Winter 2024 Holiday Hills!

Winter Holiday Hills is now OVER!

Extensions given out for this Holiday Hills will end on February 13th at 11:59 PM EST!

❄ Winter Wonderland ❄

Chronos has brought a beautiful Winter Wonderland right to Ethovalon (as if snow wasn't any more of a problem for Ethovalon's residents)!

The dungeon itself is filled with frozen trees, icy landscapes, and frozen lakes and ponds! At night, the sky is filled with stars and it's so dark and bright that one can make out the galaxies that fill our universe. In the morning, despite the hot sun poking through the branches, it's still bitter cold in the dungeon. The Pokemon in this dungeon don't see guests and travellers all that often, and while some may be a bit hostile, others may challenge you to a toboggan race, a zip around a frozen lake, or a casual snowball fight!

🌟 Recruitable Pokemon 🌟

Click here for the Sta.sh file!

Amaura | Swinub | Sandshrew (Alolan) | Cetoddle | Snover

There are 6 special Seasonal Variants in this dungeon!

If you recruit any Seasonal Variant Pokemon, their feral design must be somewhat similar to the reference! If you wish to deviate slightly from its design, you must post it in the #design-check channel for approval. However, once they evolve, their design is up to you!

For more on Variants, see the Potions & Variants page!

[ NEW ] Updated Restrictions on Holiday Hills Recruits

When recruiting a Variant you encountered in a Holiday Hills Dungeon, you are now allowed to use other Potions on the recruit after a set amount of time!

After 3 months have passed since the Holiday Hills in which you received the recruit, you may use any Potion on them to change their design if you would like.

That said, out of respect for the Variant designers, we highly encourage members to not use Holiday Hills as a place to encounter recruits with the intention of not using them in their Seasonal designs. This updated rule is primarily in-place for those who may end up wanting to go a different direction with a character they received from Holiday Hills several months down the line.

❗ [ NEW ] Grading & Recruits for Holiday Hills ❗

Be sure to check this section as it is very important due to the January 2024 overhaul!

Grading and rolling for recruits have been changed in the group overhaul and this includes Holiday Hills. Where grading for regular dungeons, there is the Dungeon Grader, each time Holiday Hills is available, there will be a Holiday Hills Dungeon Grader specific to the current season!

When grading for Tasks, please submit your work using either the Holiday Hills Tasks Grader or by pasting a filled-out form with all the needed information to #grading-logs under the correct thread(s).

Instructions on how to use the Holiday Hills Dungeon Grader are available via the "Using the Grader" button at the very top of the page once it's loaded. Information for using the Tasks Grader are on the page itself. You can find both linked above or in the Holiday Hills section of the website if you need them!

If there are questions, reach out in #questions or via a ticket!

As a reminder, the #grading-logs channel is not meant to be used as a gallery, rather it's just where information goes for us to confirm graded pieces! If you're using one of the web graders then you don't have to do anything else, but if you are writing up your own form and posting manually to one of the threads, please do not attach images of your artwork to the post!

If you're looking to host your work, please do so either the Official Grading Discord Server or on another site where you're able to link us to the piece (DeviantArt, toyhou.se, etc.)!

🌟 Dungeon Rewards 🌟

In addition to receiving the normal amount of Poke for your Submission, you'll also gain the event currency Candy which you can use to purchase special items from the Holiday Hills shop!

Candy rewards have been adjusted as of January 2024! The new grading criteria is as follows:

Candy Reward for Dungeon Submissions:

+50 Candy | Per Character Shown

(up to a maximum 7 characters, valued at +350c)

+50 Candy | Shaded Background

+0 Candy | Unshaded Background

Candy Reward for Literature Event Submissions:

+150 Candy | Per 500 words

(a minimum of 500 words must be written to get Candy from your submission!)

⭐ General Dungeon Info ⭐

💙 Like a regular dungeon, the Holiday Hills Dungeon is completed in Feral Form!

💙 Up to 4 characters belonging to teams may be present!

💙 Poke and Candy rewards are capped at maximum 7 characters shown (ex.: 4 player characters and 3 NPCs)!

💙 There is no Difficulty Level for Holiday Hills so characters of all levels are welcome!

💙 No levels are gained in this dungeon and no items can be brought in (though Poke Radars can be used after a piece is graded)!

💙 Please note that for a character to count for rewards, at least a full headshot (or equivalent amount of the character) must be visible. We always encourage you to do your best! The restrictions may be tightened if these rules are abused. Please put genuine effort into your pieces and try not to spam out rushed work! For more information, see Additional & Updated Restrictions below.

(Click on the button below to go to the Dungeon Grader!)

🌟 Holiday Hills Task Prompts 🌟

These event prompts are for characters in Human/Gijinka form!
Prompts done with Ferals won’t count for Candy but can be submitted for Poke!

Please be sure to include the Task Name in your description!
These tasks are repeatable for rewards so Attempt Number isn’t required!

(Click on the button below to go to the Tasks Grader!)

01 | Out on a Frozen Lake

In the middle of this Winter Wonderland there sits a frozen lake (as well as a few ponds for those who want a quieter environment)!

Rent some skates and take a stroll on blades! grab some sticks and engage in a bout of intense hockey! Pull up a stool and get out that fishing rod to indulge in some ice fishing! Or maybe you just want to relax and enjoy the gorgeous scenery? There's lots to do out there, and all sorts of laughs to be had!

Don't worry-- Tempo is certain that the ice is thick enough to support all the Hills-goers out there... he's pretty sure.

02 | Sugar Shack

In some far-off lands, there's a winter tradition where people make little snacks by pouring hot maple syrup onto the snow and lifting it off of the snow once it's cooled enough to harden with wooden sticks or forks. Tempo says it's called Maple Taffy! And mentioned something about a Sugar Shack? He insisted on going through the effort of setting up a few stands this time around the Hills, so check them out!

There's even some cookie cutters at some of the stands if you want your taffy to look like something in particular. How fun!

03 | Snowed In

In the wake of the winter that rolled in that caused the GCSF to call back all teams and suspend operations, some of the citizens around Ethovalon have been snowed in and stranded! Local rescue groups have been working hard at keeping things under control, but there's always work to be done-- even during Holiday Hills!

Head out into Ethovalon and lend a hand to the citizenry! Clear out the snow in front of people's homes, help out at one of the relief stations by handing out warm meals and spare coats, and or help out at the harbour by breaking the ice keeping our ships from heading out again. Find someone who needs some aid and lend them a helping hand!

04 | Camping in the Snow

Tired out from a day of venturing through the woods, tearing it up on the ice, and helping stranded citizens?

There are firepits made specially so you can warm yourself up in areas where the snow may not go so deep! Settle down for a night under the stars. It's the perfect time to think about everything that's happened and everything yet to come. Take a load-off! You deserve it

Be sure to bring the cocoa and marshmallows!

🌟 Prompt Rewards 🌟

+100 Candy | Per Character Shown

+150 Candy | Simple Background

+250 Candy | Complex Background

+150 Candy | Per 500 words

[ NEW ] Additional & Updated Restrictions

For writing, you must have a minimum of 500 words written and there is no longer an upper limit how much Candy you can earn from a single submission!

For example: previously, if you wrote 1000 words or more, you would only get 250c. Now, if you were to write something like 1500 words, you would get 350c total.

For artwork, there is no longer an upper limit on how many characters can count towards rewards in a single non-dungeon piece and no difference between shaded or flat-colored characters. However, there are a few restrictions in regards to what does and does not count as a "shown" character!

For a character to count towards Candy rewards, they need to have some sort of identifiable features!

For example, a character will not count towards rewards if they are shown in one of these ways (or similarly):

❌ only an arm, leg, tail, etc. is shown in-frame

❌ heavily simplified due to distance or as part of a crowd

❌ only appear as a silhouette

Poké rewards are based on the non-dungeon grading totals, which you can find at Earnings & Inventories.

As with the Dungeons, please put genuine effort into your pieces, and don't spam out rushed work!

🍭 Holiday Hills Shop🍭

Use the Shop Channel on the Discord to purchase items from the Hills using Candy!

🍫 Big-Ticket Items 🍫

These single-purchase items cannot be gifted to others! Each User (not each Team) may purchase either the Pokemon of Choice Token, Potion of Choice OR a Rank-Up Pass this Holiday Hills but not all three! There's no refund and you can only pick one of the three items, so choose wisely!

Pokemon Token | 1,500 Candy 🍬

Buying this token will allow you to get any Pokemon of your choosing on your team so long as you have a slot! The Pokemon must be a base form, No evolutions, Variants, Paradox, Legendaries/mythics/UBs/Banned mons! You can use a potion on top of the recruited pokemon to make them a variant but must have the potion in your inventory to activate and cannot recruit a potioned mon with just the token!

Potion of Choice | 1,500 Candy 🍬

Purchasing this will allow you to choose one potion of your choice! It can be any of the available potions, seasonal or event. A full list of potions and info on them can be found here!

[ NEW ] Rank-Up Pass | 1,500 Candy 🍬

Buying this pass will allow you to immediately gain 3 Rank Points, taking your team to the next rank! This item only applies to the team that bought it and cannot be transferred to another team once purchased.

🍬 Regular Items 🍬

[ NEW ] Seasonal Potion | 1,000 Candy 🍬

This gives your Pokemon a makeover! As of January 2024, this Potion is used to give your Pokemon any look associated with holiday festivities, natural elements associated with one of the four seasons, and even animals with seasonal associations (such as reindeer for the Winter and rabbits in the Spring)! This Potion is available at every Holiday Hills and does not restrict you to the season you might have bought it in! Even if you buy a Seasonal Potion during Winter Holiday Hills, you can make a Summer-themed design!

You need a Reversion Potion to undo this! For more info on Potions/Variants and a peek at past variants and examples, check the journal here!

Illegal Ability Token (LIMITED) | 1,000 Candy 🍬

Each User (not each Team) can purchase 1 Illegal Ability Token’s max this Holiday Hills! These cannot be traded or gifted! Each token allows a Pokemon to learn one ability they couldn't normally learn or be born with! It will remain in your inventory until used or, if you choose to do so, manually discarded! Be sure of your choice when you apply it because it can't be refunded later!

Illegal Move Token (LIMITED) | 1,000 Candy 🍬

Each User (not each Team) can purchase 2 Illegal Moves max this Holiday Hills! These cannot be traded or gifted! Each token allows a Pokemon to learn one move they couldn't normally learn of any power, excluding Legendary Signatures and Transform. It will remain in your inventory until used or, if you choose to do so, manually discarded! Be sure of your choice when you apply it because it can't be refunded later!

Winter Accessory Pack | 900 Candy 🍬

A pack that can be placed on any team sold by Tempo directly! This pack allows for Winter-themed accessories from the future to be used, such puffer jackets, beanies, or other common winter-wear that incorporates synthetic materials! This pack doesn’t disappear after one character uses it, there’s plenty for everyone on the team! If you’re using it on a character, please be sure to state it on their written app somewhere!

Poke Radar | 800 candy 🍬

Golden Mask | 800 candy 🍬

Wonder Chest | 800 candy 🍬

Lost Loot | 800 candy 🍬

Evolution Item | 500 candy 🍬

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