[Event] The Great Challenge and the Lottery





The Great Challenge

and Festivities



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

There are no divine fragments in the daily objectives during this event. The amount of fragments in the Tyche's Crown was adjusted accordingly.

Please be aware that the community goal was removed and replaced with two time-fixed draws per day during the Lottery.


How to play?


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As usual, this contest takes place in two parts:

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

The Festivities part (Lottery): Collect and buy lottery tickets to participate in Lottery Draws.


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.


Premium Key

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Buy the Premium Key with Passes to access:

Marvelous Premium Gifts: Gain access to more gifts, a premium Jackpot, and 1 golden lottery ticket for each draw.

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

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

If you unlock gifts but forget to claim them during the Great Challenge, they will be automatically given to you when the Festivities start.


Jackpots



FREE: Zebra with new markings: Boarlet.

PREMIUM: Jenny with at least one chance for a unicorn variation.




New divine: Lava


You can find fragments for the new divine Lava in the Tyche's Crown, throughout the event, and the horse itself as a Lottery jackpot.



Part 2: The Lottery


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Get Lottery Tickets by:


Purchasing them with Equus.

Participating in the Great Challenge.

Winning competitions with your horses.

Catching them in UFO's.

Being helped by your friends.

Green tickets are for regular draws, and Golden tickets come from the Premium Key.


Decide on Gifts:


After each draw, you can decide what to do with them.

You can choose to receive the gifts.

You can choose to exchange them for new tickets for the next draw.


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).

The Great Challenge will end on 2025-03-25 13:00 and the Lottery will start at this time. The Lottery will run until 2025-03-31 14:00.

We wish you good luck!
The Howrse Team
 
AmOwzing
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Yeah I was surprised when I finished it today and the trophy vanished. I was expecting this one to be a major slog since we hadn't even gotten out of bronze level in 3 years but I certainly wasn't expecting the whole thing to be 4 bronzes. default smiley (o)

Feels like kind of a ripoff considering the other 4-level event trophies take less effort and give more points. I definitely don't want more trophies for the GC since I'm glad to be done with it but making them all bronze was a bad move.
Crookedstar915
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What also doesn't make much sense is that the battle follows the pattern, but the clovers for the lottery don't and have so far been all bronze, with three levels being known. I would personally argue that the clovers are harder than the battle from the two they use with the challenge, as the battle is mostly fixed, but the clovers have a massive luck factor to them.
Oathkeeper
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Finished off the challenge today. My zebra choices were decidedly lacklustre:

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But I was *very* pleased with the jenny choices.

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magictouch85
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That green painted Jenny default smiley (7)
I get mine tommorow, can't wait to see what my options are gonna be. I know with my Zebra I had one that I was like "You are pretty!!!". Hope on a same feeling tommorow again. default smiley :d
Vaporeon.01
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Should I blup the zebras before I breed them?
Gongzila
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Gongzila wrote:

Should I blup the zebras before I breed them?
Technically, blupping them should give a greater chance of producing color "mutations", but I've seen quite a few players say that they got decent designs without blupping, so the chance probably isn't that much higher.

Like other divines, blup has no effect on the foal's skill genetics though.
Legacy Ann
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Got to pick both the Zebra and Jenny today, really not my favorite divines, but hey, at least we got some color choices. I don’t think I have the patience to BLUP them though, without being able to age them that takes too long for my ADD
amn127
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I quite like the zebra and jenny I got to pick today, but it would also be nice if we could get a couple of free rerolls if it doesn't have any that we like. default smiley :)
Oathkeeper
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I finished the event today, I got to pick out both Jenny and zebra.
I don’t think I will be using them though. A little bit too cartoonish for my taste and not very interesting to interact with them.
LahLee
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Wish the premium key prizes were available for everyone and at a reasonable price
Frankly I don’t feel the price for the premium track is fair. Otherwise it is a good game.
Gandalf
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I consider the key a fair price, considering the jenny can be sold. Anyone with daily objective access can save up the 600 passes in 20 days if they do both every day and start saving them a bit in advance. You can also know about the key in advance by keeping an eye on the spoiler zone, where we are usually able to learn the details about 3 weeks before the promo is due to start.

I got it on US, a server I play for free and have 101 days on, without breaking my pass balance. So, it can be done, you've just got to have a bit of restraint when it comes to how your use your passes.
Oathkeeper
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I think the 600 pass is worth it as you then can get a Jenny and breed a Zonkey. That is 2 divines for each 300 pass. And a Eros egg is a nice have as well. default smiley :d
Vaporeon.01
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If they added a few more BMIs, stopped removing the Harmony Pack(!), made the aps 17 instead of 5 and 12, made the pass seeds 25 instead of 5 and 20, made the Victory tack a whole pack instead of pieces, added extra Lottery tickets, and added extra divine frags, then I would consider the key more worth it. In my opinion, there's no reason why the APs, pass seeds, and tack need to be pieced out like that. They're being used as filler, taking up prize slots and taking away prizes we could have otherwise had, and there's just no reason to do it that way. Other than for Howrse to be greedy and sneaky.

We can win all of these prizes for free in every other promo, so I really do expect more when it suddenly has a paywall. Technical pass worth and an almost worthless Jenny doesn't suddenly make these things more special for me, in my personal opinion. I mean, I'm a hypocrite, because I buy the key regardless, but I'm still going to complain about it.default smiley (lol)
wynter12
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anyone having trouble with the event today? not showing that I can collect horse shoes....
Equestrian1
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What is the page showing? If it's not showing the different options for winning shoes, then you already collected them for today. It should show 100/100, or 120/120 on the side, or if on mobile it will just say that you've collected all the horseshoes
Legacy Ann
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it shows 120/120 but none of the events to collect and I can't collect the Jennies - I was 7 pts short yesterday and I am still 7 points short today.....
Equestrian1
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well - maybe I checked after update..... I will check after update today.

thanks Legacy Ann
Equestrian1
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Equestrian1 wrote:

it shows 120/120 but none of the events to collect and I can't collect the Jennies - I was 7 pts short yesterday and I am still 7 points short today.....


If I'm reading this right, it sounds like you're 7 short? So, you'll just need to collect 7 more horseshoes after the update, and then the divines are yours.default smiley :)
wynter12
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Actually pretty happy with my newest Zebra and Jenny although their baby is going to be so, SO green. default smiley xd

Desperately hoping like last time for the dad's base color and the mom's pattern because I think that'd be cool-looking but I doubt I will get that kind of luck. Probably it'll just be the exact same thing where it's one parent's exact coat and then the other's mane color or something.
Crookedstar915
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Equestrian1 wrote:

anyone having trouble with the event today? not showing that I can collect horse shoes....



Yes mine is showing all collected but I know that they definitely haven't been as I only just got here and did a few comps which registered the next level. When I went to the page it said 100/100.
deimos
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I have cleared cache and cookies - no change.

I have sent a ticket to Contact Us as I love to ask questions lol.

Will let you know if I hear anything although it is Sunday (of course) so there may be a delay
deimos
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Just realised that the lottery is not going to be at a fair time
I'm at school default smiley :(
Princess Pixie 3
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Just picked up my Zebra and Jenny. Happy with the result, 2 colours I didn't have yet. default smiley :d
Vaporeon.01
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Me too! I am very happy.default smiley (7)
gollygee
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Princess Pixie 3 wrote:

Just realised that the lottery is not going to be at a fair time
I'm at school default smiley :(


Draws are going to be every 12 hours, so there should be time to get on between draws regardless of timezone. default smiley :)
Oathkeeper
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