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If you're still playing, you have just under three days to pick up a super freebie.



They're discontinuing water and seed spawns in favour of more energy and ingredients. To make up for it, they're including generous amounts of water and seeds in this weekend's freebie, but you need to pick them up before the time window of the event closes.
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From the official site...

Witches and wizards,

Today we’re announcing that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will officially close on January 31, 2022. The game will be removed from the App Store, Google Play and Galaxy Store on December 6, 2021, and players will no longer be able to make in-game purchases as of December 6, 2021.Read more... )

Talk about Calamities... Sorry guys. 😢
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Sounds like they're upping the Fantastic Beasts content, so who knows, maybe there's some progress on that front?

They're definitely changing the way the Portkeys work, which is a shame. This means a couple of things: 1) you'll have to have lots of slots open to pick them up in the first place or cover lots of kilometres during the event and 2) you'll have to use Silver Keys to get the most out of any Portkeys in your vault, because you won't be able to successively unlock them using your free Gold Key in the days to come. Not pleased. I think this is the first time we've had things removed from our vaults by their hand, too. Up till now, anything you had collected was yours until you decided otherwise. On the other hand, it does make it more likely they'll have plenty of them lying around so they can milk the rubes. I know the last few times they had special Portkeys, I'd used Silver Keys to be able to pick up more, and was left with unfilled slots in my vault and a feeling I'd wasted those keys. Hopefully that, at least, will change if it can potentially earn them even more money.
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Sunday 11 July, all day midnight to midnight local time.

WARNING: BUG! Portkeys are rewarding the Ministry Visitor’s Entrance rather than Knight Bus. Forest Chamber III is rewarding the Knight Bus.

This Community Day, you can look forward to the following:

* Guaranteed Ministry Visitor's Entrance Knight Bus from Forest Chamber III, Fountain of Magical Brethren from Forest Chamber V, Thunderbird from Dark Chamber III and Wizard Chess Queen from Dark Chamber V.

* Increased Challenge XP, Wizarding XP, and Spell Energy from Wizarding Challenges.

* A special 1km Portmanteau that rewards the Knight Bus Ministry Visitor’s Entrance.


Tasks - Rewards
Use 12 Potions - 25 Spell Energy

Earn 6750 Wizarding XP from Wizarding Challenges - 6 Snowdrops
Barrufio's Brain Elixir will help with that.

Return 4 Ministry Visitor’s Entrance from Forest Chamber III CORRECTION: THEY'RE IN PORTKEYS (it's unclear if they've adjusted this to be the Knight Bus or if we'll have to unlock four Portkeys) - 6 Snowdrop
Use a Ministry Runestone for a chance of getting two.

Return 4 Fountain of Magical Brethren from Forest Chamber V - 1 Strong Exstimulo Potion
Again, use a Ministry Runestone for a chance of getting two.

Return 3 Thunderbird from Dark Chamber III - 1 Potent Exstimulo Potion
Use a Magizoology Runestone for a chance of getting two.

Return 2 Wizard Chess Queen from Dark V - 1 Silver Key
Try to join a group with at least one of each profession. Use a Legends Runestone for a chance of getting two.


Rewards for completing all tasks:
3 Defence Against the Dark Arts Books
40 Ministry Manuals
3 Spell Books
60 Gold
600 Wizarding XP
30 Spell Energy


Wizarding Challenges
* Increased Wizarding XP, Challenge XP and Spell Energy.
* Guaranteed Main Registry Fragments relating to Runestone from Forest IV+.
* Guaranteed additional Main Registry Fragments in the following regardless of runestone:
Knight Bus from Forest Chamber III (not the Ministry Visitor’s Entrance)
Fountain of Magical Brethren from Forest Chamber V
Thunderbird from Dark Chamber III
Wizard Chess Queen from Dark Chamber V

Potions
* Master Notes will reduce brewing time by 50% with master notes for:
Exstimulo
Strong Exstimulo
Potent Exstimulo
Wit-Sharpening
Healing Potion
Boosted Wit-Sharpening​ ingredients on the map

Portkeys
* Special 1k Portkey rewarding the following:
Ministry Visitor’s Entrance (not the Knight Bus)
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There will be a Dark Arts Spotlight Event this weekend, from Friday, 12 March, 11 a.m. PST through Monday, 15 March 15, 11 a.m. PST.

This is much like last weekend's spotlight event of no previous notice (except: notice!) and is an excellent way to get a bunch of XP quickly.

You can expect to see increased Dark Arts traces from Knockturn Alley and Fallen Ministry Atrium Registry pages, including:
Hag
Executioner
Thestral (I know [livejournal.com profile] erexen was looking forward to those)
Swooping Evil !!!! (forgive me, some excitement occurred 😃)
Portrait of Bellatrix Lestrange
Percival Graves
Portrait of Voldemort
Tom Riddle

and Increased Challenge XP from completing an Adversaries chain Encounter. (The key word there for some players is going to be "completing"...)

There's no word yet on whether we'll be seeing a Brilliant Event next week or not, so I can't give you any advice about how to best use your resources. If you care about completing your registries, it will be a good idea to keep some supplies in reserve just in case. If you care more about advancement, or getting those Ministry Manuals (and possibly DADA Manuals), then go whole hog, same if you're in a position to refill your supplies quickly / soonish.

Either way, have fun, my witchards, and stay safe out there. ❤️
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Part 2 of the Imperfect Love Brilliant Event runs from Tuesday, 23 February at 11am PT through 02 March. Orange Wizard has again made us some infographics to better prepare...

Read more... )

Keep in mind this is a week long event and pace yourself. Your registry will not be incomplete if you don't finish (or even attempt) the bonus. Completing the bonus is a way not to have to unlock five Event Portkeys however. (Worth a think. 😉) If you do nothing else, don’t forget to pick up your free TFTD ingredients and Spell Energy.

Good luck, my witchards. Let me know how you do. ❤️
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Tomorrow is Snape's birthday, and hpwu is having a day long event to mark the occasion. It runs from midnight to midnight local time.



Rather oddly, they don't seem to have reduced brewing times for any potions... lol However, there are guaranteed fragments dropped from certain fortress chambers. Note: it doesn't matter which family Runestone is used. These fragments are in addition to those that might otherwise drop based on the chamber and Runestone used. The snag here (as in the past) remains that if the first person into the chamber is not in a time zone in which the event is active, then all individuals in the chamber probably won't see those rewards either. To be on the safe side, during the event in your time zone, try to be the first person into a chamber, and once the event has ended / or before it's started, try not to be the first. That will increase your chances of getting those fragments.
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Heads up, my witchards! You can use ANY type of Runestone in the Tower, Forest, and Dark V chambers to get the guaranteed Fragment rewards. You don’t need to use a family Runestone to get them, so this may be the time to use some of those extra brilliant event Runestones, say.
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Part 2 of the Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event runs from Tuesday, 17 November at 11am PT through 24 November. Orange Wizard has once again made us some infographics so we'll know what to expect...

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, don’t forget to pick up your free TFTD ingredients and 25 Spell Energy.

Good luck, my witchards. Let me know how you do. ❤️
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What November in HPWU has in store for us... Brilliant Events, Community Day and a second Wizarding Weekend.

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We're getting another Wizarding Weekend this month, beginning Friday 30 October at 11 a.m. *PDT* and running through Monday 02 November 11 a.m. PDT. Please note, that's not local time! (What time is that where you are?)

Read more... )As always, if you do nothing else, be sure to pick up your complimentary gift...
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Part 2 of the Darkness Rising Brilliant Event runs from Tuesday, 20 October at 11am PT through 27 October. The thoroughly amazing Orange Wizard has been at it again and made us some infographics to help us prepare...

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, don’t forget to pick up your free TFTD and 2 Health Potion ingredients and 25 Spell Energy.

Good luck, guys. Fingers crossed that it's better than part 1... 😉
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We've had initial reports from the people in Asia who are living in tomorrow that although it was advertised, there will be no reduction in TFTD brew time for the Community Day event Sunday, so be sure to brew what you can / what you'll need on Saturday.

Also I wanted to point out for anyone else that's short on energy, we're required to quaff the Exstimulo potions (any of them, the kind apparently doesn't matter) during a fortress battle, we are not, however, required to use that energy during a fortress challenge, so it's possible to battle lower level fortresses, save the potion for the last shot, return to the map, and use the added boost to your power to help you return the... geez, 70 Foundables tomorrow's event requires. In the first two Chambers, you should generally be able to one shot your foes anyway.

As far as saving energy goes, it's also worth considering, if you aren't a Professor already, taking some of those extra scrolls, red spell books and RSBs you probably have lying around and completing the Professor's lessons to the extent you max the Deterioration Hex. (I did something similar with the Auror's lessons for the last Brilliant Event, because I was sick and tired of wasting all that energy as a Professor fighting Oddities.) The Deterioration Hex, when maxed, will take 40 Stamina from your foe in a fortress battle with each hit he lands on you, and it's possible in two to four rounds to kill a foe in the first two Chambers just by waiting it out and using no energy or potions whatsoever. Obviously if you're fighting with other people, make sure to pull your weight; it's an issue because that approach takes longer. Basically it's okay to use energy on all but the last opponent and allow the Deterioration Hex to sort the last opponent for you. (Managing it that way means you aren't leaving unaddressed foes hanging about in the lobby, thereby tacitly forcing your teammates to take them on for you, and you're only extending the match by a few seconds for the others by drawing things out with your last opponent. Mind, with more foe Stamina, those seconds add up...)
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October's more Fortress-centric Community Day takes place tomorrow Sunday 18 October all day from 12:01am till 11:59pm local time. Special Assignments will reward 3 DADA books, 3 Spellbooks, a Silver Key, 40 Gold, 20 Energy, some potions and some ingredients. In the past, there have been issues with Fortress bonuses not being properly received unless a person in an active Community Day time zone enters the Fortress chamber first. (To be on the safe side, it helps to be the first person into the chamber. On the other hand, if the bug persists, it allows us to extend the bonuses as long as someone else enters first.) It's still unclear if this has been fixed or not.

As usual, the ever magnificent OrangeWizard has been so lovely as to make us some infographics with the details and tasks:

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, grab your freebies and download your assets.

Similarly to September's CD Event, that's 70 Foundables we need to return, which for me at least means 3 TFTD and a boatload of energy or a lot of energy and potions. The good news remains that the Tonics will brew much more quickly, but frankly we just had that same perk the day before, and I don't know about you, but I just don't have enough ingredients for that to be much help on back to back days. So yeah, once again, unfortunately that's about it on that front. Especially as that's in addition to 5 Fortress Challenges fought. My complaint about Energy spawns remains as well, and yet again the rewards are pretty paltry compared with August's 5 Spellbooks, 30 Field Guides, 5 Ministry Manuals, 13 Runestones, 100 Gold, 70 Energy, a Potent Exstimulo potion and ingredients.

I'll repeat this in case anyone missed it: the Community manager has said they'll be adjusting part 2 of the Brilliant Event to make it more playable due to rampant complaints about part 1 (and as a Professor, I found it particularly galling), but poorly balanced events like this one aren't exactly making me optimistic. I've already sat this month's Wizarding Weekend out because it was all but unplayable for me, and the rewards simply weren't worth any effort to try to change that. Keep in mind, part 2 of the Brilliant Event is coming up Tuesday, and this is a lot of energy we'll need for... what? At present my strategy is trying to save my energy for the Brilliant Events, because those at least make a difference to my registry. Hmm. All I can say to that is I seriously hope Niantic gets their shit together and looks more closely at balancing some of the game's mechanics, because holy cricket...
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Yes, September. You may recall September's Community Day had to be postponed, well now it's time to make up for it. The "September" Community Day takes place Saturday 17 October all day from 12:01am till 11:59pm local time. Special Assignments will reward 3 DADA books, 3 Spellbooks, 5 Runestones, 40 Gold, 20 Energy, some potions and some ingredients. In the past, there have been issues with bonuses not being properly received from Fortresses unless a person in an active Community Day time zone enters the Fortress chamber first. (To be on the safe side, it helps to be the first person into the chamber. On the other hand, if the bug persists, it allows us to extend the bonuses as long as someone else enters first.) Unclear if this bug has been fixed.

And once again, the wonderful OrangeWizard has been so good as to put together infographics with the details and tasks:

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, grab your freebies and queue some TFTD, and remember to download your assets.

Frankly that's 80 Foundables we need to return, which will take me at least 3 TFTD. The good news is the Tonics will brew much more quickly, but unfortunately that's about it for the good news. Ah, and that's in addition to 10 Fortress foes defeated. Energy spawns have been just dismal lately, and the rewards are pretty paltry compared with August's 5 Spellbooks, 30 Field Guides, 5 Ministry Manuals, 13 Runestones, 100 Gold, 70 Energy, a Potent Exstimulo potion and ingredients. The Community manager has said they'll be adjusting part 2 of the Brilliant Event to make it more playable due to rampant complaints about part 1, but the cost : benefit ratio of this CD hasn't got me precisely hopeful, particularly as Sunday is October's CD, and energy will be an issue for many of us, forcing me to conclude with a resounding: meh.
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This month's Wizarding Weekend begins Friday 02 October at 11 a.m. *PDT* and runs through Monday 05 October 11 a.m. PDT. Please note, that's not local time! (What time is that where you are?) Read more... )As always, if you do nothing else, be sure to pick up your complimentary gift...
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Once again a new month rolls around and the ever lovely Orange Wizard has put together an infographic to keep us up to date on what to expect. This is what October has to offer us:

[identity profile] gingerbred.livejournal.com
Part 2 of the Battle of the Department of Mysteries Brilliant Event runs from Tuesday, 22 September at 11am PT through 29 September. Once again, the magnificent Orange Wizard has made some infographics to help us prepare, so let's take a peek at those tasks...

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, don’t forget to pick up your free TFTD ingredients and 25 Spell Energy.

Good luck, guys. 😊
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Part 1 of the Battle of the Department of Mysteries Brilliant Event starts Tuesday, 15 September at 11am PST and runs through 22 September. Once again, things have been adjusted to allow for playing from home. (shorter portkeys etc.)

OrangeWizard has put together infographics to help us better complete the tasks...

Read more... )

If you do nothing else, don’t forget to pick up your free TFTD ingredients and 25 Spell Energy.

Stay safe out there, have fun and good luck. ❤️

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