The Wild Hunts are here with some holiday cheer!
Welcome Travellers and Heroes and happy holidays from the team at Northern Forge Studios!
As the year winds down, we’re turning the heat up in the Ornaverse because December is loaded with a wild number of events to partake in. Today, we’ll talk about all of the holiday events we have planned along with the change of structure to the Winter Wild Hunts. Buckle in as we cover a whirlwind of events that might even impress Scruug himself – although he’d still probably complain about the drop rates.
Main Event: The Winter Wild Hunts
It’s time to warm up by the fire and recount stories from throughout the year as the Winter Wild Hunts return! If you need another opportunity to finish up a questline or mass summon an event raid, now’s your chance – and this go around you’ll have more time to do so as we’re changing up how the Wild Hunts will go down.
Instead of each event lasting only a few short days, we’re having multiple events run concurrently for a week at a time. These waves of events will provide more time for players to complete new and improved questlines from throughout the year and allow us to run weekly Other Realms for even more chances at event loot!
Wave 1: Phoenixrise, Beastfelled and the Plight of Apollyon
Wave 1 will see unique challenges, phasing into other dimensions to fight off evil and the fond farewell to a classic with Phoenixrise, Beastfelled and The Plight of Apollyon making a return from December 1st to the 8th.
Wave 2: Thronemakers, Riftfall and Ragnarok
Expect a history lesson, unique dungeons and the original superraid during Wave 2 as it will include Thronemakers, Riftfall and Ragnarok from December 8th to the 15th.
Wave 3: Fallen Heroes of Avalon, Wyrmhunt and The Hallowed
Break out your winter jacket and get out in the cold to chase some riftbreaks, climb grueling towers and relive the spooky season when Wave 3 arrives bringing Heroes of Avalon, Wyrmhunt and the Hallowed into the mix from December 15th to the 22nd.
Wave 4: Crimson Festival, Of Giants and Titans and Stop Scruug
And Wave 4 will close out the festivities with the potential end of the world when the Crimson Festival, Of Giants and Titans and a slightly revamped Stop Scruug return from December 22nd to the 29th.
We hope you enjoy the wild hunts and are able to fulfill any remaining goals for the year before we head into brand new adventures!
Holiday Events
In the spirit of the holidays, we’ve got 3 events to spread cheer, and of course to stop the end of the world.
Stop Scruug will make its return in the final wave of the Wild Hunts with a bit of a twist! We’ll have to band together as a community to defeat Scruug in a quest to stop him from ending the world. If the daily goal is met, rewards from Stranger’s Gifts will be boosted for that day to celebrate!
Winter Solstice brings back the monarchs of the dark and light elves to the game. For the codexers among us, these are rare mobs, so be sure to complete their entries when they return this month!
Our last holiday event is Family and Friends, where you’ll be able to have a chance to collect all of the event followers and summons from through the year’s events! This is your final warning for 2025 to grab Buggane before it’s too late!
For a full list of events, you can visit playorna.com!
In case you missed it:
Last month:
- We fixed some issues with Astraltree! Item rolls are no longer giving broken/poor items and the we fixed an issue with Ornate rewards where they were not giving players Ornates of their own tier.
- We also majorly decreased the requirements for daily and weekly quests, aiming to make them more achievable. Later in the month, we also changed the raid focused daily quest to allow for any raid completion to count rather than listing a specific one, hopefully relieving some of the pain points with that specific quest.
- We also made a lot of changes to the Of Giants and Titans new additions. Most notably, we nerfed the power of T9 Mnemoyse as well as increased the power of the buffs you earn from defeating the titans in Shadows of the Titans. If you struggled with the new content, give it another try when it returns in the Wild Hunts!
- Our beta is now undergoing a massive balance patch – focused mainly on Grand Summoner Hydrus as well as Gilgamesh identity. The proposed changes also affect Deity as their power has recently dominated over other classes, taking away some of their own identities. We’re still a long way out on ensuring everyone leaves happy with these balance changes, but welcome all feedback in the dedicated beta Discord channel!
- And lastly, the Runeshop received a well-needed glow up last month, showing off Covyn’s beautiful art a little better than before!
Happy Holidays!
And with that, another year has flown by and we’re excited to see what 2026 holds for the Ornaverse.
While we work towards our balance patch and also sneak in a bit of a holiday vacation, we’ll also be seeing the Phoenix’s flame extinguished for the final time as we’ll be retiring Phoenixrise as a monthly event in January, instead reigniting as base game content. But what does that mean for next month’s event? Stay tuned to find out!
Here at the studio, we’re hoping you all have a lovely holiday season spent with friends, family and video games, while enjoying the whirlwind of events that the Wild Hunts bring to the games!
Start planning your new year’s resolutions and we’ll see you next month!
