Fae Yule 2012 is here, and snowballs are in season! As part of Rift Junkies’ series of holiday event guides, here is our take on Fae Yule, complete with lots of screenshots, details on the rewards offered, and hints, tips, and descriptions for the event’s quests and activities.

Fae Yule is essentially the same lighthearted, goodie-filled holiday it was last year, except this year there is more to do, and more ways to spend Unique Snowflakes, which will be great for players who found themselves a little overrun with the currency last time around. There are some new items, including items for Storm Legion-leveled players, festive dimension items, and pets and mounts that are both new and returning. The event itself is still largely centered in Meridian and Sanctum, though Iron Pine Peak plays an important role this time as well.

Along with today’s news about RIFT Patch 2.1 launching December 12th, Trion also announced a few holiday surprises for RIFT players. A new holiday-themed cape will be available for Ascend-a-Friend participants both old and new, and there will be two Fae Yule dimension items available for subscribing to the RIFT Watch newsletter and for clicking an image on RIFT’s Facebook page.

More on the Winter Cape:

Happy Holidays! Receive a Winter Cape in honor of Fae Yule – simply purchase any Storm Legion™ package* before the end of the year and invite a friend to join you in RIFT through the Ascend-a-Friend Program. If your friend purchases Storm Legion before December 31, you both receive the festive holiday present.

Previously Ascended your friend? You’re not left out: just make sure you both own Storm Legion before the end of the year and you both receive the cape.

For more information, see Trion’s Fae Yule gift page.

Over the weekend, RIFT’s Public Test Server (PTS) received a fairly large update, and within that update was a preview of the holiday cheer headed our way in RIFT 2.1. I’m talking of no other world event than Fae Yule, of course, which debuted last year as Trion’s first annual holiday event. We already knew the team had some extra goodies in store for us this year, but we didn’t know what exactly. Now we do– and here’s a preview!

Note: All information from the PTS is subject to change at any time, especially item prices, etc.

Fae Yule is essentially the same lighthearted, goodie-filled holiday it was last year, except this year there is more to do, and more ways to spend Unique Snowflakes, which will be great for players who found themselves a little overrun with the currency last time around. There are some new items, including items for Storm Legion-leveled players, festive dimension items, and pets and mounts that are both new and returning. The event itself is still largely centered in Meridian and Sanctum, though Iron Pine Peak plays an important role this time as well.

Just in case you’re the type who likes to plan ahead for holiday events, Elrar announced some new items and activities planned for this year’s Fae Yule, RIFT’s annual winter holiday event. Here’s what he said:

Originally posted by Elrar (Source)

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One of our devs just passed me all the details – here’s what you have to look forward to in addition to the festivities from last year:

• Fae-Yule Themed Whitefall Steppes Alt-Mode
• Some new quests
• Adding Dimension items, a cape, and new stat items to the merchant
• Fae-Yule themed Instant Adventures in both Storm Legion and Chocolate RIFT content.

And yes – the event will use the same currency as last year, as will all our Seasonal World Events.

After this post, Mortt also followed up with a post saying that the new Fae Yule additions will show up on the PTS a couple of weeks after Storm Legion’s launch. It may be too early to start breaking out the Christmas carols at your local mall, but it’s never too early to start thinking about RIFT goodies!