Big Time is teasing the return of its Christmas in July event. The action RPG confirmed the seasonal celebration begins next week, promising a fresh chance to recover Cosmetics that have not been seen in ages. The studio framed it around the idea that some treasures were never meant to remain lost forever, with the mists of time set to part and reveal old rewards.

The event is structured to run in waves. Each week will bring new colors, new challenges, and new Cosmetics to craft, and the team told players to watch for the colors as a signal of what is coming. That weekly cadence keeps players engaged across the full run rather than front-loading everything into a single drop.

What to expect from Christmas in July

The core of the event is crafting. Players earn their way to festive rewards by crafting eligible in-game items and completing weekly challenges, then climbing a leaderboard based on their points. In past editions, the format has rewarded the top players on that leaderboard, making consistent weekly participation the path to the best prizes.

The return also revives seasonal content from previous holiday seasons. Festive-themed weapons, armor, and crafting recipes come back into rotation, giving both newer players and veterans a window to obtain cosmetics that have been unavailable for a long time. The "watch for the colors" tease points to the game's color-based cosmetic system, where specific hues and themes carry real weight for collectors and for accessing certain content.

For scale, last year's Christmas in July ran with a prize pool of 1.2 million BIGTIME tokens and tasked players with crafting items and completing weekly missions to rank among the top of the leaderboard. That edition used a seasonal currency called Snowflakes and required players to craft eligible items using BIGTIME or a mix of tokens and Time Crystals, the game's premium currency. The studio has not yet published this year's prize pool, with the full reveal expected as the event goes live next week.

Inside Big Time

Big Time is a free-to-play multiplayer action RPG developed by Big Time Studios, blending fast-paced dungeon combat with a player-owned cosmetic economy. It is built for Windows PC and aims to keep its web3 elements invisible, so players can enjoy the action without needing to understand the blockchain layer underneath. In 2025, the game went fully free-to-play and open access, removing its old invite-only barrier and opening the doors to everyone.

The gameplay loop centers on running dungeons and crafting. Players fight through instances, and with a charged Hourglass equipped, those runs generate BIGTIME tokens. Hourglasses are limited-supply artifacts, which makes token generation a scarce and sought-after activity. Cosmetics sit at the heart of the economy as digital collectibles with finite supply, and equipping certain items can unlock access to exclusive areas and portals. This makes cosmetics both a status symbol and a functional key to higher-end content.

Crafting is where much of the depth lives. Players use SPACE, the game's virtual land, alongside Workshop NFTs like the Forge, Armory, and Time Warden to craft and upgrade weapon and armor cosmetics. Each step toward a higher rarity tier demands more BIGTIME, so players plan resource use carefully. Guilds and players can also rent out their Workshop NFTs through the Open Loot marketplace, letting newer players craft without paying the full upfront cost of the utility NFTs.

The BIGTIME token and Prestige Portals

BIGTIME is the core token of the game's economy, and it was launched with no allocation to the team or stakeholders, with the primary way to earn it being in-game drops. The token is used to refine, craft, and upgrade collectibles at the Forge and Armory, to speed up crafting timers, and to enter exclusive zones. It can also be traded outside the game on the Open Loot marketplace, where assets can be bought using BIGTIME, USDC, or fiat payment methods through services like Coinbase and MoonPay.

Prestige Portals are one of the token's standout uses. To access these exclusive portals, players must meet specific cosmetic collectible requirements, which can range from owning the right color to matching a particular theme. Once those requirements are met, players pay an entry fee in BIGTIME or Time Crystals to enter, then face bosses for higher drop rates on desirable items like bonus BIGTIME, Time Crystals, and rare NFTs. That system is exactly why events like Christmas in July, which distribute themed cosmetics in specific colors, carry weight beyond just their looks.

A steady event calendar

Christmas in July is part of a regular rhythm of crafting competitions and seasonal events that keep Big Time's economy active. The studio has run events like The Lucky 7, focused on crafting a new weapon set with prize pools starting at 25,000 BIGTIME each, alongside its Seasons framework, which builds community-wide races to craft unique rarity cosmetics from thousands of lower-rarity collectibles. A BIGTIME VIP Program rewards dedicated players based on their token holdings and Cosmetic Collection Score across a tiered system.

The return of Christmas in July continues that cadence with one of the game's most recognizable seasonal brands. With weekly colors, challenges, and craftable Cosmetics rolling out and a full reveal due as it launches next week, the studio is giving players a limited window to chase holiday rewards that have been out of reach since the last festive season.