Snowball battle

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The snowball battle is a temporary event during Christmas launched by the administrators.
Editions: 2010 - 2023

About the game

The snowball battle is a mini-game where the player can throw a snowball at another character of their choice. Each shot costs 1 snowball and brings points to the character who shoots (the 'Hunter') and to the one who receives the shot (the 'Prey'), provided that the shot is successful.

How to obtain snowballs

To get snowballs ():

• buy them for
  • gems () (2010 - 2023)
    • in the store on the event's homepage
    • via the Premium access - Miscellaneous purchases
  • pounds () (2010)
• receive them for free:
  • each micro-purchase of 30 gems () in the Premium access gives 1 snowball (2012 - 2023)
  • as a gift from the administrators at the start of the event (2010 - 2020)
  • combine 5 rotten snowballs gives 1 snowball, via an action on the event homepage (2013 - 2020, 2022)
  • buy a Christmas surprise package can give you between 0 and 3 snowballs (2012 - 2023)
  • certain windows of the Advent Calendar give snowballs (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
  • to shoot successfully at a surprise gift in the snowball battle can give 5 snowballs (2012 - 2023)
  • participating in the creation of objects events for building a snowman or the Guardian of snow. (2012, 2015)
  • by entering a Redeem code: ZCVLU6V5WI (2021), BZWKKWPUH8 (2023)

Example:
If you buy 280 gems, you receive 9 snowballs for free. For the next purchase 10 gems are saved in memory. If you buy another 590 gems, you will receive 20 free snowballs: 590 gems + 10 remaining gems = 600 : 30 gems = 20 free snowballs.

Note:

• To create a snowball from rotten snowballs you need 5 rotten snowballs in the personal inventory of your character.

How to play

To participate in the snowball battle click on the bottom right corner icon of the main view of the village / ship / Out of town.

• Choose the tab "Snowball battle" or click on the button "Start a fight!"
• Enter the name of the "Prey" - a character you want to grace with some fluffy white snowballs
• Set the difficulty:
  • Easy - the prey is closer (bigger) to you and can easier be hit but you don't get a lot of points
  • Medium - the prey is a bit farer away (smaller) and you get more points for successful hits
  • Hard - the prey is farer away and it's a challenge to aim correctly, but for successful hits you get the most points
• Start throwing snowballs by clicking "Start a fight!"

Note:

• To start a fight you have to have at least 1 snowball in your inventory, otherwise the button will be disabled.
• You cannot throw snowballs at yourself.

Battle

You are participating in the annual snowball battle. The snow makes your footsteps heavier and sticks to your clothes. You don't feel your fingertips after making ammunition, but this won't stop you!

Blizzard
Pay attention to the snowflakes when aiming at your prey. They will tell you the direction and strength of the wind or blizzard. The wind changes the direction and the intensity with each throw, so adjust your throw accordingly by moving the visor.

Throwing power
Adjust the power of your throw by clicking without letting go. Its power is at its maximum when the gauge at the bottom left is filled.

Difficulty levels

The difficulty defines:

• how near or far away the prey is
• how many points the hunter gets for successful hits

Combo

If you are a seasoned shooter you might have a chain of successful hits or combos.
After 3 successful hits in a row you will get a first combo bonus that will increase with each successful hit following.
You will get:

• an increase by one point of the combo level (up to level 13)
• your basic points earned for a successful hit will be added with the combo lvl x 10 points.

Examples:

• If you play on Easy mode (x1), hit the target on the head (300 points) and have a combo lvl 5 (5 x 10) you will get 1 x (300 + (5 x 10)) = 350 points.
• If you play on Hard mode (x3), hit the target on the head (300 points) and have combo lvl 5 (5 x 10) you will get 3 x (300 + (5 x 10)) = 10s50 points.

Note:

• If you miss the target the combo level is reset to 0.
• If you leave the battle to change the difficulty or switch to another prey the combo level is reset to 0.

Gifts

With each snowball thrown there is a chance of a gift () appearing somewhere on the snowball battlefield.
If you miss it with your next shot it will disappear again... but if you hit it you will receive its content.

Note:

• The gift is always at the same distance as a the prey in easy mode would be.

Rules of the game

The rules of the games can be found in the 5th tab "Rules", with all information about to the current event game.

Rewards

The possible rewards for participating in the snowball battles are:

Technical information

• Please note, that this game uses HTML 5 technologies and requires at least Internet Explorer 9 (or younger), or updated versions of other browsers (Modzilla Firefox, Google Chrome,...) (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Please note, that this game is only available on the browser version of Renaissance Kingdoms.

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