BW2: Jr. Whacker Event 2023 Edition
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!