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Azure Solstice 2024 Event Guide

With the winter event upon us its time to take a look at its mechanics, world events and rewards.

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World Events

This event features two types of world events one being Frozen Convoys of different tiers and the other one being the Boss Fight of the event against the Azure Royale warship.

Frozen Convoys

General

There are 3 convoys roaming the seas with each one having a different tier. However they only differ in their difficulty as other aspects like the ship setup and the loot they drop remain the same across the different tiers so they are not described individually below.

Versions

World Event	Rank	Description
Frostbitten Spirits	7	A convoy, covered in strange crystals, has left the Red Isle, carrying a trove of spirits. It's as if the crew are desperate for anything to soothe their troubled souls...
Cold Convoy	10	After raiding several settlements, a merchant convoy has set sail from Hovohovo. Though laden with spoils, rumors swirl that it is no ordinary convoy, for it ebars the chill of death.
Cross-Continental Frost	11	A convoy guarded by the Azure Fleet has passed Port Louis. The convoy not only carries spoils from the East Indies, but crystals bearing an eerie chill.

Approach

Each convoy features two ships which carry an Azure Cache and is escorted by several other ships including an elite ship, the Azure Royale.
You first want to destroy the Azure Royale as it will grant loot including a random gift (see Available Gifts) which can be handed in at Scurlock as a gift to receive A Gift In Return.

After that you can quickly destroy the two trading ships carriying the Azure Cache. These can be identified by their cargo attachements on the sides and aft, and also by using the spyglass.

Defeating the ships itself will also reward Azurite Gems and a random gift which can be exchanged in Sainte Anne (see Gifts and Vendors).

Achievement

Opening 50 Azure Cache's will reward the Azure Tidings seasonal achievement and corresponding badge.

Possible Reward of Azure Cache

Description

A cache from a merchant ship of the Azure Fleet.
It seems to sap the very warmth from the surrounding air.

Following is the reward table for the Azure Cache:

Reward
Pieces of Eight
Azurite Gem
Eels' Twine
Orcas' Mechanism
Gannets' Saltpeter
Wyrm's Breath
Dry Sand
Lacquer
Silver

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The Azure Royale

General

This encounter represents the boss encounter of this event with the rank 13 elite warship Azure Royale rewarding an exclusive chest the Azure Strongbox.

The Azure Fleet has deployed their finest to the frontline.

Approach

This fight works like most against elite ships except three things you should focus on:

1. Use fire weapons to remove the shield
This needs to be done first before you can inflict damage with regular (weapons of other damage types). Using weapons like the or the should do the job very easily.

2. Focus on the weakpoints
This may sound like an obvious point, but is especially true here as the ship can else soak up quite a lot of damage which is not needed. You can defeat most of the ships health pool by just destroying the weak points so try to focus on them.
When youre loadout is more DPS focussed and you struggle with survival try using the here as it grants massive hp's back on hitting a weakpoint. So a win-win.

3. Keep an eye out for the black smoke
At a point in the encounter does the ship covers itself in a cloud of black smoke. During this period it does fire devastating percing shots (4 at a time) from its front or aft weapons port. This salvo will when fully brace in most cases fully deplete your brace strength and costs half of your ship hp's. Meaning a second salvo is most times deadly for DPS builds.
The options here are limited as outrunning those shots is not feasible due to their high range, so having a tank soaking that damage can help. The only way to interrupt this phase is via a Crew Attack.

After defeating the ship you'll get a Luxury Dice, Azurite Gems and the Azure Strongbox.

Possible Rewards of Azure Strongbox

Interactive overview in the Codex: Obtainable - Azure Strongbox

Description

A strongbox from an elite ship of the Azure Fleet.
It seems to sap the very warmth from the surrounding air.

Following is the reward table for the Azure Strongbox:

Reward
Pieces of Eight
Azurite Gem
Torsion Spring
Precision Drilling Bit
Sinew String
Planetary Gearset
Rubber
Quicklime
Worm Drive
Silver

Recommended Loadouts

• ABrutalAnimal Ablaze Support and Healing
• Hybrid Shadow Build

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A Gift In Return

This new item introduced with this event is a reward for handing in gifts obtained from the World Events at different vendors.

Description

A token of appreciation from someone you bestowed a thoughtful gift upon. They won't soon forget it.

Gifts and Vendors

Available Gifts

Soothing Balm

A fragrant oilment guaranteed to relief sores and aches.

Rose Water

The flavor of love, empathy, attraction, and femininity.

Ship in a Bottle

An intricate miniature of a ship in a bottle.

Luxury Dice

An exotic set marked for a passion of randomness.

The following table shows at which vendor each item can be handed in as a gift. This only works in Sainte Anne.

Item	Vendor
Soothing Balm	Blacksmith
Rose Water	Helm (Yanita)
Ship in a Bottle	Scurlock
Luxury Dice	William Blackwood

Possible Rewards

These are the possible rewards when opening an A Gift In Return.

Reward
Pieces of Eight
Azurite Gem
Torsion Spring
Precision Drilling Bit
Sinew String
Rubber
Wood Pitch
Dry Sand
Lacquer
Silver

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Reward

The main reward of this event is the event currency Azurite Gem which can be exchanged in Sainte Anne at the Azurite Lodestone or in the Ubisoft Store.

Azurite Lodestone

This one can be easily found when walking by the Vanity Atelier and then keeping to the right in front of the Sea People's house.

Here Azurite Gems can be exchanged for the following items. Items purchased here can be traded.

Item	Cost (Azurite Gem)
	600
	300
Upgrade Parts, Artisan's Refinement Pack It is useful to stock up on Artisan's Refinement Pack to upgrade current and future cosmetics for free.	300
Eel Sturdy Ropes, Wyrm Volatile Napalm, Orca Intricate Apparatus, Gannet Dense Niter	200
, , , , , , ,	100
Sinew String, Torsion Spring, Naphtha, Rubber, Precision Drilling Bit	60
Planetary Gearset, Wood Pitch, Plate Glass, Worm Drive, Quicklime, Dry Sand, Lacquer, Purified Saltpeter	10

Ubisoft Store

Azurite Gems can also be used to purchase the following cosmetics parts and sets.

Winter's Bite Set (Ship)

In the store set only the basic figure head is included. The two upgrades need to be made afterwards at the Shipwright.

The Frostworn (Crew Outfit)

Azure Touched Set (Player)

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