[Event] The Great Challenge and the Treats Battle



The Great Challenge

and Festivities



The Great Challenge is back, and this time it will be followed by the Treats Battle.


How to play?


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As usual, this contest takes place in two parts:

The Great Challenge phase: Collect horseshoes by completing in-game objectives.

The Festivities (Treats Battle) phase: Catch UFOs and decide to keep the gift (and lose points), send it to another player (and gain points), or spend Equus for a chance at a different UFO.

Note: there are no divine fragments in the daily objectives during this contest.


Part 1: The Great Challenge

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Collect Horseshoes: Every day, perform various actions to collect up to 100 horseshoes. 120 if you have bought the Premium Key.

Unlock Gifts: As you gather horseshoes, you'll unlock awesome gifts at certain thresholds, like game items, fragments and more.

Special Jackpots: Keep an eye out for the free Jackpot and other bonuses that await.

Community Goals: When you claim a gift, you also contribute to a community goal. Achieving this goal means more UFOs for everyone in the upcoming Battle!


Premium Key

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Buy the Premium Key with Passes to access:

Marvelous Premium Gifts: Gain access to exclusive gifts.

Extra Horseshoes: Increase your daily horseshoe limit to 120, helping you to catch up or to get ahead faster.

Buy the Premium Key early for maximum benefit, but remember, it's never too late!

The gifts that have been unlocked but not claimed during the Great Challenge part are automatically given when the Festivities start.




Jackpots



Free - Hermes' Winged

Staff


It allows you to use the Black Market's item of your choice for free, regardless of its value in passes.



Premium - Raven


Companions wake up during your horse's first action of the day. And they fall asleep when your horse ages. Raven gives a bonus of +14 in Trot.


New divine:

Romanticism


Throughout the contest, you can find fragments of the new divine horse Romanticism from the Art History Horses series.



Part 2: The Treats Battle


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The Festivities will start right after the Great Challenge ends.

Catch UFOs: During the festivities, your task is to catch UFOs in three daily sessions, with the number of UFOs based on your horseshoe collection.

Make Choices: After catching a UFO, decide to keep the gift (and lose points), send it to another player (and gain points), or spend Equus for a chance at a different UFO.

The value of the UFO's content affects the points you win or lose. You can wait to decide but can't catch new UFOs until you choose.

Bonus Items: Win bonus points by using items earned from horse competitions, friends' help, or your participation in the Great Challenge.

Climb the Ranks: Accumulate points to rise in the rankings, unlocking gifts associated with your rank and those below.


Mobile version


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The mobile version is available for this contest.

To avoid compatibility issues, we recommend you play on the mobile version (if you want to play on a mobile device).

We wish you good luck in both phases!
The Howrse Team
 
AmOwzing
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Im hoping to get the harmony pack
Ravenknight
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So far I've only gotten a hop. I keep getting those ding dang kitsunes. If I don't get any thing other than that hop, this event officially stinks default smiley (n)


For the last time, bring back LONGER event time! This shortened event time stinks, and it does nothing to help those who can't always be online. You've given better prizes, now give us back the time we originally had for these events!
jungkookiebunny1
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jungkookiebunny1 wrote:

So far I've only gotten a hop. I keep getting those ding dang kitsunes. If I don't get any thing other than that hop, this event officially stinks default smiley (n)


For the last time, bring back LONGER event time! This shortened event time stinks, and it does nothing to help those who can't always be online. You've given better prizes, now give us back the time we originally had for these events!
The Great Challenge and Festivities have been this shorter length for the last several years. The UFO battle works well with the shorter length because of the UFO windows. It'd get a bit tiring to have to check back so frequently for the usual event length.
Legacy Ann
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I feel like I am unlucky or doing something wrong... I have only gotten one BM and I have exchanged many of my UFOs
riogosolo
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ok i'll start with a positive note, in most events i'm no fan of the shorter time, not so in the battle, the sooner it's over the better and at least howrse are mostly consistent, almost every time events like these run they are the WORST EVER of that event,

would be nice if they didn't keep hiring scrooge to decide the "prizes", got a HOP in the first "treat", a dial soon after but other than that i've spent over 100,000e trying to get something good (anything is better than the kitsunes, APs & western saddle cloths i seem to keep getting pushed at me),

and to try to finish on a positive note, i saved 600 passes on the challenge (i wouldn't call this one great unless i was DRUNK) so i had passes to spend in the horse sales instead to get better horses for my EC...

and i'm not wasting equus asking for bonuses that mean absolutely nothing to me since i was never going to be in the running for anything at the end (already 7034th & plummeting and we're only halfway thru the battle)
wheels99
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This game is lucky I like Dials, because it just gave me 3 in my UFOs lol.
wynter12
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wheels99 wrote:


would be nice if they didn't keep hiring scrooge to decide the "prizes", got a HOP in the first "treat", a dial soon after but other than that i've spent over 100,000e trying to get something good (anything is better than the kitsunes, APs & western saddle cloths i seem to keep getting pushed at me),
you should set REASONABLE goals to what you find acceptable prizes. if all you find acceptable are the top teir prizes you will spend a fortune trying to get them. and are more likely to get worse prizes. i've spent a total of 5200e in trades and am happy with my prizes. yes i could have gotten better but i could have gotten worse. i will only trade 3 times in a round and this promo only once have i done a 3rd trade.
Hiram Farmer
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I only trade on the last prize for the round, this is so I have more trades. I have never got a duplicate in a trading cycle, so most of the time I can get something better within the four trades I do.
Oathkeeper
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My luck's so miserable I don't see the point in trading at all. That way while I can't say I'm overjoyed at my prizes at the very least they were free.
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Crookedstar915 wrote:

My luck's so miserable I don't see the point in trading at all. That way while I can't say I'm overjoyed at my prizes at the very least they were free.
that's why i've set my trade limit at 3/round NOT each UFO. so max i spend is 2600 per round. Only once have i done a 3rd trade. Spent 5200 in trades. I'm pretty happy with my haul so far. it could be better but it could be worse. I've not done any requests for bonuses either so that's saving money.
Hiram Farmer
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I don't see the point in trading out items if you have no idea what you can win. Looks like A. Lyre, a fox pet, saddle cloth and A. Arrow, Mash, Equues and C. Fortune is all there is in the pool.
(Yes, I play on the app.)

Wish we still had aging point ufo's, would be more usefull then these 'event' stuff.
Vaporeon.01
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Vaporeon, can go to classic version to check out what gifts there is. I play on the app as well, but always check out all the prizes on the classic default smiley :)
EviTA
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Vaporeon.01 wrote:

I don't see the point in trading out items if you have no idea what you can win. Looks like A. Lyre, a fox pet, saddle cloth and A. Arrow, Mash, Equues and C. Fortune is all there is in the pool.
(Yes, I play on the app.)

Wish we still had aging point ufo's, would be more usefull then these 'event' stuff.
that's why i don't spend much. 2600 max per round of UFOs. and only once this promo have i spent the 1800e. there are only 2 prizes (lyre and fortune) that don't interest me at all. the rest i find useful. just got a fertility wand with no trading.
Hiram Farmer
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I keep getting Athena Metals and Kairos Dials, and I don't want them. I'm happy with my three HoPs but come on, gimme something else I can use and not a companion or something I already have a million of collecting dust in my inventory.
Azalie
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To be honest, despite reading all the instructions - I don't understand this part of the event. I keep using the Bonus's to get points and haven't gotten anywhere. I haven't left the final block of prize list... What am I doing wrong?
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CrazyAndFresh wrote:

To be honest, despite reading all the instructions - I don't understand this part of the event. I keep using the Bonus's to get points and haven't gotten anywhere. I haven't left the final block of prize list... What am I doing wrong?
most people are going to get the bottom prize or no prize. you need to send away BETTER prizes. meaning you will have to trade for a lot of money. or you can trade reasonably and keep everything you get. to get anything above the bottom 2 prizes costs a TON of equus. and you must get every UFO. if you don't get them all and aren't spending a ton on trades you aren't going to get out of the bottom 2 prizes. just keep the prizes you get
Hiram Farmer
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CrazyAndFresh wrote:

To be honest, despite reading all the instructions - I don't understand this part of the event. I keep using the Bonus's to get points and haven't gotten anywhere. I haven't left the final block of prize list... What am I doing wrong?

When you catch a UFO, you have 3 options:
1) Improve your prize ranking and gain ranking points (you lose the UFO gift).
2) Win the prize and lose ranking points (you keep the UFO gift)
3) trade the UFO gift for another UFO if you don't like the first gift, or the points it offers.

When you use bonuses you gain or lose more points depending on the option above that you picked.
If you chose option 1, to improve your ranking points, then using a bonus adds more points.
If you chose option 2, lose ranking points, then using a bonus takes away less points.

For example, a Harmony Pack is worth 100 points. If I choose give it up, I get 100 points. Using 1 bonus adds an extra 8 points. A 2nd bonus adds 4 more points. A 3rd bonus adds 2 more, and a 4th adds 1 more. If you were to use 2 bonuses you'd get 112 points.

If you chose to keep the Harmony Pack, I lose 100 points. Using a bonus takes away points, so that I lose less points overall when keeping an item. If I were to use 2 bonuses when keeping the Harmony, I only lose 88 points, instead of the 100 without any bonuses.

In summary, you'll generally keep dropping in the ranking if you keep items, unless you're also giving some items up to earn back points.
Legacy Ann
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So you can check prizes on pc every promo? Thanks, I should do that. Will make a pic of in for my phone then. default smiley (y)
Vaporeon.01
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You can see the prizes on your phone too, you just have to switch from mobile to the classic version
Legacy Ann
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I'm in 8000th place with minus 630 points default smiley <:o)

Lots of useful goodies that will help my horses in their training, blupping and comps, thinks like companions and Kairos dials, and even a wand and Achilles heel default smiley :d

Monkey's happy too. He found my last 2 cookies that were hidden in the back of the cupboard default smiley :@

default smiley :p
Dr Zig
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Still no medal, but keeping my fingers crossed.
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Im having loads of luck with Kairo's Dial ( 7 so far )... Stil waitng for HoP default smiley *-)
Yukari
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@Hiram Farmer - some of the prizes are worth less than 5200 so I'm not going to be trading, with how these events go for me I'm more likely to get a saddle cloth or mash than I am to get anything from the upper levels. I haven't gotten a single prize higher than a Dial so far, I'd be disappointed if I'd spent any money.
Crookedstar915
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oh well i missed 3 lots of ufos as i was either snoozing at 5am or at work haha. I was really trying to stay for a crown so i think ill just give it a rest now default smiley xddefault smiley xd
diabolo121
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Dr Zig wrote:

I'm in 8000th place with minus 630 points default smiley <:o)

Lots of useful goodies that will help my horses in their training, blupping and comps, thinks like companions and Kairos dials, and even a wand and Achilles heel default smiley :d

Monkey's happy too. He found my last 2 cookies that were hidden in the back of the cupboard default smiley :@

default smiley :p


Did he save you a cookie?
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