The chill is back in the air, and with it comes the return of your favorite holiday event! Snow has once again blanketed Villedor, twinkling lights shine across the city, and the Bazaar is buzzing with cheer. So wrap up warm, Survivors - it’s time to dive into this year’s Winter Tales: Gifts from Above.

Baka’s Back at the Bazaar

The beloved Winter Tales event is back, bringing festive chaos, icy enemies, and frosty rewards. From December 15 to January 8, join the celebrations, complete bounties, and claim winter-exclusive loot. Baka has returned with his seasonal stall and a fresh batch of bounties. Earn Candies and Reputation to unlock Frost weapon variants, the Skoll Axe blueprint, and more. Each reputation level grants Santa’s Letters-send them to trigger airdrop deliveries filled with rare gifts, guarded by the vicious Uncle Snow and his undead minions.

Festive Fun and Frozen Foes

Snow now blankets Villedor, with trees, lights, and decorations shining throughout the city. Old threats have returned too - Naughty Biters, Virals, Ice Spitters, and Uncle Snows stalk the streets. Defeat them for Winter Tale Boons and spread some holiday fear!

Decorate and Earn

Collect Baubles and Twinkle Lights to decorate the Christmas tree in the Bazaar. As it levels up, it spawns presents and unlocks exclusive rewards like the Murderous Helper Outfit and Bombka Grenade.

Community Goals and new UGC

Map Join global challenges to earn free weapons, charms, and gear:

• Week 1 (Dec 18 - 23): Defeat Naughty Biters to earn the Glacier Shank Knife and Snow Season Ornament Charm.
• Week 2 (Dec 23 - 30): Eliminate Naughty Virals for The Guiding Star Mace and Gift Season Ornament Charm.
• Week 3 (Dec 30 - Jan 8): Take down Uncle Snow to claim the Fractal Frost Axe and New Year’s Ornament Charm.

Moreover you’ll have a new UGC map to explore - ‘Twas The Night Before, and claim bounty connected to it. Meet the targets, and everyone in the community gets rewarded - no one goes home empty-handed!

Evolving Bundle: Night Wolf & Crimson Werewolf

Introducing Evolving Bundles-gear that grows with you! Purchase the Night Wolf Bundle, then complete a four-part questline to evolve it into the Crimson Werewolf set. Unlock stronger outfits, weapons, and paraglider upgrades as you progress.

The winter winds are howling - time to hunt, decorate, and celebrate in Villedor!

Game Updates

Along with the event, Update 1.26 introduced the following fixes and improvements to the game:

Co-op

• Fixed the issue with 'Find Games' matchmaking not working Xbox consoles
• Fixed the issue when Infected sometimes disappear for Peer upon killing them during the Tower Raid
• Fixed the issue where Player is loaded into the map first when trying to Quick Join from the Main Menu
• Fixed the issue with bodies of dead enemies disappearing and reappearing when the Peer joins the Tower Raid, while the Host is already in the run and kills Infected during the joining period
• Fixed the issue where Host is not able to interact with doors during the “Water Tower” quest
  

Gameplay

• Fixed the flashlight behavior during cutscenes
• Fixed the issue with quest chests being missing through the quest “Getting Stronger”
• Fixed the issue with possibility to deal damage/kill patrolling Volatiles from a very close range while being in the hiding spot, and not being detected
• Fixed the issue with Volatiles sometimes not despawning after player's death
  

Technical

• Fixed the issue with some locations where Player is turning on the generators for unlocking Metro Stations are missing
• Fixed the issue when sometimes when playing as Scrapjaw in Tower Raid the location mesh is missing
• Fixed the issue with some missing VO
• Fixed the issue with empty Forsaken Store in Downtown area
• Fixed the issue with Player not being able to switch tabs in Stash after opening it quickly again
  

UI

• Fixed the issue with the names of the UGC maps being incorrectly placed in the UGC menu
• Fixed the issue with the Tutorial screen not being visible when interacting with Tower Raid posters