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Elemental Holidays, or elemental festivals, are in-game events in which the Festive Favors shop will be open, selling themed items.

Each monthly holiday celebrates one of the 11 Elemental Flights, occurring on the last week of every month, barring December. Each will begin at 6:00 on a Sunday, and end at 6:00 the following Sunday, Flight Rising server time (PST/PDT).

Other seasonal events, like Valentine's Day or Flight Rising's anniversary celebration, also occur yearly and could be considered holidays of sorts. These are not canon celebrations in the world of Sornieth, however. Micro-holidays like Drakeharvest, on the other hand, do follow the lore of the world.

Lore[]

The close of the The Third Age coincided with a deterioration of trust and cooperation between the elemental flights; the gods fell into a deep bitterness for several thousand years. Since that time, however, the children of each have come to accept their places in the new world, even nurturing a growing reverence for their elemental cousins.

About once a month, all dragonkind comes together to celebrate one of the eleven elements for an entire week. Holidays are meant as an armistice time and conflict is discouraged.[1]

Festive Favors[]

Holiday Skins and Accents[]

Before each festival, a contest is held to create Skins and Accents that will be released to the public for the length of the holiday. 12 of the 14 winning skins are buyable in the Marketplace for 35,000 treasure; 2 are exclusive to Baldwin's Bubbling Brew. 6 of the non-Baldwin skins will also be available in exclusive chests, obtained from Coliseum enemies (neutral or the holiday's element), or from digging in the respective elemental region while gathering.

The contest winners are chosen by site admins. Winners are credited in the tooltip of the skin, and also receive a copy of their winning skin, 1,500 gems, an Artist's Vista, and a Skin Blueprint (5).[3]

List of Holidays[]

Below are the months in which each holiday is celebrated:

Month Holiday Elemental Flight: Holiday Currency:
January Crystalline Gala Ice Eternal Snow
February Trickmurk Circus Shadow Shimmering Pinecone
March Mistral Jamboree Wind Messengers Scroll
April Wavecrest Saturnalia Water Giant Sand Dollar
May Greenskeeper Gathering Nature Bladed Flatleaf
June Brightshine Jubilee Light Immaculate Tablet
July Thundercrack Carnivale Lightning Charged Sprocket
August Flameforger's Festival Fire Glowing Ember
September Starfall Celebration Arcane Magical Shard
October Riot of Rot Plague All-Seeing Shroom
November Rockbreaker's Ceremony Earth Deepearth Geode
December **Night of the Nocturne None None

**Night of the Nocturne is an event that runs near the end of December, but is not considered an elemental holiday.

Micro-Holidays and Seasonal Events[]

There are some minor "holidays" that come around every year. Unlike the more involved Elemental Holidays and Night of the Nocturne, these small events only span a few days and only have a few things that happen during them.

Bounty of the Elements was a one-time event in March of 2018 celebrating the site reaching its goal of full time open registration. It could be considered a "micro-holiday" of sorts in that it provided new items (the Swiftbrood Boon and Miniature Sornieth Globe), Coliseum experience bonuses, and new lore.

Timeframe Occasion/Holiday What's Happening?
The week of February 14th Valentine's Day Infested Cotton Candy, Meaty Cotton Candy, Fishy Cotton Candy, and Coneflower Cotton Candy have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities. Susie sells Valentines-themed items at Susie's Sweet Sentiments in exchange for cotton candy, treasure, and gems. The Enamored Swan and Scene: Lovebird Landscape become available to brew at level 3-6. Chocolate Noggle, Strawberry Noggle, and Lovebird Tea Set items have a chance to drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues.
Early March
Springswarm The special insect items Buzzing Rotwood and Teeming Loghive drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues. All experience gains are increased by 50%. Undergrowth Shovelsnouts and Mossy Beetleboars can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by insect catching. Swarming Devourers and Swarm Sovereigns can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by gathering. Vista: Springswarm and Scene: Springswarm have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities.
April 1st April Fool's Day A prank chest is available to be claimed from Galore and the site has some overarching prank to the layout. The site goes back to normal on April 2nd. When the prank chests are no longer available from Galore, they become real chests with a special item in them. Marva sells April Fools items from past years at Marva's Marvelous Marvels for treasure.
June 8th Flight Rising's Anniversary Some new site mechanic is typically introduced. Players will also receive some kind of gift item(s) from Galore.
Mid-June
Sunparched Prowl The special meat items Bundle of Haunchmeat and Salted Game drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues. All experience gains are increased by 50%. Runescar Lynxes and Scorchpaw Prowlers can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by hunting. Vista: Sunparched Prowl and Scene: Sunparched Prowl have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities.
Early-August
Warrior's Way Broken Arrow, Shattered Sword, and Smashed Shield have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities. Arvelle sells warrior-themed items at Arvelle's Adamant Armaments in exchange for broken equipment, treasure, and gems. The Crystalcleave Canary, Vigilant Sparrow, Iron Shield, Steel Shield, Gold Shield, and Segmented Neon armor set become available to brew at level 3-6.
Mid-September
Drakeharvest The special plant items Heavy Grainbasket and Horn of Plenty drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues. All experience gains are increased by 50%. Plantation Pinchers and Harvest Hardshells can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by foraging. Vista: Drakeharvest and Scene: Drakeharvest have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities.
September 19th and a few days afterwards Talk Like a Pirate Day Tarnished Doubloons have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities. Patches sells pirate-themed items at Patches' Pirate Plunder in exchange for Tarnished Doubloons, treasure, and gems. The Scarlet Macaw and Blue and Gold Macaw become available to brew at level 2. Scene: Voyage of the Tenacity has a chance to drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues.
Mid-December
Frigidfin Expedition The special seafood items Bountiful Fishnet and Overflowing Fishbasket drop from all enemies in all Coliseum venues. All experience gains are increased by 50%. Chillriver Bucktooths and Fenfisher Flattails can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by fishing. Narwin Fishers and Narwin Harvesters can be obtained in the Coliseum and rarely by gathering. Vista: Frigidfin Expedition and Scene: Frigidfin Expedition have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities.

Trivia[]

  • In the past, only half of the skins were buyable, and the other half were exclusive to the chests.[4] Having all of them available via the Marketplace was tested during the 2014 Trickmurk Circus,[5] and was permanently implemented starting with the 2014 Greenskeeper Gathering.[6] Currently, holidays offer 14 skins total. 12 are available in the Marketplace, and 6 of these 12 also appear in chests. The remaining 2 skins are exclusive to Baldwin's Bubbling Brew; since the recipes are low level and use common ingredients, these skins are still accessible to most players.
  • There are reasons for the order of the elemental holidays.[7] From the Weekly Q&A thread (Page 529): "As far as the months that were assigned, they very loosely correspond with a variety of factors. Note: These factors typically do not affect Sornieth. This is simply the admin's internal logic at work rather than rolling the dice on the holidays! A lot of this relates to where we live, which is in the northern hemisphere in North America.
    • June: Light - The Longest day of the year occurs during June.
    • July: Lightning - Depending on the area you live in you can see heat lightning, which seemed to fit well with desert-dwelling electric dragons.
    • August: Fire - It's hot. It's so hot. Fire is hot. August is hot like fire. It burns.
    • September: Arcane - A new year of school is starting: time to learn.
    • October: Plague - Many plants are in the process of dying off for the year, ready to come back later.
    • November: Earth - Trees have dropped their leaves, but snow has not yet fallen. You see a lot of bare earth. The last harvests are pulled in, further exposing it.
    • January: Ice - Depending on where you live, there may be a good deal of snow and icy temperatures at work.
    • February: Shadow - Long nights and long shadows! (December does contain the longest night, but we didn't want to put an elemental holiday in that month.)
    • March: Wind - In the northern hemisphere March is a notoriously windy month.
    • April: Water - April showers, etc.
    • May: Nature - It's safe to plant most flowers and gardens. Greenery everywhere!"

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