Snowpeaks Festival

Snowpeaks Festival is a winter event introduced in January 2021 (Update 48 Patch 3), in which players defeat a unique type of champion, collect coins, and turn them in for icy rewards.


 * The 2022 festival started with Update 52 Patch 1 on Jan 27 and ran until Feb 20. It introduced a second challenge, Too Cold to Continue.
 * The 2023 festival started with Update 57 Patch 2 on Jan 25 and ran until Feb 12. (It's still going as of Feb 15, 2023.)

New champion
While the event is active, a new type of Monster Champion, Scourge of the Snowpeaks, can appear in quests (subject to the same rules as regular champions (?), i.e., hard, elite, reaper difficulty). Kill the champion to spawn a white chest. Unlike with other types of monster champions, even regular (not orange) champions spawn a chest. The chest contains 1-X Bronze, Silver, or Gold Snowpeaks Coins. Additionally, it may contain a Frozen Key. White chests from orange champs always(?) contain a key.

All ingredients (coins, keys) are unbound. Frozen Key from the DDO Store is bound to account.

New loot in chests

 * Snowpeaks Coins can also sometimes be discovered in chests throughout the game.
 * Frozen Keys can also be found in chests throughout the game while the event is active, but at a rarer rate.





Event NPC
While the event is active, there's an NPC in the Halls of Heroes, named Flurry. Talk to Flurry to enter the challenges and turn in coins for rewards.

The Snowpeaks challenge (aka The Peak)

 * Consumes a Frozen Key to enter.
 * Slide down a ramp and collect coins.
 * There's a chest at the end with more coins.

Too Cold to Continue challenge (aka The Climb)

 * Introduced in 2022.
 * Costs a Frozen Key to enter.
 * A long and complex jumping course yielding a high coin return and a guaranteed legendary item . (This item cannot be consumed for Sentient Weapon experience.)

New for 2023
New filigrees: 10 50

New for 2022
Augments


 * (Level 8, adds 30% movement speed, Unbound) - 20 100
 * (Level 1, has 2% chance/hit to cause AOE of 7-14 damage per ML of weapon, ML1, BtA) - 20 100

Items
 * (Level 4 Handaxe, and, BtA) - 20 100
 * (Level 4 Greatsword, and, BtA) - 20 100
 * (Level 4 Short Sword, and, BtA) - 20 100
 * (Level 4 Rapier, and, BtA) - 20 100

Original list (January 2021)
Augments
 * (Level 22, Festive +2, Unbound) - 20 100
 * (level 22, Festive +2, Unbound) - 20 100
 * (Level 4, adds Freezing Ice and Cold damage, BtA) - 20 100
 * (Level 1, adds Cold Iron damage type bypass, BtA) - 20 100

Cosmetics
 * - 50
 * - 50
 * - 50
 * - 50
 * Snowman Pet Certificate - 100
 * Polar Bear Pet Certificate - 100

Items Trade In:
 * Craftable Trinket (+5) (BtC on Acquire) - 50 100
 * Random Cookie - 10
 * - 1
 * - 10
 * Icy Potions (lvl 1, Caster Level 10) of: Jumping, Haste, Superior Freeze V, Chill Shield, Feather Fall, Protection from Fire, Resist Fire and Frostbite - 10
 * Gold to Silver (1 for 1)
 * Silver to Bronze (1 for 1)

Available in the DDO Store:


 * : Drinking this elixir grants your character an additional +5% bonus to the chance of finding Snowpeaks coins and keys from chests you loot. The effect lasts for the next hour that you are logged in and in a quest. (The effect timer pauses while you are in public areas.) Single use.