May 27th

Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions, Part 9

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, tales.

We're back with the penultimate installment of Tales of the Champions!

On our next two Tales adventures, Birdsong travels to the haunted ruins of Mezro, while Tess leads the Fallbacks into Undermountain for a team-building adventure!

Completing the base adventures will unlock Birdsong (Seat 9) and Tess (Seat 8), while completing the new variants will unlock Feats, Corrupted Gems, Gold Champion Chests, and an exclusive Thayan Knight Skin for Tess!

Also included in today's update are Tier 5 Blessings for The Red Knight!

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

Kindred Spirits

Allies of Chult travel with Birdsong to investigate the haunted ruins of Mezro.

Complete Area 250
Rewards: Birdsong Champion Unlock

Variant 1: Lonely Spirits

Allies of Chult travel with Birdsong to investigate the haunted ruins of Mezro before they're overwhelmed by the dead.

Birdsong starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use unaffiliated Champions and/or Champions that can be unlocked in the Tales campaign.
Only Birdsong and Champions in the formation from the most represented alignment on the good/evil axis can deal damage.
In non-boss areas, when an enemy is defeated they immediately turn into a Lonely Spirit, which can not be damaged and continues to advance upon and attack the formation. Lonely Spirits can only be removed by changing areas.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: Some Champions have abilities that work best with a limited set of heroes. Choose your heroes well to make the most of these abilities!
Complete Area 450
Rewards: 4 Birdsong Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Kindred Spirits

Allies of Chult travel with Birdsong to stop the party at the haunted ruins of Mezro from getting out of hand.

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

Birdsong starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Lawful Champions.
Only Birdsong and Champions in the formation from the most represented alignment on the good/evil axis can deal damage.
1-2 Costumed Drunks spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold or count toward quest progress. Each time one of these enemies is defeated, they throw a mug at a random Champion in the formation, dealing 25% of the targeted Champions' max health.
Complete Area 1000
Rewards: Birdsong's Favorite Song Feat, which increases the range of Birdsong's Song of Battle ability by 1, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Musical Spirits

Allies of Chult travel with Birdsong and her backup singers to investigate the haunted ruins of Mezro.

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

Birdsong starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Bard Champions.
Only Birdsong and Champions in the formation from the most represented alignment on the good/evil axis can deal damage.
Three musical escorts take up slots in the formation. Champions next to one of these musicians attack 1 second faster due to their driving rhythm.
Complete Area 1600
Rewards: Birdsong's Free Agent Feat, which increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each Unaffiliated Champion in the formation, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Making It Work

Tess leads the Fallbacks into Undermountain for a team-building adventure.

Complete Area 250
Rewards: Tess Champion Unlock

Variant 1: Making It Smell

Tess leads the Fallbacks into Undermountain for a smelly team-building adventure.

Tess starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions that are Rogues, have ranged attacks, are Unaffiliated, or belong to The Fallbacks affiliation.
An Otyugh joins the formation. Champions next to the Otyugh deal no damage due to the stench. However, Fallbacks Champions still deal damage as they are already used to Uggie's pungent aroma.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: When Uggie is assigned to Tess, the Otyugh deals BUD-based damage. BUD stands for Base Ultimate Damage, which is determined by the most damaging hit that anyone in your formation has recently done.
Complete Area 450
Rewards: 4 Gold Tess Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Role Models

Tess leads the Fallbacks into Undermountain for a diverse team-building adventure.

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

Tess starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may not add Champions to the formation if there are already two other Champions in the formation with the same role, not including the Support role.
1-2 Cakers attack with each wave because they are disappointed this variant has nothing to do with Cinnamon rolls. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 1000
Rewards: Tess' Cat Burglar Feat, which increase the effect of her Trap Expert ability by 80%, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Team Up

Tess leads the Fallbacks and one other affiliation into Undermountain for a team-building adventure.

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

Tess starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may not use unaffiliated Champions.
Aside from the Fallbacks, you may only use one other affiliation. Once you have added a Champion from another affiliation to the formation, you may only add Champions from that affiliation or the Fallbacks.
In non-boss areas, each time an enemy is defeated, all damaged enemies are restored to full health and all existing and future enemies in the area gain 50% speed and 50% additional damage, stacking additively. These bonuses reset when changing areas.
Complete Area 1600
Rewards: Tess' Thayan Knight Tess Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Tales of the Champions Tier 5 Blessings

Today's update also includes Tier 5 Blessings for The Red Knight!

Role Playing Game - Local: Increase the damage of each Champion by 50% for each Role they have, stacking additively
Heroic Feats - Local: Increase the damage of each Champion by 25% for each Feat they have unlocked, stacking additively
Ultimately Quite Cool - Local: Whenever a Champion gets a kill with an Ultimate ability reduce the active ultimate cooldown of all *other* Champions by 1%
Globally Glamorous - Global: Increase the damage of all Champions by 100% for each Global Blessing you have unlocked (across all campaigns), stacking additively.

Campaign Feedback

What do you think about Tales of the Champions so far? Are you excited for the finale next month!?

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May 8th

BW2: Spring Garden Event 2026!

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Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Tags: event, bw2, 2026, spring, garden, judges.

Flowers In Bloom!

The annual Grow-A-Thon has returned to the Commons! Whack the bushes and gather their bounty so that you can plant flowers and trees in the Event area to make yourself a gorgeous garden. Impress the judges every 20 hours to earn Spring tokens to buy this year's Custom Items. You need to impress the previous judge to get a rating from the next one.

Plus, fill your magnificent garden with critters! There are 5 to get throughout the event, starting with the Squirrel today! You can send out requests for a free one.

Many Quests!

George has such a terrible green thumb, he'll be looking for you to help him out trying to grow a plant for the first (or fourth) time.

Spring usually means spring cleaning, right? Freddy needs some help cleaning up his house. It's gotten a little bit spooky. Cleaning items can only be whacked in his house.

Timmy wants to wake his turtle up from its hibernation after that long, cold winter. Aid him in finding things to tempt it back to consciousness.

Help Farmer McDonald splice together some special Spring Seeds! For players level 400+, Farmer McDonald will reward you with Tier 2 Spring Fruit and Spring Vegetable seeds! These crops will yield energy and gold balanced for your higher level.

Joel has various species of bees for you to choose from after you complete his bee helping quests! They are:

- Leafcutter Bee
- Red-tailed Bumblebee
- Tawny Mining Bee
- Blue Banded Bee
- Neon Cuckoo Bee
- Green Carpenter Bee
- Golden Tail Bee
- Green Sweat Bee
- Purple Orchid Bee

A Seed Surplus

Have too many seeds? There are things you can spend them on:
- 10 Fertilizer, once daily
- The Spring Gift Bouquet, once daily (alternatively to buying for Spring Tokens)
- Resetting the cooldown on the critic's judging of your garden

Gorgeous Garden Contest

Returning is the Gorgeous Garden contest, where each Bush Whacker submits a screenshot of their garden for all to judge! Check back next week for more details.

New Content

This year's update includes:

- 2 new tier 4 and 5 VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new garden flowers: Fern Bush, Lions Tooth Flower, Round Shrub
- new garden decoration: Circle Pond
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new holiday 100% reward!

Holiday Trees

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Spring Garden Banner!

More Decorations!

Three new growable decorations have been added: Fern Bush, Lions Tooth Flower, and Round Shrub! Plant seeds for these in your garden boxes in the event area. These can also be bought permanently from Joel at the left of the event area.

A new garden item can be bought for seeds: the Circle Pond!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT There are a total of TWENTY FIVE possible achievements to earn in this year's Spring Garden event.

Returning Achievements

Flower Master- You've grown 1 of each common plant in the Spring Event!
Beast Master- You've gotten every animal in the Spring Event.
Spring Decorator- You've bought 3 of each planter and 1 Watering Can.
Impressive- You impressed all of the Gardening Judges in the Spring Event.
Most Impressive- You got the highest mark from the final Gardening Judge in the Spring Event!
Five Days at Freddy's - Complete all of Freddy's Spring Daily Quests!
Spring Botanist - You collected flowers for all the Spring Garden judges.
Beekeeper - You completed the Spring Garden beehive quests.
Bee Buddy - Help Joel make Bushwhackia a better place for the bees.
Bug Collector - Help Satoshi expand his bug collection. Garden Critic - Vote 50 times in the Gorgeous Garden Photo contest.
Onionling Sheperd - Round up all 100 Onionlings during the Spring Garden event.

New Achievements

Verdant Variety - You bought all the 2026 Spring Garden event items!*

Retired Achievements

We also have THIRTEEN achievements from previous years which may be earnable by spending Bush Bucks if you missed getting them the first time around.

Spring Selections - You bought all the 2025 Spring Garden event items!*
Gardener's Garments - You bought all the 2024 Spring Garden event items!
Dewy Duds - You bought all the 2023 Spring Garden event items!
Blossom Buyer - You bought all the 2022 Spring Garden event items!
Planter Purchases - You bought all the 2021 Spring Garden event items!
Flowery Frills - You bought all the 2020 Spring Garden event items!
Ripe Raiments - You bought all the 2019 Spring Garden event items!
Garden Gatherer - You bought all the 2018 Spring Garden event items!
Organic Acquisitions - You bought all the 2017 Spring Garden event items!
Spring Token Trader - You bought all the 2016 Spring Garden event items!
Garage Sale Connoisseur - Purchase all the 2015 Spring Event items!
Spring Spender- Purchase all the 2014 Spring Event items!
Fresh Year Round- Purchase all the 2013 Spring Event items!

*The mini-golf piece is not required for the Verdant Variety achievement.

A Growing 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 May 8th to 11th!

The Purple Butterfly mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Blossoming Duck and Floral Kangaroo 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 picked up May 15th to 18th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle! From left-to-right they are the Toadstool, Satyr, and Turnip!

Post your green thumb adventures and questions on the forum!

The event will run until Friday May 22nd at 12 PM PDT!

View the full Change Log

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I find the seeds?
Just keep whacking. The Holiday Item runes and pets will help attract them as well.

How do I grow plants?
There are the planters outside the garden to grow flowers in. If you click on them, you can see the plant store. Each plant has a different cost and grow time to get you your event progress points. You start with 4 free planters.

Is it good to buy extra planters for growing the plants?
If you have the seeds to spare and prefer to plant long-growing plants, then yes, it's worth it.

How do I get the Decorator achievement?
If you go into the gardening area, the store button ($) has a selection of garden decorating items, where you can find the planter styles and watering can. These items also cost seeds.

What are the possible seed combinations for Farmer MacDonald's quest?
You can choose seeds that grow either Energy or Gold, and then choose between 20, 15, 4, and 3 hours of growth time.

Why do my custom seeds cost Gold to plant?
You created the combination, which is unlocked until they expire. Just like normal plants, they cost Gold for planting. We don't award a flat number of seeds, because not all players have the same amount of farm plots. This way, you get to choose how many you end up growing. :)
Why don't my custom seeds last longer?
Because they're OP! Enjoy them while they last. :)

How do I please the judges?
Just keep growing plants. As your event progress increases, you will impress the judges more and more. You DO NOT need to place them in your garden if you don't wish to. The plants still count for progress.

Does the Timey-Wimey watch or Time Turner affect the judges?
No, judges do not have quest cooldowns, so trinket effects that work for quests will not apply to them.

What adds to my event progress?
Growing plants worth points and completing the side quests. To get the points from your plants, you don't even need to place them in your garden! Just grow them!

Do I have to do the achievements?
No. Completing the goals for the achievements is totally optional. You get either a large energy pack or a title for your character from them, no event progress.

Where can I see all the achievements available and how to get them?
Either on the holiday dialog, the achievements dialog, or on the blog.

May 8th

BW2: May 8th, 2026 Release Notes

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Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Tags: bw2, may, 2026, release notes.

Spring Garden Event Update (May 8th, 2026)

- Updated Spring Garden Event
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Updated tier 4 and 5 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
- Added Fern Bush, Lions Tooth Flower, and Round Shrun as growable garden decorations
- Added new garden item: Circle Pond

May 8th

Champion Update: Melf

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, melf, the great modron march.

Born into the royal family of Celene, he assumed the simple name of Melf eschewing a life of comfort as a noble to study the arcane arts and train as a swordsman. He delved in the dungeons of Castle Greyhawk, the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and many other harrowing places honing his skills, knowledge and amassing powerful magical items. Melf sees himself as a weapon of weal hurtling toward the heart of the darkest evils in the realm. He is opinionated and has a touch of conceit that he is blissfully ignorant of possessing..

Melf is receiving a major update arriving at the start of the second week of the Great Modron March. Lets take a look at the new-and-improved Melf!

Melf

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male

gender

210

age

Neutral Good

alignment

overwhelm

Elf (High)

species

Fighter / Wizard

class

Support / Speed / Debuff

roles

None

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until May 13th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Zagyg's Needle (melee) - Melf leaps out and attacks the nearest enemy with his magic spear. If he has any Minute Meteors active, he fires one at a random enemy as well.

Formation Abilities

Melf's Custom Support Spell - Melf creates a custom spell to assist the formation. It increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 400%, and will be augmented based on the specialization you pick for Melf.
Melf in the Middle - Melf increases the range of Melf's Custom Support Spell by 2 and the effect of Melf's Custom Support Spell by 400% if Melf is in the column in the formation with the most Champions. In the event of a formation with multiple columns of the same size, Melf can be in any of them.
Melf's Righteous Determination - Melf knows exactly what evil is. Whenever an enemy spawns, or is attacked by Melf, it has a 50% chance of being deemed "evil". Enemies that are deemed evil take 1000% more damage from all attacks that deal BUD-based damage (such as Ultimate Attacks).

Specializations A

Melf's Frequent Foes - Melf magically causes an additional enemy to spawn with each wave 25% of the time. If there are any Champions in the formation with a Favored Foe, the enemy spawned will be a random Champion's Favored Foe.
Melf's Speedy Spawns - Melf magically increases enemy spawn speed by 50%, and Melf's Righteous Determination "evil" chance is increased by 25% additively (to a 75% chance).
Melf's Doubled Drops - Melf magically increases the chance that an enemy will drop double quest items or count for two kills by 25%.

Specializations B

Melf's Abundant Allies - Melf counts the most populous species among other Champions in the formation. Melf's Custom Support Spell is increased by 400% for each Champion of that species in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. If tied, all tied species count.
Melf's Adaptive Attacks - Melf counts the most popular attack type among other Champions in the formation. Melf's Custom Support Spell is increased by 400% for each Champion in the formation with that type, stacking multiplicatively, and Melf changes his attack to match. If tied, all tied attack types count.
Melf's Ranked Roles - Melf counts the most represented non-Support Role among the other Champions in the formation. Melf's Custom Support Spell is increased by 400% for each Champion in the formation with that role, stacking multiplicatively, and Melf gains the Role. If tied, all tied Roles count.
Melf's Amorphous Alignment - Melf counts the most represented alignment on the Lawful/Chaotic axis among the other Champions in the formation. Melf's Custom Support Spell is increased by 400% for each Champion in the formation with that alignment, stacking multiplicatively, and Melf gains the alignment. If tied, all tied alignments count.

Ultimate Ability

Melf's Minute Meteors (magic) - Melf summons six Minute Meteors that float around him. They are fired when he attacks normally and deal AOE BUD-based damage.

Equipment

Melf in the Middle Buff

slot 1

Buffs second set of Specializations

slot 2

Melf's Custom Support Spell Buff

slot 3

Buffs first set of Specializations

slot 4

Melf's Righteous Determination Buff

slot 5

Buffs Ultimate Damage

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Supportive Ally Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Custom Support Spell ability by 20%
Field Marshal Increases the effect of Melf's Melf in the Middle ability by 20%
Casual Condemnation Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Righteous Determination ability by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Encouraging Ally Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Custom Support Spell ability by 40%
Battlefield Commander Increases the effect of Melf's Melf in the Middle ability by 40%
Rushed Plans Increases the effect of Melf's first set of Specializations by 40%
Melf's Medium Meteors
Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Righteous Determination ability by 40%
Melf's Modular Mechanics
Increases the effect of Melf's second set of Specializations by 40%

Epic

Multiversal Allies Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each unique species in the formation, stacking additively.
Available in the Pretentious Prestidigitator Melf Theme Pack
Veteran Sailor Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Custom Support Spell ability by 80%
Melf's Collectors Boots
Increases the effect of Melf's first set of Specializations by 80%
Old Guard Heroics Increases the effect of Melf's Melf's Righteous Determination ability by 80%
Heroic Legacy Increases the effect of Melf's second set specializations by 80%
Prodigal Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%

Melf Feedback

What do you think of the new Melf?

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May 6th

Idle Champions: Great Modron March 9 (DRAFT)

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, laurana, melf, the great modron march.

Several times each century, the clockwork plane of Mechanus mobilizes a vast wave of modrons and sends them on a tour of the cosmos. Known as "The Great Modron March," this unstoppable tide of lawful constructs journeys across the material plane on the exact same route each time. However, this time something has changed -- the modrons are marching on Waterdeep.

The Great Modron March has returned for Year 9, introducing Laurana Kanan, The Golden General, and Hero of the Lance elf fighter, as well as bringing a major update to Greyhawk's Prince Brightflame himself, Melf

Featured Champions

Laurana

Lauralanthalasa Kanan was a pampered princess of the Qualinesti elves. Then the flames of evil dragons threatened her people and Laurana joined with other heroes to fight the Dragon Queen. In time, she became known as the Golden General: a renowned fighter, dragon rider, and brilliant battlefield commander. Now a living symbol of hope, Laurana fights to save her people and the world.

Laurana is a Support and Tanking Champion whose abilities grow in power as you complete her 20 Achievements, representing her rise from a sheltered elven princess to the legendary Golden General. She increases the damage of Champions in one of three columns behind her, and she excels when assigned with the right soldiers. Once unlocked, you can find this Elf Fighter in Seat 7 (Minsc)

Learn more about Laurana in her Champion Spotlight.

Melf

Melf is receiving a major update arriving at the start of the second week of the Great Modron March. His blog launches on May 8th!

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:

Nixie

seat 1

Krydle

seat 2

Mehen

seat 3

Evandra

seat 5

Qillek

seat 5

Evelyn

seat 6

Diana

seat 9

Jaheira

seat 9

Nordom

seat 9

Vlithryn

seat 11

Event Augments

Golden 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.
Challenge Week: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation building skills and earn unique rewards.
Supercharged Damage Boon: The Global Damage Boon is supercharged, granting 2,000,000% additional damage per level, instead of 200% (stacking multiplicatively).

You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Feedback on The March!

Laurana buttons up our first three Heroes of the Lance Champions! What do you think? Let us know!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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May 1st

Introducing Laurana Kanan

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, laurana, heroes of the lance, the great modron march.

The Golden General Arrives.

Lauralanthalasa Kanan was a pampered princess of the Qualinesti elves. Then the flames of evil dragons threatened her people, and Laurana joined with other heroes to fight the Dragon Queen. In time, she became known as the Golden General: a renowned fighter, dragon rider, and brilliant battlefield commander. Now a living symbol of hope, Laurana fights to save her people and the world.

Laurana is a Support and Tanking Champion whose abilities grow in power as you complete her 20 Achievements, representing her rise from a sheltered elven princess to the legendary Golden General. She increases the damage of Champions in one of three columns behind her, and she excels when assigned the right soldiers. Once unlocked, you can find this Elf Fighter in Seat 7 (Minsc)

Read on to learn everything you need to know about this elf princess who knows a thing or two about riding dragons!

Laurana

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Female

gender

age

Neutral Good

alignment

overwhelm

Elf (Qualinesti)

species

Fighter

class

Tanking / Support

roles

Heroes of the Lance

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Zariel, Elminster (until May 6th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Sword Strike (melee) - Laurana nimbly attacks the closest enemy with her shortsword for one hit.

Passive Abilities

The War of the Lance - Laurana has 20 achievements. She gains one Campaign stack for each of her achievements that you have completed.

Formation Abilities

Golden General - The effect of Laurana's chosen Battle Plan specialization choice is increased by 100% for each Campaign stack she has, stacking multiplicatively.
Leader of the Whitestone Armies - Laurana's Soldiers are Heroes of the Lance Champions. Laurana gains Army stacks equal to the number of Soldiers in the formation, or the number of Campaign stacks she has divided by 2, whichever is lower. Laurana increases the effect of her chosen Battle Plan specialization choice by 100% for each Army stack that she has, stacking multiplicatively. A specialization choice and certain feats can add more Champions who are her Soldiers.
Strategic Reserves - Laurana increases the health of all other Champions in the formation by 10% of her max health, plus 2% for each Campaign stack, stacking additively.
Inner Strength - Laurana counts the number of enemies that have spawned in the current area, with bosses counting as the same as three times the number of Campaign stacks she has. Laurana increases the effect of her Battle Plan specialization choice by 20% for each one of these enemies, stacking multiplicatively and capped at 70.

Specializations A

Battle Plan: Charge - Laurana increases the damage of Champions in the column behind her by 100%.
Battle Plan: Outflank - Laurana increases the damage of Champions in the column that is two columns behind her by 100%.
Battle Plan: Fortify - Laurana increases the damage of Champions in the column that is three columns behind her by 100%.

Specializations B

Lead the Attack - Laurana additively increases the Critical Hit Chance of her Soldiers by 20%, and the Critical Hit Damage by 100%. Additionally, DPS Champions also count as Laurana's Soldiers.
Protect the Vulnerable - Laurana increases her maximum health by 100%. Additionally, Champions with a Constitution of 12 or lower also count as Laurana's Soldiers.
Wield the Dragonlance - Laurana gains the Hunter role. Dragons and Monstrosities become her favored foes, allowing Champions to deal 400% more damage against them for each Hunter in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. Hunters also count as Laurana's Soldiers.

Ultimate Ability

Dragon Strafe (magic) - Laurana leaps off the screen, then flies over the battlefield on the back of Quallathon, a gold dragon. The dragon breathes fire on all enemies, dealing one ultimate hit to each. This encourages all Champions to deal 400% additional damage for 15 seconds.

Equipment

Buffs Battle Plan Specializations

slot 1

Golden General Buff

slot 2

Leader of the Whitestone Armies Buff

slot 3

Inner Strength Buff

slot 4

Buffs second set of Specializations

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Tough
Increases the health of Laurana by 15%
Defensive Duelist Laurana takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Burden of Command Increases the effect of Laurana's Battle Plan Specializations by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Resilient
Increases the health of Laurana by 30%
Calm Under Pressure
Laurana takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Begrudging Command
Increases the effect of Laurana's Battle Plan specializations by 40%
Soaring Higher Increases the effect of Laurana's Golden General ability by 40%
Brilliant Stratagem Increases the effect of Laurana's Leader of the Whitestone Armies ability by 40%
Bound Destiny Increases the effect of Laurana's Inner Strength ability by 40%
Living Symbol Increases the effect of Laurana's second set of Specializations by 40%

Epic

Golden Glory Increases the effect of Laurana's Golden General ability by 80%
Available in the Qualinesti Princess Laurana Theme Pack
Qualinesti Princess Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%.
Elf and Half Elf Champions always count as Laurana's Soldiers.
Unlockable as an Event Reward
Gifted Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%.
Champions with a total ability score of 85 or higher always count as Laurana's Soldiers.
Unlockable as an Event Reward
Warrior General Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%.
Champions with a Melee attack always count as Laurana's Soldiers.
Unlockable as an Event Reward

Laurana's Bonus Achievements

Laurana's abilities grow in power as you complete her 20 Achievements - her 5 standard ones, plus these 15 bonus achievements, representing her rise from a sheltered elven princess to the legendary Golden General.

Epically Equipped for War:
Obtain a piece of epic gear for each of Laurana's six equipment slots

Legendarily Equipped for War:
Obtain a piece of legendary gear for each of Laurana's six equipment slots

Grueling Campaign:
Complete 25,000 areas with Laurana across multiple adventures

Wyrmslayer:
Defeat 10,000 Dragon enemies with Laurana in the formation and her Dragon Hunter spec choice chosen

Unbroken Line:
Have Laurana actively tank at least 70 enemies at once

Decisive Blows:
Critically Hit 10,000 enemies while Laurana is in the formation

Strike from Above :
Defeat 500 enemies using Laurana's ultimate attack

Mirt Mandate:
Complete at least 500 areas with Laurana in your party and then reset in any Mirt Patron Variant or Mirt Free Play

Vajra Vanguard:
Complete at least 900 areas with Laurana in your party and then reset in any Vajra Patron Variant or Vajra Free Play

Strahd Sovereignty:
Complete at least 1300 areas with Laurana in your party and then reset in any Strahd Patron Variant or Strahd Free Play

Zariel Zenith:
Complete at least 1700 areas with Laurana in your party and then reset in any Zariel Patron Variant or Zariel Free Play

Whitestone Army:
Complete 10,000 areas with Laurana having at least 7 Soldier Stacks

Veteran of the War:
Complete area 1000 in any Laurana adventure, variant, free play, or time gate

Legend of the Lance:
Complete area 2000 in any Laurana adventure, variant, free play, or time gate

Magic and Melee:
Complete 1000 areas with Laurana buffing only Raistlin in a full formation with each of her three Battle Plan specializations

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April 29th

April 2026 Variants & The Draconian Emergence

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Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, variants, grand tour, xaryxis, fortune's wheel, vecna.

Draconians from the world of Krynn have followed Raistlin and Tasslehoff and invaded the Sword Coast!

Today's Variants Update introduces 10 Draconian-themed Adventure Variants to the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast, Light of Xaryxis, Turn of Fortune's Wheel, and Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaigns.

Today's update also heralds a new emergence! Until May 6th at 12 PM PT, Draconians will appear in Free Play Adventures, continuing their chaotic march across the Sword Coast!

Learn more below...

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast

The Madness of Zuggtmoy

Variant: Visions of Death

Collect a bunch of mushrooms while traversing a verdant fungal forest while facing the inevitable.

You may only use Champions with a Wisdom of 14 or higher.
After area 50, at the start of each area, a giant mushroom falls on a random Champion, dealing damage equal to 100% of their max health.
1-2 Awakened Toadstools spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
In each boss area, a Sivak Draconian boss spawns as part of the first wave. It must also be defeated to progress.
Complete Area 525

The Cult of Lolth

Variant: The Cult of Takhisis

Enter the drow city of Menzoberranzan and face… Draconians?!?

You may only use Champions with a Constitution of 14 or higher.
A Young Bronze Dragon takes up three formation slots at the back of the formation. Champions in the column ahead of the dragon deal 100% additional damage for each Dragonborn Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
1-2 Draconians spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
In each boss area, an Aurak or Sivak Draconian boss spawns as part of the first wave. It must also be defeated to progress.
Complete Area 525

Light of Xaryxis

Foul Play

Variant: Towel Play

Survive Xeleth's attack on the Arena and push back his forces with unaffiliated Champions.

You may only use Unaffiliated Champions.
The planetless Plasmoid returns and joins the formation. They constantly ask questions so adjacent champions deal no damage due to the distraction.
At the end of each wave in non-boss areas, either a Baby Kindori or a curious potted plant spawns. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 1050

Spelljammers in Training

Variant: Switched Off the Targeting Construct

The coalition is in need of Spelljammers! Luckily, we have some friends that excel against empires!

Champions miss with 10% of their base attacks for each point their wisdom is below 18.
Whenever a Champion misses with an attack, the enemies in the area gain a Hyperspeed stack, up to 25 stacks. Enemies deal 20% additional damage and move 10% faster for each Hyperspeed stack, stacking multiplicatively. Hyperspeed stacks reset when changing areas.
Complete Area 1100

Into Xaryxispace

Variant: One Draconian at a Time

The time has come to attack the Imperial Citadel. It's time for the dragon kin to face each other!

You must have more Dragonborn than Non-Dragonborn Champions in your formation at all times.
For each Non-Dragonborn Champion in the formation, the health of all enemies is increased by 3% for each area completed in the adventure, stacking multiplicatively.
1-2 Draconians spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
In each boss area, an Aurak or Sivak Draconian boss spawns as part of the first wave. It must also be defeated to progress.
Complete Area 1150

The Battle of Xaryxis

Variant: Tank You Very Much

Find a way to rescue Xedalli and stop Xeleth, with a lot of bodyguards.

2-3 Astral Elf Warriors spawn with each wave. They move 50% slower, but attack 100% more often and deal 500% more damage. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
At the start of each non-boss area, there is a 10% chance that 10 Space Mollymawks spawn.
You may only use one Champion that doesn't have the Tanking role.
Complete Area 1200

Turn of Fortune's Wheel

The End is the Beginning

Variant: Precisely Arranged

AADE. EHHJ. NPPSTTUW?

You may only assign Champions from each seat to a specific numbered formation spot in the formation. For example, a Champion from seat 1 can only be assigned to the slot with the 1 in it.
Therefore, you can't move Champions around the formation, but you can add and remove them.
By the nature of these restrictions, you may not use Champions from seat 11 or 12.
Complete Area 500

Welcome to Sigil

Variant: Monstrosities in Sigil

Explore Sigil and learn more about the awfully lawful predicament you find yourself in.

You may only use Lawful Champions.
Good Champion damage is reduced by 20% for each Evil Champion in the formation, stacking additively.
Evil Champion damage is reduced by 20% for each Good Champion in the formation, stacking additively.
1-2 Draconians spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
In each boss area, an Aurak or Sivak Draconian boss spawns as part of the first wave. It must also be defeated to progress.
Complete Area 550

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

The Ruinous Citadel

Variant: The Ruinous Draconians

Enter the Ruinous Citadel to confront evil with evil.

You may only use Evil Champions.
Champions in the back two columns take damage equal to 2.5% of their maximum health every second, but also deal 2.5% more damage for each area completed in the current adventure, stacking multiplicatively.
Champions don't recover health when moving to a new area.
Champions resurrect at half health when changing areas instead of full health.
1-2 Draconians spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
In each boss area, an Aurak or Sivak Draconian boss spawns as part of the first wave. It must also be defeated to progress.
Complete Area 1350

Vecna's Grasp

Variant: Dream or Nightmare?

Unmake the Unrealities of Vecna's wildest dreams, featuring unusual unfriendlies!

You may only use Champions with a total ability score of 85 or higher.
A weird assortment of 5-10 nightmare creatures spawn at the start of each area. They move 100% faster, deal 300% additional damage, don't drop gold, and don't count towards quest .
Complete Area 1400

Draconian Emergence

The Draconian Emergence arrives for the next week, bringing Golden Epics for Tasslehoff, Bruenor, and Xerophon, Feats for Raistlin, Kyre, Lucius, Donaar, and Binwin, and the new Dragon Army Infiltrator Eric Skin!

New Items Added to the Thayan Enclave!

Golden Epics - 20,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Tasslehoff Slot 2 - Rabbitslayer (Tasslehoff's second set of Specializations Buff)
- Bruenor Slot 5 - Shield of Foaming Ale (Ult Damage Buff)
- Xerophon Slot 2 - Reminder of Freedom (Global Damage Buff)
Feats - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Raistlin - Flaming Darts (+2 magic missiles on base attack)
- Kyre - Pierce the Heavens (Increases Stunning Strike's Chance to Stun)
- Binwin - Extra Payout (Specializations Buff)
- Donaar - Misdirection (Anti-Taunt)
- Lucius - Volatile Magic (Increases Bud damage for Elemental Adept)
Skins - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Dragon Army Infiltrator Eric
Chests
- Unlimited Draconian Emergence Emergence Chests - 2,500 Corrupted Gems each
  - Contains gear for Binwin, Bruenor, Diana, Donaar, Kyre, Lucius, Raistlin, Tasslehoff, Xerophon

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April 24th

BW2: Bird Watching Community Quest!

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Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Tags: bw2, april, 2026, mini, event, community, bird, watching.

Bird Watching

Wren Windmere, a travelling ornithologist, has arrived to the land of Bushwhackia!

In this unique window of time, a vast variety of birds are gathered here together. Wren is hoping to observe and document every bird he can find, but he needs help from the whole community to do so.

Enriching Contributions

To attract these migratory birds to the event area, each individual Bush Whacker must find Bird Toys from bushes all across Bushwhackia!

Turn in these Bird Toys to Wren to earn Bird Watching Tokens! These tokens can be traded for your choice of bird pet!

And to further the effort, Wren's assistant, Piper, has a series of quests you can do to build up the temporary roosting spot in the event area.

Birds of a Feather

Every Bird Toy found increases your individual Bird Toy Points for this mini-event, but also earns points towards the collective goals for the community!

The more community progress, the more options of bird pets there are to choose from in Ye Rare Bird Aviary to trade your tokens for!

Each Bush Whacker may only trade for 1 bird pet during this mini-event. Work together to unlock the most options possible!

After selecting your bird pet, extra tokens can be exchanged for special satchels in the store.

Flock Together

You have until Wed April 29th to make your contributions to this limited-time community quest! Assuming you're all successful, you can pick up your reward from them any time before Friday May 1st at noon.

Post your comments, questions, and squawk here on the forum!

Change Log

April 24th

BW2: April 24th, 2026 Release Notes

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Tags: bw2, april, 2026, release notes.

Bird Watching Community Mini-Event (April 24th, 2026)

- New community mini-event with unique rewards! (April 24 - May 1)
- Gather bird toys to attract special birds to the Commons event area!
- Turn in your bird toys to earn tokens to trade for a bird and satchels!
- Unlock more options of birds to choose from by reaching community goals!

- QoL Adjustments:
- Search bars on store dialogs are cleared when opening a new store
- If a custom or ranch quickset has no name, will default to "Set X"

- Fixed bug where Misty would be missing the option "I have a current generation egg…" after accepting pet hatching quest

- Anniversary event fixes:
- Fixed the 14th anniversary cake not showing up in the event area.
- Fixed the bandoliers trinket set trivia question having the wrong answer.
- Changed an extra trinket set trivia question to a Garment Bag trivia question.
- Added a trivia question on Ranch Moving Box sets.

April 22nd

Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions, Part 8

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, tales.

Well met!

We're back with the next installment of Tales of the Champions!

For the next two Tales adventures, Kalix embarks on a quest to hunt the legendary tarrasque, while Barrowin returns home to find multiple surprises lurking in the snow of Icewind Dale...

Completing the base adventures will unlock Kalix (Seat 5) and Barrowin (Seat 10), while completing the new variants will unlock Feats, Corrupted Gems, Gold Champion Chests, and an exclusive Skin!

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

Finding the Path

Kalix tests his skill as a hunter against the ultimate challenge - the legendary tarrasque.

Complete Area 250
Rewards: Kalix Champion Unlock

Variant 1: Finding the Monstrosities

Kalix tests his skill as a hunter against the ultimate challenge - monstrosities like the legendary tarrasque.

Kalix starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Only Kalix and Champions not adjacent to him can deal damage.
You may only use Champions that are not a Standard Species. Standard species are Aasimar, Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goliath, Halfling, Human, Orc, Tiefling, Half-Orc, and Half-Elf.
1-2 Monstrosities spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Getting to know Idle Champions: Standard Species are the core species found in the Players' Handbook. Some Champions and variant restrictions care about including or excluding them!
Complete Area 450
Rewards: 4 Kalix Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: A Specific Species

Kalix and some specific friends test his skill as a hunter against the ultimate challenge - the legendary tarrasque.

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

Kalix starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
When you add a Champion to the formation, remove all other Champions that don't share a species with it. Kalix remains in the formation.
Boss enemies without segmented health have 25 armored health.
Complete Area 1000
Rewards: Kalix's Hunt the Monstrous Feat, which adds Monstrosities as a favored foe for Kalix, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Hunting the Path

Kalix tests his skill with a team of hunters against the ultimate challenge - the legendary tarrasque

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

Kalix starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with the Hunter role.
Enemy speed is increased by 300%.
Two Giant Fire Beetles join the formation. They just get in the way.
Complete Area 1600
Rewards: Kalix's Apex Predator Feat, which buffs Kalix's The Deadliest Prey ability, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Over & Under

Barrowin and friends must save the people of Icewind Dale from the Cult of the Dragon!

Complete Area 250
Rewards: Barrowin Champion Unlock

Variant 1: Speedy Strikers

Barrowin and her fast attacking friends must save the people of Icewind Dale from the Cult of the Dragon!

Barrowin starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with a base attack cooldown of 4.6 seconds or less.
Every time a Champion kills an enemy, all other enemies have their move speed and damage done increased by 10%, stacking multiplicatively up to 25 times and resetting when changing areas.
Getting to know Idle Champions: After every base attack, Champions must wait an amount of time equal to their base attack cooldown before they can make another base attack.
Complete Area 450
Rewards: Barrowin Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: I Am The Law

Barrowin and her small friends must save the people of Icewind Dale from the Cult of the Dragon!

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

Barrowin starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Lawful and/or Dwarf Champions.
An Overambitious City Guard joins the formation. He encourages Champions next to him to attack faster by reducing their base attack cooldown by 2 seconds.
Complete Area 1000
Rewards: Barrowin's Wound Master feat, which which buffs Barrowin's Healing Word ability, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Way Under

Barrowin and her fast attacking friends must save the people of Icewind Dale from the Cult of the Dragon!

Requirement: Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

Barrowin starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Dwarf, Fairy, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Kender, Kobold, and/or Plasmoid Champions.
Enemies other than static bosses are increased in size by 50%.
Enemies without segmented health have 4 armored health.
Enemies (including those in boss areas) move 100% faster and deal a minimum amount of damage equal to 10% of the target's total health.
Complete Area 1600
Rewards: Hammer of the North Barrowin Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

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