Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has another Brilliant Event for us! It’s time to prepare for the second week of the Christmas Calamity Brilliant Event!

Below is a complete guide for the event, as well as a few tips and tricks you can use to get through the event faster than a Quidditch player on a Firebolt!


Into videos? Here’s my overview of this guide with some bonus commentary!

Guide to Week 2 of Christmas Calamity Brilliant Event!

Brilliant Event Overview

Event Name Christmas Calamity Brilliant Event (Week 2) Date + Time Starts December 17th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Ends on December 24th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time Features The Yule ball rocks on! Encounter new Foundables through event-only Portkeys, new Brilliant encounters, Runestones, and tasks!

Free store pack featuring 2 Potent Exstimulo Potions and 25 Spell Energy. Rewards Earn up to 15 Restricted Section Books.

Earn a Yule Ball Christmas Trees Portrait Frame , Metallic Violins Animated Portrait Sticker , Ice Sculpture Portrait Sticker , Winter Ice Arches Portrait Frame , and Yule Ball Fancy Hat Style 2 Portrait Lens

, , , , and Earn 50 Gold.

Bonus rewards from the bonus assignment!

Brilliant Event Tasks

As usual, these tasks all come straight from Fazes, so they should be accurate, unless the HPWU developers make last-minute changes!

Like the previous Brilliant Events, the quest line is split into four sections. You have to complete each section before progressing to the next one. Once you finish the regular quests, you can move onto the Bonus Assignment.

Brilliant Portkeys will go to the Three Broomsticks! While you’re stopping in for a few, make sure to have a butterbeer and warm up by the fire. Madam Rosmerta might also have a delicious mead for those of age! Aging Potions won’t work, Mr. and Mr. Weasley…

Christmas Calamity Quest 1/4

Much like the Yule Ball invitations from the first week of this Brilliant Event, Baubles will be dropping as rewards when visiting Inns. They may or may not be guaranteed, so there is a good chance you will need to visit more Inns than the minimum requirement.

Collect 5 Baubles from Inns 2 Restricted Section Books Complete 10 Traces 10 Brilliant Family XP Collect 5 Gifts 20 Brilliant Family XP

1st Quest Rewards

500 Wizarding XP

1 Restricted Section book

Chilled Pumpkin Juice Brilliant Registry Sticker

1 Silver Key (!!!)

20 Brilliant Family XP

Christmas Calamity Quest 2/4

Here’s a cool twist on collecting Baubles! Instead of using a Registry Exploration Family (like releasing Foundables from Gnome Confoundables like in the first week of this event) using Ebublio will reward you with the Baubles you need to keep dancing through the Christmas Calamity.

In regards to Portkeys, I plan on stocking up with extra Community Day Portkeys since they’ll be rewarding rare Foundables and only have a 1km requirement. Opening loads of Portkeys can be time consuming and really slow down progress in the quest, so strategic planning is the way to go!

Collect 5 Baubles by casting Ebublio 15 Brilliant Family XP Open 4 Portkeys 300 Wizarding XP Send 5 Gifts 20 Brilliant Family XP

2nd Quest Rewards

25 Brilliant Family XP

3 Restricted Section Books

Yule Ball Christmas Trees Portrait Frame

Christmas Cracker Brilliant Registry Sticker

1 Strong Exstimulo Potion

Christmas Calamity Quest 3/4

The Brilliant Foundables themselves often range from Medium to Severe, so there’s a good chance you’ll be able to release 5 High Threats fairly quickly. If you’re having trouble finding them, drop a few Dark Detectors in an Inn and watch the spawns come! Since you have to use 2 Dark Detectors anyway, it’s a win/win! (Dark Detectors are actually good now I promise!)

Brew 5 Potions 500 Wizarding XP Return 5 High-Threat Foundables 500 Wizarding XP Use 2 Dark Detectors 15 Brilliant Family XP

3rd Quest Rewards

25 Brilliant Family XP

3 Restricted Section Books

Metallic Violins Animated Portrait Sticker

Ice Sculpture Portrait Sticker

3 Unicorn Hair Ingredients

Christmas Calamity Quest 4/4

Seven Potions?! SEVEN. I don’t particularly like time-gating mechanics but fortunately there is a #prostrat you can use to get through this before the event starts! Details about that are below in the tips and tricks section.

Collect 15 Baubles by casting Ebublio 25 Brilliant Family XP Brew 7 Potions 750 Wizarding XP Collect 20 Fragments 25 Brilliant Family XP

4th Quest Rewards

Winter Ice Arches Portrait Frame

50 Gold

6 Restricted Section Books

Snowy Christmas Tree Brilliant Registry Sticker

2 Spell Books

Christmas Calamity BONUS Assignment!

If you complete the Brilliant Event quests early, then you unlock the Bonus Assignment.

To find High-Threat Foundables, stack 3 Dark Detectors on a single Inn, preferably a sponsored Inn. Also use a Tonic for Trace Detection Potion. You can also look for Oddities at Dusk or Dawn. Vampires, Werewolves, and Erklings are all High-Threat Foundables.

Brilliant Foundables will also count as High Foundables for this task.

Collect 30 Baubles from Brilliant Traces 3 Red Spell Books Defeat 30 Fortress Foes Bonus Assignment badge Send 10 Gifts Yule Ball Fancy Hat Style 2 Portrait Lens

Bonus Rewards

2000 Wizarding XP

100 Brilliant Family XP

Brilliant Foundables and Where to Find Them

Just like previous Brilliant Events, you will only be able to encounter some of these Brilliant Foundables in the wild. The others can be found through Fortress Challenges, special 3k Portkeys, and event tasks.

Brilliant Where to find it Fragments to collect Brilliant Harry and Parvati Wild Encounter 10 Brilliant Fred and Angelina Wild Encounter 10 Brilliant Chilled Pumpkin Juice Event Tasks 1 Brilliant Christmas Cracker Event Tasks 1 Brilliant Snowy Christmas Tree Event Tasks 1 Brilliant Haughty Draco Malfoy Wizarding Challenges (need a Brilliant Runestone) 3

Brilliant Hufflepuff Silver Gargoyle Brilliant Portkey Portmanteau 5

Tips to Complete the Brilliant Event

If you choose to use the Community Day Portkeys that drop Care of Magical Creatures Foundables (like I plan to do) then you won’t be rushed to walk 15km in total to get all 5 of the Silver Gargoyle Foundable. Brilliant Portkeys will glow purple on the Map. Do not pick up any more than you need!

To brew Potions quickly, you can brew them in advance. Since you have to brew 12 total Potions this time around, I recommend using a rental cauldron if you have the extra Gold! For example, a day before the event I’ll brew 4 Exstimulo Potions in the regular cauldron THEN I’ll rent a cauldron and brew 4 more!

If you’ve having trouble finding Brilliant Traces, avoid flagged areas. They are less likely to spawn in those areas.

If you need to complete the event quickly, or you only have a short time to work on it, visit a sponsored Simon Mall if at all possible. Inns, Fortresses, and spawns are all plentiful.

Save your Scrolls and your Restricted Section Books until the end of the event. Then use our guide to spend them wisely!

When working on the Bonus Assignment, running through Ruins Chamber I will likely get monotonous. Try going through Tower Chambers I, II, or III to get those rare Fortress Foundables! They aren’t guaranteed, but have a much higher chance of dropping from those particular Fortress Chambers!

Christmas Calamity Bundles

All Wizards Unite players will receive a free gift with two Potent Exstimulo Potions and 25 Spell Energy. You also have the option of purchasing gift packs in Diagon Alley! Here is the info for those store packs:

Tonic for Trace Detection (2) Keys (2) Potent Exstimulo Potions (2) Total Cost: 450 Gold Energy (50) Dark Detector (1)

Tonic for Trace Detection (5) Keys (5) Potent Exstimulo Potions (5) Total Cost: 1000 Gold Energy (100) Dark Detector (1)

Bonus Assignment Bundle:

Tonic for Trace Detection (10) Strong Exstimulo Potions (10) Potent Exstimulo Potions (25) Total Cost: 1750 Gold Energy (150) Healing Potion (15)

Thanks to Orange Wizard for creating these infographics. You can find all the paid bundles here!

Are you excited for the upcoming Brilliant Event? What do you think of the Bonus Assignment? Leave a comment below!

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