Winter Festival 2025 - What We Know
- Charlie-HWC
- 14 hours ago
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What is the Winterfest Schedule?
Winterfest runs from December 21 to January 1 at 2:00 UTC, and the Rankings calculation begins right after the event ends. It may take some time for the final results to appear.
After Winterfest ends, the Tree will remain in the city until January 8, 2:00 am UTC, so you can open any remaining presents and review the final Rankings.
What are the Winterfest Events?
Note: This information is from 2024; they may have changed things for 2025!
Event #1 - Letter to Winter Claus
Letter to Winter Claus is not really a true Hero Wars event as it is a one-time activity. This event is active for the first days of Winterfest every year. You pick three gifts, and wait patiently for Winter Claus to bring you one of the gifts! Jump to the Letter to Winter Claus
Event #2 - Holiday Every Day
This event lasts the entire duration of Winterfest. Most of the tasks resets every day!
Event #3 - Waiting for the Holiday
This event is live during the first half of the Winterfest Event
Event #4 - Winter Tale
This event is live during the second half of the Winterfest Event
What are the Winterfest Mini Games?
Here are all of the Winterfest Mini Games from 2024! Will there be new games for 2025? Who Knows!
Updated Winterfest Gifts
Winterfest Gifts are the primary activity for this event! You can send and receive gifts by using Candy Canes; and you can earn Candy Canes by turning in Winterfest Baubles at the Winterfest Tree!
There are 6 total Winterfest Gifts, with an ascending cost from 1000 Candy Canes (Hero Upgrade Gift) up to 20,000 Candy Canes (Winterfest Skin Gift).
You’ll also earn Soul Stones for sending gifts. This year, you can collect Cascade’s Soul Stones, along with the Hero of the Day. Any gift may also include a Gingerbread Cookie — a seasonal currency we’ll return to in the next part.
Note: all gifts have a random set of items upon delivery!
🎁 Upgrade Gift
Cost - 1000 Candy Canes
Hero and Titan resources, including Artifacts, Seal Chests, and Soul Stone Chests.
🎁 Ascension Gift
Cost - 5000 Candy Canes
Ascension resources, primal catalysts, and other Titan materials.
🎁 Pet Gift
Cost - 2000 Candy Canes
Resources for developing your Pets.
🎁 Skins Gift
Cost - 20,000 Candy Canes
Pre-2025 Winterfest Skins.
New Winterfest Gifts for 2025
There are 2 New Gifts This Year: the Transformation Gift, and the Power Gift. These cost a new currency, Gingerbread Cookies!
Note: all gifts have a random set of items upon delivery!
🎁 Transformation Gift
Cost - 20 Gingerbread Cookies
Golden Threads, Absolute Artifacts, Gifts from Dominion, and other useful items.
🎁 Power Gift
Cost - 40 Gingerbread Cookies
The most valuable Titan resources, such as Catalysts, Titan Soul Stone Chests, and even a chance to get a Spirit Summoning Sphere!
Updated Letter to Winter Claus
The Letter to Winter Claus returns as well with a refreshed gift list this year. Several older options have been replaced with more exciting rewards; pick your favorites, and your Winterfest gift will arrive with the end of the event. 🎁✨
4000 Seal of Nature is new this year
Replaced Titan Artifact Spheres
3 Rare Hero Soul Chest
Choice of 100 Soul Stones for Cascade, Guus, Augustus, Lyria, Folio, And Electra
NOT Lara or Ninja Turtles
Replaced 3x 100 Soul Stone Chest
1000 Golden Thread
Replaced Cleaver
Multi-Raid Golden Ticket will be replaced with 50x Hero Skin Stone chests if you already have Campaign Raid