#Notn

[clansunsharp]

yooo these new chess set familiars rule tho

[augite-protector]

NOTN advice from a veteran: it’s the holidays. Ignore your family. They’ll probably be there afterwards. NOTN is once a year. It is your life for the next two weeks. Embrace it. Live it. Thrive. Kill a man

[palushiemalis-fr]

i made this over the course of a whole day because i am procrastinating wrapping presents.

[oddfamiliar]

Merry Eggmas and a Happy New Egg

[pearlcatcher]

HAPPY NIGHT OF THE NOCTURNE EVE!!!!!!!

[fiestylittlebeetle]

oh yeah, now we're cooking

[nevros-fr]

I haven't seen anyone share the White Chess Herd yet so here we go!

[magichats-fr]

Excellent NotN Advice

Mimics are trustworthy and reliable to trust with egg put egg by mimic mimic will keep egg warm and cozy

[lindwur-fr]

Hey kids NotN is just around the corner so Grandma Lindwur giving you all this cheat sheet for getting materials and ingredients to make as many chests as possible. This ain't the prettiest layout ever but its ACCURATE and EASY TO READ and GOOD TO HAVE OPEN WHILE YOU GO INSANE IN THE COLI

I'll update this with any changes made when the event kicks off. But for now- consider this your grocery list for Baldwin. Have fun~

[420kitties]

I made this for all those doing prepwork for the upcoming holidays......... no no not that holiday, THE DRAGON ONE!!!

[ripplerising]

First decent hatch of 2025 :D almost XYX!

Metals/Murk/Gold

The Murk worried me at first but actually it works pretty well

[dirtclanofficial]

Bonding familiars FAST on MOBILE

1) start on the swap familiars page. Sort by "not bonded today". Choose a new familiar.

2) click the dragon's page directly.

3) bond the familiar but DON'T refresh.

4) Press the Go Back button on your device. This will make you go back a page, to the swap familiars page that's already sorted by "not bonded today" with the just bonded familiar removed.

Swap - dragon - bond - Go Back. Repeat.

(video demonstrates)

[augite-protector]

Ok jokes aside here's some actual veteran advice about NOTN:

-Set goals. How many eggs? How many chests? Which will you open, which will you sell? How will you get them? This will help prevent overwhelm. I personally aim for 50 eggs, and I open half-sell half.

-Higgins is your friend. Back in my day we had to wait for swipp like heathens. Note which items you have for trade at Higgins, and which you need. You are going to have stacks upon stacks of one part of the trade and none of the other, it is normal. Trade with people. Sell on the AH.

-Use a guide. Not every item drops in each venue. Some venues are better than others for grinding specific items.

-Jump between venues. Variety is the spice of life! Bamboo Falls is traditionally the best for pure chest grinding, but Waterway, Rainsong Jungle, and Sandswept Delta have always been nice to me. Everyone has their own superstitions about which venue is best. Realistically, they're probably all the same at this point.

-Keep Baldwin moving. There's like 40 individual items you can brew during NOTN at this point. When grinding, melt down stuff. When asleep, brew the items.

-If you want pure profit, you will make more money selling chests. Don't open the chests for hopes of selling eggs, and by god don't open eggs in hopes of striking big. I mean. You can! I do it every year. It's fun! But I lose so much cash.

-Do your dailies!! Just like fests, you can now get random chests doing anything and everything. Some people go nuts trying to bond with every familiar. Only do this if you have a good computer and patience. Which. I don't. Lol

-Check the forums for trades. If you want specific items I guarantee you people will have 200 of them they want to get rid of. Trade your duplicates! There's usually a big master thread.

-Do not rush. NOTN is 2 weeks long. Everyone goes crazy day 1 and then burns out before the new year. It's much easier to grind 30 mins a day instead of 6 hours all at once.

But most of all HAVE FUN!

[palushiemalis-fr]

made this in ten minutes enjoy

[bantamfangar]

this year’s noc egg haul. whew. now what do i do with them

[kuivamustekala]

I wanted to do this a couple days earlier but didn't have time / wasn't at home until now, so if someone's already done this: oops

anyway: quick cheat sheet of which venues drop which items, ft a red background for items needed for a chest trade. It's not the greatest resolution, it's pretty messy, but should do the job for the next week and a bit

also below the cut is an image where the venues are ranked in order of chests dropped/hour, based on Maki's festival guide and the linked spreadsheet. Pardon the handwriting, I did not feel like fighting with CSP's text tools