being used by most players again. If you would like Dwayna headgear in a particular town, stand on the blue or green circles in even-numbered districts. If you would like Grenth Headgear from a particular town, stand on the red circles in odd-numbered districts. In this fashion, headgear can most easily be acquired by anyone simply by choosing an odd or even numbered district in Lion's Arch or Kamadan. However, there may be exceptions, especially in non-English districts with lower population. If you're unsure as to which god your district is going to support, ask other players in-game and change districts if necessary.

Players with both Prophecies and Nightfall can get both hats back to back, as Lion's Arch is timed to be 15 minutes ahead of Kamadan. If a player receives the Dwayna hat in Lion's Arch, for example, that player can then immediately jump to an odd numbered district in Kamadan to receive the Grenth hat.

Candy Cane shards are required in order for your vote to count; however, they are not required for the festival hat.

Until Jan. 8, 2008 you could go to a Festival Hat Maker NPC and get both 2007 hats, even if you weren't at the finale event.

Rolling updates
As was stated by Gaile Gray at the beginning of the event, updates were added over the course of the festival.