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October 3rd
Champion Update: Farideh  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Abandoned as an infant and adopted by an outcast dragonborn warrior, Farideh grew up to adulthood acutely aware of the drawbacks of being a tiefling. While those from the Nine Hells do their utmost to corrupt her, Farideh isn't interested in power so much as defending the world from demons, the undead, and any other villains trying to bring trouble or drag her friends and family into danger.
Farideh has received a devilish update. Her Hellish Rebuke ability now triggers when any Champion in the formation receives damage, while Chosen of Asmodeus has been reworked entirely. Learn all about the changes below...

Farideh

Farideh
name
7
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Female
gender
19
age
Neutral Good
alignment
5
overwhelm
Tiefling
species
Warlock
class
DPS
roles
Brimstone Angels
affiliation
10
str
14
dex
14
con
14
int
13
wis
18
cha
83
tot
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Zariel, Elminster (until October 8th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Scorching Ray (magic) - Farideh creates 3 rays of fire and hurls them at random enemies.

Formation Abilities

  • Hellish Rebuke - Enemies that attack any Champion in the formation trigger Farideh's Hellish Rebuke. The enemy is surrounded by green flames for 5 seconds and immediately takes 0.5 seconds worth of BUD damage.
  • Chosen of Asmodeus - Whenever Farideh's Hellish Rebuke triggers, Farideh's damage is increased by 100%. This stacks multiplicatively up to 25 times, and the stacks reset when changing areas.
  • Pact Family - Farideh's damage is increased by 100% for each Tiefling Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Sister, Sister - Increases the post-stack effect of Pact Family by 500% when Havilar is in the formation. Additionally, whenever Havilar sacrifices her Imps, the stack cap of Chosen of Asmodeus is increased by 2, stacking up to 5 times (10 additional stacks total).

Specializations

  • Daughters of Mehen - Pact Family now also gains a stack for each Dragonborn Champion in the formation, and its post-stack effect is increased by 400%. Chosen of Asmodeus stacks are halved when changing areas if Mehen is in the formation, rather than resetting to 0.
  • Fury of Asmodeus - Farideh gains the Debuff role, and whenever Chosen of Asmodeus is at more than 10 stacks, Farideh deals 100% more damage against enemies currently affected by Hellish Rebuke for each stack above 10 she has, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Pact with Lorcan - Farideh gains the Hunter role, Fiends become her favored foe, and the effect of Hellish Rebuke is increased by 200% on all Fiends. By sheer dumb luck, each wave of enemies in non-boss areas has a 33% chance to spawn 1-2 Fiends, and all bosses now count as demonic Fiends for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.

Ultimate Attack

  • Infernal Aspect (magic) - Farideh taps into her infernal bloodline, surrounding herself in a nimbus of flames and sprouting a pair of fiery wings from her back for 15 seconds. This causes all enemies to go berserk, resulting in them moving 50% faster, attacking twice as often, but dealing 90% less damage. During this time, her flaming aura shoots slivers of flame at random enemies once per second, dealing massive damage.

Equipment

Champion DPS Buff
slot 1
Chosen of Asmodeus Buff
slot 2
Hellish Rebuke Buff
slot 3
Pact Family Buff
slot 4
Buffs all Specializations
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Adept
    Increases the damage of Farideh by 30%
  • Hex
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Hellish Rebuke ability by 20%
  • Familial Bonds
    Increases the effect of Farideh's specializations by 20%
  • Tiefling Magic
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Pact Family ability by 20%
Rare
  • Elementalist
    Increases the damage of Farideh by 60%
  • Observant
    Increases the Wisdom score of Farideh by 1
  • Lorcan's Gambit
    Increases the effect of Farideh's specializations by 40%
  • Dark Allegiance
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Pact Family ability by 40%
  • Hellish Gift
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Chosen of Asmodeus ability by 40%
  • Witch Bolt
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Hellish Rebuke ability by 40%
Epic
  • Spell Master
    Increases the damage of Farideh by 120%
  • Ice Knife
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Hellish Rebuke ability by 80%
  • Impulsive Hero
    Reduces the cooldown on Farideh's base attack by 1 second
  • Immolation
    Farideh's attacks deal an additional 1 second of BUD damage every second for 5 seconds
  • Brimstone Blitz
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Pact with Lorcan ability by 100%
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Infernal Heritage
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Pact Family ability by 80%
  • Blessing of Asmodeus
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Chosen of Asmodeus ability by 80%
    Available in the Darklord Farideh Theme Pack
  • Mehen's Pride
    Increases the effect of Farideh's Sister, Sister ability by 80%

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October 1st
Idle Champions: Liar's Night 9 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    The Champions are celebrating together at a Liar's Night party at the Wayside Inn when suddenly a masked pickpocket crashes the festivities, stealing magical items and escaping into the night...
Our second Year 9 Event is here! Sometimes it feels like the Wayside Inn gets targeted every year by a masked pickpocket. Strange...

Liar's Night 9 introduces the King of Shadows, available with the event launch today, and brings a rework for Farideh, available on October 8th.

For more information on our latest Featured Champions and the event, read on!

Featured Champions

King of Shadows

Once the noble guardian of the ancient elven empire of Illefarn, a cataclysmic event twisted this protector, binding him to the corrupting influence of the Shadow Weave. Now, as the King of Shadows, he commands legions of spectral Shadow Reavers and wields potent shadow magic. Driven by a warped sense of purpose tied to Illefarn's downfall and the dangerous power of the Shadow Weave, he seeks to engulf Neverwinter and beyond in an eternal night. His very being embodies the perversion of ancient power and the terrifying potential of unchecked darkness, making him a uniquely formidable and tragic antagonist.


Learn more about King of Shadows in his Champion Spotlight.

Farideh

Abandoned as an infant and adopted by an outcast dragonborn warrior, Farideh grew up to adulthood acutely aware of the drawbacks of being a tiefling. While those from the Nine Hells do their utmost to corrupt her, Farideh isn't interested in power so much as defending the world from demons, the undead, and any other villains trying to bring trouble or drag her friends and family into danger.


Learn more about Farideh in her Champion Spotlight when it launches this Friday, October 3rd.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:
Ezmerelda
seat 1
Thellora
seat 1
Donaar
seat 2
Brig
seat 3
Kent
seat 4
Kas
seat 6
Krond
seat 6
Astarion
seat 10
Avren
seat 11
Dob
seat 12

Event Augments

  • Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (New Augment)
    Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

  • Augment 2: Early Unlock (New Augment)
    Description: The third Champion flex slot will unlock at the start of the second week of the event, instead of the third.

  • Augment 3: Empowered Rewards (Returning Augment)
    Description: Tier 2 and higher event variants award Corrupted Gems in addition to their normal rewards!

  • Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of Evil and/or Tiefling Champions!


Event Feedback

What do you think about Liar's Night? What do you think about the King of Shadows? We want to know what you think!

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September 26th
New Champion: King of Shadows 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Once the noble guardian of the ancient elven empire of Illefarn, a cataclysmic event twisted this protector, binding him to the corrupting influence of the Shadow Weave. Now, as the King of Shadows, he commands legions of spectral Shadow Reavers and wields potent shadow magic. Driven by a warped sense of purpose tied to Illefarn's downfall and the dangerous power of the Shadow Weave, he seeks to engulf Neverwinter and beyond in an eternal night. His very being embodies the perversion of ancient power and the terrifying potential of unchecked darkness, making him a uniquely formidable and tragic antagonist.
The King of Shadows is a Support, Tanking, and DPS Champion that goes through three phases, with the advancement to the next phase happening when he is defeated. The power of his Tanking and DPS abilities increases the longer you can delay his advancement to the next phase. His Shadow Plague ability further augments his Tanking abilities, but actively drains health from Champions next to him in formation!

That's right - the antagonist of Neverwinter Nights 2 has joined Idle Champions as our latest evil-aligned Champion! To learn all about the King of Shadows, read on!

King of Shadows

King of Shadows
name
9
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Male
gender
1750
age
Lawful Evil
alignment
25
overwhelm
Human
species
Barbarian / Warlock
class
DPS / Tanking / Support
roles
None
affiliation
20
str
26
dex
18
con
14
int
14
wis
20
cha
112
tot
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Zariel, Elminster (until October 1st, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Shadow Strike (melee/magic) - The King of Shadows slashes the closest enemies, then blasts the enemy with the most health.

Passive Abilities

  • Corrupted Guardian - The King of Shadows is Undead and counts as 'dead' for the purposes of effects that care about dead Champions, but 'alive' for all other purposes.
  • Phase One: The Watcher - When you complete an area with the King of Shadows leading the formation from the front, he updates his current Toughness and Brutality stacks to the completed area number. When the King of Shadows is defeated for the first time, he immediately returns to full health, his Toughness stacks no longer update, and he enters Phase Two. When the King of Shadows is defeated for the second time, he immediately returns to full health, his Brutality stacks no longer update, and he enters Phase Three. His size increases by 25% each time he enters a new phase. Other abilities grant additional buffs upon gaining these new phases.

Formation Abilities

  • Power of the King - The King of Shadows increases the damage of himself and Champions in the two columns behind him by 100%. This is increased by 100% each time the King of Shadows' max health is doubled, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Shadow Plague - The King of Shadows damages all adjacent Champions for 4% of their max health each second, as long as the Champions have at least 20% of their max health remaining. Each time The King of Shadows successfully deals damage in this manner, he gains a Shadow Plague stack. Each Shadow Plague stack increases his own max health by 4%, stacking additively. Stacks cap at 250 and reset when changing areas.
  • Phase Two: The Warden - After the King of Shadows enters Phase Two, his health is increased by 1% for each Toughness stack he collected, stacking additively. He also increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of his max health, and healing effects on all Champions are increased by 25%.
  • Shadow Reavers - After the King of Shadows enters Phase Two, he summons a Shadow Reaver each time he uses his ultimate. An additional Shadow Reaver is summoned for every 500 Toughness stacks he has. Each Shadow Reaver attacks a random enemy once every 5 seconds, dealing 5 seconds of BUD-based damage. The Shadow Reavers last for 1 second plus 0.1 seconds for each Toughness stack he has. Using his ultimate again before the Shadow Reavers expire causes their duration to be refreshed to max.
  • Phase Three: The Warrior - After the King of Shadows enters Phase Three, his damage is increased by 5% for each Brutality stack, stacking multiplicatively.

Specializations A

  • Master of Pawns - Increases the effect of Power of the King by 100%.
  • Shadow Unleashed - Increases the effect of Phase Three: The Warrior by 1000%.

Specializations B

  • Legacy of Illefarn - Increases the effect of Power of the King by 100% for each Elf, Dwarf, Half-Elf, and/or Human Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Embrace the Shadow Weave - Increases the effect of Power of the King by 200% for each Evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Rites of Survival - Increases the effect of Power of the King by 300% for each Champion with the Healing role, stacking multiplicatively. Additionally, Shadow Plague no longer has a minimum health at which Champions will not be damaged, and the Shadow Plague stack cap is doubled.

Ultimate Attack

  • Cradle of Rime (magic) - The King of Shadows blasts all enemies with cold and necrotic energies, slowing their movement for a short while.

Equipment

Power of the King Buff
slot 1
Phase Two: The Warden Buff
slot 2
Phase Three: The Warrior Buff
slot 3
Buffs all Specializations A
slot 4
Buffs all Specializations B
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Tavern Brawler
    Increases the damage of King of Shadows by 30%
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  • Tough
    Increases the health of King of Shadows by 15%
  • Defensive Duelist
    King of Shadows takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
  • Noble Vision
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' Power of the King ability by 20%
Rare
  • Grappler
    Increases the damage of King of Shadows by 60%
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  • Resilient
    Increases the health of King of Shadows by 30%
  • Calm Under Pressure
    King of Shadows takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
  • Corrupt Cause
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' Power of the King ability by 40%
  • Dark Savior
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' Phase Two: The Warden ability by 40%
  • Dark Avenger
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' Phase Three: The Warrior ability by 40%
  • Demon King
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' first set of Specializations by 40%
  • Royal Retinue
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' second set of Specializations by 40%
Epic
  • Tragic Devotion
    Increases the effect of King of Shadows' Power of the King ability whenever his max health is doubled by 10%(pre-stack)
    Available in the King of Shadows Origin Theme Pack
  • Taunt
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 100%. King of Shadows' attacks have a 50% chance to taunt enemies.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward

King of Shadows Feedback

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September 25th
Idle Champions: October Augments Preview  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Liar's Night!

Liar's Night returns on Wednesday, October 1st. The second event of Year 9 introduces a dangerous villain to the roster with the King of Shadows, brings a rework to the first Year 2 champion, Farideh, and features these new and returning Event Augments:

Liars' Night 9 Event Augments

  • Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
    Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

  • Augment 2: Early Unlock (New Augment)
    Description: The third Champion flex slot will unlock at the start of the second week of the event, instead of the third.

  • Augment 3: Empowered Rewards (Returning Augment)
    Description: Tier 2 and higher event variants award Corrupted Gems in addition to their normal rewards!

  • Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of Evil and/or Tiefling Champions!

Note: Similar to our rollout in September the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions will also be spread out, with The King of Shadow's tomorrow, September 26th, and Farideh's releasing next Friday, October 3rd.

Augment Feedback

What do you think?

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September 24th
Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions, Part 2  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Well met!

The second Tales of the Champions update features the Jewel of the North and the City of Doors across two adventures, six variants, and a new array of exciting rewards!

For the next pair of adventures, join Melf as he endeavors to ensure the safety of the city of Neverwinter, and then help Lae'zel overcome the differences between Githyanki and Githzerai in order to combat an aberrant threat.

Completing the base adventures will unlock Melf (Seat 12) and Lae'zel (Seat 2). Additional rewards this update include the exclusive Prince Brightflame Skin for Melf, created by Luke Gygax!

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more!

A Royal Welcome

Melf visits the city of Neverwinter to assess its defenses, following the return of Sgt. Knox from a harrowing adventure. When danger strikes, Prince Brightflame leads the charge to protect the Jewel of the North.
  • Complete Area 50
  • Rewards: Melf Unlock

Variant 1: An Arranged Welcome

Melf and some precisely positioned friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter.
  • Melf starts in the formation. He can't be moved or removed.
  • You may only use Champions that have positional formation abilities.
  • You may not place Champions with the DPS role next to Melf.
  • Getting to know Idle Champions: A positional formation ability is an ability that applies to only some Champions in specific slots in a formation.
  • Complete Area 250
  • Rewards: 4 Melf Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: A Mixed Welcome

Melf and a diverse set of friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter.
Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.
  • Melf starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
  • Only one Champion of each species can be in the formation at any time. Multispecies Champions count for all of their species. You may use a second elf in addition to Melf.
  • Increase the quest requirements of non-boss areas by 100%.
  • Complete area 600
  • Rewards: Epic Melf Feat: Heroic Legacy (Increases the effect of Melf's Specializations by 80%) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: An Acidic Welcome

Melf and friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter with some signature acid arrow help.
Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.
  • Melf starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
  • You may only use one Champion with the DPS role.
  • If you add a male DPS Champion to the formation, you may not use any other male Champions (other than Melf).
  • If you add a female DPS to the formation, you may not use any other female Champions.
  • A nonbinary DPS allows anyone to be used, and a nonbinary support Champion may always be used.
  • Acid Bubbles spawn in all non-boss areas. Some bubbles contain additional enemies that must be defeated afterwards. When a bubble is popped (killed), all Champions in the formation take 5% of their maximum health as acid damage. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Complete Area 1200
  • Rewards: Prince Brightflame Melf Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Two Skies

Lae'zel of Creche K'liir comes to Sigil for the first time, and it's not going well. The githyanki warrior becomes entangled in a Spelljamming adventure along with Nrakk, a githzerai monk. The unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences to survive a Mind Flayer threat.
  • Complete Area 50
  • Rewards: Lae'zel Unlock

Variant 1: For Vengeance

Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their critical differences to stop a mind flayer threat.
  • Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • After area 50, Champions only deal 1 point of damage with normal attacks that aren't Critical Hits.
    • Ultimate attacks always deal full damage.
  • A lesser Gibbering Mouther spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Getting to Know Idle Champions: Some Champions, like Lae'zel, Strongheart, and Catti-brie, have an increased chance to deal high-damage Critical Hits with their attacks.
  • Complete Area 250
  • Rewards: 4 Lae'zel Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: For Resolve

Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their differences with those that follow and renounce the ways of Gith.
Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.
  • Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • You may only use Champions with a Wisdom of 14 or higher, and/or Dexterity of 16 or higher. You may also use Commodore Krux.
  • A Githyanki and Githzerai join the formation. Champions between them deal no damage due to their bickering.
  • An Intellect Devourer spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Complete Area 600
  • Rewards: Epic Lae'zel Feat: Master's Precision (Additively increases the Crit Chance of Lae'zel by 20%) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: For Victory

Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their differences to stop a mind flayer threat by any means necessary.
Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.
  • Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • You may only use Evil and/or Neutral Champions. You may also use Commodore Krux.
  • After area 50, Champions only deal 1 point of damage with normal attacks that aren't Critical Hits.
    • Ultimate attacks always deal full damage.
  • Enemy speed and damage is increased by 300%.
  • An armored Mind Flayer Guard spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Complete Area 1200
  • Rewards: Knight of the Comet Lae'zel Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Campaign Feedback

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September 12th
BW2: Jr. Whacker Event 2025 Edition 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

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 strange Jr. Whacker appears to be 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.

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.

New This Year

This year's update includes:

- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new tier 4 and 5 VIP rewards!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new holiday 100% reward!
- new conservation items!
- new quest sequel to Keisha's camping badge!

Holiday Plushies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Jr Whacker Plush! Collect all of this year's holiday trees!

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!

Cryptid Badge

If you helped Keisha practice her camping badge in past years, she'll have a new quest for you to help with this year! This time, she's hunting cryptids!

And more!

Check out on the Release Notes for any additional updates! There's a link at the bottom of the page.

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are an incredible TWENTY SEVENTH 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

  • Camping Collector - Buy all the 2025 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.
  • Scout's Scavenges - Buy all the 2023 Jr. Bush Whacker items.
  • Whacking Wares - Buy all the 2024 Jr. Bush Whacker items.

*The Mini Golf piece is NOT included in this 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 Kayak mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Fancy Kayak and Camping Kayak mounts 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 in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!

Get Ready!

Share your mentoring success on the forums!

The event will run until Friday, September 26th at Noon PDT!

Check out the Release Notes here!
September 5th
Champion Update: Alyndra 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Alyndra Alexandria Garanahil Sarrbarand is known by many names: Lorekeeper of Rime Spiro, Kinscribe of Clan Monkeymouse, Daughter of Oblivion, Fate Changer, Knight of Wonder and Captivation...and apologetic offspring of Avren & Sofieus.
Alyndra originally launched on March 11, 2021, as part of Festival of Fools 4. Now, she is the first Champion to receive a rework in a Year 9 Event, with a change to how her Portent works, a new passive ability, I See Some Friends, and a new support ability, Circle of Divination. To learn all about the updates and new abilities, read on!

Alyndra

Alyndra
name
6
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Female
gender
168
age
Neutral
alignment
5
overwhelm
Elf (High)
species
Wizard / Cleric
class
Support / Control
roles
Heroes of the Planes
affiliation
8
str
14
dex
14
con
18
int
14
wis
11
cha
79
tot
Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until September 10th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Mind Spike (magic) - Alyndra reaches into the mind of a random enemy, dealing damage and slowing the enemy by 50% for 3 seconds.

Passive Abilities

  • I See Some Friends - When Alyndra is in the formation, all Champions from the Heroes of the Planes affiliation may be used, even if a Patron, Variant, or other restriction would say otherwise.

Formation Abilities

  • Circle of Divination - Alyndra increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 100%.
  • I Have Foreseen This - For each Champion in the formation affected by Portent, Alyndra's Circle of Divination is increased by 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Brows of Judgement - Griff, Alyndra's owl companion, sits on Alyndra's shoulder and judges enemies as they spawn. They have a 25% chance to judge normal enemies as unworthy, and a 100% chance to judge bosses as unworthy. For each unworthy normal enemy that spawns, Circle of Divination is increased by 20%, stacking multiplicatively. If a boss has spawned in the current area, Circle of Divination is increased by an additional 1000%. Griff can judge up to 100 normal enemies per area, and the stacks reset when changing areas.

Specializations

  • Expansive Vision - Portent now applies to the next 3 Champions to use their ultimate abilities instead of 2, and the effect is increased by 100%.
  • Extra Judgy - Doubles Griff's chance to judge enemies as unworthy with Brows of Judgement, increases the buff by 100%, and when changing areas, half of the stacks persist.
  • Heroes of the Planes - If Portent is applied to a Champion under the effect of certain Heroes of the Planes Champions' abilities, those effects are increased in power.

Ultimate Ability

  • Portent - Alyndra glances into the future. The next two unique Champions to use their ultimate abilities gain the Portent buff for 40 seconds, which increases their base damage by 1000% and reduces their base attack cooldown by 0.5 sec. If an affected Champion uses their ultimate ability again before the Portent buff expires, their Portent buff duration is refreshed.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
slot 1
I Have Foreseen This Buff
slot 2
Circle of Divination Buff
slot 3
Buffs all Specializations
slot 4
Brows of Judgement Buff
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  • Ominous Learnings
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's Circle of Divination ability by 20%
  • Harsh Judgement
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 20%
  • Oracular Adaptation
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 20%
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  • Scout Ahead
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 40%
  • Harrowing Premonitions
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's Circle of Divination ability by 40%
  • Part the Veil
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's I Have Foreseen This ability by 40%
  • A Hero By Any Other Name
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 40%
Epic
  • Omnijudicant
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 100%
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Pirate Crew
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 80%
  • Discard the Veil
    Increases the effect of Alyndra's I Have Foreseen This ability by 80%
    Available in the Legendkeeper Alyndra Theme Pack

Alyndra Feedback

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September 3rd
Idle Champions: Highharvestide 9  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Faerûn's Savage Frontier has no shortage of dangers, but that hasn't stopped the citizens of Triboar from carving out a living in this picturesque stretch of fertile northern farmland.

    This year, however, the people of Triboar are in need of aid. As the Highharvestide Festival approaches, bandits have begun causing trouble for farmers attempting to bring in their harvests, and it's up to the Champions to put an end to it!

Welcome, Champions, to Highharvestide Year 9 and the 8th Anniversary Celebration for Idle Champions!

We are very excited about the next year of events, and we are confident that we will be able to surprise you in the coming months. With the launch of Highharvestide today, our first Featured Champion of Year 9 becomes available: Cazrin Varaith the Human Wizard is the latest Fallbacks Champion to arrive. This new DPS/Support Champion will work quite well with Baldric, Tess, and a couple other upcoming Champions on the horizon.

The second Featured Champion of Highharvestide 9 arrives in one week on Wednesday, September 10. Alyndra Sarrbarand is getting a significant rework to modernize her design, with new and updated abilities. You'll be able to learn more when her Champion Update Blog launches on Friday, September 5.

In the meantime, let's kick off the first event of Year 9 and our latest Anniversary Celebration!

Featured Champions

Cazrin

Cazrin is the ray of sunshine in the party, the eternal optimist, the friendly ear or the shoulder to cry on. She is passionate about magic, knowledge, and learning, always experimenting or testing new theories. Growing up, Cazrin’s family feared and forbade the study of magic because of an ancestress who misused her power, so Cazrin was forced to teach herself and eventually leave her family behind to pursue her dreams. Intelligent but inexperienced, she has embraced a life of adventuring to gather the thrills and experiences that as a child she could only read about in books.


Learn more about Cazrin in her Champion Spotlight.

Alyndra

Alyndra Alexandria Garanahil Sarrbarand is known by many names: Lorekeeper of Rime Spiro, Kinscribe of Clan Monkeymouse, Daughter of Oblivion, Fate Changer, Knight of Wonder and Captivation...and apologetic offspring of Avren & Sofieus.


Learn more about Alyndra in her Champion Spotlight when it launches September 5th.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:
D'hani
seat 1
Stoki
seat 4
Certainty Dran
seat 5
Pwent
seat 5
Egbert
seat 7
Corazón
seat 8
Torogar
seat 10
Wulfgar
seat 10
Bobby
seat 12

Event Augments

  • Platinum Benefits: To celebrate the 8th anniversary of Idle Champions, this event's Extra Benefits include Platinum in addition to Scales of Tiamat! You'll get 5 Platinum for every event variant of tier 2 or above that you have completed, and 10 Platinum for each Boon XP you've obtained.
  • Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots, if they don't already have better.
  • Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases the effect of Uggie's buff! Isn't she just the cutest little Otyugh!
  • Worth Waiting For: Completing tier 2+ variants for the reworked Champion and Champions in the flex slots unlocked with Time Gate Pieces or Boon Levels awards double Chests.
You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

8th Anniversary Celebration

Happy Anniversary, Idle Champions!

We are and will always be eternally grateful to our community for helping us to get this far. Thank you!

For the next week, players will be able to log in and collect daily rewards. Players who unlock at least four of the daily chest rewards during the 8th Anniversary Celebration will unlock Diana (if she hasn't been unlocked yet) along with the Heroic Diana Skin, 3 Gold Diana Chests, and an Epic Feat!

Feedback

Believe it or not, your feedback is important to us! It helps us to shape the future of Idle Champions. But did you know that the best way for us to hear your feedback is for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform? Well now you do!

You can find us here:


August 29th
New Champion: Cazrin  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Cazrin is the ray of sunshine in the party, the eternal optimist, the friendly ear or the shoulder to cry on. She is passionate about magic, knowledge, and learning, always experimenting or testing new theories. Growing up, Cazrin’s family feared and forbade the study of magic because of an ancestress who misused her power, so Cazrin was forced to teach herself and eventually leave her family behind to pursue her dreams. Intelligent but inexperienced, she has embraced a life of adventuring to gather the thrills and experiences that as a child she could only read about in books.
Cazrin is a Support and DPS Champion that collects books as she adventures with the Fallbacks' faithful companion, Uggie. Her Sunny Disposition increases the damage of Champions in her column and the columns in front of her, and she's always ready to protect herself with Mage Armor.

To learn about the Fallbacks DPS champion arriving on September 3rd, read on!

Cazrin

Cazrin
name
10
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Female
gender
22
age
Chaotic Good
alignment
5
overwhelm
Human
species
Wizard
class
DPS / Support
roles
The Fallbacks
affiliation
8
str
13
dex
14
con
18
int
13
wis
13
cha
79
tot
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until September 3rd, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Magic Missile (magic) - Cazrin fires 2 magic missiles at random enemies, preferring different targets if possible

Passive Abilities

  • Uggie! - Uggie joins the party, starting next to Cazrin unless she's already in the formation next to another Fallbacks Champion. Uggie increases the damage of all non-adjacent Champions by 100%.

Formation Abilities

  • Library of Lore - Whenever a boss is defeated for the first time in an adventure, it drops a Book that Cazrin collects. Subsequent kills of the same boss have a 10% chance of dropping an additional Book. The maximum number of Books that can be collected during a single adventure is the highest area reached divided by 5, rounded down. Cazrin keeps track of both the number of Books she has collected in the current adventure, as well as the size of her Library, which is the number of Books she has collected across all adventures. Cazrin's damage is increased by 10% for each book in her Library, stacking additively. Each time her Library reaches a new order of magnitude, the base buff is multiplicatively increased by 100%.
  • Sunny Disposition - Cazrin increases the damage of all Champions in her column (including herself) and the columns in front of her by 100%.
  • Unctuous Uggie - Uggie's buff is increased by 400% when Cazrin is in the formation.
  • Mage Armor - The first time anyone in the formation takes damage in each area, Cazrin casts Mage Armor on herself. Champions affected by Mage Armor decrease the damage they take by 25%.
  • In Search of Knowledge - Cazrin's attacks and abilities gain additional effects based on the number of Books that she has collected in the current adventure.
    • 10+ Books: Cazrin fires an additional Magic Missile with her base attack.
    • 40+ Books: Increase the effect of Sunny Disposition by 5% for each Book she has collected in the current adventure, stacking multiplicatively.
    • 80+ Books: Cazrin fires an additional Magic Missile with her base attack.
    • 120+ Books: When triggered, Mage Armor is now cast on all Champions in the formation instead of just Cazrin.
    • 160+ Books: Increase the effect of Unctuous Uggie by 1% for each Book Cazrin has collected in the current adventure, stacking additively.
    • 200+ Books: Support Champions affected by Mage Armor have a 40% chance to deal an additional 5 seconds of BUD damage with each normal attack hit.
    • 240+ Books: Mage Armor's damage prevention is increased to 50%.
    • 300+ Books: For each Tanking Champion affected by Mage Armor, the effect of Sunny Disposition is increased by 400%, stacking multiplicatively.

Specializations A

  • Self Taught - Cazrin increases the damage bonus of Sunny Disposition by 100% for each Fallbacks Champion and/or Champions with a Melee and/or Ranged base attack in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Ancestor's Shadow - Cazrin increases the damage bonus of Sunny Disposition by 100% for each Fallbacks Champion and/or Good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Lost in the Library - Whenever a boss drops a Book, Cazrin collects 3 Books. The maximum number of Books she can collect during this adventure is tripled, but In Search of Knowledge's per Book damage boost to Sunny Disposition is reduced from 5% to 1.65%.

Specializations B

  • Signature Smell - When Uggie is with Cazrin, each damage increase that Uggie! would normally apply to other members of the formation instead applies to Cazrin herself, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Smell Mastery - When Uggie is with Cazrin, In Search of Knowledge's per-Book bonus for Sunny Disposition is increased by 100%.

Ultimate Ability

  • Fallback Fireball (magic) - Cazrin attacks all enemies with her version of a fireball.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
slot 1
Library of Lore Buff
slot 2
Sunny Disposition Buff
slot 3
Unctuous Uggie Buff
slot 4
Buffs Self Taught & Ancestor's Shadow (Spec A).
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  • Adept
    Increases the damage of Cazrin by 30%
  • Bright Side
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Sunny Disposition ability by 20%
  • Cazrin Person
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Unctuous Uggie ability by 20%
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  • Elementalist
    Increases the damage of Cazrin by 60%
  • Friend to Books
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Library of Lore ability by 40%
  • Optimistic Outlook
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Sunny Disposition ability by 40%
  • Cazrin Friend
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Unctuous Uggie ability by 40%
  • Dangerous Magic
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Self Taught and Ancestor's Shadow specialization choices by 40%.
Epic
  • Rapid Analysis
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Library of Lore ability by 80%
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Forbidden Magic
    Increases the effect of Cazrin's Self Taught and Ancestor's Shadow specialization choices by 80%.
    Available in the Mythic Cazrin Theme Pack
  • Heavy Lifter
    Increases the Strength score of Cazrin by 2
    Unlockable as an Event Reward

Cazrin Feedback

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August 28th
Idle Champions: September Augments Preview  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Highharvestide!

Highharvestide returns on Wednesday, September 3. The first event of Year 9 introduces the latest Fallbacks Champion, Cazrin Varaith, brings a rework to the Year 4 Champion, Alyndra Sarrbarand, and features these new and returning Event Augments:

Highharvestide 9 Event Augments

  • Augment 1: Platinum Benefits (New Augment)
    Description: To celebrate the 8th anniversary of Idle Champions, this event's Extra Benefits include Platinum in addition to Scales of Tiamat! You'll get 5 Platinum for every event variant of tier 2 or above that you have completed, and 10 Platinum for each Boon XP you've obtained.

  • Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
    Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!

  • Augment 3: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the effect of Uggie's buff! Isn't he just the cutest little Otyugh!


  • Augment 4: Worth Waiting For (Returning Augment)
    Description: Completing tier 2+ variants for the reworked Champion and Champions in the flex slots unlocked with Time Gate Pieces or Boon Levels awards double Chests.

Note: Similar to our rollout in August the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions will also be spread out, with Cazrin's tomorrow, August 29th, and Alyndra's releasing next Friday, September 5th.

Augment Feedback

What do you think?

Tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform: