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Festivult
Throughout the Festivult event held in holiday season, every treasure chest in the game has a chance of dropping festival coins in addition to the usual treasure. Coins can be exchanged for seasonal items. Coins and rewards are unbound.
The Festivult Tradition (lore)[edit]
Since ancient times, the folk of Eberron have observed Long Shadows during these chill weeks of the month of Vult (December) -- a grim season when the power of the Shadow, god of the Dark Six, is at its strongest. Dire magic gathers in dusky corners, and evil stalks the night in a thousand guises. The Coin Lords have determined that the terror of Long Shadows must end! To this end, they devised the festival as a celebration to drive evil out of the city. Instead of cowering from the Shadow, citizens are encouraged to exchange gifts with their adventuring partners and loved ones. And by slaying the monsters who threaten the city's well-being, they may collect festival coins to demonstrate their dauntless spirit in the face of Long Shadows and the Dark Six!
The planes are vast and mysterious, and we can never predict how their alignment will impact the magically imbued gifts of Festivult. Each year the Festivult gifts are imbued with a different magical power depending on what planes are in alignment. So if you have some left-over goodies from Festivults past, beware, friends - those treats may not bring the same affects as before!
Jester of Festivult[edit]
Name: Jester of Festivult
Race: Dwarf
Gender: Male
Collects:
Locations:
- The Harbor, atop the Leaky Dinghy Tavern
- House Phiarlan, in the Livewood Theater
- House Jorasco, near Coldwake Pond
- House Deneith, west of the Knight's Watch district
- House Kundarak, in Locksmith Square
Description: <Festival Collector>
Notes: The Jester is a dwarven non-player character that appears during the Summer and Winter Festivult events. He accepts copper, silver, and gold festival coins to exchange for seasonal items!
The Jester resides at the top of a short jumping course made up of floating pillars. If you're not much of a platforming fan, go and visit him in the Harbor - the Leaky Dinghy have kindly provided a ladder.
Reward items[edit]
The item effects are based on Planes of Eberron (Eberron wiki link), and their alignment will have impact on them.
Each year the Festivult Cookies and Cakes are imbued with a different effect depending on what planes are in alignment. Any left-over Cakes and Cookies, will have their effects retroactively changed.
Attention: some items are listed in the following table more than once. Furthermore, since the effects on some cookies have just changed, cookies in italics have not been updated with their 2022 changes, if any; until observed on a live server, they will be presumed to have their old 2021 effects.
Notes[edit]
- 1 - Abishai Gingerbread Cookies - When you consume all five colors of Abishai cookies, you receive the Abishai Destroyer buff for 10 minutes (+2 to attack and damage, +2 profane bonus to Natural Armor Class, and +4 profane bonus to Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom).
- 2 - There is also a very small chance that the Festival Jester will give you an exceptional gift in exchange for your coins such as;
Some of these items are BtA or BtC.
- Approximate 1 in 10,000+
- Any type of tomes
- Unbound Lesser/Greater Hearts of Wood
- Unbound Blank Greensteel Weapons - even types that cannot be crafted such as the Green Steel Greatclub and Green Steel Light Hammer
- Approximate 1 in 10,000+
Cookie jars[edit]
- Main article: Cookie jars
Small and large Cookie Jars can be bought from the DDO Store, and are specifically designed to hold cookies/cakes/etc from Festivult and other festivals. Cookie Jars are all Bound to Character!
Iterations[edit]
2022-2023[edit]
- December 1 - January 8 for coin drops
- December 8 - January 15 for Jester turn-in
2021-2022[edit]
- December 1 - January 5 for coin drops
- December 9 - January 12 for Jester turn-in
2020-2021[edit]
- December 1 - January 9 for coin drops
- December 9 - January 16 for Jester turn-in
- Several notable changes took place during 2021, as it was the first case in which overlap between coin drops existed, and several cookies previously found in the now-retired Midwinter Festival were added.
2019-2020[edit]
- December 5 - January 6 for coin drops
- December 12 - January 13 for Jester turn-in
2018-2019[edit]
- November 29 - December 27 for coin drops
- December 13 - January 2 for Jester turn-in
2017-2018[edit]
- December 4 - January 1 for coin drops
- December 14 - January 7 for Jester turn-in
2016-2017[edit]
- December 1 - December 31 for coin drops
- December 14 - January 7 for Jester turn-in
2015-2016[edit]
- December 3 - January 7 for coin drops
- December 16 - January 13 for Jester turn-in
2014-2015[edit]
- December 2 - January 4 for coins drop
- December 12 - January 18 for Jester turn-in
- Effect of some reward items have retroactively changed (leftovers from last year's event have also been affected).
2013-2014[edit]
- December 5 - January 2 for coins drop
- December 17 - January 12 for Jester turn-in
2012-2013[edit]
- December 5 - January 6 for coins drop
- December 10 - January 13 for Jester turn-in
- White Abishai Cookie made available in the DDO Store
2011-2012[edit]
- December 2011 - January 2012
2011 Summer Festivult[edit]
- June 30 - July 17
- Exactly the same rewards from coins as given from December 13, 2010 - January 2, 2011.
2010-2011[edit]
- December 7 - ?? for coins drop
- December 13 - January 2 for Jester turn-in
2009-2010[edit]
- November 23 - December 25 for coins drop
- November 30 - January 1 for Jester turn-in
2008-2009[edit]
- December 11 - January
2007-2008[edit]
- December 12 - January
- Effect of some reward items have retroactively changed (leftovers from last year's event have also been affected). The drop rate of coins has also significantly decreased as compared to last year's event.
2006-2007[edit]
- Introduced to the game for the first time. Irian Cake (blue one) had Raise Dead effect with no minimum level usage and was fairly easy to get. At the time level cap was 10, and the Raise Dead spell belonged to endgame scene. The Cake was criticized as being game-breaking.