The present box is a unique resource which adds 10% to Happiness (but it will not stack with wrapping paper), and is obtained by playing the game on the days around Christmas. Present boxes are carried over when you reset.
It can be redeemed in the management panel on the village tab at any time (except during Eldermass, usually lasting from about a week before Christmas until about a week after New Years), and will leave you with 1 Wrapping paper and a gift. That means you’ll be able to open your present box AFTER New Years.
Which gift you get depends on your progress through the game:
- If you have Leviathan energy capped, you will receive the gift of Burned Paragon!
- If you have more than 500 Burned Paragon, you will receive 1500 or your current amount of Burned Paragon, whichever is lower.
- If you have 500 or less, you will receive 150 Burned Paragon.
- Otherwise, if you have any Chronospheres, you will receive the gift of Compendia!
- If you have more than 500k compendia, you will receive 4* your current amount.
- If you have 500k or less, you will receive 100k compendia.
- You also get the largest amount of necrocorns chosen among:
- Otherwise, if you have Enlightenment researched but not Renaissance, you will receive the gift of Metaphysics!
- The possible gifts are Golden Ratio, Divine Proportion, Vitruvian Feline, and Renaissance. You will receive the first metaphysic on that list which you haven't already researched.
- Otherwise, if you have Transcendence researched and are currently at tier 10 or less, you will receive the gift of Transcendence!
- You will receive 4 Transcendence tiers.
- Otherwise, if you have Apocrypha researched, you will receive the gift of Epiphany!
- If you have more than 136% apocrypha bonus, you will receive 4 * (1000 or your current amount of epiphany, whichever is lower).
- If you have a 136% or lower bonus, you will receive 5 epiphany.
- Otherwise, if you have less than 25% of your BLS cap, have Megalomania researched, and less than 3 Black Pyramids, you will receive the gift of BLS!
- You will get enough BLS to reach your current cap.
- Otherwise, if you have more than zero time crystals (any fraction of one counts as well), Anachronomancy researched, and purchased Stasis Chambers upgrade, you will receive the gift of Time Crystals!
- If you have more than 100 time crystals, you will receive 2000 or your current amount, whichever is lowest.
- If you have 100 or less, you get 50 time crystals.
- Otherwise, if you have at least 100 paragon, you will receive the gift of Paragon!
- If you have more than 500 paragon, you will receive 1000 or your current amount of paragon, whichever is lower.
- If you have 500 or less paragon, you will receive 100 paragon.
- If none of the above are true, then you will receive the gift of Karma!
- If you have at least 50 karma (displayed value), you will receive 25 * (your current amount of karmakitten points or 25k, whichever is lower).
- If you don't, you'll get 5k karmakitten points (equivalent to resetting with 407 kittens).
Tip: the best option would be to open your gift after you have both the Renaissance meta and 10 TTs, but before you've build chronospheres on that run.