Season Event - Winterfest

• The winter has come to Merge Tactics! To celebrate Winterfest, the overall theme is decorated like winter.
• Winterfest event pass is available during the event period.
• Event Period (UTC):
  • Start: December 17, 2020 
  • End: January 13, 2021
• Reward Claim Period (UTC):
  • Until January 15, 2021
• Event Pass:
  • Event Pass consists of 'Free Pass' and 'Premium Pass', and each track consists of various items and event loot chests you can claim.
  • Clear event missions, collect Coins, and progress your event pass level!
• Premium Pass:
  • In Premium Pass, you can unlock a season-exclusive commander 'Nicholas' and its exclusive equipment.
  • Premium Pass benefits:
    • Premium Pass Event missions unlocked
    • Event mission reward Coins +1
    • Immediately progress your Pass levels
    • Trader's Refresh ads removed for the event period
• Note:
  • You can activate Premium Pass and claim premium rewards any time during the event period.
  • To begin & participate in the event, you must be in the network connection and level 3 or higher.

New Commanders

• Added three new commanders
• Nicholas
  • 
  • Unlocked from the Premium Pass reward
  • Active skill: receive a random artifact
  • Passive skill: add a barrier to all friendly blocks upon acquiring an artifact
• Amon
  • 
  • Unlocked by clearing 'Fire Wizard Tower' LV3
    • If you've already cleared the stage, you can immediately unlock Amon from the Commander menu
  • Active skill: summon giant meteors that attack a broad area
  • Passive skill: reduce the cost of magic block units
• Leraje
  • 
  • Can be purchased with Gems from the shop
  • Active skill: attack and freeze all enemies
  • Passive skill: increase magic block's range by 1 but reduce their ATK

New Equipment

• Added three new 5-star exclusive equipment for each new commander
• Exclusive equipment of Nicholas can be only acquired from the Premium Pass reward

New Artifacts

• Added 32 new artifacts
• Some artifacts provide block-specific effects that enhance the block in your current deck
• Artifacts that produce a level 4 unit block (except 'Stranded Farmer') have been removed or changed to provide block-specific effects.

Book

• Check the equipment or artifacts you've collected from your Book!
• There are small rewards for registering new equipment and artifact into your Book's collection.
• Some of the key and helpful keywords will always be available in your Book's Dictionary.

In-game Balance

• Changed 'Typhoon' ability's effect of the Wind Wizard
  • Before: If 3 or more friendly Wind Wizards are at merge level 7 or higher, all Wind Wizards' ATK increase by 20%
  • After: If 3 or more friendly Wind Wizards are at merge level 7 or higher, all Wind Wizards inflict damage in the area of effect
• The Chef no longer uses its ability to friendly unit blocks that have a 1-turn cooldown

Others

• Fixed the issue where the result of Trader's items reset when reconnected
• General improvement on the game's performance and UI/UX
• Bug fixes