do you know how many passes we need to get the magic hat? And will the magic hat be in the black market at all?

yep. 2 passes for it and during the next promo it will be available.

Bell Packs are now avaible for purchase. These packs are sold for 1 Pass (or 10 Diamonds) each and contain the following:

2x Bell Rings (so 2 additional children)
12 Candies (one of each type)

You can buy these one at a time, or in bulk (no discount or extras though for buying in bulk)


*sorry this is in French, this page has not yet been translated on Preprod - but it basically says the same as I posted above.

Pros and Cons of the Bell Pack vs. buying Bell Rings/Candy

Pros of Bell Rings
1 pass get you 3 Children
"bonus" children for buying larger packs of bell rings (ex. you get 18 Bell rings for the price of 5 passes (so you get 3 rings free in a way)
No time limit on how long the Children stay

Cons of Bell Rings
Only gets you additional children

Pros of buying candy
Able to make sure you get Candy you need in larger quantities

Cons of buying candy
Can become very expensive depending on how often you need to buy a certain item

Pros of Bell Packs
1 pass gets you 2 Children and 12 Candies (one of each kind)
Great for making sure you have at least one of each candy - giving you improved odds that you'll be able to give both Pack children the candies they asked for.

Cons of Bell Packs
Only gives you 2 children vs. the 3 of buying just bell rings
Only gives you one of each Candy, so if you have no other candy and two kids want the same...you either need to wait or spend additional passes.
No bonus for buying in bulk (so 5 passes will get you 10 Children, and 60 additional candies (5 of each kind) as opposed to bell rings/candy purchases where 5 passes gets you the equivalent of spending 6)

It's hard to say for sure which one is more beneficial - but I personally feel that Bell Packs are the better option early in the promotion (so when they are offered) and that Passes should only be used to buy Candy/Bell rings later on in the event if you are lagging...Sort of like how right now with the Pinatas - it will be better to use HOPs right now, and save buying Mace Blows until later when normal clicks are worth more points (as Mace Blows are worth however many points your normal clicks are worth)

Trick or Treat Event!
We introduce a brand new contest where the objective is to give candy to children. If they are not happy with the candies they receive, they give you tricks!.

Obtain candies

There are 12 varieties of candies, with different degrees of rarity.

You can get candies :

► With your first connection of the day (15)
► When you groom your horses (4 max)
► When you win competitions (4 max)
► In the flash sales (one per day for each sort of sale)
► Making candies in your workshop
► By buying them with passes
► By buying pack in the Black Market (special operation, not available all the time)

Make candies in your workshop :

You can make certain candies in your workshop. The ingredients are different black market items. You can only use the ones you have in your inventory.
A candy production lasts 48 hours. So it is not possible to launch a production if there is less than 48 hours before the contest finishes.

Receiving the visit from children:

►You have 5 visits a day at the beginning of the contest. Each day the number of children who can visit you daily increase from 1. It means that if you connect on the game every day during the contest you will be able to receive more than 20 children a day.

►The children arrive all the day long. You have 36 hours to give a child candies, afterwards they will go away. There is a timer on each kid for you to know how long you can offer them candies.

►You can receive more visits of children by ringing a bell to call them. You can buy bell rings with passes. The children who arrive with the bell rings are more patient and stay until you give them candies (or the end of the contest). So there is no timer on those children.

Offer candies to the children

When a child is waiting for candies, you can see which ones will please him the most.

►Each child asks for 2 candies.

When you give candies to a kid, he gives you satisfaction feedback. You receive points corresponding to their satisfaction level: more he is satisfied, more points you will get. Those points will allow you to get gifts (see later).

If the kid is less than 50% satisfied, he will make you a trick.

Get gifts

With the points you receive from the children, you can get gifts and legendary tack to get Bucephalus. Each gift has its price. You can see them on the contest page.

Tricks

When a kid is not happy, they make you a trick. We will not describe them to you; you can be surprised as you discover them. default smiley

Black Market

At certain moment during the contest you will be able to buy Halloween Packs in the Black Market.

Those packs contain:
► 2 rings bell
► 12 candies
► Common objective

Give candies to children to unblock chapters from the Bucephalus story!

Here are some screen shots of the event:


A kid asking for some candy.


A kid after being given the candy he asked for.


The prize list *please note, Bucephalus' Tack is shown in a different section


Points tracking bar and where Bucephalus' Tack is shown

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Basically - you get 'Candy Tokens' by logging in, grooming horses, etc. When kids show up - they will ask you for various Candy. Simply drag and drop the candy that they ask for into their buckets. The more they like what you gave them - the more points you will get.

For example - if you look at the above screen shots, because I gave the kid the two candies he asked for, I got the max. score of 100 points.

Since the kids hang around for a few days, if you don't have one or both Candies they want, it is best to wait and see if you get the other Candies before opting to give them some random other candies or let them go away with no candy. *You can still get points even if you don't give them exactly what htey want, it will just be a lower point value (lowest I've gotten is 10)

Bell Pack I mentioned - that is only for the upcoming Halloween Promotion. The items it gives are for that promotion only and are simply used to help get you more points towards getting more gifts from the event.

Ugh, I was hoping that I could actually have a chance of winning the next promo with 10 passes. Oh, well. I guess I won't be buying passes anytime soon. More CS entries with the passes I have now, I suppose!

Now that we have Bell Packs and know what they contain and the costs...Most of the post I've seen of those who only used a few extra passes beforehand have pegged this at anywhere between 20 to 30 passes if one goes with a combination of all Pass options (purchasing candy, bell packs, and bell rings).

Magic Hat.

be in a HoP?

be in a HoP?

I've used about 50 Passes on Preprod, and am just over a third of the way done. Of course, this higher figure also comes from the need to test out a few things with how aspects of the promo work (Ex. giving the kids candy they don't want).

However, the amount needed on live should be a lot less, especially if players plan their actions carefully (I've run my own light calculations and have to agree that the figure of 20 - 30 passes is reasonable).

the Halloween candy one and possibly the wandering horses

The structure on this is:

Pinata Number: Number of points
Objective 1 - reward
Objective 2 - reward
Objective 3 - reward
Prizes: prize list

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1. 20 points
-Click on the pinata = 4 points for your Pinata
-groom a horse = Friend clicks are worth 2 points each
Prizes - Pandora's Box, 3x Aging points

2. 30 points
- Stroke a horse = able to be helped by 2 friends a day
- Put a pony to bed = 10 Mace Blows *extra clicks*
Prizes - 10% Energy for your horses, 2** White Classical Saddle Cloth

3. 50 points
- Congratulate a player = next 3 clicks are worth 2 points eahc (Except friend clicks)
- Visit Ow's profile page = able to click the pinata 15 times every 12 hours
Prizes - Whip, 2** Blue and white western saddle cloth

4. 75 points
- Sell exactly 3 mashes at the shop = 20 points for your pinata
- Donate 5000e to Ow = Friend clicks are worth 3 points each
Prizes - Water of youth, 10x mashes

5. 100 points
- Participate in a competition = able to be helped by 3 friends per day
- Click on a friend's pinata = clicks are now worth 2 points each (except Friends)
Prizes - 50x apples, Philote's Stroke

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6. 125 points
- Choose a Horse's Specialty= 7 Mace Blows
- Give an apple to a Divine or Wild horse = Friend clicks are worth 4 points each
Prizes - 1* Classical Bridle, Helios' Ray

7. 150 points
- Train a horse for 3 consecutive hours = Next 4 friend clicks are worth 5 points each
- Participate in a competition requiring 12% energy = click the pinata 15 times every 8 hours
Prizes - 100x Wood, 100x Sand, 100x Iron

8. 200 points
- Donate 10,000e to Ow = able to be helped by 4 friends per day
- Finish in position #3 in 3 competitions* = number of points needed divided by 2
Prizes - 10x aging points, Ploutos Parchment, Zaldia's Saddle Cloth

9. 250 points
- Finish last in a competition = Friend clicks are worth 5 points each
- Earn 120e from a horse with a Ploutos Parchment = clicks are now worth 4 points each (except friend clicks)
Prizes - 20x leather, Water Trough, Apollo's Lyre

10. 300 points
- Congratulate a player on their birthday = next 5 clicks worth 5 points each (except friend clicks)
- Use an aging point on a 15 year old horse = 5 Mace Blows
Prizes - Violet 2** Polo Wraps, Violet 2** Ear Bonnet, Violet 2** Western Saddle Cloth

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11. 400 points
- Win at least 1,000e from competitions with a horse= Click on the pinata 15 times every 6 hours
- Be congratulated 12times = Open the pinata directly on the next click
Prizes - Zaldia's Saddle, 300x Fodder, 500 points for the general ranking

12. 500 points
- Win 1e in a competition = Friend clicks are worth 6 points each
- Donate *various common items* to a new player* = Clicks are worth 6 points each (except friend clicks)
Prizes - 4,000 equus, Medusa's Blood, Achilles' Heel
*My donate list on preprod was 1x 1* Western Saddle, 38x Oats, 2,000e - might be different on live.

13. 750 points
- Stroke a horse with a Flaxen Chestnut Coat = 250 points for your pinata
- Donate a horse to Ow = able to be helped by 6 friends a day
Prizes - Shower, 20x carrots, Zeus' Lightning bolt

*From here on out - Pinatas have 3 objectives!

14. 1000 points
- Fully equip a horse that has never been equipped before = next click is worth 100 points (except friend clicks)
- Participate in 60 competitions that require 20% energy = 200 points for your Pinata
- Remove a Pegasus' Wings = clicks are worth 8 points each (except friend clicks)
Prizes - Piece of Cloud, Zaldia's Bridle, 100% Morale for your Horses

15. 1200 points
- Finish training in one skill on a horse = Number of points received goes to 300 (so if you have 0 points, you'll now have 300 - if you have 400 points, I believe you WILL Drop back to 300 - so do this objective before you have more than 300 points)
- Accept an item exchange = friend clicks are worth 8 points each
- Open a horn of Plenty = able to click on the pinata 15 times every 4 hours.
Prizes - 10x aging points, Tractor, Cronos' Timer

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16. 1500 points
- Purchase a horse for 2000e = next 6 friend clicks are worth 20 points each
- Donate x amount of equus to Ow = 20 Mace Blows
- Stroke a horse over 40 years of age = clicks are worth 10 points each (except friend clicks)
Prizes - 100x droppings, Hypnos' Blanket, Golden Apple

17. 2000 points
- Give a carrot to a horse born from Gaia and Ouranos = next click is worth 20 points (except friend click)
- Win x amount of competitions = able to be helped by 8 friends a day
- Reach 100 BLUP with a horse = Number of points already received for the pinata multiplied by 2 *Best to wait until you are close to or at 1000 points to validate this objective!*
Prizes - Zaldia's Polo Wraps, 5th Element, 6,000 equus

18. 2500 Points
- Give a mash to a horse with a dressage skill between 266 to 373 = 500 points for your pinata
- Reach a reserve ending in XX = Clicks are worth 12 points each (except friend clicks)
- Give a horse a *color* Golden Apple coat = able to click on the Pinata 15 times every 3 hours.
Prizes - 20x mashes, 1,000 General ranking points, Nyx Pack

19. 3000 points
- Win 2 competitions with a horse born from Gaia and Ouranos = 15 Mace Blows
- Donate X amount of equus to Ow = Friend clicks are worth 10 points each
- Buy a horse for a minimum of 1 pass = 400 points for your pinata
Prizes - 15 xaging points, Hera Pack, Themis' Scales

20. 4000 points
- Remove a unicorn's horn = able to be helped by 10 friends a day
- Give birth to twins = clicks are worth 15 points each (except friend clicks)
- Win 1 Rosette = Number of points needed divided by 2
Prizes - 10,000 Equus, Philosopher's Stone, Zaldia's Ear Bonnet