Lunar Fortune

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Lunar Fortune
Rarity	Common
Type	Present
Value	Can't be sold
Stackable	Yes
Campaign	Factions

Lunar Fortunes can be obtained from the Lunar Fortune Giver in Shing Jea Monastery in exchange for 3 Lunar Tokens during the Canthan New Year event. Use one in an explorable area to receive a message and a blessing or item.

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Uses remaining: 1
Double-click to use while in an explorable area.

— In-game description

Contents 1 Acquisition 2 Blessings 3 Other 4 Messages 5 Item effect 5.1 Year of the Pig (2007) 5.2 Year of the Rat (2008) 5.3 Year of the Ox (2009) 6 Notes 7 Trivia

[edit] Acquisition

A single Lunar Fortune (as well as a Sugary Blue Drink) is received for winning a game of Rock, Paper, Scissor from Lucky Hochei in Lions Arch. The cost is 1 Lunar Token. If you tie, you will get 1 Lunar Token in return.

[edit] Blessings

Icon	Name of Blessing	Description
	Lunar Blessing	Skill. The blessing of the New Year is upon you. All of your attributes are boosted by 1 while in this area.
	Spiritual Possession	Skill. Maddening voices whisper in your ear. The world swirls around you as the voices grow louder.
	Lucky Aura	Skill. A mysterious aura surrounds you. Perhaps the fates have smiled upon you this day....

[edit] Other

• Drop research can be found here.
• 100 gold
• Champagne Popper
• Bottle Rocket
• Sparkler
• Miniature Pig (2007 only)
• Miniature Celestial Rat (2008 only)
• Miniature Celestial Ox (2009 only)

[edit] Messages

• "Something special is in your future!" (Lucky Aura)
• "You will celebrate a festive new year!" (Bottle Rocket, Sparkler or Champagne Popper)
• "You will find bad luck in this new year...or bad luck will find you!" (Spiritual Possession)
• "You will have a prosperous new year!" (100 gold)
• "Your new year will be a blessed one!" (Lunar Blessing)
• "Your new year will be blessed by the celestials themselves!" (miniature)

[edit] Item effect

[edit] Year of the Pig (2007)

Icon	Receipt	Chance (percental)
	Lucky Aura	10~11
	Lunar Blessing	10~11
	Spiritual Possession	10~11
	100 gold	32~33
	Bottle Rocket	11~13
	Champagne Popper	11~13
	Sparkler	11~13
	Miniature Pig	0.33

[edit] Year of the Rat (2008)

Icon	Receipt	Chance (percental)
	Lucky Aura	8
	Lunar Blessing	8
	Spiritual Possession	10
	100 gold	31
	Bottle Rocket	16
	Champagne Popper	13
	Sparkler	14
	Miniature Celestial Rat	0.33

[edit] Year of the Ox (2009)

Icon	Receipt	Chance (percental)
	Lucky Aura	8
	Lunar Blessing	8
	Spiritual Possession	10
	100 gold	31
	Bottle Rocket	16
	Champagne Popper	13
	Sparkler	14
	Miniature Celestial Ox	0.33

[edit] Notes

• Lunar Fortune prizes fall on the ground where they are assigned to the person that used the fortune. You cannot use them in a town or outpost. You can ONLY use them in explorable areas.
• Each Lunar Fortune has a suffix added in square brackets stating the festival year they are from in order to enable discriminability.
• Given that you want to spend your time playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with Lucky Hochei in Lion's Arch, you get a better chance to receive more Lunar Fortunes from playing than obtaining them from the Lunar Fortune Giver in Shing Jea Monastery.
  • Example: You play paper all the time and use 1500 Lunar Tokens: First 500 tokens win, 500 lose and 500 get back to you from a draw. From those 500 tokens received back: 166 win, 166 lose and 166 get back to you from draw... etc.
  • You should statistically get roughly 50% gifts from all played tokens.
  • Moreover, for winning the Rock, Paper, Scissors game, you'll receive a Sugary Blue Drink on top of a Lunar Fortune each time.

[edit] Trivia

• A few Lunar Fortunes are featured in the statue for Eternal Misfortune.
• Around the time on the Canthan New Year 2008 update, old Lunar Fortunes from 2007 were renamed to "Lunar Fortune [Year of the Pig]".

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Presents
Birthday Present Festival Prize Coffer of Whispers Lunar Fortune Red Gift Bag Trick-or-Treat Bag Winter Gift Wintersday Gift Gift of the Huntsman Gift of the Traveler