Twas the Nate Before Christmas, with a chill in the air,
a new Crusader arrives — Wrena the Fair!
she's badass but friendly, joyous and caring,
she joins the Crusaders, in a holiday pairing,
from an Elvish enclave, deep in the mountains,
she journeys outward, destination uncertain,
to fight for her people, there's no line she won't cross,
she'll slay all the monsters, just like a boss!

The end of another year approaches, and with it a brand-new badass Elven Crusader arrives to herald in the new year! Collect Wrena the Fair and the rest of The Nate Before Christmas' Crusaders before the event wraps up on New Year's Day, January 1, 2019!

The Nate Before Christmas 4 runs until January 1, 2019 at 12:00PM PT!

New Tier 4 Crusader: Wrena the Fair

Wrena the Fair is one badass mutha — but she's also really friendly, and wants to promote Elvish welfare! She's come down from the Elven enclave in the mountains, as she's heard about your band of Crusaders...

Wrena is a DPS Crusader the way we wanted Tauriel to be (we're looking at YOU, Peter Jackson). She does DPS based upon how many Crusaders are in the formation.

Crusaders Return

If you haven't collected them already, you can unlock previous Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Crusaders by completing their respective objectives. Xander the Xmas Dragon, The Dark Helper, Robo-Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, and RoboSanta are all once again available to unlock!

New Tier 4 Objectives

• Recruit Wrena, the Fair | Wrena takes up a slot in the formation. Only elves adjacent to Wrena do DPS. Wrena decreases Global DPS and Gold Find for each non-Elf Crusader adjacent to her. Taskmasters are disabled. Reach area 600.


• A Very Fair Christmas | Only Elf and Angel Crusaders are available to use. The Reset ability has moved to Alan the Archangel at level 250. Reach area 700.


• Deck the Halls | A fragile Christmas ornament takes up a slot in the formation and increases spawn speed for each monster killed. If the ornament dies, you instantly wipe the area. Additionally, angrey green Grunches spawn at random and they live for at least a second. Reach area 750.


• Die Harder | Bruise Wallace takes up a slot in the formation. He buffs your DPS by 2000% minus 200% for every dead Crusader. Monsters also have increased health. Reach area 800.


• Caution! Hot Chocolate! | Hot Chocolate cups spawn randomly. The first few buff your DPS for 15 seconds. If you've killed 7 on an area, all subsequent Hot Chocolates killed disable your DPS for 15 seconds. Reach area 850.

Help! Where’s the Loot?

Equipment for event Crusaders can be found in Silver and Jeweled Christmas Chests, which you can earn from objectives and the free play or buy in the shop. Each non-recruitment objective will drop a chest for its given tier of Crusaders, and free play will drop all-tier chests. Gear for Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4 Crusaders will only appear in all-tier chests once you've unlocked the respective Crusaders. You can select the tier of chest you buy in the shop.

You'll have until January 1, 2019 at 12:00PM PT to complete The Nate Before Christmas 4!

This skill! This innate competence! Could it be... Talent? Your Crusaders have awakened a bevy of new powers that will send monsters packing - and get you the Idols you crave.

Open up the Talent window to browse 8 all-new Talents, all affordably within the existing tiers. We've also made changes to a couple of existing talents, Speed Runner and Bonus Training. Check out the Change Log for more details!

New Talents

Super Clicks Increases base Click damage by 200% per level. Requirements: Costs 50 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 150 in any Campaign. Has 25 levels.	Task Mastery Increases the Click damage of Taskmasters by 5% per level. Requirements: Costs 100 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 300 in any Campaign. Has 20 levels.
Nurturing Increases the number of Crusader levels that Taskmasters purchase with each click. Requirements: Costs 1000 Idols for the first level. Must have completed area 300 in any Campaign. Has 20 levels.	Higher Magnification Additively increases the effect of Magnify by 5% per level. Requirements: Costs 2000 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 600 in any Campaign. Has 10 levels.
Speed Runner UPDATED: Decreases the duration of missions by 2% per level. Requirements: Costs 1000 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 600 in any Campaign. Has 10 levels.	Synergy Multiplicatively increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 3% per level for each other Crusader with whom they share at least one tag (excluding gender and event tags). Requirements: Costs 300 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 600 in any Campaign. Has 15 levels.
Head Start Provides 2500 event tokens at the beginning of every special event. Requirements: Costs 10000 Idols for the only level. Must have completed Area 600 in any Campaign.	Golden Age Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1% per level of the Gold bonus provided by Crusaders. Requirements: Costs 7500 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 900 in any Campaign. Has 50 levels.
Kilo Leveling Multiplies the Crusaders' damage for every 1000 levels they have. Requirements: Costs 500,000 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 900 in any Campaign. Has 5 levels.	Bonus Training UPDATED: Increases the max level of Crusaders by 25, starting from the first bench seat. Each level adds another seat, while increasing the max level of previous seats by a further 25. Requirements: Costs 225,000 Idols for the first level. Must have completed Area 1500 in any Campaign. Has 29 levels.