Merry Christmas in the Netherworld ~2017 Christmas~

◆ Event Period ◆
December 15, 2017 (Friday) to December 25, 2017 (Monday) 23:59

◆ Event Prologue ◆
Summer has arrived at Chaldea just before Christmas.
42°C heatwave. The staff collapses from the heat.
Even Servants are affected by the mysterious fever...

A certain Servant, who went up and said ｢I feel great!｣,
tells the Master that they are the only one capable of fixing
this abnormal weather and mysterious fever───
As the destruction of Chaldea approaches in just half a day,
can they overcome this crisis and welcome Christmas in peace?

◆ Event Summary ◆
We will hold the ｢Merry Christmas in the Netherworld｣ limited event!
In order to rescue Chaldea, which is on the verge of total annihilation due to the abnormal weather
and a mysterious fever affecting the Servants, the Master goes to that land alone.
Just who is this new Santa that will be making an appearance?

Please enjoy this ｢Merry Christmas in the Netherworld｣ limited event with an original story written by Kinoko Nasu himself!

Event Quests will appear in the Terminal during the event period!
Main Quests will be released daily, and clearing Section 1 will unlock Free Quests where you can gather event items.
Let's beat the Event Quests, gather ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣, and get a gift from Altera the Sun [Ta]!

In addition, once Section 8 is cleared and you've obtained the ｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ from the Present Roulette,
you'll be able to obtain Altera the Sun [Ta] permanently through the Exchange Shop.
Progress through the event and try to get ｢4★ (SR) Altera the Sun [Ta]｣!

◆ Event Requirements ◆
You must clear ｢7th Singularity: Absolute Demonic Front, Babylonia｣ to participate in this event.

Fate/Grand Order TVCM

While the Limited Event ｢Merry Christmas in the Netherworld｣ is ongoing, starting December 13 (Wednesday) 18:00
we will also be holding a 1/2 AP Cost campaign to all the Main Quests up to the 7th Singularity Babylonia.
In addition to the permanent 1/2 AP cost to all quest from Episode 1, this reduces the AP cost to 1/4!

◆ Event Period ◆
December 13, 2017 (Wednesday) 18:00 to December 25, 2017 (Monday) 23:59

◆ Eligible Quests ◆
All Main Quests up to the 7th Singularity
※ Please note that Free Quest are unaffected.
※ The AP Cost will remain 1/4 even if you withdraw from battle.




Gather ｢Event Items｣ from ｢Event Quests｣!
｢Sands of the Netherworld｣ can be used to roll the Present Roulette!
Equipping the Event CE ｢Merry Sheep｣ will increase the amount of ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣ you obtain from battle.
｢Snow Baby｣, ｢Corpse Bell｣, and ｢Hollow Candle｣ can be traded at the Event Item Exchange Shop for rare materials.



Obtain the ｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ from the Present Roulette.
Use them at the Event Item Exchange Shop for ｢Altera the Sun [Ta]｣ to permanently join your party!



Obtain the ｢Crystal Wreath｣ from the Present Roulette.
Use them at the Event Item Exchange Shop for duplicate copies of ｢Altera the Sun [Ta]｣ and level up her NP!

※ ｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ can only be traded once Section 8 is cleared.
※ ｢Crystal Wreath｣ can only be traded once ｢Altera the Sun [Ta]｣ permanently joins your party.


Main Quests will be released on a daily basis.
Clearing Section 1 will unlock Free Quests where you can gather event items.



Gather ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣ from Event Quests to exchange for presents from Altera!
There is one Grand Prize in each lineup.
Once you get it, tap ｢Prize Reset｣ to reset the lineup with a new Grand Prize.
There are 10 different lineups containing Grand Prizes! Move on to the next one once you've acquired the Grand Prize!

※ On the 11th lineup or higher, you can only reset after clearing all the items.
　　Grand Prizes, Golden Fruits, or Silver Fruits will no longer become available as well.
※ Getting the ｢Crystal Wreath｣ will allow you to upgrade Altera the Sun [Ta]'s NP.

Each prize lineup will have ONLY 1 Grand Prize that you can receive from each set.	Once you receive the Grand Prize for the current lineup, you can press the ｢Prize Reset｣ to refill the items.

◆ Present Lineup ◆

[Grand Prize] 1st to 4th Lineup: 　　Event Limited Ascension Material: 　　Santa Mustache 5th Lineup: 　　Exchange Ticket of the War God 　　※ Can be exchanged for 「Altera the Sun [Ta]」 at the shop. 6th Lineup: 　　Crystallized Lore 7th to 10th Lineup: 　　Hero Crystal: Solar Fou ALL 4★ (ATK) [Event Item] Crystal Wreath ※ Can be exchanged for 「Altera the Sun [Ta]」 at the shop after the 「Exchange Ticket of the War God」 is used up. [Ascension & Skill Enhancement Materials] Homunculus Baby Ghost Lantern Magic Cerebrospinal Fluid Seed of Yggdrassil [Skill Enhancement Materials] Secret Gem of Saber Secret Gem of Archer Secret Gem of Lancer Secret Gem of Rider Secret Gem of Caster Secret Gem of Assassin Secret Gem of Berserker Magic Gem of Saber Magic Gem of Archer Magic Gem of Lancer Magic Gem of Rider Magic Gem of Caster Magic Gem of Assassin Magic Gem of Berserker Gem of Saber Gem of Archer Gem of Lancer Gem of Rider Gem of Caster Gem of Assassin Gem of Berserker [Other Items] Blaze of Wisdom ALL 4★ (SR) Fire of Wisdom ALL 3★ (R) Golden Fruit Silver Fruit Bronze Fruit Mana Prism Friend Points QP

◆ Hints and Strategies 1 ◆
Add certain Servants to your party to acquire more ｢Snow Baby｣, ｢Corpse Bell｣, and ｢Hollow Candle｣ per drop!

※ A ｢Next Event Servant｣ filter will be implemented starting December 9 (Sat) 22:00 on the Servant Selection
　　and Servant Synthesis screens. Please use this feature to easily find Servants you need for the next event.
※ Altera the Sun [Ta] and Ereshkigal will not appear in the ｢Next Event Servant｣ filter, but will appear
　　on the ｢Event Bonus｣ filter once the event starts.




◆ Hints and Strategies 1 ◆
Add certain Servants to your party to acquire more ｢Snow Baby｣, ｢Corpse Bell｣, and ｢Hollow Candle｣ per drop!

※ A ｢Next Event Servant｣ filter will be implemented starting December 9 (Sat) 22:00 on the Servant Selection
　　and Servant Synthesis screens. Please use this feature to easily find Servants you need for the next event.
※ Altera the Sun [Ta] and Ereshkigal will not appear in the ｢Next Event Servant｣ filter, but will appear
　　on the ｢Event Bonus｣ filter once the event starts.

◆ Hints and Strategies 2 ◆
Event Craft Essences like ｢Merry Sheep｣ which you can receive from the Event Item Exchange Shop will increase
the amount of ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣ drops you receive in battle if you have them equipped.
※ Please note that the dropped items aren't 100% guaranteed for each quest.

◆ Hints and Strategies 3 ◆
Limited Craft Essences like ｢Starry Nights｣, ｢Party Time｣, or ｢Snow Pirates｣ which you can receive from
the gacha will increase the amount of event item drops you receive in battle if you have them equipped.
※ Please note that the dropped items aren't 100% guaranteed for each quest.

｢Starry Nights｣ will increase the amount of ｢Snow Baby｣!	｢Party Time｣ will increase the amount of ｢Corpse Bell｣!	｢Snow Pirates｣ will increase the amount of ｢Hollow Candle｣!

★★★★★ SSR Merry Sheep ATK　　500 (Max: 2,000)　　　　HP　　0 Effect Increase Quick Card effectiveness by 8% Increase Arts Card effectiveness by 8% Gain 3 Critical Stars per turn Increase Sands of the Netherworld drop amount by 1 [Merry Christmas in the Netherworld Only] Quantity per drop increases further after Maximum Limit Breakthrough!

◆ Ascension ◆
Use the Ascension Material ｢Santa Mustache｣ available only through Item Exchange during the event period
to perform Ascension 4 times and see the final Saint Graph!



※ Ascension will not change the battle graphics of Altera the Sun [Ta].

Altera the Sun [Ta] - Candy Star Photon Ray

◆ Exchange Method ◆
Exchange Period: December 15, 2017 (Friday) to December 31, 2017 (Sunday) 12:59
※ The items ｢Crystal Wreath｣, ｢Snow Baby｣, ｢Corpse Bell｣, ｢Hollow Candle｣, ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣, and
｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ will disappear from your inventory after the deadline.

You can exchange these items by selecting the ｢Event Item Exchange｣ menu while inside Da Vinci's Workshop.

※ ｢Hero Crystal: Solar Fou ALL 4★ (ATK)｣ and ｢Hero Crystal: Meteor Fou ALL 4★ (HP)｣ will be unlocked once all Main Quests are cleared.

◆ Crystal Wreath Exchange ◆

[Event Limited Servants] 4★ (SR) ｢Altera the Sun [Ta]｣ ※ Unlocked by using the ｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ first. [Ascension & Skill Up Materials] Chichi Divine Wine Cursed Beast Gallstone [Other Items] QP ※ Can be exchanged for 500,000 QP per Crystal Wreath. ※ Unlocked by clearing all the Main Quest.

◆ Snow Baby Exchange ◆

[Event Limited Craft Essence] 5★ (SSR) ｢Merry Sheep｣ [Ascension & Skill Up Materials] Heart of the Foreign God Tearstone of Blood Lamp of Sealed Evil [Ascension Materials] Lancer Monument Caster Monument Berserker Monument [Other Items] Hero Crystal: Meteor Fou ALL 4★ (HP) QP

◆ Corpse Bell Exchange ◆

[Event Limited Craft Essence] 5★ (SSR) ｢Merry Sheep｣ [Ascension & Skill Up Materials] Primordial Lanugo Kotan Magatama [Ascension Materials] Lancer Piece Caster Piece Berserker Piece [Other Items] Hero Crystal: Meteor Fou ALL 4★ (HP) Snow Baby

◆ Hollow Candle Exchange ◆

[Event Limited Craft Essence] 5★ (SSR) ｢Merry Sheep｣ [Ascension & Skill Up Materials] Meteor Horseshoe Chain of Fools Iron Stake of Evening Tears [Other Items] Hero Crystal: Meteor Fou ALL 4★ (HP) Hero Crystal: Star Fou ALL 3★ (HP) Hero Crystal: Sun Fou ALL 3★ (ATK) Corpse Bell

◆ Sands of the Netherworld Exchange ◆

[Other Items] QP ※ Can be exchanged for 10,000 QP for every 3 Sands of the Netherworld Exchange. ※ Unlocked after the event period ends.

Once all Event Quests have been cleared, a 「Challenge Quest」 with an insane amount of difficulty will be unlocked.

The Challenge Quest will not disappear once cleared, which means you can keep challenging the quest as many time as you
prefer and try out different combination of Servants and Craft Essences.
※ Quest clear rewards and dropped items can only be obtained during your first clear.

◆ Challenge Quest Requirements ◆
Clear All Main Quests from 「Merry Christmas in the Netherworld」
Clear ｢Final Singularity: Grand Time Temple, Solomon｣

◆ Challenge Quest One-Time Clear Reward ◆
Crystallized Lore x1


A new Interlude Quest for Ishtar (Archer) & Gilgamesh (Caster) will be added!

◆ Event Period ◆
December 22, 2017 (Friday) 18:00~

Ishtar ◆ Quest Unlock Requirement ◆ Clear 7th Singularity 2nd Ascension Bond Lv.-- ◆ Quest Clear Reward ◆ Saint Quartz x1

Gilgamesh ◆ Quest Unlock Requirement ◆ Clear 7th Singularity 2nd Ascension Bond Lv.-- ◆ Quest Clear Reward ◆ Saint Quartz x1

Temporary Servants can now be set as favorite during the event period.
※ They will be replaced by Mash Kyrielight after the event period if you failed to recruit them permanently.




We will add a ｢Group Select｣ button at the ｢Synthesis｣ screen for both Servants and Craft Essences.
Units pinned with the ｢Group Select｣ feature will always stay at the top when ｢Select Sort｣ is activated.

[Group Select]


Use the ｢Group Select｣ feature to tag Servants with the ｢★｣ icon.

[Select Sort]


By turning on the ｢Select Sort｣ feature, Servants tagged with the ｢Group Select｣ feature will be displayed at the top while at the ｢Synthesis｣ screen. In addition, tagged Servants will be displayed at the bottom while at the ｢Burn Saint Graph｣ screen.


We will implement a feature that displays the Event Bonus icon and its value when starting an Event Quest.
It will be displayed at the Party Confirmation & Support Selection screens.




We will implement a feature that allows you to zoom in and enlarge Saint Graphs while at the Servant or Craft Essence Detail screen by pinching out.




Previously, whether when a Debuff Success Rate fails or when it hits but gets negated by Debuff Immunity, it will still display ｢MISS｣. We will change it so when Debuff Immunity negates a Debuff that successfully landed, it will display ｢GUARD｣ instead to differentiate it from when it fails.


During battle, when a unit with Evade or Invincible status is attacked, a special effect will be displayed.
In addition, when a unit with Sure Hit or Ignore Invincible attacks an enemy with Evade or Invincible status, another special effect that cancels out their effects will display.

[Invincible]

[Ignore Invincible]

[Evade]

[Sure Hit]

You will be able to reset the prize lineup once you collect the 「Santa Mustache」, 「Exchange Ticket of the War God」, 「Crystallized Lore」, or 「Hero Crystal: Solar Fou」. Tap 「Prize Reset」 to get a new lineup and replenish the Grand Prize.

Gather ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣ from event quests to exchange for presents from Santa Altera!
There is one Grand Prize in each lineup.
Once you get it, tap ｢Prize Reset｣ to reset the lineup with a new Grand Prize.
There are 10 different lineups containing Grand Prizes! Move on to the next one once you've acquired the Grand Prize!
※ From the 11th lineup on, you will need to receive all presents from the lineup in order to reset. However, no Grand Prize will be added after reset.
※ Once the ｢Prize Reset｣ function is used 10 times, ｢Golden Fruit｣ and ｢Silver Fruit｣ will be removed from the lineup.

◆ Prize Roulette ◆

• From the 11th Prize lineup on, ｢Golden Fruit｣ and ｢Silver Fruit｣ will not be available.
• Expend 2 Sands of the Netherworld at the Prize Roulette to receive one prize from the lineup.
• The number of items in the Prize lineup is predetermined.
  When you receive an item from the Prize Roulette, it will be removed from the Prize lineup.
• ｢Prize Reset｣ will become available once you receive a certain prize (the ｢Grand Prize｣).
• The conditions for Prize lineup reset will vary depending on how many times you have reset.
• Once you use ｢Prize Reset｣, the contents of the Prize lineup will change.
  Please be aware that you will not be able to return the lineup to its previous state.

◆ Important Notes ◆

• The Prize Roulette graphics may not display correctly depending on your internet connection or during periods of heavy server traffic.
  However, if Sands of the Netherworld have been expended, the Prize Roulette has been spun successfully.
  Please check your Present Box and Item List.
• Saint Graphs received through the Prize Roulette will be sent to your Present Box.
  Items will be added directly to your Item List.

◆ Grand Prize ◆

◆ Contents ◆

◆ Exchange Method ◆

• Exchange Period: December 15, 2017 (Friday) to December 31, 2017 (Sunday) 12:59
• The items ｢Crystal Wreath｣, ｢Snow Baby｣, ｢Corpse Bell｣, ｢Hollow Candle｣, ｢Sands of the Netherworld｣, and
  ｢Exchange Ticket of the War God｣ will disappear from your inventory after the deadline.
• You can exchange these items by selecting the ｢Event Item Exchange｣ menu while inside Da Vinci's Workshop.
• If you wish to buy everything from this shop, you're gonna need the following: (unlimited items not included)

◆ Christmas 2017 Pickup Summon (Daily) Period ◆
December 15, 2017 (Friday) to December 25, 2017 (Monday) 23:59

For a limited time only, the ｢Christmas 2017 Pickup Summon (Daily)｣ will be available!
The new Servant ｢5★ (SSR) Ereshkigal｣ will appear for a limited time.
※ Players who have yet to reach the 7th Singularity can still participate in this gacha.

Also, ｢5★ (SSR) Altera (Saber)｣ will appear as Daily Pickup.
In addition, ｢4★ (SR) Medusa (Lancer)｣, ｢4★ (SR) Gilgamesh (Caster)｣, and ｢3★ (R) Ushiwakamaru｣ will appear at all times.

※ You cannot roll Ereshkigal on days where she is not available as Daily Pickup.
※ Ereshkigal will not be added to the Story Summons after the Pickup period.
※ Altera (Saber), Medusa (Lancer), Gilgamesh (Caster), and Ushiwakamaru are still available in the Story Summons after the Pickup period.
※ You must progress through the Main Quests to unlock the True Name of certain Servants.

Please tap the ｢Summon Info｣ button in the bottom left corner of the Saint Quartz Summon screen for more details.

You can increase the amount of event items you can gather by equipping the following Limited Craft Essences:
「5★ (SSR) Starry Nights」, 「4★ (SR) Party Time」, and 「3★ (R) Snow Pirates」.
※ ｢3★ (R) Snow Pirates｣ can be acquired from the Friend Point Summon during this Pickup period.

During the pickup period, featured Servants and Craft Essences will have an increased drop rate!

10x Summon will have 1 guaranteed 4★ (SR) or above card and 1 guaranteed 3★ (R) or above Servant!
※ Guaranteed ★4 (SR) or above card includes both Servants and Craft Essences.
※ ｢Drop Rate Up｣ indicates the picked up cards will have higher drop rate than Servants or Craft Essences of the same rarity.

※ Please note that the availability of Servants will change depending on the date.

Ereshkigal - Kur Kigal Irkalla

Altera - Photon Ray

★★★★★ SSR Starry Nights ATK　　500 (Max: 2,000)　　　　HP　　0 Effect Increase Buster Card effectiveness by 10% Increase Critical Strength by 10% Increase NP Gauge by 40% at the start of battle Increase Snow Baby drop amount by 1 [Merry Christmas in the Netherworld Only] Quantity per drop increases further after Maximum Limit Breakthrough!

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★★★★ SR Party Time ATK　　200 (Max: 750)　　　　HP　　320 (Max: 1,200) Effect Increase Quick Card effectiveness by 8% Increase Buster Card effectiveness by 8% Increase Critical Strength by 5% Increase Corpse Bell drop amount by 1 [Merry Christmas in the Netherworld Only] Quantity per drop increases further after Maximum Limit Breakthrough!

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★★★ R Snow Pirates ATK　　0　　　　HP　　300 (Max: 1,500) Effect Apply Evade (1 time) Gain 1 Critical Stars per turn Increase Hollow Candle drop amount by 1 [Merry Christmas in the Netherworld Only] Quantity per drop increases further after Maximum Limit Breakthrough!