Preamble
Following several questions and discussions in Universe chat, I thought it's best to summarize what all the fuss is about during this time of the year :)
So, during Christmas events, one thing that happens is that Christmas Trees will pop in several regions of Atys. They are targetable, tauntable and killable; if killed, some gifts are dropped.
Technical details
Once you have found a tree, you need to assemble a team. The standard team will consist of at least 4 master nukers (level 250) plus a very high level healer (200+ ?). The minimum number of nukers is there to ensure you can beat the tree's high natural regen. If all nukers also use enchants, you can attempt with 3. One main healer is needed to bomb refill everyone, and probably a second backhealer (or one of the nukers using heal enchants).
As noted, trees are tauntable. This means you could taunt a tree and drag it slightly away, in order to optimize your chances (e.g. drag to an area with less aggros). However, it is frowned upon to drag the tree far away from its regular spawn spot, effectively "hiding" it from other players.
If you successfully manage to kill a tree, it will spawn 10 presents that may be freely killed by anyone, even by a non-teamed passer-by:
- experience catalyzers
- generic raw materials, usable in any craft plan (several combinations of grade, quality and amount of mats)
Also, equippable but purely decorative items that could be in a present:
- a ladle
- a stuffed yubo doll
It changes skin and looks like a gingerbread man during Christmas events.
- a candy cane
It changes skin and looks like a star during Christmas events.
- a pink buckler (that actually looks like a glove)
(I believe Talkirc will have more data about the drop rate of specific content.)
Once killed, a tree will re-pop in approximately 4 hours.
TREE LOCATIONS
This is why you're here, probably :)
There are 8 trees in total, each for one large continent or region. Maps to follow, red dot indicates the approximate sighting spot:
- Desert, Scorched Corridor region
- Lakes, Lagoons of Loria region
- Jungle, Grove of Umbra
- Forest, Nexus
- Lands of Umbra - Gate of Obscurity
- Underspring
- Wastelands, Sunken City
- Abyss of Ichor
Credits
Thanks to Freyr for map screenshots editing.
To Do
If anyone wants to take some screenshots at each actual location in the game world, that would be awesome :)
Figuring out the minimum DPS to beat the tree would also be awesome.
Following several questions and discussions in Universe chat, I thought it's best to summarize what all the fuss is about during this time of the year :)
So, during Christmas events, one thing that happens is that Christmas Trees will pop in several regions of Atys. They are targetable, tauntable and killable; if killed, some gifts are dropped.
Technical details
Once you have found a tree, you need to assemble a team. The standard team will consist of at least 4 master nukers (level 250) plus a very high level healer (200+ ?). The minimum number of nukers is there to ensure you can beat the tree's high natural regen. If all nukers also use enchants, you can attempt with 3. One main healer is needed to bomb refill everyone, and probably a second backhealer (or one of the nukers using heal enchants).
As noted, trees are tauntable. This means you could taunt a tree and drag it slightly away, in order to optimize your chances (e.g. drag to an area with less aggros). However, it is frowned upon to drag the tree far away from its regular spawn spot, effectively "hiding" it from other players.
If you successfully manage to kill a tree, it will spawn 10 presents that may be freely killed by anyone, even by a non-teamed passer-by:
- experience catalyzers
- generic raw materials, usable in any craft plan (several combinations of grade, quality and amount of mats)
Also, equippable but purely decorative items that could be in a present:
- a ladle
- a stuffed yubo doll
It changes skin and looks like a gingerbread man during Christmas events.
- a candy cane
It changes skin and looks like a star during Christmas events.
- a pink buckler (that actually looks like a glove)
(I believe Talkirc will have more data about the drop rate of specific content.)
Once killed, a tree will re-pop in approximately 4 hours.
TREE LOCATIONS
This is why you're here, probably :)
There are 8 trees in total, each for one large continent or region. Maps to follow, red dot indicates the approximate sighting spot:
- Desert, Scorched Corridor region
- Lakes, Lagoons of Loria region
- Jungle, Grove of Umbra
- Forest, Nexus
- Lands of Umbra - Gate of Obscurity
- Underspring
- Wastelands, Sunken City
- Abyss of Ichor
Credits
Thanks to Freyr for map screenshots editing.
To Do
If anyone wants to take some screenshots at each actual location in the game world, that would be awesome :)
Figuring out the minimum DPS to beat the tree would also be awesome.
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