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[Update: the 12th gift is out. See below!]
Did you just feel that? It’s December, so it could have only been one thing: a Giftsplosion!
In the spirit of the holiday season, we’re releasing 12 mystery gift boxes over the course of 12 days – December 1st through the 12th. One gift will appear each day, and you can earn it by completing the cryptic challenge associated with it. That could be creating an outfit, achieving a badge in a particular game, making a forum post, or something else entirely. We’re not going to tell you exactly how to earn any of the gifts because that would make us fun-hating Grinches; just know that each challenge will be unique and of a varied difficulty level, and require that you complete a specific action on ROBLOX.
You’ll need to work quickly. In most cases, you only have one to three days to qualify to earn a gift. Please note that you will not automatically receive a gift once you qualify. It will be awarded to everyone who qualifies in one fell swoop after the qualification period ends. If you don’t manage to earn a gift, it will go on sale in the catalog for a limited time.
Eventually, each gift you earn will open and reveal a fantastic prize!
The gifts so far
The first gift, known as The Well Outfitted Gift of Style, surfaced Sunday. The clue was, “Santa takes style seriously. Luckily his outfit works for all occasions.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Stylish ROBLOX Scarf!
The second gift, known as the Gift of Passage, showed up Monday. The clue? “You shall not pass without a pass.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal The Wisest Wizard!
The third gift, dubbed the Gift of the Little Seed, arrived Tuesday. Here’s its hint: “Great things often come in small packages…like seeds!” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Holiday Branchlers!
The fourth gift, called the Admit One Gift, dropped Wednesday. “A ticket to hours of entertainment is just a few clicks away.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Gold Flash Glasses!
The fifth gift, known as the Eventful Gift, magically appeared on Thursday. It comes with the description, “80% of success is showing up.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Eventful ROBLOX Top Hat!
The sixth gift, Achievements of the Populace, came to be on Friday evening. The clue: “117561193, 99931407, 106476791, 121133205, 129382885, 135592556, 100477541.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Snowbot!
The seventh gift, the Festive Gift of Impossibility, launched Saturday. The clue: “62592460, 132345501, 117136113, 55843753, 91323278, 122924107, 137697370.” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Merrywrath.
The eighth gift, the Gift of Approval, hit the site on Sunday. The hint is a simple, “Seems legit.” This gift has been awarded to everyone who earned it. This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Festive Swordpack.
The ninth gift, the Sound as a Bell Gift, appeared Monday. “Whatever sounds good to you, sounds good to me.” This gift has been awarded to everyone who earned it. This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Musica Infernus Dominator.
The tenth gift, the Double Double Gift of Trouble, was first sighted on Tuesday. “It was so nice, I bought it twice!” This gift has been awarded to everyone who earned it. This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Gingerbread Headrow.
The eleventh gift is the Bewitching Gift of Santa, which swooped in aboard a broom on Wednesday. “The town is indebted to you, Great Bloxxer. Bloxhilda will never bother us again! Or will she…” This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Bloxikin #32 Santa Claus.
The twelfth and final gift is the Muneris Aureus Dev Ex. This gift was awarded to all developers who have used ROBLOX’s Developer Exchange. This gift was awarded to everyone who earned it and put on sale for a limited time, and finally opened to reveal the Dominus Aureus.
Can you crack the mysteries? You can only be sure once the gift shows up in your inventory – so try everything in the world of ROBLOX that comes to mind. If you want to be notified when we release a new gift, make sure to follow ROBLOX on Twitter!
General information about gifts
- Gifts are given for meeting specific conditions. For example, in the past we have given gifts to every player who opted into ROBLOX emails or had a certain number of posts in the Scripting Helpers Forum. Sometimes conditions will be obvious. Other times they will be a mystery.
- If you meet the conditions before the gift is awarded to everyone who qualifies, you get the gift for free.
- If you don’t, you don’t. Each gift is given out once and only once.
- Don’t worry, you will get a chance to purchase the gifts you’ve missed before they open.
- All gifts will eventually open. Players who own a gift box will get the gift that is inside automatically. The name of the gift box changes to let you know it has opened.
- Once a gift has opened, there is no other way to get the item inside.
- Some gifts will be easy to get. Others will be awarded to only a select few.
Past giftsplosions
We’ve been running giftsplosions on ROBLOX for the last few years. If you’re new to ROBLOX, check out these blog posts for insight into how the event has worked in the past and examples of a couple challenges from years past: