Events/Holiday Snow Storms Dec 2016

Holiday Snow Storms Dec 2016

It's SNOWING in Egypt. Flurries flying faster than owls and pressies falling from the sky.

The guilds Snow Hunters at the OE CS and SETI in RP help find and direct the snow flake hunters.

Pressies are triggered by 14 players standing under the eye of the storm.

If you use spouse warp, please exit the snow storm completely and then re-enter after the warp 
to get the storm to properly  account for the quorum needed for pressie spawn. 

Unlike previous tales, the 2016 Tale 7 storms drop pressies directly for the players standing in a storm. So don't forget to pick up your pressie right away!

If there are more than 14 players storm hunting, one technique for helping others to get their pressies is to have a group stand outside of the storm aura. Once everyone is in place, the outer group then "jumps" into to trigger the pressie drop. All players inside the aura will get a pressie.

note: Only those players directly in the snow will be counted for achievements and holiday titles.

note: Only players actively participating in the storms will get pressies. (new for Tale 7)

Some storms will drop multiple presents. Early mega storms (multiple spawns) dropped 5 presents.

There are lots of new items in the present boxes and new titles for participation. The more storms you participate in, the better quality pressie.

Reports that @125 storms you get octets crystals. @90 you get herbs are marbles/granites

Holiday Titles

• Cookie Nibbler (140)
• Egg Nog Connoisseur
• Elf Wrangler
• Gift Wrapper (20)
• Mistletoe Bandit (120)
• Reindeer Herder
• Ribbon Curler
• Santa's Helper (2)
• Snow Frolicker
• Snow Shoveller
• Snow Whisperer
• Storm Chaser
• Tinsel Wrangler
• Wearer of Ugly Sweaters

Achievements Titles

• Storm Chaser

Achievements

• 1 Snow Storms
• 7 Snow Storms
• 14 Snow Storms
• 21 Snow Storms
• 28 Snow Storms
• 35 Snow Storms
• 42 Snow Storms
• 49 Snow Storms

2016 Gifts

Gifts change as you increase in levels. At the beginning, the present contents are basic materials such as wood and stone. As you progress, metals and salts are introduced. Crystals come in at around level 80/90.

General

• 100 wood
• 10 small blocks of stone
• 20 cut stone
• 40 cuttable stone
• Marbles/Granites

Animal

• 20 leather
• basket of cobras
• 5/10/15 ant food
• catnip (appears to teach cats new tricks)

Metals/Alloys

• 10 antimony metal
• 10 copper metal
• 10 lithium
• 10 magnesium metal
• 10 platinum metal
• 10 quicksilver
• 10 silver metal
• 10 tin metal
• 10 tungsten

• 10 brass alloy
• 10 bronze alloy
• 10 metal blue alloy
• 10 moon steel alloy
• 10 octets alloy
• 10 pewter alloy
• 10 Thoth's metal alloy
• 10 water metal alloy

Pyro

• 20 saltpeter
• 10/20 potash
• 50 charcoal
• 30 ash
• 10 salts of zinc
• 10 salts of magnesium
• 10 salts of tin
• 10 salts of lead
• 10 salts of silver
• 10 salts of antimony
• 10 salts of tungsten
• bundle of fireworks

Insects

• 1/2 bat mites

Flowers

• 5 flower fertilizer
• 5 sticky sun fertilizer
• 5 liquid sun fertilizer
• 5 Geb's Bounty Fertilizer

Cooking / Herbs

• 10 apple
• Herbs / Herb Seeds

Miscellaneous

• 1 coal
• 1 petroleum
• 1 loom frame
• 7 raw silk

Super Presents

• Elixir of Travel - clear, milky, crystal, diamond
• Fly Rods - Whisperer's, Beachcombers, Spiderfang, Snakespine
• Camp Deco - Lion Statue, Flaming Altar
• Untuned Microphone

Test Items

• Eye of God Serum
• Octets Ghost Crystals

Items NOT in Presents

• sickles (Pluribus: for herbing events only)