Feast of Winter Veil 2023 Guide for World of Warcraft

Last updated on Dec 29, 2023 at 17:43 by Stan 31 comments

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Winter Veil is the World of Warcraft counterpart of Christmas. It spans two weeks and a half at the end of December.

The event is rich in festivities that culminate with the opening of the presents, on the 25th of December, under the Christmas Trees in Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Participation is open to everyone, but many parts require level 30 to complete.

The event itself takes place in Ironforge or Orgrimmar, but also in Alterac Mountains and all capital cities (Alliance and Horde alike). Many rewards can be earned: pets, achievements, and many vanity items.

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to complete the event.

New in 2023 are two items that you will find in the Stolen Present Icon Stolen PresentHighland Drake: Winter Veil Armor Icon Highland Drake: Winter Veil Armor and Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle Icon Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle.

New gifts this year are Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt Icon Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt and Winter Veil Socks Icon Winter Veil Socks.

1.

Overview

The festivities that Winter Veil proposes revolve mostly around the following:

  • a daily group quest that consists in killing The Abominable Greench in order to recover stolen goods and free Metzen the Reindeer, and that has a chance to reward you with a pet;
  • kissing revelers (NPCs found in inns) every hour in order to obtain items required for doing achievements;
  • opening presents on the 25th of December;
  • doing achievements not related to any of the 3 aforementioned activities.
1.1.

Date and Timeline

The event lasts two weeks and a half. It starts on the 16th of December at 10:00AM and ends on the 2nd of January at 6:00AM.

Most of the achievements can be completed in a single day, but some can only be completed after opening the presents at the base of the Christmas Tree on the 25th of December.

Lump of Coal Icon Lump of Coal is the only interesting reward that can take several days to obtain. Indeed, it is obtained from the daily quest but is not a guaranteed drop.

1.2.

Location

The main location of the event is in Ironforge and Orgrimmar, next to the bank. This is where you will find the Christmas Trees and most of the relevant NPCs (Great-Father Winter and the Smokywood Pastures vendors), although this is not where you will spend most of your time (as the event requires you to travel quite a bit).

Ironforge Orgrimmar
Winter Veil Ironforge Location Winter Veil Orgrimmar Location

To complete the event, you will need to travel to many different locations, such as Alterac Mountains (where you will probably spend most of your time since the daily quest takes place there), your capital cities, the enemy capital cities, etc.

1.3.

Eligibility

To obtain all the achievements and have a chance to get all the interesting rewards, you will need to be at least level 30. That said, about half the achievements have no level requirements and can be obtained at low level. For opening all the Christmas presents, level 20 is required. At lower levels, some presents will not be available.

2.

Rewards

As with other events, Winter Veil offers a variety of rewards. In the case of Winter Veil, most rewards have a chance to drop and have, therefore, no guarantee to be obtained by the end of the event.

2.1.

Vanity Items

Mechanical Greench Icon Mechanical Greench summons a mechanical pet that will help you in battle for 10 minutes. Preserved Holly Icon Preserved Holly makes your mount more festive. Both items have a chance to be obtained when opening the presents after the 25th of December.

Wand of Holiday Cheer Icon Wand of Holiday Cheer enables you to target an area and causes all players in this area to do the /lol emote. This item, which only works on players of your faction, has a 100% chance to be contained in one of the presents that appear after the 25th of December.

Merry Munchkin Costume Icon "Merry Munchkin" Costume is a costume for your Perky Pug. It can be looted from Carefully Wrapped Present Icon Carefully Wrapped Present, one of the 25th of December presents.

2.2.

Patterns & Recipes

The following patterns can be bought from NPCs during the event and are needed for the Tis the Season Icon 'Tis the Season achievement:

  • Pattern: Red Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Red Winter Clothes is sold by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge;
  • Pattern: Green Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Green Winter Clothes is sold by Penney Copperpinch in Orgrimmar;
  • Pattern: Winter Boots Icon Pattern: Winter Boots is sold by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge and Penney Copperpinch in Orgrimmar.

Note that Pattern: Red Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Red Winter Clothes (Alliance) or Pattern: Green Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Green Winter Clothes (Horde) will be mailed to you at the beginning of the Holiday if you are a Tailor. The same applies for Leatherworkers and Pattern: Winter Boots Icon Pattern: Winter Boots.

The following patterns have a chance to be obtained after completing the daily quest for the first time and have a chance to be contained in one of the presents that will appear in-game on the 25th of December:

  • Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might Icon Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might
  • Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather Icon Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather
  • Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt Icon Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt
  • Plans: Edge of Winter Icon Plans: Edge of Winter
  • Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power Icon Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power
  • Schematic: Snowmaster 9000 Icon Schematic: Snowmaster 9000
  • Winter's Grasp Icon Winter's Grasp

The following recipes can be bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors during the event:

  • Recipe: Egg Nog Icon Recipe: Egg Nog
  • Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie Icon Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie
  • Recipe: Hot Apple Cider Icon Recipe: Hot Apple Cider (this should be mailed to you at the beginning of the event)
2.3.

Toys

There are many toys that can be obtained during the event.

Gifts contained in the 2022 Winter Veil Gift Icon Winter Veil Gift on the 25th of December are two toys that let you fling and catch stars — Falling Star Flinger Icon Falling Star Flinger and Falling Star Catcher Icon Falling Star Catcher.

Likewise, Wild Holly Icon Wild Holly is guaranteed to be contained in the Gently Shaken Gift Icon Gently Shaken Gift. The toy is usable during Winter Veil and transforms your mount into a Wild Reindeer for 60 minutes.

Special toys from past years and other toys are also lootable from Stolen Present Icon Stolen Present:

  • Highland Drake: Winter Veil Armor Icon Highland Drake: Winter Veil Armor and Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle Icon Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle (new in 2023);
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Battleship Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Battleship (Alliance) and Crashin' Thrashin' Juggernaught Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Juggernaught;
  • Toy Weapon Set Icon Toy Weapon Set (Alliance) and Toy Weapon Set Icon Toy Weapon Set (Horde);
  • Hearthstation Icon Hearthstation (Alliance) and Hearthstation Icon Hearthstation (Horde);
  • Falling Star Flinger Icon Falling Star Flinger;
  • Falling Star Catcher Icon Falling Star Catcher;
  • Endothermic Blaster Icon Endothermic Blaster;
  • Disposable Winter Veil Suits Icon Disposable Winter Veil Suits;
  • MiniZep Controller Icon MiniZep Controller;
  • Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater Icon Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater (also sold by vendors);
  • Foot Ball Icon Foot Ball (also sold by vendors);
  • The Pigskin Icon The Pigskin (also sold by vendors);
  • Toy Train Set Icon Toy Train Set (also sold by vendors);
  • Wind-Up Train Wrecker Icon Wind-Up Train Wrecker (also sold by vendors);
  • Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller (also sold by vendors);
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller;
  • Scroll of Storytelling Icon Scroll of Storytelling;
  • Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion Icon Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion;
  • Pineapple Lounge Cushion Icon Pineapple Lounge Cushion;
  • Red Wooden Sled Icon Red Wooden Sled;
  • Safari Lounge Cushion Icon Safari Lounge Cushion;
  • Zhevra Lounge Cushion Icon Zhevra Lounge Cushion;
  • Tiny Blue Ragdoll Icon Tiny Blue Ragdoll (also sold by vendors);
  • Tiny Green Ragdoll Icon Tiny Green Ragdoll (also sold by vendors);

In addition to Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller, there are 4 other toy controllers that you can obtain to complete the Iron Armada Icon Iron Armada achievement (see our section on this achievement): Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller, Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller, Crashin' Thrashin' Cannon Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Cannon Controller, and Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller.

2.4.

Garrison Decorations

Izzy Hollyfizzle sells a number of Garrison decorations, each for 5 Merry Supplies Icon Merry Supplies:

  • Ball of Tangled Lights Icon Ball of Tangled Lights;
  • Imported Trees Icon Imported Trees;
  • Little Helpers Icon Little Helpers;
  • Festive Outfits Icon Festive Outfits;
  • Old Box of Decorations Icon Old Box of Decorations.

See our Garrison section to find out more about Merry Supplies.

2.5.

Transmogrification Gear

One of the 25th of December present can contain:

  • Warm Red Woolen Socks Icon Warm Red Woolen Socks;
  • Warm Blue Woolen Socks Icon Warm Blue Woolen Socks;
  • Warm Green Woolen Socks Icon Warm Green Woolen Socks.
2.6.

Christmas Outfits

The outfits can be looted from the chest created by Disposable Winter Veil Suits Icon Disposable Winter Veil Suits. The hats cannot be looted from the chest and instead drop from Krosus in the Nighthold, Talixae Flamewreath in the Court of Stars, and Saprish in the Seat of the Triumvirate (Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat) and from Illysana Ravencrest in Black Rook Hold, King Deepbeard in Eye of Azshara, and Varimatrhas in Antorus (WoWFinelyTailoredGreenHolidayHat).

  • Red Outfit
    • Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat
    • Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Shirt Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Shirt
    • Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Belt Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Belt
    • Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Pants Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Pants or Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Shorts Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Shorts
    • Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Boots Icon Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Boots
  • Green Outfit
    • Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Hat Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Hat
    • Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Shirt Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Shirt
    • Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Belt Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Belt
    • Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Pants Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Pants or Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Shorts Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Shorts
    • Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Boots Icon Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Boots
2.7.

Pets

In 2020, the Winter Veil present contained a battle pet called Jingles.

None of the remaining pets listed below is guaranteed to be obtained during the event. 4 of the 8 Winter Veil pets have a chance to be looted from the presents on the 25th of December:

  • Green Helper Box Icon Green Helper Box
  • Jingling Bell Icon Jingling Bell
  • Red Helper Box Icon Red Helper Box
  • Snowman Kit Icon Snowman Kit

Finally, every time you do the daily quest, you get a chance to loot one of the following pets:

  • Lump of Coal Icon Lump of Coal;
  • Clockwork Rocket Bot Icon Clockwork Rocket Bot;
  • Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot Icon Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot (also sold by vendors);
  • Rotten Helper Box Icon Rotten Helper Box.
2.8.

Mounts

Minion of Grumpus Icon Minion of Grumpus has a chance to be contained in Savage Gift Icon Savage Gift, which you can buy for 5 Merry Supplies Icon Merry Supplies from Izzy Hollyfizzle in your Garrison.

See our Garrison section to find out more about Merry Supplies.

2.9.

Gear

Miniature Winter Veil Tree Icon Miniature Winter Veil Tree is a One-Hand Dagger for Rogues has a chance to be obtained every time you complete the daily quest alongside the Glowing Gift Icon Glowing Gift trinket.

2.10.

Achievements

The meta-achievement of the event is Merrymaker Icon Merrymaker. It counts towards What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been Icon What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been and rewards the Merrymaker title.

The achievements related to Winter Veil are:

  • A-Caroling We Will Go Icon A-Caroling We Will Go (Alliance/Horde)
  • A Frosty Shake Icon A Frosty Shake
  • BB King Icon BB King (Alliance/Horde)
  • Holiday Bromance Icon Holiday Bromance (Aliance) / Holiday Bromance Icon Holiday Bromance (Horde)
  • Crashin' & Thrashin' Icon Crashin' & Thrashin'
  • Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la Icon Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la
  • He Knows If You've Been Naughty Icon He Knows If You've Been Naughty
  • Iron Armada Icon Iron Armada
  • Let It Snow Icon Let It Snow
  • On Metzen! Icon On Metzen!
  • Scrooge Icon Scrooge (Alliance/Horde)
  • Simply Abominable Icon Simply Abominable
  • The Danger Zone Icon The Danger Zone
  • The Winter Veil Gourmet Icon The Winter Veil Gourmet
  • Tis the Season Icon 'Tis the Season
  • With a Little Helper from My Friends Icon With a Little Helper from My Friends
3.

Introductory Quests

For Alliance players, the initial quest for the event is Greatfather Winter is Here!. This quest is given by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge (next to the bank) and is turned in to Greatfather Winter who is sitting next to the quest giver. You can also get this quest from Smokywood Pastures in every major city.

For Horde players, the initial quest for the event is Great-father Winter is Here!. This quest is given by Kaymard Copperpinch in Orgrimmar (next to the bank) and is turned in to Great-father Winter who is sitting next to the quest giver.

The follow-up quest is Treats for Greatfather Winter for Alliance players or Treats for Great-father Winter for Horde players. Note that this is not technically a follow-up quest as you do not need to have completed the first quest to obtain it, but it makes sense to do Greatfather Winter is Here! or Great-father Winter is Here! first. You will need to bring 5 Gingerbread Cookie Icon Gingerbread Cookies and 1 glass of Ice Cold Milk Icon Ice Cold Milk to Greatfather Winter (Alliance) or Great-father Winter (Horde).

Ice Cold Milk Icon Ice Cold Milk is sold by virtually every innkeeper, and general goods vendors in the game. For the cookies, you need to buy Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie Icon Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie from the nearby Smokywood Pastures vendor. To make the cookies, you will need:

  • 5x Small Egg Icon Small Egg: these items will probably go for a very high price on the Auction House during Winter Veil, so you might want to farm them in Tanaris or Eversong Woods.
  • 5x Holiday Spices Icon Holiday Spices: these can be bought from the nearby Smokywood Pastures vendor.

Completing this follow-up quest will reward you with Smokywood Pastures Gift Pack, which has always contained low level crafting materials. A few hours later, you will be mailed a Smokywood Pastures Sampler Icon Smokywood Pastures Sampler, which contains holiday food and Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake Icon Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcakes (that you need for the Tis the Season Icon 'Tis the Season achievement).

3.1.

More Lore Information

Next to the event location, you can take the The Reason for the Season (Alliance / Horde) quest given by Goli Krumn in Ironforge and Furmund in Orgrimmar. Completing the quest will give you The Feast of Winter Veil Icon The Feast of Winter Veil, a book that contains valuable lore information about the event. You also get a follow-up quest, The Feast of Winter Veil (Alliance / Horde), which requires you to bring the book to Muradin Bronzebeard in Ironforge or Baine Bloodhoof in Thunder Buff.

3.2.

Achievement — 'Tis the Season

Winter Veil Clothes Once you have obtained Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake Icon Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcakes, you still need to procure a complete Winter Garb set before you can earn the Tis the Season Icon 'Tis the Season achievement:

  • Head
    • Red Winter Hat Icon Red Winter Hat, which drops from
      • Jedoga Shadowseeker in Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
      • Grand Magus Telestra in The Nexus
      • Corla, Herald of Twilight in Blackrock Caverns
      • High Priestess Azil in The Stonecore
      • Admiral Ripsnarl in The Deadmines
      • Commander Tharbek in Upper Blackrock Spire
      • Gug'rokk in Bloodmaul Slag Mines
    • Green Winter Hat Icon Green Winter Hat, which drops from
      • Mage-Lord Urom in The Oculus
      • Drahga Shadowburner in Grim Batol
      • Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep
      • Soulbinder Nyami in Auchindoun
      • Oshir in Iron Docks
  • Chest
    • Red Winter Clothes Icon Red Winter Clothes
      • created by Pattern: Red Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Red Winter Clothes, which is sold by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge
    • Green Winter Clothes Icon Green Winter Clothes
      • created by Pattern: Green Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Green Winter Clothes, which is sold by Penney Copperpinch in Orgrimmar
  • Feet
    • Winter Boots Icon Winter Boots
      • created by Pattern: Winter Boots Icon Pattern: Winter Boots, which is sold by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge and Penney Copperpinch in Orgrimmar

Note that the Smokywood Pastures vendors are never hostile, even when located in an enemy city. Therefore, Alliance players can obtain Pattern: Green Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Green Winter Clothes and Horde players can obtain Pattern: Red Winter Clothes Icon Pattern: Red Winter Clothes, provided that they manage to survive long enough to buy the item.

Once you have a complete set, equip it and eat a Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake Icon Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake. This will grant you the achievement.

4.

Kissing Winter Revelers

During the event, you will find Winter Revelers inside inns. Every time you /kiss one of these NPCs, two things happen:

  • you get debuffed with Mistletoe Icon Mistletoe, which prevents you from kissing another Reveler for one hour;
  • you obtain 1 of 3 rewards that are needed to complete some of the achievements:
    • Fresh Holly Icon Fresh Holly;
    • Handful of Snowflakes Icon Handful of Snowflakes;
    • Mistletoe Icon Mistletoe.
4.1.

Achievements

In this section, we detail the 3 achievements linked to kissing Revelers: Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la Icon Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la, Let It Snow Icon Let It Snow, and Holiday Bromance Icon Holiday Bromance (Alliance) / Holiday Bromance Icon Holiday Bromance (Horde).

4.1.1.

Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la

Winter Veil Ogri'la Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la Icon Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la requires you to use Fresh Holly Icon Fresh Holly or Preserved Holly Icon Preserved Holly while on the Bomb Them Again! daily quest in Blade's Edge Mountains. Upon completing the quest, you will be granted the achievement.

Note that, in addition to having the chance to be contained in one of the presents on the 25th of December, Preserved Holly Icon Preserved Holly can also be obtained by completing the The Hero of the Day (Alliance / Horde) quest during Winter Veil (at the event location in Ironforge or Orgrimmar). This will require you to turn in a Deeprock Salt Icon Deeprock Salt.

If you are not yet eligible for Bomb Them Again!, you need to do the following quest line in Blade's Edge Mountains:

  • The Crystals;
  • Our Boy Wants To Be A Skyguard Ranger;
  • The Skyguard Outpost;
  • Bombing Run.
4.1.2.

Let It Snow

To complete the achievement, you will need 10 Handful of Snowflakes Icon Handful of Snowflakes (in total) and use them on the following combinations of races and classes (the Timeless Isle seems to be a good spot for farming this achievement):

  • Orc Deali Knight
  • Tauren Shaman
  • Undead Rogue
  • Gnome Mage
  • Blood Elf Warlock
  • Human Warrior
  • Night Elf Druid
  • Troll Hunter
  • Dwarf Paladin
  • Draenei Priest
4.1.3.

Holiday Bromance

Winter Veil Mistletoe To complete Holiday Bromance Icon Holiday Bromance, Alliance players will need to obtain 8 pieces of Mistletoe Icon Mistletoe while Horde players will only need 3. Then, players need to visit NPCs and use the Mistletoe on them.

  • Alliance NPCs
    • Brother Nimetz: Rebel Camp in Stranglethorn Vale
    • Brother Karman: Theramore, just outside the keep, next to the training dummies
      • If you have completed the Theramore scenario, then you will need to speak to Zidormi at the western end of the west bridge of Theramore. She will transport you to Past Theramore where you will be able to interact with Karman.
    • Brother Joshua: Stormwind City, inside the Cathedral, next to the altar
    • Brother Benjamin: Stormwind City, inside the Cathedral, walking on the right side as you enter
    • Brother Cassius: Stormwind City, inside the Cathedral, in the first alcove on the right
    • Brother Crowley: Stormwind City, inside the Cathedral, down the stairs on the right
    • Brother Kristoff: Stormwind City, just outside the Cathedral, next to the fountain
    • Brother Wilhelm: Goldshire, outside the forge
  • Horde NPCs
    • Brother Malach: Undercity, at the War Quarter
    • Brother Keltan: Icecrown, aboard the Horde airship
    • Durkot Wolfbrother: Borean Tundra, south-west corridor out of Warsong Hold
5.

Daily Quest: The Abominable Greench and Metzen the Reindeer

You're a Mean One... (Alliance / Horde) is the only daily quest of the event. It is given to you by Wulmort Jinglepocket in Ironforge and Kaymard Copperpinch in Orgrimmar.

Winter Veil The Abominable Greench This quest is a group quest, in the same model as the Threat From Above (Alliance / Horde) daily group quest from the Argent Tournament, where groups had to fight to be the first to tag Chillmaw as soon as it respawned. Here, the mob to kill is The Abominable Greench, who is located at the Growless Cave in the Alterac Mountains (south of the Ruins of Alterac).

The Abominable Greench has 3.4M health and has only one attack of concern that he uses regularly to jump on a player, damaging all the players in the area and throwing them in the air. It is advised to have a group consisting of at least 1 tank, 1 healer, and 1 dps.

Winter Veil Metzen and Stolen Goods After killing the Greench, someone in your party should talk to Metzen to free him. Stolen goods are to be recovered by clicking the sacks in front of the cave. Then, you can go back to Ironforge or Orgrimmar to turn in the quest to Wulmort Jinglepocket or Kaymard Copperpinch. You will be rewarded with a Stolen Present Icon Stolen Present, which has a chance to contain:

  • Lump of Coal Icon Lump of Coal (pet);
  • Clockwork Rocket Bot Icon Clockwork Rocket Bot (pet);
  • Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot Icon Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot (pet, also sold by vendors);
  • Rotten Helper Box Icon Rotten Helper Box (pet);
  • Miniature Winter Veil Tree Icon Miniature Winter Veil Tree (dagger);
  • Scroll of Storytelling Icon Scroll of Storytelling (toy);
  • Red Rider Air Rifle Icon Red Rider Air Rifle (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • MiniZep Controller Icon MiniZep Controller (toy);
  • Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater Icon Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Foot Ball Icon Foot Ball (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • The Pigskin Icon The Pigskin (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Toy Train Set Icon Toy Train Set (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Wind-Up Train Wrecker Icon Wind-Up Train Wrecker (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller (toy);
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller (toy);
  • Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion Icon Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion;
  • Pineapple Lounge Cushion Icon Pineapple Lounge Cushion;
  • Safari Lounge Cushion Icon Safari Lounge Cushion;
  • Zhevra Lounge Cushion Icon Zhevra Lounge Cushion;
  • Tiny Blue Ragdoll Icon Tiny Blue Ragdoll (toy, also sold by vendors);
  • Tiny Green Ragdoll Icon Tiny Green Ragdoll (toy, also sold by vendors).

The first time that you will complete You're a Mean One... (Alliance / Horde), you will be given a follow-up quest, A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! (Alliance / Horde). Upon turning in this quest to Greatfather Winter (Alliance) or Great-father Winter (Horde), you will be rewarded with a Smokywood Pastures Special Gift Icon Smokywood Pastures Special Gift, which has a chance to contain the following patterns:

  • Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might Icon Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might
  • Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather Icon Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather
  • Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt Icon Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt
  • Plans: Edge of Winter Icon Plans: Edge of Winter
  • Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power Icon Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power
  • Schematic: Snowmaster 9000 Icon Schematic: Snowmaster 9000
  • Winter's Grasp Icon Winter's Grasp

In addition, approximately one day after completing the quest, you will receive a Winter Veil Disguise Kit Icon Winter Veil Disguise Kit in the mail. This item is required for the A Frosty Shake Icon A Frosty Shake achievement.

5.1.

Achievements

5.1.1.

On Metzen!

This achievement will be automatically completed the first time you do You're a Mean One... (Alliance / Horde).

5.1.2.

Simply Abominable

This achievement will be automatically completed when you hand in Greatfather Winter (Alliance) or Great-father Winter (Horde).

5.1.3.

A Frosty Shake

Winter Veil Disguise After receiving your Winter Veil Disguise Kit Icon Winter Veil Disguise Kit in the mail, you will be able to complete the A Frosty Shake Icon A Frosty Shake achievement. To do so, travel to Dalaran with a friend who also has the disguise. There, the both of you will need to use your disguises and then dance with each other, by typing /dance while targeting the other. If you must go alone, then you will probably find someone with a disguise to dance with.

Every time you want to use your Winter Veil Disguise Kit Icon Winter Veil Disguise Kit, you need a Snowball Icon Snowball, which you can acquire from the following sources:

  • from a Smokywood Pastures General Goods vendor;
  • from a snow mound in Alterac Mountains, Dun Morogh, or Winterspring;
  • by using your Snowmaster 9000 Icon Snowmaster 9000, if you are an engineer.

Note that if, for some reason, you cannot remove the disguise, you should use the following command:

  • /cancelaura snowman
5.1.4.

A-Caroling We Will Go

To complete this achievement, you must obtain a Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater Icon Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater, which you have a chance of finding in each Stolen Present Icon Stolen Present.

Once you have the sweater, you should use it in each of the 4 enemy capital cities to earn the A-Caroling We Will Go Icon A-Caroling We Will Go (Alliance/Horde) achievement.

A good idea is to do this achievement at the same time as BB King Icon BB King (Alliance/Horde), as it will also require you to travel to enemy capital cities.

Note that if you want to get rid of the Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater Icon Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater, you can have it refunded for 5 Gold by completing the Thanks, But No Thanks (Alliance / Horde) quest.

6.

Gifts on the 25th of December

On the 25th of December, 6 presents will appear at the base of the Christmas Trees in Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Each of these presents has a specific name and starts an instant quest that rewards you with items specific to the present:

This loot table is updated for 2023.

Present Items Rewarded
Festive Gift Icon Festive Gift Wand of Holiday Cheer Icon Wand of Holiday Cheer
Gently Shaken Gift Icon Gently Shaken Gift Red Wooden Sled Icon Red Wooden Sled
Carefully Wrapped Present Icon Carefully Wrapped Present Holiday Food, Warm Red Woolen Socks Icon Warm Red Woolen Socks, Warm Blue Woolen Socks Icon Warm Blue Woolen Socks, Warm Green Woolen Socks Icon Warm Green Woolen Socks, and Merry Munchkin Costume Icon "Merry Munchkin" Costume.
Ticking Present Icon Ticking Present Preserved Holly Icon Preserved Holly, Mechanical Greench Icon Mechanical Greench, and Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might Icon Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might, Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather Icon Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather, Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt Icon Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt, Plans: Edge of Winter Icon Plans: Edge of Winter, Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power Icon Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power, Winter's Grasp Icon Winter's Grasp, or Schematic: Snowmaster 9000 Icon Schematic: Snowmaster 9000
Gaily Wrapped Present Icon Gaily Wrapped Present Green Helper Box Icon Green Helper Box, Jingling Bell Icon Jingling Bell, Red Helper Box Icon Red Helper Box, and Snowman Kit Icon Snowman Kit (looting more than one pet is possible)
Winter Veil Gift Icon Winter Veil Gift Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt Icon Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt and Winter Veil Socks Icon Winter Veil Socks.

The presents remain under the tree until the 2nd of January.

6.1.

Achievements

There are two achievements related to this 25th of December event.

6.1.1.

He Knows If You've Been Naughty

Opening all the presents will automatically grant you the He Knows If You've Been Naughty Icon He Knows If You've Been Naughty achievement.

6.1.2.

To Catch Falling Stars (2022 Feat of Strength Achievement)

When you loot the 2022 special gift, you will automatically receive the To Catch Falling Stars Icon To Catch Falling Stars Feat of Strength achievement.

6.1.3.

The More You Know (2022 Feat of Strength Achievement)

The More You Know* Icon The More You Know* (Feat of Strength) is granted in 2022 to characters that catch 100 Falling Stars, using the 2022 Vintage Winter Veil gift, Falling Star Catcher Icon Falling Star Catcher.

7.

Garrison Activities

In the center of your Garrison, you will find Almie (Alliance) or Pizzle (Horde), who offers the following daily quests: Where Are the Children?, What Horrible Presents!, Menacing Grumplings, and Grumpus. Together, these quests reward a total of 5 Merry Supplies Icon Merry Supplies per day, which you can then turn into Izzy Hollyfizzle (right next to Almie/Pizzle). She sells a number of items, each one for 5 Merry Supplies Icon Merry Supplies:

  • Ball of Tangled Lights Icon Ball of Tangled Lights: decorations for your Garrison;
  • Imported Trees Icon Imported Trees: decorations for your Garrison;
  • Little Helpers Icon Little Helpers: decorations for your Garrison;
  • Festive Outfits Icon Festive Outfits: decorations for your Garrison;
  • Old Box of Decorations Icon Old Box of Decorations: decorations for your Garrison;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller: needed for the Iron Armada Icon Iron Armada achievement;
  • Savage Gift Icon Savage Gift: to spend your Merry Supplies after you bought all the other rewards. Can contain Minion of Grumpus Icon Minion of Grumpus, a mount.
8.

Remaining Achievements

There are 6 achievements that are not connected to any other part of Winter Veil: BB King Icon BB King (Alliance/Horde), Crashin' & Thrashin' Icon Crashin' & Thrashin', Scrooge Icon Scrooge (Alliance/Horde), The Winter Veil Gourmet Icon The Winter Veil Gourmet, With a Little Helper from My Friends Icon With a Little Helper from My Friends, Iron Armada Icon Iron Armada. We will detail them below.

8.1.

BB King

First, the BB King Icon BB King (Alliance/Horde) achievement requires you to obtain a Red Rider Air Rifle Icon Red Rider Air Rifle. This item is sold by Craggle Wobbletop in Stormwind City, Blax Bottlerocket in Orgrimmar, and Clockwork Assistant and Jepetto Joybuzz in Dalaran.

Second, you need to use the rifle on each of the 4 leaders of the enemy faction. Typically, there will be a lot of groups advertising in trade for this achievement, and you should try to join one of them. You might also earn the For The Alliance! Icon For The Alliance! or For The Horde! Icon For The Horde! achievement as a result.

Note that if you are ready to do a lot of corpse running, it is possible to earn the achievement with a level 1 character.

A good idea is to postpone doing this achievement until after the 25th of December, so that you can do it at the same time as A-Caroling We Will Go Icon A-Caroling We Will Go (Alliance/Horde).

8.2.

Crashin' & Thrashin'

First, the Crashin' & Thrashin' Icon Crashin' & Thrashin' achievement requires you to obtain a Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller. This item is sold by Craggle Wobbletop in Stormwind City, Blax Bottlerocket in Orgrimmar, and Clockwork Assistant and Jepetto Joybuzz in Dalaran.

Second, you need to find a spot where other players are using their racers. This will typically be the area around the Christmas Tree in Ironforge or Orgrimmar. You can also earn the achievement with the help of a friend.

Third, use your Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller Icon Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller. This will enable you to pilot your racer. It has only one ability, Racer Rocket Slam Icon Racer Rocket Slam, which you need to use in order to crash into other players' racers. After 25 crashes, you will earn the achievement.

8.3.

Scrooge

Winter Veil Scrooge For completing the Scrooge Icon Scrooge (Alliance/Horde) achievement, you need to throw a Snowball Icon Snowball at Muradin Bronzebeard (in the throne room in Ironforge) if you play Alliance, or at Baine Bloodhoof (in Thunder Bluff) if you play Horde.

You can acquire a Snowball Icon Snowball from the following sources:

  • from a Smokywood Pastures vendor;
  • from a snow mound in Alterac Mountains, Dun Morogh, or Winterspring;
  • by using your Snowmaster 9000 Icon Snowmaster 9000, if you are an engineer.
8.4.

The Winter Veil Gourmet

To complete the The Winter Veil Gourmet Icon The Winter Veil Gourmet achievement, you need to buy recipes from Smokywood Pastures vendors, and cook them:

  • Recipe: Egg Nog Icon Recipe: Egg Nog
    • 1x Small Egg Icon Small Egg
    • 1x Ice Cold Milk Icon Ice Cold Milk (bought from Innkeepers and General Goods vendors)
    • 1x Holiday Spirits Icon Holiday Spirits (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)
    • 1x Holiday Spices Icon Holiday Spices (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)
  • Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie Icon Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie
    • 1x Small Egg Icon Small Egg
    • 1x Holiday Spices Icon Holiday Spices (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)
  • Recipe: Hot Apple Cider Icon Recipe: Hot Apple Cider
    • 1x Sparkling Apple Cider Icon Sparkling Apple Cider (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)
    • 1x Holiday Spirits Icon Holiday Spirits (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)
    • 1x Holiday Spices Icon Holiday Spices (bought from Smokywood Pastures vendors)

Note that if you have completed the introductory quests, then you will have already cooked Gingerbread Cookie Icon Gingerbread Cookies.

8.5.

With a Little Helper from My Friends

To complete the With a Little Helper from My Friends Icon With a Little Helper from My Friends achievement, you need to find a Winter Wondervolt machine in one of your capital cities. They are usually located next to the Flight Master.

These machines give the PX-238 Winter Wondervolt Icon PX-238 Winter Wondervolt buff, which transforms you into a gnome. Alliance players get a red outfit, while Horde players get a green outfit. If you play a female character, you will get a female model, and if you play a male character, you will get a male model. For each faction, there are 3 female models and 4 male models. If you prefer one of them, you should use the machine several times, until it gives you your favorite model:

Once you have the buff, you need to kill 50 players from the opposite faction. Note that if you die, you will lose the buff and will have to go back to the machine to refresh it. The buff is also removed when shape-shifting, which is bad news for Druids. Losing the buff does not reset your kill count.

A good place to gather these kills is the Isle of Conquest. Simply queue for this Battleground and stick with your group.

8.6.

Iron Armada

Iron Armada Icon Iron Armada requires you to obtain 5 controllers that were introduced in the 2015 event:

  • Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller was the 2015 special present, and can be obtained this year from a Stolen Present Icon Stolen Present;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller can be bought from Izzy Hollyfizzle for 5 Merry Supplies Icon Merry Supplies;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Cannon Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Cannon Controller is dropped by Gondar, near the Dark Portal in Tanaan Jungle;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller is dropped by Drakum, near the Dark Portal in Tanaan Jungle;
  • Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller Icon Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller is dropped by Smashum Grabb, near the Dark Portal in Tanaan Jungle.
9.

Conclusion

If you have read us this far, we would like to thank you for the time you spent on the site, and we hope that the guide brought you all the information you needed. You can rest assured that the information presented here will be updated to reflect any change that the event might undergo in the future.

As always, we would be pleased to read any feedback that you have (typos, suggestions, praise, etc.) by e-mail or in a comment in the forums.

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Translations

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Changelog

  • 29 Dec. 2023: Trinket added.
  • 17 Dec. 2023: Updated for 2023.
  • 25 Dec. 2022: Updated with special gifts.
  • 17 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for 2022.
  • 27 Dec. 2020: Updated with 2020 gifts.
  • 16 Dec. 2020: Updated for 2020 with Pepe costume.
  • 26 Dec. 2019: Added Winter Veil 2019 gifts.
  • 21 Dec. 2019: Removed Pepe costume mention.
  • 16 Dec. 2019: Guide updated for 2019.
  • 26 Dec. 2018: Greatfather Winter's Hearthstone update.
  • 17 Dec. 2018: 2018 update.
  • 18 Dec. 2017: 2017 update.
  • 26 Dec. 2016: 25th of December loot update.
  • 16 Dec. 2016: Updated for 2016.
  • 25 Dec. 2015: Red Wooden Sled turned out to be contained in the Gently Shaken Gift.
  • 16 Dec. 2015: Updated for 2015.
  • 16 Dec. 2014: Updated for 2014.
  • 29 Dec. 2013: Made a small update regarding the 2013 special present and related achievement.
  • 16 Dec. 2013: Updated for 2013 and fixed a few very minor errors reported on the forums.
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