"Storms of Winter" Event 2017

"Storms of Winter" Event 2017​

The “Storms of Winter” event features the following:

· Base event with two factions (Commonwealth and Vikings) and 6 event ships (3 per faction)
· 6 sub events:

o A Whale of a Time
o Snowman Crusher
o Dare to Dominate
o Midgard Wyrm
o In the Jaws​

· Puzzle with 6 parts
· Winter Calendar
· Various quest chains (overall 48 quests and 10 daily quests)
· Several rankings:

o Base event: 2 rankings, one for each faction. Points for killing base event ships (rewarded at end of the event)
o Njord saga: - A Whale of a Time - Time based ranking for the group map (rewarded at the end of the sub event)
o Winterfest Wanderer: - Yuletide - Point based ranking for keeping the gift the longest (rewarded daily during sub event)
o Snowman crusher: Time based ranking for the Snowman mini game (rewarded at the end of the sub event)
o Dominator: - Dare to Dominate - Point based ranking from winnings in the arena (rewarded at the end of the sub event)
o Wyrm Wrangler: - Midgard Wyrm - Points for killing Midgard Wyrm sub event ships (rewarded at the end of the sub event)
o “Shark Snuffer”: - In the Jaws - Time based ranking for the group map (rewarded at the end of the sub event)​

· new ship design: “WINTER’S HAMMER”
· new pet: “WEE WYRM”
· Event treasure chests
· Ice floes
· Pets and ship designs from previous Winter Events and more available at the black market ​

The Storms of Winter event starts at 12 noon on 30th November and ends at 12 noon 4th January.

The Winter Calendar starts in the night from 30th November to the first of December and will run until the 24th December.

The “Yuletide” phase takes place from 12 noon on 1st December until 12 noon on 12th December.

The “A Whale of a Time” phase takes place from 12 noon on 4th December until 12 noon on 11th December.

In the Jaws takes place from 12 noon on 11th December until 12 noon 18th December.

The “Midgard Wyrm” phase takes place from 12 noon on 18th December until 12 noon on 2nd January

“Snowman Crusher” phase takes place from 12 noon on 18th December until 12 noon on 2nd January

“Dare to Dominate” phases take place:

o From 12 noon on 8th December until 12 noon on 11th December
o From 12 noon on 15th December until 12 noon on 18th December
o From 12 noon on 22nd December until 12 noon on 25th December
o From 12 noon on 29th December until 12 noon on 1st January
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All Times are Local Server Times

The base event is a hunt event with two factions: Commonwealth and Vikings.

You collect reputation for those factions by sinking enemy NPC Ships and doing quests. (you can collect reputation for both! factions).​

Razorback’s Tusk, Monarch’s Marauder, Battering Ram and King’s Killer can be found on maps 2-1 to 30-1.

Sentinel Stag and Ruler’s Revenge can be found on maps 6-1 to 30-1.
Razorback’s Tusk and Monarch’s Marauder can be shot with all types of ammunition.

Battering Ram, King’s Killer, Sentinel Stag and Ruler’s Revenge must be shot with elite ammunition.

During all phases where ancient and magical emblems are needed, Bjorgold can be found on maps 2-1 to 30-1.

Bjorgold must be shot with elite ammunition. Depending on how much damage you have inflicted you will be rewarded with XP.

Bjorgold spawns “surprise boxes” on death which contain Ancient or Magical emblems.

The stack limit for Magical emblems is: 100
The stack limit for Ancient emblems is: 200​

Snow ammunition causes much more damage against all base event ships and Bjorgold.

Rewards

· Razorback’s Tusk: The player who inflicts the most damage gains XP, ELP and Snow ammunition additionally the player gains “Winter Light”, “Candles”, “Snowman”, “Gingerbread men” or further ELP.

· Monarch’s Marauder: The player who inflicts the most damage gains XP, ELP and Snow ammunition additionally the player gains “Winter Light”, “Candles”, “Snowman”, “Gingerbread men” or further ELP.

· Battering Ram: Depending on how much damage you have inflicted you are rewarded with XP, ELP and “Gingerbread men”.

· King’s Killer: Depending on how much damage you have inflicted you are rewarded with XP, ELP and 2Gingerbread men”.

· Sentinel Stag: Depending on how much damage you have inflicted you are rewarded with XP, ELP and Pearls. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with “Gingerbread men”.

· Ruler’s Revenge: Depending on how much damage you have inflicted you are rewarded with XP, ELP and Pearls. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with “Gingerbread men”.
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You will receive the following, for both base event rankings (rewarded at the end of the event):

Rank	Reward
1.	15 Firestorm cannons 5 Emperor's Booty Bags 5 Beastmasters Booty Bags
2.-5	10 Firestorm cannons 3 Emperor's Booty Bags 3 Beastmasters Booty Bags
6. - 10.	5 Firestorm cannons 2 Emperor's Booty Bags 2 Beastmasters Booty Bags
11. -50.	3 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
51. - 100.	1x Firestorm cannon 1x Emperor's Booty Bag 1x Beastmasters Booty Bag
101. - 500.	1 Taurus bonus map
1st Random	10 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag
4 Randoms	1 Emperor's Booty Bag

To get hold of the “WINTER’S HAMMER” design you need to collect 6 different parts of the ship.

- 1 part can be gained by opening at least 20 of the 24 doors of the “Winter Calendar”.

- 1 part can be found in the Event Treasure Chests.

- 1 part can be gained in the “Snowman Crusher” sub event

- 1 part can be gained in the “Dare to Dominate” sub event

- 1 part can be gained in the “Yuletide” sub event

- 1 part can be gained in the “In the Jaws”, “A Whale of a Time” or “Midgard Wyrm” sub events
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If you miss out on getting one of the parts of the ship design, you can get them by trading in your collected “Candy Canes”.


The “Yuletide” (a gift chasing event) sub event is an event where a player must hold onto the gift for as long as possible to gain points and finish high in the rankings.

You are only allowed to pick up the gift on a map of your level range as follows: Map and pirate level 2 – 6, 7 – 12, 13 – 16, 17 – 20 and 21 – 25 (maps 21 to 25 also for players with level 26 to 30)

If you leave your level range you will automatically lose the gift.

Every 24 hours from 12 noon to 12 noon (local server time), the ranking is reset and the top 100 ranked players each get a part of the ship design. In addition, 5 random players gain a part of the design per day.

“Yuletide” event ranking Rewards

You receive following for the “Winterfest Wanderer” ranking (rewarded daily):

Rank	Reward
1.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 24 Dragon Fires 20 Elmo's Fires 10 Swiftstones 5 Bloodlusts
2.-5.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 16 Dragon Fires 10 Elmo's Fires 8 Switfstones 2 Bloodlusts
6.-10.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 8 Dragon Fires 5 Elmo's Fires 4 Swiftstones 1 Bloodlust
11.-50.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 4 Dragon Fires 2 Elmo's Fires 2 Swiftstones
51.-100	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Dragon Fire 1 Elmo's Fire 1 Swiftstone
Random 1-5	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 8 Dragon Fires 10 Elmo's Fires 4 Swiftstones 1 Bloodlust

“Nidhugsheim” group game (A Whale of Time)

Once you have collected enough ancient emblems you are able to access the “Nidhugsheim” group map from the Safe Haven by speaking to Magnus Halbert.

After you choose the role you want to play (“Damage Dealer”, “Healer” and Tank”) and the team is full you are teleported to the group map where you face the two bosses “Nidhug” and “Hildisvini”.

Each boss has two phases.

During phase 1 both bosses apply de-buffs (“Nidhug” applies a different de-buff than “Hildisvini”) on the player with the highest “Aggro” (tank). Each application increases the de-buff stack by one, that means the effect gets applied multiple times. Each de-buff stack prolongs the duration so the tanks should regularly switch bosses so the individual de-buffs don’t stack too high. Meanwhile the damage dealers should inflict damage (in the best case equally) to push both bosses into phase 2.

During both phases, the healer should heal the tanks.

The 2nd phase of each boss will start when they reach a certain amount of HP. During the 2nd phase Whale “Nidhug” submerge and whale hunters try to steal your loot by attacking the Whale. After the whale dies in this phase, he switches back to phase 1 again and your whole group is rewarded.

The group damage share treats the group as an own entity and share the loot equally in this group. Be sure to be in a group!

When “Hildisvini” switches into the second phase, he spawns “Freyja” minions which attack the whale hunters spawned by “Nidhug” and hereby save your loot. If there are none of them left, the “Freyja minions” de-spawn after a certain time (be aware when you bring which boss in phase 2!). As soon as any of the bosses dies (“Nidhug” or “Hildisvini”) the other one gets enraged. The boss who’s left spawns a zone underneath him which makes him stronger.

The players who do the last shot and most damage on Whale “Nidhug” have a chance to receive the whale pet (Pyke).

If both bosses are dead, all players are teleported back to the regular map again. If you don´t manage to kill both bosses your time is not shown up in the ranking.

“A Whale of a Time” ranking Rewards
You receive following for the “Njord Saga” ranking (rewarded at the end of the sub event):

Rank	Reward
1.-5.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 15 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
6.-10.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
11.-15.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 5 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
16.-50	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
51- 100th	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes)
1st Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2nd - 5th Random	1x Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1x Emperor's Booty Bag 1x Beastmasters Booty Bag

“Bloodfin’s Pool-Map” (In the Jaws)

Once you have collected enough ancient emblems you are able to access the “Bloodfin’s Pool-Map” from the Safe Haven by speaking to Magnus Halbert.

After you choose the role you want to play (“Damage Dealer”, “Healer” and Tank”) and the team is full you are teleported to the “Bloodfin’s Pool-Map”.

Upon entering the group map there is the main boss, “Bloodfin” and a victim, which is trapped by a small shark. Your goal is to kill “Bloodfin”, without the victim getting sunk. The victim receives periodically damage during your run. When the victim dies, the map is lost and you are teleported back to the normal map without the final loot. If the map is won (you kill the shark), the HP percentage of the victim defines the amount of loot you receive. Your healer should heal the victim at certain times during the run to increase your loot.

The shark has two phases and a final phase.

He switches into those if he has reached a certain amount of HP.

During the 1st phase he follows and deal a lot of damage to the player with the highest threat.
While he is attacking, he drops blood zones, which increases the attack speed of the shark and deal damage to the players. During this phase, the tank should move a lot, so the shark is moving constantly.

During the 2nd phase the shark dives down and attacks the highest thread from below with a zone. The player in the zone is trapped and isn´t able to move his ship. He receives periodically damage as well. Additionally, small sharks attack the victim. After you have killed all of them the 2nd phase ends and some loot is rewarded to all group members.

In the final phase of the shark he additionally spawns more tiger sharks. This tiger sharks attacks your group and don´t reward you with anything. The shark continuously spawns these tiger sharks until he is dead.

When the shark is dead, the map is finished and you are teleported back to normal map again. Depending on the HP percentage of your victim you receive the same percentage of loot (Pearls).

Rewards for “In the Jaws”

You receive following for the “Shark Snuffer” ranking (rewarded at the end of the sub event):

Rank	Reward
1.-5.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 15 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
6.-10.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
11.-15.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 5 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
16.-50	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
51- 100th	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes)
1st Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2nd - 5th Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag

“Midgard Wyrm” sub event

The “Midgard Wyrm” is a small spawn sub event where you can hunt four event ships, Cataclysmic Corsair, Deadly Dragon, Apocalypse Alert and “Midgard Wyrm”.

“Midgard Wyrm” is an admin ship which spawn after a certain number of Cataclysmic Corsair, Deadly Dragon and Apocalypse Alert has been sunk.

All 4 sub event ships must be shot with elite ammunition.

Rewards from the “Midgard Wyrm” ships

· Cataclysmic Corsair: Depending on how much damage you´ve inflicted you are rewarded with XP and Pearls, there is also a very small chance to get one puzzle piece. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with Crowns.

· Deadly Dragon: Depending on how much damage you´ve inflicted you are rewarded with XP and Pearls, there is also a very small chance to get one puzzle piece. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with Crowns.

· Apocalypse Alert: Depending on how much damage you´ve inflicted you are rewarded with XP and Pearls, there is also a very small chance to get one puzzle piece. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with Crowns.

· Midgard Wyrm: Depending on how much damage you´ve inflicted you are rewarded with XP, Pearls and Pearls, there is also a very small chance to get one puzzle piece. The player who inflicts most damage and the player who does the last shot are rewarded with Crowns.​

Best Ammunition to Use

Shell shock ammunition causes much more damage against Cataclysmic Corsair.

Kraken Poison ammunition causes much more damage against Deadly Dragon.

Heartbreaker ammunition causes much more damage against Apocalypse Alert.

Snow ammunition causes much more damage against Midgard Wyrm.​

Rewards for the “Midgard Wyrm” sub event ranking

You receive following for the “Wyrm Wrangler” ranking (rewarded at end of the sub event):

Rank	Reward
1.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 15 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
3.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 5 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
4. - 5.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
6th - 100th	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes)
1st Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2nd - 5th Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag

“Snowman Crusher”

Visit Magnus Halbert to get access to the “snowman” map, it costs magical emblems (the amount depends on how often you have played the mini game).

In the first phase, the “snowman” is in the middle of the map and doesn´t move. During that phase, you can shoot the “snowman”.

When the “snowman” has lost a certain amount of HP the 2. phase starts:

In the that phase, the “snowman” is not attackable. Presents and ice floe boxes spawn on the map. Ice floes provide you with a damage buff (during that phase) and presents move to the “snowman”, if they reach him, they heal the “snowman” and de-spawn.

The 2. phase ends when all presents are gone (healed the “snowman” or sunk) and the 1. phase starts again.

The mini game ends, when you get sunk or you sink the “snowman”.

When you sink the “snowman”, you are rewarded with XP and Pearls.

Just perfect results count for the “Snowman crusher” ranking.

Rewards the “Snowman Crusher” ranking

You receive following for the “Snowman crusher” ranking (rewarded at end of the sub event):

Rank	Reward
1.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 15 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
3.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 5 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
4. - 5.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
6th - 100th	1x Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes)
1st Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 10 Firestorm Cannons 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag
2nd - 5th Random	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Emperor's Booty Bag 1 Beastmasters Booty Bag

Arena fight (Dare to Dominate)

You can access the Arena by speaking to Magnus Halbert in any of the Safe Havens.

Every team has five team members.

After joining the map your design changes (it`s just a visual exchange, your gem stats stay) and you receive a buff. You also note three NPCs on the map which can be conquered by destruction. The team members need to shoot the monster to kill it.

On destruction, a new NPC spawns that belongs to the team.

The NPC attacks players by spawning small damage zones under a player. The zone stays for some seconds and causes damage to all players of the enemy team.

Each NPC gives points for the belonging team. That means the more NPCs the team has the faster the team get points.

Each minute the team also gets a certain amount of points for each NPC the team has.

The team that has reached 1.000 Points first wins the arena.

Points are also awarded for killing players of the enemy team.

Rewards from the “Dare to Dominate”

After you have finished the arena fight, you are rewarded with Pearls, Event Keys and Ranking Points:

· Best player of winning team: 5 Ranking Points
· Other players of winning team: 3 Ranking Points
· Losing team: 1 Ranking Point​

Rewards for the “Dare to Dominate” ranking
You receive following for the “Dominator” ranking” (rewarded after each phase):

Rank	Reward
1.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 24 Dragon Fires 20 St Elmo's Fires 10 Swiftstones 5 Bloodlusts
2.-5	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 16 Dragon Fires 10 St Elmo's Fires 8 Swiftstones 2 Bloodlusts
6.-10	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 8 Dragon Fires 5 St Elmo's Fires 4 Swiftstones 1 Bloodlusts
11.-25.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 4 Dragon Fires 2 St Elmo's Fires 2 Swiftstones
26.-50.	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 1 Dragon Fire 1 St Elmo's Fire 1 Swiftstone
Random 1-5	1 Puzzle piece (Fallback: 500 Candy Canes) 8 Dragon Fires 10 St Elmo's Fires 4 Swiftstones 1 Bloodlust

There are 8 quest chains. The quests are just available when the sub event/ phase is running:

- Base event:

o Commonwealth: You can accept quests by speaking to Roger Flint (on Safe Haven).
o Vikings: You can accept quests by speaking to Eona Norling (on Safe Haven).​

- Yuletide: You can accept quests by speaking to Haldor Olfasson (on Safe Haven).
- Njord Saga: You can accept quests by speaking to Haldor Olfasson (on Safe Haven).
- Shark: You can accept quests by speaking to Eona Norling (on Safe Haven).
- End World phase: You can accept quests by speaking to Sigurd Lundgren (on Safe Haven).
- Snowman mini game: You can accept quests by speaking to Haldor Olfasson (on Safe Haven).
- Domination fight arena: You can accept quests by speaking to Eona Norling and Roger Flint (on Safe Haven).​

New ship design and pet

“WINTER’S HAMMER” (Puzzle reward):

· Multifaceted Coral + 19% Critical damage
· Multifaceted Lapislazuli + 95.000 Hit points
· Sparkling Rhodolite + 18% Boarding bonus
· Sparkling Sodalite + 12,5% Dodge chance​

”WEE WYRM” (Black market):

· Smooth Fluorite + 30.000 Hit points
· Smooth Corundum + 30.000 Voodoo points​

Event Treasure Chests

In the Event Treasure Chests, you find with a small chance one puzzle piece and many useful items, like Snow ammunition, Snowman, Simbi Amulets, Tritons Benevolence, Winter lights, Bloodlust, Unstoppable, Lionhearts and some other action items. Additionally, you have a chance to receive Mojos as well as Gingerbread men and Candy Canes.

Ice Floes

The Ice Floes must be shot with harpoons. Items such as Snow ammunition, Candle, Winter Light, Skyfire and Events Keys can be obtained from the Ice Flows.

Gingerbread Men and Candy Canes

You can buy the latest pet: ”WEE WYRM” as well as old event designs and pets on the black market with Gingerbread men. During the event, you can also buy Event Keys, Snow ammunition, different buff items and cannons on the black market.

Candy Canes can be used to buy puzzle pieces.

Gingerbread men and Candy Canes will be exchanged for game items at the end of the event. The exact details will be announced shortly before the end of event.

The Event Keys will be exchanged 1:1 for normal chest keys.

 

Ahoy Pirates,

The post event compensation will run tomorrow, 5th January at 12 noon (local server time).

Currency	Ratio	Compensation
Event Keys	1 : 1	Treasure chest keys
Gingerbread	1 : 100	Snow ammunition
Candy Canes	1 : 100	Ice ammunition
Ancient Emblems	1 : 1	Gold
Magic Emblems	1 : 1	Gold

Your Seafight Team