Halloween Hunt
Halloween Hunt is an annual series of special event servers for Travian Kingdoms. Beginning 2019, every year in october special halloween themed servers started with special features in place. Additionally, all Halloween Hunt servers by now were 5x speed (3x troop speed).
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Halloween Hunt 2021
Server setup
Halloween Hunt 2021 were, again, two special event servers named Trick and Treat. Unlike last time, they did not run the same setup however, but Treat ran as night truce world (timezone CEST, CET after the daylight saving time change), whereas Trick ran as regular 5x speed gameworld.
Link | trick.kingdoms.com |
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Start | 05.10.2021, 14:00 UTC+2 (CEST) |
Speed | 5x |
Troop speed | 3x |
Beginners protection | 3 days |
Kingdom Union | 6 days |
New Item Tiers | Tier 2: 13.10. 14:00 (8 Days) Tier 3: 21.10. 14:00 (16 Days) |
Vacation | 7 days, 24 hours countdown days |
Wonders | 31.10.2021, 13:00 UTC+1 (CET) |
End | TBD |
Featureset
- Three new achievements [3]
- "Someone Call a Doctor?": Heal 500/1k/2k/4k/8k troops on Halloween Hunt game worlds (using bandages, small bandages or healing potions)
- Hidden Agenda: Defeat 100/1k/5k/20k/50k scouts by counter-scouting
- Unlike other HaHu achievements, this achievement can be unlocked on regular gameworlds after Halloween Hunt has ended
- Zookeeper: Have 1/10/20/50/100 of each animal in one village
- Except "Hidden Agenda", the achievements can only be unlocked on Halloween Hunt
Features inherited from Halloween Hunt 2020:
- Spiders and bats have a higher spawn rate (roughly 5x)
- Spiders and bats have triple combat strength
Halloween Hunt 2021 is in the promotion phase at the time of writing. Not all information have been made public yet. Last Wiki Update: 21.09.2021
Halloween Hunt 2020
Halloween Hunt 2020 has a special event page, where the community goals can be tracked: halloween.kingdoms.com
Server setup
Halloween Hunt 2020 were two special event servers.
Link | trick.kingdoms.com |
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Start | 06.10.2020, 14:00 UTC+2 (CEST) |
Speed | 5x |
Troop speed | 3x |
Beginners protection | 3 days |
Kingdom Union | 6 days |
New Item Tiers | Tier 2: 14.10. 14:00 (8 Days) Tier 3: 22.10. 14:00 (16 Days) |
Vacation | 7 days, 24 hours countdown days |
Wonders | 31.10.2020, 13:00 UTC+1 (CET) |
End | 10.11.2020 (Trick) 08.11.2020 (Treat) |
Featureset
- Mist's special rules from HaHu 2019 apply in 2020 aswell. [4]
- Unlike HaHu 2019, the combat simulator can handle the rules now.
- Incoming and outgoing chiefings into/from the mist have a changed big party bonus: -11/+11 reduced loyalty instead of -5/+5
- Incoming catapult attacks are weaker, although there is no detail information
- Defending scouts in the mist are 10% stronger.
- Outgoing raids, attacks are 5% stronger and sieges apply a 39% bonus instead of the usual 33% bonus.
- Three new achievements [5]
- Anvil: Provide 250k/1M/2.5M/5M/10M defensive strength when defending (only own army counts; animals do not count; smithy/hero bonus applies, wall/water ditch doesn't [6])
- Hammer: Perform an attack with at least 250k/1M/2.5M/10M attack power in a single attack
- I shall pass!: Destroy 20/100/500/2500/5000 wall levels
- Halloween masks are unlockable, which can be used on any gameworld
- Spiders and bats have a higher spawn rate (roughly 5x)
- Spiders and bats have triple combat strength
- Another set of community challanges is available, which will unlock different rewards
- Both gameworlds will work together to achieve the goals
- There is a new package in the shop, exclusive for halloween worlds
Community Challanges
Goal (Tier 1/2/3) | Reward Tier 1 | Reward Tier 2 | Reward Tier 3 |
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5k/10k/15k registered players | 5 instant finish vouchers + 10 gold | 5 free cardgame rolls + 20 gold | one halloween mask + 40 gold |
25k/50k/100k bats captured | 50 cages + 10 gold | 5 npc trade vouchers + 20 gold | one halloween mask + 50 gold |
37.5k/75k/150k spiders captured | one halloween mask + 50 cages | 5 free cardgame rolls + 15 gold | 5 npc trade vouchers + 40 gold |
30 million robbers defeated | 5 free cardgame rolls + one halloween mask + 25 gold | - | - |
1k villages conquered | 5 free cardgame rolls + 5 instant finish vouchers + 5 npc trade vouchers | - | - |
Exclusive shop offer
On Halloween Hunt 2020 gameworlds, a new exclusive shop offer was introduced. It contains the following:
Vouchers:
- 5x NPC Trader voucher
- 5x Instant Finish voucher
- 5x Free cardgame rolls
Hero items:
- 200 Cages
- 1 Halloween mask
Resources:
- 3x Medium pile of wood
- 3x Medium pile of clay
- 3x Medium pile of iron
Note: 1 Medium pile is 2000 resources, so the package grants a total of 3 x 3 x 2000 = 18000 resources.
The offer can be activated only once and costs 70 gold.
Visual only effects
- Heroes are zombified
- Total eclipse: The map is permanently dark, as it is on night truce servers to indicate night truce (there is NO night truce on the server though, it is a visual only)
- Robbers are ghosts and their camp fires are pumpkins
Halloween Hunt 2019
Server setup
Link | comx5.kingdoms.com |
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Start | 22.10.2019, 14:00 UTC+2 (CEST) |
Speed | 5x |
Troop speed | 3x |
Beginners protection | 3 days |
Kingdom Union | 6 days |
New Item Tiers | Tier 2: 30.10. 14:00 (8 Days) Tier 3: 07.11. 14:00 (16 Days) |
Vacation | 7 days, 24 hours countdown days |
Wonders | 17.11.2019, 13:00 UTC+1 (CET) |
End | 25.11.2019 |
Featureset
- Mist is introduced as new feature. [7] The mist has been altered and introduced in regular gameworlds aswell. Shared features between HaHu and later regular gameworlds are marked bold.
- Mist is around each wonder of the world, for a total of 17x17 centered around the WW
- Relocation into the mist is not possible
- Incoming and outgoing chiefings into/from the mist have a changed big party bonus: -11/+11 reduced loyalty instead of -5/+5
- Incoming catapult attacks are weaker, although there is no detail information
- Incoming scout attacks are "less effective" (although it is unclear by how much)
- Outgoing raids, attacks and sieges are stronger (although it is unclear by how much)
- Combat simulator can not take these differences into account.
- Spiders and bats have a higher spawn rate (roughly 5x)
- Spiders and bats have triple combat strength
- Community goals are introduced. Community goals have been used for other special servers like Birthday Bash later aswell.
- Cages are more common to find
- There are global server milestones, which can be achieved by the community as a whole.
- After reaching a milestone, a reward is given to all current players on the server.
- New Achievement: Trick and Treat
- Obtainable by adding someone, who already has the achievement, as a friend.
- Presumably, Travian Team members were the "origin of the virus", but you can obtain it from anyone who has it
- It is still obtainable
- New Achievment: Zombies never die [8]
- Was granted to all players in the end of HaHu 2019, as apology for the severe server lags in the beginning of the server.
- The icon for the achievment was chosen by the community [9] and resembles a zombie hand emerging from a grave with a tumbstone labeled F5.
Community Challanges
Goal | Reward |
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5000 registered players | 1 water bucket |
10000 registered players | 1 scroll of wisdom + 1 instant merchant delivery |
15000 registered players | 2 finish now + 5 gold |
35k concurrently caught spiders | 30 cages + 1 finish now |
45k concurrently caught bats | 10 cages + 5 gold |
15M defeated robbers in total | 50 ointments + 10 bandages |
640k destroyed buildings by catapults | 2 npc traders + 1 finish now + 400 silver |
Visual only effects
- Heroes are zombified
- Robbers are ghosts and their camp fires are pumpkins
References
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/28931-zombies-on-the-loose-on-5th-october-part-2/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/28901-zombies-on-the-loose-on-5th-october/&pageNo=1
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/28931-zombies-on-the-loose-on-5th-october-part-2/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/26673-halloween-hetzjagd-2020-der-geheimnisvolle-nebel/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/26725-new-achievements-hammer-anvil/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/26743-more-info-around-the-new-achievements-in-the-halloween-hunt/&postID=209255#post209255
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/24256-halloween-hunt-%E2%80%93-rules-of-the-mist/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/24555-halloween-hunt-special-achievement/
- ↑ https://forum.kingdoms.com/index.php?thread/24407-create-your-special-thank-you-achievement/