Winter Veil 2008 (Dec 15 - Jan 2) - Quest Guide + Information!

Posted 2008/12/15 at 7:00 PM by Miyari

Preserved HollySnowballA Winter Veil GiftSmokywood PasturesFeast of Winter VeilDecember 15 - January 2IronforgeOrgrimmarTable of Contents

Quests (Who kidnaps reindeer?)

Festivities (PRESENTS! Oh, and other stuff, too.)

Seasonal Fare (A tasty assortment of treats and other goodies!)

Achievements (Get the 'Merrymaker' player title!)

QuestsSmokywood Pastures Special GiftOrgrimmarIronforge

Great-father Winter is Here! or Greatfather Winter is Here!
Start: Kaymard Copperpinch or Macey Jinglepocket
End: Great-father Winter or Greatfather Winter
This quest's objective is pretty self-explanitory - simply obtain the quest from the Smokeywoods Pasture vendor in any major Horde or Alliance city (except Darnassus) and head to your faction's major city to complete it. Horde players turn the quest in to the orc Great-father Winter in Orgrimmar, and Alliance players to the dwarf Greatfather Winter in Ironforge. A new quest will become available:

Treats for Great-father Winter or Treats for Greatfather Winter
Start & End: Great-father Winter or Greatfather Winter
Another pretty simple quest provided you're trained Cooking and don't mind grabbing the materials for the Gingerbread Cookie - just bring him 5 cookies and a glass of Ice Cold Milk (which can be bought from vendors). As a reward, you will be given a Smokywood Pastures Gift Pack which contains some low level tradeskill materials, so it's up to you whether its worth your time to give the man his cookies and milk!

Stolen Winter Veil TreatsStolen Winter Veil TreatsStart:Kaymard CopperpinchMacey JinglepocketEnd:Strange SnowmanAlterac MountainsStrange Snowman

You're a Mean One... or You're a Mean One...
Start: Strange Snowman
End: Kaymard Copperpinch or Wulmort Jinglepocket
Turns out that the Abominable Greench has stolen the treats! Slay him and retrieve the Stolen Treats so that the Smokywood Pastures guys can get on with their moneygrub.. er, holiday festivities! The Greench has about a 5 minute spawn, and will probably be heavily camped for the first couple days of the festival, so it's best to group up with nearby players so you can get him killed and get out of there quickly. Once you have turned in the Stolen Treats, you will receive another quest:

A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! or A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You!
Start: Kaymard Copperpinch or Wulmort Jinglepocket
End: Great-father Winter or Greatfather Winter
Simply speak to the Great(-)father and claim your reward! You will receive a Smokywood Pastures Special Gift which contains a seasonal tradeskill recipe! This is the only way you can get these recipes, and the recipe you receive is random so you may be able to trade with other players or guildmates for one you might need. If you don't get the recipe you want, you can always check the Auction House or wait until next year.

Open the special gift to get one of the following recipes at random:

Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power (Alchemy)

Plans: Edge of Winter (Blacksmithing)

Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might (Enchanting)

Schematic: Snowmaster 9000 (Engineering)

Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather (Leatherworking)

Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt (Tailoring)

The Reason for the SeasonThe Reason for the SeasonStart:FurmundGoli KrumnEnd:Sagorne CreststriderHistorian Karnik

The Feast of Winter Veil or The Feast of Winter Veil
Start: Sagorne Creststrider or Historian Karnik
End: Cairne Bloodhoof or King Magni Bronzebeard
The questgiver will give you a book entitled The Feast of Winter Veil to read, which contains some insight into the different races' celebrations of the holiday. Once you have read the book (although, reading it isn't actually an objective) you are asked to bring it to either Cairne Bloodhoof in Thunder Bluff or King Magni Bronzebeard in Ironforge, who will reward you with 500 reputation with their respective city and 125 with each other faction city - a considerable amount of reputation!

Metzen the ReindeerMetzen the ReindeerStart & End:Kaymard CopperpinchMacey JinglepocketMetzen the ReindeerMetzen's Letters and NotesTanarisSearing GorgeusePouch of Reindeer DustPreserved HollyMetzen the ReindeerThe Hero of the DayThe Hero of the DayDeeprock SaltPreserved HollyFestivitiesWinter Revelers

Mistletoe

Fresh Holly

Handful of Snowflakes

Become a Little Helper!With a Little Helper from My FriendsSnowball FightsSnowballvendorsHoliday SnowThe Abominable GreenchCrafting RecipesPattern: Green Winter ClothesPattern: Red Winter ClothesPattern: Winter BootsRecipe: Hot Apple CiderGift-GivingJingling BellSnowman KitMechanical GreenchA Carefully Wrapped PresentA Festive GiftA Gaily Wrapped PresentA Gently Shaken GiftA Ticking PresentA Winter Veil GiftClockwork Rocket BotWinter Veil Giftwill not be availableCrashin' Thrashin' Racer ControllerSeasonal FarePattern: Red Winter ClothesPattern: Green Winter ClothesHowevercannotShattrath CityOlnayvi CopperpinchAllianceMacey JinglepocketGuchie JinglepocketBessbi JinglepocketHordeKaymard CopperpinchJaycrue CopperpinchMorshelz CopperpinchWhulwert Copperpinch

Blended Bean Brew

Green Garden Tea

Sparkling Apple Cider

Holiday Cheesewheel

Graccu's Homemade Meat Pie

Spicy Beefstick

Honeyed Holiday Ham

Steamwheedle Fizzy Spirits

Greatfather's Winter Ale

Shattrath CityEebee JinglepocketAllianceWulmort JinglepocketKhole JinglepocketWolgren JinglepocketHordePenney CopperpinchHotoppik CopperpinchSeersa CopperpinchNardstrum Copperpinch

Snowball

Blue Ribboned Wrapping Paper

Green Ribboned Wrapping Paper

Purple Ribboned Wrapping Paper

Holiday Spices

Holiday Spirits

Candy Cane

Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie

Recipe: Winter Veil Eggnog

Recipe: Hot Apple Cider

Penney CopperpinchWulmort Jinglepocket

Pattern: Red Winter Clothes (Alliance)

Pattern: Green Winter Clothes (Horde)

Pattern: Winter Boots

AchievementsMerrymaker

Merrymaker or Merrymaker
This achievement can be found in the main World Events achievement category and is awarded upon completion of every one of the Winter Veil achievements. This achievement awards the player title 'Merrymaker' and is a requirement towards completion of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been (Alliance version) which rewards the beautiful Violet Proto-Drake.

'Tis the Season – Detailed Guide
For this achievement you must obtain, and wear 3 pieces of winter clothing and eat Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake. This achievement must be done during Winter Veil. You can wear any three pieces of the Winter Garb (a chest, boots and hat). The Green Winter Clothes and Red Winter Clothes can be crafted by Tailors, the Winter Boots can be crafted by Leatherworkers and the Red Winter Hat and Green Winter Hat are instance drops from humanoid-type bosses in instances. I'm not sure whether or not the hats will still drop in the lower level instances, as they dropped only from Outland instances last year and confirm to drop in Northrend this year. Since there is a related achievement, though, Blizzard may have changed their minds. The Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake is contained within a gift package received within 24 hours of completing either Treats for Great-father Winter (Alliance version) or Metzen the Reindeer (Alliance version)!

A Frosty Shake
For this achievment, you must obtain and use a Winter Veil Disguise Kit to become a snowman and /dance with another snowman in Dalaran. This achievement must be done during Winter Veil. The Winter Veil Disguise Kit is obtained in the mail within 24 hours of completing the quest chain starting with Stolen Winter Veil Treats (Alliance version).

Bros. Before Ho Ho Ho's or Bros. Before Ho Ho Ho's
To complete this achievement, Horde players must use Mistletoe on the following NPCs: Brother Malach (Undercity), Durkot Wolfbrother (Borean Tundra), Brother Keltan (Icecrown). Alliance players must use Mistletoe on the following NPCs: Brother Kristoff, Brother Crowley, Brother Benjamin, Brother Joshua, Brother Cassius (all in Stormwind City), Brother Nimetz (Stranglethorn Vale), Brother Wilhelm (Goldshire, Elwynn Forest), Brother Anton (Nijel's Point, Desolace) and Brother Karman (Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh). Mistletoe can be obtained randomly from /kiss'ing Winter Revelers.

Crashin' & Thrashin'
This achievement requires you to have obtained the Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller from the Winter Veil presents, available on and after December 25th. To complete this achievement you must "crash" 25 other racers. The controller functions similar to a Crashin' Thrashin' Robot, only with a single ability: Racer Rocket Slam! Out-slam another player's Racer to earn a kill towards the achievement. You can battle against the same Racer multiple times to count towards this achievement, the car is (of course) not destroyed or damaged in any way and simply must be re-summoned.

Fa-la-la-la-Ogri'la
For this achievement, you must be able to do the Sha'tari Skyguard quest Bomb Them Again!. Complete this quest while mounted on a flying reindeer during the Feast of Winter Veil. You can change your flying mount into a reindeer by using either Fresh Holly or Preserved Holly, obtained from kiss'ing Winter Revelers or from quests detailed above, respectively.

He Knows If You've Been Naughty
This achievement was awarded retroactively to players who had items or achievements related to last year's gifts (such as the Clockwork Rocket Bot feat). To obtain this achievement, simply log in at any point from December 25th to January 2nd and obtain a gift from under the Winter Veil tree in either Orgrimmar or Ironforge.

Let It Snow
During the Feast of Winter Veil, use a Handful of Snowflakes on the following race/class combinations: Orc Death Knight, Tauren Shaman, Undead Rogue, Gnome Mage, Blood Elf Warlock, Human Warrior, Night Elf Druid, Troll Hunter, Dwarf Paladin, and Draenei Priest. Simply look around in any major faction city, Dalaran (especially!) or a battleground and you'll probably end up with all of the combinations needed. Handful of Snowflakes can be obtained randomly from /kiss'ing Winter Revelers.

On Metzen!
This achievement is awarded upon completion of the quest Metzen the Reindeer (Alliance version). See the 'Quests' section above for more information.

Scrooge or Scrooge
Both tauren and dwarf take Winter Veil very seriously, so what better way to show your complete lack of holiday cheer than by smashing either Cairne Bloodhoof or King Magni Bronzebeard in the face with a Snowball during the Feast of Winter Veil.

Simply Abominable
This achievement is awarded upon completion of the quest chain starting with Stolen Winter Veil Treats (Alliance version). See the 'Quests' section above for more information.

The Winter Veil Gourmet
For this achievement, you have to cook Gingerbread Cookie, Winter Veil Eggnog and Hot Apple Cider, the latter of which requires 325 Cooking skill. Recipe: Gingerbread Cookie and Recipe: Winter Veil Eggnog can be purchased from Smokywood Pastures vendors, and Recipe: Hot Apple Cider can either be purchased or received as a gift from Greatfather Winter, provided you have high enough Cooking skill. Be prepared to grind your Cooking skill up if you haven't already in order to get this achievement. For information on leveling Cooking, I recommend the Cooking/Fishing guides found at El's Extreme Anglin'.

With a Little Helper from My Friends
For this achievement you must earn 50 honorable kills while transformed into a Little Helper from the Winter Wondervolt machine. Remember that the disguise is lost upon death or shapeshift, so this achievement might take a few tries to accomplish, but thankfully the killing blows are cumulative - just be ready to visit the Wondervolt between battles. Or simply be awesome. I recommend Alterac Valley or maybe Wintergrasp, depending on the PVP situation on your server.

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Comments

Comment by Horimonord

Looking at the date while I'm writing this comment, Winter Veil is almost around the corner. (͡ ° ͜ʖ ͡ °)

Comment by Blackboy0

Haha, was waiting for this. Great post Miyari, once again!