the japanese cards but i'm not feeling the same about the french hike.. the prizes look a little lackluster but the new camargue horse looks like fun

I thought the new horse breed is a wild horse so does that mean the wild horses are becoming horse breeds as well?

These are two different species. The wilds are wilds and the new breed are riding horses. We have other horses that are both wild and riding so this is not uncommon thing Howrse has done.( look at the Brumby as an example)

Loved the Wandering horses event with all of the musical horses last year, I was wondering if anyone on the test server has heard any news on whether it will return? The event happened around this time last year.. I hope Howrse is planning to do it again this year.

The Ikebana Event


In the Japanese culture, Ikebana is the art of flower arrangement.
During this event, win gifts by merging flowers!

How it works


You will have to merge ingredients (flowers) to:

Create more valuable ingredients (make them evolve)

Win gifts
Win Shika Jackpot
Win Sakura fragments


Ingredients


How to get them

Win the first 3 ingredients (A, B, C) over time

Ingredient A: You have 3 slots that you can refill over time or buy when emptied.
Ingredient B: You have 5 slots that you can refill over time or buy when emptied.
Ingredient C: You have 6 slots that you can refill over time or buy when emptied.

Once you used all the ingredients you had in your inventory, the ingredients are shaded and a “+” appears. You can wait until the refill (see the timer) or buy these ingredients with passes.

The timer indicates when your Ingredient inventory will be fully refilled.

Merge 2 identical ingredients to obtain a more valuable one (ex: A+A=B, B+B=C, C+C=D, D+D=E etc.)

The only way to obtain ingredients D, E, F and G is to merge identical ingredients (ex: C+C=D, D+D=E,etc.)

You can obtain ingredients B and C by merging ingredients (ex: A+A=B, B+B=C)

The only way to obtain ingredient A is to wait or buy them


How to win the Jackpots
Jackpot #1- Shika/Blossom deer pet
Merge the 2 most valuable ingredients : H+H=Shika!

To keep Shika's visual appearance a secret until it is revealed on the live version, you will only see a placeholder image


Jackpot #2- Sakura



- Sakura can also be found in Golden Fleeces

- Same behavior than other Japanese horses

o Main gift: Hera’s Pack

How to win gifts

Try to merge 2 DIFFERENT ingredients to win gifts. Experiment to discover all of the recipes!


Important!

When trying an ingredient combination for the first time, you will see a green check mark or an x so you can decide not to create the item if you wish.

However, after you complete a combination once, you will no longer see the option to cancel the combination if you combine those ingredients again.

REPEAT: You will only get the option to cancel a combination before you finalize that combination for the first time. After, the item will be created and you will not be given the option to change your mind again.

New Tutorial

For this event, there is no playable tutorial (Ow won’t help step by step). The help pop-up (always available) will provide a tutorial video.

The Japanese Horses are divine horses. Each horse is inspired by an element from Japanese tradition.

Every day, choose one of the Omikujis they offer and discover your prize.

Sakura will give you Omikujis every day when she wakes up.
Choose one of them and win a prize from among:
1 x Hera's Pack
Another surprise
This horse cannot be sold.
You can increase her skills by using your Passes.

This is a brand new promo and is loosely based on the potions promos. However there is no tutorial. We will need to experiment.

is it the French Hike, and THEN the next Japanese one? I'm confused

Memory Game!

Welcome to the Memory contest with a brand new theme: The Bazaar!

Don’t get lost in the Bazaar! Take your time and check out all the items in the market. From zithers to saddles, try to match items together to progress in the contest.

How it works

Same principle as the previous editions:

You will be facing a grid of undiscovered tiles. Turn tiles 2 by 2 to find the same ones. If both tiles are the same, then they stay visible for you.

Once all pairs of the grid have been discovered you can move to the next point on the path to the jackpot!

Careful though, if 2 tiles don’t match, you lose a life.


How to get Lives

at daily connection

when finding a pair of life tiles on some levels
when finding all pairs of tiles from a collection
by buying them
by buying pack of lives during weekend offers


Jokers

Have you ever wanted to do a perfect grid? We're giving you a little help!
3 types of jokers are available:


The Reminder shows between 1 and 5 cards you have already uncovered. The cards are turned over for several seconds. (cost 1000 Equus)
The Family Ties shows all cards belonging to a same family for a few seconds. (30 passes)
The Crystal Ball reveals 3 tiles among those that have never been revealed (80 passes)


Jackpots
Jackpot 1: Loukoum

Jackpot 2: Loukoumi

From the PastriesPastries series.

Loukoum and Loukoumi can give birth to:

- Barb

- Arabian

You can win Loukoum at level 22 and Loukoumi level 33

in the Memory Game promo, do you know if it's possible to get the divines without spending passes like the French Hike?

Love the Memory game, get a pad & pen (if your old school like me, lol) and get ready to start flipping. Thrilled to bits to finally see a MA in the prize pool, about time!! Some great prizes up for grabs in this little ripper Oh except for the Divines, sick of these useless Pastry Divines, so disappointed to see were getting constantly smashed with easy to get USELESS Divines. It's all a smoke screen for the new or younger player, non pass buyers ect to trick them into thinking they're finally getting a Divine for free When in fact the only good Divines are now costing a fortune to obtain due to these ridiculous new Divine Fragments

Great Challenge - Derby


Complete objectives to win horseshoes and collect prizes!


Great Challenge Phase

Players will have 3 daily objectives. By completing them, players will win horseshoes that can give the players:

game items, offered immediately after the threshold is met
the commercial offer to get the divine horse more easily during the festivities
As usual, players have 3 days to realize an objective before it disappears.


Helping other Players
If players complete the current day's 3 objectives, they can help other players to complete their objectives. If it is the first time of the day that a player helps another player, they unlock a bonus item that they will receive at the beginning of the festivities.

To help players complete their objectives, they can :
skip the objective by giving a Black Market item to Ow
ask for help from other players by giving Equus, for the 3rd objective of the day


VIP players can try to win the Jackpot Friggja in the Titan’s Challenge before anyone else. They benefit from the commercial offers on divine fragments immediately when they unlock them.


Derby Phase

During this phase, players can play horse races. Automatic races have returned!
They get a free race at the beginning of a day (according to the community goal of the Great Challenge part).

They can also buy them with Equus but the price increases each time.

How it works

When the player starts a race, they can choose which horse they will play.
During the race, players have to launch a ball towards the holes.
[TIP] Players can decide the speed of the ball by adjusting how long the mouse button is held before releasing.
After the launch of the ball, the choosen horse moves according to the value of the hole.

Then, other horses also move. The player has to launch balls until their horse arrives at the finish line. At the end of a race, players receive flags. The better the position of the player’s horse in the race, the higher the number of flags she/he will get.

Players can use Bonus Items to help them win a race.

Bonus Items
Only 1 Bonus item per launch can be used

How to get Bonus items :
when helping other players during the Great Challenge part
when asking some to my friends (by giving Equus, and in a limited quantity). (And players can offer some to their friends who have asked for them, with a limit of 1 per friend per day)
when winning competitions with horses
from special UFOs
when buying BM items with passes (except for Black Pearl and Aging points items)


Jackpot


Friggja, a new Nordic special horse
Friggja is a Pegasus whose gift is a Hestia's Gift!

She is a pegasus that belongs to the Nordic divines.Her gift is Hestia's Gift

Piñatas Darumas

Same principle as the other editions of the Piñatas!

This time, the Darumas replace the Piñatas we use to have.

Darumas are little Japanese statues that can be painted for good fortune.

Instead of hitting piñatas, players are going to paint Darumas!

Each click on a Daruma will fill a gauge. Once completed the Daruma is fully painted and the player receives a gift!

How do we play?

Click on the Daruma in order to fill the gauge. Each Daruma has a growing number of points required as you progress in the contest.

Clicks reload over time and stack up in the gauge. Each slot corresponds to a click. The points value of a click is also given.

You can buy Brushstrokes with passes if your click gauge takes too much time. (Replaces Mace Blows)

Note: The clicks in the gauge are prioritized over the brushstrokes.
You can ask for help from your friends by using equus. (5 points per click from a friend). Don't forget to help them in return!


Objectives


Each Daruma will have 2 objectives to complete. Once completed, objectives will give you bonuses:
They can increase the number of clicks on the gauge.
They can make a single click more powerful.
They can increase the frequency of clicks.
They can allow more of your friends to help.
They can give points to the current Daruma.


Jackpots

Level 16 - Falabella (Petit)
Level 20 (Last Darumas) - Maneki Neko

Maneki Neko is the brand new horse from the Japanese divine horses series. She’ll give you Omikujis every day when she wakes up.
Her gift is 100,000 equus.


New to this edition
Once a Daruma is completed, you have to claim your gifts. This way, you can easily complete an objective and receive a bonus before moving to the next Daruma.



Community Goal
Once completed, it doubles the points offered by friends' clicks!

Maneki-Neko will give you Omikujis every day when she wakes up.

Choose one of them and win a prize from among:100,000 x Equus
Another surprise

enter this code on the pass page for a surprise. S18QW5KJJ
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