GW2. Wintersday Festival Achievements Guide 2022.
The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx
Total achievements: 17 – 127AP
Disassembly – 10AP
Defeat a total of 100 Toys. You can do this easily in Toypocalypse because the snowmen and the catapults will kill the toys for you.
Dolyak Defender – 5AP
Finish Toypocalypse with at least one gift dolyak alive. This is the requirement to complete Toypocalypse anyway, so just focus on building siege fast enough that the toys do not pressure the dolyaks.
Donation Defender – 3AP
This achievement can be done during the dolyak escort event, after Ho-Ho-Tron raised enough funds at the Crown Pavilion Waypoint. Once it starts you have to protect the dolyak and “kick” the skritt that spawns near, by simply pressing “F” on them. Speed the dolyak up by giving it swiftness or superspeed. Complete the event by helping the dolyak reach the Salma District to earn the achievement.
Finders Keepers – 6AP
Same as above, this achievement can be done during the dolyak escort event. You need to collect a total of 25 Dropped Presents. The dolyak will drop these presents while walking to the destination point, just simply collect them. It’s recommended that you don’t go ahead of the dolyak or you will miss them.
Golden Generosity – 25AP
Donate to Ho-Ho-Tron while he is raising funds to start the escort dolyak event using the 1 gold option a total of three times.
Holiday Food Drive – 15AP
During the event “Donate Wintersday food for the people of Ammoon” you will need to donate a total of 150 food items to finish this achievement. Here is the list of the food items that you can donate:
- Tropical Peppermint Cake
- Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream
- Peppermint Omnomberry Bar
Honorary Krewe Member – 5AP
Defeat Toxx inside Tixx’s Infinirarium. This activity/dungeon is recommended to be done with 2 to 5 players.
Mercy of the Toymaker – 5AP
Open a total of 1000 Wintersday Gifts. You can only progress this achievement while the Wintersday Festival is active. You will be rewarded with Rimed Verdant Wintersday Gift.
Nothing but Broken Toys – 5AP
Survive 50 waves of Toypocalypse. Your task is to protect five gift dolyaks while malfunctioning toys spawn over ten rounds, with three waves per round.
To effectively farm Toypocalypse, you want to build siege using the scraps you can get from breaking the terrain in the zone. Use the Rifle to have the most damage for boss phases and spam the 1 skill on Toxx. Otherwise use the Rifle 3 skill to break the terrain and collect scraps.
Focus on building catapults where you find the scraps because you can waste time trying to position them. There are more scraps than there is time, so focus on putting out siege first. Build multiple siege before you start upgrading them because when you upgrade a siege it will fully heal it and after 15 minutes siege will disappear so upgrading refreshes the timer. Try to build the siege in between the spawn points of the toys and the dolyaks so that they can have the most line of sight.
Credit to Vallun for the video.
Pitcher of Joy – 1AP
Throw 101 Snowballs in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen. After defeating Freezie, there are snowballs that allow you to spam them into the now friendly Freezie, repeat until you complete the achievement.
Polar Bones – 3AP
Collect Polar Bones inside the Secret Lair of the Snowmen. Recommended to do after the Freezie fight with the cleared instance.
Ringing the Right Notes – 10AP
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble. A total of 500 correct notes.
Silver for the Season – 5AP
Donate to Ho-Ho-Tron while he is raising funds to start the escort dolyak event using the 1 silver option a total of three times.
Straight to the Heart – 5AP
Help Freezie within three heart phases in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen. This can be failed if your party does not throw enough snowballs at Freezie’s Heart during that phase. Make sure everyone knows to throw snowballs at Freezie.
Wintersday Wrecking Ball – 5AP
Inside Tixx’s Infinirarium destroy every single tree/building inside the instance. You can do this after you complete the instance as well. (Dungeon instance only; not in the Toypocalypse activity.)
Wintersday’s Guardian – 10AP
Defeat Freezie in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen.
Credit to Rainewaters for the video.
Wrapping Everywhere – 9AP
Simply open a total of 40 Wintersday Gifts. Try to space out this achievement over time to maximize the Wintersday dailies.
Wintersday Traditions (Annual)
Total achievements: 18 – 1250AP (Annual Limited)
Wintersday Traditions (Annual) – 0AP
This is the meta achievement. You need to complete 7 eligible annual achievements to earn the reward. This year the reward are a Snowdrift Chest and a Wintersday Snow Boot Box.
The Snowdrift Chest allows you to select one weapon from the new Snowdrift set, more of these weapons can be acquired through Jolly Wintersday Gift (obtained from new daily achievement) or purchased from Trading Post.
There are three new weapon skins as well that you can buy from Sparking Stone NPC:
NOTE: You can buy the previous years skins (Annual rewards) at the Charity Seraph Corps NPC.
Age of Toypocalypse (Annual) – 0AP
Survive Toypocalypse with at least one living gift dolyak a total of 3 times. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Festival Automaton (Annual) – 0AP
Defeat Toxx in Tixx’s Infinirarium in Divinity’s Reach. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Frozen Footrace (Annual) – 0AP
Complete the race event which spawns every 20 minutes in the Crown Pavilion of Divinity’s Reach during Wintersday in under 5 minutes without using a mount. Achievement can be completed once per year. Use classes with lots of ports, leaps, and swiftness to speed this up.
NOTE: Completing the “Time Trial: Snowfall Sprint” also counts towards this achievement.
Holiday Musical (Annual) – 0AP
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble, a total of 1000 correct notes. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Leaping Above the Snow (Annual) – 0AP
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 5 times during Wintersday. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Season’s Generosity (Annual) – 0AP
Donate 1 Gold to Ho-Ho-Tron in Divinity’s Reach, a total of 3 times. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Snow Drifter (Annual) – 0AP
Complete the race event which spawns every 20 minutes in Divinity’s Reach during Wintersday in under 3 minutes. Achievement can be completed once per year.
NOTE: Completing the “Time Trial: Snowfall Sprint” also counts towards this achievement.
Some Disassembly Required (Annual) – 0AP
Defeat misbehaving Wintersday toys while helping Tixx run the workshop or exploring Tyria, a total of 500 toys. Recommended to do inside Toypocalypse. Achievement can be completed once per year.
Annual Traditions – 1000AP (Annual Limited 50AP)
To earn this achievement you need to complete the Wintersday Traditions (Annual) achievement. This achievement can only be completed once per year. You can earn only 50AP each year.
A Season of Merriment – 100AP
This achievement is repeatable up to 10 times, and each time you will earn 10AP. You need to complete three daily achievements in order to get progress for this one, once you complete the daily five times, you will earn an Extravagant Wintersday Gift which contains the Wrapped weapon skins.
Once you unlock one of the weapon skins above, you will be able to buy the Sparkling version of it at the Charity Corps Seraph NPC:
Dauntless Donator – 25AP
Get wrapped gifts from the Wintersday vendor at the Crown Pavilion and give them to 30 Orphans around Divinity’s Reach. This can be done once a day per Orphan. Orphans who have not been given a gift to that day will have the peppermint icon above their head.
You can repeat this achievement up to five times and earn 5AP each time. To get the max 25AP you need to donate wrapped gifts to a total of 150 Orphans.
NOTE: You can actually do a massive Karma farm with this, I recommend you watch this video for more information on how to do it:
Credit to Tekkit's Workshop for the video.
Snowball Mayhem Participant – 0AP
Complete 30 rounds of Snowball Mayhem activity. You do not need to win to complete this.
The Bells of Wintersday – 25AP
Complete 20 songs in Bell Choir Ensemble. You can repeat this achievement up to five times. Each time you earn 5AP, so to get the max 25AP you need to complete a total of 100 songs.
The Giving Spirit – 25AP
Donate 1000 Snowflake to cheer up Drooburt for the holidays. You can repeat this achievement up to five times. Each time you earn 5AP, so to get the max 25AP you need to donate a total of 5000 Snowflake.
Toypocalypse Survivor – 25AP
Successfully complete 30 rounds in Toypocalypse. You can repeat this achievement up to five times. Each time you earn 5AP, so to get the max 25AP you need to complete a total of 150 rounds.
Ulla’s Rival – 25AP
Complete the race event 3 times in Divinity’s Reach during Wintersday. You can repeat this achievement up to five times. Each time you earn 5AP, so to get the max 25AP you need to complete the race event a total of 15 times.
Winter Wonderland Mastery – 25AP
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 3 times. You can repeat this achievement up to five times. Each time you earn 5AP, so to get the max 25AP you need to complete the jumping puzzle a total of 15 times.
(Weekly) Wintersday Festivities – 0AP (New)
Participate in the Bell Choir, Toypocalypse, Infinirarium, Winter Wonderland, and the Secret Lair of the Snowmen. Progress awarded varies based on the activity. This will reward a Snow Diamond.
Winter’s Presence
Total achievements: 5 – 15AP
Winter’s Presence is an achievement category for achievements rewarding some of the components necessary for crafting the Winter’s Presence Skin. Finishing these achievements will not give you all components required to make it. The achievements can only be completed while the Wintersday festival is active.
Frozen Claw – 3AP
Defeat the Claw of Jormag World Boss in Frostgorge Sound 3 times during Wintersday.
Snowball Fight! – 3AP
Claim victory in the Snowball Mayhem activity 3 times during Wintersday.
Sounds of the Season – 3AP
Complete songs in the Bell Choir 3 times during Wintersday
The Wintersday Gauntlet – 3AP
Complete the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle 3 times during Wintersday.
Toy Quality Control – 3AP
Finish 30 rounds of Toypocalypse during Wintersday.
Festival Collections
Total achievements: 5 – 25AP
For the Children! – 5AP
For this collection you need to complete an achievement called Grawnk Munch under the Community category.
Here you can see the full guide for it: LINK
Rimed Verdant Weapons – 5AP
Unlock all 16 Rimed Verdant weapon skins in your wardrobe. You can get these weapons from Rimed Verdant Wintersday Gift wich can be obtained from Wintersday Gift or bought from the Trading Post
Toy Tonic Tippler – 3AP
To unlock this collection you need to consume a Fancy Holiday Tonic Cabinet which can be bought from the Charity Corps Seraph NPC in Divinity Reach or directly from the Trading Post.
You have to collect all these five Endless Tonics:
- Endless Toy Ventari Tonic
- Endless Toy Soldier Tonic
- Endless Princess Doll Tonic
- Endless Toy Golem Tonic
- Endless Plush Griffon Tonic
You can get these tonics in three different ways:
- Crafting
- Very cheap recipes from the Trading Post
- Wintersday Gift
- Chance to get a Festively Wrapped Beverage Case
- WvW/PvP Reward Track
- Final reward Ultimate Wintersday Gift
Winter’s Presence – 10AP
This collection requires you to collect the 10 following items:
- Blueprint for Winter’s Presence
- Sold by Charity Corps Seraph NPC at Divinity Reach for 3 Gold + 25,004 Karma.
- Essence of Mischief
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- 125 Snowflake
- 50 Mystic Coin
- 50 Superior Sigil of Mischief
- 50 Sealed Package of Snowballs
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- Essence of Snowfall
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- 125 Snowflake
- 50 Mystic Coin
- 50 Superior Rune of Snowfall
- 50 Choir Bell
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- Magnanimous Obsidian Crystal
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- 125 Snowflake
- 50 Mystic Coin
- 50 Obsidian Shard
- 1 Magnanimous Choir Bell
- Created at Mystic Forge:
- Winter Music Score
- Complete the achievement Sounds of the Season.
- Champion’s Snowball
- Complete the achievement Snowball Fight!.
- Snowglobe
- Complete the achievement The Wintersday Gauntlet.
- Refurbished Toy
- Complete the achievement Toy Quality Control.
- Icy Aura
- Complete the achievement Frozen Claw.
- Masterful Toast
- Complete the achievement Community: Festive Imbiber
- This achievement requires you to consume 10,000 Wintersday Drinks, the following items which can be obtained from Wintersday presents or from the Trading Post count towards this achievement:
- Cup of Spiced Apple Cider
- Glass of Buttered Spirits
- Mug of Eggnog
- Snowman Tonic
- Reindeer Tonic
- Festive Golem Tonic
- Cask-Strength Eggnog (Count as 10 drinks)
- This achievement requires you to consume 10,000 Wintersday Drinks, the following items which can be obtained from Wintersday presents or from the Trading Post count towards this achievement:
- Complete the achievement Community: Festive Imbiber
Wintersday Toy Weapons Collection – 2AP
To unlock this collection you need to buy Heirloom Toy Chest from the Charity Corps Seraph NPC at Divinity Reach.
Then you can buy all the skins from the same NPC or just from the Trading Post for very cheap.
You, my dear, are awesome sauce. 🙂
Thanks a lot for the guide! 😀
I have a core account and I have to use the rentalraptor, is there any way I can complete SNow Drifter? My best time after a bnuch of tries is 3:05.
I’m not really sure if you can make it without the mastery, 3:05 is very close tho lol
Yes, it can be done. I just did it in 2:57 on the rental raptor. It helps to really know the course well, which makes it possible for you to figure out where you can make tight turns to shave some time (aim for the edge of the bubble). Good luck!