Christmas, celebrated in various countries around the world, marks a special moment in the culture and traditions of many nations. This holiday is filled with a variety of customs and beliefs, bringing people together in a joyful and warm atmosphere.
In addition to Christian traditions, many cultures contribute their unique elements to the celebration of Christmas. For example, in Japan, Christmas tradition includes visiting fast-food restaurants, with chicken being the main dish. This became a popular custom after a successful advertising campaign several decades ago.
In Sweden, people celebrate Christmas with a special dance around a decorated pole known as the "Julstam." This ancient custom attracts participants of all ages, creating a fun and inspiring atmosphere.
Moreover, in some countries like Mexico, Christmas begins with the "Posada" festival, symbolizing the search for shelter for Mary and Joseph before the birth of Jesus. People go from house to house, singing and asking for "shelter" before being welcomed to the festive party.
Despite the diversity of traditions, Christmas unites millions of people in a common desire to bring joy and care to each other during this special time of the year.

The entire 1100ad team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This year, the holidays will last from 21.12.2023 to 11.01.2024!


FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE
In all cities where there is free sand or grass, a special festive tree, the Christmas Tree, will appear. Periodically, the Christmas Tree lights up with multicolored lights and brings a gift to its owner. Regularly visit your Christmas Tree and enjoy the gifts found, including resources, artifacts, unique soldiers, gold, and diamonds. Festive crafting is also available at the Christmas Tree.


TIAMAT'S CROWN

Tradition dictates that every New Year, we greet it with new royal regalia that will empower our kingdom. This time, we have a complete set: Tiamat's Crown, necklace, earrings.
Tiamat in mythology represents an ancient Near Eastern deity, often associated with the mythology of the Babylonians and Akkadians.
According to the myth, Tiamat creates dragons and other monsters to battle the god Marduk and his allies, the gods of the new pantheon.
In the end, Marduk defeats Tiamat, splits her body, and creates the world from the parts.
One aspect of the myth is the portrayal of Tiamat as a dragon, which has become popular in various cultures and embodied in many works of fantasy.


With the Tiamat's crown, you will not only gain 17 city points but also level up the Winter Residence, new levels for the clan castle, and the Magdeburg Column.


ICE KINGDOM'S DUNGEON IN THE FESTIVE TREE
In the festive tree, a special dungeon can be found. The dungeon has 10 levels, it's slippery and cold, so take care of your heroes and check how brave you are!
Attention: Heroes with less than 350k HP and damage are not recommended to descend below.



LOTTERY

You can also find the Christmas lottery at the Christmas Tree. The festive lottery window will display 9 gifts, and you need to open 3 of them. Based on the total points, you will receive a Bronze, Silver, or Gold gift, which may include resources, soldiers, buildings, and other bonuses. To play the lottery, you need a lottery ticket, which can be purchased with gold or obtained using the artifact - Christmas Tree. One lottery ticket costs 1000 lottery tickets. Playing the lottery can also earn you a special prize - the blueprint for the Ice Fountain. To achieve this, you need to reach 100% in the progress bar.

There will also be a Christmas lottery for purchases, with a drawing of 50 prizes among all servers. The lottery will be active from 21.12 to 31.12.2023 23:59:59. The planned publication time for the results is 08.01. Re-entering your nickname will increase your chances of winning.


NEW TEMPORARY SOLDIERS

The frost season has begun and our temporary soldiers - a long-range snowman and Santa - have returned to us! Also, until the day of all lovers, the armies will be replenished with the Archer, the Northern hunter and the swordsman. A soldier can be obtained for a mini-game, passing a dungeon, purchased through promotions, or received as a gift.



RETURN OF KRAMPUS

Be especially vigilant in locations. Krampus intends to ruin everyones mood! Especially unlucky seekers of valuable artifacts.
The king, wishing to save the holidays, announces a mid-server competition - the top 20 Krampus hunters will receive a special Manzanares city with ice statues.


MINI GAME “SNOWMAN”

The holiday is about to come and it is time to get ready for Christmas! To complete the task, it is necessary to collect special artifacts that can be obtained from temporary location exploration. The received artifacts must be inserted into the appropriate slots on the game field. When all parts are in place, the player receives the specified award. The list of rewards can be shuffled for gold.

For each player there are statistics on how many costumes were collected. At the end of the holiday, the TOP 10 best players will receive a prize. You can see your place in the TOP statistics.
In the Mini-game "Snowman" there is also a nice guaranteed prize - 175 collected tables will give a bonus point.

The top 25 players among all servers who accumulate the highest number of points in the mini-game will receive valuable prizes.

We would like to remind you that to make it to the top 25, you need to meet the following condition:
When determining the winners across servers, a special coefficient will be applied.
The number of artifacts found by the player must be greater than the number of collected tables multiplied by 6.
Applying this formula allows players who have genuinely invested considerable effort into collection to receive a worthy prize. Meanwhile, players who have taken an easier path remain outside the top.


NEW YEAR COLLECTION
n all temporary locations for research and for completing special quests, you can get a Simple Collectible Chest. You can also purchase a Premium Collectible Chest. It is important to know that simple collectible chests, unlike premium ones, cannot be transferred to another player.


You need to open chests in a special "Collection" tab.


The chests contain 2 Christmas toys and a nice bonus in the form of gold, diamonds and other bonuses pleasant to the players heart.

These toys are not simple, but from the new collection that hangs on our Christmas tree.
There are 5 levels of toys in total.
By collecting toys, you fill out a special album.


If you do not have enough toys to complete the collection, you can create them.
To do this, you need to break the toys into essence, through the menu. Do not be afraid to break toys, once dropped out, the toy will remain in the collection, only repeated toys can be crushed!


Having crushed the toys, go to the Collider section and start trying your luck: you can choose the level of the toy to create, and by paying extra gold, increase the chance of a rarer toy falling out.



Collecting toys through the collider, however, may fail.


You can switch the type of toy you create or try to create this level again.

If you need an ingredient that is definitely not yet in your collection, use the runes that can be found for exploring some locations.


It can only be found in the Krampus bag. This cunning villain collected all the tangerines for himself.

Each level of the collection has its own rune and its own ingredient. Be careful!

But remember: the number of runes and tangerines you can use to create ingredients is limited to 14, so use them wisely to create the most needed.
If during creation, creation was unsuccessful, then the rune, gold and essence will be spent, but the attempt will not be counted.

When the album is full, you will receive the prize specified in the Information tab.

For each player, statistics are kept on the assembling of the collection so that players can see the progress of its filling.
Collection assembling is available until 11/01/2024. Upon completion, all chests, both simple and premium, will be withdrawn with compensation.

Hurry up to collect the collection!


NEW LEVELS IN UNIQUE BUILDINGS
Great architects from distant lands have arrived in our realm, and all snow buildings, as well as several other buildings, have received additional levels. To upgrade the buildings, you will need the Blue Miracle Chest and other festive artifacts!


Match-3 Mini-Game!

Take part in the "Match-3" Mini-Game! Occasionally, players will have access to free moves, and additional moves can be purchased with gold.

The rules of the game are straightforward: Collect in a row or column of 3, 4, or 5 identical elements. Depending on the number of collected elements, the player earns points. Obstacles in the form of blocks that block elements will appear on the game field. Blocks can be broken by crossing two striped elements or two bombs, or by smashing with a hammer. Blocks can be quite resilient, and breaking them once may not be enough to completely shatter the block.
A new ice cell has appeared! To make it disappear, you need to collect a row of 3-5 identical elements adjacent to the ice. If the ice is not broken during a move, a new ice cell will appear.

Accumulate game points and receive super prizes! The more games you play, the more valuable the prizes.
Statistics on the number of points are kept for each player and each Order. At the end of the holidays, the top 10 players and the top 10 Orders* will receive valuable prizes. Win various items for yourself and additional skill points for the Order!

Players also have access to a leaderboard, where the most efficient Order among all participating Orders will be determined.

Additionally, we announce an inter-server competition!
The top 3 players from this leaderboard will receive special prizes, but each player can only receive one prize in the following categories:
- Best player in the mini-game;
- Bomb Master;
- Best combination collector;
- Best player in efficiency;
- Gambit

After awarding the main winners, prizes will be given to the top 25 players who have accumulated the most points in the mini-game but did not enter the previous leaderboards.

The prize this time for any placement in the top is the Manzanares city. The bonus assigned to the city will vary, with a higher position in the top resulting in a higher bonus.

Keep an eye on the game statistics, conquer and win unique prizes!


NEW BUILDINGS

Ice Dragon - in honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year.
Snow Rose - a unique building in honor of winter holidays.

Elevate the levels of unique statues:
Ice Fountain, Ice Tiger, Ice Ox, Ice Rat, Snowman, Snow Globe, Snow Rabbit, Black Rabbit!

For research enthusiasts, we offer an exciting quest - Legend of the Snow Dragon - completing which will allow you to raise the levels of the Snow Globe.
And for lovers of mysteries and riddles, we propose the quest - Dragon's Book of Secrets. Pages of the lost book can be found in different places.
By collecting them, the player will receive bonus points and other valuable prizes, including blueprints for the Ice Dragon building and a permanent dragon shield.

New Legendary Equipment
Dragons, always considered symbols of strength, power, passion, and keepers of ancient secrets. Dragons - messengers of change and embodiments of the mysterious. They possess the unique ability to penetrate the depths of the true mystery.
And so, before the great warrior, a meeting with an ancient dragon revealed many mysteries. Inspired by this encounter, the warrior set out to create new armor, embodying the wisdom he encountered in every scale and bone plate.
Thus was born the New Legendary Dragon Armor!



ADDITIONS
1. +1g to the limit of bonus artifacts applied to the city.
2. Maximum number of bonus points is 16, +2 to resource locations.
3. Raised the limit of personal vassalage.
4. Soldiers have become more expensive.
5. The ice castle bonus has been improved, and the basic design has been updated.