Autumn Festival Update

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The Autumn Festival Update (v1.42.4205) was released in September 2019. See Updates for dates for each platform.

The Autumn Festival Update introduced:

When the update was released and downloaded, the Autumn Festival Event triggered automatically.
 * Autumn Festival Event
 * 1 new picture - Harvest Fair
 * 92 new quests
 * 17 new collections - 5 for the Event, and 12 others
 * 2 new Artifact - House Spirit's Amulet and Transformation Cube
 * Basket of Gift Boxes Everyday Gifts
 * Family Tree Gift Tree

Autumn Festival Event
The Autumn Festival Event runs for several weeks and will end when the event timer expires. The timer is shown on the desktop and under the event name in the event window. There are 3 challenges during the event. Players can complete any or all of these during the event. The prizes will not be available after time expires. These are not part of the challenges, but they temporarily reward prizes during the event.
 * Collect 500 Maple Leaves by winning games of Gem Match to open the Amber Chest. The Amber Chest contains: Explorer's Eye x10, Large Pandora's Chest, Clockmaker's Chest, Festive Sausages
 * Complete 30 special quests to win the one-off Festive Talisman which increases power restoration by 10 times for 24 hours.
 * Achieve Academician level in Harvest Fair to win 2 unique avatars, one female and one male.
 * Family Tree rewards a set of gifts every 24 hours.
 * Gift Boxes from the Basket can be opened anytime during the event.  They contain game items.

Invitation Card Special Items required to play Harvest Fair
Until a future update removes the requirement, Invitation Card special items are required in addition to energy points to play the Harvest Fair scene. Invitation Cards are given as rewards for every successful investigation for every picture, and as rewards for banishing anomalies, but not for playing puzzles.

Invitation Card special items cannot be gifted between friends, however, they are given as rewards for combining the Autumn Festival Event collections; they can be given as rewards by the Sphere of Miracles and Pyramid of Wonder desktop awards; they are included in the daily rewards from the Family Tree; they are sometimes contained in the Gift Box Everyday Gifts. You can see your current inventory in a counter in the upper right of your home desktop. The table in The Unique Avatars section below shows how many you will need.

The Gem Match Challenge - Amber Chest
The Amber Chest is on the home desktop between Pipes and Memory Match. The box will open and reward a set of game items after you collect 500 Maple Leaves. Maple Leaves can only be won by successfully completing the Gem Match puzzle. For each successful win of Gem Match, you will win between 2-5 Maple Leaves as one of the rewards for completing the puzzle. It is a chance how many Maple Leaves you will get after any given play. You can think of it like rolling a 4-sided dice. On average you will get 3.5 Maple Leaves per play. Therefore it will require approximately 143 plays of Gem Match to complete the challenge.

When you open the Research Window for Gem Match by tapping on the Gem Match puzzle icon on your Home Desktop you will see Maple Leaves listed as the first item in the 'Can be found' list for the puzzle. Maple Leaves are available to win for every play of the puzzle at every puzzle level. You can tap on the Amber Chest at any time to bring up its information window. While you are collecting Maple Leaves, your progress towards 500 will be shown in the event information window.

Once you have collected 500 Maple Leaves, the Amber Chest will automatically open and the rewards will go directly into your inventory. A notification window will appear to say the box is opened.

The opened Amber Chest will remain on your Home Desktop in the same position. Tapping on this will still bring up the information window, however, the Maple Leaves counter will be replaced with a congratulations message.

However daunting it may seem, all of the Timed Challenges are designed to be completeable within the given time limit, so it is possible to collect 500 Maple Leaves well within the time given. The task is designed to be challenging, but it is not impossible! For more information, see Hints and Tips for Event Challenges

In addition to playing Gem Match to win Maple Leaves, you will win some of the new Combining Elements that are needed to combine the challenge collections. These are: Bow, Peony, Wedding Envelope, and Wedding Ring Box . These can be won from Gem Match and Mill. The availability may change when the event timer expires, and it may change again with a future update.

The Unique Avatars - Getting Harvest Fair to Academician Level
Players can win the unique Avatars by playing the new picture Harvest Fair until they increase its scene progress level up to Academician Level during the Autumn Festival Timed Challenge Event period.

As a guide, in order to reach Academician Level on Harvest Fair and win the new Avatars, you will need to play the picture approximately 151 times, which will require approximately 3290 Invitation Cards! (or 2632 Invitation Cards if using the Amulet of Santa/Amulet of Rarities Artifact, or a similar Artifact or Talisman).

As soon as you return to your Home Desktop after playing Harvest Fair for the 151st time, a notification screen will appear to say that the avatar challenge is complete and you have won followed by a visual display of both of the unique Avatars which are displayed separately in a star-filled background.

Both Avatars will automatically go into the Avatar section, but will not automatically replace your current Avatar. To use either of the new Avatars, you must enter the Friends tab. Under "My Profile" select your current Avatar to bring up the Avatar window. Your new Avatar will be at the beginning of the list. Tap on the Avatar to select it.

The Challenge Quests: Festive Talisman
The Festive Talisman is the prize for completing the Autumn Festival Event quests before the event timer expires. A special decorative border frames the challenge quests on the left side of the home desktop. There are 30 special quests that must be completed in order to win the Festive Talisman. They consist of 5 collection sequences of 6 quests each. The first 5 quests are to find each of the 5 items while the 6th quest is to combine the collection. You will also be automatically credited with satisfying a quest to find the fragments of the Harvest Fair, and after unlocking the Harvest Fair picture, you will receive a credit for that quest. This means that after completing the 5 collections, you will have received credit for completing 32 quests.

Once the quests are completed, a notification screen will appear to say that the challenge quests are complete and you have won the Festive Talisman. The Festive Talisman will go to your Inventory.



The Festive Talisman, when activated, will increase coins gained for investigation locations and puzzles by 200% for 24 hours.

The 5 collections players gather as they complete the 30 quests are:


 * 1) It all started here (combines to create "Wedding essentials" and rewards 10 Invitation Cards, 1500 Coins, 40 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 2) Who is she? (combines to create "The stranger's things" and rewards 15 Invitation Cards, 60 Energy points, 1750 Coins, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 3) The missus (combines to create "Bride's belongings" and rewards 20 Invitation Cards, 2000 Coins, 100 Energy points, and 165 Keys, when combined)
 * 4) The mystery is solved (combines to create "Lovebirds collection" and rewards 25 Invitation Cards, 2250 Coins, 100 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 5) Happily ever after (combines to create "Family relics" and rewards 30 Invitation Cards, 2500 Coins, 100 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)

Until a future update makes these items permanently available elsewhere in the game, these are all 'Quest only' items. They cannot be gifted, or put on your wish list, or requested.

The "Keys" rewarded by these collections are used to unlock Gift Box Everyday Gifts from the Basket. The Energy rewards go directly to your available energy.

The Challenge Quests
The special quests that are needed to win the Festive Talisman are:

After the Challenge is complete
Once you complete all three Autumn Festival Event Challenges, or after the challenge timer expires (whichever happens first), Invitation Card special items will be available from only Bungalow and Japanese House. Invitation Cards will still be required to play Harvest Fair until a future update changes this requirement.

Collections Added with the Autumn Festival Update
The Autumn Festival Update added 5 challenge collections and 10 new regular collections.

Challenge Quest collections:


 * It all started here
 * Who is she?
 * The missus
 * The mystery is solved
 * Happily ever after

Regular collections:


 * Upside down
 * Disorder
 * Honor and fame
 * Jester's jokes
 * Joker's gambit
 * Road to freedom
 * Every joke in due time
 * Illusion-free world
 * Saving Howard
 * Withered flowers

Everyday Gifts and Gift Tree


These two items which reward game items are present on the home desktop for the duration of the Timed Challenge Event. They are located in the center of the row of awards, on a gold platform. They will disappear after the event timer expires.

You can collect from the Family Tree every 24 hours. It will be sparkling, similar to a desktop award.

The Basket holds Gift Boxes. You can open Gift Boxes at any time. Each box requires 12 Keys, which are available from playing Harvest Fair, from combining the Challenge collections, and are included in the daily gifts from Family Tree.

See Everyday Gifts and Gift Tree for a more in-depth explanation of how these work, and what kind of gifts they produce.

House Spirit's Amulet Artifact
The five collections needed to win the Festive Talisman can be combined to make the House Spirit's Amulet Artifact. This is separate from the Autumn Festival Timed Challenge Event -- the Artifact can be combined later if the player is not able to complete the collections needed to win the Festive Talisman.

Players must manually combine the House Spirit's Amulet artifact. To do this, select collections on the Notification window or open the Collections Window and select the Artifacts tab. Locate the House Spirit's Amulet and press the green Combine button. The artifact will go into your Inventory.



The House Spirit's Amulet Artifact, when activated, will restore Energy at 12 times the normal rate for 24 hours.

Changes Made by the Autumn Festival Update

 * 1) Special Item Conversion: Upon opening the Autumn Festival Update, any remaining Buttonhole Bouquets (from the Secret Ceremony Update) special items in the player’s inventory were converted into equal parts Ladybugs, Fireflies, Carrots, Cupid’s arrows, and Tokens.
 * 2) Wedding Boutique now requires Cupid's arrows to investigate.
 * 3) New Combining Elements Oak Leaf, Acorn, Hop Cone, and Wheat Spike were introduced. They are required to combine the five collections needed to win the Festive Talisman. During the Autumn Festival Timed Challenge Event, they are available from Gem Match and Wedding Boutique .  After the event timer expires, it is expected that they will not be available from anywhere until the next update is released.
 * 4) The Bow, Peony, Wedding Envelope, and Wedding Ring Box combining elements, which were introduced by the Secret Ceremony Update, are now permanently available from Banquet Hall and Mill.

Related

 * The Secret Society Home
 * Updates
 * Pictures
 * Hints and Tips for Event Challenges
 * Collections
 * List of Collections
 * Combining Elements
 * Talismans
 * Artifacts
 * List of Artifacts
 * Special Items
 * Harvest Fair
 * Gem Match
 * Secret Ceremony Update  (previous)
 * Quests
 * Timed Challenges
 * Everyday Gifts
 * Gift Tree