99 Nights In The Forest Christmas Update—everything To Know About...

The Deer gets coal, but the rest of you get presents if you survive.

The Deer can be a bit of a jerk, that's nothing new, but the creepy critter has taken things a step too far in the 99 Nights in the Forest Christmas update. It's now after Santa's elves, and if you're willing to help them out they'll shower you with presents and candy canes.

Distressed elves seem to spawn at random intervals, but you'll be notified they're out there with an "elves have appeared around the map" announcement at the start of a new day. For every elf you save, you get one present with a random item to help with survival and five candy canes. Candy canes serve as event currency, which you can exchange for rewards in the lobby's elf shop.

There's a lot to do in the Roblox survival crafting hit's holiday event, but I'm here to explain how to save the elves, spend your candy canes, and every obstacle in between—so put in a good word for me with ol' Saint Nick and get me on the nice list.

Week 1 of the 99 Nights in the Forest Christmas update is live now, but you can expect parts two and three before 2026 rolls in. Nothing is confirmed for those future updates yet, but I reckon we'll have to help the elves rebuild Santa's Workshop in one of them.

Here's the schedule for the next two Christmas updates:

You can also tame the friendly mammoths that spawn in the holiday village, which is a nice freebie for other wintery obstacles that make the game harder. Keep scrolling for details on how to save the elves, but with that said, I've got a few extra resources to check out for related help with the Christmas update:

You can save the elves in 99 Nights in the Forest using tools from Santa's abandoned sack of presents near the Missing Kids board. There are three types of elves to save around the map, all in need of rescuing with the ladder, ice skates, or shovel. I recommend buying one of those first since the Sled doesn't do much for now. It just makes travel a bit faster (and cumbersome).

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You can keep the ice skates and shovel, but it seems the ladder is a one-time-use item so keep a steady supply of coins coming by killing cultists and exploring the map.

Source: PC Gamer