JWA Weekly Events Dec 14 to Dec 20: Winter Creatures

Explorers! We'll have our first attempts at the Event Exclusive Dire Wolf during this week as our theme is Winter Creatures Part 1. There's quite a lot happening as the Isla Events go live and 12 Days of TRex starts on Wednesday, 12/14. Let's talk about our recommendations of what to dart before we break down the rest this week has to offer!

Before we dive in to the week, we'll break down how the weekly event calendar works. First, each day is considered started at 10am Eastern on that day. It is possible that wherever you live, it might actually be the previous or next day, so we wanted to help clarify how they determine what day it is. At this time, event creatures & strike towers will be updated as applicable. This information is also noted on the calendar.

Ever wonder why some weeks we’re given 45 attempts on commons and others only 18 or 27? The reason for this is that the volume of attempts is a simple math calculation based on the rarity and number of options. Take the rarity base number and multiply by the number of options and voila, you have your total allowed attempts! Having more variety in the options yields that many more attempts. The flip side is it may be more difficult to find the creature(s) you favor. Below details the number of attempts assigned to each rarity which is used to determine how many attempts you receive (though occasionally, they stray from this math). This is the total you are allotted across all options, so it is important to select your choices wisely.

• Common = 9 per
• Rare = 6 per
• Epic = 3 per
• Legendary/Unique = Varies but tends to usually be 2 total

They recently started putting the number of attempts on the calendar again and sometimes stray from the above. Refer to the calendar for the confirmed counts. Each rarity has a different length of time the spawn lasts followed by a different length of time until respawn after despawn. Commons and Rares will last about 35 minutes with about 5 minutes between. Epics last about 30 minutes with about 5 minutes in between. Legendaries & Uniques last about 27 minutes with about 3 minutes in between. Many thanks to Lilikoi of Dom Tuoretto for helping us nail down those cycle times!

All strikes and trials are represented on the calendar with the level of difficulty along with how long they last (1 day or 2 days). The trials are shown along the very bottom in gray boxes.

Wednesday - Thursday: 27 attempts

• Archaeotherium (Monday) (Inostherium, Keratoporcus)
• Brontotherium (Battle Exclusive) (Brontolasmus)
• Eremotherium (Local 3 Day/Dawn/Dusk) (Eremocerus)

Here we have a couple of Commons in Bronto & Eremo that may be worth some efforts to go out of your way for them. Both are extremely useful in Commons tournaments, and one is Battle Exclusive. It is 27 attempts over just two days, so your optimal plan may be to split your attempts over these two. 

As of Wednesday morning:

Friday - Saturday: 9 Attempts

• Smilodon (Global Day/Dawn/Dusk) (Smilocephalosaurus>Smilonemys>Indonemys)
• Woolly Mammoth (Local 2 Anytime) (Entelemoth>Entelolania, Mammotherium>Mammolania, Tsintamoth)
• Woolly Rhino (Event Exclusive) (Keratoporcus, Monolorhino)

These are the same 3 options we had for this event a year ago, and our opinion hasn't changed dramatically. Rhino is definitely the top target here due to its Exclusivity as well as its Unique hybrid. As much as I like cats, Smilo is a global spawn and the most accessible of this group.However, the addition of the fusible Apex adds to its appeal despite the accessibility. Mammoth isn't an awful choice, but this is not a case we'll recommend something over the Event Exclusive option.

As of Wednesday morning:

Sunday: 1 Attempts

• Arctalces (Event Exclusive) (Arctovasilas)
• Smilocephalosaurus (Event Exclusive) (Smilonemys>Indonemys)
• Thylaconyx (Event Exclusive>Aenocyonyx>Indolycan)

Looks like Ludia isn't feeling so giving, as we only get 1 attempt out of these 3 great options which all feed a fusible Apex. We lean toward Thylaconyx here based on its own prowess and the new fusible Apex it feeds. It also requires a Battle Exclusive component which can't be said about the other two. However, if you're still working on Indonemys, Smilo will get you a lot further unless you're in the game of spending money. Arctalces does require an Event Exclusive to feed it, but Vasilas is probably the worst of the 3 Apexes that come out of these creatures (despite a supposed recent buff).

As of Wednesday morning:

Sunday: 1 Attempts

• Entelolania (Event Exclusive)
• Testacornibus (Event Exclusive) (Arctovasilas)

Alongside our Legendary attempt, we will also have one Unique attempt. Both of these are equally frustrating to face if you're not equipped with something Fierce. Lazy Lania gains an edge with a group move to help against those pesky flocks. Cornibus does currently have a fusible Apex, but as mentioned earlier, it's not anywhere near a must have. You won't go wrong with either, just make sure you get your one. You never know when something might go from zero to hero.

As of Wednesday morning:

Monday - Tuesday: 24 Attempts

• Arctodus (Local 4 Day/Dawn/Dusk) (Arctalces>Arctovasilas)
• Dire Wolf (Event Exclusive) (Aenocyonyx>Indolycan)
• Marsupial Lion (Battle Exclusive) (Thylacotator>Thylos Intredpidus, Thylaconyx>Aenocyonyx>Indolycan)
• Megaloceros (Tuesday) (Megalogaia, Enteloceros)

Hands down, Dire Wolf is where you want to invest your attempts if you're able to spend the time to make that happen. It's the only Event Exclusive and is by far the newest of this bunch. If you're unable to be selective, try to prioritize in the following order (taking in to account hybrids & exclusivity): ML, Arctodus, Megalo.

As of Wednesday morning:

Strike Events and Trials are also Winter Creatures themed and can reward the same Common, Rare, and Epic DNA found at Event Supply Drops (with the very rare but possible Legendary & Unique).

We have a Beta strike on Friday as well as Boost Strikes on Thursday (Attack), Saturday (HP), and Tuesday (Speed).

Scents

Both scent strikes this week will be Scent of Claws (Thursday & Monday) and can draw the following when activated (with one Rare guaranteed):

• Amphicyon (Common)
• Arachaeotherium (Common)
• Brontotherium (Common)
• Eremotherium (Common)
• Glyptodon (Common)
• Phorusrhacos (Common)
• Arctodus (Rare)
• Argentavis (Rare)
• Cervacles (Rare)
• Dire Wolf (Rare)
• Elasmotherium (Rare)
• Marsupial Lion (Rare)
• Megaloceros (Rare)
• Carbonemys (Epic)
• Eucaldoceros (Epic)
• Oviraptor Gen 2 (Epic)
• Smilodon (Epic)
• Woolly Mammoth (Epic)
• Woolly Rhino (Epic)

Treasure Chase

We have a special treasure chase on Sunday where distance doesn't matter, and there will be an opportunity for a special emote to go with the coins. We only get one pop each period (Sunday will run 11am Eastern to 8pm Eastern, then it will reset until 11am Eastern Monday) and can be rewarded coins, DNA, and boosts (random amounts and not guaranteed)

Hybrid Pursuit

The Fukuimimus concludes begins with the regional spawn Struthiomimus.

Our December arena seasonal reward will be Blue and Moros Intrepidus will be our Daily Dino.

Week 2 of Pulmonoscorpios Alliance Championships will be Epic/Legendary/Unique All (No Restrictions) Advantage tournament for Miragaia & Dsungaripterus DNA! 

December 2022 DNA Tournament

REQUIREMENTS

• Creatures

  • Epic
  • Legendary
  • Unique
  • All

• Level

  • All creatures are set to default Levels (any)

• Stat Boosts

  • Enabled

• Restrictions

  • None

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The holiday season is in full effect as we spend the week celebrating a wonderful winterland of Winter Creatures. What do you plan to dart and why? Join our Discord and get in the discussion today!