THIS WEEK – BUNDLE UP FOR THE WINTERFEST VENTURES SEASON

It’s time to grab your winter coats, Commanders. The next Save the World Ventures season begins on November 20 at 7PM ET.

The Winterfest Venture Zone modifier is the powerful Super Heroic Modifier.

The frosty Wintery winds swing this modifier in favor of Homebase’s Heroes. Each class will gain super heroic benefits that play off of their current playstyle.

Soldiers, do you love landing headshots? Great. The damage of headshots is doubled and you’ll benefit from reduced cooldowns when eliminating Husks with ranged weapons. Sling bullets and grenades to your heart’s Desire.

Constructors, do you love building? Do you ever find yourself short on materials? You’ll love the reduced building and repair costs. Prefer to swing a giant hammer? We’ve got you covered. You’ll benefit from reduced cooldowns when triggering Kinetic Overload and benefit from more impact damage as well.

Ninjas, a healthy blend of Melee and Ability weaving will be key with this modifier. Focus your efforts on ability eliminations to gain increased melee damage and attack speed. Use that to your advantage as melee eliminations also reduce your ability cooldowns.  Synergize your playstyle for maximum efficiency. You’ll also gain double the Shadowstance stats so get in their faces and show em’ who’s boss.

Outlanders, it’s time for some punchin’ (looking at you, Jess) as Anti-Material charge will have no cost during this Ventures Season. For all you T.E.D.D.Y slingers out there,  you’ll benefit from a free Fragment every 50 seconds along with increased ability damage.

The crystalized winds of the Winter also make Husks more resistant to weapon and trap damage. Bring a healthy blend of Heroes to overcome their defenses. Nothing you can’t handle, Commanders.

Note on Winterfest Season: Thanks to your player feedback, the experience required to complete the season has been significantly reduced.

Beginning on November 20 at 7pm ET,  venture out and keep the Burner filled with scavenged BluGlo. If it  runs out, things get real cold, real quick. As the burner health decreases the Storm Shield shrinks, so fill ‘er up.

The Krampus Smashers who dwell in these cold regions are dangerous but worth the fight, dropping some much needed BluGlo. Check your quest log for Frostnite rewards, such as the loading screen / music pack and be on the lookout for weekly challenges in the coming weeks.

Survive as long as you can with only your basic starting weapons, schematics, and wits to protect you.

HOLLY JOLLY RANSOM RETURNS IN TIME FOR THE FESTIVITIES

It’s that time of year again! Starting Friday, November at 7pm ET. Time to decorate trees, sing holiday songs, and… resolve hostage situations? Join the crew and investigate the disappearance of Homebase’s most festive Hero, Crackshot.

CRACKSHOT, THE HOLIDAY SOLDIER RETURNS.

“HEY! Who kidnapped me?” – Crackshot

• Standard Perk: Mad Tidings
  • Firing a ranged weapon grants 1 stack of Holiday Spirit, up to 50 stacks. Each stack of Holiday Spirit increases Ranged Weapon Damage by 1% but decreases Weapon Stability by 0.2%. Buff removed on weapon swap or reload.
• Commander Perk: Mad Tidings+
  • Firing a ranged weapon grants 1 stack of Holiday Spirit, up to 50 stacks. Each stack of Holiday Spirit increases Ranged Weapon Damage by 2.9% but decreases Weapon Stability by 0.7%. Buff removed on weapon swap or reload.

Available from the Holly Jolly Ransom questline on November 20 at 7pm ET

SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH THE PAPER SHREDDER

You don’t want to be in the way when this paper airplane goes off! This pistol uses shells ‘n’ slugs to launch a slow-moving paper airplane that damages groups of enemies when it explodes.

Available from Frostnite quests on November 20 at 7pm ET

 DELIVER THE COAL WITH SENTRY GUNNER KRAMPUS 

He’s not here for the presents.

• Standard Perk: Racking up the Coal
  • Each R.O.S.I.E elimination increases R.O.S.I.E damage by 4%, up to a maximum of 30 stacks.
• Commander Perk: Racking up the Coal+
  • Each R.O.S.I.E elimination increases R.O.S.I.E damage by 12%, up to a maximum of 30 stacks.

Available from Frostnite quests on November 20 at 7pm ET

STAY FROSTY WITH THE HOLIDAY LLAMA

Even the Llamas are filled with holiday spirit. Beginning on November 20 at 7pm ET, break out the cocoa and bust open this Llama to unlock festive Heroes and Weapons. The more the merrier.
NEXT WEEK – CHALLENGE 1 OF FROSTNITE BEGINS

IT’S A SLIPPERY SLOPE IN THE FROSTY TURF CHALLENGE!

Starting on November 27 at 7pm ET, take on the Frosty Turf Frostnite Challenge. The weather balloon forecasts extremely frosty weather for this week in Frostnite. We’re already getting cold feet just thinking about stepping on snow and the slower trap reloads.

Overcome the Frosty Turf challenge to unlock Tank and a unique banner.

TANK JOINS THE CREW

This Constructor puts the ‘action’ in ‘action figure’! 

• Standard Perk: Bouncy Shield
  • Up to 5 attacks blocked by Goin’ Constructor create a sonic wave, dealing 64 base damage to enemies within 0.5 tiles
• Commander Perk: Bouncy Shield+
  • Up to 8 attacks blocked by Goin’ Constructor create a sonic wave, dealing 128 base damage to enemies within 0.5 tiles

Available from the Frosty Turf challenge starting November 27 at 7pm ET