Winter Evenement 2019
' Can I see your ticket, please? The Forge Express is waiting for you at the station!'
How can I participate in the Winter Event?
Participating in the Winter Event is as easy as opening presents!
Open the event overview to see all the prizes available for this round. Pressing the "Start" Button will wrap and shuffle them. Once the presents are shuffled, click on any of them to unwrap! Each one costs 10 Stars to unwrap.
Completing quests and logging in every day will grant you Stars which you can then use to unwrap more presents! You can also find some extra Stars in incidents around your city. Presents will contain a wealth of different rewards, including old favorites from previous Winter Events! Additionally, each opened present will grant you a train ticket which you can use to move the the train towards its destination, the Grand Prize! Use a ticket to unwrap a track piece, which will move your train 1, 2 or even 3 spaces! Move 20 spaces to unlock the Grand Prize, and start the journey to your train's next Grand Prize destination. Choo choo!
In addition to the regular gifts, there’s also a chance you might stumble upon a special tile when you open a present. These are:
 Shuffle |
Shuffle will of course shuffle the board for you, and it will also give you 10 Stars. When combined with "Double Payout", the stars are doubled, but the tiles are only shuffled once. |
 Double Payout |
Double Payout will double the reward from the next present you open. If you do not open any presents during that day, then the double payout will transfer to the next day when you open a present. |
 Show 2 |
Show 2 will reveal to you the contents of two presents on the board, and it will also give you a small amount of Stars. When combined with "Double Payout", the stars are doubled, but only two tiles are revealed. |
Winter Questline
Mr. Winter, the Forge Express's conductor, will whisk you away on a fairytale adventure in this year's questline.
Listen carefully as he recounts his tales across 70 quests. 38 rush quests will be available immediately, with a new daily quest every single day of the event.
Reindeer Collection
Whenever you uncover a Daily Special, not only do you receive the prize itself and a ticket for your train, but you also find one of the lost reindeers! Once you have found your first Reindeer you can claim your reward at any time for Diamonds! Help return all the reindeers to their sleigh. Collect 9 reindeers to unlock more rewards and get yourself a better deal:
Once you've claimed your Reindeer collection, you'll be given the chance to start a whole new collection and receive a new set of rewards.
Winter Rewards
Winter Train
This year's Grand Prize is the Winter Train, an upgradable 7x3 building with 9 levels. At level 9, you get to choose between three final looks, which each produce unique rewards. You can pick between The Charcoal Express (Black), The Sleighride Express (Red), or The Evergreen Express (Green). In order to upgrade the Winter Train, you will need to obtain Winter Train Upgrade Kits, by advancing through the questline. You can also win some upgrade kits as Grand Prizes in the event window itself.
Winter Train - Lv. 1 |
Winter Train - Lv. 2 |
Winter Train - Lv. 3 |
Winter Train - Lv. 4 |
Winter Train - Lv. 5 |
Winter Train - Lv. 6 |
Winter Train - Lv. 7 |
Winter Train - Lv. 8 |
Upgrading the Winter Train to Lv. 9
If you upgrade Winter Train from Lv. 8 to Lv. 9 you will need to choose between 3 different options. But pick wisely! Once you upgrade your Winter Train to level 9, you can't revert your choice.
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The Evergreen Express |
The Charcoal Express |
The Sleighride Express |
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Winter Train - Cars
This year we introduce a brand new mechanic to the Winter Train buildings, the chain ability. This works similarly to how set bonuses work, where extra rewards are given for buildings which are placed next to one another, but rather than the bonus working when the building is adjacent to any set piece regardless of positioning, the train receives it's Chain Ability bonus when you attach the cars to the back of the Winter Train. Not only that, you can attach as many cars as you can fit to the back of the Winter Train to reap the benefits of even more bonuses. Each car adds up!
The three cars can be found as Daily Specials, or even as Reindeer rewards!
Dining Car |
Freight Car |
Sleeping Car |
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Tactician's Tower
We're also introducing a brand new 1 x 1 building, the Tactician's Tower. This building gives an 
attack boost for the player's defending armies. This building will also be upgradable with two levels.
Tactician's Tower - Lv. 1 |
 Tactician's Tower Upgrade Kit |
Tactician's Tower - Lv. 2 |
Winter Avatars
These avatars can be obtained during the Winter questline.
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 Velma |
Returning buildings
As with previous years, there will be an opportunity to grab some of the prizes from previous years, such as the Winter Spire, and the Winter Decoration Kit, which contains an option to select from several prizes from previous years.