
The village calendar
Twelve Romanian folk feasts come to the game on their very day, by Romania's clock. Each changes the village for a day or two, and what you win then carries the year on it and never comes back.
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29Nov
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🧄 St Andrew's Night
The strigoi rise from the ground and roam the village. Take garlic from the baskets, rub it on the doors and lay the strigoi down: St Andrew's Garlic is worn at the belt, and the most tireless become the Village Wardens.
✦ St Andrew's Garlic 2026⚑ Village Wardenin 25 days -
20Dec
🐗 Ignat's Day
St Ignat's Boar comes out on the boars' meadow and the whole village hunts it together. Whoever brings it down wears St Ignat's Tusk at the belt; three times, and they become an Ignat Hunter. Snow covers the Valley until 7 January.
✦ St Ignat's Tusk 2026⚑ Ignat Hunterin 46 days -
24Dec
✨ The Carols
The apple-hung fir and the lights glow in the square. Sing carols to the village's six people and receive the Carolers' Star, floating beside your shoulder; sing in a band and become a Caroler.
✦ The Carolers' Star 2026⚑ Carolerin 50 days -
31Dec
🐐 The Goat and the Bear
The Goat and the Bear dance in the square to the beat of the buhai drum: dance with them three times and wear the Goat Mask. At midnight, fireworks over the village; whoever is there becomes a Well-wisher.
✦ The Goat Mask 2026⚑ Well-wisherin 57 days -
6Jan
✚ Epiphany
The priest throws the cross into the lake by the village: dive for it first and wear it on your chest for a year, with the title Epiphany Diver.
✦ The Epiphany Cross 2027⚑ Epiphany Diverin 63 days -
24Feb
❀ Dragobete
Snowdrops come up in the clearings round the village and are picked only in pairs. Pick three and wear the Dragobete Snowdrop on your chest; nine, and you are the Beloved.
✦ The Dragobete Snowdrop 2027⚑ Belovedin 112 days -
1Mar
♥ Mărțișor and the Old Wives
Everyone receives a mărțișor. The nine Old Wives turn the sky: a blizzard one day (+15% experience), sun the next (+20% kreds). Come on five of the days and become Baba Dochia.
✦ The Mărțișor 2027⚑ Baba Dochiain 116 days -
2May
🥚 Easter
Tap red eggs with anyone, players or the village folk: three taps and you wear the Red Egg; seven hard eggs and you are the Hard Egg. At midnight the Resurrection candles are lit all over the village.
✦ The Red Egg 2027⚑ Hard Eggin 178 days -
26May
🌿 Paparuda
Two Paparude dressed in leaves dance in the square. Bring water from the well and splash them: the rain comes and the fields give more. Three splashes and you wear the Paparuda's Wreath.
✦ The Paparuda's Wreath 2027in 203 days -
20Jun
🌙 Rusalii
The Iele come into the village every two minutes. Dance in the Călușari's ring and the wormwood protects you. Lay five Iele after a dance and wear the Rusalii Wormwood; fifteen, and you are a Călușar.
✦ The Rusalii Wormwood 2027⚑ Călușarin 227 days -
23Jun
☀ Sânziene
The yellow sânziene bloom round the village and glow at night. Pick nine and weave the Sânziene Crown; throw it over the five houses for luck and become Sânziana.
✦ The Sânziene Crown 2027⚑ Sânzianain 231 days -
26Oct
🔥 Sumedru's Fire
The game's birthday. Bring wood to the fire in the square: the more the village brings, the taller it grows. Leap over it for luck and receive the Sumedru Firebrand; whoever brings twenty-five logs becomes the Fire Warden. Fireworks in the evening.
✦ The Sumedru Firebrand 2027⚑ Fire Wardenin 356 days
Keepsakes are never sold: they are won only on the feast's day and worn from the wardrobe (F7). While a feast lasts, monsters give 10% more kreds. In the game, the feasts also show in the events calendar (F6).
