The fine folks of Smokywood Pastures aren’t letting a little thing like a shattered sky and ominous portents get in the way of spreading holiday cheer—or gaining a bit of profit. Winter Veil has begun in Azeroth, and with it come all the fripperies, fineries, and delectable comestibles of the holiday.
When: December 16 – January 2
Where: Initial holiday quests can be found in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, but festive decorations can be found throughout the world.
NEW THIS YEAR
DRAGONFLIGHT
'Tis the season for celebration! Strongholds are decked out in festive cheer, and gifts are stacked under the trees. The Feast of Winter Veil has arrived in Azeroth with fresh items added to expand growing Collections.
The Abominable Greench is upping the ante after his Metzen-nabbing shenanigans with new rewards. Storm his cave and save Metzen for a chance at merrymaking rewards:
The joyful season has inspired a variety of Bosses to share in lighthearted fun with hats, loot, and holiday decorations. However, don't be fooled. Just because they're in the spirit of things doesn't change their miserable motivations; you'll want to battle as hard as usual to ensure they don't sour the season.
Gifts to Make Heroes Happy
Greatfather Winter is adding to the pile of presents this year with two wonderful Winter Veil gifts:
WORLD OF WARCRAFT CLASSIC: SEASON OF DISCOVERY
Jump into the Season of Discovery as Greatfather Winter spreads festive cheer and merriment throughout Azeroth during the Feast of Winter Veil and partake in the celebration with gifts, food, and more!
Take a magical sleigh ride with your friends over Orgrimmar or Ironforge! Don’t forget to take a S.E.L.F.I.E. to preserve the moment!
Stop by the Smokeywoods Pastures cart in Ironforge or Orgrimmar and click on Greatfeather Pepe to obtain A Tiny Winter Hat. When you summon Pepe to join you on your adventures, he may just show up in the perfect Winter Veil outfit complete with a tiny beard.
Festive Favorites
Let your spirit be light by stepping into one of the Giant Snow Globes found outside of the Ironforge Bank, in Orgrimmar overlooking the Valley of Wisdom, or in the Broken Isles in Dalaran. It’s a truly transformative experience letting your inner Greatfather Winter helper out. A little /dance will spread the joy to those around you.*
The Abominable Greench is (still) a mean one, but we’re sure that once you’ve filled up on the fine foods and beverages from Smokywood Pastures, you’re bound to put a stop to his reign of terror in the Hillsbrad Foothills. The quest You’re a Mean One… is now available to players level 60 and up.
There are plenty of holiday hats to be found on a variety of bosses from dungeons in the Broken Isles, Northrend, and more. You just need to decide which color hat you want. Will it be green or red?
Make sure to check in on December 25 to see what presents Greatfather Winter has left for you.
Feast of Winter Veil in WoW Classic
When: December 15 - January 2
Where: Initial holiday quests can be found in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, but festive decorations can be found throughout the world.
*Please /dance responsibly. Side effects include joy and laughter. Wait at least 30 minutes after eating Smokywood Pastures fine festive foods to avoid unpleasant side effects.
When: December 16 – January 2
Where: Initial holiday quests can be found in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, but festive decorations can be found throughout the world.
NEW THIS YEAR
DRAGONFLIGHT
'Tis the season for celebration! Strongholds are decked out in festive cheer, and gifts are stacked under the trees. The Feast of Winter Veil has arrived in Azeroth with fresh items added to expand growing Collections.
The Abominable Greench is upping the ante after his Metzen-nabbing shenanigans with new rewards. Storm his cave and save Metzen for a chance at merrymaking rewards:
- Highland Drake: Winter Veil Saddle: Deck your drake in festive flare appropriate for the season with a big red nose, antlers, and a sleigh-like saddle fit for a jolly rider.
- Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle: The more, the merrier when you summon Pepe in a tiny sleigh to adventure together.
The joyful season has inspired a variety of Bosses to share in lighthearted fun with hats, loot, and holiday decorations. However, don't be fooled. Just because they're in the spirit of things doesn't change their miserable motivations; you'll want to battle as hard as usual to ensure they don't sour the season.
- Hackclaw's War-Band (Brackenhide Hollow)
- Khajin the Unyielding (Halls of Infusion)
- Assault of the Zaqali (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible)
- Tyr, the Infinite Keeper (Dawn of the Infinite)
- Council of Dreams (Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope)
Gifts to Make Heroes Happy
Greatfather Winter is adding to the pile of presents this year with two wonderful Winter Veil gifts:
- Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt: From the 'I Can Be Lord Andestrasz' collection of racing accessories comes a new do-it-yourself course creation kit! Periodically release rings for party members to race through.
- Winter Veil Socks: Don your festive footwear to bring the Feast of Winter Veil with you wherever you go with a snowy trail effect! Machine wash cold and hang during a flurry to dry.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT CLASSIC: SEASON OF DISCOVERY
Jump into the Season of Discovery as Greatfather Winter spreads festive cheer and merriment throughout Azeroth during the Feast of Winter Veil and partake in the celebration with gifts, food, and more!
Take a magical sleigh ride with your friends over Orgrimmar or Ironforge! Don’t forget to take a S.E.L.F.I.E. to preserve the moment!
Stop by the Smokeywoods Pastures cart in Ironforge or Orgrimmar and click on Greatfeather Pepe to obtain A Tiny Winter Hat. When you summon Pepe to join you on your adventures, he may just show up in the perfect Winter Veil outfit complete with a tiny beard.
Festive Favorites
Let your spirit be light by stepping into one of the Giant Snow Globes found outside of the Ironforge Bank, in Orgrimmar overlooking the Valley of Wisdom, or in the Broken Isles in Dalaran. It’s a truly transformative experience letting your inner Greatfather Winter helper out. A little /dance will spread the joy to those around you.*
The Abominable Greench is (still) a mean one, but we’re sure that once you’ve filled up on the fine foods and beverages from Smokywood Pastures, you’re bound to put a stop to his reign of terror in the Hillsbrad Foothills. The quest You’re a Mean One… is now available to players level 60 and up.
There are plenty of holiday hats to be found on a variety of bosses from dungeons in the Broken Isles, Northrend, and more. You just need to decide which color hat you want. Will it be green or red?
Make sure to check in on December 25 to see what presents Greatfather Winter has left for you.
Feast of Winter Veil in WoW Classic
When: December 15 - January 2
Where: Initial holiday quests can be found in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, but festive decorations can be found throughout the world.
*Please /dance responsibly. Side effects include joy and laughter. Wait at least 30 minutes after eating Smokywood Pastures fine festive foods to avoid unpleasant side effects.
Feast of Winter Veil 2023
Winter Veil is live from today until January 2nd.
New in 2023
- Chance at the following items from Stolen Present for killing Greench daily.
- Highland Drake: Winter Veil Armor: Deck your drake in festive flare appropriate for the season with a big red nose, antlers, and a sleigh-like saddle fit for a jolly rider.
- Festive Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle: The more, the merrier when you summon Pepe in a tiny sleigh to adventure together.
- New toys under the tree on December 25:
- Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt: From the 'I Can Be Lord Andestrasz' collection of racing accessories comes a new do-it-yourself course creation kit! Periodically release rings for party members to race through.
- Winter Veil Socks: Don your festive footwear to bring the Feast of Winter Veil with you wherever you go with a snowy trail effect! Machine wash cold and hang during a flurry to dry.
Changes and Additions in 2021
- New toy: Winter Veil Chorus Book - Sold by the Smokywood Pastures Vendor.
- New toy: Rockin' Rollin' Racer Customizer 19.9.3 - Drops from the Gently Shaken Gift.
- New achievement: Rock n' Roll - Use Lightning Nitro while listening to Rockin' Tunes in your Rockin' Rollin' Racer.
- New achievement: Rockin' Rollin' Racer - Proud owner of the 2021 Vintage Winter Veil gift, the Rockin' Rollin' Racer Customizer 19.9.3.
Changes and Additions in 2020
- Shadowlands Dungeon, Raid, and Torghast bosses can appear with festive hats.
- You can take a magical sleigh ride with your friends over Orgrimmar or Ironforge.
- A Tiny Winter Hat gives Pepe a festive Greatfather Winter Theme. You can find him by the Smokeywoods Pastures cart in Orgrimmar and Stormwind.
- Check out the Warcraft Secrets guide to Pepe if you want to collect some appearances while you wait!
- Last year's gifts Toy Armor Set and Toy Armor Set now drop from the Stolen Present.
- Hearthstation and Hearthstation now drop from the Stolen Present.
Changes and Additions in 2018
- Greatfather Winter's Hearthstone - New toy that allows you to hearth with a festive flair!
- Model Updates
Changes and Additions in 2017
- Snowglobes were added to Orgrimmar, Ironforge, and Dalaran! While inside, you have the holiday gnome/goblin transformation and are able to fly.
- Glowing Gift was added and looted from the Stolen Present.
- Globe Yeti spawns in the snow globes.
- The Abominable Greench now scales with your level, so you can do the quest on a non max level character
- Greatfather Winter spawns hourly near 50, 79 at the top of the mountain in Highmountain, rode down, and granted 500 Order Resources to anyone along the way.
- New Winter's Veil music was added in Patch 7.1
- The Garrison related Winter Veil activities are still around, so check those out if you missed them in the past.
Merry Supplies
Introduced in Warlords of Draenor, Merry Supplies are used to purchase decorative items for your Garrison on Draenor during Winter Veil. Though garrisons are now irrelevant, two items from the event worth getting are Savage Gift, which has a rare chance to contain the Minion of Grumpus mount, and the Crashin’ Trashin Killdozer Controller needed for the Iron Armada achievement. You can get Merry Supplies by completing dailies from Pizzle for Horde and Almie for Alliance and spend them with Izzy Hollyfizzle located in your Garrison.
Daily Quests
- Grumpus - Awards 2 Merry Supplies
- Menacing Grumplings - Awards 2 Merry Supplies
- What Horrible Presents! - Awards 1 Merry Supplies
- Where are the Children? - Awards 1 Merry Supplies
Vendor - All items cost 5 Merry Supplies
- Crashin’ Trashin Killdozer Controller
- Savage Gift
- Ball of Tangled Lights
- Imported Trees
- Little Helpers
- Festive Outfits
- Old Box of Decorations
Cosmetic Items
With the introduction of the Apperance Tab, several of the cosmetic items that can be used for transmog can now be saved to your account. These include:
- Finely-Tailored Green Holiday Hat - Dungeon bosses
- Finely-Tailored Red Holiday Hat - Dungeon bosses
- Green Winter Hat - Legacy Dungeon Drop
- Red Winter Hat - Legacy Dungeon Drop
- Green Winter Clothes - Crafted from Pattern: Green Winter Clothes.
- Red Winter Clothes - Crafted from Pattern: Red Winter Clothes.
- Winter Boots - Crafted from Pattern: Winter Boots.
- Warm Red Woolen Socks - Chance to drop from Carefully Wrapped Present.
- Warm Blue Woolen Socks - Chance to drop from Carefully Wrapped Present.
- Warm Green Woolen Socks - Chance to drop from Carefully Wrapped Present.
- Green Holiday Shirt - Crafted from Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt.
- Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater - Sold by Smokeywood Pastures General Good Vendors in Capital Cities.
Stolen Present
The Stolen Present is a reward for completing the daily You’re a Mean One… and plays an important role if you are looking to fill up your toy and pet collection, along with a chance at the Miniature Winter Veil Tree. To start the quest, go to the Growless Cave located in Alterac Valley in Hillsbrad Foothills and talk to the Strange Snowman.
Miscellaneous Items
- Miniature Winter Veil Tree
- Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros
- Illusion: Winter's Grasp
- Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater
- Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake
- Red Rider Air Rifle
- Plans: Edge of Winter
- Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might
Pets
- Shaking Pet Carrier - Teaches Jingles
- Lump of Coal - Teaches Lumpy
- Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot - Teaches Blue Clockwork Rocket Bot
- Clockwork Rocket Bot - Teaches Clockwork Rocket Bot
- Rotten Helper Box - Teaches Rotten Little Helper
- Grumpling - Teaches Grumpling
- Globe Yeti - Found in the Snow Globe in Orgrimmar and Ironforge
Additional Pets
There are also 4 additional pets that can be acquired during the holiday which can be found in the Gaily Wrapped Present under the Winter Veil tree.
- Red Helper Box - Teaches Winter’s Little Helper
- Green Helper Box - Teaches Father Winter’s Helper
- Snowman Kit - Teaches Tiny Snowman
- Jingling Bell - Teaches Winter Reindeer
Toys
- Winter Veil Chorus Book - New in 2021, sold by the Smokywood Pastures Vendor.
- Rockin' Rollin' Racer Customizer 19.9.3 - New in 2021, drops from the Gently Shaken Gift.
- Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller - Sold by Izzy Hollyfizzle for 5 Merry Supplies.
- Winter Veil Disguise Kit - Sent to the mailbox one day after completing the quest A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You! or A Smokywood Pastures' Thank You!
Stolen Present Toys
The following toys can be found in the Stolen Present.
- Wreath-A-Rang (2020 Winter Veil Gift)
- Crashin' Thrashin' Juggernaught and Crashin' Thrashin' Battleship (2019 Winter Veil Gift)
- Wild Holly (2019 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Toy Armor Set and Toy Armor Set (2018 Winter Veil Gift)
- Greatfather Winter's Hearthstone (2018 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Toy Weapon Set and Toy Weapon Set (2017 Winter Veil Gift)
- Hearthstation and Hearthstation (2017 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Endothermic Blaster (2016 Winter Veil Gift)
- Disposable Winter Veil Suits (2016 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller (2015 Winter Veil Gift)
- Red Wooden Sled (2015 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller (2014 Winter Veil Gift)
- Pineapple Lounge Cushion, Safari Lounge Cushion, Zhevra Lounge Cushion, Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion (2014 Gently Shaken Gift)
- Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller (2013 Winter Veil Gift)
- The Pigskin & Special Edition Football (2012 Winter Veil Gift)
- MiniZep Controller (2010 Winter Veil Gift)
- Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller (2008 Winter Veil Gift)
- Scroll of Storytelling
Vendor Toys
The following toys can be purchased from World Vendors.
- The Swineskin
- Foot Ball
- Blue Crashin' Thrashin' Racer Controller
- Tiny Green Ragdoll
- Tiny Blue Ragdoll
- Wind-Up Train Wrecker
- Toy Train Set
- Soft Foam Sword
Smokeywood Pastures Special Gift
The followup after completing You’re a Mean One… for the first time is A Smokywood Pastures’ Thank You. It is important to do this quest as it is only available one time per character and awards Smokeywood Pastures Special Gift which may contain several profession plans as well as a rare chance at Illusion: Winter's Grasp and Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros. Also after completing this quest, you will be mailed the Winter Veil Disguised Kit toy.
- Illusion: Flames of Ragnaros
- Illusion: Winter's Grasp
- Formula: Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might
- Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt
- Schematic Snowmaster 9000
- Plans: Edge of Winter
- Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power
- Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather
Achievements
There are 16 achievements for the Winter’s Veil holiday, 11 required for the meta achievement Merrymaker that will award you with the title Merrymaker and 6 that are separate. Merrymaker is required to complete What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been meta achievement for the Violet Proto-Drake Mount.
Merrymaker Achievements
- On Metzen - Save Metzen the Reindeer.
- Fa-la-la-la-Ogri’la - Complete the Bomb Them Again! quest while mounted on a flying reindeer during the Feast of Winter Veil.
- The Winter Veil Gourmet - Use your culinary expertise to produce a Gingerbread Cookie, Winter Veil Egg Nog and Hot Apple Cider.
- A Frosty Shake - Use your Winter Veil Disguise Kit to become a snowman and then dance with another snowman in Dalaran.
- Simply Abominable - Complete the quest to retrieve Smokywood Pastures' stolen treats and receive a Smokywood Pastures' Thank You.
- Bros. Before Ho Ho Ho’s - Use Mistletoe on the Horde/Alliance "Brothers" during the Feast of Winter Veil.
- 'Tis the Season - Wear 3 pieces of winter clothing and eat Graccu's Mince Meat Fruitcake.
- Let It Snow - Use a Handful of Snowflakes on each of the race/class combinations.
- He Knows If You’ve Been Naughty - Open one of the presents underneath the Winter Veil tree.
- With a Little Helper from My Friends - Earn 50 honorable kills as a Little Helper from the Winter Wondervolt Machine.
- Scrooge - Throw a snowball at Baine Bloodhoof/Muradin Bronzebeard during the Feast of Winter Veil.
Off-meta Achievements
- Iron Armada - Collect all five toys that are part of the Crashin' Thrashin' "Iron Armada" set.
- The Danger Zone - Shoot down another player's Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer with yours.
- A-Caroling We Will Go - Use your Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater to carol in enemy capital cities during the Feast of Winter Veil.
- BB King - Pelt the enemy leaders listed.
- Crashin’ & Thrashin’ - Gain 25 crashes with your Crashin' Thrashin' Racer during the Feast of Winter Veil.
- Rock n' Roll - Use Lightning Nitro while listening to Rockin' Tunes in your Rockin' Rollin' Racer.
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