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Canthan New Year

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Join the people of Cantha as they honor the Celestial Animal of the coming year by preparing a heavenly feast! This annual weekend celebration features Canthan cuisine, festive fireworks, special prizes, and the famed Shing Jea Boardwalk!

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Animal Year
Pig 2007
Rat 2008
Ox 2009
Tiger 2010
Rabbit 2011
Dragon 2012
Snake 2013
Horse 2014
Sheep 2015
Monkey 2016
Rooster 2017
Dog 2018

The Canthan New Year (also called Lunar Festival as it use to occur around the Lunar New Year) is a yearly festival that celebrates the particular celestial animal which will watch over Canthans during the coming year. The festival begins on the fifth Thursday of the year. During the celebrations Canthan citizens work to prepare special meals for the celestial animal and if the animal is pleased, it will bestow good luck upon the citizens. The primary celebrations occur on Shing Jea Island on the Shing Jea Boardwalk, but Canthan citizens have brought the tradition on a smaller scale to both Lion's Arch and Kamadan.

Players present for a finale are always presented with a Lion Mask festival hat as a traditionally themed item of the holiday.

Contents

[edit] Decorated towns

[edit] Quests

Sunqua Vale

Shing Jea Monastery

Plains of Jarin

or

[edit] Other festivities

Each Canthan New Year will make the Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, and Rollerbeetle Racing available for use as well. Lunar Tokens also randomly drop from PvE foes for the duration of the event.

[edit] NPCs

These Canthan New Year NPCs appear with Shing Jea Boardwalk event NPCs:

Shing Jea Monastery Lion's Arch Kamadan, Jewel of Istan Great Temple of Balthazar Rollerbeetle Racing
  • Lunar Gift Keeper

[edit] Collectors

Chef salute.png
Name Location Collects Campaign
Kao Tseng Shing Jea Monastery 25 Festival Tickets Factions
Lunar Fortune Giver Shing Jea Monastery 3 Lunar Tokens Factions
Lunar Gift Keeper Shing Jea Monastery 5 Lunar Tokens Factions
Qili Shing Jea Monastery 1 Imperial Miniature Token Factions
Seiji Shing Jea Monastery 5 Victory Tokens Factions
Sheng Yi Shing Jea Monastery 10 Victory Tokens Factions
Lunar Gift Keeper Lion's Arch 5 Lunar Tokens Prophecies
Zaishen Supply Master Lion's Arch 5 Victory Tokens Prophecies
Zaishen Supply Master Lion's Arch 10 Victory Tokens Prophecies
Lunar Gift Keeper Kamadan, Jewel of Istan 5 Lunar Tokens Nightfall
Zaishen Supply Master Kamadan, Jewel of Istan 5 Victory Tokens Nightfall
Zaishen Supply Master Kamadan, Jewel of Istan 10 Victory Tokens Nightfall
Little Jack Rollerbeetle Racing 200 Racing Medals Core
Lunar Gift Keeper Great Temple of Balthazar 5 Lunar Tokens Core
Zaishen Supply Master Great Temple of Balthazar 5 Victory Tokens Core
Zaishen Supply Master Great Temple of Balthazar 10 Victory Tokens Core

[edit] Items

Icon Item Icon Item Icon Item
Bottle of Rice Wine.png Bottle of Rice Wine Bottle Rocket.png Bottle Rocket Celestial Summoning Stone.png Celestial Summoning Stone
Champagne Popper.png Champagne Popper Crate of Fireworks.png Crate of Fireworks Imperial Miniature Token.png Imperial Miniature Token
Lunar Festival Grab Bag.png Lunar Festival Grab Bag Lunar Fortune.png Lunar Fortune Lunar Token.png Lunar Token
Miniature World-Famous Racing Beetle.png Miniature World-Famous Racing Beetle Racing Medal.png Racing Medal Red Bean Cake.png Red Bean Cake
Red Gift Bag.png Red Gift Bag Sparkler.png Sparkler Sugary Blue Drink.png Sugary Blue Drink

[edit] Headgear

Lion Mask
Lion Mask.png

[edit] Miniatures

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Miniature Miniature Pig.png
Pig1
Miniature Celestial Pig.png
Celestial Pig2
Miniature Celestial Rat.png
Celestial Rat
Miniature Celestial Ox.png
Celestial Ox
Miniature Celestial Tiger.png
Celestial Tiger
Miniature Celestial Rabbit.png
Celestial Rabbit
Miniature Celestial Dragon.png
Celestial Dragon
Miniature Celestial Snake.png
Celestial Snake

These Canthan New Year miniatures dropped from the Lunar Fortunes acquired during that year's event with two exceptions:

  1. Miniature Pigs were given to everyone in a 2007 district that had a successful finale; they also dropped from 2007 Lunar Fortunes.
  2. Miniature Celestial Pigs were available in 2008 from collectors in exchange for 5 Miniature Pigs .

All twelve Canthan New Year celestial miniatures can be obtained from Qili in exchange for an Imperial Miniature Token.

[edit] Finale

The Canthan New Year finale is a time when the celestial animal will visit Shing Jea Monastery to bring in the new year. Imperial Chefs will ask players to hand in ingredients within a ten minutes countdown. Depending on the number of successful dishes completed, players will be given rewards from the celestial.

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Trivia

  • Canthan New Year draws inspiration from the Chinese New Year. Among many similarities, the zodiacal animals match with Chinese astrology, the Nian are creatures from the Chinese New Year, and the festival culminates in a huge banquet.
  • Beginning with Canthan New Year 2013, the duration of the event was extended from a weekend to a week long event with the finales occurring on a Wednesday and Thursday (instead of on a Sunday and Monday [PST and UTC]). The start of the event was also changed to a fixed date instead of occurring on the weekend immediately after or during Chinese New Year.
  • Prior to 2013, the Canthan New Year occurred on the weekend immediately after or during Chinese New Year, with the exception of 2012:
Year Canthan New Year Chinese New Year
2007 16 – 19 February 18 February
2008 8 – 11 February 7 February
2009 30 January – 2 February 26 January
2010 12 – 15 February 14 February
2011 3 – 7 February 3 February
2012 2 – 6 February 23 January

Special events
Canthan New Year 2007200820092010201120122013
April Fools' Day 2007200820092010201120122013
Birthday Celebration 2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th
Dragon Festival 20062007 (Redux) • 20082009201020112012
Wintersday in July 20082009201020112012
Halloween 2005200620072008 (Redux) • 2009201020112012
Wintersday 20052006200720082009 (Redux) • 201020112012
Other annual events Lucky weekendSpecial Treats Weekend
Sweet Treat WeekendTalk Like a Pirate Event
One-time only events Day of the TenguFarewell to GaileWayfarer's Reverie
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