Snow Wars 2 is a real-time strategy game in which players collect resources to build their fort, and build weapons to engage in a snowball fight against other players. The game premiered in the Dragon Cave Holiday event in 2018. Like its 2013 predecessor, Snow Wars, users could build and maintain their own forts and launch attacks on other players.
Happy holidays, everyone! The 2018 Holiday event is here, and we've brought back (well actually, completely remade from the ground up) one of the most popular events from the past: Snow Wars. Build up your fort, conquer others, and level up to unlock even more decorations, weapons, or defenses.
The new Holiday eggs are here as well. You can find them in the the cave for three days (until 12/27 at 11:59 PM EST). After that, they're gone until next year.[1]
As with the original Snow Wars, we've brought you an encore! This encore brings four more days (until Jan 4 at 11:59:59 EST) to decorate your fort, along with 50 new items to decorate with—many of which are returned from the original event.
Snow Wars is back! Build up your fort, and conquer others to level up and unlock even better decorations.
Instructions[]
Snow Wars is a massive snowball fight between you and all the other people playing Dragon Cave. Build up your fort to defend yourself from attack and bulk up your offensive capabilities so you can attack others. Damaging objects on enemy forts grants Experience Points, which unlocks new defenses, weapons, and decorations for your fort.
At the end of the event, your fort will be saved to show off to others— and don’t worry, all damage will be wiped away.
Navigating The Event
From your base, you can choose to edit your fort or do battle. While editing, you can return to your base by clicking on it and choosing the “Enter Base” option.
Editing
Click the plus button to build new things. While placing (or moving an object), right click to turn objects around. Not everything can be rotated.
Resources
Building new things requires resources. Every hour (including while you’re not playing), new desposits (snow drifts, ice crystals, etc) will appear. Destroy them to get the resources they contain.
If your fort is full of decorations and there’s no room for new deposits, don’t worry—they’ll spawn as soon as you free up space.
Battling
When battling, you can either choose a specific target if you have someone in mind, or just attack a random fort. After selecting a target, choose your weapon and you’ll be given the opportunity to choose where to attack. Each weapon can attack once per hour.
If you reduce a piece to zero HP, you will receive XP. Gain enough XP and you will level up. New resources, weapons, and defenses unlock as you progress through the levels.
When someone attacks you and damages your fort, you can repair the affected items by clicking on them. Damaged items cannot be moved, and damaged items cannot be used to attack.
Experience points can also be gained while a player is offline and attacked, or by building certain objects in the game. While leveling, the experience bar will be a blue gradient, with the maximum level being 50. Once Level 50 is reached, the experience bar will be a red/gold gradient and additional experience earned goes towards extra resource drops for the player. It is currently unknown what causes a player's scroll badge to change in color.
Items[]
Bases[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Castle Keep
The ultimate fortress for protecting your humble green tent.
30 stone, 10 mana
200
3 x 3
Igloo
A cheery roundboi for you to warm up in.
10 snow
70
3 x 3
Log Cabin
It's a perfect place to hide away your tent.
30 wood
100
3 x 3
Tent
It's not much, but it'll protect you from in-tents wind.
5 wood
50
3 x 3
Chess Pieces[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Black Bishop
This pious fellow is dyna-miter.
3 ice
1
1 x 1
Black King
Secretly enjoys being referred to as "The Dark Lord".
10 ice
1
1 x 1
Black Knight
When do horses jump the highest? At knight time.
3 ice
1
1 x 1
Black Pawn
A well-played game of chess takes strategic pawn-dering.
1 ice
1
1 x 1
Black Queen
A queen's quest is to quell her quarry without question.
9 ice
1
1 x 1
Black Rook
To err with this piece would be a rookie mistake.
5 ice
1
1 x 1
Black Square
For walking on the dark side.
2 ice
1
1 x 1
White Bishop
Every adventuring party needs a healer. Too bad this fellow isn't one.
3 snow
1
1 x 1
White King
His Majesty pompously demands that his army always attacks first.
10 snow
1
1 x 1
White Knight
He's been coming to the rescue of complete strangers for centuries.
3 snow
1
1 x 1
White Pawn
What's the best place to buy chess pieces? A pawn shop.
1 snow
1
1 x 1
White Queen
While she may be elegant, she's also quite dangerous.
9 snow
1
1 x 1
White Rook
A rook is always on the straight and narrow.
5 snow
1
1 x 1
White Square
Essential for building a chessboard out of snow and ice.
2 snow
1
1 x 1
Decorative[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Barrel
Do a barrel roll!
5 wood, 1 stone
10
1 x 1
Cat Sculpture
Your pet memorialized in a very ice sculpture.
10 ice
10
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Blue)
Looks like birds, mostly.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Green)
A rather homely emblem.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Pink)
Chicken? Chicken.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Purple)
Swords show that you take this war seriously. Because the trebuchet didn't already do that.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Red)
You'd think more of these would have dragons on them, but no.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Coat of Arms (Yellow)
Snowmen are the most intimidating emblems.
5 wood
5
1 x 1
Crates (L)
It makes your fort feel a little more crate-ive.
10 wood
25
1 x 1
Crates (S)
If you over-decorate, you may start to feel boxed in.
5 wood
15
1 x 1
Dragon Sculpture A
What a cold face.
20 ice
15
2 x 1
Dragon Sculpture B
The most menacing ice cube.
15 ice
10
1 x 1
Dragon Sculpture C
A glorious pre-puddle.
10 ice
10
1 x 1
Festive Pole
Just what it says on the tin.
10 snow, 10 wood, 10 stone, 5 mana
20
1 x 1
Gold Lucky Fountain
Add some opulence to your fort with this delicate, frozen fountain.
25 stone, 25 ice, 10 mana
20
1 x 1
Ice Fountain
Gives a whole new meaning to "ice water."
15 ice
15
1 x 1
Snow Ribbon Dancer
The ribbons took forever. This is an ADVANCED snow sculpture. Your fingers are frozen.
30 snow, 10 ice
1
2 x 1
Snow Snowa
A proud likeness of a favorite video game protagonist. Who is Snowa? The world will never know.
3 snow
1
1 x 1
Snowcat
If you listen closely, you can hear it not purr.
10 snow, 1 wood
5
1 x 1
Snowchicken
Just looking at it gives you flashbacks of being woken up in the morning. What horror.
10 snow
5
1 x 1
Snowdragon
Its wings lack elbow membrane, but it probably can't fly anyway, so.
10 snow, 1 wood
5
1 x 1
Snowman
Time to show off your extensive hat and scarf collection.
1 snow
1
1 x 1
Snowman
It's art. How that tree got there is left up to viewer interpretation.
1 snow
1
1 x 1
Snowman
Excuse me, I appear to have misplaced something import-ant. Can you help me find it?
1 snow
1
1 x 1
Snowman
Who needs arms with legs like these?
1 snow
1
1 x 1
Violet Dragon Statue
You're draggin' out the fancy stuff now.
20 stone
1
2 x 2
Wreath
Happineth ith within wreath.
10 wood, 10 snow
1
2 x 1
Environment[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Boulder 1
Makes your landscaping game a little boulder.
4 stone, 1 snow
10
1 x 1
Boulder 2
It's not just a boulder, it's a rock!
4 stone, 1 snow
10
1 x 1
Cleaved Stone
Seems like the water froze and forced this rock apart.
4 stone, 1 ice
5
1 x 1
Erupted Mana Spire
Sort of looks like a giant land anemone. Better not lick it.
25 stone, 10 mana
20
1 x 1
Icy Pond Middle
There is always time to enjoy the view of your pond, even in times of war.
2 ice
10
1 x 1
Pond Banks
The name's Pond.
3 ice
10
1 x 1
Pond Banks
The bank is a little muddy right here, be careful.
4 ice
10
1 x 1
Pond Edge
Come along, Pond.
3 ice
10
1 x 1
Rock 1
It's a rock.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 2
It's also a rock.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 3
Well it's certainly not a sandwich.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 4
Gneiss find. It's a rock.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 5
I only listen to hard rock.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 6
This one would be good for skipping.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock 7
Sticks and stones may break my bones. Ouch.
1 stone
2
1 x 1
Rock Cluster (L)
What a stone cold item.
10 stone
15
1 x 1
Rock Cluster (M)
Way to rock and roll.
8 stone
12
1 x 1
Rock Cluster (S)
One man's pebble is another man's also pebble.
6 stone
10
1 x 1
Rock Spire 1
Stalagmite more like STALAGMIGHTY!
12 stone
20
1 x 1
Rock Spire 2
Imagine a Colossus Dragon stepping on this bad boy.
10 stone
20
1 x 1
Small Pond
Not much good for fishing anymore.
4 ice
10
2 x 2
Gingerbread[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Candy Cane
If you lick it, your tongue might get frozen stuck.
3 mana, 3 stone
5
1 x 1
Candy Cane Lights
Candy is lit.
5 mana, 3 stone
5
1 x 1
Corner Icing
This puts the icing on the, well. Hideout, I guess.
1 snow, 2 ice
4
1 x 1
Fancy Gingerbread Wall
This is how you get ants.
10 stone, 10 wood
20
2 x 1
Gingerbread Arch
A gingerbread man sits in a gingerbread house. Is the house made of flesh or is he made of house?
5 wood, 10 stone
20
2 x 1
Gingerbread Corner Wall
Where did you even find an oven big enough to bake these?
5 stone, 5 wood
20
1 x 1
Gingerbread House
This is how the cookie crumbles.
10 stone, 15 wood, 5 mana
35
3 x 3
Gingerbread Wall
Why would you make a fort out of cookies?
5 stone, 10 wood
20
2 x 1
Gingerbread Window
Do you want ants?
5 stone, 10 wood
20
2 x 1
Gumdrops
Haute architecture trend straight out of Candyland.
3 ice
6
2 x 1
Icing
It's more like mortar, honestly.
2 snow, 2 ice
5
2 x 1
Ice[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Ice Spikes
I don't think that's how icicles work, yet here we are.
5 ice
20
2 x 1
Ice Stack (L)
Now you're getting somewhere.
9 ice
9
1 x 1
Ice Stack (M)
I guess you could call it a stack.
6 ice
6
1 x 1
Ice Stack (S)
Not a very good tower.
3 ice
3
1 x 1
Ice tower
A perfect place to keep a princess, or a secret stash of potatoes.
4 ice
4
1 x 1
Ice Wall
When your opponents bring out the big guns, build an even bigger wall.
4 ice
5
2 x 1
Ice Wall With Door
You don't want to lock yourself in, do you?
5 ice
4
2 x 1
Short Ice Wall
It makes you want to pause, work with others, and eavesdrop.
10 ice
10
2 x 1
Short Ice Wall Corner
If there was a dilemma, you'd definitely deal with it.
8 ice
10
1 x 1
Short Ice Wall Extended
Should the torch go out, you'll become luminescent.
10 ice
10
3 x 1
Lighting[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Gas Streetlamp
Merry firelight to light your way.
5 stone, 2 wood
10
1 x 1
Ice Lantern
A little mana, a little magic, and the world is brighter.
4 ice, 1 mana
7
1 x 1
Small Ice Lamp
Ice love lamp.
4 ice, 1 mana
10
1 x 1
Small Iron Lamp
Hey, I can reach the top of this one.
4 stone, 1 mana
10
1 x 1
Stone Lantern
Best use of enchanted stone since the Golem of Prague.
4 stone, 1 mana
11
1 x 1
Wood Lantern
The light comes from a mana crystal, keeping it unburned and safe.
4 wood, 1 mana
3
1 x 1
Paths[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Cheery Bridge
What's a road's favorite card game? Bridge.
12 stone
5
2 x 1
Corner Path
You're really going places, kid.
2 stone
2
1 x 1
Path
The path ahead looks bright. And one-directional.
2 stone
2
1 x 1
Path Intersection
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood // and being one traveler, long I stood-
2 stone
2
1 x 1
Plants[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Baubles on a Birch
An attempt was made.
5 wood, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Birch Tree
Son of a birch!
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Corner Hedge
New corner technology makes it possible to totally surround yourself with hedgey goodness.
2 wood
3
1 x 1
Decorated Birch Tree
Looks like someone is up to some jolly follies...
5 wood, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Decorated Fir Tree
Wood you like to help me decorate fir the holidays?
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Decorated Maple Tree
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's maple leaves.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Festive Cactus
This cactus is looking sharp. Plantastic!
2 snow, 2 wood
1
1 x 1
Festive Corner Hedge
Turn a new and jolly corner in your life.
2 wood, 1 ice
3
1 x 1
Festive Hedge
Baubles for days.
4 wood, 1 ice
5
1 x 1
Festive Pine Tree
I pine fir yew! Happy holidays!
5 wood, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Festive Stump
Making the best of a bad situation, holiday edition.
2 wood, 1 stone, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Festive Winter Maple
I maple an all nighter to get this decorated for real.
5 wood, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Fir Tree
What do you needle this fir?
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Gnarled Tree
This tree does knot look very lively.
10 wood
5
2 x 1
Hedge
The square edges really show dedication to winter gardening.
3 wood
3
1 x 1
Large Pine
The tree you didn't know you needled.
10 wood
15
2 x 2
Large Snowy Pine
It's rather curious that the snow only lands on some trees.
10 wood, 5 snow
15
2 x 2
Maple Tree
I heard the syrup company maple bottles off shelves this holiday.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Pine Tree
You could probably roll pinecones into your snowballs for extra pain.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Pumpkin
The best place to find new jokes is a pun-kin patch.
5 snow, 1 ice, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Purple Crocus
A flower to give violets a run for their money.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Snowy Bush
A shivering shrubbery.
5 wood, 2 snow
1
1 x 1
Snowy Festive Fir
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
5 wood, 2 snow, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Snowy Festive Pine
We can have a Christmas par-tree.
5 wood, 2 snow, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Snowy Fir Tree
The snow is so fresh and fluffy it looks like powdered sugar.
5 snow, 5 wood
1
1 x 1
Snowy Pine Tree
Trees are the best at throwing shade.
5 snow, 5 wood
1
1 x 1
Tree (Decorated)
Lights lights lights lights lights lights tree.
5 wood, 1 mana
10
1 x 1
Tree (Plain)
There are tree things you love about this one.
5 wood
10
1 x 1
Tree (Snowy)
You wonder how the snow got inside the house.
5 wood, 1 snow
10
1 x 1
Very Lost Cactus
I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque.
2 snow, 2 wood
1
1 x 1
White Daffodil
This flower is looking a bit pale and bleak. Maybe it is cold?
4 wood
1
1 x 1
Winter Birch Tree
You're barking up the wrong tree.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Winter Maple Tree
Even the prettiest foliage will leaf you one day.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Yellow Crocus
Never eat yellow snow. Or yellow crocus.
5 wood
1
1 x 1
Yellow Daffodil
...How ARE so many flowers blooming during the winter? Eh, it's probably just magic.
4 wood
1
1 x 1
Resources[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Value
HP
Size
Boulder 3
–
10 stone
–
1 x 1
Box (dark blue)
–
30 snow, 30 ice
–
1 x 1
Box (light blue)
–
30 snow, 30 ice, 30 wood
–
1 x 1
Boxes (blue and yellow)
–
20 stone, 30 wood, 20 ice
–
1 x 1
Boxes (green and yellow)
–
10 mana, 30 ice, 50 snow
–
1 x 1
Boxes (red and blue)
–
15 mana, 20 stone, 10 wood
–
1 x 1
Bush
–
10 wood
–
1 x 1
Ice Crystals
–
10 ice
–
1 x 1
Mana Spires
–
10 mana
–
1 x 1
Rock 8
–
10 stone
–
1 x 1
Snow Drift
–
10 snow
–
1 x 1
Stump
–
10 wood
–
1 x 1
Snow[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Corner Snow Wall
Are you cold? The corner is 90 degrees.
10 snow
5
1 x 1
Snow Wall
It's snow wonder this is going to be the icest snowball fight ever!
10 snow
5
2 x 1
Snow Wall w/ Door
Best fort ever! Crawl on in.
10 snow
5
2 x 1
Snowball Corner
These walls make up your hopes and spheres.
5 snow
5
1 x 1
Snowball Wall
There's snow way out of this one.
5 snow
5
1 x 1
Special[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Magi Dragon Statue
Enchanted with the magical energies of its namesake. Can teleport resources into your inventory.
10 wood, 10 stone, 40 mana
10
1 x 1
White Dragon Statue
Enchanted with the healing energies of its namesake. Use it to repair your fort.
10 wood, 10 stone, 20 mana
10
1 x 1
Stone[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Castle Gate
A castle isn't much good if you can't get inside of it.
2 wood, 10 stone
18
2 x 1
Castle Guardtower
For keeping a lookout for incoming enemy fire, as well as a handy corner for your fortress.
10 stone
18
1 x 1
Castle Wall
These sturdy walls are a definite sign of an overachiever.
10 stone
20
2 x 1
Castle Wall Extended
It might burn down, fall over, and then sink into the snow.
12 stone
20
3 x 1
Timber[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
Log Cabin (Door)
Have you ever wanted to get from one side of a wall to another? Now introducing: doors!
10 wood
25
2 x 1
Log Cabin Roof
This roof wood do rather nicely.
15 wood
40
4 x 4
Log Cabin Wall
The wall you've been pining fir.
10 wood
25
2 x 1
Log Cabin Wall (Corner)
How do the logs go through each other? The world may never know, but it looks nice.
10 wood
25
1 x 1
Weaponry[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Damage
Size
Ice Ballista
A ballista so cold it'll give ya a blista.
10 ice, 15 wood
10
5
1 x 1
Fires a bolt of ice, damaging objects in a 5x1 line.
Peace on Earth
Goodwill toward man.
20 wood, 10 mana, 10 snow, 10 ice
30
20
4 x 4
Fires a mana bomb at the enemy, hitting a 4x4 area.
Siege Tower
Easily and conveniently overcome enemy base walls with this rolling mechanical marvel.
30 wood
20
5
1 x 1
Roll up to the enemy fort and attack over walls, damaging a cone-shaped area.
Snow Cannon
Your basic, go-to weapon for solving disputes.
5 snow
2
5
1 x 1
Fires packed snow at the enemy fort, hitting a single object.
Snowball Trebuchet
The pinnacle in snowball weaponry, this trebuchet might be considered overkill by most people.
20 wood, 1 stone
10
10
2 x 2
Lobs a massive snowball at the enemy fort, hitting a 4x4 area.
Trojan Reindeer
Crafted with care by Misfit Pygmies. Surely they're not up to something...
15 snow, 10 ice
15
10
1 x 2
Slams into the enemy fort, damaging objects in a 3x1 area.
Wildlife[]
Sprite
Name
Description
Cost
HP
Size
A friend
My coat is more holes than coat, but I like it anyway.
5 stone, 5 wood, 5 ice, 5 snow, 5 mana
1
2 x 1
A wee bird
A fine fellow dressed in red // on bough of spring in winter stead
2 snow, 2 wood
1
1 x 1
Blue Flamingo
Made with love by an artist in training.
3 ice, 1 mana
1
1 x 1
Chickadee A
Hey, where did all the bird seed go?
3 stone, 3 mana
1
1 x 1
Chickadee B
This close cousin of the chickadoo has no interest in shooting beams.
3 wood, 3 mana
1
1 x 1
Claudius
Claudius has taken interest in the peculiar abode you have created, and has graciously accepted your invitation.
5 wood, 5 stone, 5 mana
1
2 x 2
Crow
Made with love by an artist in training.
3 wood, 1 mana
1
2 x 1
Grosbeak
Is the grosbeak's beak gross? How rude, we don't stereotype.
5 wood, 1 mana
5
1 x 1
Penguin Friend
Formalwear is for the birds.
5 snow, 5 ice, 1 wood
1
1 x 1
Snowy Owl A
The male snowy owl is almost entirely white, blending in well with the snow. What a hoot.
5 mana, 2 stone
2
1 x 1
Snowy Owl B
This lady owl looks quite dapper in stripes. But is she white with black stripes, or black with white stripes?
TJ09 has a unique coat of arms, not available to users. While most coats of arms have 5 HP, this item has 100 HP.
Several updates were added to the game after release to help patch bugs or issues that users were reporting:
Brought back a mechanic from the original Snow Wars that encourages defending a bit more: repairing damage on your fort (i.e. successfully defending an attack) grants XP. Fixed a bug where damaged weapons could still attack.[4]
Resource drops will now appear in your fort after leveling up. You get a resource every level appropriate to that level (e.g. levels 20–29 spawn tree stumps), and every five levels a present will spawn with extra resources. These drops are retroactive, so people who have been leveling should receive a bunch of new drops. Random battle targeting should be better about making sure the selected fort actually has things for you to damage.[5]
Fixed an issue where newly-spawned resources weren't immediately clickable. Adjusted the cursor position so it better matches where you're actually clicking. Claudius does not like being hit with snow and ice, and will enrage upon being damaged (though he'll probably calm down when the event is over). Reduced the cost of castle and log cabin pieces. Icing and gumdrops can now be placed on top of walls. Wreaths can now be placed on walls. Chess squares can now be placed under objects. The "Build" action on most items has been replaced with "Build Another," letting you quickly duplicate items. Added extended versions (three tiles long) of the Castle and Short Ice walls.[6]
Gaining XP after level 50 now continues to fill your XP bar. You'll get two random presents full of resources every time you fill it. If you've already been gaining XP at max level, you'll find a bunch of presents already waiting for you. The helpful text box during battle has gotten shy from all the attention and now runs away from your mouse. The Peace on Earth is finished refueling and is now ready to spread holiday cheer to all of your enemies. The Trojan Reindeer is now ready to roll into battle. Damaged weapons can again be used as long as their HP is above zero. Hovering over a disabled weapon will explain why you can't use it.[7]
