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November 7th
BW2: Thankful Thanksgiving Event 2025 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

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!

Finding a Feast

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.

Turkey Trouble

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.

Harvests of the World

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!

Post-Thanks

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

New This Year

This year's update includes:

- new pet and costume VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new holiday 100% reward!
- new stove to repair!

Holiday Plushie

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Turkey Plush!

A New Stove

Another littering dragon has tossed an appliance, crashing it into the event area. But one dragon's trash is Fatima's treasure! Help her repair this appliance and take it to your ranch!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are an incredible TWENTY FIVE possible Achievements to earn in this event:

Returning Achievements

  • 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.

New Achievements

  • Stuffing Connoisseur - You bought all the 2025 Thanksgiving event items.*

Retired Achievements

We have 13 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.
  • Gainful Gathering - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2021 items.
  • Thanks Gettings - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2022 items.
  • Boutique Bounty - You purchased all the Thanksgiving 2023 items.
  • It's All Gravy - You bought all the 2024 Thanksgiving event items.
* The Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Stuffing Connoisseur achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Grab a new harvest companion!

Mount Packs

To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from November 7th to 10th!

The Autumn Kitsune mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Autumn Raiju and Autumn Kuraokami are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts produce their own unique sparkly particles when you ride them!



Pet Packs

Three new pets can be seen in the event area! You can pick them up November 14th to 17th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle!


Get Ready!

The event will run until Friday November 21st at Noon PST!

Check out the Release Notes here!

Post your harvest feasts and questions on the forum!
November 7th
BW2: November 7th, 2025 Release Notes 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Thanksgiving Event (November 7th, 2025)

- Updated Thanksgiving Event:
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Updated 2 of the VIP event rewards
- Added new event mounts in Bush Bucks sale and mount packs, available the first weekend of the event
- Added 3 new pets available the second weekend of the event
- Rebalanced pristine dish odds
- Changed Bob the Historical Investigator's quest line to yield quest progress instead of experience (in addition to tokens)

- Extra Life charity drive (Nov 3-10)

- Fixed finding quest items for Kaine's mystery in the Flooded Mines in any bushes

- Removed "Big Brittle Bones" from the PAGAS Pet Collection, as it's just a skin

- Fixed floor blood puddle and floor ectoplasm puddles sorting overtop of other items

- Added Haunted House Exterior and Haunted Back Wall to the Haunted Maze premium ranch pack (credited to those who've already bought it the next time they visit the Commons) (Oct 28)
November 6th
Champion Update: Havilar 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Havilar's twin sister Farideh has always been 'the smart one' and 'the responsible one'—but that's all right, Havilar is definitely 'the tough one,' 'the funny one' and the 'pretty one' (despite being identical twins). Plus, Havilar has a hellhound! Even if it means she's a sort-of-but-not-quite Chosen of Asmodeus, too, not that anyone asked Havi about that. But he should know her glaive is as good as her right hand, and she can slice a devil just as well as an orc, a zombie, or any other villain!
Havilar has received a major rework with a focus on simplifying her design and increasing synergy with Farideh and Mehen.

Read on to learn everything you need to know about the Havilar Champion Update coming on November 12th!

Havilar

Havilar
name
10
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Female
gender
19
age
Chaotic Good
alignment
20
overwhelm
Tiefling
species
Fighter
class
Tanking / Support / Speed
roles
Brimstone Angels
affiliation
18
str
15
dex
13
con
9
int
12
wis
12
cha
79
tot
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Elminster (until November 12th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Glaive Thrust (melee) - Havilar cleaves the closest enemy with her Glaive, hitting all nearby enemies.

Formation Abilities

  • Leadership Summit - Havilar increases the damage of all Champions in the 2 columns behind her by 400%.
  • Fiendish Resolve - When any Fiend enemies are on-screen, Havilar focuses less on her own attacks and more on buffing her party. Her base attack cooldown is doubled, but the effect of Leadership Summit is increased by 100% for each Fiend that has appeared in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 25. Fiend bosses count 15 times.
  • Mot - Havilar gains Mot as her first Imp companion. Havilar's Imps attack random enemies with Fire of Asmodeus every 4.3 seconds. Mot increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 100% for each Tiefling Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
    • Fire of Asmodeus: Each summoned Imp attacks a random enemy with a fireball, dealing a large amount of area damage.
  • Infernal Fortitude - Havilar increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of her max health, and healing effects on all Champions are increased by 25%.
  • Battlemaster - Champions affected by Havilar's Leadership Summit gain the Control role (if they didn't already have it) and have a 25% chance for enemies they attack to go berserk for 8 seconds. Berserked enemies move 50% faster, attack twice as often, but deal 90% less damage.
  • Sister, Sister - Increase the effect of Leadership Summit by 500% when Farideh is in the formation. Additionally, whenever Farideh's Hellish Rebuke is triggered, Havilar heals for up to 2.5% of her maximum health. This can trigger at most 400 times in a single area.
  • Speed Demon - Fiend enemies have a 50% chance of dropping two quest items or counting for two kills when killed.

Specializations

  • Dembo - Havilar gains Dembo as an Imp companion. Dembo increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 200% and if Mehen is in the formation, he gains 2 additional Grumpy stacks (he doesn't like Dembo).
  • Olla - Havilar gains Olla as an Imp companion. Olla increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 10% for each unique enemy Havilar has tanked in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 100. Additionally, when Havilar or either of her Imps attacks an enemy, the enemy is taunted to attack Havilar.
  • Bosh - Havilar gains Bosh as an Imp companion. Bosh increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 50% for each enemy or boss enrage stack active, stacking multiplicatively up to 100 stacks, and also increases Havilar's maximum health by 50%.

Ultimate Ability

  • Heroic Sacrifice (magic) - An imp flings itself at a random enemy and explodes in a large area, dealing ultimate damage and granting a bonus to its buff. The imp is resummoned a short time later.

Equipment

Buffs all Specializations
slot 1
Mot Buff
slot 2
Health Increase
slot 3
Leadership Summit Buff
slot 4
Fiendish Resolve Buff
slot 5
Ultimate Buff
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  • Tough
    Increases the health of Havilar by 15%.
  • Defensive Duelist Havilar takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed.
  • Infernal Assistance Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 20%
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  • Resilient
    Increases the health of Havilar by 30%.
  • Imp Brigade Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit ability by 40%
  • Infernal Alliance Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 40%
  • Impish Glee Increases the effect of Havilar's Mot ability by 40%
  • Abyssal Sensitivity Increases the effect of Havilar's Fiendish Resolve ability by 40%
  • Vajra's Summons Increases the Constitution score of Havilar by 1
  • Calm Under Pressure
    Havilar takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Epic
  • Infernal Amity Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 80% Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Bedeviled
    Increases the effect of Havilar's Mot ability by 80% Available in the Twice Cursed Havilar Theme Pack
  • Glaive Finesse Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit ability by 80%
  • Connoisseur of Fancy Things Increases the Charisma score of Havilar by 2
  • Heavily Armored Increases the health of Havilar's by 60%
  • Prodigal Leader Increases the damage of all champions by 50%
  • Raven Mirror
    Havilar takes 20 more Enemies attacking to get Overwhelmed
  • Half-Elf Glitch Havilar also counts as a Half-Elf
    Increases the effect of Havilar's Battlemaster ability by 20% for each Half-Elf Champion in the formation
  • Yaun-ti Glitch Havilar also counts as a Yuan-ti
    Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit by 20% per unique species in the formation
  • As Good As Her Right Hand
    Increases the chance for enemies to go berserk from Havilar's Battlemaster ability by 100%

Havilar Feedback

So... what do you think? Are you excited to see what you can do with Havilar in your formations? We'd like to know what you think!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:
November 5th
Idle Champions: Feast of the Moon 9  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    The party descends into an infamous crypt filled with the tombs of local heroes to pay homage to their deeds during the Feast of the Moon. Unfortunately, the dead are restless, rising from their slumber as undead and gathering deep in the crypt for some unknown nefarious purpose...

    Fight your way through the risen heroes of yore as your party descends into the dark depths of
    The Crypt of Legends. Seek out whatever is responsible for this undead uprising, and put an end to it for good!
Feast of the Moon has returned, and with it, a new Evil Magic-User Champion in the form of Skylla the Warlock, whom you may remember from the League of Malevolence and the Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign!

The second Featured Champion for Feast of the Moon 9 is Havilar, the Battlemaster Fighter and twin sister of Farideh. Players will be able to learn more about the Havilar Champion Update when the blog goes live on Thursday, November 6.

Learn more about today's update below...

Featured Champions

Skylla

The evil magic user Skylla borrows her terrible power from none other than the infamous Arch-hag and Mother of Witches, Baba Yaga. An ally of convenience, Skylla lives only for the pursuit of power and acclaim, seeing even her fellow members of the League of Malevolence as tools to be used and discarded when it suits her needs. Skylla confounds her foes with magical trickery, wielding the unpredictable chaos of the Feywild to hypnotize and incapacitate those who stand between her and her goals.
Learn more about Skylla in her Champion Spotlight.

Havilar

Havilar's twin sister Farideh has always been 'the smart one' and 'the responsible one'—but that's all right, Havilar is definitely 'the tough one,' 'the funny one' and the 'pretty one' (despite being identical twins). Plus, Havilar has a hellhound! Even if it means she's a sort-of-but-not-quite Chosen of Asmodeus, too, not that anyone asked Havi about that. But he should know her glaive is as good as her right hand, and she can slice a devil just as well as an orc, a zombie, or any other villain!
Learn more about Havilar when her blog post goes live on Thursday, November 6th.

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:
Turiel
seat 1
Widdle
seat 2
Gromma
seat 3
Minthara
seat 3
Sentry
seat 4
Jang Sao
seat 8
Vlahnya
seat 8
Lazaapz
seat 9
Virgil
seat 10
Penelope
seat 12

Event Augments

  • Golden Weekly Offers: 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of your formation for each Debuff or Control Champion in it, stacking additively.
You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Event Feedback

What do you think about Feast of the Moon 9? What about Skylla? We want to know what you think!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:
November 3rd
Extra Life 2025 

It's almost time for our biggest charity event of the year!

On November 7, we are kicking off the 12th Codename Entertainment Extra Life, raising money for our local Children's Miracle Network Hospital, the BC Children's Hospital Foundation.

To learn more about Extra Life and our plans for this year's stream, read on!


Extra Life Returns

Since 2008, Extra Life has raised over $132 million USD for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The money raised is donated as unrestricted funds for hospitals to use as needed. And how does Codename Entertainment help raise that money? By doing what our community loves to do already: playing games together!

If you would like to learn more about Extra Life, check out their FAQ. The local member hospital that Codename Entertainment supports is BC Children's Hospital and the funds we raise are donated to BC Children's Hospital Foundation.


2025 Schedule

Starting Friday, November 7th at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Codename Entertainment is excited to host our annual 24-hour Extra Life Twitch Stream once more!

We have a mix of returning and all new shows -- including at least one surprise. Check out the schedule below:


    CNE Extra Life 2025
    Time Program
    08:00 AM Pre-roll
    09:00 AM Founders Q&A
    10:00 AM Mine Craft Coop Bingo
    11:30 AM Descriptionary
    12:30 PM Peak
    02:00 PM Puppet Workshop
    03:00 PM Talk & Treats
    04:00 PM Artomancy: Reanimated
    05:00 PM 3 Monkeys Mayhem
    06:30 PM Idle Champions Karaoke 3
    08:00 PM Dad Jokes Don't Laugh Challenge
    09:00 PM Multiplayer Beat Saber
    11:00 PM Codename Plays Codenames
    12:00 AM Flight Risk
    02:00 AM Without A Hitch
    03:00 AM Artomancy: Reanimated Early Edition
    04:00 AM The Crack Of Dawn
    05:30 AM The Horror Show
    07:00 AM French Who
    08:00 AM Tea
    09:00 AM Thank-You and Goodnight!
    09:01 AM Gaarawarr's Guide to Feast of the Moon


Check out the Codename Entertainment Extra Life Page for information on how to donate!


How to Help

Along with supporting the 24-hour marathon on our Twitch Stream, DLC supporting Extra Life is available now in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms and in Bush Whacker 2 -- we hope you will consider supporting the cause!


Bush Whacker 2



For Extra Life 2025, there will be two charity packs available in Bush Whacker 2:

  • Extra Life Donor Pack
    • Meowtroid pet
    • Level 40 Pet Treat
    • Pet Bed ranch item
    • Alien Cat Headband
    • 100 Bush Bucks

  • Extra Life Charity Pack
    • 3x Extra Life Elixirs (Restores 100% of your base max energy!)
    • 20 Bush Bucks

Note: The Extra Life Charity Pack may be purchased up to 10 times.


Idle Champions

Dungeons & Dragons Snug the Spectator D&D Beholder Abberation

This year, our Extra Life Charity Familiar is Snug the Spectator!

Idle Champions players can support Extra Life by purchasing the Snug the Spectator Familiar Pack before November 10! All net proceeds from the first week of Snug sales will be donated to Extra Life.


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