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Winter Festival
Location Type: Adventure Zone
Within: Sword Coast
Neighbors:
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Levels: 4-60
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Simril Lantern

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Twilight Tor

The Winter Festival is an annual calendar event.

The Winter Festival features various contests and activities, and the Simril Lightcrafting limited-time profession.

Come to the Winter Festival!
Come one and all to the Winter festival, the celebration of the winter solstice.

Visit the village of Twilight Tor and witness the wondrous celestial event, the Lights of Simril. Get into the festival spirit by trading fallen [Light of Simril] with other stargazers. Try your hand at ice fishing or join a race in a fabulous [Winter Sled]! And much, much more!

Come by every day for special activities and unique rewards available only once a year, including Woolen Scarves, Winter weapons, a [Dappled Riding Horse] and new companions: the [Fawn of Shiallia] and the [Frost Mimic]!

The stars are aligned for the Zenith of the Winter Festival!
Join us for the Zenith of the Winter Festival!

The stars are aligned, and the Lights of Simril are in full glow. Get bonus [Light of Simril] for festival activities and earn new rewards, including unique Woolen Scarves, and additional rewards for professions tasks.

Come by the Winter Festival, found on the overhead map, every day for special activities and unique rewards available only once a year!

Quests[ | ]

Quest Notable Rewards
A Light for Simril 325Light of Simril
Lore of Simril 10Light of Simril
Simril Celebration (repeatable) 5Light of Simril (10 during Zenith)
Omens of the Stars (repeatable) 2Light of Simril (4 during Zenith), 1Star of Fortune, [Mysterious Fortune], [Spirit of Simril]
Simril Crafts from performing Simril Lightcrafting: [Hero's Feast], [Resplendent Citrine], [Faintly Glowing Citrine], [Lightwine]
Simril Fishing up to 45Light of Simril, [Ring of Lights]
Star Stuff (repeatable) [Starlight Voucher]
Far From Home [Flake of Blacklead]
White Dragon Gift Exchange
Refugee Recruitment (repeatable)[1] 2 [Stronghold Vouchers]
  1. This quest is offered by The Builder in the Guild Stronghold during the Winter Festival

Currencies[ | ]

Simril Store[ | ]

Icon Name Cost Remarks
Event Winter Lightbeam
[Sky Beam]
Light of Simril15
Light of Simril15
Event Winter Snowrocket Small
[Small Iceworks]
Light of Simril15
1x Event Winter Lightpod[Light Pod]
Light of Simril15
1x Event Winter Lightpod[Light Pod]
Event Winter Lantern
[Sky Lantern]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Snowrocket Large
[Large Iceworks] Light of Simril30
1x Event Winter Light Mote[Mote of Light]
Event Winter Cape 01
[Starry Winter Cloak]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Bluepattern02
[Icy Demonic Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Blackpattern01
[Fiery Demonic Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Blackpattern02
[Dark Demonic Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Redpattern01
[Festive Simril Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Bluepattern01
[Racer's Woolen Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Greenstripes
[Angler's Woolen Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Astrologerswoolen
[Astrologer's Woolen Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Icearrow
[Ice Arrow Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Winterywoolen
[Wintery Woolen Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Scarf Wintersteeth
[Winter's Teeth Scarf]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Refinementpack
[Illuminated Box] Light of Simril350
3x Event Winter Light Ring[Ring of Lights], 3x Event Winter Emblem Winterkill[Winterkill Emblem]
Icon Cstore Packs Stronghold Chestofpower
[Crate of Blacklead]
Light of Simril350
Light of Simril350
Inventory Primary Winter Bow 01
[Sparkling Bow of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Primary Winter Dagger 01
[Sparkling Dagger of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Secondary Winter Axe
[Sparkling Axes of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Secondary Winter Dagger 01
[Sparkling Blade of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Secondary Winter Shield 01
[Sparkling Shield of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Primary Winter Longsword 01
[Sparkling Long Sword of Winter]
Light of Simril850
Light of Simril850
Inventory Primary Winter Scepter 01
[Sparkling Scepter of Winter]
Light of Simril1,700
Light of Simril1,700
Inventory Primary Winter Greatsword 01
[Sparkling Greatsword of Winter]
Light of Simril1,700
Light of Simril1,700
Inventory Primary Winter Orb 01
[Sparkling Orb of Winter]
Light of Simril1,700
Light of Simril1,700
Inventory Primary Winter Pactblade 01
[Sparkling Pact Blade of Winter]
Light of Simril1,700
Light of Simril1,700
Icons Inventory Mount Winterevent Sled 01
[Winter Sled]
Light of Simril3,000
Light of Simril3,000
Icons Inventory Mount Horse Dappleriding 01
[Dappled Riding Horse]
Icons Inventory Misc Collar Fawn 01
[Fawn of Shiallia]
Light of Simril3,200
Light of Simril3,200
Icons Inventory Misc Collar Fawn Snowy 01
[Snowy Fawn]
Light of Simril3,200
Light of Simril3,200
Icons Companion Icesprite
[Ice Sprite]
Light of Simril3,200
Light of Simril3,200
Icons Inventory Stronghold Table 04
[Warming Winter Feast]
Light of Simril30
Light of Simril30
Event Winter Light Simril
[Shower of Lights]
Star of Fortune1
Star of Fortune1
Only during Zenith

Star of Fortune Store[ | ]

Icon Name Cost Remarks
Icons Inventory Mount Yeti Winterevent
[Twilight Yeti]
Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019
Event Simril Refinement R4 Gold
[Star of Simril]
Star of Fortune14
Star of Fortune14
Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019
Event Simril Refinement Gate
[Spirit of Simril]
Star of Fortune2
Star of Fortune2
Event Winter Lantern
[Gift of Simril]
Star of Fortune1
Star of Fortune1

Activities and Contests[ | ]

Rotation: 12min Ice Fishing, 3min break, 12min Twilight Run, 3min break, 12min Demons on Ice, 3min break

Ice Fishing[ | ]

Fishing holes can be common, uncommon, rare or epic quality. Holes last a set number of casting attempts before despawning. Higher quality holes last fewer attempts. For instance, uncommon fishing holes last 12 attempts, rare fishing holes last 6 attempts and epic fishing holes last only 4 attempts.

Occasionally, an Unlucky Angler skeleton will pop up and attack.

Monsters on Ice / Demons on Ice[ | ]

  • Frost Goblin Cutters (1 point)
  • Frost Goblin Sharpshooters (1 point)
  • Ice Troll Grunts (2 points)
  • Winterforge Rimefire Golems (5 points)
  • Hrimnir's Hand Gronkunbonk (giant) (20 points)

For the third run of the event, the monsters were replaced with Demons:

  • Shrieking Cultists (1 point)
  • Shadow Demons (1 point)
  • Barlgura (2 points)
  • Zythar (2 points)
  • Glabrezeu (5 points)
  • Plee (demon boss) (20 points)
  • Aakhii (demon boss) (20 points)

Twilight Run[ | ]

Slide down the course. The glowing chevrons grant a 5-second speed buff that stacks up to 4 times, after which hitting a chevron refreshes the buff's duration. The twenty-five slalom gates are worth 10 points each. The four rally gates are 100 points each. A fast mount helps reach the rally gates within the 30 second limit. Bonuses appear as bags randomly on the course. Gold Bonuses are 200 points, Silver Bonuses are 100 points.

Lore[ | ]

There are four sources of lore from the Winter Festival: the Lore of Simril quest, an inscription in the Old Temple, random constellations from the Omens of the Stars quest and random fortunes from opening Mysterious Fortunes.

Lore of Simril[ | ]
  • Fishing on Glorfindar
  • Demons on Ice
  • Simril
  • Twilight Tor
  • The Twilight Run
Omens of the Stars[ | ]
  • Auroth the Ice Snake
  • Eyes of the Watching Woman
  • Jassa's Dagger
  • Lavarandar's Lantern
  • Mystra's Star Circle
  • The Arrows of the Gods
  • The Sleepless Knights

Achievements[ | ]

  • Ice Fighter: Participate in the "Monsters on Ice" event 10 times
  • Ice Fisher: Participate in the "Ice Fishing" event 10 times
  • Simril Celebrant: Celebrate the Winter Festival
  • Simril Knight: Celebrate the Winter Festival 10 times
  • Twilight Runner: Participate in the "Twilight Run" event 10 times

Zen Market[ | ]

During the festival, the following items are offered on the Zen Market:

Dates Run[ | ]

Sequence Dates to Dates from
1 December 19, 2013 January 9, 2014
2 December 19, 2014 January 9, 2015
3 December 17, 2015 January 7, 2016
4 December 15, 2016 January 12, 2017
5 December 14, 2017 January 4, 2018
6 December 20, 2018 January 10, 2019
7 December 12, 2019 January 2, 2020

External Links[ | ]

Video[ | ]

  • Winter festival loot:
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