Foundation Holiday

From the Publisher MyTona:

As night falls, a strange voice can be heard singing opera arias. A mysterious guest is about to disrupt the celebrations for Foundation Day. Unravel the mystery of the singing ghost!

Become a guest of the biggest celebration in Darkwood!

What's New in Version 1.18.0:
 * Over 300 new quests await you
 * Take part in the captivating Foundation Holiday event
 * Enjoy a picturesque view of a new event location: Memory Square
 * Meet the updated Mine - exploring the secrets of the underground is now more fun than ever!
 * Funny event creatures: Madam Boncake, the Fireworkus, and Mister Orchestri
 * Don't miss your chance to become the owner of festive rewards! Beautiful avatars, the City Holiday chest, and the Golden Cake talisman await you in the new event.

Download the update and get rubies for free!

The 2017 July Update
Welcome to the July Update! Join the fun and celebrate the Seeker's Notes: Hidden Mystery game's second birthday!

The update introduced the new Foundation Holiday special event and added 1 new Hidden Object Location to the game - Memory Square. The Update also included new art for the Mine Location, as well as 300 new Quests and 30 new Collections.

Players who downloaded the update received 5 free rubies.

Foundation Holiday Timed Challenge
This special event is available to players from game level 11 and up. Players have 28 days from the 7th of July to complete 3 special timed challenges in the Foundation Holiday special event to win its unique rewards. This is the 19th Timed Challenge to be added to the game.

Important: The amount of time available for the timed challenges is set and the countdown timer began as soon as the update was released. However, each of the 3 new challenge tasks in the special event is now divided into 5 stages that reward players with a prize for each stage of completion as an extra incentive and acknowledgment of progress made in the challenge.

(1) Reach 'Virtuoso' rank on the new Hidden Object Location Memory Square to win the 2 unique game event Avatars. Once won, these new operatic Avatars go directly into the Player's Avatar options and may be accessed by tapping on the current Avatar on the top left hand corner of the Darkwood Town Map.

This challenge is divided into 5 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion: Lightning in a Bottle at stage 1, Gnome Clock at stage 2, Carved Chest at stage 3, Gen-encrusted Horn at stage 4, and Tools Chest at stage 5.

(2) Complete all 30 special event quests to win the City Holiday Chest and Opera Diva Casket. Once won, the City Holiday Chest goes directly to the Player's inventory and is found in the Chests tab of the Inventory Window. The Opera Diva Casket is a commemorative decoration for the desktop and is found on the Casket tab of the Player's current desktop Casket Icon.

This challenge is divided into 5 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion: Wise Owl at stage 1, Marble Chest at stage 2, Orange Strudel at stage 3, Odin's Ring at stage 4, and Fire Crystal at stage 5.

(3) Collect 100 Darkwood Lights by banishing the new event Monsters to win the Golden Cake Talisman and Holiday Friends Picture. The Golden Cake Talisman multiplies the rate of energy regeneration by 5 for 1 day. Once won, the new talisman goes directly to inventory and is found in the Talismans tab of the Inventory Window. The Holiday Friends Picture is an image of the 3 new creatures of this update and is found by tapping on the desktop casket and choosing the Gallery tab.

''This challenge is divided into 5 Stages, with a reward given at each stage of completion: Medallion of Greatness at stage 1, Flying Time at stage 2, Melon Dessert at stage 3, Thunder Amulet at stage 4, and ? Talisman at stage 5.''

(4) A Top 100 Banishing Leaderboard. The top banishers in the event will win a gold, silver, or bronze medal stamp for their Monster Picture and a corresponding gold, silver, or bronze chest containing various goodies.

Completion of the overall Foundation Holiday event by finishing all 3 challenge tasks (the 4th is just extra) will award the Player with the Imperishable Glory Medal. The new medal will go into the Player's Medals tab in the Casket Icon.

Event Quests and Collection Items
The 30 new special event quests consist of 5 collection sequences of 6 quests each. The first 5 quests of each sequence are to find each of the 5 items belonging to one new collection added by the update. The 6th quest is to combine that collection.

Listed below are the 5 collections players must gather to complete the event's quests. notea random artifact fixer is also awarded when a collection is combined for the first time.

Once the special event is over, these collection items may be acquired by purchasing a special event chest from the Store.

Event Creatures
The Holiday Friends are 3 new event creatures to be banished: Mister Orchestri, the Fireworkus, and Madam Boncake.

Banishing the event creatures will award the new Fixers required to combine the new Event Collections. Banish 100 and collect the Darkwood Lights to complete the third stage of the timed challenge. Players may continue banishing the event creatures to achieve a high score and placement on the Top 100 Banishing Leaderboard.

The new Fixers required to combine the new Event Collections are:

Although obtaining these Fixers sounds complicated, they can all be obtained in exactly the same way. In the end, 58 Sound Catchers are needed to complete the event quests.

To banish the event creatures, you must first play the new Hidden Object Location Memory Square until you win some Sound Catchers. You then use these Sound Catchers to banish the new 'Mister Orchestri' event creature, collecting the Dancer Figurine and Nut with a Surprise Fixers as you well as the Water Vortex needed to banish the next event creature 'Fireworkus'. Use the Water Vortex to banish 'Fireworkus', collecting the Star Garland Fixers and also the Fire Spices needed to banish 'Madam Boncake' in order to get the Crystal Gramophone Fixers. Thus, as you play Memory Square in order to complete the 30 Special Quests and advance towards Virtuoso level, you will naturally collect all that you need to create the fixers required to combine the new event collections. Each banishment also awards the Darkwood Lights needed to complete the third and fourth parts of the event challenge itself.

Note: These creatures will disappear as soon as the event is over, either by the completion of the Foundation Holiday challenge or by time running out for the event.

Completing the Timed Challenges
Keep in mind that the more you play the Location, the higher the Location Rank you will achieve for the Location, and the more access passes will be required for each play of that Location.

As a guide, in order to reach Virtuoso Rank on the Memory Square Location, and win the new Avatars, you will need to play the Location approximately 150 times, which will require approximately 3,285 Coat of Arms Impression Access Passes!