Someone outside Luskan has been pillaging the food stores in advance of this year's Simril celebration. Residents are becoming worried that there may not be enough to last the long Sword Coast winter to come!

Simril 7 introduces Shadowheart, the half-elf Cleric of Shar from Baldur's Gate 3! Simril also brings back Warduke, the legendary mercenary for hire human fighter, and Yorven Springpaw, the resident murder bunny Harengon Barbarian Druid! Players have until Monday, December 11th at 12PM Pacific to complete their Simril 7 unlocks and objectives.

Shadowheart

A devoted cleric of Shar, Shadowheart agreed to have her memories wiped as part of a holy mission. Now its sole survivor, she must deliver a powerful relic back to her kin in order to win Shar's love and have her memories restored – but all the while, she is tormented by strange, painful magic that she struggles to understand.

Shadowheart is a Support and Healing Champion who joins her fellow Baldur's Gate 3 companions in fighting the transformation into a Mind Flayer. Once unlocked, you can find this Half-Elf Cleric in seat 6 opposite Asharra. Learn more about Shadowheart in her Champion Spotlight!

Year Seven Variants

Witness Our Adoration - Simril is ruined! Shadowheart is mad that someone has pilfered the food supplies!

• Shadowheart joins the formation (Slot 4). She can't be moved or removed.
• Only Shadowheart and Champions within two slots of her can deal damage.
• Getting to know Shadowheart: Shadowheart increases the damage of all Champions within two slots of her. Place your damage dealing Champions to take advantage of this!
• Reach Area 75.

Childhood Fears - Simril is ruined! A wolf has pilfered the food supplies!

• Shadowheart joins the formation (Slot 4). She can be moved, but not removed.
• A wolf also joins the formation. It's so scary that Champions next to it deal no damage with their normal attacks.
• Every 5 seconds, the wolf bites a Champion directly in front of it, dealing damage equal to 20% of the Champion's total health.
• Getting to know Shadowheart: Shadowheart heals Champions in the two columns ahead of her. Place her to protect your tanks and anyone else that might be getting hurt!
• Reach Area 125.

Duplicity without Duplicates - Simril is ruined! Someone has requests all the Champions have unique Dexterity scores!

• Shadowheart joins the formation (Slot 4). She can be moved, but not removed.
• Each Champion in the formation must have a unique DEX score.
• Getting to know Shadowheart: Shadowheart summons an Illusionary Duplicate in the same slot as the Champion with the highest DEX. The Duplicate buffs and heals nearby Champions similar to Shadowheart herself.
• Reach Area 175.

We would love to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Thanksgiving Time!

The residents of The Commons are preparing for a massive feast to celebrate the end of harvest season, and of course they need your expertise at finding things in bushes!

Finding a Feast

First and foremost, it's all about helping the chefs fill their food stations to the brim - and beyond. There's three of them for three types of meals, so you'll be collecting Meat, Veggies and of course Desserts to feed the hungry masses of Bushwhackia! Can you make all the Pristine Food? Keep doing turn-ins to achieve it!

On the subject of food - four of the guests have promised they would bring a dish to share, but they've forgotten ingredients.

Turkey Trouble

And then, there's the problem of the Turkeys. Apparently, they need to be rescued in some fashion, so you'll need to get on that. You have the whole event to complete it.

Harvests of the World

Once again we're celebrating other harvest festivals around the world and hosting an inflatable surprise. They'll unlock as the event goes on. And tune later in the event for a parade!

Post-Thanks

Of course, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the Black Friday questline introduced in a previous year, and an appliance for all those leftovers!

New for 2023

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 2023 holiday 100% reward!
- new stove to repair!
- new parade float!

Holiday Rubber Duckies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Thanksgiving Ducky! Collect them all to fill out the holiday duck pond, which you can purchase in the event store and prior items store!

A New Balloon

There's a new balloon in this year's parade! However, the parade organizer will likely need help getting it ready like the others...

A New Stove

Another littering dragon has tossed an appliance, crashing it into the event area. But one dragon's trash is Fatima's treasure! Help her repair this appliance and take it to your ranch!

Achievements

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

Returning Achievements

• Special Order - You helped all of the people prepare their special dishes.
• Master of the Ways - You have helped cook each dish excellently for the pristine table.
• Short Order Cook - You've helped prepare one of each dish.
• Turkey Lover - You saved enough turkeys to guarantee survival. This year.
• Historical Detective - You helped Bob the Historian investigate the Pilgrims.
• Family Matters - You brought all of Brock's family together for Thanksgiving.
• Parade Enthusiast - You watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• Fridge Fix-Up - You helped Fatima fix an old fridge and move it your ranch.
• Thorough Taste Testing - You helped out Miss Mei enough to try all the different daily side dish samples.
• Fattened Feathered Friend - Help Nate fatten up his turkey.

New Achievements

• Boutique Bounty - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2023 items.*

Retired Achievements

We have 11 achievements from previous years' events, which may be earned by spending some Bush Bucks if a player was not present during the original years:

• Thankful Decorator - You bought all the house items from the 2012 Thanksgiving Event.
• Thankful Dresser - You bought all the player items from the 2012 Thanksgiving Event.
• Thankful Shopper - You bought all the 2013 Turkey Day items.
• Black Friday - You bought all the 2014 Thanksgiving items.
• Thanks For The Stuff - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2015 items.
• Grateful Expenditure - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2016 items.
• Feastful Frittering - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2017 items.
• Banquet Blowout - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2018 items.
• Stuffed Shopper - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2019 items.
• Harvest Haul - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2020 items.
• Gainful Gathering - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2021 items.
• Thanks Gettings - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2022 items.

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

Grab a new harvest 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 November 10th to 13th!

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

The Koukougriff and Omen Griffin 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! You can pick them up November 17th to 20th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!

Get Ready!

The event will run until Friday November 24th at Noon PST!

Post your harvest feasts and questions on the forum!

During Feast of the Moon, residents of the Sword Coast pay homage to the deeds of legendary heroes by visiting their crypts and graves.

When the Champions arrive at The Crypt of Legends, they find hordes of undead crawling up from the depths. Something is making the dead heroes rise, and the answer will require a descent into the depths to discover the cause...

Feast of the Moon 7 introduces Jang Sao, the Satyr Druid/Wizard from Idle Champions Presents: Fatebreaker! This event also brings back Virgil, the aasimar storm sorcerer and member of the Rivals of Waterdeep as well as Penelope "Half-Pint", the Circle of the Moon Druid/Warlock from Heroes of the Planes! Players have until Monday, November 20th at 12PM Pacific to complete your Feast of the Moon 7 unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: Jang Sao

This celestial voyager traveled the Astral Planes for centuries collecting stars and painting galaxies with her cherished companion, Kwin. When Kwin departed, Jang Sao carried on her wishes of painting the cosmos. Now a wonderful artist, she immortalizes the heavens, reality, and most important of all, her friend.

Jang Sao is a Support and Healing Champion who collects stars and moons and stores them in her star map lantern. Her support abilities focus on isolated formation slots and she uses her druidic healing powers to protect her allies. Once unlocked, you can find this Satyr Druid/Wizard in Seat 8 opposite Delina. Find out more about her and and her abilities by checking out his full Champion Spotlight!

Year Seven Variants

The Circle of Stars - Pay respects to the heroes of olde during the Feast of the Moon with Jang Sao!

• Jang Sao joins the formation. (slot 4) She can't be moved or removed.
• Only Champions in formation slots with 2 or fewer adjacent slots can deal damage.
• Getting to know Jang Sao: Jang Sao increases the damage of Champions in formation slots with 2 or fewer neighboring slots. Place your Champions to take advantage of this!
• Reach Area 75.

Wise and Otherwise - Pay respects to the heroes of olde during the Feast of the Moon with Jang Sao's preferred Champions.

• Jang Sao joins the formation. (slot 5) She can be moved, but not removed.
• You may only use Champions with a DEX of 15+ or a WIS of 13+.
• Getting to know Jang Sao: Jang Sao's specialization choice encourages you to build a formation with high DEX or high WIS. Build your best formation with these restrictions!
• Reach Area 125.

Stars and Moons - Pay respects to the heroes of olde during the Feast of the Moon with a stellar performance!

• Jang Sao joins the formation. (slot 5) She can be moved, but not removed.
• 2-3 Astral Elves spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold, nor do they count towards quest progress.
• A Star and Moon each fill a slot in the formation. (slots 2 & 6)
• Getting to know Jang Sao: Jang Sao travels the cosmos collecting stars. Her star collection persists between adventures, strengthening her powers the more she journeys!
• Reach Area 175.

We would love to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

The Haunted Mansion Has Materialized!

Who doesn't love a good haunted mansion? Well, that's what Halloween in Bushwhackia is all about! But to decorate your very own, you need to do what you do best! Go out into the world and whack bushes to find Pumpkins. Once you have found a patch of pumpkins, you can buy decorations from Glenda outside the mansion, or from the "Store" button while you're in Build Mode inside. Once you feel you've got enough, start laying out your design inside. (You can also purchase the same decorations for Bush Bucks from the Cop in the event area.)

You do not have to place all your collected decorations on display in the Mansion in order for them to count towards "Halloween Collector," they will count so long as they are within your haunted house inventory.

The goal is to scare the 8 children standing in front of the house, all of varying levels of bravery. The more you scare them, the more candy you'll earn in return. And you're going to want that candy so you can trade it for the custom items at the event store! You can try scaring them every 20 hours after you scared them the first time.

Glenda the Good Witch isn't just for buying decorations with Pumpkins. You will also be getting several quests from her throughout the event for special interactive decorations. As you complete each of her four quests, you can request help from your friends* by talking to the Construction Worker to increase the decoration's scariness.

The Haunted Mansion Photo Contest

The Haunted Mansion Photo Contest will be starting on Wednesday October 25th You'll need 300 mansion spookiness before you can submit a screenshot, and at least 10 items placed in your mansion.

In case you're wanting to keep your decorations secret until it's finished, you can now prevent or allow friends from visiting your mansion by talking to the contest NPC and selecting either "Don't let anyone visit my mansion!" or "Allow friends to visit my mansion!" respectively.

Gotta Collect them all!

What can possibly make your house scarier? How about some Creatures which wander around your mansion! Each creature will become available for a set amount of dates which you can then request from friends* by talking to the the Cop.

Creatures are available on the following schedule:
Black Cats - AVAILABLE at Event launch, UNTIL Sun Oct 22, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Witches - AVAILABLE Sun Oct 22, Noon PDT UNTIL Tues Oct 24, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Zombies - AVAILABLE Tues Oct 24, Noon PDT UNTIL Thurs Oct 26, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Bats - AVAILABLE Thurs Oct 26, Noon PDT UNTIL Sat Oct 28, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Spiders - AVAILABLE Sat Oct 28, Noon PDT UNTIL Mon Oct 30, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Ghost Butler - AVAILABLE Mon Oct 30, Noon PDT UNTIL Wed Nov 1, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Franken-Dogs - AVAILABLE Wed Nov 1, Noon PDT UNTIL the Event End

*The Sparkly Vampire is still available for Bush Bucks if you want it in your haunted house.

Candy! Candy! Candy!

To buy the custom items, you need your Candy! Not only do you get it from scaring those insolent little kiddies, you also net some from completing the various quests given to you by the Halloween NPCs hanging out in the event area!

Plus from Sunday October 31st until the end of the event, you can hunt down denizens of Bushwhackia and Trick-or-Treat with them for Candy goodness! There will be a spooky character standing in front of a pile of Candy in each of the major areas! NPCs have been added up to the Prismatic Passage region!

Not ready to show off your Haunted Mansion to friends? Prevent or allow friends from visiting your mansion by talking to the contest NPC and selecting either "Don't let anyone visit my mansion!" or "Allow friends to visit my mansion!" respectively.

New for 2023

This year's update includes:

- new pet and ranch VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new 2023 holiday 100% reward!
- new haunted mansion items!
- new craftable animatronic ranch item!

Holiday Rubber Duckies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Halloween Ducky! Collect them all to fill out the holiday duck pond, which you can purchase in the event store and prior items store!

Animatronics!

And the witch has a new special item to craft for your haunted mansion in their new Pumpkin Duty quest. You can copy a permanent version of it for your ranch in the Fox's Moulder Most Foul quest line.

VIP Rewards!

Active VIP members can claim unique rewards based on their event progress! If you don't have an active membership, you have the entire event to consider becoming one! You can earn and claim these rewards until the end of the event.

And more!

And there's some minor fixes and improvements which you can check out on the Release Notes, which are linked at the bottom of the page!

See all the updates in the Release Notes!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total of 24 possible Achievements to earn in this Halloween event!

Returning Achievements

• Mansion Maniac - Get 50 decorations for your Haunted Mansion!
• Little Kid Spooker - Scare 4 kids in you Haunted Mansion
• Scarred for Life - Scare all the kids in your Haunted Mansion!
• Trick or Treat - Go Trick or Treating on or after Hallowe'en!
• Costume Quest - Complete the Costume Quests
• Year Round Scares - Completed the Moulder Most Foul
• Pumpking - Grow a very large Pumpkin.
• There's a Skeleton in Us All - Help The Bone Doctor build and animate a skeleton for Halloween!
• Hallowe'en Collector - Have at least 40 unique decorations in your H. M.! (formerly Halloween Completionist)
• Craven Candies - Find each trick-or-treaters favourite candy
• Spook Inspector - Vote 50 times in the Haunted Mansion Photo Contest.

New Achievements

• Possessed Possessions* - Purchase all the 2023 Halloween Event items.

We have 10 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:

• Spooky Home Decorator - get all house items from the 2012 Halloween Event!
• Year-round Cosplayer - Get all player items from the 2012 Halloween Event!
• Candy Spender - Purchase all the Halloween 2013 items!
• Spooky Purchases - Purchases all the 2014 Halloween Event items.
• Halloweenie - Purchase all the 2015 Halloween Event items.
• All Hallows' Items - Purchase all the 2016 Halloween Event items.
• Scary Swag - Purchase all the 2017 Halloween Event items.
• Ghastly Grabs - Purchase all the 2018 Halloween Event items.
• Creepy Collectables - Purchase all the 2019 Halloween Event items.
• Frightful Frippery - Purchase all the 2020 Halloween Event items.
• Terrifying Trinkets - Purchase all the 2021 Halloween Event items.
• Haunted Haberdashery - Purchase all the 2022 Halloween Event items.

*The Halloween Slide Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Possessed Possessions achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Grab Your Spooky Companion for Bush Whacking!

New Mounts!

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 October 20th to 23rd!

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

The Zombie Werewolf and Infernal Werewolf 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!

New Pets! - COMING SOON!

Post your Halloween scariness and questions on the forum!

The event will run until Friday November 3rd at Noon PDT!

Frequently Asked Questions

• How can I find the Pumpkins?
  Just keep whacking. The Holiday Item runes and pets will help attract them as well.


• How do I decorate my Mansion?
  You need to whack up Pumpkins. You can buy decorations from Glenda in the event area, or from the Store when you're in Build mode inside the Mansion. Once you have decorations, you can place them like you're decorating your ranch using Build mode.


• How do I scare the Kids?
  Just keep buying decorations and getting friends to up the scare level of your interactive decorations. As your event progress increases, you will scare the kids more and more. As well, when you reach a certain level of scariness, the kids will elect to no longer tour your house.


• Does the Timey-Wimey watch or Time Turner affect the Kids?
  No, the kids do not have quest cooldowns, so trinket effects that work for quests will not apply to them.


• What adds to my event progress?
  Making your mansion as scary as possible by buying decorations (but you don't have to place them all.)


• Do I have to do the achievements?
  No. Completing the goals for the achievements is totally optional. You get either a large energy pack or a title for your character from them, no event progress.


• Where can I see all the achievements available and how to get them?
  Either on the holiday dialog, the achievements dialog, or on the blog.

"Did you hear what happened at the Wayside Inn?"
"No -- what happened?"
"While everyone was partying at Liars' Night they got robbed."
"Seriously!? Who robs a party?"
"It was 'A Masked Man', apparently."
"What a jerk. I hope they catch him."

The local Liars' Night festivities at the Wayside Inn were interrupted by a masked thief! They stole magical items and escaped, and now it's up to the Champions to stop them!

Liars' Night 7 introduces Thellora, the Centaur Paladin featured in Idle Champions Presents: Fatebreaker! This event also brings back Kent, the Tiefling Rogue from Rivals of Waterdeep, as well as Brig Hellclaw, the Rogue/Bard played by Jason Charles Miller! Players have until Monday, October 30th at 12 PM Pacific to complete their Liars' Night 7 unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: Thellora

Thellora belongs to an all-female regiment known as the Luma. These fifty-three centaurs are diverse, but unified in that each possesses a distinctive golden right eye. The centaurs believe these individuals are chosen by their god, Callessa, to be devoted guardians and trained warriors. With their divine connection and martial prowess, they protect their land, embracing their unique gifts with unwavering dedication.

Thellora is a Support, Tanking, and Speed Champion who will charge her way through your next adventure! She boosts the damage of champions behind her and bolsters their health like a true tank, and these boosts increase when she is unable to finish off her foe. The choice you make with which feats you assign is particularly important, as her feats also affect her adjacent allies! Once unlocked, she takes her place in Slot 1 next to Bruenor.

For more detailed information on Thellora, check out her Champion Spotlight!

Year Seven Variants

By the Light of Tura! - Chase down a masked man who has performed a daring heist with Thellora!

• Thellora starts in the formation. (Slot 1) She can't be moved or removed.
• Only Thellora and Champions in the column behind her can deal damage.
• Getting to know Thellora: Thellora increases the damage of Champions in the column behind her.
• Reach Area 75.

Allies of the Sky Cents - Chase down a masked man who has performed a daring heist with Thellora's favorite companions.

• Thellora starts in the formation. (Slot 1) She can't be moved or removed.
• You may only use Champions with a STR of 12 or less, Female/Non-Binary Champions, or Speed champions.
• Getting to know Thellora: Thellora's specialization gives a secondary boost to certain types of Champions. Choose the best option for your formation!
• Reach Area 125.

No One Trick Pony - Chase down a masked man who has performed a daring heist while fighting extra reinforcements!

• Thellora starts in the formation. (Slot 1) She can't be moved or removed.
• For the first ten areas, non-boss quest requirements are multiplied by 10!
• With every non-boss enemy wave, a Fire Elemental spawns with 10 armored hit points. This enemy does not drop gold or count toward quest progress.
• Getting to know Thellora: Thellora has the ability to rush through early areas if you've charged her up in previous runs. Get her Rush stacks to 10 and your favor for the event above 10 billion (1e10) and leap through these difficult areas!
• Reach Area 175.

We would love to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

A Visitor From the Far Far Ranch

The Far Far Ranch is far far away, but there's a visitor that's brought a piece of it to the Commons!

Bea's visiting from the Far Far Ranch and has brought three Bubble Buddies to see if they'll thrive in Bushwhackia.

Bubble Buddies

Bubble Buddies are cute bouncy critters that come in an array of looks and abilities! Let's see the three Bea's brought with her:



Buddies eat Bushy Carrots and output Blorts, which Bea will trade you for in her Ye Bouncy Buddy Boutique store. Watch the buddies get bigger and bigger as you feed them!

Buddies will also eat the more rare Spicy Tofu to output Blorts AND a resource unique to that buddy. Here are the buddies and their unique yields:

Bat Buddy - Gold
Lion Buddy - Gems
Unicorn Buddy - Mana/Power
During Bea's visit, Bushy Carrots and Spicy Tofu can be found in bushes all over Bushwhackia.

Help feed their bouncy bodies, earn Blorts, and redeem prizes! The saying goes, 'Big Buddies have bottomless bellies!'

Instant Egg Incubation!

Bea's brought a machine that can instantly hatch a basic pet egg! You'll need to whack up a lot of fuel to get it working, via a challenging collection quest. Should you manage it quickly, you can even attempt it a couple more times at the cost of some Bush Bucks to repair the egg machine.

A Feeding Frenzy!

Bea and her buddies leave on Wednesday October 11th, so make the most of the opportunity while you can!

Discuss this mini-event on the forums!

Check out the Release Notes here!

The Savage Frontier of the Sword Coast can be a dangerous place. At the junction of the Long Road and Evermoor Way, the town of Triboar seeks the aid of heroes. Bandits have begun to assail the small town while the citizens are meant to prepare for the Highharvestide Festival...

Highharvestide 7 sees the beginning of Year 7 Events in Idle Champions and the introduction of Certainty Dran from Acquisitions Incorporated!

This event also brings back D'hani, the aarakocra monk from Rivals of Waterdeep, and the intimating Minotaur Barbarian Torogar Steelfist. Players have until Monday, October 9th at 12 PM Pacific to complete your Highharvestide 7 unlocks and objectives.

I. Certainty

Certainty Dran, the heiress apparent of Acquisitions Incorporated, is endowed with knowledge surpassing even her father, Omin Dran, and privileged with access to the finest schools and resources. With a fusion of martial skill, clever magic, and unwavering self-belief, Certainty is certainly an unstoppable force.

Certainty is a support and gold find champion that increases the damage of Champions in the column in front of her. As an expert at rebooting timelines, her support abilities increase the more she completes long adventures. She can be found in Slot 5 opposite Calliope once you've hired her services.

For more information on Certainty and her abilities, check out his Champion Spotlight Blog!

Year Seven Variants

The Veil of Certainty - Bandits are attempting to pilfer the harvest during Highharvestide and must be stopped with Certainty!

• Certainty Dran joins the formation. (slot 7) She can't be moved or removed.
• Only Certainty and Champions in the row in front of her can deal damage.
• Getting to know Certainty: Certainty increases the damage of Champions in the column in front of her. Place your damage dealers in front of her to make the most of her abilities!
• Reach Area 75.

The Bonds of Acquisition - Bandits are attempting to pilfer the harvest during Highharvestide and must be stopped by Acq Inc!

• Certainty Dran joins the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
• Quest requirements are doubled.
• Enemies defeated by Acquisition Incorporated and "C"-Team affiliation members drop double quest items and count for double quest progress.
• Getting to know Certainty: Certainty's damage buff and gold find increases as you level members of Acq Inc and the "C"-Team.
• Reach Area 125.

The "Genius" Gambit - Bandits are attempting to pilfer the harvest during Highharvestide and must be stopped with charming and clever Champions!

• Certainty Dran joins the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
• You may only use Champions with an Intelligence and/or Charisma of 12 or higher.
• Getting to know Certainty: Certainty's specialization choice makes her work better with Champions with a high Intelligence or Charisma. Which stat will you focus on?
• Reach Area 175.

We would love to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Teach Me How to Whack!

It's time to put your knowledge of whacking bushes to good use as you help educate the next generation! Take a trip to the Event Area of the Commons and get helping!

The Junior Whackers

Help three aspiring young ones learn how to whack bushes, mana whack, and power whack! Bring the Jr. Whackers some Cardboard Swords to use, found in bushes throughout the world, and they'll share the spoils of their training with you. As you help them, they gain experience, "leveling up" and will award more items with each turn-in. Each of the determined young padawans will have a daily quest to power up the spoils from their next turn-in.

Badges!

Another Jr. Whacker is pursuing their Capitalism badge. After you help them achieve that, perhaps they'll try their hand at Socialism?

What's more fun than to earn than your Baking badge? Nothing of course! Help one Jr. Whacker get theirs later on in the event.

Help Keisha get her camping badge again this year! Check back daily for her quest unlocks.

Another aspiring whacker seeks their environmental conservation badge! Help them plant saplings and unlock their unique Ye Environmental Conservator's Equipage store!

Target Practice

A young student of the bush whacking arts challenges you to whack more than 100 cardboard bushes before the end of the event! This is a challenging quest, and we hope you enjoy it. Note: Quest Odds will not increase the likelihood of these cardboard bushes to appear.

Nate?

One Jr. Whacker appears to have suffered a head injury, since they are idolizing Nate. Talk to them and see what's going on.

Nate's Minions

If you've kept up with Nate's saga in this event, Nate has collected a gaggle of jr treasure hunters, or minions, as he likes to call them. Unsurprisingly, Nate's minions still aren't happy with their working conditions. Help Nate with a daily quest to meet his minions demands.

New for 2023

This year's update includes:

- new pet and sword VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new 2023 holiday 100% reward!
- new conservation items!
- Rebalanced turn-in progress. Station turn-ins are worth less event progress, but you can get 100% by completing all the quests and turning in station items found while whacking a minimum of 3 energy bars worth of bushes.

Holiday Rubber Duckies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Jr Whacker Ducky! Collect them all to fill out the holiday duck pond, which you can purchase in the event store and prior items store!

Ye Environmental Conservator's Equipage

There's a new ranch item and sword item to collect in this year's Ye Environmental Conservator's Equipage store, available after helping a junior whacker get their conservation badge!

VIP Rewards!

Active VIP members can claim unique rewards based on their event progress! If you don't have an active membership, you have the entire event to consider becoming one! You can earn and claim these rewards until the end of the event.

And more!

And there's some minor fixes and improvements which you can check out on the Release Notes, which are linked at the bottom of the page!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are an incredible TWENTY SIX possible Achievements to earn in this Jr. Bush Whacker event:

Returning Achievements

• Working Harder - You've helped a Jr. Bush Whacker level up.
• Power to the People - You've helped each Jr. Bush Whacker power up.
  • Working Better - You've helped each Jr. Bush Whacker level up to 5.
  • Working Faster - You've helped each Jr. Bush Whacker level up to 10.
  • Working Stronger - You've helped each Jr. Bush Whacker level up to 15.
• Honorary Jr. Whacker - You completed all 8 enthusiastic Jr. Whacker quests!
• Won a 'Diamond!' - You got a cardboard diamond. Isn't that awesome? No?
• Fashion Badge - Help the Jr. Whacker earn their Fashion badge.
• Capitalism Badge - Help the Jr. Whacker earn their Capitalism badge. (Cookie selling quest-line)
• Cooking Badge - You helped Jaidee earn her Cooking Badge.
• Camping Badge - Help Keisha set up a demo campsite to help other Jr. Whackers get their Camping badges!
• Tree Planter - You planted 100 trees for Julia during the Junior Bush Whacker event!
• Cardboard Crusher - Whack all the Cardboard Bushes.

New Achievements

• Scout's Scavenges - Buy all the 2023 Jr. Bush Whacker items. *

Retired Achievements

We have 12 achievements from previous year's events, which may be earned by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present during the initial years:

• Putting on the Uniform - You got all the player items from the Jr. Bush Whacker Event!
• Junior Decorating Award - You got all the house items from the Jr. Bush Whacker Event!
• Jr. Merchandiser - You bought all 11 items from the 2013 Jr. BW Event!
• Supporting the Cause - Buy all the 2014 Jr. BW Event items.
• Jr. Shopaholic - Buy all the 2015 Jr. Bush Whacker custom items.
• Jr. Patron - Buy all the 2016 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Jr. Whacker Wares - Buy all the 2017 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Jr. Acquisitions - Buy all the 2018 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Jr. Benefactor - Buy all the 2019 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Dedicated Donor - Buy all the 2020 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Whacker Welfare - Buy all the 2021 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
• Guide's Gadgets - Buy all the 2022 Jr. Bush Whacker items.

*The Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Scout's Scavenges achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

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 the first weekend of the event!

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

The Autumn Owl and Haunting Owl 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 Junior Bush Whacker pets can be seen in the event area! You can pick them the second weekend of the event, September 15th to 18th, in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!

Get Ready!

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The event will run until Friday, September 22nd at Noon PDT!

Check out the Release Notes here!

Seeking rest and respite from a year of adventure, the Champions arrive in the tranquil town of Longsaddle - only to find it under siege! Drow from the Underdark are on the hunt in Longsaddle for a Harpell artifact, and it's a race against time to find it before they do...

Brightswords 6 introduces Astarion, the vampire rogue from the recently released Baldur's Gate 3, and brings back Dob the upbeat, half-orc bard from The Oxventure crew, as well as Dob's teammate Corazón de Ballena, the dashing Human Pirate. Players have until Monday, September 18th at 12PM PDT to complete their event unlocks and objectives.

I. Astarion

Astarion prowled the night as a vampire spawn for centuries, serving a sadistic master until he was snatched away by the Mind Flayers. Now he can walk in the light and has the chance at a new life, but how long can he keep his past buried?

Astarion is a support and gold find Champion who likes to sink his teeth into tough problems. As a rogue, he knows how to outflank his foes, increasing the damage of Champions on the edge of the formation. If that includes him, he'll help the rest of your formation recharge their ultimates just a bit faster. Once unlocked, you can find this high elf in Slot 10 opposite Tyril. For more information on Dob and his abilities, check out his Champion Spotlight!

Year Six Variants

Grab a Quick Bite - Help the Harpells track down a lost artifact with Astarion!!

• Astarion joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
• Only Champions in the top or bottom slot of each column can deal damage.
• Getting to know Astarion: Astarion's specialization can increase the damage of Champions on the top or bottom edge of the formation. Make the best choice for your formation!
• Reach Area 75.

Fangs and Fortune - Help the Harpells track down a lost artifact with your oldest Champions.

• Astarion joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
• You may only use Champions that are 50 years old or older.
• Getting to know Astarion: Astarion's gold find bonus increases as you include older Champions. Use your oldest Champions to get the biggest boost!
• Reach Area 125.

Fangs for the Memories - Help the Harpells track down a lost artifact with Champions with long ultimate cooldowns.

• Astarion joins the formation with The Ultimate Outflank ability unlocked. He can be moved, but not removed.
• You may only use Champions with a base Ultimate cooldown duration of 300 seconds or longer.
• Getting to know Astarion: When Astarion is buffed by his own Outflank ability, he can reduce the ultimate cooldown duration of other Champions in the formation.
• Reach Area 175.

We would love to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Coppers of the Creature Collector

The eccentric Creature Collector has returned to the Commons, this time with a trio of joey pets!



Head to the event area and choose one to train. You have until noon on Wednesday September 6th to complete the collector's four daily quests, level up your chosen creature, earn Creature Coppers to spend in their store, and get another page to your Creature Collector's Compendium!

The Compendium Page will be given after the event ends. If you don't have the Creature Collector's Compendium ranch item, you'll get it when you get your first page.

After the event, the collector will be taking their creature back unless you adopt it by purchasing its corresponding mount pack, available starting Monday September 4th.

Train hard, Bush Whackers!

The training quests unlock at noon on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Those busy on the weekends can still catch up!

Notes
- The VIP "Quest Reset" power does not reset these mini event quests, and they are not affected by the Time Turner and Timey Whimey Watch.
- These three pets earn double the experience compared to other pets for the duration of this mini-event!

Ye Olde Creature Collector's Galleria - Pets

When you speak to Tanela Tiva in the event area, you can select the "What past pets are for sale?" chat option.

This will open a new store, which will contain 3 non-event premium pets you have never owned! They cost Bush Bucks, like in event stores. The selection will change next time Tanela Tiva visits to event area.

We've done this in response to players asking to see old premium pets they've missed out on, to help you fill out your pet collection. Snag those old-school pets you're missing out on!