Peppermint Candy Canes are in W-Day 2007 afterall

ShadowStorm

ShadowStorm

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Take me where I cannot stand.

The Better Part of Valor

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GuildWiki lists Peppermint Canes as not included in Wintersday 2007 because the previous method of obtaining them was removed. However, it appears that A-net decided to modify the 2007 wintersday gifts that you can get from the Candy Cane Shard collector in Kamadan. You now have a small chance to get Peppermint canes from him instead. I opened 35 presents and got 2 Peppermints.

Just thought you guys in riverside would like to know...

A Perfect Slayer

A Perfect Slayer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Canada

Legions of Babylon

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peppermint candy canes were available from the wintersday gifts last year as well and they were also found in the winter gifts (the ones u hand out to scrappy jhim before the grentches catch u and blow em up)

On that topic..where are those grentchies this year?...haven't seen them yet

El Presidente

El Presidente

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lookout Post #1, Andes Mountains

Custer Was Ganked [7th]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by A Perfect Slayer
peppermint candy canes were available from the wintersday gifts last year as well and they were also found in the winter gifts (the ones u hand out to scrappy jhim before the grentches catch u and blow em up)

On that topic..where are those grentchies this year?...haven't seen them yet

They were all banned by Anet...unfortunately, they can't type to send in a support ticket !

From their update section:

"Over the coming days, holiday activities will begin as special guests arrive to join the festivities. Everything leads up to the big Wintersday celebration on January 1..."

RbX

RbX

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Devils Dark Destiny

W/E

red cc also drop from the wintersday treasure in the 2 new quests

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

cool a reason to do the new quests!
(and I noticed that the presents from the wintersday guy gives you 2 of the eggnogs, spiked eggnogs, snowman thingys....dont remember getting 2 of each before! or maybe it was just me???)

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

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Originally Posted by cosyfiep
cool a reason to do the new quests!
(and I noticed that the presents from the wintersday guy gives you 2 of the eggnogs, spiked eggnogs, snowman thingys....dont remember getting 2 of each before! or maybe it was just me???)
The Dwayna biased lair of the Snowmen is a pretty efficient way to farm shards, I just get to the end and stay out of the way and they drop like... erm candy. I leave the fighting to the snowmen as they respawn pretty quickly.

I don't recall if the gift giver gave two either. I was quite surprised when I got two wintergreen canes off him, it gave me a reason to keep farming the above quest. The other repeatable I found annoying as the grentches stay too behind you and you have to run in and aggro the snowmen just to get them to do anything, then try and leg it back behind the grentches before you die.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraphim
The Dwayna biased lair of the Snowmen is a pretty efficient way to farm shards
What quest is this? Dwayna biased lair?

Qwertyfied

Qwertyfied

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ireland

DVDF

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Quote:
Originally Posted by cosyfiep
cool a reason to do the new quests!
(and I noticed that the presents from the wintersday guy gives you 2 of the eggnogs, spiked eggnogs, snowman thingys....dont remember getting 2 of each before! or maybe it was just me???)
I think you could get two from last years ones, don't hold me to that though

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Seifus Halbred
What quest is this? Dwayna biased lair?
Talk to the Rift Warden and take the 4th quest, it's a solo run through the lair of the snowmen(not fighting the snowmen this time) with snowball fight skills.

Just run past the grentchies all the way to Freezie, and let them do all the work at the end. Freezie will rez if he dies, as well as the rest of the snowmen.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Seifus Halbred
What quest is this? Dwayna biased lair?
Sorry I forgot the name of it when I was posting.

A11Eur0 is right, it's the fourth quest in the list, and it's repeatable.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraphim
Sorry I forgot the name of it when I was posting.

A11Eur0 is right, it's the fourth quest in the list, and it's repeatable.
Yeah, ok thanks.

Edit: Is it just me or is this quest hard? I can't beat it, there are more grenchies than snowmen, the other repeatable quest,(3rd one) for Grenth is a little easier but still hard.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

yeah I finished it on my 2nd attempt with my first character today...got 60 shards....and then a bunch of stuff at the end including the hard to get peppermint candy cane! woot!! (got 2 more from the wintersday gifts I traded the shards for----yippee!!)

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

this quest is a pain in the #@!

grenchies are always idling while snowmen are only aiming/spiking at you