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The Snowball Fight event is about to start again for the season:
- Snowball Fights are a PVP event that requires no skill and no items, all characters welcome!
- The event will run every 2 hours, avoiding overlapping with Faction Pillar events & server restarts; Players can also manually start the fight by using the Giant Snowball teleporter at Windemere bank and talking to the Snowball Fight Coordinator (requires at least 4 players from different households to be in the lobby)
- Before the event starts, portals will be created at each bank that leads to the Snowball Fight Arena waiting area
- Online characters will be sent a notification that the event is about to start with an option to Teleport To Event; this can be disabled in the Notifications Settings (fixed previous issues with pop-up appearing even when ignored)
- What's not allowed in the arena: Bandages, Potions, Pets (please bank your resources first, dismount & leave your pets in the waiting area or stables)
- After a 15 minute waiting period the game will begin and an Entrance Portal will be created for a minute at the entrance to the arena, please enter this portal immediately!
- After entering the arena there will be a 1 minute cooldown where you will remain hidden while other players load, after which you will become un-hidden and ready to start throwing!
- Snowball Fights require at least 2 players and no more than 20 players, and the game is Free For All
- The match will last 20 minutes or until someone gets 20 kills, whichever comes first
- The objective is to Pick-up & Use snowballs and Throw them at other players
- Players will automatically receive 1 Snowball when joining and you can find more on the ground
- Snowballs have a 90% chance to hit your target & they will do 50% damage
- You can Dodge snowballs by breaking line-of-sight or going out of range from the thrower
- You will also need to dodge periodic Giant Rolling Snowballs; these will flatten you if they run you over, freezing you in place for a moment, these will dissolve once they reach the water
- There's a chance to find Ice Bombs on the ground. Ice Bombs can be thrown like a grenade to freeze nearby players for a few seconds
- The Snow Cannon can be used, with a snowball in your backpack as ammo, to shoot Homing Snowballs that will follow the first player that comes within range and performs a normal Snowball Hit on them, giving credit to the shooter if they die
- Temporary heal potions can be found in the hidden Chests around the arena that may offer you a lifeline to stay in the game longer
- Tied matches are settled with a Sudden Death match where all of the tied players will be put into a final match until the last person standing becomes the winner
- All participants will receive a trophy etched with their game stats
- During the Xmas Season (dates TBD), participants will also receive Candy Canes that can be traded for Xmas Gifts
- You can use the command
/snowballfight during the match to check your stats, or /leavesnowballfight to leave the match and forfeit
