Christmas Time In The World Of Warcraft

The Christmas themed in-game holiday, Winter Veil, is currently underway and along with it comes plenty of activities for all of the achievement hungry players out there. I’m personally not a big fan of these world events but I know a lot of people are striving to finish “What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been” and feel almost obligated to complete each one.

Don’t forget that as the holiday comes to a close the giant Christmas trees in Ironforge and Orgrimmar have gift boxes underneath them. This part of Winter Veil runs from December 25th to the end of the holiday on January 2nd. The gifts range from companion pets to holiday themed food items. For the last two years, the most rare of the companion pets has been pretty excellent so I am looking forward to what this year has in store. In 2007, the pet was a small clockwork robot and last year it was a remote controlled car.

There are also additional clothing patterns in the game for Winter Veil. You’ll have one mailed to you in game when you first log in during the event. Making these clothes and selling them on the Auction House is an excellent way to make some money during this time. The old standby strategy of cashing in on people’s laziness is especially true during these world events. Players are trying to gather the items they need for various quests and achievements as quickly as possible and they normally don’t care about being smart and getting a good deal. It’s not unheard of to buy common items from a vendor for little to no money and then turning around and selling that same item to a player on the Auction House at an incredible markup.

So if you’re just looking to rack up more achievements or trying for the rare mount from the overall world event achievement get started on Winter Veil. This is probably one of the easier world events to complete just because of the length of it. A level 80 player can probably knock all of the achievements required to finish Winter Veil over the course of several days and still have a week or more to spare.