Hearth's Warming 2016 Quests

Twilight Sparkle: Gather 'round, everybody! It's Nearly Hearth's Warming Eve -- and to get everyone in the spirit, we're going to tell my FAVORITE holiday story!

Twilight Sparkle: It's called "A Hearth's Warming Tale"... and to make it EXTRA fun, I thought we'd make it into a sort of Ponyville-wide pageant.

Twilight Sparkle: My friends and I will take turns reading the story out loud... and as we do, everypony in town will play along and act out all the good plot points!

Spike: ... And i'll provide color commentary!

Twilight Sparkle: ... And Spike will provide color commentary, I guess! Anyway, let's start at the beginning...

Part 1: Twilight

Sprucing Things Up

Quest Giver: Twilight Sparkle
""It all began many moons ago in Canterlot. There was a wintry chill in the air, and the scent of evergreens carried on the wind.""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	—	5
	Task Requirement Get Blue Diamond Trees Skip: 2 2 Times Cost: Template:Bit Get Double Golden Trees Skip: 3 3 Times Cost: Template:Bit Get a Purple Star Trees Skip: 5 5 Times Cost: Template:Bit
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"OH -- I get how this works now! Twilight talks about evergreen trees, so we go and plant some of them! I like where this is going already..."

Wintry Wares

Quest Giver: Twilight Sparkle
""Every home in Canterlot was filled with holiday spirit -- and the marketplace was, too! Everypony was busy buying special presents for their friends and family...""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Sprucing Things Up	9
	Task Requirement Assign Bon Bon to a shop Skip: 1 1 Times Cost: Free Produce Lemons Skip: 5 10 Times Cost: Free Assign Cheerilee to a shop Skip: 1 1 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"Okay, I see how that part of the story has "ponies shopping" in it... But shopping for LEMONS? Really? Who gives LEMONS as a present?!"

Twilight Sparkle: But ONE pony was not happy. Snowfall Frost was a powerful unicorn magician... She wanted to be PERFECT and thought the holiday was just a waste of time!"

Snowfall's Spell

Quest Giver: Twilight Sparkle
""... So she gathered her ingredients, consulted her books, and began to cast a dangerous spell -- one that would get rid of the holiday altogether!""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Wintry Wares	15
	Task Requirement Send Teacher's Pet to Maintain plausible deniability at the Flower Shop Skip: 4 2 Times Cost: Free Produce Rare Books Skip: 5 5 Times Cost: Free Send Twilight to read a book Skip: 10 3 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"Oh NO! I mean, I KNOW Snowfall didn't ACTUALLY cast the spell, because we still have Hearth's Warming NOW... but i'm still in suspense!"

Part 2: Applejack

Applejack: "... But just then, a voice from the hearth caught her ear! It was the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past, come to talk Snowfall out of her wayward ways!"

Days Gone By

Quest Giver: Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past
""With li'l more than a 'how d'ye do,' the Spirit WHISKED HER AWAY to the days of her filly-hood! Snowfall was sure a different pony then... so excited about decoratin' her classroom for the Holiday!""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Snowfall's Spell	15
	Task Requirement Get Red Ornaments Skip: 2 5 Times Cost: 5,000 Get Golden Ornaments Skip: 2 5 Times Cost: 5,000 Get Blue Ornaments Skip: 2 5 Times Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"I wonder... Did they even HAVE Hearth's Warming ornaments back when Snowfall Frost was around? Or did they use, like, oranges or something?"

Applejack: "But when Snowfall's mean old professor saw her carryin' a box of Hearth's Warmin' ornaments, why... he... he..."

Applejack: LAND SAKES!!!

Twilight Sparkle: What's the matter, Applejack?! That wasn't part of the story!

Applejack: Plum right it isn't part of the story! I got so caught up in narratin', I JUST realized I ain't left nobody in charge of the farm!

Intermission

Quest Giver: Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past
"Sorry to interrupt a good yarn, folks -- but I just can't concentrate if I don't have somepony runnin' Sweet Apple Acres! We make nearly ALL of our mulled cider 'round this time of year, y'know..."	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Days Gone By	15
	Task Requirement Travel to Sweet Apple Acres Unskippable 1 Times Cost: Free Produce Apple Cider Skip: 15 15 Times Cost: Free Assign Big McIntosh to a shop Skip: 1 1 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"Wow... I know they say "the show must go on," but I don't think they meant "so sometimes you'll need to make sure an apple farm stays open"!"

Applejack: ... Whew! Thanks for lendin' a hoof there, buddy. I think it's safe for us to get back to the story now!

Applejack: Let's see... Where was I? Oh, right! "But when Snowfall's mean old professor saw her carryin' a box of Hearth's Warmin' ornaments..."

Dreams Dashed

Quest Giver: Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past
""... Why, he just about blew his top off! The way HE saw it, all that fun stuff was just a big ol' DISTRACTION to studyin' hard and readin' magic books -- and he drilled it RIGHT into Snowfall's head that she should think the same way!""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Intermission	15
	Task Requirement Send Twilight to read a book Skip: 1 1 Times Cost: Free Produce Books Skip: 5 10 Times Cost: Free Send Twilight to find magic books Skip: 7 3 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"Aww... So THAT'S why Snowfall ended up such a stick-in-the-mud! It's kinda sad, really..."

Part 3: Pinkie Pie

Pinkie Pie: OKAY! So that was Snowfall's PAST, right? BUT THEN... A whole NEW Spirit showed up to show her even MORE stuff! The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents!

Pinkie Pie: That's "Presents" like "awesome and amazing gifts from your pal Pinkie Pie," not "Present" like "right now." That would be a REALLY boring thing to be the spirit of!

Twilight Sparkle: Pinkie... Are you actually READING the story, or just making things up?

Pinkie Pie: BOTH!!!

Present Party

Quest Giver: Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents
"ANYWAY! The Spirit took Snowfall on a LONG AND MAGICAL JOURNEY to ALMOST RIGHT WHERE SHE STARTED, at a sweet party that she'd decided not to go to earlier! And it was SUCH a good party. Don't get me STARTED on how many desserts there were!"	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Dreams Dashed	15
	Task Requirement Travel to Ponyville Unskippable 1 Times Cost: Free Produce Cherry Pies Skip: 5 5 Times Cost: Free Produce Carrot Cakes Skip: 15 5 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"You know, I wasn't sold on it earlier, but Pinkie's actually a really good narrator! I mean, at least she's excited about it, right?"

Finding the Fun

Quest Giver: Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents
"So, as Snowfall checked out this AMAZING PARTY (while being invisible due to SPIRIT MAGIC, by the way), she saw all the FLOWERS and BALLOONS and MOVIES PLAYING and started to think "Hey, maybe Hearth's Warming is actually kinda great!""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Present Party	15
	Task Requirement Produce Movie Passes Skip: 10 15 Times Cost: Free Send Pinkie Pie to gaze at balloons Skip: 12 3 Times Cost: Free Produce Dandelions Skip: 20 10 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"So, I,m not a historian... But I'm NOT sure that there were actually movies back when this story was written."

Part 4: Rarity

Rarity: Ahem... "And it was a good thing she realized that... because the worst was still to come.

Hearthless

Quest Giver: Merry
""The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Future showed Snowfall a grim fate indeed... What would become of her world if she wiped the holiday from existence. It was a future filled with monsters -- and unrelenting ice and snow!""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Finding the Fun	15
	Task Requirement Get a Sea Serpent Statue Skip: 5 3 Times Cost: 9 [[File:{{{1}}}.png|15px]] Get a Slingtail Statue Skip: 5 3 Times Cost: 9 [[File:{{{1}}}.png|15px]] Get a Hydra Statue Skip: 5 3 Times Cost: 9 [[File:{{{1}}}.png|15px]]
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"GAHH! ... Oh, wait -- they're just ice sculptures! Wow... I got so caught up in the story that I thought they were the real thing!"

• Note: At 9 Gems per statue, it's cheaper to choose 'skip' on each of the statues rather than buying the required number of each type.

Happily Ever After

Quest Giver: Merry
""Back in the present -- and full of regret for what she had planned to do -- Snowfall left her spell components behind, bought present for all the ponies she had wronged, and joined them for a Hearth's Warming Eve full of laughter and song.""	Required Quest	Level Requirement
	Hearthless	15
	Task Requirement Assign Braeburn to a shop Skip: 3 1 Times Cost: Free Produce Fancy Hats Skip: 20 10 Times Cost: Free Assign Snips to a shop Skip: 3 1 Times Cost: Free
Rewards: Template:XP, Template:Bit
Closing Text
"Aww... I just love a happy ending, don't you?"

Twilight Sparkle: "And from then on, it was always said of all the Hearth's Warming Eve celebrations, Snowfall's was the Hearth's Warmingest."

Twilight Sparkle: That's it! Thank you so much for listening. And as a reward for being a great audience, I have a Hearth's Warming present for YOU!

Twilight Sparkle: One of our pageant actors has volunteered to re-enact stories from the time "A Hearth's Warming Tale" was written... whenever you'd like him to!

Twilight Sparkle: (He's even got his own period costume! I LOVE a good deerstalker cap...)

The End

Reward: Detective Pony