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[[File:Fright Before Christmas Enemies.png|left|thumb|200px|Festive Holiday Enemies]]
[[File:Fright Before Christmas Enemies.png|left|thumb|200px|Festive Holiday Enemies]]


Fright Before Christmas is a modified version of the [[Winter Event/Presents| Presents]] [[Winter Event]].  During the Fright Before Christmas, [[Mysterious Gift]]s appear throughout [[Paragon City]] and the [[Rogue Isles]], courtesy of [[Gamester]].  
Fright Before Christmas is a modified version of the [[Winter Event/Presents| Presents]] [[Winter Event]] introduced in [[Rebirth Issue 2 Edition 3]].  During the Fright Before Christmas, [[Mysterious Gift]]s appear throughout [[Paragon City]] and the [[Rogue Isles]], courtesy of [[Gamester]].  


Upon opening a present, a hero or villain would find that if they were "nice," they would enjoy a nice reward. If they were "naughty," however, they would find themselves surrounded by Halloween enemies in festive attire, trying to push Halloween a little more into the winter holiday season!
Upon opening a present, a hero or villain would find that if they were "nice," they would enjoy a nice reward. If they were "naughty," however, they would find themselves surrounded by Halloween enemies in festive attire, trying to push Halloween a little more into the winter holiday season!
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== Gamester's Presents ==
== Gamester's Presents ==
"Nice" presents can include additional instances of the [[Mystery Gift]], [[Inspirations#Winter Event|Present]] inspirations, pieces of [[Candy Cane Salvage]], or sometimes a Present ''and'' a Candy Cane.
"Nice" presents can include additional instances of the [[Mystery Gift]], [[Inspirations#Winter Event|Present]] inspirations, [[Candy Cane Salvage]], [[Event_Salvage#Halloween_Event_Salvage|Halloween Salvage]] or sometimes a Present ''and'' Salvage.


"Naughty" presents spawn groups of [[Winter Horde]], whose spawn size is based on team members. Use caution when opening presents away from teammates.
"Naughty" presents spawn groups of festive [[Trick_or_Treat#Trick_or_Treat_Enemies| Trick or Treat enemies]], whose spawn size is based on team members. Use caution when opening presents away from teammates.  These enemies can drop both [[Candy Cane Salvage]], and [[Event_Salvage#Halloween_Event_Salvage|Halloween Salvage]].


Changed in the [[Winter Event 2009|2009 event]], when enough {{red|(need number)}}{{missing}} presents have been opened in any zone, a [[Winter Lord]] (Giant Monster) will spawn (previously, Winter Lord spawns were random occurrences on large teams). When the Winter Lord is defeated, he leaves behind a huge present (marked on the map) and a timer starts counting down. Anyone who clicks on the huge present before the timer reaches zero will be teleported to [[Lord Winter]]'s realm when the timer reaches 0:00. Here, they face off against Lord Winter and his Winter Guardians and will earn [[Candy Cane]]s, [[Reward Merit]]s, and the [[Lord of Winter Badge|Lord/Lady of Winter]] badge for defeating Lord Winter.
== Giant Monsters ==
:''Main Article:'' [[Halloween Event/Giant Monsters|Giant Monsters]]


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The Giant Monsters from [[Croatoa]], [[Eochai]], spawns in most zones (including the City of Villains zones) in both an orange and white variety. There are Event-specific badges for their defeat (which are different than the badges for the defeat of the regular Croatoan Eochai or standard Halloween Eochai).
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|[[File:map_button_Winter.png]]
|Entrance to [[Winter Horde|Lord Winter's]] Realm
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{{EdNote|note=In 2021 the White Eochai was not spawning and so needed to be manually spawned by gamemasters.}}
{{NPC Text|title=Lord Winter Dialogue|type=villain|text=
'''Before combat:'''  ''"Soon winter will spread across all the lands and my icy grasp will hold everything."''<br>
'''Combat start:'''  ''"I see that unwelcome visitors have entered my domain! I will give you a chilly - and painful - reception!"''<br>
'''At 3/4 health:'''  ''"You are more powerful than I thought! Winter Guardian, I call you forth! While you stand, these mortals cannot harm me!"''<br>
'''At 1/2 health:'''  ''"Again, you force me to summon my Winter Guardian. His presence will protect me from all damage."''<br>
'''At 1/4 health:'''  ''"Nooo! Winter Guardian, I call you for the last time! Protect me from harm!"''}}


=== Badges ===
=== Badges ===

Revision as of 18:21, 22 September 2022

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Initially Just copying the Winter Event, still needs to be updated
Date noted: 2022-09-22

Overview

Festive Holiday Enemies

Fright Before Christmas is a modified version of the Presents Winter Event introduced in Rebirth Issue 2 Edition 3. During the Fright Before Christmas, Mysterious Gifts appear throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, courtesy of Gamester.

Upon opening a present, a hero or villain would find that if they were "nice," they would enjoy a nice reward. If they were "naughty," however, they would find themselves surrounded by Halloween enemies in festive attire, trying to push Halloween a little more into the winter holiday season!

Gamester's Presents

"Nice" presents can include additional instances of the Mystery Gift, Present inspirations, Candy Cane Salvage, Halloween Salvage or sometimes a Present and Salvage.

"Naughty" presents spawn groups of festive Trick or Treat enemies, whose spawn size is based on team members. Use caution when opening presents away from teammates. These enemies can drop both Candy Cane Salvage, and Halloween Salvage.

Giant Monsters

Main Article: Giant Monsters

The Giant Monsters from Croatoa, Eochai, spawns in most zones (including the City of Villains zones) in both an orange and white variety. There are Event-specific badges for their defeat (which are different than the badges for the defeat of the regular Croatoan Eochai or standard Halloween Eochai).

EdLetter.png Editor's Note:

In 2021 the White Eochai was not spawning and so needed to be manually spawned by gamemasters.

Badges

Opening 200 presents earns the Toy Collector Badge, defeating 100 of the Winter Horde earns the Cold Warrior Badge, and defeating the Winter Lord earns the Frozen Fury Badge.


File:Badge holiday05 presentbig.png Toy Collector

You have amassed a vast collection of holiday gifts!

File:Badge winter event 01.png Cold Warrior
Hero
You have defeated 100 of the living snow creatures who plague Paragon City.
Villain
You have defeated 100 of the living snow creatures who plagued the Rogue Isles.
File:Badge winter event 02.png Frozen Fury

You helped defeat a manifestation of the Winter Lord, who brought his cold wrath to Paragon City.

In addition, defeating Lord Winter grants the Lord/Lady of Winter badge.


File:Badge Holiday09DefeatLordWinter.png Lord of Winter
Hero
You helped thwart Lord Winter's scheme to turn Paragon City into an icy wasteland.
Villain
You helped thwart Lord Winter's scheme to turn the Rogue Isles into an icy wasteland.

Candy Canes

Opening presents will also potentially award Candy Cane Salvage, which can be redeemed for a variety of badges, temp powers, and costume pieces from past winter events.

Salvage Candy Cane.png

Special Salvage

A festive piece of peppermint candy to celebrate the holidays. Seek the Candy Keeper in the winter chalet in Pocket D, as he collects these candy canes in return for hard to aquire treasures.

The Candy Keeper

Candy Keeper

Main Article: Candy Keeper

The Candy Keeper allows players to turn in Candy Cane Salvage for a variety of rewards.

Badges
Temporary Powers
Costume Items
Invention Recipes

It should be noted that if you already have the badge, then the badge will not display, however the Costume Item or Temporary Power associated with that badge will still show up and you can trade in Candy Canes for them. This is different from Father Time's mission reward menu in which if you choose a reward for which you already have the badge, you'll get nothing.

Present Locations

NOTE: Not all the spawn sites for the Presents have been documented. If you have the /loc for a spawn site not shown in these images, let us know.

Hero Zone Maps

Villain Zone Maps

Praetorian Zone Maps

Coop/PVP Zone Maps

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