harry potter: witches unite!

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. 😢

Well the communication is questionable at best, and I spent a day or so locked out of the app. 😐 With nothing to lose, I've updated now and it works (ish), so I'd recommend trying that. There are still reports of all kinds of bugs coming in (especially the number of adversaries people now find themselves facing in fortresses; some of them are pretty absurd), but updating has thus far solved more problems than it's caused me (mind, they caused those in the first place, so...), but if you're similarly stuck, that would be my recommendation.

If they bring out a new version or bother to update their information, I'll keep you posted. lol

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.
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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)

ProfessorKitana is once again filling in for OrangeWizard. It's the middle of the night, so here's hoping I've got everything right, but I wanted to pass on what I knew as and when I learnt it. ( Read more... )

Remember to pick up your freebies. 😊

Midnight to midnight, local time. If you want to complete this event (and again: you don't need to for your registries, this is just about getting a few DADA and red Spell books and keeping those clamouring for more events happy), you'll have to grind at least eight higher level fortresses. Snag: that won't necessarily be possible for lower level players. (That's okay-ish, you don't need those books as badly as the higher level players do.) After the Adversary Event (and back to back events as a whole) chewed through my potions reserves, high level fortresses don't seem too appealing, so for me the Portkeys for the House Hourglass fragments will probably be the best thing about this CD. Note, however, that you can select a from a variety of rare fragments you might need for your registries and by using a specific Fortress Chamber, you'll be able to get it. If your circumstances are different, that might prove nicer for you. ( Read more... )

If you do nothing else, brew Health Potions and pickup your freebies.

ETA: ATTENTION! THERE'S AN ERROR! YOU COLLECT THE WILD BOAR FRAGMENTS FROM >> FOREST CHAMBER V <<. It's correct in the game task list, but ironically not in their own infographic. Just a heads up in case you're relying on this while fortressing.

ProfessorKitana has once again made an infographic for the Brilliant Event.

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Remember to pick up your freebies, and have fun out there. 😊

Our lovely OrangeWizard is apparently a bit poorly atm (if I had any clue how to show support, I’d pass it along) but ProfessorKitana has stepped up and made an infographic for the event. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS ANOTHER SHORTENED EVENT WITH AN UNUSAL START TIME. (One guess who didn’t finish last week’s brilliant event because 1) the servers went DOWN the evening before (while I had TFTD and BBE and very little free time, no words for how annoyed I am retroactively) and 2) I didn’t notice the damn thing ended early. (/salty) ( Read more... )

Remember to pick up your freebies. 😊

Good day, my lovelies!

Many of you will have noticed that we didn't have a Brilliant Event this week as anticipated. They apparently put it off so they could finish the next update to the game first, not bad per se, but naturally there were... ISSUES! Firstly, this is a forced update. If you start the game, you'll be forced to update (and cheers, guys, thanks for that, I was trying to wrap up my daily and open my gifts...). This in and of itself wouldn't be so evil, if it didn't mean the update rendered the game effectively unplayable for most. (Reports have varied as to what folks ran into, but for me it would load an encounter without ever giving me the spell to perform to deal with it. It was effectively stalled.)

SOLUTION: Downloading the assets fixed the playability issue for me. Not everyone is that lucky. (On the map, click Suitcase (lower middle) -> click Gears (upper left) -> scroll down until you reach the red dot for your assets and either "Download All Assets" or "Download Essential Assets" as you wish. "All Assets" saves on roaming data and makes the game faster but requires more physical memory on your phone. "Essential Assets" is basically the opposite.)

THE MASSIVE PROBLEM: They haven't cleaned up the data at all. So if you do this, it wants over 10 GIG of space on your device, which is bonkers. (Basically it's more than doubled.)

But, y'know, on the positive side, I can see the pictures from the gifts again. Woohoo. /s (Okay, I sort of missed those. Still.)

Other than that...

Game Update 2.17.0

General/Bug Fixes
* Fixed Adventure Sync issue that occurred when enabling and disabling the feature.
* Fixed iOS purchasing issue that prevented some players from purchasing or claiming complimentary items in Diagon Alley.
* Fixed SOS Newsletter. (Note: this would actually be a help, except for me it still doesn't look fixed. There's a spotlight event coming up, but the in app info is thin, the link non-functional for me. So... maybe not so fixed? Who knows. (When the revolution comes, their quality department will join the lawyers and PR people against Douglas Adams' metaphorical wall.) I'll try to get info on the mini-event and post it here later.)
* Fixed issue with images not appearing on Gifting screen.
* Adjusted the SOS Training Tree so that the Southern Cooking node does not block progression to other nodes.
* Fixed issue with game freezing when a player enters the app via push notification.
* Fixed issue with players automatically being kicked out of an Adversary encounter when they do not cast offensive or defensive spells for two consecutive rounds.

PSA: Speaking of Adversary encounters... You can pause them at any time by clicking on the foe's avatar in the upper right. Useful when something else demands your attention during those minutes.

So... What do you do? Well, you can delete the app and do a clean reinstall and come out without the over-inflated memory issue. (They save all your info, so it works.) Doing this means you'll have to click your way through the red dots of hell, though. Or you can try letting it clutter up your phone for a little while (presupposing you have the memory available for it) and hope a future update sorts it soonish. Hmm.

And Merlin's fuzzy Knutsack, UNLESS YOU HAVE UNLIMITED DATA: DO NOT update your assets or do a reinstall unless you're on wifi.

Wish I had better news, but it is what it is. Smooches anyway, G. ❤️

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.

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...

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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. ❤️