Stately resting between the gaudy purple and orange of Halloween and merry red and green of Christmas is the earth tone-saturated Thanksgiving. While no one’s favorite color scheme, Thanksgiving does give us a nice in-between holiday with family meals, an awkward dance around politics, a work day for football teams, and the occasional MMORPG holiday event.
While not every online game has decided to embrace the American holiday, enough pop up every year that need corralling. And since we just got turkey certified here at Massively OP, we’re going to lay out all of this week’s event options for you on a platter. So enjoy the festivities and dressing up like a Pilgrim for two days maximum before deeply questioning that fashion sense. Now jingly sleigh bells, size XXXL red suits, and reindeer antlers, that’s a smart look indeed!
ARK: Evolution event
For the duration of the weekend, players can enjoy twice the harvesting rate, taming rate, experience gain, mating interval (wait, what?), and the speed at which babies gestate, hatch, and mature. Grow those turkeys fast and then eat them!
ArcheAge: Feastival
Through December 1st, ArcheAge is encouraging player chefs to participate in this culinary event with daily and timed quests for achievements and prizes.
Black Desert: Turkey on the Table
Through November 29th, players can get special Thanksgiving meal items from activities and combine them into a feast. The “feast” is actually a gift box with a number of fun rewards, so it behooves players to assemble as many of them as possible.
Champions Online: Nighthawk Event
Nighthawk returns for a bonus event that awards 2,000 questionite and costume pieces. Heroes have until November 30th to work their way through quests and save up for the costume and even a hoverbike.
Defiance: New Frontier Harvest
Players can earn a special turkey rocket launcher and a “Glutton” title by participating in the Reap the Harvest pursuit. It ends on November 29th.
EVE Online: Warp disruption bubble VFX test
Forget eating, there’s mass testing to be done! The studio is asking players to help test out the visuals of the new warp disruption bubbles.
Elder Scrolls Online: Orsinium’s two-year anniversary
Celebrate the second anniversary of the Orsinium update with deep discounts on the DLC and double node payouts, chest goodies, and reward boxes from Wrothgar questing.
Final Fantasy XIV: The Feast
The sixth season of this PvP event is here — but not for long. The team is keeping it shorter, with this round of The Feast concluding with the upcoming launch of Patch 4.2.
Just Survive: Free crates
Log in between now and November 27th to receive two free crates for this survival sandbox!
Lord of the Rings Online: Crafting boost
No fancy festival here, but crafters will enjoy a 25% boost to their advancement from November 21st through the 27th.
Neverwinter: Bonus refinement points
From November 22nd through the 28th, players level 10 and above will get refinement points every time that they kill a mob. There is a cap on how many bonus refinement points you can get over the course of this event, but hey, it’s always good to get more reward for the same effort!
Neverwinter: Coins of Waukeen
Though November 28th, players can take advantage of the Golden Lady’s generosity. She’ll add coin purses to random mob drops which can be opened or exchanged for reward packs. Get them golden pantaloons!
Pokemon Go: The Global Catch Challenge
The team is rallying players to catch an astonishing three billion pokemon over the course of the week. The more that players catch, the more rewards are given out across the world!
Skyforge: Oceanid Invasion
The third week of this alien invasion is underway, with prizes (such as legendary jewelry) for players who emerge victorious in repeling them.
Trove: Turkeytopia
New and returning rewards and activities mark the reprise of Turkeytopia. Enjoy two weeks of daily login goodies and other fun while it lasts! “We’re also giving daily login rewards throughout the event. Claim free Chaos Chests, Gem Booster Boxes, Dragon Coins, Diamond Dragonite, and more!”
World of Warcraft: Pilgrim’s Bounty
Through November 27th, aspiring pilgrims to Azeroth can partake in communal dining — or a food fight — while also hunting down turkeys, leveling up cooking, and dressing up in black-and-white finery. Check out Wowhead for the full holiday guide.
