Part Two of Fighting Forces Brilliant Event

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...starts Tuesday 22 October at 11:00 PDT / 18:00 GMT Pacific time, and will run through 29 October, 11:00 PDT / 18:00 GMT. What time is that where you are? Here is some info to help you prepare. (As always, if you find this spoilery, please give this post a pass.)

Here is where you can find the Brilliant Foundables on the Event Registry pages.

Part Two: Event Registry Page



Brilliant Portkeys for this event will once again be 3km. Part One Portkeys will give you Part One rewards anytime you open them, even if you wait to open them during Part Two, so be sure to pick up the ones you need for this event to complete your registry pages. PSA: The Brilliant Portkeys now glow purple on the map. You need at least five to get your Portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black completed.

Use your Tonic for Trace detection to increase your chances of seeing Oddities. And Part One Brilliant Encounters will still be popping up on the Map during Part Two, so you have another crack at filling those incomplete registries.

During this Brilliant Event, they will again be reducing brew times for all Exstimulo Potions and the Health Potion by 25%. Make sure to have your Potions queue cleared to ensure that you see the reduction in Potion Brew Time. (Similarly, I expect potions queued during the event to to still have reduced brewing times once it's over.) Also, the first task requires you to brew six potions. You can brew potions in advance (up to four in the regular cauldron, eight if you are using the rental) and not pick them up until the event begins to get a jump on this task. Alternately, queuing the Regular Exstimulo and Health Potions is the fastest / cheapest way of getting this done.

Event Tasks

As in the past, completing the tasks / quests will earn you 15 Restricted Section Books (green books). New to Fighting Forces, you will also earn Spell Books (red books), 4 of them this time, which is lovely and just makes my little heart go potter pitter pat. And once again, they're 'paying out' more RSBs earlier in the overall quest. (So if you don't finish, you'll still have something nice to show for having tried.) This is the breakdown of what you'll need to do when so you can plan accordingly. I'm following it up with a few cherry picked items...



Section 1
Overall rewards:
2 Restricted Section Books
1 Spell Book
Tasks:
Dine at 2 Inns - 2 Restricted Section Books
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Section 2
Overall rewards:
3 Restricted Section Books
1 Spell Book
1 Kreacher Registry Sticker
Tasks:
Unlock 2 Portmanteaus - 15 Brilliant Family XP
​

Section 3
Overall rewards:
3 Restricted Section Books
1 Spell Book
1 Troll Leg Umbrella Stand Registry Sticker
Tasks:
Use 2 Tonics for Trace Detection - 500 XP
​

Section 4
Overall rewards:
5 Restricted Section Books
1 Spell Book
1 Phoenix Patronus Registry Sticker
​Tasks:
Unlock 4 Portmanteaus - 15 Brilliant Family XP


Brutally, they're requiring us to unlock a total of SIX Portkeys during this event (2 for task 2, and 4 for task 4), while giving us only one silver key, and requiring us to pick up at least five 3 K Portkeys in order to complete the registry. As there's no way of knowing with the other Portkeys if you're picking up a 10, 5 or 2 K, the safest bet will be to shoot for the 3 K ones. If you're using just the gold key for those, that's a lot of kilometres to walk. Or, uh, cruise parking lots... lol

And you'll need two Tonics for Trace Detection in Task Three, so keep your eyes peeled for Erumpet horns. (I've had excellent luck returning to the spawn point 10-15 minutes later to find a second horn, so give that a try.)


And all new! A bonus Task!
Worth 2 Spell Books!




SOS / Brilliant Bundles (For Sale)



There will also be a free Diagon Alley bundle included for this Brilliant Event. Make sure to grab it before it's gone! There are two Erumpet horns in there, peeps.



Hope this helps you plan accordingly!

Comments

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

practicing now!

I never get masterful :|

[beyondwandpoint.livejournal.com]

On that one it's about staying inside the lines and doing so quickly enough. And you don't need masterful, just great, so no flagging! Go, Gelsey! 🎉🥳