Will there ever be a special deal for the decorations in HoPs promo? Like double the decorations in HoPs sometime during the promo? Or some other kind of deal like that which would be beneficial to wait for? Or will it just be the same amount of decorations offered in HoPs the whole time, and the HoPs will cost the same amount during the whole promo? Thanks in advance!

you need different decorations for different trees, here are the divines...

Tree 1 - Snow

6 Tinsel
Baubles - 2 Spiral, 2 Plain
Ornaments - 2 Presents, 1 Star, 1 Tree, 2 Pine cones, 2 Bells, 3 Reindeer, 3 Moon, 2 Holly, 1 Bow, 3 Chalet, 1 Snowflake, 3 Ski, 2 Santa

Tree 2 - Frost

6 Tinsel
Baubles - 2 Plain, 2 Striped
Ornaments - 3 Candy Candes, 1 Tree, 2 Stars, 1 Pine cone, 2 hearts, 1 Bell, 1 Moon, 2 Stockings, 3 Bows, 3 Chalet, 3 snowflakes, 2 Skis, 2 Santa

Tree 3 - Winter

6 Tinsel
Baubles - 2 Spiral, 1 Stripe, 1 Tree (this is a leaf-like design)
Ornaments - 1 Present, 2 Trees, 3 Pine cones, 2 bells, 2 Reindeer, 3 Stockings, 2 Holly, 1 Bow, 3 Chalet, 2 Snowflakes, 2 Skis, 3 Santa

Tree 4 - Sagittarius

6 Tinsel
Baubles - 2 Spiral, 1 plain, 1 Tree
Ornaments - 1 Candy Cane, 2 Stars, 1 pine cone, 3 hearts, 1 Reindeer, 2 Moon, 2 stockings, 2 holly, 2 Chalet, 4 snowflakes, 3 skis, 3 Santa

Tree 5 - Snowy Balios

6 Tinsel
Baubles - 1 Stripe, 1 Spiral, 2 Tree
Ornaments - 1 Tree, 2 hearts, 2 bells, 2 moon, 2 holly, 2 bow, 3 Chalet, 4 Snowflakes, 4 skis, 4 Santa

No. The HOPs are the special deal for getting decorations, so there won't be double or anything in them.

On PreProd we were trying to get them to add the ability to craft decorations in workshops or buy certain kinds directly, or even Flash Sales, but there is no guarantee that any of those means were actually implemented.

Any except Balios could be considered easy, given the ornaments asked for. To break down the hanging ornament rarity that each tree needs *which is probably the hardest thing to get depending*:

*All Trees require 6 Tinsel and 4 Baubles - which is why they are not on this list*

Snow
4 Common
7 Uncommon
6 Rare
9 Super Rare

Frost
6 Common
4 Uncommon
6 Rare
10 Super Rare

Winter
3 Common
7 Uncommon
6 Rare
10 Super Rare

Sagittarius
3 Common
5 Uncommon
6 Rare
12 Super Rare

Balios
26 Super Rare

Of the set - Snow is probably the easiest given that he only needs 9 of the Super Rare decorations while Balios is the hardest one due to needing 26.

With extreme luck - a player could get any one of these Divines *including Balios* without needing to use passes (or HOPs)...or with as little as 5 passes (used to bring the tree back instantly) depending on how lucky they are with getting decorations.

Give me a little time - and I'll see if I can't post a rough calculation for these trees

**Advent Calendar Decorations are NOT being taken into account for this - Nor is decorating 15 Trees to gain early access to the Divine Forest! This is based off waiting for it to open on the 25th!**

If the promo starts December 10th - and ends December 27th*, this is 18 days worth of decoration collecting from Rides and Competition wins.

If memory serves from Preprod - the Decorations given from Rides and Comps. breakdown as follows:

First Ride/Competition Win
2 Tinsel
1 Bauble *random pattern*

Second Ride/Competition Win
1 Bauble *random pattern*
2 Hanging Ornaments *random*

So in a day - that's
4 Tinsel
4 Baubles
4 Hanging Ornaments

Total for the promotion period
72 Tinsel
72 Baubles
72 Hanging Ornaments

This is more than enough decorations to decorate several trees (indeed - you actually have enough here to decorate 2 Divine trees *if you have the right decorations* and still have some left over to decorate other smaller trees)

Decorations will also be offered in the Horn of Plenty at certain times during this event - the breakdown is as follows:

3 Tinsel
4 Baubles (1 of each Pattern)
3 Hanging Ornaments *random ones*

Now for that big question - How many passes will getting a Divine cost me?

Once the Divine Forest is open for everyone on the 25th - you have two options:

Option 1: Send an ideal team* of horses (8 year old Light Gray Percheron + 5 year old Black Donkey) to bring back the tree (Takes 2 days - you'd get the tree sometime on the 27th - giving you a day to decorate it).

Option 2: Pay 5 passes to get the Tree instantly

Whichever option you choose is up to you...but setting that aside, let's take a look at a Divine tree;



This is Sagittarius' Tree - it requires:
6 Tinsel (any color)
4 Baubles (color does not matter - pattern does)
-2 Spiral pattern
-1 Tree pattern
-1 Plain
26 Hanging ornaments:
Common = 1 Candy Cane, 2 Star
Uncommon = 1 Pinecone, 3 Heart, 1 Reindeer
Rare = 2 Moon, 2 Stocking, 2 Holly
Super Rare = 2 Chalet, 4 Snowflake, 3 Ski, 3 Father Christmas (Santa)

So - How many passes?

If you got ALL the required decorations from Rides/Comps AND use an Ideal Team of horses = 0 passes

If you got ALL the required decorations from Rides/Comps AND use the 5 pass instant tree retrieval = 5 passes

If you do not have all the required decorations and use Horn of Plentys AND an Ideal team of horses = 0 to 50+ passes depending on your luck (I say 0 because some people don't count HOPs in one's inventory as passes)

If you do not have all the required decorations and use Horn of Plentys AND use the 5 pass instant tree retroeval = 5 to 50+ passes depending on your luck

*Promos tend to run for 19 Days - but the 19th day is never a full day (With the promo usually ending an hour or two after the game update) - that's why I only calculated it out using 18 days instead of the 19. (Most likely end date for the promo is December 28th *monday*)

How many teams of horses can a send out at a time? Also does gender matter for the best team of horses or only age, breed and coat color?

The teams are paired one Perch to one donkey correct? Or is it something else entirely

apparently it is an 8 year old light grey percheron paired with a 5 year old black donkey, pick the percheron as your first horse and the donkey second. Any deviation from this (whether it is age or coat colour) will add time onto the trip.

Probably 12/1pm game time

about GMT 1 p.m.

About the community tree:
Do we have to use the decorations from our inventory?
And are we able to see how fast the other servers are?

(And if possible to answer: how big will the tree be, could it be that it is decorated in just a few minutes when all work together?

It's something about catching UFOs, I think it'll be decorations

Yes you have to use the decorations in your inventory.
There has been no mention of seeing the times of other servers. Usually there isn't but players with accounts on other servers may tell us their quickest times.

All the trees are the same size and require the same number of decorations (26) Everyone decorates their own tree. You could decorate a tree in a few minutes if you have all the decorations in your inventory.

Actually I meant the community tree, if someone knows how long it will take to decrate the community tree

We don't know how long it will take or when it will go live. It is impossible to say how long it will take.