The Gilded Jade event in Whiteout Survival is one of those multi-layer seasonal events where a lot of smaller activities are bundled together. On the surface it looks chaotic — dragon fights, mini-games, battle passes, jade spending, ranking rewards — but once you understand how everything connects, the event becomes much easier to manage.
This guide breaks down how each part works and, more importantly, what you should actually prioritize.
Attack of the Nian
The main centerpiece of the event is the Attack of the Nian activity, where you repeatedly strike the dragon to earn rewards and event currency.
The most important rule here is simple: hit your daily cap consistently. Players should aim to reach around 300 daily attack progress whenever possible. This ensures steady resource income and unlocks auto-attack features after enough hits, which makes the process much easier over time.
During attacks, you’ll occasionally trigger lucky strikes or encounter the King Nian, which gives access to a larger reward pool. However, these big rewards are extremely rare, so you shouldn’t rely on them when planning your progression.
City Theme Rankings
One of the biggest rewards tied to this activity is the permanent city theme. However, this isn’t something most players realistically achieve.
To obtain the permanent version, you typically need to rank in the top 10 during the event. That requires massive resource investment, including heavy gem spending and consistent participation.
Because of this, most players should focus on steady rewards rather than trying to chase leaderboard cosmetics.
Frost Jade Currency
Frost Jade is the main event currency, and how you spend it matters more than how much you earn.
One of the biggest sources of Frost Jade is gem spending. If you’re planning to spend gems anyway, this event is an ideal time to do it because you’ll gain extra rewards alongside your normal progress.
However, you should space out your spending instead of using everything at once. This helps you align with other event stages that give bonus rewards.
Lucky Spring Battle Pass Strategy
The event battle pass progresses based on how much you participate in dragon attacks.
While it can be tempting to buy it immediately, a smarter strategy is to wait until an Alliance Mobilization event begins. That way, your purchases and progress contribute toward additional alliance rewards at the same time.
Timing purchases like this is one of the easiest ways to maximize overall value.
King of Spring Event Stages
This portion of the event rotates through several daily tasks, each tied to different types of progression.
Stages include activities like boosting power through training and research, defeating beasts, recruiting heroes, and upgrading troops. The key tip here is to avoid rushing progress outside of preparation cycles.
Instead of spending resources impulsively, you should try to align your actions with state preparation strategies so you don’t hurt long-term progression.
When to Spend Gems
One specific stage during the event is considered the best time to spend large amounts of gems.
During this phase, spending gems contributes to multiple rewards at once, making it far more efficient than spending them at random times. Players working toward VIP levels or upgrading wild marks benefit the most during this stage.
Even moderate spenders can gain significant value simply by timing their gem usage correctly.
Symphony of the New Year and Pot of Fortune
These smaller event sections are much simpler and mostly revolve around completing daily tasks or playing quick mini-games.
The Symphony event involves completing rows and columns of objectives for rewards, while the Pot of Fortune is a reaction-based mini-game where accuracy determines your score.
Both are straightforward but still important for accumulating extra resources.
Jade Quest and Resource Optimization
The Jade Quest rewards players for spending gems, using speedups, and completing tasks.
While speedups can technically boost progress, many experienced players recommend focusing primarily on gem spending instead. Using too many speedups outside preparation phases can hurt your overall event efficiency.
Some speedups can still be used strategically to align long timers, but they shouldn’t be wasted purely for event points.
Beast Slaying Timing Strategy
Defeating beasts is another major objective tied to event rewards.
The most efficient approach is to align your stamina usage with the Beast Slay stage rather than spreading it randomly. You don’t need to complete the maximum reward threshold immediately — you can gradually reach it over the event duration.
This allows you to maximize rewards without exhausting resources early.
The Gilded Jade event rewards planning far more than raw spending. The best approach is to focus on daily participation, carefully time your resource usage, and avoid impulsive decisions.
Players who hit daily activity caps, align their gem spending with key stages, and coordinate with state preparation cycles typically gain the most value from the event.
Trying to chase leaderboard rewards without proper resources usually leads to wasted effort, so most players are better off focusing on steady progression instead.
