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Wowhead's 2019 Winter Veil Giveaway
As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect how great 2019 has been to us. The Wowhead staff has been kept busy with many Retail, Classic, and PTR updates this past year--and we've enjoyed every minute of it!
As a thank you to the community we're hosting another annual Winter Veil Giveaway through January 5, 2020. There's two different entry choices available so everyone can partake, even if you're only into WoW Classic. Slide on in to this post for more details. Best of luck and Happy Holidays!
Wowhead
Wowhead's Feast of Winter Veil 2018 Giveaway
As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect how great 2018 has been to us. With the launch of Battle for Azeroth and constant PTR updates, the Wowhead staff has enjoyed providing you with the best possible information.
To celebrate the year's end and this year's
Feast of Winter Veil
, we've combed through our bags, weekly caches, and
Blingtron 6000 Gift Package
s to bring you an epic pile of gifts! Have a happy new year and remember to stay warm this holiday season.
Wowhead
Warcraft Cooking IRL: Winter Veil Roast, Egg Nog, Gingerbread Cookies, Giveaway
We have a special holiday edition of our cooking show! Lulaboo is cooking the Winter Veil Roast, Winter Veil Egg Nog, and Gingerbread Cookies from the
Official Warcraft Cookbook
.
We're also giving away an
Official Warcraft Cookbook
at the end of this post!
Live
2017 Feast of Winter Veil Presents and Holiday Siegecrafter Blackfuse
It's December 25th, so don't forget to open your Winter Veil Gift and loot your 2017 gifts,
Toy Weapon Set
/
Toy Weapon Set
and
Hearthstation
/
Hearthstation
!
2016 Feast of Winter Veil Presents and Holiday Siegecrafter Blackfuse
It's December 25th, so don't forget to open your Winter Veil Gift and loot your 2016 gifts,
Endothermic Blaster
and
Disposable Winter Veil Suits
!
Endothermic Blaster
and
Disposable Winter Veil Suits
are only available from December 25th-January 2nd.
Endothermic Blaster
grants progress towards the
Brr... It's Cold in Here
achievement and opening any present today will also give you
He Knows If You've Been Naughty
!
There are a total of six presents that can be "opened" by completing the quest given by the gift itself under the tree. You can open these gifts on all of your characters, you aren't limited to just one character! The gifts can be found under the tree in Ironforge for the Alliance or Orgrimmar for the Horde.
News Roundup: Wowhead Weekly #105, PvP Season 1 Reward Update, Blizzard Holiday Present
Today's news roundup includes Wowhead Weekly #105, a Blue post on some PvP Season 1 Reward clarifications, and the Blizzard Holiday employee gift.
Wowhead's 2016 Holiday Giveaway - Win an ORIGIN PC!
As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect how great 2016 has been to us. From Legion's launch to attending the black-carpet premiere of the Warcraft movie, the Wowhead staff has enjoyed providing you with the best possible information!
To celebrate the year's end and this year's
Feast of Winter Veil
, we've teamed up with our friends at
ORIGIN PC
,
Blizzard
,
J!NX
, and
WoW TCG Loot
for an epic set of gifts! Have a happy new year and remember to stay warm this holiday season!
The contest begins on December 20th, 2016 and ends on January 4th, 2017 at 11:59PM PDT
. Participants will have ten possible chances to enter the drawing.
We also have special holiday discounts for all Wowhead users! Now through December 31st, get 15% off all apparel and accessories at the
Blizzard Gear Shop
with code
WOWHEADDEC
and free economy shipping on all
J!NX products
with code
WOWHEAD
.
Winter Veil 2016 Holiday Updates and Guide
Feast of Winter Veil
starts on the 16th so get prepared to drink some
Winter Veil Egg Nog
, sit by your
Cozy Fire
, and open your
Stolen Present
--wait, what? Is that a new type of present we've found in the database?
Running from
December 16th through January 2nd
,
Winter Veil updates
for 2016 include:
Disposable Winter Veil Suits
is a new toy which sets out a festive clothes chest for your friends. There are Red and Green holiday outfits, in both pants and shorts versions.
The outfits can be viewed in Wowhead's database and modelviewer:
Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Outfit - Male
,
Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Outfit - Female
,
Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Outfit - Male
,
Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Outfit - Female
Not confirmed where this gift is from, but it is likely from
Gently Shaken Gift
as last year's present
Red Wooden Sled
has moved to the
Stolen Present
The 2016 Winter Veil Gift is
Endothermic Blaster
and awards the achievement
Brr... It's Cold in Here
. This is a reference to the character Mei from Overwatch.
Catch
Greatfather Winter
sledding around Legion - he'll wish you Happy Winter Veil and give you 0
Order Resources
.
Holiday decorations like wreathes in capital cities have received visual updates; they are now higher-resolution.
Miniature Winter Veil Tree
has been updated to ilvl 835. However, the
7.1.5 PTR Version
caps out at ilvl 830 and scales to your level at the time of looting.
Dalaran, Ironforge, and Orgrimmar have snowglobes; when you enter it you turn into a gnome.
Illysanna Ravencrest
and
King Deepbeard
wear and drop
Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Hat
;
Talixae Flamewreath
wears and drops
Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat
The Abominable Greench
now scales to your level and deals level-appropriate damage, similar to the Legion Invasion technology!
New
Winter Veil music
was also added.
Downtime Tuesday, J!NX Hoodie Giveaway and Discount Code, New Santa Suit and Druid Mythic Tier 19
For today's news roundup, we have Downtime Tuesday #44 (with bonus J!NX Warcraft hoodie giveaway), a video preview of Tier 19 Druid Mythic Armor, updated Winter Veil armor, and a discount code from J!NX - use code WOWHEAD for 30% off all WoW tshirts.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone's Twelve Days of Winter Veil
Over the last twelve days, the
Hearthstone Twitter account
has been posting special Hearthstone themed gifs to coincide with the twelve days of Christmas jingle. Today, the last of them released and we have the sequence in its entirety. Check it out! And don't be afraid to sing along in your head, or out loud, or even make up your own Hearthstone themed days! We won't judge your singing skills.
2015 Feast of Winter Veil Presents, Holiday Siegecrafter Blackfuse, Pepe's Winter Party
It's December 25th, so don't forget to open your Winter Veil Gift and loot your 2015 gift,
Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller
!
Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller
is only available from December 25th-January 2nd. This toy grants progress towards the
Iron Armada
achievement and opening any present today will also give you
He Knows If You've Been Naughty
!
There are a total of six presents that can be "opened" by completing the quest given by the gift itself under the tree. You can open these gifts on all of your characters, you aren't limited to just one character! The gifts can be found under the tree in Ironforge for the Alliance or Orgrimmar for the Horde.
Other new gifts this year include
Red Wooden Sled
and
"Merry Munchkin" Costume
. Full list of presents in the full post.
Check out our Winter Veil guide for more holiday info!
Hearthstone
Spreading Cheer With Our Winter Veil Druid Deck
The special
Gift Exchange Tavern Brawl
is now behind us, but we aren't just yet ready to stop spreading the holiday cheer! As such, we've constructed a gift giving Druid deck that seeks to help your opponent win via card draws, extra mana crystals, and the quickening of your defeat! Or you could actually try to win with it, but good luck doing that.
City Guards Have Lightsabers, Star Wars References in WoW, WoD Digital Deluxe Items Return, Hotfixes
Star Wars has come to Stormwind and Orgrimmar! Around 5:30 pm PST, the guards in Stormwind were equipped with blue lightsabers (
Very Light Sabre
) and the guards in Orgrimmar were equipped with orange lightsabers (
Teebu's Blazing Longsword
).
Check out the full post for more in-game images and Star Wars references in WoW!
2015 Winter Veil Guide (December 16 - January 2)
Feast of Winter Veil
starts on the 16th so get prepared to drink some
Winter Veil Egg Nog
, sit by your
Cozy Fire
, and open your
Stolen Present
--wait, what? Is that a new type of present we've found in the database?
There's a new holiday gift waiting for you under this year's tree, and your
Father Winter's Helper
has stopped sulking and is ready for some pet battles, so this is one holiday you don't want to miss!
Changes in 2015
Seven items can be purchased for 5
Merry Supplies
each:
Five Garrison Decorations:
Old Box of Decorations
,
Festive Outfits
,
Little Helpers
,
Imported Trees
,
Ball of Tangled Lights
One Toy:
Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller
Savage Gift
which can contain the new mount
Minion of Grumpus
.
When completing the new daily quests for
Merry Supplies
, there are snow piles in the area. These can contain
Huge Snowball
,
Savage Snowball
,
Snowball
, and
Yellow Snowball
. There is also a small chance to find the
Grumpling
pet inside a snow pile!
There are new and changed presents under the tree.
The Lounge cushion toys (
Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion
,
Zhevra Lounge Cushion
,
Pineapple Lounge Cushion
,
Safari Lounge Cushion
) are no longer found in
Gently Shaken Gift
. They can instead be found in
Stolen Present
.
"Merry Munchkin" Costume
is a new item that can be found in
Carefully Wrapped Present
.
Gently Shaken Gift
now requires level 10 and likely contains
Red Wooden Sled
.
Winter Veil Gift
contains the 2015 present
Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller
which awards
Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer
Gift packs have improved rewards:
Fizzy Apple Cider
is a holiday item that benefits gatherers--it increases your gathering rate. This can be found in
Smokywood Pastures Gift Pack
from
Treats for Greatfather Winter
.
Smokywood Pastures Special Gift
can also contain
Illusion: Winter's Grasp
and a low chance at
Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros
.
Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake
has been buffed to restore 20% of your health and mana per second, for 10 seconds, up from 5% of your health and mana per second, for 20 seconds.
Miniature Winter Veil Tree
is now ilvl 670
There is a new and improved
Candy Cane
which gives your character the appearance of eating a Candy Cane.
Hearthstone
Winter Veil Comes To Hearthstone - Special Boards, Emotes, Sale, & More!
Happy Winter Veil! Hearthstone's first event outside of the release of new cards,
Winter Veil
is a reference to Christmas and as such, there's a ton of holiday themed content now live in the client!
Hearthstone
Hearthstone Patch 4.1.0 - Winter Veil Event, New Card Backs, & Tavern Brawls
The latest Hearthstone patch has hit! Included in it are a bunch of seasonal card backs, confirmation of a Winter Veil event, references to upcoming Tavern Brawls, a slew of awesome art, some changes to card text for consistency, and some new uncollectible cards!
New Card Backs
- January 2016
- December 2015
- February 2016
- Feast of Winter Veil Tavern Brawl
Added GLUE_TAVERN_BRAWL_REWARD_DESC_CARDBACK: "Win this card back for your first victory this week!"
Added GLUE_TAVERN_BRAWL_REWARD_DESC_FINISH_CARDBACK: "Win this card back for completing your first Brawl this week!"
2014 Feast of Winter Veil Presents Now Available
It's December 25th, so don't forget to open your Winter Veil Gift and loot your 2014 gift,
Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller
!
Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller
is only available from December 25th-January 2nd. Opening any present today will also give you
He Knows If You've Been Naughty
!
There are a total of six presents that can be "opened" by completing the quest given by the gift itself under the tree. You can open these gifts on all of your characters, you aren't limited to just one character!
Check out our Winter Veil guide for more holiday info!
Gently Shaken Gift
can now contain lounge cushion toys:
Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion
Zhevra Lounge Cushion
Safari Lounge Cushion
Pineapple Lounge Cushion
Carefully Wrapped Present
can now contain transmoggable socks:
Warm Red Woolen Socks
Warm Blue Woolen Socks
Warm Green Woolen Socks
Happy Holidays from Wowhead and Holiday Wallpaper
The holiday season is upon us, which means it's not only time for our
Winter Veil guide
and holiday giveaway, but also more
Noxy art
! Every year Noxy creates a new holiday wallpaper for Wowhead, and this year she's made Frostfire Ridge a bit cozier with Durotan and Frostwolf Pups...oh and the awesomeness of Yrel. (Check out
past wallpapers here
!)
2014 has been an exciting year of growth for Wowhead, with our weekly beta key giveaways, new show Wowhead Weekly, Battle.net Oauth integration, revamped subscription program, and in-depth guides to all content in Draenor breaking new ground for the site. Warlords of Draenor also inspired us to develop new features for the site including the
Garrison Calculator
,
Item Finder
,
Blue Tweet Tracker
, and
Character Planner
.
We couldn't have done this without your continued support and the entire staff thanks you for visiting and being part of the Wowhead tradition.
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The Great Feast of Winter Veil and WoW's 10th Anniversary Giveaway
There's two big holidays going on in Azeroth right now--
Winter Veil
and
WoW's 10th Anniversary
, so let's celebrate both!
WoW's 10th Anniversary
is ending very soon, and when it's over, you can't get the
Core Hound Chain
,
Molten Corgi
, or
Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros
anymore. But we've found some Winter Veil presents underneath the tree to make your time in Molten Core worth it, including
Deathy
!
How to Win
We're bringing back our beta-style giveaways where we tracked in-game achievements to reward you for completing content.
Completing
WoW's 10th Anniversary
and getting your
Molten Corgi
pet gives you one entry into the giveaway.
As an bonus entry into the giveaway, complete either
Boldly, You Sought the Power of Ragnaros
,
Victory in Hillsbrad
, or
Victory in Hillsbrad
.
2014 Feast of Winter Veil Guide (December 16 - January 2)
Feast of Winter Veil
is hitting servers early Tuesday so get prepared to drink some
Winter Veil Egg Nog
, sit by your
Cozy Fire
, and open your
Stolen Present
--wait, what? Is that a new type of present we've found in the database?
There's a new holiday gift waiting for you under this year's tree, and your
Father Winter's Helper
has stopped sulking and is ready for some pet battles, so this is one holiday you don't want to miss!
Changes in 2014
Warlords of Draenor 6.0.3 has added tons of things to Winter Veil, including toys, epics, and transmog items!
The 2014 special gift is
Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller
.
Gently Shaken Gift
can now contain lounge cushion toys:
Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion
Zhevra Lounge Cushion
Safari Lounge Cushion
Pineapple Lounge Cushion
Carefully Wrapped Present
can now contain transmoggable socks:
Warm Red Woolen Socks
Warm Blue Woolen Socks
Warm Green Woolen Socks
Scroll of Storytelling
is a new item contained in
Stolen Present
and turns your screen sepia like an old-time photograph.
Miniature Winter Veil Tree
is an upgraded dagger found inside this year's
Stolen Present
. It is ilvl 635 at level 100.
The Butcher in Highmaul can drop
Green Winter Hat
!
With the addition of the Toy Box in Warlords of Draenor, Winter Veil is the source for many toys. There are eleven toys that can only be obtained from presents, as well as a few more toys that have the chance to be contained in presents, but can be purchased year-round from other vendors.
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