Fingers crossed, I really want to know if it will be the same as last year. I'm still aiming for that 100 million equus and I feel that, once we know, my determination will go up x 10.

Did anyone keep a track of prices last year? I know it was mostly cheap chimeras around 700-900 passes but I couldn't keep the others in my head past what I bought

I have the prices from 2020 if anyone would like to see those, but I couldn't keep track of last year's as I was too busy pouting that there weren't any Nordic divines

I remember they posted a forum topic dedicated to Black Friday last year and quite a few people would watch the sales and post what each divine went for. I wish it still existed! If I have time this year, I'll post the results in my personal forum for safe keeping, my notes from last year might be around here somewhere.

Now my rambling hehe:

I bought the rest of my water divines through 2021 Black Friday — they were quite pricey in the auctions and disappeared almost instantly in directs. Chimeras were the cheapest along with Zodiac Scorpio, and random divine fragments would sit in the direct sales for what seemed like forever.
Morrigan was also a divine that when she did appear, she would sit in the sales for awhile.
If I remember correctly, quite a few divines were in the 800-1400 pass range and others were 1600-1900. The price would vary (not by much) in directs to, so each divine wasn't always the same price it was before.
Also Shiny Yellow was a very very popular one, I remember seeing him go for 80mil in auctions.

I haven’t been on the game for a Black Friday before — it sounds like special horses are put in auctions/direct sales instead of reserved? Doesn’t that mean it’ll be virtually impossible for new players like me to win bidding wars, and unless I’m sitting online all day, I’ll likely not be in time to grab direct sales. Are there usually other divines available that I won’t have to fight for?

No it's a bun fight basically, I've never managed to win anything yet, but I am fussy. Some players are very happy as they are able to be around more/just grab any and everything. I think.Last year they put some sort of timer in place so you could only pick something up every 12 hours or so? I can't really remember much, as all I've wanted since this started is the Epona I am missing and one has never shown whilst I've been around. Last year some divine s sat around for quite some time, the season's were amongst them as over priced and not terribly desirable compared to others

Divines such as the Zodiac ones, seasons, and a few Celtic horses - not mentioning any names *cough*Morrigan*cough* - sat in sales for a very long time, so if you had enough passes saved up those ones would be easy peasy lemon squeezy to get! In addition, fragments are almost always flooding sales at 350 passes a bundle so if you like the divine they are for you could always shoot for those. Plus once players have bought something they're locked out for some time (I can't remember if its 12 or 24 hours) so that paves the way to potentially get some divines from auctions fairly cheap.

Lovely blue 2415 , 2319, 2367
Fall 2351
Quartz 2215, 2308
Aengus 1982, 2003
Charming Red 1970
Shiny Yellow 1970
Midas 1879
Haumia-tiketike 1864
Winter 1953, 1994
Tyr 1891
Morrigan 1785, 1840
Hippalectryon 1816
Hippogriff 1797
Midir 1762
Friggja 1624 , 1641, 1658, 1674
Aquarius 1649
Cernunnos 1563
Libra 1538
Epona 1519
Dagda 1496
Mahuika 1494
Sakura 1488
Gullfaxi 1468, 1483
Borvo 1455
Maneki-Neko 1419
Punga 1377
Samurai 1314
Svadilfari 1281
Frost 1268, 1281
Mist 1268
Te Quiero 1212
Taurus 1181, 1205
I love you 1199
Ich Liebe Dich 1175
Je t'aime 1124
Bonsai 1117
Baldr 1105
Tūmatauenga 1104
Ran 1079
Idunn 1079
Lug 1020 , 1051
Tāne-mahuta 1026 , 1058
Delling 1033
Tāwhirimātea 1026
Tangaroa 1026
Hela 1023
Thor 1022
Cascade 1007
Fenrir 1002
Dew 997
Bragi 954 , 956, 995
Freya 943
Odin 934
Loki 873, 882, 891
Ymir 854, 881
Heimdall 852, 879
Virgo 845
Cancer 798, 840
Pisces 832
Sagittarius 815, 824
Snow 807, 815
Emerald 798, 807, 815
Rongo 775
Gemini 698
Skinfaxi 626
Greyfell (all) 590, 600
Scorpio 346, 350

If we get the rainbows again I am going to be insanely focused every time I see a Lovely Blue or Brave Purple, they are the last two I need. (of course, Forest Green too, but she is Blue's child)

So these packs will be for Christmas or for Black Friday? Sorry if it may have been mentioned before but I’m a bit confused as to when they will be available.

Black Friday is the final weekend of November, the packs are around mid December to early January and cost real money.

I'm very excited for BF however i remember last year there was only 4?? divines i didnt have, so crossing my fingers they'll be some this year that i'm still missing to complete my collections!

Charming Red 1970
Lovely Blue 2295
Shiny Yellow 1950
Jag Älskar Dig 1224
Je t’aime 1212
I love you 1175
Pangolin Chimera 754
Giant Octopus Chimera 783, 762
Chameleon Chimera 770
Wolf Chimera 762
Rhinoceros Chimera 786
Fox Chimera 770
Aquarius 1666, 1682, 1598
Virgo 833
Quartz 2215, 2308
Gullfaxi 1468
Greyfell 597
Tangaroa 1036
Mist 1307
Borvo 1469, 1455
Midas 1898
Samuri 1300
Svadilfari 1294
Fall 2326, 2351
Hippogriff 1797
Snow 840
Punga 1405, 1377
Lug 999, 1041
Mahuika 1450, 1435

Thinking about it, I might just go for chimeras in the auctions if there is any, they can get me some passes after they are tamed, which will probably help my game more than the equus they will cost.

I wish it was possible to have a chance for every divine every Christmas. I would literally buy them all at once if they were priced reasonably

Lovely Blue 2367
Fall 2326, 2351, 2400, 2424
Quartz 2285, 2308
Winter 2014
Charming Red 1970
Aengus 1941, 1982
Shiny Yellow 1900, 1910, 1950
Morrigan 1840
Hippogriff 1834
Hippalectryon 1797, 1835
Haumia Tike-tike 1790, 1808, 1834
Midas 1800
Midir 1762
Aquarius 1759
Tāwhirimātea 1734
Libra 1618
Dagda 1553
Cernunnos 1532, 1611
Epona 1504
Sakura 1473, 1503
Gullfaxi 1453, 1468
Maneki-Neko 1434
Borvo 1396
Samurai 1368
Mahuika 1342, 1465
Frost 1307
Punga 1300, 1363
Svadilfari 1281
Frost 1268
Mist 1254, 1307
Je t’aime 1236
Kocham cie 1224
Jag Alskar Dig 1224, 1236
Ich Liebe Dich 1199
Te Queiro 1187
Я люблю тебя 1175, 1199
I love you 1175
Ti Amo 1175
Taurus 1193
Tumatauenga 1093
Bonsai 1062, 1073
Tangaroa 1036
Tane-Mahuta 1036, 1058
Dew 1027
Lug 1020, 1041
Cascade 997
Virgo 876
Snow 824, 832
Cancer 798, 807, 832
Sagittarius 832
Emerald 815
Pisces 798, 824
Tiger Chimera 795
Giant Octopus Chimera 793
Rhinoceros Chimera 793
Wolf Chimera 786, 793
Lion Chimera 790
Kangaroo Chimera 786
Polar Bear Chimera 786
Snowy Owl Chimera 786
Pangolin Chimera 778
Chameleon Chimera 778
Red Panda Chimera 778
Fox Chimera 770
Rongo 770, 799
Gemini 698
Skinfaxi 603
Greyfell 590, 603
Scorpio 342
Eagle fragments 279

it really fluctuated a lot. I saw Chimeras and some of the Zodiacs go for about 5-6 million, but other divines went for significantly more. Unless you have a ton of equus to spend, I'd probably suggest waiting until Saturday or even Sunday before you start bidding in the auctions. You'll hopefully be able to pick up divines more cheaply then.

I have never won anything in the auctions but I don't like the flash sale type of situation in any case. 2020 was amazing for me: I got Friggja, Tyr and Frost in directs. It was fabulous.

2021 was awful, I was away from home most of the weekend and desperate for Shiny Yellow and missed him and ended up with Svadilfari. I was so disappointed that I shoved him away in another tab and never worked him.

I know you could get refunds for mistaken purchases in directs but his perk is okay enough and I had no energy after the let-down lol

My advice is to just not depend on equus sales, and if you are, only the lowest divines. Any high divines in the equus sales are most likely out of your price range. If you want an expensive divine, passes is the way to go, and hope for the best.