Palia Seasonal Events Guide
Winterlights
Winterlights is Palia's midwinter festival, running each December through early January. The tradition — shared by Majiri and humans alike — is to light candles with the people you care about as a symbol of hope for the coming spring.
The centrepiece is the Winterlights Wonder quest, delivered by mail. Visit each of the 24 villagers to light candles together and hear their personal hope for the new year. There's no combat and no time pressure — it's one of the most laid-back questlines in the game.
- Scavenger hunts: Winterlights Gift Sleuth (hidden across Kilima) and Zeki's Winterfest Challenge (follow gift clues).
- Chapaa Nest Looting — items stolen by mischievous Chapaa are hidden around the map; find them to claim rewards.
- Snowball Fights — open-world PvP with no formal scoring.
- Tree Decorating — craft ornaments and place them on your Winterlights Tree.
The Winterlights Tree and all decorations you craft persist year-round on your plot — unlike most event items, they're permanent decor once placed.
The seasonal store sells holiday decor with standard Gold: icicle decorations, coloured presents, snow terrain pieces, Snowy Roofing, a Snowy Tree and Snowballs. No special event currency — everything is Gold.
Maji Market
The Maji Market is a night market held in honour of Maji, the dragon god, at the Fairgrounds in southeast Kilima Valley. It runs nightly from 6 PM to 3 AM Palia time, recurring every four weeks. A special Lunar New Year variant runs each February (see below).
- Pop-A-Chapaa (10 PM – midnight) — cooperative shooting minigame; earns Maji Market Tickets.
- Chapaa Chase (12:10 AM – 2:10 AM) — multiplayer race to catch and pen escaped Chapaa; earns Tickets.
- Drum Roll, Please! — rhythm activity with surprise rewards.
- Stamp Cards — a progressive completion system; progress carries over month to month so partial progress is never lost.
Maji Market Tickets are the event currency, spent on Chapaa plushies, seasonal food recipes, fireworks (Dragon, Phoenix, and seven Waterfall colour variants), furniture, and market standees. Vendors include Zeki (Lucky Catch / Claw Machine), Reth (street food), and Delaila (sweets).
Stamp Card progress persists between monthly occurrences. Don't rush — you can chip away at the full stamp card over several visits.
Luna New Year
The Luna New Year is an enhanced Maji Market that runs for approximately one month each February. Each year is themed around an in-world creature: the Year of the Dragon (2024), Year of the Naga (2025), and Year of the Riffroc (2026). It runs at the same nightly hours as the regular market.
- Chapaa Chase — same as the regular market, but earns Lucky Envelopes instead of standard Tickets.
- Hotpot — cooperative tile-matching minigame played at dockside tables; earns Lucky Envelopes and Luna New Year Coins.
- Wish Tree — Chayne mails you a blank ribbon daily; dye it and hang it on the tree for Lucky Envelopes, Gold, or Renown.
- Zeki's Prize Wheel — spend Lucky Envelopes to spin for Gold, more envelopes, Luna New Year Coins, Lucky Coins, and fireworks.
- Hidden Treasure Chests — scattered around the fairgrounds.
The event uses two currencies: Lucky Envelopes (earned from all activities) and Luna New Year Coins (rare; earned at a rate of 1 per 2,000 Lucky Envelopes spent on the Prize Wheel, or occasionally won directly). Year-specific exclusive cosmetics rotate annually and can only be obtained during that year's event.
Spirit Fest & Spooky Moon Store
The autumn season brings two overlapping events: Spirit Fest and the Spooky Moon Store. Both run during October.
Spirit Fest is a quest from Najuma centred on remembering the dead and celebrating what they brought to life. Activities include collecting offerings (flowers and decorations), hunting for candy hidden in mining nodes, fish and forage spots, cooking dishes to share, catching Pumpkin Frogs, and building spirit shrines. The questline focuses on Najuma's relationship with her mother.
- Candy can be found while mining, bug catching, fishing, or searching Elderwood piles — not from a dedicated vendor.
- Complete the Spirit Fest Outro quest to unlock the Spooky Spectral Blossoms in the Kilima Catalogue (30 Kilima Coins).
The Spooky Moon Store is a seasonal vendor outside Kilima's General Store selling Halloween-inspired decor with standard Gold: Spooky Candles, Jaak-O-Lanterns, Pumpkin Stack, leaf piles, Sernuk-O-Lantern and Ravenwood building recipes. Prices range from 300g to 4,400g.
The Spooky Spectral Blossoms are gated behind completing the Spirit Fest Outro quest — finish the questline before the event ends to unlock them.
Frequently asked questions
When does Winterlights start in Palia?
Winterlights runs annually from approximately December 12 through early January, though exact dates vary each year. Watch your in-game mailbox for the Winterlights Wonder quest delivery to know when it has started.
How often does the Maji Market happen in Palia?
The Maji Market is active every night from 6 PM to 3 AM Palia time and recurs every four weeks. There is always a Maji Market cycle running, so it is one of the most reliably accessible events in the game.
What is the difference between the Maji Market and the Luna New Year event?
The Luna New Year is a themed variant of the Maji Market that runs each February for about one month. It adds the Wish Tree, Hotpot minigame, and Zeki's Prize Wheel on top of the regular Chapaa Chase and vendor activities, and uses Lucky Envelopes as its currency rather than standard Maji Market Tickets.
What is Spirit Fest in Palia?
Spirit Fest is Palia's autumn event, running in October. It is a questline from Najuma about honouring those who have passed — players collect offerings, search for hidden candy, cook festival dishes and build spirit shrines. It runs alongside the Spooky Moon Store, which sells Halloween-themed decor for Gold.