Christmas - Metroplexity

Christmas

Holidays » Christmas

Christmas is a recurring holiday during December. The traditional snowman-building contest takes place every year on the quad.

For details, see:

The contest is similar every year, with additional elements added over time. The following page lists the current state of the snowman contest, with notes about changes over the years listed on individual pages for each year. The festivities normally start on December 20th.

For a rundown of all those sweet Christmas gifts, see Christmas Rewards. See Christmas Strategies for additional details on preparing for the contest.

New Snowy Quad image:

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Encounters:

The Waterfront

Coal Shipment - after searching for coal on the quad

Dig them out - gain 3-4 lumps of coal
Look for the source - gain 10-15 lumps of coal once per day, or 4 XP Perception?
Leave it be - walk away

The Dorms

Abominable Snowman Leaderboard

The Happy Hour

I have a request!
1. …
2. Something festive - affects Everyday Disco
3. …

Everyday Disco (with festive music playing)

Join the chat - 3 XP Perception
Try dancing - Gain 20 energy of Classic Carols
Pick pockets - Gain various items, and with sufficient Stealth Power, once per day, gain peppermint schnapps
Start a fight - Fight Punk Student
Skirt around - Walk away

The Quad

Opponent	Encounter Text	Notes
^{EVIL SNOWMAN}	As you're wandering through the Quad, you find their annual Abominable Snowman contest. Looks like one of them is moving around and he has your hat.	Unlock one instance for each use of a silk top hat
^{SNOW AVENGER}	As you make your way across the Quad a snowman charges towards you, its mouth open in a terrible scream. What sort of lunatic is giving these things axes?	Unlock one instance for each 3 Swarms of Tiny Snowmen killed
^{PYROTECHNIC SNOWMAN}	As you're wandering through the Quad, you find someone's built a snowman away from the mass of the Abominable Snowman contest. Actually, it seems to be dragging itself towards you with its branch arms. As you consider what to do, its snowy mouth opens and a gout of fire escapes.	Only after throwing 3(?) molotov cocktails in the Abominable Snowman Competition
^{MIDGARD SECURITY}	A pair of security guards tromp through the snow, looking equally irritated at you and the weather. However, it would seem they can't bring their batons and gas to bear against the weather.	Unlock for the rest of the event by throwing a molotov cocktail in the Abominable Snowman Competition
^{WINGED ICE}	As you make your way across the Quad, a light glints into your eyes from above, drawing your attention towards a surreal sight. A bird birthed of clear ice has turned its attention towards you, closing the distance with a few fluid movements of its wings.	With ice carving chisel equipped, after some number of swans built (globally)
^{QUEEN OF ICE}	The snows clear for a moment to reveal a huge snowman seated on an equally massive throne. She raises an icicle, pointing it at you like a declaration of war, while the snows grow thicker and block out all vision of the Quad beyond.	Some conditions related to the Icy Throne and/or some amount of scariness level reached?

Noncombat Encounters

	Encounter	Result	Notes
	Icy Throne	Frigid Rulership	After some amount of ice carving? I was etheric and had ice carving chisel equipped

Abominable Snowman Competition

Roll some snow - Unlocks "Stack your snow", 4 XP Strength
Look for branches - Gain 2-3 gnarled branches
Look for coal - Unlocks Coal Shipment choice encounter on the Waterfront
Stack your snow - Unlocks "Finish your snowman", 3 XP each Reflexes and Strength
Finish your snowman - Makes a snowman if you have 2 lumps of coal and 2 gnarled branches, unlocks "Add more claws", "Add more eyes", "Add some fangs"
Add more claws - Adds 1 to Abomonometer rating, 4 XP Will, uses 2 gnarled branches
Add more eyes - Adds 1 to Abomonometer rating, 4 XP Perception, uses 2 lumps of coal
Add some fangs - Adds 3 to Abomonometer rating, 5 XP Reflexes, uses 2 icicle fangs
Add a horn - Adds 3 to Abomonometer rating, 6 XP Will, uses 1 sharp stick
Add a head - Adds 4 to Abomonometer rating, 6 XP Will, uses 1 snowman head
Throw a Molotov - unlocks 2 Midgard Security encounter, lose 1 molotov cocktail, and every 3 throw unlocks an instance of Pyrotechnic Snowman.
Check things out - Gain XP depending on progress of competition
Leave them alone - Walk away

Help For Hipsters

Help out - Construct a monstrous snowman or a bunch of tiny snowmen
Look at snowmen - Gain 2 XP Perception and 2-4 XP Will
Sing about wassailing (With Classic Carols active) - gain holiday hot cocoa
No thanks - Walk away

Snow Goons

Pick one off - fight a Fresh Snowman
Charge a fanged one - fight a Fanged Snowman
Approach a horned one - fight a Horned Snowman
Rush a staring one - fight a Staring Snowman
Cut off the many heads - fight a Manyheaded Snowman
Challenge the giant - fight a Towering Snowman
Rampage through the little ones - fight a Swarm of Tiny Snowmen
Rampage through the big ones - Fight 2 Fresh Snowmen, which turn into a Fuzed Snowmen
Run in terror - Gain 3 XP in Strength, and a hint about snowsnakes if unlocked
Back away slowly - Walk away

Piled Blocks of Ice — if you have the ice carving chisel equipped

Check the ice - learn Unmelting Ice Brick recipe
Carve a swan - gain 2 XP Will, or with 4+ bricks installed, carve a swan and gain 20 XP Will
Add an ice brick (with an unmelting ice brick) - lose unmelting ice brick
Leave it be - walk away