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Holiday 29492 (Christmas 2018)
=======================Event time: December 11, 2018 to January 7th, 2019
Official News Post
* * * Free Week * * *All accounts in good standing can log in FOR FREE Dec 11 until Dec 18!
* * * Free Gifts * * *The Item Store has free claims for both members and froobs, and four Christmas themed Phasefront vehicles only available for the season.
* * * Subscription Bonus * * *A new membership offer is available through January 3rd, featuring a brand-new gear set: the Kryoguard N-1N Armor!
* * * Wild Leets * * *around Borealis, ICC, Rome Red, Old and West Athen
- Antleets -
Antlers, Christmas Gift,
Phasefront Loungemaster - Orisky
- Iceleets -

Snowman, Icicles, and Icicle Swords
Snowflakes and Machines
and 8 parts to Make Two Different Snowmen
- Gingerleets -
Cookie Cutters
and everything you need to
Make Gingerbread Cookies
* * * Gingerleet NPC * * *in Stret West Bank at /waypoint 1189.9 2834.1 790
and
Talk to her to get a Gingerbread Yutto Tent
and a Snowball Lantern and your choice of a
Gingerbread Leet or a Gingerbread Yutto.
or
* * * Gift Wrapped Leet * * *in Borealis at /waypoint 647.5 544.0 800
Talk to him to start a mission to collect 6 items from Stolen Gifts hidden around Borealis and return them to Santa Leet
1) on top of Arms and Stuff
at /waypoint 682.3 575.2 800
Play Costume - Holiday Series #1
2) in the corner next to the Antiques shop
at /waypoint 685.0 578.1 800
Holiday Hologram Beam
3) on top of the Advanced Armor Shop
at /waypoint 763.7 689.1 800 [How?]
Candy Cane Nanospray
4) above a door next to the Christmas Tree
at /waypoint 636.6 555.9 800 [How?]
Leet Fizz Especial
5) in a fenced corner on the roof over Backyard 7
at /waypoint 610.7 490.3 800 [How?]
Floating Winter Bell - Utils
6) just outside the wall by the Southeast exit
at /waypoint 691.0 491.0 800
Bearded Box with a Bow
* * * Santa Leet * * *in ICC at /waypoint 3186.4 927.2 655
- Reward for Stolen Gifts quest:
Santa Bag and Atrox Ski Rack


=>
- trade snacks for a Pine Tree


=>
- turn shiny round things into Christmas Tree Ornaments
x50 => 
- trade stack of 50 Health and Nano Rechargers
for Vacuum Packed Santa Hat
and Vacuum Packed Santa Suit
* * * New Mission * * *in Broken Shores (get the quest from Santa Leet)
Santa Leet: Sup? Canz u halp meh wif something?
You: What do you need help with?
Santa Leet: Aliumz has attacked mah workshop. Mah Elfleets needz halp before Christmas is teh ruined!
Also kids r bein bad! Open gift b4 ready! Stop bad kidz!
You: Where are these naughty children?
Santa Leet: Bad kidz! Big drill! Open secret box b4 ready! Broken shorez go g0!Here r teh coordz. Gewd luck n tnx!
Mission:
Slush to Slush
Description:
Slush to Slush
Santaleet has directed you towards a batch of children who are being very naughty, trying to open a present that does not belong to them. Find them in Broken Shores and put an end to their misbehavior.
Realtime left: 0 days, 24 hours.
Reward:
None
Grid to Broken Shores and head Northeast to the excavation site at (904, 1693, 665). If you can't grid there (251 Comp.Lit. Required), there are both Clan and Omni whompahs to Broken Shores, but it's gonna take some running, and there's some unfriendly critters along the way. Blubbags, Mechdogs, Shades, and Hyenas, around levels 55-72. Not lowbie friendly, but the terrain is open enough and the monsters are spread out enough that if you watch your playfield map you should be able to steer clear. If you're a neutral lowbie, the Omni whompah is slightly closer to your destination.
Inside the Excavation Site, you can see your breath. There's ice everywhere. Hope you brought Cold AC and Nano Resist.
The dungeon is instanced to your level, approximately, like the recent Halloween and Anniversary dungeons. It might be rounded off to a 5 or so, but it's close. Like the Anniversary dungeon, you can get XP in here, so if you choose to log out here instead of doing all that running again, you might end up leveling up the dungeon too and have to leave to upgrade your gear to keep up.
There are scattered enemies far enough apart that you can usually take them one at a time and rest whenever you need it, and a single path through moderately sized rooms. There appear to be a lot of doors, but there's only one path that isn't iced over. Not even side rooms.
The basic enemies generally have one random item of Christmas loot, which may be from any Christmas in the past 16 years, including this year's new stuff. Sometimes they'll also have a piece of Frozen Excavation armor, but check the stats before you get excited about their gear protecting you from the cold. Apparently it isn't gear designed for frozen excavations, it's regular excavation gear that's been frozen. It looks cool, literally, but it's not great armor. It has good Health and Nano, but terrible AC, just a little NCU, and that's it. And it's level-locked so you can't even twink it. I suppose it could be useful somewhere like the Halloween Abandoned Facility where all the monsters attack with nanos so AC isn't a factor, but it's mostly just for social.
In the first winding tunnel, you'll find:
1 Dust Brigade Excavator (Nanotechnician)
1 Dust Brigade Trooper (Soldier)
An East-West passage, looking more like carved walls now:
1 Dust Brigade Excavator
A wider North-South passage with pillars:
1 Malah-Efewel
1 Dust Brigade Trooper
1 Dust Brigade Excavator
Continuing North either way around a larger pillar:
1 Gelid Spinetooth on the right
1 Gelid Spinetooth on the left
Triangular Antechamber with giant blocks, first miniboss:
Lethargic Spinetooth in the center of the room
- Watch out for his Frost Burn cross-shaped AoE of cold explosions.
- Mostly attacks with Nanotechnician nanos
- Has 3 Christmas items + Frozen Excavation gear (usually)
- Defeat him and an Energy Vortex appears.
Click to teleport North to diagonal room:
Empty, but not a great place to log out if you want to reset and stay in here; there are only 5 regular mobs before the next vortex. If you want to do that, the door where you arrived had 8 regulars and the weakest boss.
Octothorpe (#):
1 Bleeding Shadow
1 Bleeding Shadow
1 Malah-Efewel
East then North Ramp:
1 Malah-Efewel
1 Bleeding Shadow (standing where he'll see if you shoot the Malah)
Diamond shaped apex room, the second miniboss:
Ice Golem on the far side
- Watch out for Unnatural Ice pillars of ice that damage and slow.
- Also, Divest Nano, Dazed and Confused, pull and stun.
- Running right up to his snow pile and letting him hug you, even with a ranged attack, seems to keep most of his excessive damage away, but casters will still have a problem with his Divest.
- Drops 3-4 Christmas items + Frozen Excavation gear.
- Defeat him and an Energy Vortex appears
Energy Vortex to the base of the Western Phallic Hallway
1 Dust Brigade Trooper (in agro range when you arrive)
1 Gelid Spinetooth (just out of range at the archway)
1 Malah-Efewel (right side, just past the arch)
1 Dust Brigade Excavator (left side)
Finale Temple, the big boss
1 Dust Brigade Trooper (on the right)
1 Dust Brigade Excavator (in the back on the left)
Afreet Deavello (straight ahead, facing away from you, staring furiously at a portal to Penumbra blocked by some debris)
- Try to pull the Dusties out first, obviously. Daevello is distracted, so it's not too hard.
- He can't leave the room, but he can just summon you back to him, so once he's mad at you, running won't help.
- He has both Unnatural Ice and Frost Burn, which reach out into the hallway and around the sides of the room.
- Again, getting up close seems to work better than shooting from afar.
- Even better, if you can jump high enough, get on top of the vertical steam pipe on his west side.
- If you can't jump that high, try hopping up on the platform with his portal.
- 4-5 Christmas items + 1-2 Frozen Excavation items.
- Can drop three rare items: Elf Mask, Frozen Helmet, and Satchel
- Defeat him and a final Energy Vortex appears.
Click that and you're teleported out to the top of Crypt of Home.
Mission "Slush to Slush - Cooldown" lasts 20 minutes.
If you'd rather stay in this third area to keep farming Deavello for his exclusive items, there is one safe spot to log out, near where you arrived. There was a Trooper on the other side of a pillar. To avoid being pounced on while you're loading, you want to be right on the opposite side of that pillar, at /waypoint 132 111 8070 .
Almost all the items (71/82) available in Christmas Gifts are dropped here. Exceptions include: Giant Snow Shovel, Present Placard, Microphone, Bouquet of Winter, Santa Leet Doll, Fruit Cake, Old Fashioned Apple Cider, Candy Cane, Nano Crystal (Throw Snowball v2.2), Play Costume - Holiday Series #2, Igloo. If you're still missing those, your best bet is Santa Leet's Workshop or Antleets.
The new Christmas items you can get here include:
Clothes that may now also be found in Christmas Gifts
Festive Sweater
Festive Tights of the North
Buckled Boots
Woolen Pajamas
The Frozen Excavation "armor" should drop near your level, like Rusted Carbonum did, but just like that set, don't expect much of it.
Frozen Excavation Legwear
Frozen Excavation Shirt
Frozen Excavation Sleeves
Frozen Excavation Gloves
Frozen Excavation Boots
There's also a grenade launcher that goes with the set, but it's QL1 only, a "social weapon".
Frostburned Mother Nitrogena
Efreet Deavello may also drop these three:
Elf Mask
Frozen Excavation Helmet
Frozen Excavation Satchel
* * * Santa Leet's Workshop * * *in Meetmedere (get the quest from Santa Leet)
How to get there
- Reward for mission floors 1-5:
Wrapped Gift - contains two Christmas Gifts
1) Snowball Throwing Gallery
2) Gift Wrapping Room
3) Package Sorting Room
4) Factory Room
5) Factory Storage Room
6) Transportation Room
- Loot from Grin'Cha on floor 6:




Five Christmas Gifts and one tradable pet nano,
either Nano Crystal (Elfleet Helper)
or Nano Crystal (Zix-in-a-Box)
* * * Father Time * * *You'll occasionally see yellow System Messages about him being spotted somewhere in the world. According to the news post, he's now more formiddable and drops brand-new seasonal loot.
Here's What Michizure posted about it - because I've only spotted him once.
He's a giant white-haired Atrox in a black robe with a scythe. Level 220 boss with a bunch of tricks including the ability to cause players to attack each other instead of him. He doesn't seem as tough as the Desert Rider or the Hollow Reaper, but his tricks might make up for it. Probably best approached by a team of 220s.
* * * The Party * * * was Saturday, December 15, 2018
Time: 2:00 - 7:00 PM EST (19:00-00:00 UTC)
[timeanddate.com] When is that in my time zone?
Place: Reet Retreat's, Glass Dance Floor
with DJs Gemmikins and JoanWilder
* * * New Year's Party * * * was Saturday, December 29, 2018
Time: 2:00 - 6:00 PM EST (19:00-23:00 UTC)
[timeanddate.com] When is that in my time zone?
Place: ICC Headquarters
with DJs Fafy and JoanWilder
* * * New Since Last Year * * *
- Father Time Reloaded
Inert Reaper of Time
- Santa Leet new mission
- Elf Mask
- Festive Sweater
- Festive Tights of the North
- Buckled Boots
- Woolen Pajamas
- Kryoguard N-1N armor set
- Frozen Excavation armor set
- Frostburned Mother Nitrogena
Dust 2 Dust T-Shirt - Blue
Dust 2 Dust T-Shirt - Orange
Dust 2 Dust T-Shirt - Purple
Dust 2 Dust T-Shirt - Green
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