Underwater excavations is dependent on:

How often can you dig
How many bones you are finding vs. Relics and other items

For example - on Preprod, even after using the equivalent of 40 passes total, and not missing any digs (I had enough Relics to trade for the next tool as soon as able) - I was STILL short 30 - 40 something bones by the end of the promotion.

Here's another rough example for a different run of the event based on 1-day sample results with each tool based on MY experience *you may find more or less bones, relics, traps, prizes, etc*

Snorkel and Mask (10 digs)
8 Relics
2 Bones
0 Prizes
0 Traps

Oxygen Tank (15 digs)
10 Relics
4 Bones
0 Prizes
1 Trap

Diving Suit (20 digs)
10 Relics
6 Bones
2 Prizes
2 Traps

Propeller (25 digs)
13 Relics
8 Bones
2 Prizes
2 Traps

Robot (30 digs)
19 Relics
10 Bones
1 Prizes
0 Traps

Now, let's focus on the Bones gotten. We'll assume with our other digs, we got enough Relics to barter for the better tools for the various amounts of digs per day for these dates *dates are preprod dates NOT live dates*:

Days 1 and 2 (13th and 14th): 10 digs per day *Snorkel and Mask*
Days 3, 4, and 5 (15th, 16th and 17th): 15 digs per day *Oxygen Tank*
Days 6, 7, 8, and 9 (18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st): 20 digs per day *Diving Suit*
Days 10, 11, 12, and 13 (22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th): 25 digs *Propellor*
Days 14, 15, and 16* (26th, 27th, and 28th*): 30 digs *Robot*

*Day 16 (28th) is not a full day so these numbers might be slightly off

So from these results:
Day 1 - 2: 4 Bones
Days 3 - 5: 12 Bones
Days 6 - 9: 24 Bones
Days 10 - 13: 32 Bones
Days 14 - 16: 30 Bones
Final total: 102 Bones

Bones needed for Devoted Indigo: 162

That's a difference of 60 bones that must now be made up with Mines.

Looking at my history with Mine usage in a single day (3 mines for 1 pass):

2 Bones
1 Prize
0 Relics
0 Traps

If I continued to have this luck with single mines...I'm looking at 30 passes to make up my missing 60 Bones (2 bones each time ; 2 x 30 = 60).

If we calculate this with my results based off a run with Double Mines (6 mines for 1 pass):

3 Bones
2 Prizes
1 Relic
0 Traps

This comes out to only needing 20 passes (3 bones each time ; 3 x 20 = 60)

Final potential pass cost based on these numbers: 20 to 30 passes

Again though, this is just based off a very small sample of numbers and the assumption that one will get these amounts every dig and have enough relics to barter for the next tool as soon as able and overcome traps given to them in the same day.

In short - for the Underwater Excavations - expect it to require anywhere between 10 to 50+ passes depending on your luck with digging.

Like the Magic Ride - how many passes will be dependent on:

How many rolls you can make per hour
How many times you can roll per day
Are the rolls giving you amounts you need *ex. if you need a 3 to land on a teleport to move to the next part of the board - you need to either roll a 3 with one roll or roll a 1 and 2 with 2 rolls or 1, 1, and 1 with 3 rolls*

Take this screen shot of a Summer Ride board;



In order to move to the next board - you need to collect all the Keys. So from the current spot of the player (the gold horse token) - they are 8 spots away from one key, 15 spots away from the other Key.

Extra rolls are sold in packs of 2. So if this player opts to use Passes at this point in time to try and get the Keys...Their best luck would be if they rolled:

Any combination of 8 to reach the first key (1 pass) *we'll say they rolled 6 and 2*
From the first key's spot - it's another 8 spaces to the next key...If they are lucky enough to roll a combination of 8 again by purchasing another roll pack - they're now up to 2 passes.

Now they have to make their way to the door - and they have multiple options: Try to navigate directly to it, go to the teleporter to be transported to it (but then they still need to roll enough to pass through the door)

In the past - I believe the Magic ride has taken people anywhere between 10 to 30 passes depending on how many regular rolls they can make, and their luck with rolling in general...So I feel this should be much the same.

the Great challenge might be shelved entirely, or it might switch to being based on a different point system (possibly linked to doing objectives).

The Underwater Excavation, which is like the Cursed Sands promo of sometime in the summer of 2013, I believe. After that is believed to be the Summer Ride, which is like the Magic Ride. No one knows if there will be a small promo, such as a Flower/Candy Fight or something in between them and no one knows an exact date for when those promos will be coming.

In the next promo, the Underwater Excavation, Haflingers will be added to the game.

Just checking I told you correctly

When starting next mini-game?

We don't know yet, but most likely Monday as that's when most games start

Anyone know Secret Rainbow's perks? I havent been here in awhile but I saw a picture of him.

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