Foggy Ship Update

The Foggy Ship update was introduced on the 21st of September 2015.

The Foggy Ship update added 2 new Hidden Object Locations to the game - Ship and Clock Tower, as well as added 100+ new Quests and 20+ new Collections.

A number of other changes to the game came with the update, most noticeable of which was changes to the timed allowed for the Mosaic and Ancient Cards Puzzles; removal of Step mode in the Treasure Box puzzle (now all games are timed instead); extra items being added to the Free Gift options in the Gifting system and the redesign of a number of original Hidden Object Locations such as Ballroom and Garden.

The Update also introduced Timed Challenges to the game for the first time. Players have a limited amount of time to complete 2 special challenges in the game in order to win unique rewards.

The Foggy Ship Timed Challenge
The Foggy Ship timed challenges begin when a player reaches game level 7 in the game (or automatically after downloading the update if the player is already beyond level 7). The Foggy Ship timed event introduced 2 new challenges for players to complete within a set time frame: Note: 'Piece of Eight' special items are needed in addition to energy points for each play of the Ship Hidden Object Location. Pieces of Eight can be won as rewards for winning Hidden Object games in Garden; Hunter's House; Train Station; Observatory; Marketplace; Clothing Store; Docks; Alley; Clock Tower; Ballroom; Dressing Room; Cafe; and Mayor's Office. Pieces of Eight cannot be given as gifts between Friends or bought in the Store, however they are given as rewards for combining some of the new Collections in the game (namely the Collections needed to combine the Great Captain Artifact that you naturally complete as you complete the 30 special challenge quests.
 * Complete 30 special challenge quests and assemble the new Great Captain artifact to a Pirate Chest that adds +5 energy to a players maximum energy.
 * Reach 'Virtuoso' Rank non the new Hidden Object Location 'Ship' and win a special game Avatar.

Important: The amount of time available for the Foggy Ship Update's timed challenges is set and the countdown timer began as soon as the update was released in the Apple App Store. Players have been given 29 days beginning on the 21st of September 2015. The timer will expire on the October 20th 2015 unless an extension is given. It does not matter when you download the update, this finish date is set. If you download the update on the 22nd of September you will have 28 days to complete the challenge, and if you wait until the 10th of October to download the update you will only have 10 days to complete the challenge. Delaying installing the update will not delay the timer.

The Challenge Quests; the Great Captain Artifact; and the Pirate Chest
The Pirate Chest can be won once a player completes all 30 of the special Foggy Ship Quests and then combines the new Great Captain Artifact. The 30 special Quests ask the player to find all the items for and then combine the 5 collections needed to combine the Great Captain Artifact so once the players completes the 30 special quests they will be immediately able to combine the Artifact and so complete this challenge and collect the Pirate Chest. The quests must be completed and the new Artifact combined within the 29 day time limit of the Timed Challenge in order to win the Pirate Chest.

The Challenge Quests
The 30 special quests that are needed to complete this challenge are:

Hints/Tips for Completing the Challenge Quests
Although it will take many plays of Ship to complete the 30 quests, there are things you can do to make the challenge easier:

The Special Avatar - Getting Ship to Virtuoso Rank
Players can win the Unique 'Foggy Ship' Avatar by playing the new Hidden Object Location, Ship, until they increase its Location Rank up to Virtuoso Level during the Foggy Ship update's time sensitive challenge (during the first 29 days after the update is released).

'Piece of Eight' special items are needed in addition to energy points for each play of the Ship Hidden Object Location. The number of Pieces of Eight needed for each play will increase by 5 each time you increase the Rank of the Location, from 5 Pieces of Eight per play when you first open the Location at Novice Rank to 25 Pieces of Eight per play when you are at the Detective Rank (the Rank before Virtuoso).

This means that players must collect Pieces of Eight before they can play Ship every time they wish to play the Hidden Object Location. This quest is about playing many different Hidden Object Locations many times, not just about playing games of Ship, in order to win enough Pieces of Eight to play Ship enough times to reach Virtuoso Rank.

Pieces of Eight can be won as rewards for winning Hidden Object games in Garden; Hunter's House; Train Station; Observatory; Marketplace; Clothing Store; Docks; Alley; Clock Tower; Ballroom; Dressing Room; Cafe; and Mayor's Office. At least one Piece of Eight is given for every game you win, but winning 2 or 3 Pieces of Eight at a time is also possible.

Pieces of Eight cannot be given as gifts between Friends or bought in the Store, however they are given as rewards for combining some of the new Collections in the game (namely the Collections needed to combine the Great Captain Artifact that you naturally complete as you complete the 30 special challenge quests.

As a guide, in order to reach Virtuoso Rank on Ship, and win the new Avatar, you will need to play Ship approximately 150 times, which will require approximately 3,285 Pieces of Eight!

Hints/Tips for Winning the Special Avatar
Although it will take many plays of Ship to reach Virtuoso, there are things you can do to make the challenge easier:

Changes to Treasure Box
Originally Treasure Box had two different win conditions that could potentially be necessary when playing the different modes: The win condition that the Puzzle was currently under was represented by a symbol in the top left hand corner of the 'Solve' Window for the Puzzle (on the opposite side of the symbol that indicates the mode of the Puzzle for that play).
 * 1) Step: win the game within a certain number of moves or,
 * 2) Time: win the game within a certain amount of time.

The Foggy Ship update has removed the Step win condition for the game, so now all games of Treasure Box must be completed within a certain amount of time, and players can always make as many moves as necessary within that time frame.

The amount of time given to complete the puzzle at all Puzzle Ranks has also been increased from the original amount given when the Time win condition was in effect, giving players more freedom to figure out and complete the more difficult puzzle configurations.

Changes to Mosaic
More time has been added to the Mosaic Puzzle at each location Rank for the puzzle, giving players more time to complete the more challenging puzzle configuration.

Changes to Ancient Cards
More tome has been added to the Ancient Cards Puzzle at each Location Rank for the puzzle, and the responsiveness of the cards when you tap on them has been slightly improved, giving players more timed to complete the more challenging puzzles when more matches are required at higher Ranks.

Redesign of Ballroom
The Ballroom picture has been given a face lift in the update. Players must still find many of the same items, but both the items and the Ballroom itself have been redrawn in more detail.

Redesign of Garden
The Garden picture has also been given a face lift in the update. Players must still find many of the same items, but both the items and the Garden itself have been redrawn in more detail.

Changes to the Monthly Talisman - The Fortune Pearl Replaced
The Talisman that players earn slowly over a 25 day period of opening the game has also been revamped. The Fortune Pearl Talisman has been replaced by the 'Guardian of Time' Talisman.

Changes to Banishing Monsters
As new Fixers have been added to the game, they have been integrated into other systems in the game to allow players to earn them.

Many of the Level 3 Monsters have had their rewards slightly altered so that instead of just rewarding a chest full of prizes, they now also reward one of the new Fixers in the game.

Changes to the Free Gift System
The Free Gift System in the game has been expanding to include a number of the new Fixers added to the game in the update. This gives players much more choice in what they can send their Friends as a gift each day. Players are still restricted to only sending one free gift to each friend each day (up to a maximum of 50 friends), but now they have more choice in what they can gift.

The game level required to unlock the Gold Thread special item for Clothing Store as a free gift has been reduced from level 30 to level 20, so players can gift this special item earlier in the game rather than at the same time as they can gift the Lantern special items for Garden as before the update (Lanterns continue to be unlocked at level 30).

Changes to the Darkwood Town Map
The bottom left corner of the Darkwood Town Map has been flooded to make room for the Ship Location.

Players Stats Frozen in the Top 100 list or for Friends
(To be Confirmed) Many players find that their game stats do not update in the Top 100 List or in their entry on their Friends' 'Friends Lists'. It is still very soon since the update has been released and it is possible that not enough players have downloaded the update to be certain, but it looks like these stats are still frozen.

Wishlists Not Updating
(To be Confirmed) Again, it may be possible that players simply have not updated yet, but it is possible that players Wishlists are still not updating correctly on the games servers, so that their Friends cannot see what they are currently asking for but instead see a much older version of the list of requests.

Problems with the Foggy Ship Update
(hopefully not) coming soon...

Related

 * SN Home
 * Updates
 * Timed Challenges
 * Ship
 * Clock Tower
 * Quests
 * Artifacts
 * Special Items
 * Location Ranks
 * Location Ranks and Potential Costs to Play/Rewards for Winning
 * Collections
 * Puzzles
 * Ballroom
 * Garden
 * Monsters
 * Fixers
 * Friends
 * Gifting Friends