Winter Veil Gift 2009: The Red Rider Air Rifle
by Adam Holisky 
Dec 25th 2009 at 1:00AM
Ah! There it is... the holy grail of Christmas gifts! The Red Ryder 200 shot ranged model air rifle... What I want for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB Gun.
In a nod to the holiday classic A Christmas Story, this year's WoW in-game Christmas gift is your very own Red Rider Air Rifle. You get it from the Winter Veil Gift underneath the Winter Veil Tree.
You use it to cast the spell Pelted! which expands one of the 200 charges the Red Rider Air Rifle has. You'll want to fire off the gun to the faction leaders first to get your BB King achievement (Alliance version, Horde version). You can miss with the gun, so do the achievement before blowing the rest of the charges.
For additional information on all the Winter Veil achievements, check out our Over Achiever's Guide to Winter Veil. This gift is active on the EU servers, and as of 8:00 a.m. EST, the gift now appears active on the US/North American servers as well.
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Filed under: Items, Events, Achievements
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
uncaringbear Dec 25th 2009 1:04AM
It's all fun and games...
Arrav Dec 25th 2009 1:44AM
just make sure c'thun isnt around...
Dirky Dec 25th 2009 1:04AM
This is it? THIS is what I have been waiting for? F-A-I-L
Fairlane Dec 25th 2009 1:16AM
You're downrating the Ovaltine/Little Orphan Annie reference.
Taylor Dec 26th 2009 1:17AM
more like A + + + + + + + +
Klown Dec 25th 2009 1:08AM
Must find way to reload it.. 200 shots its enough.
Chris Dec 25th 2009 1:09AM
You'll shoot your eyes out, kids!
Drago Dracini Dec 25th 2009 1:10AM
eh... I like my gifts to not break after 200 plays thank you very much...
Brakelbee Dec 25th 2009 9:22AM
I agree, however it's a true to life imitation of toy durability.
travis Dec 25th 2009 12:56PM
Though I do agree with you, 200 shots is the 'classic' # of shots. Quote from A Christmas Story:
"Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and a thing which tells time"
mtsadowski Dec 25th 2009 7:47PM
The BB Gun was made in China, so that's why it only has 200 shots. Come January, there will be a recall due to the lead debuff that will happen.
Had it been made in Taiwan, it would have only 100 shots.
Lissanna Dec 25th 2009 1:10AM
You'll shoot yer eye out!
Tenebrus Dec 25th 2009 1:12AM
I was holding out for an electric leg lamp!
klink-o Dec 25th 2009 3:53AM
I think they only get those in France.
pepolicious Dec 25th 2009 10:24AM
Sorry, too FRAH-JEE-LEH to tote around Azeroth...
Fairlane Dec 25th 2009 3:47PM
Actually, it's Italy. ;-)
Furydeath Dec 25th 2009 1:14AM
200 shots wow can i trade it in for a pet or something?
Literaltruth Dec 25th 2009 3:15AM
You get a few different gifts - including a pet. The pets, though, are the same as last year - a red helper, green helped, reindeer or snowman that need a snowball to summon. You get a random one of the four in a different box from the Rifle.
Furydeath Dec 25th 2009 10:03PM
Too bad I have all the pet's from doing this event for the past 4 years.
seanthehorde Dec 25th 2009 1:20AM
If you cant wait to get it. You can go onto the Oceanic Servers (luckily I play on one). No one remembers them but they're a day ahead of most people on the US servers. I've had my gun since yesterday and I still haven't shot my eye out ;)