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April 3rd
BW2: Generation 17 Pets are Here! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Gotta find 'em all!

A new selection of critters are now available to be your companions!

Those weirdly random abandoned eggs scattered all over Bushwhackia have been switched up and all new pets are ready to hatch when you accept the "Find an Egg" quest from Misty. She will also have all the Generation 16 eggs available to purchase for Bush Bucks during the "Find an Egg" quest.


Other changes to Misty and Hank for Generation 17:

  • Misty will no longer let players abandon Gen 16 pet eggs that they are hatching (they're now too rare). Only current generation pet eggs can be abandoned during hatching. Please note that if you're in the middle of hatching a pet, then that egg will still hatch into whatever pet it would have been before.

  • Generation 16 pet eggs can now be found in Quester's Satchels (with the same limitations as the Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 eggs, which will still be available in satchels as well.)

  • Hank now sells a random assortment of hatched level 1 Generation 17 pets (instead of Generation 16) for Bush Bucks in his pet store.

PAGAS changes for Generation 17:

  • Generation 17 pet eggs are available to buy with DNA in the PAGAS store, once you have hatched at least five Generation 17 pets. This include 8 unique variations of the new pets.

  • The Pet Progress dialog now includes Generation 17 pets. Another 18 new pets that all players can unlock!

  • Added 1050 unique pet collection reward: 10k Nutritious Training Kibble

  • Added 1100 unique pet collection reward: Menagerie Maniac Title

  • Added 1150 unique pet collection reward: DNA Augment

And now, without further ado, the information you've all been waiting for:

Generation 17 Pets:

  • Chihuahua
  • Cockatiel
  • Peacock Spider
  • Slug
  • Cougar
  • Cardinal
  • Poison Dart Frog
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • Ball Hedgehog
  • Woolly Rhino

Comment on the new additions on the forum!

Read the change log
November 1st, 2023
Idle Champions: Turn of Fortune's Wheel, Part 1 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Turn of Fortune's Wheel is a brand new campaign based on the adventure Turn of Fortune's Wheel from Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse! We find our Champions on a mission to stop Acererak from assembling a villainous super-team! But little do they know, they are about to be launched on a quest across Planescape and beyond!

What dangers await them? Find out as they travel to Sigil and the Outlands!



This campaign update includes two new adventures and their variants, four new Tier 1 Blessings for Turn of Fortune's Wheel, and an increase to difficulty beyond previous campaigns. Gold drop rates have been significantly reduced and encounters will be more difficult. Players will need to complete 80 adventures across previous campaigns in order to unlock the Turn of Fortune's Wheel campaign.

The Beginning is the End

Return to the Tomb of Annihilation to stop Acererak from assembling a villainous super-team!
  • Variant: Tomb of Champions - Speed your way through the Tomb of Annihilation to stop Acererak and his evil squad in 30 minutes or less!
    • You must complete area 150 within 30 minutes of starting the objective.
    • Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 5.
    • Complete area 150

The End is the Beginning

WHAT. JUST. HAPPENED?
  • Adventure Variant: See You on the Flipside - ?DENEPPAH .TSUJ .TAHW
    • All positional formation abilities are inverted.
    • Undead monsters deal +400% additional damage and move at twice their normal speed.
    • Complete area 400

Turn of Fortune's Wheel Tier 1 Blessings

  • Spinning Your Wheels - Local: Decrease the base attack cooldown of Champions with a Ranged base attack by 0.1 sec
  • Joy of Arborea - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions for each Champion with a DEX score of 15 or higher by 50% (additive)
  • Warriors of Ysgard - Local: Increase the damage of Fighters, Rogues, and Rangers by 250%.
  • Explore the Planes - Global: All Champion Damage x2
You can find all this information, and even more details, in-game!

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

June 23rd, 2023
BW2: Generation 16 Pets are Here! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Gotta find 'em all!

A new selection of critters are now available to be your companions!

Those weirdly random abandoned eggs scattered all over Bushwhackia have been switched up and all new pets are ready to hatch when you accept the "Find an Egg" quest from Misty. She will also have all the Generation 16 eggs available to purchase for Bush Bucks during the "Find an Egg" quest.


Other changes to Misty and Hank for Generation 16:

  • Misty will no longer let players abandon Gen 15 pet eggs that they are hatching (they're now too rare). Only current generation pet eggs can be abandoned during hatching. Please note that if you're in the middle of hatching a pet, then that egg will still hatch into whatever pet it would have been before.

  • Generation 15 pet eggs can now be found in Quester's Satchels (with the same limitations as the Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 eggs, which will still be available in satchels as well.)

  • Hank now sells a random assortment of hatched level 1 Generation 16 pets (instead of Generation 15) for Bush Bucks in his pet store.

  • Hank the Farmhand's pet treat chat options show how many of each treat you have. Eg. Level 5 Pet Treat (10), if you have ten level 5 pet treats

PAGAS changes for Generation 16:

  • Generation 16 pet eggs are available to buy with DNA in the PAGAS store, once you have hatched at least five Generation 16 pets. This include 10 unique variations of the new pets.

  • The Pet Progress dialog now includes Generation 16 pets. Another 18 new pets that all players can unlock!

  • Added 1000 unique pet collection reward: Builder of the Flood Ark title & 10k Nutritious Training Kibble

  • Added "Type A-Z", "Owned", and "Unowned" sorting filters to the PAGAS Pet Progress dialog and Clint's Mount Collection dialog

And now, without further ado, the information you've all been waiting for:

Generation 16 Pets:

  • Red Robin
  • Scarab Beetle
  • Cockroach
  • Lizard
  • Insect Swarm
  • Cockatoo
  • Cocker Spaniel
  • Mohawk Bear
  • Potato
  • Siamese Cat
Comment on the new additions on the forum!

Read the change log
April 17th, 2023
Celebrate Bush Whacker 2's 11th Anniversary! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

As some of you may know, April 18th marks the day BW2 was first released.

Like the 9th anniversary, you can join a small developer celebration in the Commons where the Theater currently stands. You'll be able to get cake, buy items from past anniversary celebrations from Nick, and complete Georgia's quest to get 6 new developer gnomes.

The celebration will start at noon Pacific on Monday April 17th and end at noon (PDT) on Wednesday April 19th. Don't miss out!

Lastly, we'd like to thank you for being such an amazing community.
September 14th, 2022
Idle Champions: Light of Xaryxis, Part 1 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Light of Xaryxis is a brand new campaign based on the adventure Light of Xaryxis from Spelljammer! Our Champions will be trying to solve a galactic-level problem that affects the entire world of Toril. It will propel us into Wildspace as well as multiple worlds connected throughout the Astral Plane.

It's time to save the entire world, from SPACE!



This newest campaign begins with two adventures and their variants, as well as four Blessings for Light of Xaryxis Tier 1!

Seeds of Destruction

Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep before it's too late.
  • Variant: Speeds of Destruction - One of our fastest Champions is ready to help Laeral Silverhand!
    • A random Speed Champion is immediately unlocked and added to the formation. They can be moved, but not removed.
    • Other Speed Champions cannot be used.
    • Complete area 250

The Evacuation of Waterdeep

Get to the Dock Ward before the city is overrun!
  • Adventure Variant: Flapjacks and Waffles - Get to the Dock Ward in time for breakfast.
    • Flapjack joins the formation. Champions adjacent to Flapjack deal no damage as they are too distracted with thoughts of breakfast.
    • Every 5 seconds, a giant waffle lands on a random Champion, dealing 25% of their health in damage.
    • Complete area 300

Light of Xaryxis Tier 1 Blessings

  • A Motley Crew - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions for each unique race, class, and alignment in the formation by 10%, stacking additively.
  • Captain's Log - Local: Increase the damage of Champions in the rear two columns of the formation by 100%
  • Chaos Theory - Local: Increase the damage of Chaotic Champions by 250%
  • Spelljammin' Across Wildspace - Global: All Champion Damage x2
You can find all this information, and even more details, in-game!

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

August 24th, 2022
BW2: Generation 15 Pets are Here! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Gotta find 'em all!

A new selection of critters are now available to be your companions!

Those weirdly random abandoned eggs scattered all over Bushwhackia have been switched up and all new pets are ready to hatch when you accept the "Find an Egg" quest from Misty. She will also have all the Generation 15 eggs available to purchase for Bush Bucks during the "Find an Egg" quest.


Other changes to Misty and Hank for Generation 15:

  • Misty will no longer let players abandon Gen 14 pet eggs that they are hatching (they're now too rare). Only current generation pet eggs can be abandoned during hatching. Please note that if you're in the middle of hatching a pet, then that egg will still hatch into whatever pet it would have been before.

  • Generation 14 pet eggs can now be found in Quester's Satchels (with the same limitations as the Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 eggs, which will still be available in satchels as well.)

  • Hank now sells a random assortment of hatched level 1 Generation 15 pets (instead of Generation 14) for Bush Bucks in his pet store.

PAGAS changes for Generation 15:

  • Generation 15 pet eggs are available to buy with DNA in the PAGAS store, once you have hatched at least five Generation 15 pets. This include 10 unique variations of the new pets.

  • The Pet Progress dialog now includes Generation 15 pets. Another 20 new pets that all players can unlock!

And now, without further ado, the information you've all been waiting for:

Generation 15 Pets:

  • Marked Bear
  • Muddy
  • Penguin
  • Skeletal Pterosaur
  • Seagull
  • Batue
  • Billy Goat
  • Yellowjacket
  • Bag Fish
  • Mistle Toad
Comment on the new additions on the forum!
December 15th, 2021
BW2: Extra Life 2021 Charity Drive Success! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.


To all of you who donated to our Extra Life campaign this year: Thank you. It was a both fun and exhausting, but above all Codename Entertainment raised over $24k USD to help sick and injured kids.

Of that, the Bush Whacker 2 team was able to raise over $1700 USD! We had four goals that each unlocked a corresponding coupon code, and your generous donations have unlocked all four! Redeem them before February 1st, 2021:

Goal Code Effect
$200 EXTR-ALIF-E021-0200 1 Cake, which restores 75% of your maximum energy!
$500 EXTR-ALIF-E021-0500 1 Pristine Feed Voucher!
$1000 EXTR-ALIF-E021-1000 1 Unique DNA!
$1500 EXTR-ALIF-E021-1500 50 Bush Bucks
December 13th, 2021
BW2: December 13th, 2021 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Christmas Event! (December 13th, 2021)

- 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 Book House to deliver presents to
- Added a new gift to steal from the Book House
- Changed the direction of the wind sock to match an easterly wind (Thanks Eliz!)
- 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 whacking/digging hotkeys q = quick whack / power dig, w = power whack / mana dig, e = mana whack, r = friend whack

- Added Epic Summer Cape, Epic Autumn Cape, and Epic Winter Cape to the Tailor wandering merchant’s store

- Fixed various reported typos and quest descriptions. Keep the reports coming!

- Worked on the endless flux dungeon update!
December 13th, 2021
BW2: It's Christmas Time 2021! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

'Tis the Season for Giving!

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

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!

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.

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.

New for 2021

This year's update includes:
- a new Christmas tree for your ranch received from completing the Decorate Tree quest
- a new Snowman companion from the Build a Snowman quest
- another custom item for ice fishing
- a new house to deliver presents to
- a new item to steal
- and more!

Christmas Mannequin Base!

Get 100% completion this event to collect the final Holiday Mannequin Base of 2021!


The Christmas Mannequin Base!


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!


Event Achievements - POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!

There are a total of TWENTY NINE possible Achievements to earn in the Christmas 2021 event:

Achievements Returning in 2020:
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!


Added/Changed for 2021:
Under the Tree - You bought all the 2021 Christmas event items!*
Pilfered Plushie - You stole something from someone's house!


We also have 11 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!


* The Christmas Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Under the Tree 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 and Nicked Knicknacks are not available during the 2021 event.

Mount Packs

New 2021 Mounts!


Sturdy Horse-Pulled Sleigh Mounts


New mounts are available from December 13th to 15th!
The One Horse Open Sleigh mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!
The Holiday Horse Open Sleigh and Nightmare Horse Open Sleigh are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher!

Pet Packs

New 2021 Pet Packs:


What festive critters are these?!


COMING SOON! December 17th to 20th! Keep an eye out for the sale pop-up!

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

Share the holiday spirit on the forums!

The Christmas event will run until Friday December 31st at Noon PST (8pm GMT.)
December 3rd, 2021
BW2: Creature Collector - Puck 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 puck pets!



Head to the event area and choose one to train. You have until noon on Wednesday December 8th 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 December 6th.

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!

Read the Release Notes!