Puss the Cat has made a terrible mistake! When ordering Christmas items for Santa Claus, Puss accidentally ordered a lifetime supply of Wintermelons instead of sleigh bells. Without the bells, Santa's sleigh cannot jingle all the way through his Adenwide gift route and Santa is skipping Christmas this year. He and all the familiar winter holiday event NPCs took a well-needed vacation to exoitc locales with warm climtates, and left Puss the Cat behind to deal with the Wintermelon issues.

Puss the Cat has made the best that he could of this Santa-less disaster. He needs adventurers to help smash every single Wintermelon in the land. To reward adventurers for their hard work, Puss has put presents inside all of the Wintermelons. So with Puss's, er, "help," Aden will not suffer the lack of the usual holiday spirit of giving and receiving this year.

Of course, no holiday is complete without cheery seasonal music, so Puss the Cat has arranged that some Wintermelons can only be smashed to the tune of Chrono weapons. Let's help out Puss the Cat, and get lots of goodies in return!

• Speak to Puss the Cat in any town to learn more about the Wintermelon Woes event. He will also trade you Nectar for seeds and Chrono weapons.
  
• Get Nectar, which is dropped by monsters around the world. You will use the Nectar to grow Wintermelons or to exchange for seeds or Chrono weapons with Puss the Cat. Nectar is tradable.
  
• Plant seeds into flat ground. The different kinds of seeds are:
  
  • Wintermelon Seed: Purchased from Puss the Cat for 1 Nectar. Used to grow regular Wintermelons. Tradable.
    
    
  • Honey Wintermelon Seed: Purchased from Puss the Cat for 50 Nectar. Used to grow Honey Wintermelons. Tradable.
    
    
  • Cloned Wintermelon and Cloned Honey Wintermelon Seeds: Dropped from monsters. Used to grow Wintermelons or Honey Wintermelons, respectively. Not tradable.
  
  
• Use 5 Nectar to grow a Young Wintermelon or a Young Honey Wintermelon into its mature state. Either type of young Wintermelon must reach maturity within 3 minutes, or it withers and returns to the earth. When mature, a Wintermelon or Honey Wintermelon transforms into one of three different kinds of Wintermelon or Honey Wintermelon (respectively): Spoiled, Rain, or Large Rain.
  
• Smash the mature Wintermelon within 1 minute and 30 seconds. You can smash a Wintermelon without a special weapon. You need a Chrono weapon and help from your friends to smash a Honey Wintermelon. Chrono weapons can be purchased from Puss the Cat for 10 Nectar each. Chrono weapons look and sound like musical instruments. They are tradable.
  
• Reap your reward from the particular smashed Wintermelon!

Wintermelons

Young Wintermelons sprout from Wintermelon Seeds. If you use 5 Nectar on a Young Wintermelon, it matures into one of three different kinds of regular Wintermelons:

• Spoiled Wintermelon.
  
• Rain Wintermelon.
  
• Large Rain Wintermelon.

These Wintermelons drop only Nectar.

Honey Wintermelons

Young Honey Wintermelons sprout from Honey Wintermelon Seeds. If you use 5 Nectar on a Young Honey Wintermelon, it matures into one of three different Honey Wintermelons.

• Spoiled Honey Wintermelon.
  
• Rain Honey Wintermelon.
  
• Large Rain Honey Wintermelon.

Honey Wintermelons can be smashed only by Chrono weapons. Honey Wintermelons are hardy, and you are more likely to successfully smash a Honey Wintermelon within the time limit of 1 minutes and 30 seconds by grouping up with friends.

Honey Wintermelons drop greater rewards than it's nectar-bearing counterparts. Here is a list of the types of rewards you might see from Honey Wintermelons:

• Crystals: A-Grade/S-Grade: A crystal of A or S grade. Tradable.
  
  
  
• Gemstones A/S: A gemstone of A or S grade. Tradable.
  
  
  
• Healing Potions: Greater Healing Potion, Greater Quick Healing Potion. Tradable.
  
  
• Greater Elixirs of CP: All grades. Regenerates CP. Tradable.
  
  
• Greater Elixirs of Life: All grades. Regenerates HP. Tradable.
  
  
• Greater Elixirs of Mental Strength: All grades. Regenerates MP. Tradable.
  
  
• Giant's Codex/Oblivion/Discipline/Mastery: Giant's Codex basic, Oblivion, Discipline or Mastery. Tradable.
  
  
• Scroll: Enchant Weapon A/S: A scroll of Enchant Weapon A-grade or S-grade. Tradable.
  
  
• Blessed Scroll: Weapon Enchant A/S: A blessed scroll of Enchant Weapon A-grade or S-grade. Tradable.
  
  
• Blessed Scroll: Armor Enchant A/S: A blessed scroll of Enchant Armor A-grade or S-grade. Tradable.
  
  
• High-Grade Life Stone Level 67/70/76/80: A high-grade life stone of level 67, 70, 76 or 80. Tradable.
  
  
• Top-Grade Life Stone Level 67/70/76/80/82/84: A top-grade life stone of level 67, 70, 76, 80, 82 or 84. Tradable.
• Red/Green/Blue Soul Crystal - Stage 14/15/16: A red, green or blue soul crystal of stage 14, 15 or 16. Tradable.

The Wintermelon Woes event runs from December 14 to December 28, 2010. Nectar and Cloned Seeds drop from monsters from December 14 to December 21, 2010. Puss the Cat remains in towns until December 28, 2010.

We are sending you fun and useful seasonal gifts to celebrate the 2010 winter holidays, Wintermelons, six years of Lineage II, and New Year's 2011! On December 14, 2010, all characters (on both active and inactive accounts) will receive the following items. You can find them in your character's private warehouse.

• 5 Christmas Gift Boxes: A Christmas Gift Box to celebrate the holiday season. Contains 1 Christmas Cake and 1 Christmas Candle. Can be exchanged, cannot be dropped, sold, or destroyed. Any unopened Christmas Gift Boxes will be removed after 3 months.
  
  • 1 Christmas Cake: Vitality is fully replenished upon use. Re-use time is 60 minutes. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or destroyed.
    
  • 1 Christmas Candle: Vitality is maintained for 10 minutes upon use. Re-use time is 30 minutes. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or destroyed. No effect can be given when using while the effect of Mystic Immunity is already applied.
  
  
• 1 Santa Hat Set: This gift box is not tradable. The two Christmas-related vanity items inside this box expire 14 days after you open the Santa Hat gift box. Any unopened Santa Hat Set boxes will be removed after 3 months. The two vanity items inside are:
  
  • 1 Santa Hat - 14 day limited period: Gives your character the appearance of wearing a Santa Claus hat. Uses two accessory slots. Not tradable. Expires after 14 days.
    
  • 1 Rudolph's Nose: Gives your character the appearance of a having a bright red nose similar to that of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Uses two accessory slots. Not tradable. Expires after 14 days.