Magic of the Moon Update

The Magic of the Moon Update (v1.44.4500) was released in February 2020. See Updates for dates for each platform.

The Magic of the Moon Update introduced:

When the update was released and downloaded, the Magic of the Moon Event triggered automatically.
 * Reawakened Legend Event
 * 1 new picture - Moon Lake
 * 62 new quests
 * 10 new collections - 5 for the Event, and 10 others
 * 1 new Event Talisman - Talisman of Protection
 * 1 new Artifact - Seal of Luck
 * Winter Bag Everyday Gifts
 * Frozen Tree Gift Tree

Reawakened Legend Event
The Magic of the Moon Event was live for several weeks and ended when the event timer expired. The timer is shown on the desktop and under the event name in the event window. The were 3 challenges available during the event. Players could complete any or all of these during the event. The prizes are not available after time expired. These are not part of the challenges, but they temporarily reward prizes during the event.
 * Collect 500 Precious Icicles by winning games of Special Gem Match to open the Ice Box.
 * Complete 30 special quests to win the one-off Sorceresses' Talisman which increases coins gained for investigating locations by 150% for 36 hours.
 * Achieve Academician level in Moon Lake to win 2 unique avatars, one female and one male.
 * Frozen Tree rewards a set of gifts every 24 hours.
 * Snow Box boxes from the Winter Bag can be opened, with the special keys won by playing the Moon Lake picture, anytime during the event.  They contain game items.

Precious Icicle Special Items required to play Moon Lake
Until a future update removes the requirement, Precious Icicle special items were required in addition to energy points to play the Moon Lake scene. Precious Icicles were given as rewards for every successful investigation for every picture, and as rewards for banishing anomalies, but not for playing puzzles.

Hand Mirror special items cannot be gifted between friends, however, they are given as rewards for combining the Magic of the Moon 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 Frozen Tree; they are sometimes contained in the Winter Bag Everyday Gifts. Also, Precious Icicles were sold in the Shop for crystals. 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 Special Gem Match Challenge - Ice Box
The Ice Box rewards: Toolbox x1, Explorer's Eye x 10, Large Pandora's Box x 1, Chocolate Desert x1. Precious Icicles can only be won by successfully completing the Special Gem Match puzzle. For each successful win of Special Gem Match, you will win between 2-5 Precious Icicles as one of the rewards for completing the puzzle. On average you will get 3.5 Precious Icicles per play. Therefore it will require approximately 143 plays of Special Gem Match to complete the challenge.

Special Gem Match replaced Festive Gem Match on the board and was available to play while the Magic of the Moon Event was live and was located next to the Magic of the Moon event picture, Moon Lake.

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

Once you have collected 500 Precious Icicles, the Ice Box will automatically open and the rewards will go directly into your inventory. A notification window will appear to say the box is opened.

However daunting it may seem, all of the Timed Challenges are designed to be able to be completed within the given time limit, so it is possible to collect 500 Precious Icicles 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 Special Gem Match to win Precious Icicles, you will win some of the new Combining Elements that are needed to combine the challenge collections. These are: Fleece Mitten, Wool Mitten, Lace Mitten, Fur Mitten. These can be won from Special Gem Match and Tree of Dates. The availability may change when the event timer expires, and it may change again with a future update.

The Unique Avatars - Getting Moon Lake to Academician Level
Players can win the unique Avatars by playing the new picture Moon Lake until they increase its scene progress level up to Academician Level during the Magic of the Moon Timed Challenge Event period.

As a guide, in order to reach Academician Level and win the new Avatars, you will need to play the required picture approximately 151 times, which will require approximately 3290 Special Items! (or 2632 Special Items 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 Moon Lake 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: Sorceresses' Talisman
The Sorceresses' Talisman Event Talisman is the prize for completing the Reawakened Legend 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 Sorceresses' 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 Moon Lake, and after unlocking the picture. 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 Sorceresses' Talisman. The Sorceresses' Talisman will go to your Inventory.

The Talisman of Protection, when activated, will increase power restoration by 7 times for 36 hours.

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


 * 1) Secrets of Moon Lake (combines to create "Ice shard" and rewards 10 Hand Mirrors, 1500 Coins, 40 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 2) Warm memories  (combines to create "Mementos" and rewards 15 Hand Mirrors, 1750 Coins, 60 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 3) Sorceressess' secret (combines to create "Moonlight vial" and rewards 20 Hand Mirrors, 2000 Coins, 100 Energy points, and 165 Keys, when combined)
 * 4) Broken connection (combines to create "Ice sculpture" and rewards 25 Hand Mirrors, 2250 Coins, 100 Energy points, and 165 Keys when combined)
 * 5) Reconciliation (combines to create "Silver pendants" and rewards 30 Hand Mirrors, 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 Snow Box Everyday Gifts from the Winter Bag. The Energy rewards go directly to your available energy.

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

After the Challenge is complete
Once you complete all three Magic of the Moon Event Challenges, or after the challenge timer expires (whichever happens first), Hand Mirror special items will be available from only 2 pictures, Japanese House and Bungalow. Hand Mirrors will still be required to play Moon Lake until a future update changes this requirement.



Winter Bag and Frozen 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. The gold platform also has the Mountain Abode picture and Festive Gem Match puzzle. The Magical Pearl Tree and Gift Tray (Everyday Gifts) will disappear after the event timer expires.

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

The Gift Tray holds Moon Treasures. You can open Moon Treasures at any time. Each box requires 12 Keys, which are available from playing Mountain Abode, from combining the Challenge collections, and are included in the daily gifts from Magical Pearl Tree.

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

Collections Added with the Reawakened Legend Update
The Magic of the Moon Update added 5 challenge collections, 5 new regular collections and 1 new artifact. The Moonlight Amulet artifact is made by combining the 5 collection items rewarded for the Magic of the Moon Timed Challenge collections.

Challenge Quest collections:


 * Secrets of Moon Lake
 * Warm memories
 * [[Sorceresses' secret
 * Broken connection
 * Reconciliation

Regular collections:


 * Precious gift
 * Family set
 * Childhood memories
 * Beloved's whim
 * From father to son

The Moonlight Amulet Artifact
The five collections needed to win the Sorceresses' Talisman can be combined to make the Moonlight Amulet Artifact. This is separate from the Magic of the Moon Timed Challenge Event -- the Artifact can be combined later if the player is not able to complete the collections needed to win the Sorceresses' Talisman.

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



The Moonlight Amulet, when activated, increases the effects of energy boosters by 75% for 24 hours.

Changes Made by the Reawakened Legend Update

 * 1) Special Item Conversion: Upon opening the Magic of the Moon Update, any remaining Wise Man Figurines (from the Reawakend Legend Update) special items in the player’s inventory were converted into equal parts Ladybugs, Fireflies, Carrots, Cupid’s arrows, and Tokens.
 * 2) Mountain Abode now free to investigate and located to the left of Paradise Beach on the board.
 * 3) New Combining Elements Fleece Mitten, Wool Mitten, Lace Mitten, and Fur Mitten were introduced. They were required to combine the five collections needed to win the Sorceresses' Talisman. During the Magic of the Moon Timed Challenge Event, they were available from Special Gem Match and Tree of Dates from scene level Pro.  After the event timer expires, it is expected that they will be limited to 2 pictures, temporarily, until the next update is released.
 * 4) The Wooden Calabash, Stone Calabash, Silver Calabash, and Golden Calabash combining elements, which were introduced by the Reawakened Legend Update, are now permanently available from Observation Deck.

Related

 * The Secret Society Home
 * Updates
 * Pictures
 * Hints and Tips for Event Challenges
 * Collections
 * List of Collections
 * Combining Elements
 * Talismans
 * Event Talismans
 * Artifacts
 * List of Artifacts
 * Special Items
 * Moon Lake
 * Reawakened Legend Update (previous)
 * Quests
 * Timed Challenges
 * Everyday Gifts
 * Gift Tree