Winter Festival

Location Type:	Adventure Zone
Within:	Sword Coast
Neighbors:
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Levels:	4-60

Ads Landing Event Winter — Simril Lantern

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	325
Lore of Simril	10
Simril Celebration (repeatable)	5 (10 during Zenith)
Omens of the Stars (repeatable)	2 (4 during Zenith), 1, [Mysterious Fortune], [Spirit of Simril]
Simril Crafts	from performing Simril Lightcrafting: [Hero's Feast], [Resplendent Citrine], [Faintly Glowing Citrine], [Lightwine]
Simril Fishing	up to 45, [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]

↑ This quest is offered by The Builder in the Guild Stronghold during the Winter Festival

Currencies[ | ]

[Star of Fortune]: reward from Omens of the Stars daily quest, and during the Zenith from the Tarmalune Trade Bar store
[Light of Simril]: reward from quests, contests, and Sword Coast Adventures, also looted occasionally from enemies and skill nodes throughout the game, also contained in [Shower of Lights].
[Ring of Lights]: reward from Twilight Run contest and Sword Coast Adventures
[Winterkill Emblem]: reward from "Demons on Ice" contest and Sword Coast Adventures
[Flake of Blacklead]: reward from "Demons on Ice" contest, Simril Lightcrafting task "Open [Sickly Marimo]", completing skirmishes in the Underdark, completing Demogorgon or Epic Demogorgon, completing Demonic Heroic Encounters

Simril Store[ | ]

Name	Cost	Remarks
[Sky Beam]	15 15
[Small Iceworks]	15 1x [Light Pod] 15 1x [Light Pod]
[Sky Lantern]	30 30
[Large Iceworks]	30 1x [Mote of Light] 30 1x [Mote of Light]
[Starry Winter Cloak]	30 30
[Icy Demonic Scarf]	30 30
[Fiery Demonic Scarf]	30 30
[Dark Demonic Scarf]	30 30
[Festive Simril Scarf]	30 30
[Racer's Woolen Scarf]	30 30
[Angler's Woolen Scarf]	30 30
[Astrologer's Woolen Scarf]	30 30
[Ice Arrow Scarf]	30 30
[Wintery Woolen Scarf]	30 30
[Winter's Teeth Scarf]	30 30
[Illuminated Box]	350 3x [Ring of Lights], 3x [Winterkill Emblem] 350 3x [Ring of Lights], 3x [Winterkill Emblem]
[Crate of Blacklead]	350 350
[Sparkling Bow of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Dagger of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Axes of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Blade of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Shield of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Long Sword of Winter]	850 850
[Sparkling Scepter of Winter]	1,700 1,700
[Sparkling Greatsword of Winter]	1,700 1,700
[Sparkling Orb of Winter]	1,700 1,700
[Sparkling Pact Blade of Winter]	1,700 1,700
[Winter Sled]	3,000 3,000
[Dappled Riding Horse]
[Fawn of Shiallia]	3,200 3,200
[Snowy Fawn]	3,200 3,200
[Ice Sprite]	3,200 3,200
[Warming Winter Feast]	30 30
[Shower of Lights]	1 1	Only during Zenith

Star of Fortune Store[ | ]

Name	Cost	Remarks
[Twilight Yeti]		Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019
[Star of Simril]	14 14	Available from Winter Festival 2018/2019
[Spirit of Simril]	2 2
[Gift of Simril]	1 1

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: [Light Pod]
Demons on Ice: [Winterkill Emblem], [Flake of Blacklead]
Twilight Run: [Ring of Lights]

Ice Fishing[ | ]

[Simple Fishing Pole] 5
[Glowing Fishing Pole] (Simril Lightcrafting level 1)
[Bright Angler's Fishing Pole] (Simril Lightcrafting level 2)
[Brilliant Angler's Fishing Pole] (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
[Sparkling Starlight Fishing Pole] (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
[Bright Shiny Lure] (Simril Lightcrafting level 1 & 2)
[Mesmerizing Lure] (Simril Lightcrafting level 3)
[Golden Szorp‎] found in pouches, purses and bags
[Sabiki Rig] found in the Zen Market or in Starlight Parcel's during the event (2014-)
[Brown Bream] (trade 10 for 1) (1 point)
[Blackjaw] (trade 10 for 2) (2 points)
[Durgrace] (trade 10 for 5) (4 points)
[Candlefish] (trade 5 for 5) (8 points)
[Sodden Pouch] (2 points)
[Soaked Purse] (4 points)
[Waterlogged Bag] (8 points)

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:

6x[Sabiki Rig] for 100
[Bounty of Simril] for 100
[Starlight Parcel] for 100

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