You can use ANY horses - regardless of breed, species, gender, etc. So you can use Divines, Wilds, and/or Legendary Horses in addition to regular breeds.

Just remember that you can NOT care for these horses in any way while they are hauling a tree - so choose wisely. Also, keep the following in mind when choosing your horses:

Gender doesn't matter. Skills or GP doesn't matter.

The optimum team for hauling trees was found to be a:
1. Percheron, exactly 8 years old, coat light grey
2. Donkey, exactly 5 years old, coat black

With this combination the:
Short journey needs 6 hours (Nearby Copse)
Long journey needs 14 hours (Faraway Forest)
Very long journey needs 1 day (Enchanted Grove)
Very very long journey needs 2 days (Divine Forest)

It's important that the first horse is the Percheron, otherwise you will travel much longer.

Horses or donkeys that are not exactly 8 (or 5) will need a few minutes longer for every two months difference for a short journey. That cumulate up to several hours and days for the longer journeys.

Does the donk have to be black?

Sagittarius is one of the horses of the Zodiac.

If you were born under this sign, Sagittarius will give you 1 x The 5th Element every year, on your birthday, if you log in on that day.

She can breed with Scorpio to give birth to Capricorn.
By collecting all 12 horses of the Zodiac, you will get the horse, Serpentarius

This mare cannot be sold.

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*Foal*
*Adult*
Capricorn is one of the horses of the Zodiac.

If you were born under this sign, Capricorn will give you 1 x The 5th Element every year, on your birthday, if you log in on that day.

He is the son of Sagittarius and Scorpio.
By collecting all 12 horses of the Zodiac, you will get the horse, Serpentarius

This horse cannot be sold.

It was never confirmed or denied that Liten will be the Divine in the Calendar. As far as I saw - no one but Ow owned this Divine on Preprod, so either no one on Preprod got the Divine OR this is not the Divine being offered. All we can do is wait and see.

You can bring back trees at any time from three of the four forest. Once brought back - there is no time limit on needing to decorate them (they stay from the time you get them until the end of the Contest)

The Divine Trees will become accessible for all players on the 25th regardless of how many trees they've brought back and/or decorated *You can gain 'early access' to this forest if you decorate 15 trees...however, this will also make the promo a lot more expensive*. It is these you need to be careful with depending on how much time remains in the promotion.

If my calculation of the promo ending on the 29th is correct - with the optimum team of horses...you'd get it sometime on the 27th. This gives you a full day and some odd amount of hours to decorate the tree and/or get missing decorations to decorate it assuming you sent the team right out on the 25th.

Basically - as long as you bring back Sagittarius' tree and decorate it in full before the promo ends - you can get her.

If you are lucky enough to win ALL the decorations you need for the Divine you want - and can get the tree back before the promo ends with a team of horses...you could in theory do this promo without needing to spend a single pass.

If you don't have the optimum team, but have all the decorations - you can pay 5 passes to get the Tree instantly.

If you hoarded a lot of HOPs - decorations will be offered in them, so this might also help you (some players do not count hoarded items as passes used...same goes for using Diamonds)

Of course, this would require a lot of luck. Right now, depending on a player's luck vs. what Divine they want...I've come out to;

Winter, Snow, Frost, or Sagittarius: 5 to 30 passes
Balios: 5 to 50+ passes

Generally - these Pass Packs are sold around December 24th for a few days, and then again around Dec. 31st. *based on past years*

*90% certain these are the right prices - as they match Last Year's prices and the price of Pass Packs tends to hold steady:
*All prices below are given in Euros € or US Dollars $

Teeny Pack > 30€ / $35:

20 pass
100 x Aging Points
500, 000 Equus
Liten *the new Red Falabella*

Lucky Day Pack > 50€ / $60:

2 months VIP account
10 x Titan's Challenge
1 x Treasure Chest containing the divine horse Svadilfari
10 passes

Olympus Pack: > 85€ / $100:

80 passes
1,000,000 equus
200 x Aging point
Greyfell
A mythological divine of your choice :
Sleipnir
Croesus
Xanthos
Balios
Greyfell
Gullfaxi
Hrímfaxi
Skínfaxi
Midas
Svadilfari

The Ultimate Pack >150€ / $185 *Contains the contents of the above 3 packs*

Liten *the red Falabella*
110 passes
300 x Aging point
1,500,000
2 months VIP account
10 x Titan's Challenge
1 x Treasure Chest containing the divine horse Svadilfari
Greyfell
A mythological divine of your choice :
Sleipnir
Croesus
Xanthos
Balios
Greyfell
Gullfaxi
Hrímfaxi
Skínfaxi
Midas
Svadilfari

Color, Age, and Breed seem to be what matters the most (Skills and GP don't matter it seems)

Though someone posted a few other results with the same combo of horses (Percheron and Donkey) but with different coat colors and got results that - while still shorter than most other combinations...still added additional time:

A black percheron, 8 yrs + a black donkey, 5 yrs will need 6h 18 min for the short journey
A light grey percheron, 8 yrs + a white donkey will need 6h 18 min for the short journey

is there any way for me to just buy the tree for Balios, and then just buy the decorations needed to get him? With passes of course? I'm slightly confused still, this promo seems somewhat intricate and I'm trying to map it out in my head and it isn't working

To explain it simply:

Chose two horses.
pick a forest.
pick a tree from that forest.
In a few hours/days depending on which forest and the horses you are using - you'll get the tree.
Once you have the tree - decorate it.
Once decorated - you'll get a prize.

AS for your question - it is possible BUT keep the following in mind;

1. It will be 5 passes to get the tree right away from the Forest (and you'll need to wait until December 25th unless you are willing to pay more passes to bring back and decorate 15 other trees to gain early access *not recommended if you only want a Divine/don't have a lot of passes*)

2. Unless things have changed since Preprod - you can NOT buy exact decorations, only packs containing a random assortment. For example;

In the Trick or Treat promo - Kids are asking you for Ghosts, you don't have any Ghosts - so you use 1 pass to buy 4 Ghosts.

In this promo - Your Tree needs 4 Snowflakes, you don't have any Snowflakes - you can not buy just 4 Snowflakes...you either need to:

A. Buy a HOP and hope you win some from that *if decorations are currently avaible in them*

OR

B. Buy a pack of Ornaments and hope you get some (again - you get a random assortment - so you might buy a pack of 20 ornaments and not get a single snowflake)

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Balios is the most expensive of all the Divines in this promo - as his tree requires 26 of the Super Rare decorations. Best advice I can give to you if you want this Divine the most is hoard all your decorations, and don't bother using any Super Rare decorations on smaller prizes should you choose to go for them.

Does anyone have an estimation of when the TD promo will begin?

can you send multiple teams of horses to the same forest at the same time?

I think you would be able to. Maybe not send for the same tree? Hopefully someone else can clarify this.

Remember you can only have 3 journeys active at a time.

Balios

Yes - you can (So you could send 3 different teams of horses to the Divine forest and have each one of them bring back a tree) - and you can have them all bring back different trees or have them all haul a copy of the same tree. (So use your 3 teams to bring back 3 copies of the Sagittarius tree)

Just keep in mind however that it takes time for them to bring back the tree and that you can Not care for these horses while they are gone.

It seems all the Divines in the Tree Decroating Promo *Except Sagittarius!* are being offered in the Advent Calendar. I've seen players say they've won Frost, Snow, Winter, and Balios *Snowy coat* but no one has won a Sagittarius.

What pairs of horses will bring back trees the fastest in the TD promo?

So, can someone please tell me step-by-step how to get a divine tree (On the 25th or after) immediately by paying 5 passes? Like is it a button, or do you have to select horses and speed them up, etc. An also, can you choose which divine tree you want? Thanks to all who answer!

Do the trips require energy for the horse or age them when they return?

1. Percheron, exactly 8 years old, coat light grey
2. Donkey, exactly 5 years old, coat black

With this combination the:
Short journey needs 6 hours (Nearby Copse)
Long journey needs 14 hours (Faraway Forest)
Very long journey needs 1 day (Enchanted Grove)
Very very long journey needs 2 days (Divine Forest)

It's important that the first horse chosen is the Percheron, otherwise you will travel much longer.

Horses or donkeys that are not exactly 8 (or 5) will need a few minutes longer for every two months difference for a short journey. That cumulate up to several hours and days for the longer journeys.

For best results and the fewest passes used as possible to get a Divine:

Hoard Decorations - while you are free to bring back other trees...Don't Decorate Them! They remain until decorated in full or the contest ends

1. On the 25th - once the forest is open...go to the Divine Forest and click the arrows to cycle through and find the tree of the Divine you want:



From here:

Option A - Instant Retrieval

Click on the Green Button that says 'Get this tree immediately' *sorry it is in French in this image*

You will then need to pay 5 passes* - but you'll have the tree almost instantly to decorate. From there - just drag the decorations onto the tree.

Option B - Horse Retrieval

Click on the Blue Button that says 'Get this tree' *again, sorry for French image*.

You will then need to wait for your horses to haul this tree back - depending on the horses you chose, this will take between 2 to 5 days to get it - once you have it, you can decorate it. *Note that if it will take longer than 3 days - you will NOT get the tree in time to decorate it!

Option C - 'Faster' Horse Retrieval

**Warning! This can end up being more expensive that just paying 5 passes to get the Tree if you don't feel like waiting/don't have the optimum hauling team.

Click on the Blue Button that says 'Get this tree'.

You will then be taken to the main page of the promo, and can see how long it will take to get the tree back. However - you'll also see this option on the main page:


*The little Green button where it shows how much time remains in your horses trip

Clicking that button will bring up the Boost Pop-up, which will then give you the option of paying Passes or Diamonds to get the tree instantly.

How many passes/diamonds will depend on how much time is remaining - but like the other options, once you get the tree...you can decorate it.

You can NOT care for these horses in any way while they are gone (So you can't breed them, groom them, compete with them, etc).

When they return - they will be exactly the same as they left.

For everyone wondering what it is going to take to get the Divines - here's a screen shot of their Trees...as well as the Ornaments to give you an idea on how hard your Divine might be to get.

Some notes about the following:

1. All these screen shots are of trees I've decorated - Trees you bring back will not have any decorations on them (or will only have a couple if your horses find some on their way back)

2. Tinsel Color does NOT matter - you only need 6 units of Tinsel and it can be any color(s) (you can see this on some of the trees)

3. Bauble Color (the circle ornaments) does NOT matter - only the Pattern does

4. Hanging Ornaments are the only thing that trees require specifics of. You can see how rare they are in the image below:



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Winter and Snow


Sagittarius and Frost


Balios