Neverwinter's Summer Festival returns with 3v3 Sahha Ball and a keyless chest

The Summer Festival is back in Neverwinter. It opened on Thursday, August 13 at 7:30 am PT and runs until September 3 at the same hour, with Sune's celebration set up outside Protector's Enclave: water balloons, flower picking, trolls crashing the party, and chickens worth chasing.

The clearest change lands on Sahha Ball, the team sport imported from Amn: it goes from 5v5 to 3v3, and payouts rise for the winning team, the losing team and ties alike. The extra abilities no longer cost copper tickets; finishing the intro quest unlocks them outright.

The other addition is Chauntea's Bounty, a chest that opens without a key. You get one per account per day by finishing the repeatable Your very own Sahha Ball quest, level 20 required, and unbound copies sell in the Zen Store. Every open hands out 10 to 18 Trade Bars on top of the item, and the mythic pool includes Drizzt Do'Urden, the Neo Eclipse Lion and the Golden Bulette Pup.

In the event stores, the epic Silvanite Blossom Bear mount arrives at the Blessing of Sune shop and the Blossom Sigils fashion set at the Petal Store. Off the grounds, the Trade Bar Store stocks the Beholder Rune Board mount for as long as the festival lasts, and the Wondrous Bazaar picks up the Slab of Vecna.

Two small tweaks show up in play: Sahha Ticket-Balls no longer need thirty passes to pay out, they hand over the reward when used, and firework drop rates went down to ease performance on the grounds. The announcement notes that all of the above comes from a test build and may shift on live.