Winter Event 2022-2023 (Ended)

The Winter Event 2022-2023, the game's third Winter Event, is an event which began on December 17th, 2022, at 6:53 PM PST, and lasted three (3) weeks long, ending on January 6th, 2023, at 7:00 PM PST.

Before the Event

Not much was known about this event, apart from the obvious:

Multiple returning creatures from previous winter events were expected to be in this event.
Winter event Plushies and Color Palettes/Legacy would return.
It would start in mid December and would probably last until early January.

Event Parts

The event progresses in parts, and each part introduces features, creatures, or customization options to the game.

Part 1

Part 1 released on December 17^th. Upon the release of the event, returning minigames, 4 creatures, all winter palettes and plushies, and the return of Christmas Event currency were introduced to the game. Some modifications to the game's map and trade realm were also made, which included things like splotches of snow texture scattered around. Additionally, probably as an error, volcanic eruptions no longer had a minigame, so it was impossible to unlock Arsonos.

Returning Christmas currency, this time as Gifts Currency.
Gift Boxes (behaves similarly to Candy Bags from the Halloween Event of 2021).
Cenicara Creature (New) for 3,000 Gifts.
Norskogg Creature (Old) for 3,500 Gifts.
Sleirnok Creature (Old) for 2,500 Gifts.
Tundrik Creature (Old) for 4,000 Gifts.
Previous events Christmas Color Palettes for [Icicle for 150, Golden Gift Wrap for 350, Holiday Cheer for 500].
Previous events Winter Event Plushies for [Coal for 150, Partridge for 350, Ice Wolf for 500, and Frost Dragon for 800].
Unscrambler Minigame variant.
Guess-the-shape Creature Trivia Minigame.
Trade World and Main World temporarily decorated with basic ornaments (snow splotches, Santa Claus sleigh in the center of the Main World, sleigh and giftboxes at Mylo's Shack in the Trade World).

Part 2

Part 2 released on December 24^th. Upon the release of this part, new and returning creatures were included, as well as new minigames, newer palettes and plushies. Along the update, Slaiorn got added to Mutation Exploration Gacha, some creatures stats were tweaked (including Brequewk which was made a pure damage healer) and Momola replaced Brequewk as the flier herbivore starter. Lastly, additional event decorations were added.

Fallen Star minigame.
Coniferon Creature (New) for 6,500 Gifts.
Jotunhel Creature (Old) for 7,000 Gifts.
Varskela Creature (Old) for 6,000 Gifts.
New palettes for and Robux:
- Candlelight for 20 Robux.
- Holly for 300 Gifts.
New plushies for and Robux:
- Reindeer for 400 Gifts.
- Snowman for 100 Robux.
Temporarily made the Shooms Shop give 10% more Shooms on purchase during this part.
Jerry disappeared from its cave in Trade Realm and moved to a new cave behind the fountain area rules panel.
Additional props in Trade Realm and Main World (more snow splotches, added some Christmas Trees and more non-collectable Gift Boxes).

Part 3

Part 3 released on December 31^st. Upon the release of this part, new and returning creatures were included, as well as new minigames, newer palettes and plushies. Along the update, Therolachus got remodeled , titles got updated (only in colors and names, not QoL fixes like titles saving, which was planned for the next two updates) and Jotunhel and Boreal Warden's animations made by @Mukudori#0053 got introduced into the game, and some stat changes were introduced, including Jotunhel's and Boreal's speeds.

Boreal Warden Creature (Old) for 12,000 Gifts.
Sturbi Creature (New) for 3,500 Gifts.
Yohsog Creature (Old) for 8,000 Gifts.
New Tannenbaum Event plushie for 600 Gifts.
Shooms Shop prices returned to normal.
Additional props in Trade Realm and Main World (specifically snowmen and snow sculptures, as well as some party balloons and decorations).

Obtaining Event Currency

This winter event introduced its own unique currency called Gifts. To obtain gifts, players can purchase them from the Christmas Store in the Main Menu, they can collect the Giftboxes that appear randomly across the map (typically in the same areas where food can spawn and distinctive by their glow), and they can attack the Fallen Star every 6 minutes.

Gift Boxes

Depending on the color of the Box wrapper, the player may receive a different outcome:

Red presents with a green wrapping award 1-5 Gifts.
Blue presents with orange wrapping enter a Creature Trivia Minigame. At the moment there are two minigames:
- The unscrambler minigame is a modified version of the Unscrambler Minigame from the past Winter event, with the difference that it has a longer countdown. Upon completing the unscrambler correctly, the player gains 20-30 Gifts.
- The guess-the-shape minigame consists on selecting the proper shape icon for a creature among three candidates. Upon completion, the player wins 15-20 Gifts.

Fallen Star

As for the fallen Star, it spawns at random every 6 minutes after breaking the previous one. Once it spawns a message will appear in chat and as a notification telling that "a fallen star has spawned somewhere on the map, find it and break it for gifts". The star is big enough that spotting it is somewhat easy, albeit the snow props may sometimes hide it or make it more difficult to notice. Upon being bitten a number of times (around 17 times) the star breaks and gives 150 Gifts. This is shared by everyone who bit the star enough times, meaning if two people bit more than thrice the star, both will get 150 Gifts.

Christmas Store

The Christmas Store is accessed by navigating to the Main Menu and clicking on the Gifts event currency box next to the Shooms currency box in the top right corner. This opens the Christmas Store and the first tab to appear is the Gifts tab, which presents players with the option to buy Gifts with Robux.

The store is split into 3 tabs:

The Gifts tab for players to buy Gifts with Robux.
The Creatures tab for players to buy Winter Event creatures with Gifts.
The Plushies tab for players to buy Winter Event plushies with Gifts.

Gifts

The Gifts tab presents options for players to exchange Robux for Gifts.

Robux	Gifts
30 Robux	150 Gifts
100 Robux	500 Gifts
500 Robux	2,500 Gifts
1000 Robux	5,500 Gifts
1400 Robux	8,050 Gifts
2000 Robux	12,500 Gifts

Creatures

The Creatures tab features special Winter Event exclusive creatures that are available for purchase with Gifts.

Part	Creature(s) Added	Cost
Part 1	Cenicara	3,000 Gifts
	Norskogg	3,500 Gifts
	Sleirnok	2,500 Gifts
	Tundrik	4,000 Gifts
Part 2	Coniferon	6,500 Gifts
	Jotunhel	7,000 Gifts
	Varskela	6,000 Gifts
Part 3	Boreal Warden	12,000 Gifts
	Sturbi	3,500 Gifts
	Yohsog	8,000 Gifts

Plushies

The Plushies tab features special Winter Event exclusive plushies that are available for purchase with Gifts.

Part	Name	Effect	Cost
Part 1	Coal	+2.5% Weight	150 Gifts
	Frost Dragon	+5% in both Hunger and Thirst + immunity to Cold debuffs and Frozen state	800 Gifts
	Ice Wolf	+2.5% damage	500 Gifts
	Partridge	+5% max stamina	350 Gifts
Part 2	Reindeer	+2.5% fly speed + removed fog vision impairment (only from fog weather)	400 Gifts
Part 2	Snowman	Prevents creature from aging	100 Robux
Part 3	Tannenbaum	+20% damage resist, +300% Cold, -50% healing	600 Gifts

Trivia

Boss fights for this event were removed due to delays on the 2022 Halloween boss fight.
The placeholder message displayed for the Gifts tab while the player is loading into the game is the same as for Bells the past year: "UrLoading".
As with the past Winter Event, this event is quite unfriendly for players who recently joined, albeit to a lesser degree; and unfriendly for aquatic creatures, since gifts do not spawn underwater under normal circumstances.
This event was the first one to feature event-related premium-exclusive items and a temporary price drop in the Shoom Shop.

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