Harvest and Halloween Update/Halloween 2016 Timed Challenges

The Halloween 2016 Timed Challenges are the second of 2 sets of Timed Challenges added to the game by the Harvest and Halloween Update. This update was released on the 5th of September 2016 for iOS players; with release still pending on all other platforms.

When the update was released, the Harvest Festival Timed Challenges triggered automatically. The Halloween 2016 Timed Challenges will instead appear in the game some time after these first Timed Challenges end (the exact date will depend on the platform being used).

Although there is no mention of the Halloween 2016 Event in the release notes for the Harvest and Halloween Update, all the content needed to create the second set of timed challenges exist within the original install file for the update. This means that when players install this update, they are installing both sets of challenges and all content needed for them.

The Halloween 2016 "Celebration of the Spirits" Timed Challenges themselves are currently set to trigger on the 11th of October 2016 at 23:59:59 UTC for iOS devices.

Celebration of the Spirits
The Halloween 2016 "Celebration of the Spirits" timed challenges are potentially the second of two sets of timed challenges introduced by the Harvest and Halloween Update. These timed challenges are set to trigger on a predetermined date a few weeks after the Harvest Festival timed challenges end on each platform.

The Celebration of the Spirits timed challenges is set to begin when a player reaches game level 7 in the game (or automatically after triggering if the player is already above level 7).

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


 * Collect 500 Feather by winning games of Blocks to win the Sphere of Miracles Desktop Award or upgrade an existing Sphere of Miracles
 * Complete 30 holiday quests to win the once-off Halloween Talisman, which Decreases energy consumption from exploring locations and puzzles by 10% for 24 hours.
 * Achieve 'Academician' level in Haunted Attraction to win 2 new unique avatars.

For the duration of the Celebration of the Spirits challenge, Pumpkin lantern special items are required in addition to energy points to play Haunted Attraction. Pumpkin lanterns are given as rewards for every successful investigation for every picture (except Haunted Attraction itself!), and as rewards for banishing anomalies, but not for playing puzzles. Pumpkin lanterns cannot be gifted between friends, however they can be given as rewards by the Sphere of Miracles and Pyramid of Wonder.

Important: The amount of time available for theCelebration of the Spirits timed challenges will vary across platforms. It is important to note that the Challenge timer begins counting down from the moment the challenges are set to trigger in the game, and not from the moment a player downloads the update. Delaying installing the update will not give you extra time to play the challenges.

Related

 * SS Home
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 * Holiday Updates
 * Halloween Update
 * Christmas Update
 * Valentines Update
 * Tavern Update
 * Treasure Island Update
 * Christmas Update 2014
 * Valentines Update 2015
 * Spring 2015 Update
 * Travel Time Update
 * Social Events Update
 * Halloween Update 2015
 * Christmas Update 2015
 * Mountain Vacation Update
 * Spring Festival Update
 * Celebration by the Bonfire Update
 * Quests
 * Collections
 * Artefacts
 * List of Artefacts
 * Farm
 * Curiosities Room