The 2018 Winter Event is a seasonal event that will run fom the 3rd of December, 2018 to the 2nd of January, 2019.
Milestone Rewards[]

Complete 10 quests: | Complete 21 quests: | Complete 40 quests: | Complete 55 quests: | Complete 71 quests: |
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Winter Spire Lvl. 1 | Winter Spire Upgrade Kit | 300 Stars | Winter Spire Upgrade Kit | Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
How to Participate?[]
Stars[]
The player will need Stars to open presents -
10 stars for 1 present.
Stars can be collected in the following ways:
- At the beginning of the event,
20 Stars are given.
- Every day upon the first login,
10 Stars are given.
- Each solved quest of the main series awards
10 Stars.
- Each solved quest of the bonus series awards
15 Stars.
- The Show 2 Tile gives the player
3 Stars.
- Some presents award Stars (generally
14).
- The Shuffle Tile gives the player
10 Stars.
Number of Stars expected assuming daily connection and completion of all quests (excluding bonuses):
Source | Stars Gained |
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Begining of the event | ![]() |
Daily login (approximated) | 32 x ![]() ![]() |
Main quests series* | 39 x ![]() ![]() |
Milestone bonus | ![]() |
Additional bonus quests** | 30 x ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | ![]() |
* The last quest of the main series only awards two portraits and no Stars.
** The final quest of the additional serie awards 20 Stars.
Additional Stars can be bought using diamonds:
Amount | Cost | Cost per star |
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12 ![]() ![]() |
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11.2 ![]() ![]() |
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10.5 ![]() ![]() |
Presents Window[]

To access the presents window, click the Winter Event Button at the left side of the screen of your browser (pictured here) or at the right side in the app. Every day there will be a new set of rewards hidden in the presents. The player uses stars to open them to claim what is hidden inside. The player can open as many presents as they can afford, and win everything over and over again.
Every time you collect a winter quest reward or open a present, a snowfall will start on your town and surrounding area. The effect is quite spectacular, but will not be displayed if Animations under Settings is turned off.
There are also special awards hidden among the presents, which are as follows:
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Show 2 | Double Payout | Shuffle All |
- "Show 2" reveals two random presents on the board and gives the player
3 stars.
- "Double Payout" doubles the reward in the next present to be opened.
- "Shuffle All" resets all the presents. When "Shuffle All" appears, the player needs to press "Start" again and in addition claim
10 new stars.
Among the presents is also the Winter Deco Selection Kit, which let's the player choose one of the following decorations:

Winter Deco Selection Kit
Christmas Tree[]
The purpose of the Christmas Tree is to award the Grand Prize once all the candles are lit, using matchsticks, where matchsticks were obtained through opening presents. Whenever the player opens a present, they will receive a matchstick. The matchsticks won will be stacked up on the top-right of the screen. Next to the playing window is a Christmas Tree. The player should use the matchsticks collected to light up candles on the tree. Any solitary matchstick might randomly light up 1-3 candles on the tree. There are 20 candles to light on each tree. Should a matchstick light more candles than the tree has unlit, the candles on the next tree will be lit. Once the tree is completely lit up, the tree will be refreshed and the assigned Grand Prize will be credited to the player's inventory.
A formula to calculate how many matchsticks are needed to complete a Winter Spire can be found in the matchstick section.
Questline[]
Main Quests[]
40 Main Quests are available which can be completed as soon as possible.
Quest 1
- Ekaterina: "Spend 4 Forge Points"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 2
- Ekaterina: "Gather some coins" and "Pay some supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 3
- Ekaterina: "Solve this simple negotiations OR Defeat this small army" and "Make people Enthusiastic"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 4
- Ekaterina: "Build 4 decorations from your current age or 5 from the previous age" and "Finish a 15 min production 10 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 5
- Ekaterina: "Acquire 2 sectors"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 6
- Ekaterina: "Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury OR Spend some Forge Points" and "Motivate or polish 25 buildings for other players"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 7
- Ekaterina: "Buy 3 Forge Points" and "Gather some coins"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 8
- Ekaterina: "Build 1 residential building from your current age or 2 from the previous age" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 9
- Ekaterina: "Solve this simple negotiations OR Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury" and "Pay some Supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 10
- Ekaterina: "Gather some goods" and "Complete a 5 min production 20 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 11
- Ekaterina: "Acquire 3 sectors without fighting OR Defeat 40 units"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 12
- Ekaterina: "Visit 15 Friends Taverns OR Infiltrate 2 sectors"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 13
- Ekaterina: "Gather some goods"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 14
- Ekaterina: "Build 1 production building from your current age or 2 from the previous age" and "Gather some coins"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 15
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this small army OR Complete a 4-hour production 10 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 16
- Ekaterina: "Spend 500 Tavern Silver OR Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish a 1-hour production 15 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 17
- Ekaterina: "Defeat 35 units OR Solve this moderate negotiation"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 18
- Ekaterina: "Finish a 4-hour production 20 times" and "Gather some supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 19
- Ekaterina: "Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury OR Finish a 24hr production 10 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 20
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this small army OR Solve this moderate negotiation" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 21
- Ekaterina: "Motivate or polish 40 buildings for other players" and "Pay some supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 22
- Ekaterina: "Infiltrate 3 sectors OR Negotiate 2 Guild Expedition encounters" and "Finish one of each production"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 23
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Spend 300 Tavern Silver OR Defeat this small army"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 24
- Ekaterina: "Win 5 battles without losing OR Solve this complex negotiation"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 25
- Ekaterina: "Build 1 goods building from your age OR Buy 8 Forge Points" and "Gather some goods"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 26
- Ekaterina: "Collect 750 Tavern Silver OR Recruit 3 units from your age" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 27
- Ekaterina: "Acquire a province OR Solve 12 Guild Expedition encounters"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 28
- Ekaterina: "Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury OR Gather some goods "
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 29
- Ekaterina: "Activate 1 boost in the Friends Tavern OR Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish 15 productions in a production building from your age or 20 from the previous age"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 30
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this small army OR Contribute some Forge Points to Great Buildings" and "Buy 5 Forge Points"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 31
- Ekaterina: "Motivate or polish 30 buildings for other players" and "Build 2 residential buildings from your age or 3 from the previous age"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 32
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish shortest production 15 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 33
- Ekaterina: "Recruite 3 units from your age or 4 from the previous age" and "Gather some supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 34
- Ekaterina: "Gather some goods" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 35
- Ekaterina: "Activate 2 boosts in Friends Tavern OR Win 4 battles without losing" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 36
- Ekaterina: "Scout a province"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 37
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this medium sized army OR Solve this moderate negotiations "
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 38
- Ekaterina: "Build 1 production building from your age or 2 from previous age" and "Finish a 4-hour production 12 times"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 39
- Ekaterina: "Visit 20 Friends Taverns OR Spend some Forge Points" and "Pay some supplies"
Reward:10 Stars
Quest 40
- Ekaterina: "Complete 5 expedition encounters by negotiation without losing OR Defeat 80 units"
Reward:Portrait of Anastasiya and
Portrait of Alexander
Daily Quests[]
After completing the main quests, 31 quests, corresponding to each day of the Winter Event, will be presented daily. Depending on the number of days the player takes to complete the main quests, that number of quests will stack when the daily ones start. Lets say it takes 5 days to finish the main questline. After completing that, the player will then immediately receive 5 quests without any delay and after that, one quest per day.
Quest 41 (3 Dec - Mon)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 42 (4 Dec - Tue)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish 1-hour production 8 times"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 43 (5 Dec - Wed)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Defeat this small army OR Solve 3 encouters in the Guild Expedition "
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 44 (6 Dec - Thu)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Motivate or polish 35 buildings for other players"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 45 (7 Dec - Fri)
- Ekaterina: "Solve 6 encouters in the Guild Expedition OR Acquire 3 sectors without fighting"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 46 (8 Dec - Sat)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Build 1 cultural building from your age or 2 from the previous age"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 47 (9 Dec - Sun)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Defeat this medium-sized army OR Solve this moderate negotiation "
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 48 (10 Dec - Mon)
- Ekaterina: "Buy 5 Forge Points" and "Pay some supplies"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 49 (11 Dec - Tue)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish an 8-hour production 10 times"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 50 (12 Dec - Wed)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Spend 700 Tavern Silver OR Buy 10 Forge Points "
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 51 (13 Dec - Thu)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Win 10 battles OR Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury from your current era or the era bellow"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 52 (14 Dec - Fri)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Gather some goods"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 53 (15 Dec - Sat)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 54 (16 Dec - Sun)
- Ekaterina: "Solve this moderate negotiations OR Complete 5 Guild Expedition encounters by fighting" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 55 (17 Dec - Mon)
- Ekaterina: "Visit 12 Friends Taverns OR Motivate or polish 50 buildings of other players" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 56 (18 Dec - Tue)
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this large army OR Solve this complex negotiation"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 57 (19 Dec - Wed)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish a 15 min production 15 times"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 58 (20 Dec - Thu)
- Ekaterina: "Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury OR Infiltrate a sector" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 59 (21 Dec - Fri)
- Ekaterina: "Solve this moderate negotiations OR Recruit 2 units from your age" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 60 (22 Dec - Sat)
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this medium-sized army OR Collect 1200 Tavern Silver" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 61 (23 Dec - Sun)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Finish shortest production option 24 times"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 62 (24 Dec - Mon)
- Ekaterina: "Motivate or polish 24 buildings for other players" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 63 (25 Dec - Tue)
- Ekaterina: "Win 5 battles without losing OR Donate some goods to the Guild Treasury"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 64 (26 Dec - Wed)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Build 5 decorations"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 65 (27 Dec - Thu)
- Ekaterina: "Activate 1 boost in the Friends Tavern OR Win 3 battles without losing" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 66 (28 Dec - Fri)
- Ekaterina: "Conquer a sector OR Solve this moderate negotiation" and "Spend some Forge Points"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 67 (29 Dec - Sat)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Gather some goods"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 68 (30 Dec - Sun)
- Ekaterina: "Finish a 4-hour production 12 times" and "Pay some coins"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 69 (31 Dec - Mon)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Gather some supplies"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 70 (1 Jan - Tue)
- Ekaterina: "Spend some Forge Points" and "Make people enthusiasctic"
Reward:15 Stars
Quest 71 (2 Jan - Wed)
- Ekaterina: "Defeat this large army OR Solve this moderate negotiation" and "Pay some supplies"
Reward:20 Stars
Prize Systems[]
Daily Special[]
Daily Special Prizes can be won in presents the same day.
You can find a list of Daily Specials as they appeared on Beta here.
Day | Item | |
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3 December | ![]() |
Shrine of Knowledge |
4 December | ![]() |
Wishing Well |
5 December | ![]() |
Hall of Fame |
6 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Upgrade Kit |
7 December | ![]() |
Renovation Kit |
8 December | ![]() |
Rogue Hideout Shrink Kit |
9 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Lvl 1 |
10 December | ![]() |
Rogue Hideout |
11 December | ![]() |
Wishing Well Shrink Kit |
12 December | ![]() |
Sleigh Builder |
13 December | ![]() |
Charming Cottage |
14 December | ![]() |
Mass Self-Aid Kit |
15 December | ![]() |
Victory Tower Upgrade Kit |
16 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Lvl 1 |
17 December | ![]() |
One Up Kit |
18 December | ![]() |
Wishing Well |
19 December | ![]() |
Santa's Workshop |
20 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Upgrade Kit |
21 December | ![]() |
Rogue Hideout Shrink Kit |
22 December | ![]() |
Hall of Fame |
23 December | ![]() |
Charming Cottage |
24 December | ![]() |
Victory Tower Upgrade Kit |
25 December | ![]() |
Mass Self-Aid Kit |
26 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Upgrade Kit |
27 December | ![]() |
Shrine of Knowledge |
28 December | ![]() |
Renovation Kit |
29 December | ![]() |
Sleigh Builder |
30 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Lvl 1 |
31 December | ![]() |
Watchfire Upgrade Kit |
1 January | ![]() |
Wishing Well Shrink Kit |
2 January | ![]() |
One Up Kit |
3 January | ![]() |
Victory Tower Upgrade Kit |
Grand Prizes[]
A Grand Prize is obtained once all candles on a Christmas Tree are lit.
There are 20 Grand Prizes. Once you have collected them you will start back at Number 1
You can find a list of Grand Prizes as they appeared on Beta here.
Nr | Grand Prize | |
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1 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
2 | ![]() |
Shrine of Knowledge |
3 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
4 | ![]() |
Wishing Well |
5 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
6 | ![]() |
Wishing Well Shrink Kit |
7 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
8 | ![]() |
Renovation Kit |
9 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
10 | ![]() |
50 Forge Points |
11 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
12 | ![]() |
Hall of Fame |
13 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
14 | ![]() |
Rogue Hideout |
15 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
16 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Lvl. 1 |
17 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
18 | ![]() |
Sleigh Builder |
19 | ![]() |
Winter Spire Upgrade Kit |
20 | ![]() |
One Up Kit |
New Buildings[]
Building | Size | Function | Age Advanceable |
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![]() Charming Cottage |
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Special residential building Provides ![]() ![]() Provides double coins and additional ![]() |
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![]() Sleigh Builder |
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Special production building Allows production of six different production options. Cannot be motivated or polished and can be plundered. |
![]() Yes |
![]() Victory Tower Lvl 2 |
![]() 1x1 |
Special production building Provides ![]() Cannot be motivated, polished or plundered. |
Automatic |
![]() Watchfire Lvl 2 |
![]() 1x1 |
Special military building Provides ![]() Cannot be motivated, polished or plundered. |
No |
![]() Winter Spire |
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Special residential building Provides ![]() ![]() ![]() Provides double coins and additional ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Matchstick formula[]
In order to reach the Level 12 of the Winter Spire, Level 1 + 11 Upgrades are needed. Completion of all Quests already provides the Level 1 Winter Spire + 3 Upgrades. The remaining 8 Upgrades require 15 Christmas Trees in order to be completed (See Grand Prize Table above). Therefore, it corresponds to 15 x 20 = 300 candles. Since 10 Stars are needed to open a present and to burn the matchstick, the following formula applies :
n_stars / 10 = n_candles / k ; with k as matchstick rate ( 1 < k < 3)
Odds to reach the Winter Spire Level 12 depending on Total Stars spent :
Total Stars spent |
Upgrades |
Trees |
Candles |
Matches | Candles / Match | Odds % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 140 | 2.14 | 2 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 144 | 2.08 | 12 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 148 | 2.03 | 36 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 150 | 2 | 52 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 152 | 1.97 | 67 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 154 | 1.95 | 80 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 158 | 1.90 | 95 % |
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8 | 15 | 300 | 160 | 1.83 | 98 % |
Considering an average ratio of 2 Candles / Matchsticks, the Level 12 of the Winter Spire could be reached from 1500 Stars with a probability of 52 %. With
1600 Stars collected from Quests, connections, and bonuses from presents, the odds to reach the Winter Spire Level 12 rise to 98 %.
In order to optimise the gain of Stars by opening presents, it is recommended to accumulate about 180 Stars before opening several presents in a row till the
14 Stars, the shuffle or both are revealed ! The worst case scenario gives
10 Stars back for each
160 Stars invested (in case only the shuffle is found after 16 trials). Then, a minimum of
90 Stars will be obtained by opening presents. Eventually enough
Stars will be collected to complete your beautiful and magnificent Winter Spire for Christmas !
More details regarding the calculations can be found on the blog page dedicated to the :
Winter Spire 2018 - "Matchstick Formula"