Winter Event
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Ambushes will now spawn using the player level, capped to the level range of the zone.
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The Winter Lord is no longer a random spawn from a Mysterious Gift.
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Instead, a large Suspicious Gift can appear which is guaranteed to spawn Winter Lord.
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After a Suspicious Gift appears, there's a one-hour cooldown before another can appear in the same zone.
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New Badge -
Very Naughty - Earned from opening a Suspicious Gift during the Winter Event and summoning a Winter Lord.
Lord Winter's Realm Trial
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All enemies inside the trial now spawn at internal level 30.
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Trial can now be started with 8 players and allows a maximum of 16 players.
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Added a prelude stage to defeat Winter Horde before Lord Winter spawns.
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Winter Guardians no longer make Winter Lord invulnerable by default.
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Each Guardian now has a different name and grants Lord Winter a different buff while they're alive.
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Elemental Guardian: 20% defense to Fire, Cold and Toxic damage.
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Ethereal Guardian: 20% defense to Negative, Negative Energy and Psionic damage.
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Corporeal Guardian: 20% defense to Smashing and Lethal damage.
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Six Winter Essence Crystals spawn in predefined locations in the map.
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Each Winter Horde critter within 30 units of a crystal adds 3% to the meter, up to 75%.
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Summoned pets don't count towards the meter, only critters from map spawns.
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Each Guardian alive adds their HP to the Winter Essence meter, up to 50% each.
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When Winter Essence reaches 100%, Lord Winter becomes invulnerable.
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The meter must be brought down to below 25% to make Lord Winter vulnerable again.
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Every 30 seconds, a random group will run to the nearest crystal if Winter Essence is below 75%.
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This will not happen if Winter Lord is currently invulnerable.
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Trial ends when Winter Lord is defeated.
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New Badge -
Icebreaker: Defeat Lord Winter without letting his Winter Essence ever reach 100%.
New Badges
Winter Weathered - Log in during the annual Winter Event, 2025.
Icebreaker - Defeat Lord Winter without letting his Winter Essence ever reach 100%.
Very Naughty - Earned from opening a Suspicious Gift during the Winter Event and summoning a Winter Lord.
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