Nate's Birthday Event Update (January 10th, 2025)

- Updated Nate's Birthday Event:
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Updated 2 of the VIP event rewards
- Added new event mounts in Bush Bucks sale and mount packs, available the first weekend of the event
- Added 3 new pets available the second weekend of the event
- New Cursed Cubes quest sequel

- Fixed being able to start the Catching a Cactus quest at the Cenote Site while working on another hub

- Can now put an equipped mount/pet into a pen (it unequips it), and vise-versa, to make it slightly less annoying to use Mount Feeds on a mount in a training pen (Thanks, Ty!)

- Wall items can now be placed on the mini golf course (Thanks, Ty!)

Happy Birthday Nate!

It's that time of year again! Help celebrate Nate Dragon's birthday by decorating the Commons for him....because no one else will.

Safety First

First and foremost, whenever Nate is involved, safety becomes a priority. Find Safety Coins in the bushes and bring them to the stations in the Commons to stock up on protective gear. Turn in 10 coins at each station 50 times for an achievement. You can see the number of turn-ins you've completed at a station when you turn in a set of coins. The Kevlar Pad station is there on the first day of the event, and the Fire Extinguisher and Band Aid stations will unlock as the event goes on.

Party Preparation

Then it seems Nate needs decorations and activities to set up in the Commons. Go out daily and find things for his party. Have fun trying out the activity stations as many times as you want!

Dragon Costuming

If you're trying to get Tiny Little Arms or Just Like Nate achievements, or if you just want to have a little fun, you need to be wearing all pieces of the Dragon gear or the Nate outfit (available from the vendor's Bush Bucks store if it's your first time playing this event) while completing the 4 party Stations: Dynamite Activity, Campfire Activity, Digging Activity and the Training Whacking Activity.

Fire! Fire!

If you've built the Town Hall, you can expect an fiery visitor to the party as well!

New for 2025

This year's update includes:

- a new cursed cubes quest, with a new companion to collect!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new ribbons and 100% reward!
- Updated 2 of the VIP event rewards

Holiday Plushies!

As this is the first event of 2025, we're introducing a new 100% reward set - Holiday Plushies! Collect them all!

Nate's Generous Uncle

New year, new gift from Nate's uncle! He seems apologetic enough, so maybe this one won't be cursed...

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total TWENTY THREE possible Achievements to earn in this event:

Returning Achievements

Safety First - You completed a turn-in at each of the Safety Stations.
Safety Inspector - You completed 50 turn-ins at each of the Safety Stations.
Without a Hitch - You helped Nate with all of his Birthday quests!
Neverending Supply - You completed all 4 of the Birthday event daily quests 3 times.
Firefighter - You put out a fire and saved a building in the Commons! [Requires the Town Hall built]
Dragon Slayer - You scared off a dragon and saved the Commons!
Surprise Explosions! - You helped organize a surprise party for Nate.
A Heroic Gift - Help Natalie make Nate look like a hero for his birthday.
Cursed Cubes! - You removed the cube curse!

New Achievements

Loot Deluge - You bought all the 2025 Nate's Birthday event items!

Retired Achievements

We have 13 achievements from previous year's events, which may be earned by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present during the initial year:

Nate's Fortune - You bought all the 2024 Nate's Birthday event items! Nate's Novelties - You bought all the 2023 Nate's Birthday event items!
Nate-tional Treasure - You bought all the 2022 Nate's Birthday event items!
Birthday Spoils - You bought all the 2021 Nate's Birthday event items!
Birthday Blowout - You bought all the 2020 Nate's Birthday event items!
Nate-Nacs - You bought all the 2019 Nate's Birthday event items!
Nate's Treasures - You bought all the 2018 Nate's Birthday event items!
Birthday Souvenirs - You bought all the 2017 Nate's Birthday event items!
Nate's Finer Things - You bought all the 2016 Nate's Birthday event items!
Nate's Stash - You bought all the 2015 Nate's Birthday event items!
Tiny Little Arms - You bungled each activity station while dressed like a Dragon
Nate's Inventory - You bought all the 2014 Nate's Birthday event items!
Just Like Nate! - You bungled each activity station while dressed like Nate.

*The mini-golf piece is not included in the Nate's Fortune achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Grab a new bombastic partner!

Mount Packs

To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from Jan 10th to 13th!

The Drake mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Fire Drake and Frost Drake are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts produce their own unique sparkly particles when you ride them!

Pet Packs

Three new pets, the Nate Kitty, Nate Robot, and Pointy Dragon, can be seen in the event area later on. You can pick them up January 17th to 20th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!



Many other pets and ranch items available from previous years via "Nate's Olde Mischief Market". Talk to the event store clerk to view this store!

This event runs until Friday January 24th, 2025 @ Noon PST (8pm UTC).

See the full Release Notes!

Post your thoughts and feedback here!

Endangered Species - Eighth Encounter

Habitats are changing, and it's endangering many different animal species. Carson Tiva has found that three different endangered species can currently be found in Bushwhackia, as they search for new places to live.

Three Endangered Species

Przewalskis Horse - An endangered horse at risk from hunting, and harsh winters.

Golden Mole - A critically endangered mole which is also known as the shark of the dunes!

Pink Fairy Armadillo - A super rare and endangered armadillo and is the smallest armadillo species in the world!

Collect Conservation Data

Like you did during Carson's last visit, apply your bush whacking skills to help them collect Conservation Data on these unique animals for the limited time they're here. To gather data, you just have to give them a whack with your sword or other whacking implement. With said data, Carson Tiva can use it to try and help what's left of these unique animals.

Which species you encounter in the fields will be random, so if you fall behind in finding one of the three animals, you can start one of Carson Tiva's pursuit quests. You can do one pursuit quest every 20 hours.

Earn Rewards

Your efforts will not go unrewarded! Carson Tiva will trade you for this data in their store, plus you'll earn a unique plaque for your contributions! Like event ribbons, this plaque will increase your maximum energy based on your performance.

Collect data, complete the achievements, and earn rewards!

In addition to a new set of species, Bush Buck Bundle, and energy boosting plaque, you can earn a new Elephant Gnome ranch item reward!

Limited Time Only

Go to the event area of the Commons to get started, and gather as much data as you can before noon on Tuesday January 7th, Pacific Time!

Hi Whackers!

The folks of the Prismatic Passage are ready to fight for their freedom! Rally behind the cause as they establish a new Quest Hub, featuring its own story quest chain, dailies, store, and more! If you've collected both halves of the Magister's Sigil with help from Nate and Kaine, you can start this new adventure at the Town Crier. Happy whacking!

Note: You need to wait 20 hours after completing Nate and/or Kaine's quests in the Prismatic Passage before the hub quests become available.

The Town Crier will let you know when enough time has passed to pick up the continuing story quests. As you finish the story parts, you'll unlock new daily quests to do!

Choose carefully though, because once you've started these daily quests, you won't be able to do any Cenote Site, Cera Altepetl, Explorer's Camp, Sanctuary, or Cloudland daily quests for the next 20 hours.

Completing the Daily Quests will award you Prisma Mirians, which can be used to buy a plethora of exciting custom items and treats from this hub's unique store once it's been unlocked.

Chat about it on the forum!

Happy Whacking!

Year End Update (December 19th, 2024)

- End of Year Pet/Mount sale (Dec 25-Jan 1)

- Updated New Year's Eve limited-time quest (Dec 30th):
- New quest reward
- New store items for Ye Auld Lang Store: New Year Chest, New Years Banner, Party Blower

- Updated Endangered Species mini-event (Jan 3-7):
- 3 new pets
- 3 new plaque ranch items
- New completion reward

- Fixed sometimes walking through terrain after teleporting to field via area progress map (Thanks Ty!)

- You can now ask the Fisherman in the Commons what fishing holes you are missing unique items from. He'll only mention fishing holes in areas you've unlocked. (Thanks Ty!)

- You can now trade down 1 Unique DNA to 4 Epic DNA after you've collected more than 10 Unique DNA (Thanks Ty!)

- Added a new quest hub in the Prismatic Passage region! Becomes available after collecting both halves of the Magister's Sigil with help from Nate and Kaine. Speak to the Town Crier to start! (Dec 20th)
- New riveting story quests!
- New compelling dailies!
- New blinged-out store!
- New puzzles!
- And so much more!

'Tis the Season for Giving!

Get into the giving mood of the holiday season by tackling the Bushwhackia Christmas event.

To the North Pole!

You'll want to get started by heading to the event area in the Commons to meet up with the stranded elf and help him fix his teleporter. (It's delicate, OK?) Once you've got it operational, you'll be able to make the journey far to the North Pole where you'll find a bevy of characters who need your special skills to make the holiday celebrations work!

Fueled By Candy Canes!

Your primary task will be helping the elves make presents by bringing them Candy Canes (that you find in bushes), but there is a veritable smorgasbord of holiday related quests to complete as well. All of these quests will unlock over the course of the event, with the last ones unlocking on Christmas Day.

Delivery!

Once you've found reindeer chow for the poor reindeer, then you can help out Santa by delivering a present to a random house daily.

Gingerbread Housing

Gingerbread Men are settling down in the event area and need your help gathering construction materials! Perhaps they'll build you a Gingerbread House of your own?

And much much more!

Presents all Around!!

Here's the event that started the gifting tradition! Once a day, if you have excess tokens, you can send a Present to a friend! These presents will contain a random amount of gold, energy, mana, power and come with some other treats as well. If you want to send more presents in a day, it will cost you a few Bush Bucks. Talk to Sasha in the North Pole to learn more!


Sasha has the power to gift your friends!

New This Year

This year's update includes:
- new pet and costume VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new 2024 holiday 100% reward!
- new Christmas tree for your ranch received from completing the Decorate Tree quest
- new Snowman companion from the Build a Snowman quest
- another ranch item for ice fishing
- new item to steal
- new ugly sweater to craft
- new quest-line for Nate

Read the change log for the full list!

Holiday Completion Tree!

Get 100% completion this event to collect the final Holiday Tree of 2024!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total of THIRTY TWO possible Achievements to earn in this event:

Returning Achievements

Apprentice Elf Helper - You've been responsible for at least one present!
Journeyman Elf Helper - You've been responsible for at least 20 presents!
Professional Elf Helper - You've been responsible for at least 50 presents!
Expert Elf Helper - You've been responsible for at least 50 presents from each Elf!
Santa Man - You've delivered a present to someone's house!
Diverse Santa - You've delivered a present to several houses!
Schoolyard Victor - You won 5 snowball fights!
Reindeer Herder - You've saved the reindeer 5 times!
Yay! Presents - You've opened a present from the Developers!
12 Days of Bushmas - You completed all 12 days of Bushmas!
Christmas Savior - You've helped all the citizens in need at the North Pole!
Snow-ho-ho! - You built yourself a snowman!
Well-arranged Caroling - Find all the special arrangements of famous Christmas carols. Sweater Weather - Buy one of Mrs. Claus' specialty sweater weather.
Grumpy Cocoa - You helped fix Grumpus a hot cocoa!
Kind Krampus - You've delivered a present dressed as Krampus!

New Achievements

Gifts Galore - You bought all the 2024 Christmas event items!*
Freshly Stolen - You stole something from someone's house!

Retired Achievements

We also have 14 achievements from previous year's events, which may be earnable by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present during the initial years:

Santa Santa - You're practically Santa! (deliver a present while dressed as Santa)
Materialist - You bought all the Christmas 2012 event items!
Reverse Grinch - You've delivered a present dressed as a Grinch!
All The Toys - You bought all the Christmas 2013 event items!
No Returns Allowed! - You bought all theChristmas 2014 event items!
Season of Shopping - You purchased all the Christmas 2015 event items!
Winter Solstice Souvenirs - You purchased all the Christmas 2016 event items!
The Gift of Getting - You purchased all the Christmas 2017 event items!
Boxing Day - You purchased all the Christmas 2018 event items!
Stocking Stocking Stuffers - You bought all the 2019 Christmas event items!
Holiday Haberdashery - You bought all the 2020 Christmas event items!
Under the Tree - You bought all the 2021 Christmas event items!
Tree-sure Trove - You bought all the 2022 Christmas event items!
Accessory Avalanche - You bought all the 2023 Christmas event items!


* The Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Accessory Avalanche achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Note: The achievements Reverse Santa, Reverse Santa 2.0, Napping Nate Nabber, The Gift of Taking, Naughty Nabber, Perks of the Job, Burglar Burglar, Nicked Knicknacks, Pilfered Plushie, Art Thief, and Just Deserts are not available during this event.

Grab a new winter companion!

Mount Packs

To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from December 13th to 16th!

The Polar Bear mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Frost Bear and Rudolph Bear mounts are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts produce their own unique sparkly particles when you ride them!

Pet Packs

Three new pets can be seen in the event area! They are the Santa Robot, Grinch Dog, Candy Cane Giraffe! You can pick them up December 20th to 23rd in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!



Many other pets and ranch items available from previous years via the "Ye Past Yuletide Store"

Get Ready!

Share the holiday spirit on the forums!

The Christmas event will run until Sunday December 29th at Noon PST (8pm GMT.)

Christmas Event! (December 12th, 2024)

- Updated Christmas Event
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Added new snowman pet and christmas tree quest rewards
- Added new item to fish up from the ice fishing hole
- Added new item in leftmost dev present
- Added a new gift to steal
- Added a new quest-line for Nate
- Added 3 new pets available the second weekend of the event
- Added new event mounts in Bush Bucks sale and mount packs, available the first weekend of the event

- Added new particle trails (symbols, bubbles, hearts, leaves, magic) to the following mounts: Onkagku Kitsune, Kelpie, Sweet Bat, Bush, Wicked Broom

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!

Butterfly Garden Gathering 7 (December 6th, 2024)

- Rerunning the Butterfly Garden limited time quest 7:
- Added a new butterfly to collect via Rare Flowers

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