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MEGATHREAD: Elemental Event: Etherstone Caverns, May 19-22

MEGATHREAD: Elemental Event: Etherstone Caverns, May 19-22

With thanks to all who contribute to this guide!

This Elemental Event will run from Tuesday, May 19 until 19:00 GMT on Friday, May 22; to participate you will need version 13.4.0 or later 13.6, at least 100 dragon power, and a high quality, stable internet connection.

Please keep event-specific questions and discussions in this thread; good luck and happy merging!

 

#ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Event Notes

  • This is a repeat of an early beta test of the Elemental Events; the EE event format was still going through significant changes (and glitches) at that time, so this version may be quite a bit different from the first go ‘round.
    • WARNING: Last month’s similar repeat had no Infinite Harvestable behind the silver capsule lock; it remains to be seen if it will be there this time.
  • NOTE: You may need to update to play; recent EEs have had higher version requirements than has been typical for most other events.
  • REQUEST: Please share your point requirements and Event Portal level in the comments below; we’re trying to put together info on this, but A/B testing and the odd difficulty system has made this a bit of a challenge.
  • WARNING - Points: Players at high difficulty levels may find it impossible to earn enough points to finish the event using only the free harvestable items placed on the map. In the last event, higher-level players could clear the full map and still be ~100,000 points away from earning the final prize.
    • According to responses from Gram Games, this is deliberate — the event is specifically designed to be pay-to-win.
  • WARNING - Capsules: In recent events, all players have had a Silver Capsule lock, with only a Gold Capsule located on the map; opening this lock therefore requires purchasing a Silver Capsule for 60 gems. An infinite harvestable has typically been located behind that lock, which enables players to continue grinding out points even after all the free harvestables have been exhausted, but it does have a cooldown timer that slows progress.
  • Screenshots of the rewards screen at the start of all events are strongly recommended

 

Links to other posts about Elements Events:

 

News and Updates:

  • GLITCH: Long run times may cause severe lagging and sudden crashes; hard-closing the game and relaunching gives a temporary fix. Rebooting is even better, and highly recommended at least once per day if these issues are occurring.
  • GLITCH: Event and Season Portal tasks involving nests, eggs, or dragons may not register properly.
  • GLITCH: Dragon images and labels may be incorrect in camp, with dragons looking like a completely different breed or level than what is on their label. Dragon/egg numbers continue to not always show accurately in the Discovery Book.
  • NOTICE: Imgur, the image hosting site used for many of the guide screenshots, is not currently available in the UK unless you use a VPN.
  • BETA: Ancient Dreamwood is a new camp-based item related to the Prize Hunt mini-event that was recently released to a small number of early beta testers. It provides the opportunity to collect a daily reward item, with the value of said reward item increasing as Prize Hunt (formerly known as Bunny Bingo) goals are achieved. wiki link Reminder: Please use Spoiler tags and the “New and/or Beta” flare when posting about major new features or beta tests like this.
  • BETA: Daily Dash is a task-based rewards system accessed from camp; Daily Goals refresh every 24 hours, and the Weekly Progress resets at 19:00 GMT on Mondays.
  • BETA: Item Storage Now out to most players, this new feature grants item storage in a similar fashion to the Egg Storage Facility. NOTE: There have been numerous glitches reported for this feature; numbers listed on the storage facility may be inaccurate, and it may discharge items when you exit camp. Initial Post
  • BETA: Camp Dawnvale The testing pool continues to expand as devs work out the kinks in the new secondary camp; WARNING: once a player gets access to this feature, it will affect the possible rewards offered by events or other features. Wiki page Reminder: Please use Spoiler tags and the “New and/or Beta” flare when posting about major new features or beta tests like this.
  • REMINDER: If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact Game Support with a description of the problem, where it occurred (if in an event, please name it and if it’s an OoC, please specify Act 1 or 2), approximately when it occurred, and (if possible) attach a recording or screenshot(s) of the issue. Programmers need official support tickets to start an investigation, and having multiple players reporting on the same problem lets them directly compare affected accounts.
  • Popular Links:

 

Other Events:

  • Next OoC / EE Event: Gemland Kingdom, 22-25 May
  • Ezra’s Relic Run: TBA
  • Seasons: Thrilling Waves, Apr 21 - May 19
  • Card Collection: Seaside Saga, Apr 21 - June 16
  • Prize Hunt, aka Bunny Bingo: Held with all weekend OoCs and some (usually holiday) mid-weeks, with occasional limited-access mid-week A/B tests for VIP Club members. WARNING: This event REQUIRES players to spend gems and/or make cash purchases, with the latter most frequently seen in the VIP versions.
  • Races: Tuesday and Sunday Wiki
    • Next Up: Flowers on Tuesday, Rocks on Sunday
  • Shiny Days: Monday and Wednesday Wiki
  • Mystic Challenge: Thursday and Sunday
  • Elemental Events: Now released game-wide, but the scheduling is still uncertain. WARNING: This event requires gem purchases to finish at some difficulty levels.
  • Ezra's Relic Run: 7 to 14 day long event with no predictable schedule as yet; all past event items other than the final Memento reward are supposed to vanish from camp, although they have yet to do so. WARNING: This event may require players to spend gems and/or make cash purchases to complete, and has proven rather buggy at times.
  • Quinn’s Lucky Games, aka Spin-the-Wheel: Testing has restarted, but little has changed; it’s still a standard online gambling format, complete with a guaranteed big win at first to give you a nice dopamine high and make you feel “lucky”.

 


 

#MAIN EVENT GUIDE

 

#Link to the CLOUD KEY MAP Tap the link above to see a map with all locked areas identified by the required key item

 

#CLOUD KEY LIST Tap a key item to go to its wiki page for more info and hi-def images, and tap “view” to see what is hidden under that lock

 

#FEATURED REWARDS

  • Primary trophy breed: Aqualis dragon
  • Secondary trophy breed: Luminclaw dragon

 

#EVENT FAQs / OVERVIEW:

NOTE: This format is still being tweaked by the devs, so listed info may or may not hold true for the current event; as always, check the Comments for the latest news on any changes.

Overview

  • Elemental Events (EE) maps are similar to standard Out-of-Camp (OoC) events, with land that needs to be healed to uncover point items and locked areas that need keys to open.
  • The goal for EE is the same as the main objective in OoCs: earn enough points to collect all the prizes listed on the Reward Screen by harvesting, merging, and collecting event point items.
    • Point requirements and event rewards are determined by a calculation involving both a player’s total and average dragon power.
  • Healing all the land is not required, and there is no dead land under locks, but the points hiding in those locked areas may be significant.
    • Items required to make a key are typically hidden under a different lock, requiring players to open areas in a particular order.
  • Unlike OoCs, there are no Event Quests, Act 2, Rush Rewards, or Gold Pass equivalents.
  • Idle Trivia: So far, all EE maps have been re-purposed from OoC-type events in Merge Dragon’s sister game, Merge Magic.

 

Dragons

  • Instead of hatching two whelp dragons to do the work, players are allowed to “borrow” 3 of their highest level dragons from Camp, one for each element featured in the event.
    • Dragons occupied in levels, Missions, or Breeding may not be available for use in the event; dragons sleeping in dragon homes are still eligible.
  • These imported dragons do the normal OoC event actions of harvesting for life flower material and life orbs for healing land; since there are 3 dragons instead of two, idle-harvesting will be much slower unless you keep one dragon selected.
    • Note: keeping a dragon selected is risky, and could result in loss of the dragon if the game closes or is interrupted; it also makes it much easier to accidentally delete a dragon, and since the EE event borrows from your own camp, any dragon deleted in the event is removed from the game entirely just like if it was sold in camp or a world map level.
  • While high-level dragons may yield more bonus points, their speed has been severely reduced; level 10 platinum dragons may harvest slower than Rock or Tribal whelps.
    • Unfortunately, having 3 level 10 platinum dragons seems to indicate a player will have the unlucky ~100,000+ point deficit on the final reward item after earning all possible free points, meaning such players must pay gems if they want to be sure of finishing the event.

 

Harvesting Points

  • A major difference in gameplay between OoC and EE events centers on the harvesting of point items; instead of harvesting one type of point item from both limited and infinite harvestable items, there are 3 separate chains of both harvestables and point items — one for each featured element.
  • Infinite harvestables are available for purchase in the event store, and one is usually — but not always — located behind the silver capsule lock.
    • Infinite Harvestables have a cooldown timer that limits how often they can be harvested.
  • Any dragon can work any harvestable, but using the element-linked breed gives a substantial points bonus.
    • Double-tapping a harvestable will summon the correct dragon to it, but if left without direction any dragon can wander over and harvest any unattended harvestable item, so using them up as soon as they are uncovered is critical.
    • It’s not possible to complete the event without use of the element-linked bonus points.
  • So far, extra harvestables have been obtainable in Treasure Chests obtained from harvesting general items like Fruit Trees or Prism Flowers, but drop rates can be very, very low.

Point Requirements:

  • Players at higher difficulty levels will find it impossible to earn enough points to finish the event using only the free harvestable items placed on the map. According to responses from Gram Games, this is deliberate — the event is specifically designed to be pay-to-win.
  • Grinding for Treasure Chests or the free capsules may be enough for some affected players to finish, but others may require gem or cash expenditures to earn enough points to collect all rewards.

Capsules:

  • Similar to OoC events, all Elemental Events have an Event Capsule lock near the start of the map. In early beta tests these were the standard Gold version, with a Gold Capsule located near the back of the map that players could use to open the lock.
  • In most recent events, all players have had a Silver Capsule lock instead of the Gold, but still with just the one Gold Capsule on the map; opening this lock therefore requires purchasing a Silver Capsule for 60 gems.
    • An infinite harvestable has usually been located behind that lock, which enables players to continue grinding out points even after all the free limited harvestables have been exhausted; however, IHs have a delay timer that slows harvesting significantly compared to the standard OoC versions.

 

#SAVING YOUR PROGRESS

  • Make sure to save your progress by traveling to the World Map screen (and waiting there until everything’s fully loaded) regularly, and especially before closing your game.
  • Exiting directly from the event level to your Camp can trigger a crash and/or loss of items; always exit to the World Map screen first, and again after releasing prize items into your camp, as well as after merging high-level or valuable dragons/items.

 


#EVENT TROUBLESHOOTING

If the event is not showing up correctly or if glitches are affecting your play:

  1. Check that you meet the version and dragon power requirements.
  2. Try hard-closing and then relaunching your game.
  3. Try rebooting your device (ie, turn it completely off, then back on and allow it to fully boot up before relaunching the game). If you are on wifi and have access to the router, try rebooting that, too.
  4. Try switching to a completely different internet source.
  5. Try clearing your game’s cache (google for instructions for your specific phone type).
  6. If you’re suddenly experiencing multiple issues like lagging or error messages (or if the event vanishes completely), close the game and try again after 2-3 hours. Events are internet-based, and sometimes issues with the servers can cause temporary problems — all we can do for that is to wait it out.
  7. If none of the above helps, contact Gram Games Support through the in-game link or the Support Web Portal for help figuring out what’s wrong; please include the name of the event and whether the problem is with Act 1 or 2. If you use email, you’ll need your game ID and version number, both of which can be copied for pasting from the Settings tab, or (if you can’t get into the game at all) by hand from the game’s loading screen.

Chronic Problems

  • Cloud Save is still unreliable: According to the last official statements from the developers, it is not safe to be used and should be left turned off. (First reported ~2019, got much worse Oct 2022)
    • WARNING: Support is apparently telling some players to use CS, however as of July, multiple players have confirmed Cloud Save is both 1) still wiping out player progress without warning, and 2) continuing to hit some players with intermittent saving failure messages, esp when using Facebook IDs. Use at your own risk.
  • Glitch: Items from past events Sometimes capsules or booster chests may contain items from the previous OoC event, especially if it was new or nearly new; these items are not usable and can be deleted. (First reported 2023, got worse in mid-2025)
  • Glitch: Changing Rewards Event rewards may change during play in multiple types of events, with the devs essentially telling players “so sad, too bad” and not giving any compensation. If it hits, you can send in a report to get it on the record, but issues with changing rewards have been around since 2024 and the devs seem unwilling and/or unable to fix the faulty programming.

 

edits are on-going

u/LiteraryHedgehog — 15 hours ago

You can now get capsules for watching ads

I'm not sure if this is a beta or not but I'll take it.

u/countrybuhbuh — 13 hours ago

I’ve done something wrong

This is Ezera’s Grave. I can’t see what I have to do next so either I’ve done something wrong or I’m missing something somewhere. Can anybody help or advise? Thanks so much, Jem. 😊

u/BlondeMoonJem — 14 hours ago

Amazed how I missed this

Well I don't even remember which event these came from and after doing a bit of clearing i started seeing eggs popping out...have this happen to anyone where they missed a few rewards 😅

u/Zaidilue — 15 hours ago

Is this room unlocked?

I frequently run out of space in my 2 illuminated spaced, and have to sell items to open chests.. or those time locked dimensional bubles take up all my useable space. ... There's no lock on the lower right room how do I use it. It's been unlocked for awhile and dragging items there doesn't trigger an action.

u/VampyricDryad — 18 hours ago

Free your dragons from Missions and Breeding if needed for Elemental Event on Tuesday

Marked as spoiler, so I hope the picture is covered if you want to be surprised. The prize 10 dragon is one we’ve been able to win before, as I have 2 of that dragon at L4 and 2 at L7 (so I had 7 at L4 pre-merge), but L3 is not yet discovered, so I think all L4 must have come as prizes.

I only have incentive to play through prize 9, as I do need more of that breed in L4 to get to T2 eggs. So I likely won’t buy the silver capsule this time…I hope

u/jd613a — 1 day ago

merge chains (Dawnvale)

so i’ve noticed the ancient pools chain more often than not gives essence stones when harvested, and the dangerous trees quite often give jingle exotic flowers. is there a faster way to grind the exotic life flower chain? i have mastered 14/24 chains with discovering 24/25 (just need bugs now) and im trying to get the longer ones done first, any tips?

u/Skyeler69 — 1 day ago

Additional land in camp

Just thought I’d share a photo of the additional land available in camp for beaucoup 💎💎💎💎

u/AgreeablePanda9805 — 2 days ago

SEason Decision Eggs

I forgot where I got all the Season Decision Eggs the big purple ones with the wings. Are they from the Seasonal Rewards?

Im running out and they dont seem to be giving them out anymore unless you pay

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u/Popular-Step-8191 — 1 day ago

Arcadia tower is completed

It's Victoria long weekend here and I finally claimed my very first Arcadia tower. I stopped going after the dragon power like a year ago. I have been focusing on completing all wonders in Dawnvale then 100 mastered dragon breeds. Now it's my last achievement in Arcadia. Guess my next goal is cleaning the whole Arcadia map (at lot 61 now). Cheers!

u/TomyumHotpot — 2 days ago

What to do?

I have these items from recent events but was wondering what everyone is doing with them once the events are over. I could save them on the off chance they reuse the event next year, but they take up an awful lot of space in my camp. Thoughts?

u/Choirchica55 — 2 days ago

realized the difference is absolutely comical

related. does anyone have any decent stone brick grinding tips. because clearly i've got coins (and dragon gems tbh) down to a science, but i am constantly out of stone bricks even this long into playing this game lol.

u/Unusual-Cupcake-4720 — 3 days ago

HELP. This game makes me mad a lot

So there’s a bug. Previously, vpn helped me, but now it also does not work (should I use any specific country?) I can’t manage these ghost dragons, I can’t move any of dead space. But what bother me the most is that I can’t receive any prizes from the races

What can I do? Haven’t written to support yet, not really sure they’ll help

u/Ana_Florense — 2 days ago

Storage Shed for free?

Just opened MD and this popped up. It seems it doesn't require gems or money to use 😂 I'm still wary in case it would eat my things. Never noticed this before or read about it here - but maybe I'm not up-to-date.

Also, 7 years player here and actually I'm opening the game only randomly to see whether I may have earned entrance to <edit> Dawnvale

u/Attilash — 3 days ago

Not that Im complaing, but I never bought these?

I just opened the game and they both unlocked. I did not pay for them, I dont have the money to pay for them. I am so very confused.

u/wonderous_unitato — 4 days ago

Decision egg gave me a... decision egg!

Has anyone ever had this happen? I actually ended up choosing the decision egg because I was curious about what would happen, and it gave me an option to watch an ad for an extra egg. So basically I got two decision eggs from one! Totally not complaining about it, just haven't seen this before

u/forevr_winter — 3 days ago

Missing Event rewards

I have not received any of the event rewards for say the past month. Even if I don't complete the event I should still get the rewards I've earned. I've have scoured my map to see if the event bubble is floating somewhere but nothing. I have had it take like a few hours for a shop bubble to show, but absolutely nothing for the events. 😡

This happen to anyone else?

(everything is up to date, have logged out and back in as well)

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u/Superb-Idea8851 — 3 days ago

MEGATHREAD: Slumber Party OoC Event

With thanks to all who contribute to this guide! !

This Out-of-Camp event will run from either Friday, May 15 until 19:00 GMT on Monday, May 18 (for group A), or from Saturday, May 16 to Monday, May 18 (half of group B). To participate you will need version 13.4.0 or later, at least 100 dragon power, and a high quality, stable internet connection.

Please keep event-specific questions and discussions in this thread; good luck and happy merging!

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#ANNOUNCEMENTS

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  • NOTE: This week’s OoC events are running A/B testing on the theme and event length; Group A players had the usual pair of 3-day events, while Group B had three 2-day events, with two possible themes for both Tuesday and Thursday editions.
  • Group B will get either the Slumber Party Event or the Zen Dragon Event in the 2-day format on Saturday.
  • A Mega-Megathread has been created to keep track of everything.
  • Screenshots of the rewards screen at the start of BOTH ACTS of the event are strongly recommended, as there have been claims of events ending before timers said they would and issues with reward items not appearing correctly.
  • If your event resets or changes, please MESSAGE SUPPORT with screenshots showing what happened; the devs will not investigate without proof. If you don’t have screenshots, make a report anyway to at least get the numbers up (but seriously, take screenshots of at least your rewards screen at the start of every event… it should be automatic at this point).

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Event Notes

  • It is possible to get the fast dragon first.
  • WARNING: A L6 Infinite Harvestable is required to be used a key to finish the Event Quests.
  • Overall, this map is very player-friendly, although getting enough material to merge up Life Flowers may take longer than usual.
  • Two level 2 Infinite Harvestables are fairly close together on the left side of the map; great for idle point farming, not so good for life-orb farming.

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News and Updates:

  • GLITCH: Long run times may cause severe lagging and sudden crashes; hard-closing the game and relaunching gives a temporary fix. Rebooting is even better, and highly recommended at least once per day if these issues are occurring.
  • GLITCH: Event and Season Portal tasks involving nests, eggs, or dragons may not register properly.
  • GLITCH: Dragon images and labels may be incorrect in camp, with dragons looking like a completely different breed or level than what is on their label. Dragon/egg numbers continue to not always show accurately in the Discovery Book.
  • NOTICE: Imgur, the image hosting site used for many of the guide screenshots, is not currently available in the UK unless you use a VPN.
  • BETA: Ancient Dreamwood is a new camp-based item related to the Prize Hunt mini-event that was recently released to a small number of early beta testers. It provides the opportunity to collect a daily reward item, with the value of said reward item increasing as Prize Hunt (formerly known as Bunny Bingo) goals are achieved. wiki link Reminder: Please use Spoiler tags and the “New and/or Beta” flare when posting about major new features or beta tests like this.
  • BETA: Daily Dash is a task-based rewards system accessed from camp; Daily Goals refresh every 24 hours, and the Weekly Progress resets at 19:00 GMT on Mondays.
  • BETA: Item Storage Now out to most players, this new feature grants item storage in a similar fashion to the Egg Storage Facility. NOTE: There have been numerous glitches reported for this feature; numbers listed on the storage facility may be inaccurate, and it may discharge items when you exit camp. Initial Post
  • BETA: Camp Dawnvale The testing pool continues to expand as devs work out the kinks in the new secondary camp; WARNING: once a player gets access to this feature, it will affect the possible rewards offered by events or other features. Wiki page Reminder: Please use Spoiler tags and the “New and/or Beta” flare when posting about major new features or beta tests like this.
  • REMINDER: If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact Game Support with a description of the problem, where it occurred (if in an event, please name it and if it’s an OoC, please specify Act 1 or 2), approximately when it occurred, and (if possible) attach a recording or screenshot(s) of the issue. Programmers need official support tickets to start an investigation, and having multiple players reporting on the same problem lets them directly compare affected accounts.
  • Popular Links:

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Other Events:

  • Next OoC / EE Event: possible EE event May 19-22
  • Ezra’s Relic Run: TBA
  • Seasons: Thrilling Waves, Apr 21 - May 19
  • Card Collection: Seaside Saga, Apr 21 - June 16
  • Prize Hunt, aka Bunny Bingo: Held with all weekend OoCs and some (usually holiday) mid-weeks, with occasional limited-access mid-week A/B tests for VIP Club members. WARNING: This event REQUIRES players to spend gems and/or make cash purchases, with the latter most frequently seen in the VIP versions.
    • Tapping a square brings up the specific task requirements.
    • Dragons must be created by merging up to the target level in camp to count for “get” tasks.
    • “Level chests” aka “chests from world map levels” refers to the Bountiful Chests gained by completing levels.
    • Dragon Shrine Chests must be purchased for 200 gems each.
    • Level 1 Chance Chests are randomly included in ~20% of Kala’s Daily Trade Rucksacks and Daily Rewards; L2 or L3 do not count.
    • Life Flower Totems cost 160 gems to buy for use in camp; if the task says ‘anywhere’, totems can be tapped for free in levels like Totem Shire 12, Golden Meadow 10 or 19, Spell Shore 3 or 17, and Glacier Falls 5 or 15.
    • The trophy dragon breed required is usually the OoC event’s Secondary Trophy breed (link in guide below); it must be the exact level listed by the task.
  • Races: Tuesday and Sunday Wiki
    • Next Up: Dragon Trees on Sunday, Flowers on Tuesday
  • Shiny Days: Monday and Wednesday Wiki
  • Mystic Challenge: Thursday and Sunday
  • Elemental Events: Now released game-wide, but the scheduling is still uncertain. WARNING: This event requires gem purchases to finish at some difficulty levels.
  • Ezra's Relic Run: 7 to 14 day long event with no predictable schedule as yet; all past event items other than the final Memento reward are supposed to vanish from camp, although they have yet to do so. WARNING: This event may require players to spend gems and/or make cash purchases to complete, and has proven rather buggy at times.
  • Quinn’s Lucky Games, aka Spin-the-Wheel: Testing has restarted, but little has changed; it’s still a standard online gambling format, complete with a guaranteed big win at first to give you a nice dopamine high and make you feel “lucky”.

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#MAIN EVENT GUIDE

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#Link to the CLOUD KEY MAP Tap the link above to see a map with all locked areas identified by the required key item

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#CLOUD KEY LIST Tap a key item to go to its wiki page for more info and hi-def images, and tap “view” to see what is hidden under that lock

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#EVENT-SPECIFIC CHAINS

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#EVENT QUESTS

  • 1.1 Merge 5 of Anything — 150 times
  • 1.2 Creat a Level 7 Point Item (Bedtime Storybook) — 5 times
  • 1.3 Harvest from a Level 3 Consumable Harvestable (Counting Sheep) — 75 times
  • 2.1 Harvest from a Twin Life Flower — 200 times
  • 2.2 Harvest from Dead Plants — 75 times
  • 2.3 Create a Life Orb of the Heavens — 3 times
  • 3.1 Heal Land — 35 tiles
  • 3.2 Have Healed Land — 350 tiles
  • 3.3 Have Healed Land — 675 tiles
  • 3.4 Heal All the Land — 879 tiles

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#FEATURED REWARDS

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#EVENT POINT REQUIREMENTS for ACT 1 / ACT 2

Note: 2-Day format may have reduced point requirements

  • Prize 1: 3 / 56
  • Prize 2: 22 / 158
  • Prize 3: 235 / 411
  • Prize 4: 420 / 407
  • Prize 5: 640 / 1,258
  • Prize 6: 960 / 2,645
  • Prize 7: 4,470 / 6,411
  • Prize 8: 5,400 / 3,354
  • Prize 9: 6,570 / 5,668
  • Prize 10: 11,230 / 9,844

Total needed: 29,950 / 30,212


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#EVENT FAQs

  • The Event Shop and Capsules appear after healing 20-70 tiles; after that a free Bronze Capsule can be collected every 3 hours.
  • It takes 5 to 6 level 9 Life Orb of the Heavens to clear all the 5k+ land, depending on how much you heal by merging items off dead land.
  • To collect both the full set of Points Prizes and any level of Rush Rewards, you will need to earn 29,950 points.
    • Reaching this amount requires 1x Level 9 points item, 1x L8 item, 2x L7 items, and 2x L6 items (or just aim for 2x L9 points items).
  • There’s enough material to merge by 3s when making Key items.
  • The Gold Capsule, Fallen Star, and Tanzanite Nest are hiding near the far edge of the map, on tiles requiring 50k energy to heal.
  • Caves must be tapped to spawn an Event Zomblin; only one Zomblin lives in each cave, and if the cave is destroyed before being tapped it will not spawn anything useful. When an Event Zomblin is killed, it spawns Stinky Cheese that can be harvested to start the Spirit Lantern chain, which feeds into the Spirit Rose chain, which produces Dark Roses and the Spectral Rose Bush.
  • Infinite Harvestables:
    • There are 9x Level 1, 3x L2, 1x L3, 2x L4, and 2x L5 Infinite Harvestables on the map; you can delete one level 1 and one level 2 and still have enough to make a level 6, as long as you 5-merge whenever possible.
    • WARNING: A L6 Infinite Harvestable is required to be used a key to finish the Event Quests.
  • Consumable/Limited Harvestables:
    • Each 1x2 Counting Sheep can be harvested 25 times; 75 total harvests are needed to complete Quest 1.3.
    • Each harvest of the big 2x2 Sheep Party at the back of the map yields a 10% chance of spawning an extra Counting Sheep.
    • Once all available Counting Sheeps and the Sheep Party are gone, there is no way to get more.
  • Strategy Advice:
    • Spending money or gems is NEVER required to complete Act 1 of an event, nor is using an auto-clicker or other exploits — not even for the Rush Rewards. Act 2 Point rewards can be earned without any exploits, but Event Quests likely cannot for the higher difficulty type maps.
    • The number and level of possible reward items is determined by your Event Portal level; working to raise that to its maximum of L16 is one of the best ways to boost your overall progress in the game
    • For beginners, a good basic introduction to events is available here on the Fandom Wiki; there’s also some Wiki event guides and tips articles here and here, and a whole collection of general guides and tutorials here
    • Additional general event strategy advice (active vs passive or idle play, etc) can be found in the Community FAQ and in these threads: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, and Link 4, Link 5.
    • For active players wanting more dragons, the Prism Flower method is a good option: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3. Note: this technique is only for active play; since only 2 dragons at a time will harvest when left on their own, having more will actually slow down idle harvesting.
    • A strategy using the Hills chain here can greatly increase Life Flower production, but it usually takes a few gems (maximum of 80, but less if you get some in capsules).
  • Slumber Party Event theme’s main wiki page.
  • Similar previous events:

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#Act 2 FAQs

  • Act 2 is an expanded version of standard Out-of-Camp events available to players with at least 5,000 dragon power; it allows players to replay the current event at a higher difficulty level for extra rewards as soon as they finish the original version (aka Act 1). The Act 2 start screen appears as soon as you earn the 10^th Points reward; you can choose to remain in Act 1, but once you begin Act 2 you cannot go back. Players that return to Act 1 can move on at any time by tapping the “Act 2” button under the event name.
    • NOTE: The very first time a player activates Act 2, a tutorial start screen appears with no option to return to Act 1.
  • Maps: The maps follow the same general layout as Act 1, with an increased healing requirements for most tiles. Early Life Flower/Orb keys may be upgraded, grasses are replaced with Life Orbs, and Life Flowers given a higher level. Infinite Harvestables and key items are in the same locations as Act 1; Healing Goddesses are sprinkled around the map, but have little impact on progress.
  • Points:
    • NOTE: Some - but not all - players have recently reported different point values; check the comments for the latest info.
    • For players with the higher values, collecting all 10 reward levels needs ~46,540 points, or the equivalent of 2x level 9 point items plus 1x level 8 and 1x level 7.
    • Players seeing the lower point values will requires 30,212 total points to finish, or about two level 9 point items.
  • Healing: Recent reports say it’s taking a much lower amount of healing energy to clear the full map than was initially required (down to 10-14 level 9 Life Orbs, from 18-20), but the requirements can change without warning.
  • Booster Chests: Opening Event Chests, Capsules, and Dimension Jars and purchasing items from the store in Act 1 yield points that earn bonus items for use in Act 2. NOTE: Booster Chest point requirements may still be undergoing adjustments by the devs. WARNING: A glitch may cause unusable point or generator items from previous events to appear in capsules in place of the current theme’s items.
  • Gold Pass: The Act 1 Gold Pass does not carry over to Act 2, which has its own, separate Gold Pass available for purchase at the same price; you can buy one, both, or neither.
  • Event Quests: Event Quest progress is reset upon entry to Act 2, and task difficulty increases significantly.
  • Strategy Advice: Most OoC strategies work, but since healing takes more energy, progress can be very slow; staying to finish the Event Quests in Act 1 is recommended unless an error makes that impossible.
    • The simplest strategy is to heal and clear out the low-energy tiles near the start, then merge up and idle farm a pair of level 2 Infinite Harvestables; point rewards can comfortably be finished in a day if mass-merging 1-2 times per hour.
    • Merging up to a pair of level 3 IH will speed up progress, but the difficulty of this varies by map design and placement of the existing L2 IH.
    • Remaining in Act 1 long enough to earn the level 4 Infinite Harvestable may pay off by allowing a single dragon to harvest points with minimal land clearance; this is especially useful in cases where the L1 and L2 IH are difficult to clear, but recent changes to the booster point system may make this impractical for many… and lately there’s a glitch that has prevented some from getting the correct IH.
    • Prism Flowers cannot be purchased from the store, but seeds and sprouts are randomly included in some Bronze Capsules.

#SAVING YOUR PROGRESS

  • Make sure to save your progress by traveling to the World Map screen (and waiting there until everything’s fully loaded) regularly, and especially before closing your game.
  • Exiting directly from the event level to your Camp can trigger a crash and/or loss of items; always exit to the World Map screen first, and again after releasing prize items into your camp, as well as after merging high-level or valuable dragons/items.

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#EVENT TROUBLESHOOTING

If the event is not showing up correctly or if glitches are affecting your play:

  1. Check that you meet the version and dragon power requirements.
  2. Try hard-closing and then relaunching your game.
  3. Try rebooting your device (ie, turn it completely off, then back on and allow it to fully boot up before relaunching the game). If you are on wifi and have access to the router, try rebooting that, too.
  4. Try switching to a completely different internet source.
  5. Try clearing your game’s cache (google for instructions for your specific phone type).
  6. If you’re suddenly experiencing multiple issues like lagging or error messages (or if the event vanishes completely), close the game and try again after 2-3 hours. Events are internet-based, and sometimes issues with the servers can cause temporary problems — all we can do for that is to wait it out.
  7. If none of the above helps, contact Gram Games Support through the in-game link or the Support Web Portal for help figuring out what’s wrong; please include the name of the event and whether the problem is with Act 1 or 2. If you use email, you’ll need your game ID and version number, both of which can be copied for pasting from the Settings tab, or (if you can’t get into the game at all) by hand from the game’s loading screen.

Chronic Problems

  • Cloud Save is still unreliable: According to the last official statements from the developers, it is not safe to be used and should be left turned off. (First reported ~2019, got much worse Oct 2022)
    • WARNING: Support is apparently telling some players to use CS, however as of July, multiple players have confirmed Cloud Save is both 1) still wiping out player progress without warning, and 2) continuing to hit some players with intermittent saving failure messages, esp when using Facebook IDs. Use at your own risk.
  • Glitch: Items from past events Sometimes capsules or booster chests may contain items from the previous OoC event, especially if it was new or nearly new; these items are not usable and can be deleted. (First reported 2023, got worse in mid-2025)
  • Glitch: Changing Rewards Event rewards may change during play in multiple types of events, with the devs essentially telling players “so sad, too bad” and not giving any compensation. If it hits, you can send in a report to get it on the record, but issues with changing rewards have been around since 2024 and the devs seem unwilling and/or unable to fix the faulty programming.

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edits are on-going

u/LiteraryHedgehog — 5 days ago