Family Mystery Update



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The Family Mystery Update was released on the 30th of May 2018 for Android players, the ??th of ??? for iOS players, the ??th of ??? for Kindle players, the ?rd of ??? for Mac users, and arrived the ??th of ??? for Windows players.

When the update was released and downloaded, the Family Mystery Update triggered automatically.

The Family Mystery timed challenges begin when a player reaches level 7 in the game (or automatically after downloading the update if the player is already above level 7).

The Family Mystery Update introduces 1 new pictures - Garden Tea Party; 130 new quests and 20 new collections.

The Family Mystery Event
The Family Mystery timed event contains 3 challenges. Players have a set number of days to complete the following tasks:



For the duration of the Family Mystery challenge, Fruit scones special items are required in addition to energy points to play Garden Tea Party. Fruit scones are given as rewards for every successful investigation for every picture, and as rewards for banishing anomalies, but not for playing puzzles. Fruit scones cannot be gifted between friends, however they are given as rewards for combining some of the new Family Mystery collections, and they can be given as rewards by the Sphere of Miracles and Pyramid of Wonder.
 * Collect 500 Magic books by winning games of Gem Match to win the new Lamp of Legends Desktop Award, which gives 50 points of power every 12 hours.
 * Complete 30 special quests to win the once-off Family Bond Talisman which increases your chance of finding objects in locations and puzzles by 35% for 48 hours. Upon completing these quests you will also be able to combine the Vital Energy Amulet Artefact for 3 times the energy restoration for 48 hours.
 * Achieve 'Academician' level in Garden Tea Party and win 2 unique avatars, one male and one female.

The Gem Match Challenge - Collecting Magic Books
Players can win the new Lamp of Legends Desktop Award, which will give 50 points of power every 12 hours. This is the 12th Desktop Award added to the game, and the 6th that can only be won during Timed Challenge Events. Like the Sphere of Miracles, Pyramid of Wonder, Magic Cube, the Discoverer's Balloon and the Seafarer's Globe, the Lamp of Legends is a new event Award that will be a permanent fixture on player's boards once won.

Players can win the Lamp of Legends by collecting 500 Magic Books. Magic Books can only be won by successfully completing the Gem Match puzzle. For each successful win of Gem Match, you can potentially win between 2-5 Magic Books as one of the rewards for completing the puzzle.

When you open the Research Window for Gem Match by tapping on the Gem Match puzzle icon on your Home Desktop you will see Magic Books listed as the first item in the 'Can be found' list for the puzzle. Magic Books are available to win for every play of the puzzle at every puzzle level.

You must keep playing (and winning) Gem Match until you have collected 500 Magic Books in order to complete the challenge. Once you have collected all 500 Magic Books, the Lamp of Legends Desktop Award will automatically appear in the row of awards at the top of your Home Desktop.

Once the Lamp of Legends Desktop Award is won and appears on a Home Desktop, it will be sparkling to indicate that it can immediately be discharged to collect your first reward of 50 points of power. Once the reward is collected, the new Desktop Award's timer starts counting for the first time. Once 12 hours have passed, the timer will stop counting and the award will start to sparkle to indicate that its rewards are ready for collection again. Tapping on the sparkling Lamp of Legends will release the reward - 50 points of power every 12 hours.

The Unique Avatars - Getting Garden Tea Party to Academician Level
The avatars won for reaching Academician level in Garden Tea Party. Players can win the unique Avatar by playing the new picture Garden Tea Party until they increase its scene progress level up to Academician Level during the Family Mystery time sensitive challenge.

For the duration of the Family Mystery Update, Fruit Scone special items are needed for each play of the Garden Tea Party picture.

While the Timed Challenges are active (before you complete all three, or the timer expires; whichever happens first), Fruit Scones are given as rewards for every successful investigation for every picture in the game (except Garden Tea Party itself). At least 1 Fruit scone is given for every game you win, but winning up to 3 at a time is also possible.

[[File:Fruit Scone_special_item.PNG|thumb|80px|Fruit Scone special items are required in addition to energy points for each play of Garden Tea Party.

Fruit scones are also given as rewards from banishing anomalies, but not for playing puzzles. Fruit scones cannot be gifted between friends, however they are given as rewards for combining 5 of the new Family Mystery collections. Players with the Pyramid of Wonder or Sphere of Miracles also have a 1 in 6 chance of receiving Desert Roses from these Desktop Awards when collecting their rewards every 12 hours. The number of Fruit Scones needed for each play of Garden Tea Party increases as you increase the Picture Levels of Garden Tea Party (+5 Fruit Scones per Level increase), starting at 5 Fruit scones per play when the picture is opened at Novice Level and increasing to 45 Fruit Scones per play when the picture is at Grand Magister Level.

As a guide, in order to reach Academician Level on Garden Tea Party and win the new Avatar, you will need to play the picture approximately 150 times, which will require approximately 3,285 Fruit Scones! (or 2,628 Fruit scones if using the Amulet of Santa/Amulet of Rarities Artefact).

Related

 * SS Home
 * Updates
 * Quests
 * Collections
 * Talismans
 * Artefacts
 * List of Artefacts
 * Lamp of Legends
 * Special Items
 * Timed Challenges
 * Hanami Festival Update (previous)