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March 29th
BW2: Mini Easter Event! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Happy Easter Bushwhackers!

With the 12th anniversary event on the way, we've shrunk down the Easter event into a bite-sized version!

Find Mini Eggs in the bushes and turn them in at the event area for progress and tokens to spend on some simple items at the mini event store. With enough progress, you'll earn the Mini Easter Ribbon, which permanently increases your maximum energy by 10! There are also 3 achievements to claim!

And keep your eyes peeled for eggs riddled about Bushwhackia in this year's World Wide Egg Hunt! Some eggs have been shuffled around, so work together to find them all!

And while you're at it, help out a Carrot-topped fellow in the event area with a Deviled Egg problem. After you complete his quest, you'll be able to purchase one of 4 Evil Eggs from the event store!

New Event-Odds Mount!

Behold the future of egg hunt traversal: The Egg Hovercraft! Soar from egg to egg in cushioned comfort aboard this egg-ceptional vehicle! The first mount to increase Event Turn-In Item Odds!

When you acquire the Egg Hovercraft you'll unlock the potential for all mounts to randomly get Event Item Odds in their next level bonus options! You'll also be able to find Quinoa Feed, which boosts the odds to get that bonus.

Check them out in the event area and consider picking one up before noon on Monday, April 1st!

The event will run until noon on Wednesday April 3rd 2024.

Plan your attack for finding all the Easter eggs here!
March 22nd
BW2: Day(s) of Forests Returns! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Celebrate the Forests!

A representative from the United Villages of Bushwhackia is facilitating tree planting for the Day of Forests! Talk with them in the Commons to get started.

Tree Planting

Once you accept the Day(s) of Forests quest, you'll be able to accept repeating Tree Planting quests! For completing each Tree Planting quest, you'll be rewarded with 10 Tree Tokens, and can go tree planting again after an 8 hour cooldown.

You can also get Tree Tokens by trading in Pine Beetles, which you can occasionally find with the Day(s) of Forests quest active.

Ye Forest Awareness Arboretum

You can spend your Tree Tokens in the Ye Forest Awareness Arboretum on unique custom and ranch items. It will be challenging to collect enough Tree Tokens to buy every item in the store. If you can manage it, tree planting twice each day should get you enough tokens for most of the store items.

A Quetzal Colony!

And consider getting a Quetzal pet this weekend! Doing so will increase the bonus for everyone's quetzal! Check out the roost in the Commons for more details.


Tree planting ends at noon on Monday March 25th, after which you can still spend tokens until noon on Tuesday March 26th.

Read the full change log!

Discuss this mini-event on the forums!
March 22nd
BW2: March 22nd, 2024 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Days of Forests Limited-Time Quest (March 22nd, 2024)

- Re-running Days of Forests limited-time quest with 5 new store items to buy for tokens (Mar 22-25)

- Updated Mini Easter mini-event (Mar 29-Apr 3)

- Change the name of the later "Green Toque" to "Green Knit Cap"

- Added new premium Event Item Odds mount bonus type and associated Quinoa small, large, and pristine feeds. These are all unlocked when you get a mount with the Event Item Odds base bonus

- Fixed the Flungeon path reward lock for the top direction of the fountain zone being unclickable

- Fixed the Painted Frog companion not moving when placed on your ranch

- Fixed a typo on the empty training pen feed notification (thanks icebergak1949!)

- Fixed a typo in the Cabbage quest description (thanks Bartimaeus!)
March 1st
BW2: March 8th, 2024 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

St. Patrick's Event (March 8th, 2024)

- Updated St. Patrick’s Event
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Updated 2 of the VIP event rewards
- Added sequel to Bree's mythological creatures quest
- 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

- Renamed one of the Valentine's Table ranch items to "Pink Clothed Table"

- Added Minesweeper as potential special puzzle in the Flungeon

- The friend whack count updates earlier after using a friend whack so it's easier to track how many you have remaining

- Fixed the top half of the Bandstand ranch item sorting over top of the player

- Changed the casino bonus chest cooldown vines so they only show when the chest is visible

- Bubble Buddies mini-event update 3 (Mar 1-6)
- 3 new bubble buddies and pet packs
- 3 new buddy plush ranch items
- Fixed pets not showing up in the Ye Instantaneous Hatchery if you have more than one egg
March 1st
BW2: March 2024 Bubble Buddies Mini-Event! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

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:

Dragon Buddy - Gold
Hedgehog Buddy - Gems
Raccoon 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 March 6th, so make the most of the opportunity while you can!

Discuss this mini-event on the forums!
February 29th
BW2: 2024 St. Patrick's Celebration! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Happy St. Patrick's Day Bushwhackers!

The Commons is greener than usual! That's because the Commons Party Planning Committee is putting on a St. Patrick's day party!

Unfortunately, the guests of honour seem to have gotten lost in the bushes. Go whack them up and help them find their way to the Event Area!

Leprechaun Collect-a-thon

There are eight Leprechauns to whack up that will help you put on a rocking St. Patrick's Day party! Every day the event goes on, the odds to whack them up gets larger, so you can get them all before it ends. Three of them will have turn-in stations for you to do and the others will have repeatable quests for you to do for event progress.

A Rainbow of Quests

Unlocking throughout the event are previous year quest lines:

Mr. Keith is looking to put out his special brew again. Help him find the ingredients.

Alec Guiness is whipping up another strange Patty's craft brew to show up Mr. Keith's own beer. Help gather his unusual ingredients.

Seamus is in the mood to do some whacking of his own, but first he needs your help to make the perfect shillelagh.

Siobhan is throwing her version of an Irish Feast...but the dishes got lost in the bushes. Go find them for her!

Those poor snakes are tired of being whacked so often. Help their leader out by setting up his snake relocation program efforts.

Help Bree learn about Irish mythology!

A red Leprechaun up on the Rainbow's End Island might need your help at some point.

New for 2024

This year's update includes:

- 2 new tier 4 and 5 VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new sequel to Bree's mythology quest line!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new holiday 100% reward!

Holiday Trees

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The St. Patrick's Tree!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total of 24 possible achievements to earn in this year's St. Patrick's Day event:

Returning Achievements

Little Rascal - Capture a pesky missing Leprechaun.
More Little Rascals - Capture all of the pesky missing Leprechauns.
Destructive Behavior - Help 25 times at each St. Patrick's Station.
A Perfect Brew - Help Mr. Keith make his brew.
King of Clubs - Help Seamus make a Shillelagh.
Mythological Detective - You helped Bree learn about Irish Mythology.
Crafty Brewing - Help Alec Guiness brew the craftiest of St. Patrick's beers. Rainbow Cloud Island - Find all of the Clover Pots on the Rainbow's End Island.
Crock in a Haystack - Make a whoopsie on Rainbow's End Island and then make it better.

New Achievements

Pint-sized Purchases - Purchase all the 2024 St. Patrick's Day event items*

Retired Achievements

We also have 14 achievements from previous years which may be earned by spending Bush Bucks if you missed getting them the first time around.

My Leprechaun! - Whack a Leprechaun while dressed like Rainbow (Wearing custom items from 2014.)
My Rainbow! - Whack Rainbow while dressed like a Leprechaun (Wearing custom items from 2013.)
Seeing Double - Visit each Leprechaun while wearing their hat, cape, glasses and/or gloves
Pot o' Swag - Purchase all of the 2018 St. Patrick's Day event items. Patty's Purchases - Purchase all of the 2017 St. Patrick's Day event items.
Always Wearing Green - Purchase all of the 2016 St. Patrick's Day event items.
Lucky Purchase - Purchase all of the 2015 St. Patrick's custom items.
Rainbow Braid - Purchase all of the 2014 St. Patrick's custom items.
Green Pride Week - Purchase all of the 2013 St. Patrick's custom items.
Green Garb and Gear - Purchase all of the 2019 St. Patrick's Day event items.
Rainbow Raiment - Purchase all the 2020 St. Patrick's Day event items
Shamrock Stuffs - Purchase all the 2021 St. Patrick's Day event items
Cheers to Gear - Purchase all the 2022 St. Patrick's Day event items
Emerald Aisle - Purchase all the 2023 St. Patrick's Day event items

* The St. Patrick's mini-golf piece is not included in the Emerald Aisle achievement.

Grab a new drinking buddy!

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 March 8th to 11th!

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

The Braided Bull and Laibhe Bull 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 picked up March 15th to 18th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle! From left-to-right they are the Cu Sith Cub, Merrow, and Oilliphiest!



This event runs until Friday March 22nd @ Noon PDT.

Post your comments and questions here on the forum!

Change Log

FAQ

What are the different leprechauns?
You can whack up two types of leprechauns: hatted and non-hatted.
  • There are 8 hatted ones to find, 3 will unlock turn-in stations, and the other 5 will give you daily quests. You must manually whack these ones to capture them.

  • The non-hatted ones will drop items for you to turn into the turn-in stations. You can quick whack and mana whack non-hatted leprechauns when they appear if you wish. The non-hatted leprechauns will *always* drop some turn-in items, rather than just having a chance to.


How can I find the leprechauns?
Just keep whacking. You could whack them all up in a day if you wanted to. The odds to whack up hatted leprechauns will increase as the event goes on.

What adds to my event progress?
Turning in items to the Gold, Beer and Clover stations, and doing quests for folks in the event area.

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.

Why should I ask for friends to help boost turn-ins?
It increases the amount of progress you get from doing a turn-in.
May 24th, 2023
Idle Champions: The Great Modron March 6 
Posted in Idle Champions.

A modron sighting is a rare occurrence outside Mechanus, the plane of true law.

At least, it's supposed to be a rare occurrence -- word has it that thousands of modrons have been seen on the march in the wilderness, and they are heading towards Waterdeep!

The Great Modron March 6 introduces Evandra, the Half-Elf Fighter from Deerstalker Picture's 1 for All, and brings back Gazrick Nomrad, a rogue modron separated from his fellow modrons, and Mehen, Dragonborn Fighter and adoptive father of Farideh and Havilar of Brimstone Angels. Players have until Monday, June 5th at 12PM Pacific to complete their The Great Modron March 6 unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: Evandra



Rough and tumble, and ready for action, Half-Elven Fighter Evandra brings the muscle. Evandra ran away from home when her father discovered that she had been training in strength and combat. He tried to force her into an arranged marriage with an elven nobleman, but Evandra rejected this on both principle and taste. She decided instead to become an adventurer, free from her father’s judgment.

Evandra is a Support, Tanking, and Gold Find Champion who's always willing to lend a hand as long as a fight is involved. She empowers all neutral champions, and brings the Awful Ones together, especially if the Witchlight Carnival is involved. Once unlocked, you can find this Half-Elf Fighter in Slot 5 opposite Calliope.

For more information on Evandra and her abilities, check out her Champion Spotlight!


Year Six Variants



Fight First, Ask Questions Later: Help Evandra stop the Modron March from crushing Waterdeep! Evandra starts in the formation (Slot 1). She can't be moved or removed. Only Neutral Champions (on the good/evil axis) can deal damage.
  • Reach Area 75.

  • Half-Elf, Pink, and the Bard: Stop the Modron March and Mechanical Guards from crushing Waterdeep. Evandra starts in the formation (Slot 1). She can't be moved or removed. If you have them (and they're not already on another adventure) Antrius and Nixie start unlocked and in the formation (Slot 5 & 6 respectively). 1-2 Mechanical Guards spawn with every wave. They don't drop gold, nor do they count towards quest progress. Construct enemies move at +300% speed and deal +300% damage.
  • Reach Area 125.

  • That's What Friends Are For: Stop the Modron March from crushing Waterdeep with Evandra's favorite heroes! Evandra starts in the formation (Slot 1). She can't be moved or removed. You may only use Champions that are female, non-binary, fighters, rangers, barbarians, paladins, or have a total ability score of 78 or less.
  • Reach Area 175.


  • Much more detail and information can be found in the game! Enjoy!
    May 18th, 2023
    Idle Champion Spotlight: Evandra 
    Posted in Idle Champions.

    "Swords and metal can settle scores!"

    Evandra is always ready to charge into a fight for treasure, glory, or simply because she's feeling a bit bored. Because why waste time talking or throwing spells around when you’ve got a trusty sword?

    I. Evandra



      Rough and tumble, and ready for action, Half-Elven Fighter Evandra brings the muscle. Evandra ran away from home when her father discovered that she had been training in strength and combat. He tried to force her into an arranged marriage with an elven nobleman, but Evandra rejected this on both principle and taste. She decided instead to become an adventurer, free from her father’s judgment.

    Evandra is a Support, Tanking, and Gold Find Champion who's always willing to lend a hand as long as a fight is involved. She empowers all neutral champions, and brings the Awful Ones together, especially if the Witchlight Carnival is involved. Once unlocked, you can find this Half-Elf Fighter in Slot 5 opposite Calliope.

    II. Evandra's Stats

    Race: Half-Elf Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
    Gender: Female Pronouns: She/Her
    Age: 27
    Affiliation: Awful Ones Class: Fighter

    STR: 17 DEX: 12 CON: 16
    INT: 12 WIS: 9 CHA: 11

    Role: Support, Tanking, Gold Find

    Eligible for Patrons: Vajra

    Slot: 5 (Calliope)


    Dungeons & Dragons Evandra Marketing Gif

    III. Evandra's Design

    Evandra is the tank of the Awful Ones from 1 For All, leading the way into whatever dangers they might encounter. She increases the damage of all Neutral Champions on the good/evil axis with her Freedom's Fury, and buffs everyone's health as well as any healing effects they receive thanks to her Inspiring Fortitude. Fighting is hard work and deserves compensation, so she's always trying to Find the Secret Stash by increasing the formation's gold find.

    If Evandra is horribly wounded in battle, you’ll find that she’s Never Completely ‘Armless. If her health is ever brought to zero she will sacrifice her own arm in order to survive and get back into the battle with whatever weapon she can wield. Sometimes that's her Trusty Sword, but she'll make do with whatever arms are available. When she’s in big trouble, Evandra can use her Ultimate attack to “disarm” a nearby mechanical menace and strike her enemies with Improvised Arms. While wielding this automaton’s arm, Evandra increases her attack rate and greatly increases her damage.

    The damage bonus her Freedom's Fury provides is increased depending on what other Champions join her formation. Her Specializations let you choose between Powerful Allies, which raises the bonus for each female or nonbinary Champion in the formation, Fighting Force that increases it for each fighter, barbarian, ranger, or paladin, and Carnival Crew for each Champion with a total ability score of 78 or less. Since Evandra is such a huge fan of the Witchlight Carnival, she's eligible for all Wild Beyond the Witchlight adventures and variants no matter the restrictions. And she'll extend that ability to her fellow Awful Ones if the Carnival Crew Specialization is chosen.

    Evandra's strength and confidence are great additions to the formation, even as she charges into battle head-first and full of bravado!

    IV. Evandra's Abilities

    Basic Attack

    • Trusty Sword - Evandra moves up next to the closest enemy and swings her sword, dealing 1 hit to all nearby enemies.

    Passive Abilities

    • Evandra, the Magnificent - Evandra can be used in any Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign adventure or variant, even if she would not normally be available to be used due to variant or patron restrictions.

    Formation Abilities

    • Freedom's Fury - Evandra increases the damage of all Neutral Champions (on the Good/Evil axis) by 100%.
    • Find the Secret Stash - Increase the formation's gold find by 100%. Every time a Champion attacks but does not defeat an enemy, increase this bonus by 50%, stacking additively up to 120 times and applying multiplicatively. Bonus resets when an enemy is defeated.
    • Inspiring Fortitude - Evandra increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of her max health, and any healing effect on those Champions is increased by 25%.

    Specializations

    • Powerful Allies - Evandra increases the damage bonus of Freedom's Fury by +100% for each female or nonbinary Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively and applied multiplicatively.
    • Fighting Force - Evandra increases the damage bonus of Freedom's Fury by +125% for each fighter, barbarian, ranger, or paladin in the formation, stacking multiplicatively and applied multiplicatively.
    • Carnival Crew - Evandra increases the damage bonus of Freedom's Fury by +150% for each Champion with a total ability score of 78 or less in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. In addition, all Awful Ones Champions are available to be used if Wild Beyond the Witchlight is the current campaign, even if they do not currently qualify based on variant or patron restrictions.

    Ultimate Ability

    • Improvised Arms - A mechanical guard spawns on the right side and quickly moves to the middle of the enemy's side of the screen. Evandra moves up, attacks the guard, and instantly "disarms" it and defeats it. Then Evandra uses the guard's arm as a weapon for the next 15 seconds instead of her sword. For the duration, Evandra's attack deals an additional 3 seconds of BUD damage, her normal attack speed cooldown is faster by 2 seconds, and Freedom's Fury is increased by 100% for the duration.

    V. Evandra's Epic Equipment



    Slot 1: Global DPS
    Slot 2: Evandra Health
    Slot 3: Freedom's Fury
    Slot 4: Secret Stash
    Slot 5: Specializations
    Slot 6: Ultimate Cooldown

    VI. Conclusion

    Evandra believes the best defense is a good offense. Are you enjoying watching her wield arms into battle? Tell us during out Community Q&A or Champion feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

    March 31st, 2023
    BW2: Creature Collector - Calf Pets! 
    Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

    Coppers of the Creature Collector

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



    Head to the event area and choose one to train. You have until noon on Wednesday April 5th 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 April 3rd.

    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!

    March 31st, 2023
    BW2: March 31st, 2023 Release Notes 
    Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

    Creature Collector - Calf Pets (March 31st, 2023)

    - Rerunning Coppers of the Creature Collector mini event with 3 new pets and custom items
    - Added more pets to the collector's un-owned pet store pool

    - Fixed Glitch Gunk quest being available for players who haven't unlocked the Flungeon

    - Added the inventory maximum to the descriptions of various energy consumable descriptions

    - Added [!!!] icons to Trees and Glacier Chunks that spawn for Supplying the Camp quests and to the Toucan, Tapir, Sun Bear, Orangutan, and Jungle Pheasant spawns for the High Jungle creature capture quests

    - Updated icon for mini golf course quick travel button

    - Added Lake Island world map node

    - Added Pasture world map node

    - Added Pasture quick travel button

    - Renamed "Lake Island" ranch area to "Island"

    - Fixed seeing "Invalid Area" error after visiting a friends island, logging off, then logging back on when you don't have your own island unlocked

    - Rowboat to and from ranch Island now animates (bobs up and down on the water)

    - Work on the Pasture update