The frost has grown restless. The island’s ancient calm has fractured beneath the weight of the season, and what was once a gathering place has become something far more dangerous. Old truces fade quickly when survival is tested, and the frozen roads now belong to those willing to fight for them.

Ellan Vannin has now been set to PvP rules with the following Midwinter event changes:

• A new quest [EV PVP] Icy Dread  replaces the original [Midwinter] Icy Dread quest. Players will be able to complete the original quest one final time by killing the Ice Elemental.
• This encounter now only spawns the Ice Elemental, who has been reduced in difficulty slightly.
• This quest no longer awards a Midwinter Key. Frost Gnomes and players will still have a chance to drop Midwinter Keys.
• Quest credit is now area credit for this quest, but players cannot be stealthed or dead after a certain time when the mob dies.
• NPCs on Ellan Vannin for all quests and the Yuletide Chest can be found in the throne room of Knoc Meayll.

Ellan Vannin 

The following changes have been made to facilitate PvP on Ellan Vannin:

• Ellan Vannin island has been turned into a PvP area
• Towers on Ellan Vannin have been ruined for the duration of the event
• The throne room of Knoc Meayll is now a safe area where players from all three realms can buff up and teleport above ground via the Obelisk in the center of the room
• Players can teleport from their realm’s relic town into Knoc Meayll’s throne room via the Ellan Vannin Teleporter NPC at their realm’s relic town
• Trainers and necessary NPC’s have been added to the throne room

PvP Specific Notes

The PvP nature of this event includes the following:

• Players may create and join cross realm groups
• Everyone not in your group is considered an enemy, and may be attacked
• Chat channels such as Region, LFG, and Advice will be visible to all realms on Ellan Vannin (only)
• Battlegroups and Chat groups will be unavailable on Ellan Vannin for the PvP event
• Trading between realms is not allowed
• Certain spells and abilities have been updated to affect home realms, and will be reverted at the conclusion of the event
• Please note: group porting is not allowed from Ellan Vannin unless you are bound on Ellan Vannin. Single self port remains unchanged.