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December 6th
BW2: Return of the Butterfly Garden Gathering! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

A Garden For Butterflies

The butterflies are out there somewhere, and this weekend's visitor is looking to attract them to the event area! This is their SEVENTH visit, so complete their tasks and get another one of their butterfly companions!

There are a total of 8 companion options to choose from, should you manage to attract them all to the event area in time.

Plus, if you've missed any of the past runs of this quest and cannot wait for another butterfly companion, you can spend 150 Bush Bucks to unlock the choice of another, including the other quest rewards! You can only do this till you have 7 of these butterflies.

Butterfly Gardening

Head to the event area in the Commons to get started. Attract different species to the event area in two ways:
1 - Help Harrow in the event area with her quests, unlocking at Noon PST (UTC-8) on Saturday and Sunday. There are 2 species to unlock this way.
2 - Collect Rare Flowers! You can do this after completing Harrow's first quest, available on Friday. There are 6 species to unlock this way, which will be much more challenging to get!

At the end of this colourful quest, you'll get to choose a butterfly companion from the different species you attract.

You have until noon on Tuesday to attract as many as you can, and until noon on Wednesday to choose one as a companion. Good luck!
December 6th
BW2: December 6th, 2024 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Butterfly Garden Gathering 7 (December 6th, 2024)

- Rerunning the Butterfly Garden limited time quest 7:
- Added a new butterfly to collect via Rare Flowers
December 6th
2024 Champion Spotlight: Stoki  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Stami Gackle was a fun-loving and reckless youth, but she fled her home when this carefree nature invited tragic loss into her life. She found shelter in Waterdeep with the monks of the Order of the Even-Handed, who gave her a new name and trained her in their ways. Now a capable adventurer, Stoki approaches problems with intense focus and careful consideration, having earned a reputation for being uncommonly stoic. However, Stoki's patient demeanor belies a warrior's ferocity, as she unleashes a rapid flurry of masterful blows to any foe who refuses to back down.
Stoki has received a significant rework along with a new niche focused on Champions who attack quickly. To support her kit, we are updating the Champion Search starting today as builds roll out to allow players to search by Champions based on their base attack cooldown. Let's talk about all things Stoki!

Stoki


Stoki
NAME
4
SEAT
2.5%
CRIT CHANCE
100%
CRIT DAMAGE
Female
GENDER
45
AGE
Lawful Neutral
ALIGNMENT
5
OVERWHELM
Gnome
SPECIES
Monk
CLASS
Support / Gold
ROLES
None
AFFILIATION
11
STR
18
DEX
15
CON
13
INT
17
WIS
12
CHA
86
TOT
Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until December 11, 2027)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Flurry of Blows (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks random enemies with her fists.

Formation Abilities

  • Focused Strike - When Stoki attacks, she gains a Focus Point for each enemy she hits. She increases the damage of all Champions with a base attack cooldown of 4.0s or faster by 10% for each Focus Point she has, stacking multiplicatively. Focus Points cap at 100 and are reduced by 50% (rounded down) when changing areas.
  • Golden Palm - Enemies that have been attacked by Stoki at any point in the current area drop 100% more gold when killed for each Focus Point she has, stacking additively.
  • Building Focus - Stoki keeps track of the total Focus Point she has gained in the current adventure. If Stoki's Focus Points are capped for a given area, she still counts new ones towards this ability. Upon reaching certain milestones, the following effects activate:

    - 100 Focus Points: Encouragement - Champions adjacent to Stoki have their base attack cooldowns lowered by 0.5s.
    - 1000 Focus Points: Flurry of Blows - For every 1000 levels Stoki has, she attacks an additional target with each attack. She prefers to attack different targets but will attack the same target multiple times if she has already attacked everyone.
    - 5000 Focus Points: Leadership - Champions adjacent to Stoki have a 0.45% chance to reset their base attack cooldown after attacking for each Focus Point she currently has. Caps at 90%.
    - 12500 Focus Points: Overflow - When Stoki attacks an enemy that she already attacked, there is a 20% chance the enemy will be stunned for 3 seconds.
    - 25000 Focus Points: Explosion - If Stoki hits the same enemy two or more times with the same base attack, power radiates from the enemy, dealing 5 seconds worth of BUD damage to itself and all other nearby enemies. Triggers with each extra hit.
  • Frenzied Friends - Stoki additively increases the Focus Points cap of Focused Strike by 10 for each Champion in the formation whose base attack cooldown is 4.0s or lower.

Specializations

  • All Out Assault - Stoki tracks the number of attacks her allies have performed in the past 10 seconds and increases the effect of Focused Strike by 15% for each one, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Bend It Like Birdsong - Stoki counts the number of Champions in the formation with a DEX score of 16 or higher. For each such Champion, her base attack cooldown is decreased by 0.1 seconds, stacking additively, and the effect of Focused Strike is increased by 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
  • A Little Bit Faster Now - Stoki reduces the base attack cooldown of all Champions with a default base attack cooldown of 6.0 seconds or higher to 4.0 seconds so that they qualify for Frenzied Friends. Their damage is increased by 100% for every 0.1 seconds their base attack cooldown is reduced by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

  • Quivering Palm (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks five random enemies with extremely powerful palm thrusts. Over the next 10 seconds, all affected enemies take massive damage over time.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
SLOT 1
Global DPS Buff
SLOT 2
Golden Palm Buff
SLOT 3
Focused Strike Buff
SLOT 4
BuffsStoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations
SLOT 5
Ultimate Cooldown
SLOT 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  • Frugal
    Increases all Gold found by 10%.
  • Palm Thrust
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Focused Strike ability by 20%.
  • Touch of Silver
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Golden Palm ability by 20%.
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  • Lucky
    Increases all Gold found by 25%.
  • Dragon Fist
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Focused Strike ability by 40%.
  • Grasp of Gold
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Golden Palm ability by 40%.
  • Monastic Discipline
    Increases the effect of Stoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations by 40%
Epic
  • Lightning Palm
    Increases the attack cooldown reduction of Stoki's Building Focus - Encouragement ability to 1 second.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Mastery of the Self
    Increases the effect of Stoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations by 80%
    Available for 50,000 Gems or in the Sharran Stoki Theme Pack
  • Entertainer
    Increases the Charisma score of Stoki by 2.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward

We Want YOUR Feedback

How do you feel about this update to the first Event Champion? Will you have a use for Stoki? Let us know!

Your participation and feedback are invaluable, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

December 4th
Idle Champions: Simril 8  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Simril is ruined! Someone or something has been pillaging all the food stores of Luskan, leaving very little leftover for the feast of Simril, let alone the long, cold winter to follow. Your party has been hired to hunt down this ruiner-of-holidays and recover the stolen sustenance.
It is time to celebrate Faerûn's winter solstice once again, this time with the next companion character from Baldur's Gate 3 coming to Idle Champions along with a stunning rework of the first Event Champion we ever released!

Halsin the Archdruid has arrived all the way from the Emerald Grove. Our first Featured Champion is a devout follower of Silvanus who thrives in good-aligned formations. Halsin can be unlocked during Simril from December 4th through 25th.

The second Featured Champion is Stami "Stoki" Gackle, and she has received a significant reworked to focus on Champions who attack quickly. The 2024 Champion Spotlight for Stoki arrives on Friday, December 6th and the reworked Stoki will become available in Simril starting on Wednesday, December 11th.

For details on Simril 8 - and to learn about our Winterfest Celebration - read on!

Featured Champions

Halsin

Halsin, the esteemed Archdruid of the Emerald Grove, is a wise and powerful elf dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature. After being captured by goblins allied with the Absolute, he escaped and now fights to protect his grove and its inhabitants from this encroaching evil. He channels his deep connection to the natural world to aid his allies in their quests.


Learn more about Halsin in his Champion Spotlight.

Stoki

Stami Gackle was a fun-loving and reckless youth, but she fled her home when this carefree nature invited tragic loss into her life. She found shelter in Waterdeep with the monks of the Order of the Even-Handed, who gave her a new name and trained her in their ways. Now a capable adventurer, Stoki approaches problems with intense focus and careful consideration, having earned a reputation for being uncommonly stoic. However, Stoki's patient demeanor belies a warrior's ferocity as she unleashes a rapid flurry of masterful blows to any foe who refuses to back down.


Learn more about Stoki's Rebalance when her Champion Spotlight goes live on Friday, December 6th.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:
Regis
SEAT 2
Talin
SEAT 2
Dhadius
SEAT 5
Krull
SEAT 6
Shadowheart
SEAT 6
Lucius
SEAT 7
Warduke
SEAT 8
Yorven
SEAT 10
Warden
SEAT 11

Event Augments

  • Refreshing Boons: Event boons obtained during this event last for 21 days and don't expire when the event ends. Obtaining another boon at any point during the event refreshes this timer. If your boon persists into the next event, it will stack with that event's boon until it expires. However, it will not unlock the supporter slot.
  • Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.

    Buff Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
    Gem Drops 20% 40% 70% 100%

  • Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
  • Worth the Wait: Rebalanced Champion Stoki releases at the start of week two of this event. Completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!
You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Winterfest Celebration

It's finally time for our Winterfest Celebration! Players will be able to unlock daily curated rewards along with exciting participation rewards that include the new Potent Gale Skin and the Chosen of Mystra Feat for everyone's favorite Waterdhavian Wizard, Gale Dekarios. Winterfest comes to a close next Wednesday, December 11th.

Player Feedback

We want to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions! What do you think about Halsin? Are you excited to learn more about the changes to Stoki? Your participation and feedback are invaluable, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

November 29th
Idle Champions Spotlight: Halsin 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Halsin, the esteemed Archdruid of the Emerald Grove, is a wise and powerful elf dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature. After being captured by goblins allied with the Absolute, he escaped and now fights to protect his grove and its inhabitants from this encroaching evil. He channels his deep connection to the natural world to aid his allies in their quests.
Halsin is a Support, Healing, and Speed Champion who excels in formations with other Good Champions. He drives the Champions forward, potentially completing area quest requirements early, while his druidic healing keeps his allies alive.

Read on to learn more...

Halsin

Halsin
NAME
3
SEAT
2.5%
CRIT CHANCE
100%
CRIT DAMAGE
Male
GENDER
350
AGE
Neutral Good
ALIGNMENT
5
OVERWHELM
Elf (Wood)
SPECIES
Druid
CLASS
Support / Healing / Speed
ROLES
Absolute Adversaries
AFFILIATION
16
STR
11
DEX
14
CON
10
INT
17
WIS
13
CHA
81
TOT
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Zariel, Elminster (until December 4th, 2027)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Thorn Whip (magic) - Halsin attacks the enemy with the most health, dealing one hit and pulling them a short distance towards the formation.

Formation Abilities

  • Archdruid of Emerald Grove - Halsin gains a Harmony stack for each Good Champion in the formation, including himself. Halsin increases the damage of these Champions by 100% for each Harmony stack, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Call To Action - In non-boss areas, every time the area quest progresses, there is a chance that you will just immediately complete the quest and move on to the next area. The maximum chance is 20% if the quest is one away from being completed but is greatly reduced based on the number of quest items left to collect or enemies left to defeat.

  • Nature's Revival - Halsin heals Champions affected by Archdruid of Emerald Grove by 10 health every second.
  • Vow of Harmony - Halsin provides benefits based on the number of Harmony stacks he has.
    3+ Harmony stacks: Nurturing: The effect of Nature's Revival is increased by 20% for each Harmony stack he has, stacking additively.
    5+ Harmony stacks: Hurrying: The effect of Call To Action is increased by 50%.
    7+ Harmony stacks: Recharging: When a Champion uses an Ultimate Attack, it recharges with 10% of the cooldown already done.
    9+ Harmony stacks: Growing: Increases the base value of Archdruid of Emerald Grove by 400%.

Specializations

  • Harbinger of the Wilds - Archdruid of Emerald Grove now also grants Harmony stacks for Neutral Champions in the formation (on the Good/Evil axis).
  • Sage of the Transformed - Halsin increases the number of Ceremorphosis stacks the party has by 40%, rounded down.

  • Protector of the Grove - Increases the effect of Archdruid of Emerald Grove by your maximum chance of Call To Action triggering.

Ultimate Ability

  • Bear Form - Halsin transforms into a bear for 20 seconds, and his base attack changes to Bear Strike.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
SLOT 1
Global DPS Buff
SLOT 2
Archdruid of Emerald Grove Buff
SLOT 3
Call To Action Buff
SLOT 4
Nature's Revival Buff
SLOT 5
Ultimate Cooldown
SLOT 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  • Emerald Prayer
    Increases the pre-stack effect of Halsin's Archdruid of Emerald Grove ability by 20%.
  • No Time to Wait
    Increases the effect of Halsin's Call To Action ability by 20%.
  • Green Thumb
    Increases the effect of Halsin's Nature's Revival ability by 20%.
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  • Emerald Oath
    Increases the pre-stack effect of Halsin's Archdruid of Emerald Grove ability by 40%.
  • Righteous Momentum
    Increases the effect of Halsin's Call To Action ability by 40%.
  • Nature's Bounty
    Increases the effect of Halsin's Nature's Revival ability by 40%.
  • Rejuvenating Touch
    Increases the healing of the Nurturing component of Halsin's Vow of Harmony ability by 40%.
Epic
  • Kick the Door Down
    Increases the effect of Halsin's Call To Action ability by 80%.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Bear Hug
    Increases the cooldown reduction of the Recharging component of Halsin's Vow of Harmony ability by 80%.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Rampant Growth
    Increases the bonus of the Growing component of Halsin's Vow of Harmony ability by 80%.
    Available for 50,000 Gems or in the Moonlight Halsin Theme Pack

We Want YOUR Feedback

How do you feel about Halsin? Will this Archdruid take on an important role in your formations?

Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

November 28th
Idle Champions: December Augments Preview 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome to our preview for the Simril Year 8 Event Augments!

The final Year 8 Event of 2024 begins on Wednesday, December 4, and it will include four returning Event Augments.

For more information about which Event Augments will be active for Simril Year 8, read on.

Simril Year 8 Event Augments

  • Augment 1: Refreshing Boons (Returning Augment)
    Description: Event boons obtained during this event last for 21 days and don't expire when the event ends. Obtaining another boon at any point during the event refreshes this timer. If your boon persists into the next event, it will stack with that event's boon until it expires. However, it will not unlock the supporter slot.

  • Augment 2: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.

Buff Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
Gem Drops 20% 40% 70% 100%


  • Augment 3: Auto Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
    Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!

  • Augment 4: Worth The Wait (Returning Augment)
    Description: Rebalanced Champion Stoki will unlock at the start of week two of this event, and completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!


Note: Similar to our rollouts in October and November, the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions next month will also be spread out, with Halsin tomorrow, November 29th, and Stoki's releasing next Friday, December 6th.


We hope you enjoy these Event Augments! Please tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:
November 27th
Idle Champions: Turn of Fortune's Wheel Part 8  
Posted in Idle Champions.

The search for R04M continues with the latest update to Turn of Fortune's Wheel!

With the information uncovered after unlocking the Mosaic Mimir's memories, the Champions journey into a realm of nightmares, where the Plane of Shadow has been infringing upon the Outlands. The Champions will uncover far more than they ever bargained for as the truths they discover begin to contradict the truths they thought they knew...

Note: You will need to have completed the previous two Turn of Fortune's Wheel adventures, Time's Mausoleum and Heroes of the Day, in order to access these new adventures.

Campaign: Turn of Fortune's Wheel


The Lost Modron

Search for R04M within the encroaching darkness of the Shadowfell.

Variant: Song and Silence

Search for R04M within the encroaching darkness of the Shadowfell with some skillful allies.
  • You may only use Rogue and Bard Champions.
  • Champions with a Charisma of 18 or higher have their positional formation abilities increased by 100%.
  • Complete Area 1050

Realm of Enchanted Mysteries

Escape with R04M while dealing with a visit from our old pal Somnus.

Variant: R04M Where You Want To

Escape with R04M while dealing with some not-so-good Champions.
  • You may not use Good Champions.
  • R04M joins the formation. Champions next to R04M attack 0.5 seconds slower for every 100 areas completed.
  • Complete Area 1100

We Want YOUR Feedback

How do you feel about your journey in the Outlands so far?

Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:



November 27th
BW2: September 27th, 2024 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Dino Dig Mini-Event (November 27th, 2024)

- Dino Dig mini-event update (Nov 27 - Dec 4). Includes:
- New mount & pets for sale
- New ranch and custom items in store
- Rebalanced fossil community goal
- View Dino Dig Blog
November 22nd
BW2: November 22nd, 2024 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Dr. What Limited-Time Quest Update & Search Fields (November 22nd, 2024)

- Updated the Dr. What limited-time quest to run Nov 22-25

- Fixed a typo in Nate's Infected Plains Adventure

- Fixed sometimes energy increasing/decreasing when you dig in a quarry

- Added the Rustic Candles, Rustic Dining Table, Candy Cane Pole, and Candy Canes Post to the ranch store after you've unlocked them

- Added search fields to inventory selection popups (pets,mounts,trinkets,hats,swords,etc.), and the Blacksmith, Pet Progress, and Mount Progress dialogs (Thanks, Ty!)
November 19th
BW2: Halloween Haunted Mansion Contest Winners of 2024 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

We've chosen our 2024 Haunted Mansion Decoration Contest Winners! If you weren't aware, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are picked by the whole Codename Entertainment studio, while Community Choices are voted on by you, the wise Whacker community! Our top three choices earn 250, 200, and 150 Bush Bucks respectively, while the Community Choices take home a cool 50 Bush Bucks.

Without further ado here are your winners:

Winners


1st Place
cutename

2nd Place
Becky83

3rd Place
Eliz




Community Choice



Community Choice 1
MeganRose

Community Choice 2
Croq

Community Choice 3
Mainely2014

Community Choice 4
cyanthropy



Congratulations again to all our winners! Your Bush Buck prizes have been sent as gifts to your accounts!