Countdown to content removal (boxes)

A removal of 'Winter holiday content' took place on Tuesday 7th January 2014. Only Christmas content was removed. More information can be found here.

Let me take you back to 3rd January 2013...

A pop-up appears to every player on every TeamLava game, and it informs that all holiday content from 2012 will be removed on the 7th. Chaos ensues as players frantically try to decide what is and what isn't 'holiday content', before invading Design mode to buy up items expected to go and desperately trying to master seasonal recipes.

It was a bit of a shambles in all honesty. Only four days notice of a whole raft of unnamed items and dishes being removed with no promise of any returning at any time in the future. So as that time approaches again, here's a guide as to what you should do.

The definition of 'holiday content' is a dodgy one - Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas clearly all fall into this bracket, but what about Summer, Autumn, Carnival and Cruise themed items? So for the sake of taking no chances I'm going to class anything added this year as at risk.

Every week I'm posting a list of items released in 2013 for a certain category, comprising of the nine tabs of Design mode and the recipes. The boxes are the final category...

Box	Date added	Theme
Crystal Gift Box	16th Jan	Winter
Valentine Chest*	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Swedish Gift	20th Feb	Swedish
Action Chef Box	20th Mar	Asian
Picnic Surprise	10th Apr	Spring
May Basket	22nd May	Spring
Cruise Box	19th Jun	Cruise
Carnival Box	10th Jun	Carnival
Pirate Chest	14th Aug	Under the sea
Melody Box	11th Sep	Musical
Horn of Plenty**	13th Nov	Thanksgiving
Sleigh Crate	11th Dec	Christmas

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.

(*) This box was a 2011 or 2012 removal, but has been re-added in 2013. It is expected to be removed again this year.

(**) This box is 'in season' so may be removed in the near future in a removal of the same format as the Halloween content removal.

Note that all of the boxes cost 24 gems to purchase.

So we've had 12 boxes added to the game in 2013, with a further two Halloween themed boxes (Mystery Mummy Chest and Spooky Chest) already removed courtesy of the Halloween content removal.

Any of these boxes could be taken out, so time is of the essence if you want to spend some gems on these. The fact that the first and second prizes already have an exclusive element to them may make a gamble on a box even more tempting in the coming days as such items will be even more coveted after access to them is removed altogether.

For a list of all content potentially up for removal at the start of 2014, click here.