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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.


Follow Us!

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October 31st
New Champion: Skylla  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    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.
Skylla is a Support and Debuff Champion who channels the power of Baba Yaga to empower the allies in front of her. She debuffs enemies with Faerie Fire, with her power growing stronger as these marked foes fall. For a unique twist, she has a specialization that switches her allies' ability scores around.

To learn about our latest warlock, read on...

Skylla

Skylla
Skylla
name
4
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Female
gender
32
age
Chaotic Evil
alignment
5
overwhelm
Human
species
Warlock
class
Support / Debuff
roles
None
affiliation
9
str
11
dex
14
con
12
int
15
wis
17
cha
78
tot
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Elminster (until November 5th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Eldritch Staff (melee/magic) - Skylla attacks a random enemy with her staff for 1 hit, and zaps another random enemy for 1 hit.

Formation Abilities

  • Whispers of Baba Yaga - Skylla increases the damage of all Champions in the column in front of her by 400% for each Champion affected by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Faerie Fire - When Skylla attacks an enemy but doesn't defeat it, she casts Faerie Fire on it. Champions deal 200% additional damage to enemies affected by Faerie Fire.
  • Fae's Flicker - Whenever an enemy that is debuffed by Faerie Fire is defeated, Skylla gains a Shimmer stack. Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each Shimmer stack she has, stacking additively. Shimmer stacks persist for the entire adventure and reset when you complete it.

Specializations A

  • Witch's Switch - Other Champions in the party have their ability scores switched: STR with CHA, DEX with INT, and CON with WIS. The effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga is increased by 100% each time the difference between the switched scores is 5 or more, stacking multiplicatively.
  • League of Malevolence - Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Withering Ward - Increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 33% for each debuff that has been applied to an enemy in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 50.

Specializations B

  • Green Fire - Skylla's Faerie Fire remains green, but increases the effect of the debuff by 100%.
  • Blue Fire - Skylla's Faerie Fire turns blue. Champions attacking enemies affected by Faerie Fire have a 40% additional chance to deal a critical hit.
  • Violet Fire - Skylla gains the Breaker role and her Faerie Fire turns violet. Enemies affected by Faerie Fire lose an additional armor or segmented health piece when they are attacked and at least 1 segment was broken.

Ultimate Attack

  • Hypnotic Pattern (magic) - Skylla creates a twisting pattern of colors above the enemies for 15 seconds. All enemies take 5 seconds of BUD-based damage when hit by any Champion for the duration. Additionally, all enemies, including any that spawn, are Stunned for the duration or until they take damage, whichever is shorter.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
slot 1
Whispers of Baba Yaga Buff
slot 2
Faerie Fire Buff
slot 3
Fae's Flicker Buff
slot 4
Buffs the first set of Specializations
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  • Flickering Fire Increases the effect of Skylla's Faerie Fire ability by 20%
  • Hag's Apprentice Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 20%
  • Toil Increases the effect of Skylla's first set of specializations by 20%
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  • Dissonant Whispers Increases the effect of Skylla's Whispers of Baba Yaga ability by 40%
  • Focused Fire Increases the effect of Skylla's Faerie Fire ability by 40%
  • Hag's Disciple Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 40%
  • Trouble Increases the effect of Skylla's first set of specializations by 40%
Epic
  • Whispers of the Grave Increases the effect of Skylla's Whispers of Baba Yaga ability by 80% Available in the Action Figure Skylla Theme Pack
  • Hag's Pride Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 80% Unlockable as an Event Reward

Skylla Feedback

Another evil Champion has arrived! What do you think? Will you find a use for Skylla?

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:
October 30th
Idle Champions: November Augments Preview  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Feast of the Moon!

Feast of the Moon returns on Wednesday, November 5th. The third event of Year 9 introduces a follower of the Arch-hag Baba Yaga Skylla, brings a rework to Farideh's sister, Havilar, and features these returning Event Augments:

Feast of the Moon 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: 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: 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.

  • Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of your formation for each Debuff or Control Champion in it, stacking additively.

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:
October 29th
Idle Champions: October 2025 Variants 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Everything is coming up 'Shadowfell'!

Today's update brings 15 Shadowfell-themed variants across the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast, Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Light of Xaryxis, Turn of Fortune's Wheel, and Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaigns! Don't miss out on the final variant for Wild Beyond the Witchlight!

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast

Return to the Tomb

Variant: Shadows in the Tomb

Return to the Tomb of Annihilation while defending yourself from some shadar-kai.
  • Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy due to the Shadowfell's influence.
  • You may only use Champions with a magic attack.
  • 1-2 Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • A Shadar-kai Soul Monger spawns before the first wave of each boss area. You must defeat this additional boss to advance, and you can't damage other enemies until the Soul Monger is defeated.
  • Complete Area 450

Heatwave

Variant: Bel of the Ball

Repeatedly collect the Hand of Vecna from Bel, the Archduke of Avernus.
  • The only Champion that can deal damage is the one in the middle of the formation.
  • Bel spawns in each boss area. He must also be defeated to advance.
  • Complete Area 450

The Oozing Hunger

Variant: Critical Level

Search for a purple worm egg while critically limited in levels.
  • You can't level Champions past level 750.
  • Champions have an additional 20% chance (additive) to deal critical hits.
  • Two Shadowy Rats join the formation.
  • Whenever a Champion next to a Shadowy Rat deals a critical hit, enemies gain 100% move speed and 100% health, stacking multiplicatively up to 10 times per enemy.
  • Complete Area 525

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Beware the Jabberwock

Variant: Click or Clack

The Jabberwock is ready for a brawl. Choose between clicking familiars or a clacking Thri-kreen!
  • 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.
  • If a Thri-Kreen Champion is in the formation, click damage is disabled and Fire Breath potions have no effect.
  • Complete Area 1150

Legends and Lore

Variant: Deities & Demigods

Skabatha is ready for revenge against those with a touch of divinity.
  • You may only use Cleric and/or Paladin Champions. In addition, you may use Aasimar champions.
  • 1-2 Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Complete Area 1200

The End

Variant: Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Time to deal with Endelyn with a rotating cast of DPS characters. prerequisite: Must have completed all other The Wild beyond the Witchlight adventures and variants.
  • Champions with the DPS role can't be removed from the formation once they have been added.
  • Every 50 areas, all Champions with the DPS role are removed from the formation and can not be used again in the adventure.
  • Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
  • Complete Area 1250

Light of Xaryxis

Who Lurks Below?

Variant: Bosses Lurk Below

Set sail into Wildspace with those that are both strong in body and in personality.
  • You may only use Champions with a Strength and Charisma of 14 or higher.
  • Bosses immediately start to enrage upon spawning.
  • Bosses have 100% additional health, 100% additional speed, and deal 200% additional damage.
  • Complete Area 450

Xanathaaaaaaar!

Variant: Shadow Business

Investigate a trading post nestled in an asteroid while Shadar-kai try to stop your best negotiators from conducting business!
  • You may only use Champions with a Charisma of 18 or higher.
  • 1-2 Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • In Boss areas, 5 additional Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with the first two waves. They also need to be defeated to progress.
  • Complete Area 500

No One Can Hear You Scream

Variant: Game Over, Man!

Scavenge your way through Wildspace while defending yourself from Monstrosities!
  • A stray cat that Squiddly adopted joins the formation.
  • 1-2 Gray Scavvers spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Monstrosity enemies deal 100% additional damage and move 100% faster for each Monstrosity enemy currently present, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Complete Area 550

Welcome to the Rock

Variant: Welcome to the Jungle

Explore the Rock of Bral while being jumped by a jumble of jungle juggernauts!
  • You may only use Druid, Barbarian, and/or Ranger Champions.
  • A random jungle foe spawns with each wave, increasing by 1 for each subsequent wave in the area. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Complete Area 600

Turn of Fortune's Wheel

Realm of Enchanted Mysteries

Variant: Wherever I May R04M

Escape with R04M while under attack by some shadowy warriors.
  • You may only use Good and/or Evil Champions.
  • Whenever a Good Champion is adjacent to an Evil Champion, neither Champion deals any damage.
  • R04M joins the formation.
  • 1-2 Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Somnus, Nightmare Warrior joins every boss area as an additional boss that must be defeated to progress.
  • Complete Area 1150

Full Circle

Variant: Somewhat Aligned

Travel back to Sigil as the puzzle pieces continue to align.
  • You may only use Champions that are completely or partially Neutral.
  • Enemy Damage is multiplicatively increased by 10% every second, and resets upon changing areas.
  • Complete Area 1200

Return to Fortune's Wheel

Variant: Strike Force

Search Fortune's Wheel and the Platinum Rooms to find Shemeshka with a well-chosen team of Champions.
  • When there are more than 5 Champions in the formation, for each extra Champion above 5:
    • Champions attack 2 seconds slower, stacking additively.
    • In non-boss areas, an Overambitious City Guard with 20 armor-based hit points has a 20% chance (stacking additively) of spawning with each wave. Other enemies are immune to damage while any Overambitious City Guards are alive.
    • There is a 20% chance (stacking additively) that a Devourer spawns in each boss area that must also be defeated to progress.
  • Complete Area 1250

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

The Peylon Tree

Variant: The Foggy Tree

Investigate the peylon tree in search of the next piece of the rod, but it's so foggy you can't see your hand in front of your face.
  • Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy due to the Shadowfell's influence.
  • You may only use Champions with a Melee base attack.
  • 1-2 Shadar-kai Warriors spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • Champions don't recover health when moving to a new area.
  • Champions resurrect at half health when changing areas instead of full health.
  • Complete Area 900

Three Moons Vault

Variant: The Gifted Ways

Enter Three Moons Vault with Champions that must have cheated when rolling their ability scores.
  • You may only use Champions with a total ability score of 85 or higher.
  • Enemies attack twice as often.
  • Enemy Speed is multiplicatively increased by 10% every second. This speed increase is capped after 40 seconds and resets upon changing areas.
  • Complete Area 950

Opening the Vault

The Vault opens once more.

You can access the Vault from the notification pop-up or through the in-game shop.

For a limited time only...

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October 22nd
Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions, Part 3  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Well met!

The third Tales of the Champions update has arrived, and this time we're heading to the City of Blood and a Domain of Delight on two classic-themed adventures and six variants!

On our next adventures, Dynaheir investigates cultist activity in Baldur's Gate while Strongheart ventures into the Feywild with an old friend.

Completing the base adventures will unlock Dynaheir (Seat 3) and Strongheart (Seat 11), while completing additional variants offers exclusive Feats and a unique Skin.

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

Returning Day

See into the past as Dynaheir, Wychlaran of Rashemen, enjoys a rare but much-deserved respite following the events of the Iron Crisis. When havoc strikes, will the Heroes of Baldur's Gate band together once again to save the day?
  • Complete Area 50
  • Rewards: Dynaheir Unlock

Variant 1: A Good Tank Is Hard To Find

Dynaheir and friends investigate cultist activity in Baldur's Gate while limited in protection.
  • Dynaheir starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • Other than Krydle, you may not use Tanking Champions.
  • Getting to Know Idle Champions: Tanking Champions keep your formation safe when things get dangerous. Use Dynaheir's specialization choice wisely if you need help finding tanks!
  • Complete Area 250
  • Rewards: 4 Gold Dynaheir chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Threading the Needle

Dynaheir and her friends, with a precise Constitution, investigate cultist activity in Baldur's Gate.
Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event
  • Dynaheir starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • You may only use Champions with a Constitution of exactly 14, not counting any Circle Magic shenanigans.
  • Complete Area 600
  • Rewards: Epic Dynaheir Feat: Hathran Command (Increases the CON buff of Dynaheir's Circle of Magic specialization by 1) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Nom Nom Nom

Dynaheir and her devouring "friend" investigate cultist activity in Baldur's Gate.
Must have completed a Tier 3 variant in an Event
  • Dynaheir starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  • The Devourer joins the formation.
  • After area 50, the Devourer eats the first quest item dropped by each defeated enemy.
  • Getting to Know Idle Champions: The Devourer is consuming the first Quest Item that each enemy drops. If only there were ways to increase that number?
  • Complete Area 1200
  • Rewards: Wychlaran Dynaheir Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Friends of a Feather

Strongheart of Valor's Call is a champion of righteous justice. Warduke is not. Return to the Feywild with these former friends and their 'helpful' guides as the two test their tenuous bond in search of a certain charming sorceress.
  • Complete Area 50
  • Rewards: Strongheart Unlock

Variant 1: An Event Worth Remembering

Strongheart explores the Feywild with an old friend and a few eventful guides.
  • Strongheart starts in the formation with his Justice Needs Champions ability unlocked. He can't be moved or removed.
  • You may only use Event Champions. You can get more Event Champions in events, from time gates, or in this campaign!
  • Only Strongheart and Champions affected by his Justice Needs Champions ability can deal damage.
  • Getting to Know Idle Champions: Events are the easiest way to collect and power up your Champions, and Strongheart's scavenger ability gets you additional Event tokens for use in these events!
  • Complete Area 250
  • Rewards: 4 Gold Strongheart Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: The Critical Hits Strike Back

Strongheart explores the Feywild with an old friend and a few critical guides.
Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event
  • Strongheart starts in the formation. He can't be moved or removed.
  • You may only Good Champions
  • After area 50, Champions deal 1 damage with normal attacks until any Champion lands a Critical Hit in the current area.
  • When a Champion deals a Critical Hit, that Champion takes damage equal to 20% of their maximum health.
  • Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 50.
  • Complete Area 600
  • Rewards: Epic Strongheart Feat: One For All (Increases the effect of Strongheart's Courage to Stand ability by 80%) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: An Affiliation Affair

Strongheart explores the Feywild with an old friend and a few groups of guides.
Must have completed a Tier 3 variant in an Event
  • Strongheart starts in the formation. He can't be moved or removed.
  • Only Strongheart and Champions from the affiliation(s) with the most members in the formation can deal damage.
  • Once the formation has 3 Champions from the same affiliation, you can't add any more Champions from that affiliation.
  • Complete Area 1200
  • Rewards: Epic Strongheart Feat: Resolute (Grants Strongheart immunity to stun effects) and 250 Corrupted Gem

Tales of the Champions: Tier 2 Blessings

  • Make a Strexterity Save - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions with a STR or DEX of 17 or higher by 100%
  • Spec Ops - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions by 20% for each unique species in the formation
  • A Little Bit Faster Now - Local: Decrease the base attack cooldown of all Champions by 0.01s for each Champion in the formation with a base attack speed of 5 or higher
  • Tales of Camaraderie - Global: Increase the damage of all Champions for each Champion unlocked by 5%, stacking multiplicatively

Shadowfell Emergence

The arrival of the King of Shadows is an ill omen, and now Shadar-kai Warriors and Necromites have begun to emerge across the realms. The Shadowfell Emergence brings Golden Epics for the King of Shadows and Wren, Feats for Shandie, Kalix, King of Shadows, Tess, and Baldric, and the new Shadowfell Kalix Skin!

New Items Added to the Thayan Enclave!
  • Golden Epics
    • King of Shadows Slot 2 - Accursed Harness (20,000 Corrupted Gems)
    • Wren Slot 2 - Ring of Spell Turning (20,000 Corrupted Gems)
  • Feats
    • Baldric - Lightbringer (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
    • Kalix - Death's Shadow (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
    • King of Shadows - Dark Zealot (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
    • Shandie - Tabaxi Glitch (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
    • Tess - Tess Family (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
  • Skins
    • Shadowfell Kalix (10,000 Corrupted Gems)
  • Chests
    • Unlimited Shadowfell Emergence Chests (2,500 Corrupted Gems each)
      • Contains gear for Baldric, Kalix, King of Shadows, Shandie, Tess, Wren

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October 17th
BW2: Halloween Event, 2025 Edition! 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

The Haunted Mansion Has Materialized!

Main Features

Trading Pumpkins

Who doesn't love a good haunted mansion? Well, that's what Halloween in Bushwhackia is all about! But to decorate your very own, you need to do what you do best! Go out into the world and whack bushes to find Pumpkins. Once you have found a patch of pumpkins, you can buy decorations from Glenda outside the mansion, or from the "Store" button while you're in Build Mode inside. Once you feel you've got enough, start laying out your design inside. (You can also purchase the same decorations for Bush Bucks from the Cop in the event area.)

You do not have to place all your collected decorations on display in the Mansion in order for them to count towards "Halloween Collector," they will count so long as they are within your haunted house inventory.

Scaring Candy

The goal is to scare the 8 children standing in front of the house, all of varying levels of bravery. The more you scare them, the more candy you'll earn in return. And you're going to want that candy so you can trade it for the custom items at the event store! You can try scaring them every 20 hours after you scared them the first time.

Glenda the Good Witch isn't just for buying decorations with Pumpkins. You will also be getting several quests from her throughout the event for special interactive decorations. As you complete each of her four quests, you can request help from your friends* by talking to the Construction Worker to increase the decoration's scariness.

The Haunted Mansion Photo Contest

The Haunted Mansion Photo Contest will be starting on Wednesday October 22nd You'll need 300 mansion spookiness before you can submit a screenshot, and at least 50 items placed in your mansion.

In case you're wanting to keep your decorations secret until it's finished, you can now prevent or allow friends from visiting your mansion by talking to the contest NPC and selecting either "Don't let anyone visit my mansion!" or "Allow friends to visit my mansion!" respectively.

Gotta Collect them all!

What can possibly make your house scarier? How about some Creatures which wander around your mansion! Each creature will become available for a set amount of dates which you can then request from friends* by talking to the the Cop.

Creatures are available on the following schedule:
Black Cats - AVAILABLE at Event launch, UNTIL Sun Oct 19, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Witches - AVAILABLE Sun Oct 19, Noon PDT UNTIL Tues Oct 21, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Zombies - AVAILABLE Tues Oct 21, Noon PDT UNTIL Thurs Oct 23, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Bats - AVAILABLE Thurs Oct 23, Noon PDT UNTIL Sat Oct 25, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Spiders - AVAILABLE Sat Oct 25, Noon PDT UNTIL Mon Oct 27, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Ghost Butler - AVAILABLE Mon Oct 27, Noon PDT UNTIL Wed Oct 29, 11:59:59 AM PDT
Franken-Dogs - AVAILABLE Wed Oct 29, Noon PDT UNTIL the Event End

*The Sparkly Vampire is still available for Bush Bucks if you want it in your haunted house.

Candy! Candy! Candy!

To buy the custom items, you need your Candy! Not only do you get it from scaring those insolent little kiddies, you also net some from completing the various quests given to you by the Halloween NPCs hanging out in the event area!

Trick-or-Treat!

Plus from Sunday October 26th until the end of the event, you can hunt down denizens of Bushwhackia and Trick-or-Treat with them for Candy goodness! There will be a spooky character standing in front of a pile of Candy in each of the major areas! NPCs have been added up to the Prismatic Passage region!

Animatronics!

Help the witch construct special animated decorations for your haunted mansion, via their series of Duty and Animatronic quests! You can copy a permanent version of these decorations for your ranch in the Fox's Moulder Most Foul quest line.

New This Year

This year's update includes:

- new pet and ranch 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 haunted mansion items!

Holiday Plushies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Mini Ghost Plush! Collect all the holiday 2025 plushies!

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.

And more!

And there's some minor fixes and improvements which you can check out on the Release Notes, which are linked at the bottom of the page!

See all the updates in the Release Notes!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total of 25 possible Achievements to earn in this Halloween event!

Returning Achievements

  • Mansion Maniac - Get 50 decorations for your Haunted Mansion!
  • Little Kid Spooker - Scare 4 kids in you Haunted Mansion
  • Scarred for Life - Scare all the kids in your Haunted Mansion!
  • Trick or Treat - Go Trick or Treating during the last week of the event!
  • Costume Quest - Complete the Costume Quests
  • Year Round Scares - Completed the Moulder Most Foul
  • Pumpking - Grow a very large Pumpkin.
  • There's a Skeleton in Us All - Help The Bone Doctor build and animate a skeleton for Halloween!
  • Hallowe'en Collector - Have at least 40 unique decorations in your H. M.! (formerly Halloween Completionist)
  • Craven Candies - Find each trick-or-treaters favourite candy
  • Spook Inspector - Vote 50 times in the Haunted Mansion Photo Contest.

New Achievements

  • Fearful Finds* - Purchase all the 2025 Halloween Event items.
We have 14 achievements from previous year's events, which may be earnable by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present during the initial years:
  • Spooky Home Decorator - get all house items from the 2012 Halloween Event!
  • Year-round Cosplayer - Get all player items from the 2012 Halloween Event!
  • Candy Spender - Purchase all the Halloween 2013 items!
  • Spooky Purchases - Purchases all the 2014 Halloween Event items.
  • Halloweenie - Purchase all the 2015 Halloween Event items.
  • All Hallows' Items - Purchase all the 2016 Halloween Event items.
  • Scary Swag - Purchase all the 2017 Halloween Event items.
  • Ghastly Grabs - Purchase all the 2018 Halloween Event items.
  • Creepy Collectables - Purchase all the 2019 Halloween Event items.
  • Frightful Frippery - Purchase all the 2020 Halloween Event items.
  • Terrifying Trinkets - Purchase all the 2021 Halloween Event items.
  • Haunted Haberdashery - Purchase all the 2022 Halloween Event items.
  • Possessed Possessions - Purchase all the 2023 Halloween Event items.
  • Eerie Items - Purchase all the 2024 Halloween Event items.

*The Haunted Tree Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the Eerie Items achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Grab Your Spooky Companion!

New Fearsome Mounts!



To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from October 17th to 20th!

Manticore mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The White Manticore and Dark Manticore 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!

New Horrifying Pets!



Three new spooky 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!

Post your Halloween scariness and questions on the forum!

The event will run until Friday October 31st at Noon PDT!

Frequently Asked Questions

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

  • How do I decorate my Mansion?
    You need to whack up Pumpkins. You can buy decorations from Glenda in the event area, or from the Store when you're in Build mode inside the Mansion. Once you have decorations, you can place them like you're decorating your ranch using Build mode.

  • How do I scare the Kids?
    Just keep buying decorations and getting friends to up the scare level of your interactive decorations. As your event progress increases, you will scare the kids more and more. As well, when you reach a certain level of scariness, the kids will elect to no longer tour your house.

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

  • What adds to my event progress?
    Making your mansion as scary as possible by buying decorations (but you don't have to place them all.)

  • 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.