January 16, 2026 EpicDuel Gifting 2025 Ends
Gifting 2025's Grand Finale!
EpicDuel's latest Gifting event crushed records that were formerly thought as uncrushable! A staggering 59,244,280 gifts were given, which I believe is the most yet. In fact, our #1 Gifter, CactusChan, blew past all previous records with 8,000,000 gifts given! Also impressive is that the game held up (though with some struggling) with over 700 people Gifting online! I say this every year, but I mean it: Gifting would not work without the entire EpicDuel community coming together to celebrate this game and the connections we've all made on Delta V. Whether you're hardcore, casual, or OG fans returning to check out the game after a decade, you all help make this event great and keep EpicDuel in active development after over 16 years.
The Top 15 Winners for the 2025 Gifting season are:
- CactusChan
- Ditto
- Alonzo Harris
- l Fade l
- Mandatory
- NojuiceLeft
- DIRE Xap
- DIRE Penelope
- mr vamprix.
- Dexmah
- zayo
- BadWitch
- Snowy Alexandris
- Caddeus
- Smoking Shadow
It's worth noting that of the gifts given, over 5,000,000 remain unopened! You will have 6 months from today to open your gifts before they are cleared from the database.
Since this was the first year we've recorded Faction contributions to the Gifting scores, we should highlight the top 3 Factions in this year's Gifting season:
- The Balance Brigade
- Royal Legacy
- Dreaming Awake
This was fascinating information and shows the power of a united Faction working towards a common goal!
To honor the top 50 Gifters and top 15 Factions, new leaderboards have been added permanently to Titan's Peak. We had to excavate TWO new chambers to accommodate the new boards without proper permits so hopefully we don't run afoul or Titan or any Krampus warriors. Be sure to stop by and pay your respects (/bow) to the greatest Gifters of 2025 (and maybe all time).
Post Gifting Styles
We've just added styles 937 - 951 to the style changer. If you browse the new styles, you'll notice a few are inaccessible -- styles 939 - 942 have been awarded to those who had a score of over 100,000 gifts in the most recent Gifting season.
Balance Changes / Other Changes
This was a change we tried about a week ago, but couldn't make the actual recommended change in time:
- (UA) Stun Grenade: Removed stun chance; disables target's Active Cores for 1 turn.
- (UA) Overload: Removed stun chance; disables target's Active Cores for 1 turn.
These are some new changes:
- Removed +1/+2/+3 stat boosts for focus levels 3-6
- Chairman's Fury P/E: 100% --> 50% Rage steal
We have also made changes to the PvP drop pool:
- Removed Bido's Beast Breaker (all variants)
- Removed April Fool's items
- Removed Darkwraith items
- Removed Evolved Frostbane items
- Removed Infernal Overfiend items
- Removed Overfiend Nemesis items
- Added Omega Wolf Shards to the PvP drop pool
- Added Void Shards to daily reward pool (Omega Wolf Shards are already in the pool)
What's Next?
Our priority since Gifting ended was to record the initial wishes for all the top 15 Gifters. This includes distributing Secret and Silver Secret packages and working through the initial phases of prize creation. This season we already have some fascinating ideas for new custom items that are sure to achieve legendary status in the EpicDuel community. We thank you for your patience as we roll out these prizes with each week's release. Tags: Nightwraith | 
