Winterberries can now be found all over Tibia! The Combined Magical Winterberry Society wants YOU to help gathering them and, of course, process them to create the juice that keeps the magic in the world flowing - good treading!
Begin by traveling to Thais and talk with Emilie just west of the north gate, here. Ask her about a mission. You need at least 3 bunches of winterberries on you. If you agree, she will send you to the Winterberry cellar, here. There you can talk to Gruffy who can inform you more about the event.
This World Quest has several repeatable stages made of the below phases. You may see orange messages informing you of what you have to do in each phase. Once all phases are complete then you begin the next stage or the event is successful.
Phase 1[]
First you must bring 10 Bunches of Winterberries to the cellar. Go to the north end of the cellar and use a Bunch of Winterberries on one of the Moulds. When you use it, you will see the following orange message: "Squish!" After you have squished enough bunches you will see the following message: "You already delivered all of your winterberries for today." A total of 100 winterberries have to be delivered to proceed to the next stage.
Phase 2[]
Next you need to tread the Winterberries in the vat by walking over them. As you walk on each square they will become smoother. After a certain amount of time that a square is not walked upon the berries will regress to a prior smoothness and will need to be walked upon again. Therefore is it necessary to have multiple people involved to keep up.
Phase 3[]
Phase 2 may be interrupted with three other needs:
You will need to add sugar. Go to the east side of the vat where you can see an area of sugar. Right-click and use the sugar then use it on the vat of Winterberries.
You will need to add water. Go to the west side of the vat where you can see thee fountains, use a bucket on the fountains then use the bucket on the vat of Winterberries.
Berrypests appear in the vat and must be killed before they eat the Winterberries.
After these phases more berries may be needed and an orange message informs you to get more berries, then you must again follow phases 1-3.
It is not certain how many times the phases will repeat, but eventually a message will appear saying the event is finished.
There is a "tub of berries" at the north end of the cellar. The berries sprite reflects the stage you are in, so by the end of the final stage the berries in the tub should look like the last stage of Pressed Winterberries:
To leave the Winterberry Cellar, tell NPC Gruffy "Hi, Thais, Yes".
NOTE: The event will be successful as soon as a total of 40 loads (4000 Bunches of Winterberries) are stomped.
Problems[]
There were a few known issues with this quest that were fixed as of the 5 October 2011 server save.
Sugar kept being added but the system did not recognize that there was enough.
24 hours after any given player entered the cellar and the event was successful, if any players were still in the cellar, they would be teleported back to Emilie.
Player: Hello
Emilie: Hello helpful citizen Player! Finally! Player: helpful
Emilie: We agents of the Combined Magical Winterberry Society try to ensure the harvesting and processing of winterberries into all sorts of useful, magical fluids. ...
Emilie: AND we have an important mission for you - yes you. One that will influence practically all of Tibia. Player: Combined Magical Winterberry Society
Emilie: The Combined Magical Winterberry Society was founded more than one hundred years ago by mage Tolwyn Winter. ...
Emilie: It's our duty to ensure the harvesting and processing of winterberries to secure a steady flow of the appropriate magical resources for potions and other magical fluids in this world. Player: winterberries or berries
Emilie: Winterberries are special berries only harvestable during a short time of the year. They are used to refine potions of all sorts. They can severely enhance their magical effects. ...
Emilie: Without them it is generally a little more difficult to create effective potions. Player: potions
Emilie: We oversee the treading of winterberries in all of Tibia. The processed berries will be used to refine magical potions such as health or mana potions. Player: mission
Emilie: Ahem... WELCOME! The Combined Magical Winterberry Society is proud to have you on board... mumble... mmh... which thank you very much... in our humble opinion... is our duty to... mumble ...
Emilie: And that is why you are here now. To help us, yourself and everyone around you of course. Are you ready to join us and do you have at least 3 bunches of winterberries with you? Player: yes
If you do not have at least "3 bunches of winterberries"
Emilie: Hmm... I'm sorry but I don't see any berries there. If you don't show me at least 3 berries, I'm unfortunately in no position to let you in.
If you do have at least "3 bunches of winterberries"
Emilie: Good! Then I'm officially allowed and encouraged to transport you to one of our cellars. Are you prepared to leave? Player: yes
Emilie: Just perfect! Have a safe journey! And good treading...
If you say anything but "yes"
Emilie: Please return to me as soon as you made up your undecisive mind.
Player: Hello
Gruffy: Hello there Player! It's good to see you. Player: name
Gruffy: Name's Gruffy, I'm a proud *sigh* representative of the... etcetera, etcetera... Combiwintersociety etcetera. You get the idea. ...
Gruffy: As you probably already know, we have a mission for you - and, based on your presence here, I assume you recently accepted to help us. Player: job
Gruffy: The Combined Magical Winterberry Society and its members try to ensure the harvesting and processing of winterberries to all sorts of useful, magical fluids. Player: mission
Gruffy: Alright, first thing is - you deliver your berries and put them into one of the moulds over there. We need to fill the vat with berries before the actual treading can start. ...
Gruffy: When enough winterberries have been put into the moulds, the vat is full and the treading starts. When this time has come, everyone needs to enter the vat and start TREADING like they never trod before. ...
Gruffy: It's possible that you may have to deal with the berry pest, a whole swarm of small flying buggers who will try to feed on the winterberries. ...
Gruffy: If that happens, you will have to remove them. All of them, or the treading cannot continue. ...
Gruffy: Depending on the state of the berries, you will need to add water or sugar to the mix after some time. I will tell you which, just listen to me when the time comes. ...
Gruffy: Whenever you want to return to Thais, simply ask me to transport you back. And that's basically it. All clear or do you want me to repeat it? Player: good
Gruffy: The Combined Magical Winterberry Society and its members try to ensure the harvesting and processing of winterberries to all sorts of useful, magical fluids.. Player: The Combined Magical Winterberry Society
The Combined Magical Winterberry Society was founded more than one hundred years ago by mage Tolwyn Winter. ...
Gruffy: It is our duty to ensure the harvesting and processing of winterberries to secure a steady flow of the appropriate magical resources for potions and other magical fluids in this world. ...
Gruffy: What? No, all further information is on a... a 'need to know' basis. Where? No! That's not - I mean I won't tell you where our... IF we even HAVE any headquarters. Player: winterberries or berries
Gruffy: Winterberries are special berries only harvestable during a short time of the year. They are used to refine potions of all sorts. They can severely enhance their magical effects. ...
Gruffy: Without them it is generally a little more difficult to create effective potions. Player: potions
Gruffy: We oversee the treading of winterberries in all of Tibia. The processed berries will be used to refine magical potions such as health or mana potions. Player: Bye
Gruffy: See you around.
Annual Autumn Vintage
Check the status before processing berries:
Player: status
Emilie/Gruffy: As of now, no berries have been processed. Try to find some winterberries and join the Winterberry Society in their everlasting struggle to provide even better potions for everyone!
Annual Autumn Vintage
Check the status after processing X loads of berries:
Player: status
Emilie/Gruffy: As of now, X loads have been processed. Keep it up!
Annual Autumn Vintage
To leave the cellar:
Player: Thais or transport
Gruffy: Alright, so you want to return to Thais. Are you ready to leave? Player: yes
Gruffy: Goodbye and have a safe trip!
Annual Autumn Vintage
Rewards[]
If the world finishes the quest, Health and Mana Potion's effect will be enhanced by 33% for 7 days.
After contributing in the event over 3 years (at least one Bunch of Winterberries for one of the events each year) you will receive the achievement Berry Picker.