Winter Festival

The  is an annual calendar event.

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

Currencies

 * reward from Omens of the Stars daily quest, and during the Zenith from the Tarmalune Trade Bar store
 * reward from quests, contests, and Sword Coast Adventures, also looted occasionally from enemies and skill nodes throughout the game, also contained in.
 * reward from Twilight Run contest and Sword Coast Adventures
 * reward from "Demons on Ice" contest and Sword Coast Adventures
 * reward from "Demons on Ice" contest, Simril Lightcrafting task "Open ", completing skirmishes in the Underdark, completing Demogorgon or Epic Demogorgon, completing Demonic Heroic Encounters

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Star of Fortune Store
|Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019

|Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019

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Activities and Contests
Rotation: 12min Ice Fishing, 3min break, 12min Twilight Run, 3min break, 12min Demons on Ice, 3min break
 * Gold Bracket: 45 (90 during Zenith)
 * Silver Bracket: 25 (50 during Zenith)
 * Copper Bracket: 15 (30 during Zenith)
 * Bronze Bracket: 9 (18 during Zenith)
 * Ice Fishing:
 * Demons on Ice: ,
 * Twilight Run:

Ice Fishing

 * 5
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 1)
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 2)
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 1 & 2)
 * (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
 * found in pouches, purses and bags
 * found in the Zen Market or in Starlight Parcel's during the event (2014-)
 * (trade 10 for 1) (1 point)
 * (trade 10 for 2) (2 points)
 * (trade 10 for 5) (4 points)
 * (trade 5 for 5) (8 points)
 * (2 points)
 * (4 points)
 * (8 points)

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

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:
 * 6x for 100
 * for 100
 * for 100

Video

 * Winter festival loot:

Winterfest Festival de l'hiver