GW2 Wintersday achievement Cold Weather Friend achievement guide with a list of locations of the Magic Snow to build the Magic Snowman
Snowmen need per achievement tier
- Tier 1 – 5
- Tier 2 – 15
- Tier 3 – 30
- Tier 4 – 50
Completing this achievement will earn you 20 achievement points and count towards the Apprentice Toymaker achievement/title under Special Events.
Easiest/Quickest Method
There are 3 Magic snow sites within Lion’s Arch. If there are overflows in Lion’s Arch, simply relog into another overflow. Otherwise, you can use an alt and repeat it again.
- South of Grand Plaza
- North of Trade’s Forum
- East of Black Lion Trading Company
Racial Cities
Cities are free and have no waypoint costs.
| Divinity’s Reach (3) | Rata Sum (3) |
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| The Grove (3) | Black Citadel (3) |
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| Hoelbrak (3) | |
| 1. NW of Might and Main Waypoint 2. SE of Eastern Watchpost Waypoint 3. West of Hero’s Compass Waypoint |
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World zones
if you absolutely cannot wait and must get the achievement done now, you can go out into the open world (mostly starter zones) and find Magic Snow there.
Kryta
| Queensdale | Kessex Hills |
| 1. Village of Shaemoor near bridge 2. Claypool Waypoint 3. Beeletun Waypoint |
1. Fort Salma 2. Ireko Tradecamp Waypoint 3. South of Darkwound Waypoint |
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| Gendarran Fields | Harathi Hinterlands |
| 1. Nebo Terrace Waypoint 2. Ascalon Settlement Waypoint 3. South of Vigil Keep Waypoint |
1. NW of Seraph’s Landing Waypoint 2. SE of Wynchona Rally Point Waypoint 3. South of Grey Gritta’s Waypoint |
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Magumma Jungle
| Metrica Province | Caledon Forest |
| 1. East of Soren Draa Waypoint 2. Desider Atum Waypoint 3. SW of Hexane Renegade Waypoint |
1. NE of Astorea Waypoint 2. North of Gleaner’s Cove Waypoint 3. Mabon Market Waypoint |
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| Brisban Wildlands | |
| 1. East of Mirkrise Waypoint 2. South of Gallowfields Waypoint |
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Ascalon
| Plains of Ashford | Diessa Plateau |
| 1. NW of Ashford Waypoint 2. North from Temperus Point Waypoint 3. South of Smokestead Waypoint |
1. West of Nolan Waypoint 2. NE of Dawnright Estate Waypoint 3. West of Redreave Mill Waypoint |
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| Fields of Ruin | |
| 1. Ebonhawke 2. Deathblade’s Watch Waypoint |
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Shiverpeak Mountains
| Wayfarer Foothills | Snowden Drifts |
| 1. North of Horncall Waypoint 2. Zelechor Hot Spring Waypoint 3. East of Taigan Waypoint |
1. Snowhawk Landing Waypoint 2. North of Isenfall Waypoint 3. Next to vista near Skradden Waypoint |
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| Lornar’s pass | |
| 1. West of Thunderhorns Waypoint 2. Vanjir’s Stead Waypoint 3. North of Demon’s Maw Waypoint |
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16 replies on “GW2 Magic Snow–Cold-Weather Friend Wintersday achievement guide”
Snowman Locations Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSI1c3iKRHc
video up is porrrrr nice pictures next friend ?
Very good guide. Thanks for the pictures.
Correction: Cold-Weather Friend gives 20 achievement points not 8.
thank you, corrected. not sure why I wrote 8 heh
You were probably thinking of the pop-up screen for the final tier of the completed achievement, which grants 8 points on top of the first three tiers (2, 4, and 6 points, respectively) for a grand total of 20 points. 🙂
In any case, thanks a lot, Dulfy! Your guide helped me a lot!
How long do the magic snow piles take to reset?
Thanks for the guide! Greatly appreciated.
Not really sure on the exact time. I would check it after daily reset and see 🙂
Seems to be a day, but overflow ones are separate.
You can find one in the center of the main Hylek village (“Astrozintli Forelands” is the area name) in Sparkfly Fen. As a bonus, the village often has as many as three dynamic events going on at the same time, and is surrounded by gift boxes.
neato, ty. Will add it in 😀
There is also one in the Iron Marches, south of Warhound village waypoint (in Warhound village), there’s also a giftbox near it.
Found another one in Brisban Wildlands, south of Willem bandit camp, hope it helps
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