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It has been reported to us that Santa has gone missing while doing a test run with his sleigh! We are unsure of how or why, but it appears he has crashed. We can assure you he and his reindeer are ok as the sleigh is set to magically teleport them to a secure undisclosed location in the event of a crash. However, the magical gift holster of the sleigh is continuously producing gifts uncontrollably and these gifts need to be found!

Legolas, a master elf archer who works at Santa's village has come to the Luna gate library and is asking everyone who can spare time to help! Go see Legolas at the gate library for more details.

We have lost all communication with Santa's village, but last we heard, everything is going smooth there.... we just need to find all those gifts so they can be returned!


update - Dec 25 2011
Santa Claus has returned to Santa's Village! He is very busy and may not be present all the time, but we can assure you he is safe and everything is going well.

At least, almost everything. There is a slight inconvinience going on at Santa's village. Dark Elves are #occupying it and they need to be erradicated. They are all out of pepper spray, so you will need to bring your own weapons.

Join in and help eradicate them!

Santa's Village has now been opened to everyone, even those without the key.

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I don't know if anyone found it yet, but it may be time for a hint.

The hint is actually in the title. I will leave it at that.

Yeah I know, that's totally useless, but you'll see it will make sense. :twisted:

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I had my suspicions

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To answer your question in chat (in case anyone else wonders) you can open them if you want, but to complete the quest you need to actually bring them back to the NPC.

Finding Santa is not part of the quest. Next year I may extend this and add more sub quests though.

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Thanks Red...
It wasnt realy a question as such, but after some experimenting i know which i prefer :D

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How is the spawn clock set for this event?
Reason i ask is early this morning i picked the prezzies up that were in the area.
My grandkids arrived so i didnt get chance to open them/hand them in.
I put them in a chest at the house.
Went back an hour later to pick some more up (completely forgot i already had a bunch) and when i got to the area there were no more prezzies spawned....
Now its possible someone else has found the area and cleared it before i got there, or the fact i have a bunch in a secure at my house is stopping anymore from spawning until i open them?....
Other than that "Thx for the prezzies"

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Its coming up to 2 hours now with no prezzie spawning...
I have to go out for the day in an hour so what i will do is open all the prezzies i have at the house to hopefully allow more to spawn....
If this is the case it might need to be looked into to stop someone abusing the system......

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They are set to be slow, but after a while they fill up. The gifts can land within a 50ish tile radius around that area but are more likely to land closer.

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are they rats or ratmen?
0the mines in sacrifice had no presents, the sewers are clear. hmmm
ponder ponder ponder

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tried all the places rats suposedly spawn according to stratics.

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Are there going to be Dark Elves this year? The presents are great, thanks again for a good event.

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Possibly.

Has anyone found any gifts and brought them back yet?

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Red Squirrel wrote:Possibly.

Has anyone found any gifts and brought them back yet?
no, my mom said I had to wait until christmas morning

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Red Squirrel wrote:Possibly.

Has anyone found any gifts and brought them back yet?
You mean handed them in?
Yes plenty.....i get a bag with 5 xmas decorations in them.....
Maybe i need to hand some more in? :twisted:

Good gifts if you open them.....have runics, pet bonding deeds and skill gain deeds coming out of m ears......
Cheers for those ;-)

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Cool, yeah you can either open them or bring them in.

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i opened all of them
then went and got heaps at a time
so many runics and valuable stuff
:(

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Why the sad face Kel?
Put a luck suit on before you open them :D

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Luck does not affect what's in the boxes. It's generated on double click but it's a preset randomiser.

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Red Squirrel wrote:Luck does not affect what's in the boxes. It's generated on double click but it's a preset randomiser.
Hmm thats strange......The first 100 or so boxes i opened without a luck suit on had runics with charges all below 5......and a lot with zero!!!!
Put a luck suit on and i started to get plenty of charges above 5, and still do...
Maybe its in my mind but it seems to work for me......
Must be going mad.....

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anymore hints to where the site is or at least which facet to search pls

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hmmm heres another hint
its ilshenar

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azzo29 wrote:anymore hints to where the site is or at least which facet to search pls
Ilsh, then google "Ratmen UO"....when you find the right moongate just make sure you turn left..... :D

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So, where would santas village be?
I presume somewhere cold and icy?
Or has santas village featured in events before and its a known location?
A tinsy winsy clue Red?

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It's part of the quest, just keep bringing gifts, you'll see. 8)

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Red Squirrel wrote:It's part of the quest, just keep bringing gifts, you'll see. 8)
Cheers, i already got what i needed just didnt know how to use it lol, was trying to recall from it.....

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