Happy Holidays!

It’s freezing cold again for half the world! And baking hot for the other half. We just can’t win at this time of year. If you’ve managed not to turn into a popsicle or a roast, we have good news for you; it’s the Holiday event. We’ve got the usual Mission and 3 tiered comps spread over the event and the Community Campaign. That’s right, a rising tide lifts all ships so team up as a community to slay enough Roe Deer. You’ll see a bar for community prizes on the mission pop-up (use the banner in the launcher or on the website). Harvest at least 15 Reindeer (from any map) to qualify, slaughter more to fill the bar and gain all your prizes. You do not need to play in multi or single-player, it’s up to you how you do your slaying. Gender does not matter, nor does the state. Any Roe Deer harvested in the EHR will count. And how about, as a little gift to support, no one cheats during this event? What do you say? In return, we won’t have to ban anyone 🙂

Participate for the prizes, the trophies, and the glory! All hunters with enough Reindeer at the end of December 24th will win Community Prizes!

But first. Thought we’d get some QoL fixes out with the Holiday Event.

Disappearing tracks – This is hard to reproduce reliably, but it is definitely much improved if not fixed.
Archery targets look completely black at distance – Fixed
Canada Geese don’t walk – Fixed
Fleeing Bobcat showing as walking – FIXED!
Floating Red Dot Pistol Scope on the new .22 – Fixed

In order to take part in the event, you will have to click on the big banner you will find in the Launcher (or Website) home page:

Read on and familiarize yourself with the rules of the event.

CALENDAR

Duration: 15 days

Start: 10 December 2024 (Wednesday) – morning

End: 24 December 2024 (Wednesday) – 23.59 UTC

CAMPAIGN

The more Reindeer the Community harvests, the more in-game prizes each player is rewarded. Remember you personally need at least 15 Reindeer to receive prizes. This is how the prize pool looks:

This is how the prize pool looks:

MISSION

This year’s mission is called The Real Target

Time to hunt Rudolph! Yes, there are some other animals on the list, but we all know why we’re here. We want Rudolph. Who wouldn’t, with that big, bright target on the end of his nose? We do strongly advise against nose shots, though. For a start, you’ll mess up the most identifying part of your trophy.

The mission will last through the event duration.

Completing it will earn the hunter the following rewards:

COMPETITIONS

You don’t need to compete in these for any special reason, other than a spiffy trophy and some em$.

Prizes for the competitions look like this:

Each competition comes with 7 tiers based on your Hunter Score:

RULES

What would a game be without rules?

We have one simple rule for our events: No exploitation of existing game mechanics to gain an advantage. All winners’ hunts will be checked by EW staff prior to prizes being rewarded, and the decision will be final.

In case of exploits usage, EW has a right to disqualify the player from this event.

SALES

And what would an Event be without sales? We’re not sure, but we do know that we’d get nasty messages if we skipped them, so we’ve made sure to put sales in.

Make sure to check out the Sales section to see the full list!