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

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!

'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.)

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!

Creature Collector - Puck Pets! (December 3rd, 2021)

- Rerunning Coppers of the Creature Collector mini event with 3 new pets and custom items

- Fixed sliding puzzles occasionally getting stuck with all the same pieces

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

- Worked on the endless flux dungeon update!

Black Friday Pet/Mount Sale (November 26th, 2021)

- The Black Friday pet/mount sale will be running over the weekend! New items daily! Unique pet included with Bush Bucks purchase during this time!

- Fixed particles from mounts spawning while a dialog is open, causing a surge of lag once it is closed, after having been open a while.

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

- Worked on the endless flux dungeon update!

We've chosen our 2021 Halloween Decoration Contest Winners! If you weren't aware, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are picked by the whole Codename Entertainment studio, while Community Choices are voted on by you, the wise Whacker community! Our top three choices earn 250, 200, and 150 Bush Bucks respectively, while the Community Choices take home a cool 50 Bush Bucks.

Without further ado here are your winners:

Winners

Community Choice

Congratulations again to all our winners! Your Bush Buck prizes have been added to your accounts!

Thanksgiving Event 2021 Update (November 12th, 2021)

- Updated Thanksgiving Event
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Added a new appliance to collect in Fatima’s 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

- Increased the number abbreviation threshold for inventory tooltips, experience bar

- Added number formatting to the energy bar text

- Removed Blue Bicycle, Pink Bicycle, and White Bicycle mounts from the Ye Olde Creature Collector's Galleria store, as they can already be bought for the same price from Amicus merchants

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

- Worked on the endless flux dungeon update!

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!

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.

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.

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!

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

If you can complete the event with 100%, you'll earn the Thanksgiving Mannequin Base!

Event Achievements - POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!

Achievements Returning in 2021:

• 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.

Added/Changed for 2021:

• Gainful Gathering - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2021 items.*

We have 10 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.

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

Grab a new harvest companion!

New 2021 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 November 13th to 16th!

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

The Waning Winged Tiger and Rising Winged Tiger 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: 2021 Pets -- Available in Packs! COMING SOON!



The event will run until Friday November 26th at Noon PST!

Give thanks and feedback here!

What's better to brighten up your November than 14 all-new objectives to tackle? That's right, Amusement Park of Doom and Mme. Finklebottom's Revenge both get their Tier 5 objectives in today's update!

Amusement Park of Doom Tier 5 Objectives


Roller Coaster

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • Your DPS and Gold find stay at 0 for four times as long.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

Carousel

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • Carousel seats now change every 50 areas.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

Log Ride

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • Towel monsters now have annoying abilities as well as being invincible.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

Ferris Wheel of Doom

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

The House of Horrors

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • The random effects are even stronger than ever.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

Mauled by Mascots

• All changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds. Can be killed faster if targeted by Imani or Garnet.
  • Each Mascot also reduces Gold find by 50% (stacks multiplicatively.)
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.

Couples Day

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Sluggo monsters spawn randomly and live at least 5 seconds, but can be killed faster if hit by a projectile first.
  • Crusader levels and upgrades now cost more, and monsters drop less gold.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 700.
• Awards 775 rubies.





Mme. Finklebottom's Revenge Tier 5 Objectives


The Journey of the Ring

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • The Ring monsters now spawn more frequently.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

Call in the Eagles!

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • Bird seed monsters now spawn more frequently.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

Let's Dial In

• All changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • Crusaders levels and upgrades cost more, and monsters drop less gold.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

It's the Climb

• All changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • Your DPS spends even longer at 0.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

It's Getting Hot in Here

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • Mollug monsters count as 10 monster kills for the volcano's death count.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

Vertical Limits

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • Only Male Supernatural Crusaders may be used.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.

Dead Snow

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Invisible Mollug monsters randomly spawn and can't be hurt until clicked to be made visible. Mollugs can only be killed by projectile damage.
  • When a lesser zombie is killed, they damage the formation by 35% of the Crusaders' max health.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective Bullet Hell from Ready Player Two to complete.
• Beat area 750.
• Awards 800 rubies.




New Achievements!

Unlock the two new in-game achievements fore these campaigns!


• Doors to the Stars - Kill 10,000 Sluggos in Tier 5 or higher Amusement Park of Doom objectives.
  
  
• Game of Riddles - Kill 10,000 Mullogs in Tier 5 or higher Mme. Finklebottom's Revenge objectives.