Winters

Winters ウィンターズ Winters
Winters as it appears in EarthBound.
Region
Foggyland
Connected areas
Snow Wood Boarding House Brick Road Maze Rainy Circle Stonehenge
Music
Winters White

Winters is a country in EarthBound. It is located in the north of the region of FoggyLand. Winters is the home of Jeff, one of Ness's allies who accompanies him to defeat Giygas. According to Shigesato Itoi, the country is based off of England.

Winters has a population of 506 people, not including the 1,200 Tessie watchers, 2 goats, an average temperature of 1°F and wind chill of -22°F. The average age of people is 13 years old.

Overview

Winters is located in the northernmost area of FoggyLand. Implied by the name, the region is very cold and is constantly layered with a blanket of snow. Due to its cold climate, not many people live or visit the country, with most of the population of the country being the Tessie watchers of Lake Tess and students of the Snow Wood Boarding House. The country, however, is famous for being home of the renowned scientist Dr. Andonuts. Rumors of a sea monster named Tessie have been known far and wide, as such a group of people who call themselves the Tessie watchers have camped on the lake shore in hopes if spotting Tessie.

A large lake named Lake Tess seperates the northern half from the southern half. The Snow Wood Boarding School is located on the north half, while the south is where Dr. Andonuts' lab is found. Most of the population is on the northern half of Winters as that is where the Snow Wood Boarding House is located. On the southern half, the dungeon maker Brick Road created an artificial dungeon which is required on the first visit, however it can be bypassed later by using the Pencil eraser to erase the pencil statue near the entrance. Near Dr. Andonuts' lab is also Stonehenge, which is based off of its real-world counterpart and has a large enemy base under it, and Pond Cave where the Rainy Circle Sanctuary is found.

Geography

Winters is located in the north of Foggyland, a region to the east of Eagleland. Winters is a cold, snowey region with natural surroundings, making it a stark contrast to Summers south of it. Winters itself is rather large area surrounded by forests, hills and a large lake. The northern half of Winters is separated from the southern half by a large lake where a sea monster dubbed Tessie lives. Many caves are located on the southern half, including an artificial cave created by the dungeon maker Brick Road. Pond Cave, however, houses the fourth Sanctuary of the game, Rainy Circle.

History

Concept art of Jeff and Bubble Monkey approaching Lake Tess.

Winters is first introduced to the story after Ness and Paula are locked underneath the graveyard in Threed, when Paula contacts Jeff telepathically to help them. Jeff awoke in Snow Wood Boarding House and knew he had to leave. At this point the player takes control of Jeff and his roommate Tony. After leaving with the Bad key machine, the two are stopped by the gate of the school. Jeff climbs on Tony's back, and the two part ways. Jeff then has to traverse through Winters to get to Threed to rescue the friends he had never met. Along the way, he meets Bubble Monkey who follows him on his journey south. The two of them spend the night on the shore of Lake Tess. The next morning, they awake and find Tessie emerging from the lake. Bubble Monkey blows a bubble with his bublegum and floats onto Tessie, where he and Jeff ride Tessie to the southern half.

Back on dry ground they find the Brick Road Maze created by dungeon maker Brick Road. After completing it, they meet Brick Road himself who is working with Dr. Andonuts to become the first human-dungeon hybrid. Jeff then meets with his father Dr. Andonuts for the first time in 10 years. Dr. Andonuts offers him the Sky Runner to use as transportation to Threed.

After rescuing Paula from Geldegarde Monotoli, Ness, Paula and Jeff learn that they must go to Summers to advance their journey. They returned to Threed to repair the damaged Sky Runner so that they could return to Winters to get Dr. Andonuts to modify it so they could travel to Summers. While doing so, the group went to investigate Pond Cave near Stonehenge. There, they fought Shrooom! to get the melody of Rainy Circle.

Later, the group had to return to Winters to help save Apple Kid. They then teleported to Winters, and had to go down the same path that Jeff had to take originally to get to Dr. Andonuts's lab, where Apple Kid was last. Ness and his friends will find much stronger enemies than Jeff had at first. After making it to the lab, Apple Kid's mouse will hand over the Eraser eraser to get into Stonehenge base. After saving everyone from the Starman DX, they returned to Dr. Andonuts's lab.

Shops

Winters Shop

Drug Store "Best Friend"
Item		Price	Effect
	T-rex's bat	$698	Offense +48 for Ness
	Non-stick frypan	$1490	Offense +50 for Paula
	Coin of silence	$2500	Defense +45
	Picnic lunch	$24	Restores about 80 HP
	Skip sandwich DX	$98	Restores about 6 HP; walking speed is greatly boosted for about twenty seconds
	Lucky sandwich	$128	Various effects determined randomly when bought: 60 HP (21/48) or 240 HP (12/48) or Full HP (9/48) or 5 PP (3/48) or 20PP (2/48) or Full HP/PP (1/48)
	Cup of coffee	$6	Restores about 12 HP

Cave Boy's shop

Cave Boy's shop
Item		Price	Effect
	Double burger	$24	Restores about 90 HP
	Picnic lunch	$24	Restores about 80 HP
	Fresh Egg	$12	Restores 84 HP After a while, it will hatch into a Chick
	Cup of coffee	$6	Restores about 12 HP
	Secret Herb	$380	Heals most status ailments

Items

First visit

Item		Location
	Pak of bubble gum	Given by the lady inside the Drugstore when accepting Bubble Monkey (costs $1)

Third visit

Item		Location
	Eraser eraser	Obtained from Apple Kid's mouse inside Dr. Andonuts' Lab

Enemies

First visit

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Cave Boy	Always drops a Picnic lunch
	Gruff Goat	16/128 chance of dropping a Salt packet
	Runaway Dog	64/128 chance of dropping a Bread roll
	Spiteful Crow	Always drops a Cookie

Second and third visits

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Cave Boy	4/128 chance of dropping a Double burger
	Lesser Mook	2/128 chance of dropping a PSI caramel
	Mighty Bear Seven	1/128 chance of dropping a Super plush bear
	Whirling Robo	1/128 chance of dropping a Meteotite
	Wooly Shambler	2/128 chance of dropping a Multi bottle rocket