The Feast of Winter Veil is your typical winter seasonal holiday with snow, gnomes in holiday gear, presents, cookies, and other seasonal themes. Unlike other holidays there isn’t a big focus on loot or character advancement. Instead the focus is on merriment, fun, and having a good time.
Finding Metzan
There is a Horde and Alliance version of this quest, but both are the same. Simply go to (68,33) in Searing Gorge or (74,46) in Tanaris to find Metzan and talk to him to free him. The quest starts in either Orgrimmar or Ironforge. It grants 5 Preserved Holly and 20 Fruitcakes.
Saving Winter Veil
Pick up “Stolen Winter Veil Treats” and go to the Strange Snowman at (35,72) in Alterac Mountains. From there you’ll need to kill the Abominable Greench and return back to town. He spawns nearby and is often camped when the event starts. Wait a bit before you do it and this quest becomes much easier to complete. You’ll get a recipe from the pack and a disguise kit from Greatfather Winter through the mail as a reward.
Misc Quests
Greatfather or Great-father Winter will ask for 5 cookies and some milk. A level 1 cook can make the cookies and the milk is available off the innkeepers.
Winter Veil Achievement Guide
On Metzan!: Free Metzan the Reindeer. See the quest help above.
With a Little Helper from My Friends: Use the Wondervolt outside of Orgrimmar, Dalaran, Ironforge, etc. to turn yourself into a Little Helper and get 50 honorable kills. Go to a high density battleground like AV or Isle of Conquest .
Scrooge: Throw a snowball at King Magni Bronzebeard if you’re Alliance or at Cairne Bloodhoof if you’re Horde.
Fa-la-la-la-Ogri’la: Do the Bomb-Them-Again! quest while having the reindeer effect on your mount. The problem with this quest is that you have to have the Ogri’la daily quests open to do this one and it’s a lengthy quest chain that involves killing some pretty tough (even for 80s) elites. Get started on this one as quick as possible.
Simply Abominable: Do the quest line to kill the Abominable Greench. See above to see how to get that quest done.
Let it Snow: Kiss enough revelers to get 10 snowflakes. Now, here is the thing. When you kiss one you can’t kiss ‘em again for an hour. So start as soon as possible since they also give Mistletoe and Holly. Then use it on the classes listed in the achievement.
Bros Before Ho Ho Ho’s: Simply use Mistletoe on the brothers listed. For the Alliance you’re going to want to go to Stormwind and hunt down five brothers and an additional one in Goldshire. Nimetz is in STV (37,3) and Anton is at Nijel’s Point in STV. Karman is in Theramore. It’s easier than it seems, since the ones in SW are easy to find. For the Horde you’ve got to find three. One is in the Undercity, one is in Warsong Hold, and the other is on Ogrim’s Hammer.
Non-Meta Achievements
The following a year specific achievements:
BB King: Pelt each of the enemy leaders with your BB Gun. The BB Gun is probably going to be one of the presents this year. (2009)
Crashin' & Thrashin': Gain 25 crashes with your racer by crashing it into other racers. (2008)
Presents
What’s the season without some presents? There are six presents available. Two of them require no specific level (Winter Veil Eggnog/Roast & the one with Cookies in it), two of them require level 10 (the yearly specific toy and the Wand of Holiday Cheer), one requires level 20 (the one with either the Green/Red Helper pet, the Snowman pet, or the Bell pet) and the last one requires level 40 and has a Mechanical Greench, 5 Preserved Holly, and a recipe. Some presents like the Greench and Wand expire after a certain period of time but will not expire if you don’t take them out of the box.
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