Winterfest Gift Boxes Cost-to-Value Analysis

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The Winterfest Event is now running, and many of the jackpot skins have already been scooped by the players, along with the seasonal ruleset that is freezing the battlefields of Praetoria. But that's not the only thing that the game has for this event. The team also opened a Winterfest Shop where players can purchase Gift boxes either for themselves or to give to others. There are different tiers of Gift Boxes, containing different items that a player can purchase using Credits.

In this post, I will try to do a cost-to-value analysis of each Gift Box in order to help in deciding which Gift Box to purchase.

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Winterfest Gift Boxes

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The sale for the Winterfest Gift Boxes will last until the end of the year, with 5 different tiers of Gift Boxes packed with different items, such as packs, resources, and card skins. Regardless of the Box tier, you can choose to open them for yourself or give them to others, and you do not need to worry if you do not want to open them during the holidays, as the Gift Boxes will never expire.

Each of the boxes can only be purchased with Credits, but if you don't have them, you can use either PayPal or Crypto to purchase them. I remember that there used to be a way to easily exchange them with DEC, but that was discontinued due to exploits.

Now, for how I will analyze the value of each box, I sorted out each item for those that can be valued in $, such as the Credits and packs, and those that can be valued in Glint. The only exception will be the Vin and Mag Skindrop Tokens, because there is no clear info on them yet, aside from they are tokens to be used for future skins.

As for how I priced each item, I priced the packs based on how they were priced when purchased in Credits in the in-game store, while for the resources, I priced them based on how they cost in the Glint shop, disregarding the 50% price increase for every new batch of resources. They will go like this:

Credits: 1,000 Credits = $1
Starter Pack: 1,000 Credits = $1
Standard Pack: 4,000 Credits = $4
Alchemy Pack: 12,000 Credits = $12
Legendary Pack: 24,000 Credits = $24
Energy: 1 Energy = 5,000 Glint
Fortune Draw Entries: 1 FD Entry = 2,000 Glint
Winterfest Skin: 1 Skin = 20,000 Glint

For the Winterfest Skins, since the skins that will be included are for an Archon and a legendary unit, I just matched their Glint cost to the Legendary Skins in the Glint Shop.

FINE GIFT: $5



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ItemsValue in $Value in Glint
Merits.png 500 Credits$0.5
Glint.png 10,000 GlintGlint.png 10,000 Glint
Energy.png 5 EnergyGlint.png 25,000 Glint
fortune ticcket.png 20 Fortune Draw EntriesGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Starter.png 3 Starter Pack$3.0
Skins.png 2 Winterfest SkinsGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Mags.png 1 Mags Token--
Total$3.5Glint.png 115,000 Glint

AMPLE GIFT: $10



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ItemsValue in $Value in Glint
Merits.png 1,000 Credits$1.0
Glint.png 25,000 GlintGlint.png 25,000 Glint
Energy.png 10 EnergyGlint.png 50,000 Glint
fortune ticcket.png 40 Fortune Draw EntriesGlint.png 80,000 Glint
Starter.png 7 Starter Pack$7.0
Skins.png 2 Winterfest SkinsGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Mags.png 1 Mags Token--
Total$8.0Glint.png 195,000 Glint

GENEROUS GIFT: $25



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ItemsValue in $Value in Glint
Spellbook Token.png Spellbook Token$5.0
Merits.png 2,500 Credits$2.5
Glint.png 50,000 GlintGlint.png 50,000 Glint
Energy.png 20 EnergyGlint.png 100,000 Glint
fortune ticcket.png 60 Fortune Draw EntriesGlint.png 120,000 Glint
Starter.png 16 Starter Pack/
Standard.png 4 Standard Pack
$16.0
Skins.png 2 Winterfest SkinsGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Mags.png 1 Mags Token--
Total$23.5Glint.png 310,000 Glint

Among the Gift Boxes, only the Generous tier has the Spellbook Token, which can be either used personally or gifted to others, but unlike the regular Spellbook, the player will not get any Credits or Packs. Because of that, I lowered its price to $5. Still don't know if the perks of the Ambassador program will apply using Spellbook token.

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LAVISH GIFT: $50



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ItemsValue in $Value in Glint
Merits.png 5,000 Credits$5.0
Glint.png 100,000/125,000/150,000 GlintGlint.png 100,000 Glint
Energy.png 20/25/30 EnergyGlint.png 100,000 Glint
fortune ticcket.png 80/100/120 Fortune Draw EntriesGlint.png 160,000 Glint
Starter.png 36 Starter Pack/
Standard.png 9 Standard Pack/
Alchemy.png 3 Alchemy Pack
$36.0
Skins.png 2 Winterfest SkinsGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Mags.png 1 Mags Token--
Vinie.png 1 Vin Token (Common-Rare)--
Total$41.0Glint.png 400,000 Glint

For both the Lavish and Magnificent Gift, since you can get random amounts of Glint, Energy, and Fortune Draw Entries, I decided to just price them for the cheapest amount that can be pulled on them, because as they say, set your expectations to minimum so that you won't get disappointed.


MAGNIFICENT GIFT: $100



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ItemsValue in $Value in Glint
Merits.png 10,000 Credits$10.0
Glint.png 250,000/350,000/500,000 GlintGlint.png 250,000 Glint
Energy.png 25/30/35 EnergyGlint.png 125,000 Glint
fortune ticcket.png 80/100/120 Fortune Draw EntriesGlint.png 300,000 Glint
Starter.png 36 Starter Pack/
Standard.png 9 Standard Pack/
Alchemy.png 3 Alchemy Pack
$72.0
Skins.png 2 Winterfest SkinsGlint.png 40,000 Glint
Mags.png 1 Mags Token--
Vinie.png 1 Vin Token (Common-Rare)--
Total$82.0Glint.png 715,000 Glint
Note:
If you buy 2 Lavish Gift Boxes, you will get the Common and Rare Tokens, while if you buy 3 Magnificent Gift Boxes, you will get all the Epic and Epic Tokens.

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Closing

And that was about how much value you can get right now with each of the Winterfest Gift Boxes in terms of $ and Glint, setting aside the skindrop tokens. Of course, when we look at its $ value alone, you may think that you are losing value, especially when you can just buy packs using DEC, which is about 45% below its peg value, but there is no way to purchase Glint and Fortune Draw Entries using Fiat or Crypto, making them more valuable. At the same time, all the Splinterlands community wants is another way to be kind and nice this season, so this is a great way of sending gifts to their friends to celebrate the spirit of this season.

Anyway, if you want to gift me something, you already know where to send it 😉.

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