Introduction
- Holiday season hits Chaldea with the Christmas 2023 Event, complete with an Event Shop and an unlimited Lottery! Masters can take this opportunity to get Skill Gems, QP, Friend Points, Mana Prisms, EXP, and choice ascension materials at great AP return for a limited time!
- Note this event ends on 12/15/2023 19:59 PST! This event is shorter than usual, lasting only about a week. Masters should make sure that they finish the event in time!
- Completing all Main Quests and clearing 5 Lottery boxes will award a copy of the Welfare Servant,
Saint Martha (Santa)! - This event is primarily time gated, with a new Main Quest chapter unlocking each day (final on the 6th day) and Free Quests unlocking each day as well after the Main Quest of the day is completed.
- The event also has special "Cooking Quests" that cost event shop + lottery prize currencies to attempt, which award a handsome amount of event shop materials on completion, along with limited Command Codes and the Servant Coins for the welfare Servant! These are worth attempting if resources allow, although are entirely optional.
- There are three event currencies (
), whose rates are boosted by event gacha CEs (
). - The Event Shop CE (
) boosts drops for the Lottery currency (
), which should be prioritized especially after desired shop items are already cleared. - Event Bonus Servants will gain bonus Damage and Bond EXP during event quests!
- The Main Quest unlock schedule is below:
| Date | Quests Available |
| 12/7/2023 00:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 1 - 2 |
| 12/7/2023 20:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 3 |
| 12/8/2023 20:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 4 |
| 12/9/2023 20:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 5 |
| 12/10/2023 20:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 6 |
| 12/11/2023 20:00 - 12/15/2023 19:59 PST | Section 7 - 8 |
General Tips
- Purchase copies of from the Event Shop and equip them ASAP to help speed up lottery currency farming!
- Be careful not to MLB too early (5 copies gives a total of +5 drops, while a single MLB copy only gives +2 drops). It's better to wait to limit break the shop CE until 8+ copies are available.
- Event Bonus Servants will gain a Damage and Bond EXP bonus during the event! Bringing Event Bonus Servants can help make farming easier.
- Event Bonus CEs will grant various bonuses. The event shop CE provides a boost to Lottery Currency drops. All Gacha CEs provide a boost to drops for Event Shop currencies.
The below is a summary of the general flow of the event. Generally, Main Quests are time gated and unlock on a daily basis. The detailed walkthrough provides information about CE suggestions, drops, enemy encounters and gimmicks for each quest.
The overall flow is Main Quests > Free Quests to farm shop/lottery currency > Cooking Quests when currency is available > repeat, with time gates between individual Main Quest chapters.
Walkthrough (Day 1):
1) Complete Main Quests available, up to end of Section 2.
2) Clear Free Quests available. Note the "Ice Cream" difficulty Free Quest can be saved for later (requires Cider from lottery boxes, which might want to be saved for copies of Saint Martha (Santa) first).
Also purchase Event Shop CE & equip to boost lottery currency drops!
3) Clear Cooking Quest I when materials are available. (Make sure to open Lottery boxes to get enough Cider)
Day 2
4) Complete Main Quest Section 3.
5) Clear Free Quests to farm shop and lottery currency.
6) Clear Cooking Quest II when materials are available.
Day 3
7) Complete Main Quest Section 4
8) Clear Free Quests to farm shop and lottery currency.
9) Clear Cooking Quest III when materials are available.
Day 4
10) Complete Main Quest Section 5
11) Clear Free Quests to farm shop and lottery currency.
12) Clear Cooking Quest IV when materials are available.
Day 5
13) Complete Main Quest Section 6
14) Clear Free Quests to farm shop and lottery currency.
15) Clear Cooking Quest V when materials are available.
Day 6
16) Complete Main Quest Section 7-8 (End).
17) Clear Free Quests to farm shop and lottery currency.
18) Clear Cooking Quest VI when materials are available.
19) Attempt Challenge Quest(s) if desired.
Changelog
- 12/8/2023 4:40 PM - Added Challenge Guide links for CQ1 + CQ2 (Steps 43, 44).
Walkthrough Redirect Shortcut
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Walkthrough - Part 1
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 1 |  S1-1 (0 AP) | Story only. Saint Martha (Santa) joins temporarily! Complete the Main Quest and obtain the 5th Lottery Box's Grand Prize to exchange for a permanent copy of her in the Event Shop! Story: ~6min read | None |
| 2 | S1-2 (0 AP) | Story only. Story: ~5min read | None |
| 3 | S2-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A single wave with three Assassins (8-11k HP). Drops 3 stacks bronze currency. Story: ~4min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 4 | S2-2 (5 AP) | A single wave with 5 Berserkers (7-10k HP). If Santa Martha or NPC Supports are used, they gain a 30% Damage boost. Drops 5 stacks bronze currency. Story: Pre-battle ~2min read Post-battle ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 5 | S2-3 (5 AP) | Two waves of Berserkers (5-9k HP). As before, if Santa Martha or an NPC Support is selected, they gain a 30% Damage boost. Drops 6 stacks bronze currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 6 | S2-4 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa Three waves of Berserkers (3-5k HP) with a break bar Berserker in the final wave (8k, 10k HP). The boss gets 1 turn of Evade and a minor ATK buff after break. Drops 8 stacks bronze currency. Story: Pre-battle ~2min read Post-battle ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 7 | Free: Beginner (30 AP) | Run once. Whenever able to, make sure to purchase the Event Shop CE to boost lottery currency drops and equip them for applicable Free Quests!Almost all Free Quests drop lottery currency except for the special Free Quest that requires 5x Cider to run. Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 8 | Free: Intermediate (35 AP) | Run once. Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 9 | Free: Advanced (40 AP) | Run once. This quest as the best AP return, so extra AP can be spent on this quest while waiting for the next time gate. Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 10 | Cooking I ( x10x10 x1) | Cooking Quests are one-time quests that cost shop/lottery reward currency to attempt. They drop a generous amount of shop currency and also award limited rewards such as Servant Coins and Command Codes, and are worth clearing. However, if short on time and just aiming for the welfare (and not caring about maxing out their Servant Coins), these are entirely optional. An Avenger (67k) and Foreigner (83k HP). The Foreigner starts with a 5-hit unremovable Evade buff. Drops 2 stacks bronze currency. Story: ~4min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 11 | Free: Ice Cream (5 ) | Run once for Summon Ticket reward. Avoid farming this node since it costs 5x Ciders, which essentially is worth 2.5M QP, making it not worth farming past the first clear reward. Although this unlocks on the first day, since it costs 5x Ciders (which come from Lottery boxes), Masters can choose to save this for later. The last day's part of the walkthrough will have a reminder to do this quest. Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| Event Completed | The next section unlocks ~Day 2. Since the currently available Free Quests have poor AP efficiency, they aren't the best farming areas. However, given how short the event is, Masters can start using AP fruit, and the 40AP quest can be farmed. | ||
Walkthrough - Part 2 (12/7/2023 20:00 PST)
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 12 | S3-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa Two waves of Assassins (11-34k HP), with 3 in the first wave and 2 in the second. Drops 4 stacks bronze and 1 stack gold currency. Story: Pre-battle ~4min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 13 | S3-2 (5 AP) | A single wave with 2 large Berserkers (75k, 80k HP). Drops 2 stacks bronze currency. Story: Pre-battle ~2min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 14 | S3-3 (5 AP) | A single wave with 7 Berserkers (15-25k HP). Drops 6 stacks bronze currency. Story (Post-battle): ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 15 | S3-4 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A lone break bar Lancer (43k, 56k HP). On break the boss reduces healing received by 100% and Curses the party for 5 turns. Drops 2 stacks bronze currency. Story (Post-battle): ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 16 | Free: Fish (40 AP) | Run once. Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 17 | Cooking II ( x15x15x2) | A single wave with three Berserkers (98-104k HP). All enemies gain 2 NP charge at battle start. Drops 3 stacks bronze currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| Event Completed | The next section unlocks ~Day 3. Since the currently available Free Quests have poor AP efficiency, these aren't the best farming areas. However, given that the event is shorter than usual, Masters can start using AP fruit to farm if desired. | ||
Walkthrough - Part 3 (12/8/2023 20:00 PST)
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 18 | S4-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa Two waves of Assassins (13-54k HP), with 3 in the first wave and 2 in the second. Drops 3 stacks bronze and 2 stacks gold currency. Story: Pre-battle ~3min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 19 | S4-2 (5 AP) | A single wave with 3 Berserkers (65-82k HP). Drops 3 stacks silver currency. Story: ~3min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 20 | S4-3 (5 AP) | A single wave of 9 Berserkers (19-31k HP). Drops 9 stacks silver currency. Story (Post-battle): ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 21 | S4-4 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A break bar Berserker (102k, 122k HP). Be wary that the boss starts by draining 10% NP from the party. Drops 2 stacks silver currency. Story (Post-battle): ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 22 | Free: Vegetable (40 AP) | Run once. This is the best node for bronze single-currency farming.Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 23 | Cooking III ( x20x20x2) | A single wave with an Assassin (73k), Berserker (100k), and Avenger (77k HP). The Berserker starts by draining 20% NP Gauge from the party and gaining 1 NP tick per target drained. Drops 3 stacks gold currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| Event Completed | The next section unlocks ~Day 4. The latest Free Quest (Vegetable) is the best bronze currency node. Masters can safely start using AP fruit to farm for clearing the Shop and boxes. | ||
Walkthrough - Part 4 (12/9/2023 20:00 PST)
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 24 | S5-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa Three waves of Assassins (16-38k HP). Drops 6 stacks silver, 2 stacks gold currency. Story: Pre-battle ~5min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 25 | S5-2 (5 AP) | A lone Caster (243k HP). Drops 1 stack silver currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 26 | S5-3 (5 AP) | A single wave with 9 Casters (21-30k HP). Drops 9 stacks silver currency. Story (Post-battle): ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 27 | S5-4 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A break bar Caster (100k, 140k HP). Starts by stunning the entire party and decreasing their HP by a flat 2k. On break, inflicts 5 turns of unremovable NP Seal. Drops 2 stacks gold currency. Story (Post-battle): ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 28 | Free: Meat (40 AP) | Run once. This is the best node for silver single-currency farming.Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 29 | Cooking IV ( x30x30x3) | A single wave with two Lancers (both 101k HP) and an Alter Ego (103k HP). All enemies start with a buff that inflicts very minor buffs/debuffs when normal attacking. Drops 3 stacks each of bronze and silver currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| Event Completed | The next section unlocks ~Day 5. The latest Free Quest (Meat) is the best silver currency node. Masters can safely start using AP fruit to farm for clearing the Shop and boxes. | ||
Walkthrough - Part 5 (12/10/2023 20:00 PST)
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 30 | S6-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa Three waves of Assassins (18-44k HP). Drops 9 stacks gold currency. Story: Pre-battle ~3min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 31 | S6-2 (5 AP) | A single wave with 6 Berserkers (54-68k HP). Drops 6 stacks gold currency. Story: ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 32 | S6-3 (5 AP) | A single wave with 12 Berserkers (26-36k HP). Drops 12 stacks gold currency. Story (Post-battle): ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 33 | S6-4 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A single wave with five Berserkers (70-78k HP). All enemies start with MAX NP Gauge and an unremovable 1HP Guts. Note enemy NPs are ST, but have a 30% chance to inflict Instant Death! Guts or Death Immunity are helpful. Drops 5 stacks gold currency. Story (Post-battle): ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 34 | Free: Cheese (40 AP) | Run once. This is the best node for gold single-currency farming.Bonus CEs: | Primary: Secondary: |
| 35 | Cooking V ( x40x40x3) | A single wave with a Saber (113k), Assassin (107k), and Berserker (131k HP). All enemies and allies (except for the enemy Assassin) start with a very minor Damage Cut buff. Drops 3 stacks each of gold and bronze currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| Event Completed | The next section unlocks ~Day 6. The latest Free Quest (Cheese) is the best gold currency node. Masters can farm the quest of their choice based on the currency they'd like to work on clearing in the shop: - Bronze: Vegetable - Silver: Meat - Gold: Cheese | ||
Walkthrough - Part 6 (12/11/2023 20:00 PST)
| # | Quest | Notes | Drops |
| 36 | S7-1 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A single wave with 3 Assassins (98-104k HP). Drops 3 stacks gold currency. Story: Pre-battle ~2min read Post-battle ~3min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 37 | S7-2 (5 AP) | Party Restriction: Mandatory Frontline Martha Santa A break bar Caster boss (87k, 109k, 120k HP). The boss can randomly use a 3-hit Invincibility skill on itself. 1st Break: 30% chance to Charm and decrease ATK for party. 2nd Break: Increase own NP to MAX. Be careful that the enemy's NP is AoE with a 50% chance of inflicting Death. Drops 1 stack each of gold, silver, and bronze currencies. Story: Pre-battle ~2min read Post-battle ~1min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 38 | S7-3 (0 AP) | Story only. Obtain a  Holy Grail!Story: ~2min read | None |
| 39 | S8 (0 AP) | Story only. Story: ~2min read | None |
| 40 | Free: Noodle (40 AP) | Run once. This is a lottery currency-only node. Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 41 | Free: Tidying Up (40 AP) | Run once. This is the best overall node, and drops all currency types at the best AP efficiency. Farm this node to clear lottery boxes unless the node is too difficult, in which the previous node(s) can be farmed instead for the appropriate currency type. Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 11r | Free: Ice Cream (5 ) | If this hasn't been cleared yet, make sure to run this once for the Summon Ticket reward! Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 42 | Cooking VI ( x50x50x4) | A single wave of three Foreigners (124-148k HP). All enemies will start with unremovable minor Arts/Buster/Quick/Crit/NP/DEF/Debuff Resist buffs. Drops 3 stacks each of gold and silver currency. Story: ~2min read Bonus CEs: | Primary: |
| 43 | Challenge (5 AP) | Note the Challenge Quest will unlock after the Main Quest is completed. This encounter has three waves each with their own special gimmicks. Wave 1: Berserker (201k), Rider (53k), and Archer (194k HP). The Rider starts with 80% Damage Resist. Attack the Rider between 15-24 times before it dies to roast it to perfection; killing it early will penalize the party with 3-turn skill seal and an NP demerit. Succeeding gives permanent Buster buffs to the party. Wave 2: Assassin (248k), Berserker (108k), and Caster (242k HP). Defeat the Berserker within 4 turns to get the most benefits (Arts + Quick permanent buffs). Wave 3: Break bar Saber (362k, 390k HP). The boss starts with two stacks of 25% damage resist, which get removed for each wave correctly dealt with before. On break: Boss buffs own card performance permanently. A guide with a full list of details for this battle can be found here. | None |
| 44 | Challenge (5 AP) | Note the Challenge Quest will unlock after the Main Quest is completed. A single wave with a break bar Caster (417k, 460k HP), Rider (646k HP), and break bar Berserker (669k, 803k HP). Attacking either the Caster or Rider will give the attacker the "Naughty Child" trait for 2 turns, which gives them bonus damage against Oni trait (the Berserker is an Oni). The Caster has perma 50% damage resist against "Naughty Children", and randomly restores HP/charges NP Gauge/provides Stars to party members without the "Naughty Child" trait each turn. The Rider charges all enemies' NP each turn (except their own) and permanently decreases the enemy's NP damage by 50%. Every turn, the Rider also will add "Naughty Child" to any Evil alignment Servant party members in the front line for 3 turns. The Berserker starts with 50% damage resist, and will drain 50% Gauge from any "Naughty Child" enemies. On Caster break: Increase NP Bar to MAX for all enemies and increase NP gauge by 50% for all party members. On Berserker break: Gains 30% Special ATK vs "Naughty Children". A guide with a full list of details for this battle can be found here. | None |
| Event Completed | Congratulations! All Main Quests are completed! Masters can continue farming to clear the Event Shop and clear Lottery Boxes! By the time 5 Lottery Boxes are cleared, it should be possible to Max Ascend and NP5 the welfare, Saint Martha (Santa)! Check out the Quick Farming Guide for details on drop rates. | ||
Event Bonus Servants
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Event Bonus CEs
| Name | How to Obtain | Event Bonus |
Holy Heart 5★ | Event Gacha | +1 (MLB: +2) |
A Thousand Nights 4★ | Event Gacha | +1 (MLB: +2) |
Wish Come True 3★ | Event Gacha Friend Point Gacha Quest Clear Reward (x1) | +1 (MLB: +2) |
Like A Lady 5★ | Event Shop (x4) x400 (2) x200 (1) x200 (1) Quest Drop (Rare) | +1 (MLB: +2) |
Should I Use Apples?
- Yes, this is a rare unlimited lottery event, which makes it one of the most AP effective times to farm for Skill Gems, QP, FP, Mana Prisms, EXP, and certain Ascension Materials!
- Natural Regen AP will be approximately 2540 AP throughout the event.
- Clearing the full Main Quest line and farming enough currency to open 5 lottery boxes for NP5 / Max Ascension Santa Martha requires about 1805 AP.
- For clearing the Event Shop (no monuments, EXP, or 3* Fous - since these would be cleared either way), this will take approximately 3770 AP. At least 5 lottery boxes should clear as well.
- For clearing the Event Shop (no monuments, with EXP and 3* Fous), this will take approximately 3970 AP.
- For a full Event Shop clear including monuments, this total reaches 5250 AP to clear everything. The lottery box should easily clear all 10 grand prizes as well.
- The amount of AP required can be reduced with more copies of Event CEs. Additional copies of 4* or 5* CEs must be obtained in the gacha, while 3* CEs can be obtained in the Friend Point Gacha (at a low rate).
- Assumptions for the above AP costs (uses "first timer worst case scenario with no Friend Point Gacha luck", AP reduced if more bonus available):
- Up to +1 : Non-MLB Friend Support .
- Up to +1 : Non-MLB Friend Support .
- Up to +2 : Quest Reward Copy of + Non-MLB Friend Support .
- Up to +4 : 4x Event Shop Copies of
- Note these estimates are somewhat more rough since drop rate data for 0% Spawn Rate has low sample number.
