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Yule Tides!

[h2]Prepare for Merriment and Mischief on the Yule Tides![/h2]
Throughout all of December, we’re celebrating, sharing, and gift giving, with the fourth Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Yule Tides! Running from 1st December - 31st December, celebrate Christmas with a festival of merriment and joy, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!



[h2]Seasonal Trait: The Gift Giver[/h2]
Returning to Yule Tides for 2022 is the seasonal trait, The Gift Giver! Play a trait game during Yule Tides and one of the pirates may find themselves playing as The Gift Giver.



The Gift Giver is offered a present to gift to a pirate of their choice on every day when they don't play in. There are a range of different gifts, but which one you get to give is random each day! You can only give three gifts on each voyage - and to make things even more tricky, each pirate can only receive a gift once.

Will you get the gifts you need to sail to success? Or will you accidentally end up giving away a victory to the ghosts.

[h2]Advent Bounties[/h2]
During the Christmas season, the bounty board is celebrating each and every day that passes! Each day throughout December, you’ll receive a special Advent Bounty, with a challenge for you to complete! If you complete an advent bounty, you'll be rewarded with a special Paper Pirates Present! There are eleven items for you to discover!



The advent bounties are time-limited, so you have to complete them on the day you get them - but don’t worry if you don’t, there’ll be a new one waiting for you tomorrow!

[h2]Limited Time Costumes[/h2]
During Yule Tides, Sam Sherbot and Nat O'Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Yule Tides, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!



The full list of Ship Shop items available during Yule Tides is:

Outfit Shop
  • Face - Elf Ears
  • Face - Snowman (Head)
  • Face - Snowflake
  • Facial Hair - Santa’s Beard
  • Hands - Snowman Stick
  • Headwear - Scarf (Long)
  • Headwear - Scarf (Short)
  • Headwear - Hairpin (Holly)
  • Shirt - Elf Tunic
  • Shirt - Snowman (Upper)
  • Shirt - Sweater (Reindeer)
  • Shirt - Sweater (Robin)
  • Shirt - Christmas Tree Top
  • Coat - Santa’s Coat
  • Coat - Stocking
  • Coat - Christmas Tree
  • Legs - Elf Tights
  • Legs - Snowman (Lower)
  • Legs - Christmas Tree Skirt
  • Legs - Christmas Tree Pot
  • Feet - Elf Shoes

Ship Shop
  • Masts - Christmas Mast I
  • Masts - Christmas Mast II
  • Masts - Christmas Mast III
  • Masts - Christmas Tree
  • Hulls - Christmas Hull
  • Extras - Presents

Additionally, during Yule Tides, pirates will be able to wear a host of unique hats - there are five seasonal hats available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!

[h2]Cracking Crackers[/h2]
While sailing on the even seas during Yule Tides, you might find the crew getting a little rowdy with all the partying and merriment! Encounter the Cracking Crackers event, and two members of your crew will decide to pull a giant size festive cracker.



Hit the button on your device more times than your opponent to claim the bigger half of the cracker - and save yourself from certain doom, as the loser will be flung overboard from the force of the cracker's explosion! Watch out though, if the losing pirate was a human, the one walking away with the bigger piece will now be a ghost...

[h2]Snowball Fight![/h2]
Go on a sailing adventure during Yule Tides, and each day there is a chance it may begin to snow giving the crew the opportunity to partake in a little festive fun - a traditional snowball fight! When Snowball Fight is triggered, each member of the crew must choose who to pelt with a snowball.



The pirate who receives the most snowballs will be thrown overboard! Who will you throw your snowball at? When they go overboard, if they’re a human, one of the people who threw the snowball will become a ghost… so choose wisely!

[h2]Naughty or Nice?[/h2]
During your Yule Tides sailing adventures, you may encounter the ‘Naughty or Nice’ event during the event phase of the game. In ‘Naughty or Nice’, one member of the crew must offer a gift to another. Question is - has the receiver been naughty, or nice?



The present-giver must decide, with a host of fun positive outcomes for nice, and some meaner tricks for naughty. When the receiver is given the gift, they can choose whether to open it, or discard it. Do you think your crewmate has sent you something nice, or are they a ghost, hoping to catch you out? That’s all part of festive deception!

[h2]Yule Tidings come to the Photo Booth[/h2]
To celebrate the season, there are a small number of limited-time Foils and Backgrounds available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates with a little festive frivolity, and don’t forget to share any pics you take!



[h2]Yule Tides Bots[/h2]
Invite some bots into your game during Yule Tides, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with some particularly festive bots, out to celebrate Christmas! They’ll only join your games during Yule Tides, but each has their own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.

The Festive Feast!

[h2]What are you thankful for during the Festive Feast Event?[/h2]



Through the second half of November, we’re taking some time to be thankful in our most delicious seasonal event, The Festive Feast! Running from 16th November - 30th November, celebrate the harvest season with a festival of feasting and thankfulness and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!

[h2]Seasonal Trait: The Quarterback[/h2]
Our new seasonal trait for The Festive Feast is The Quarterback! The Quarterback is gifted with an exploding football, and knows exactly how many days the football will take to explode.



They may pass the ball to any other pirate, who then has the chance to either pass it on to another pirate or keep hold of it in the pre-event phase of the next day. The Quarterback will always know exactly how many days there are until the football explodes, throwing the pirate currently holding it overboard. Can you trust The Quarterback's timings, or will you find yourself blown up by their lies?

[h2]Make a Wish Every Day[/h2]
Play Paper Pirates during The Festive Feast and you can make a festive wish once per day! Play at least one game, and after your voyage you'll receive a gift from the bounty board!



There are five American football-themed outfit pieces for you to collect from the daily quests, so make sure to play a game of Paper Pirates on five different days before the celebration ends on the 30th November!

[h2]Limited Time Costumes[/h2]



During The Festive Feast, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Festive Feast, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!

The full list of Ship Shop items available during The Festive Feast is:

[h3]Outfit Shop[/h3]
  • Faces - Turkey Beak
  • Faces - Scarecrow
  • Shirts - Pilgrim Shirt
  • Shirts - Raggedy Shirt
  • Shirts - Chef's Whites
  • Coats - Turkey Top
  • Coats - Corn
  • Coats - Pie
  • Belts - Apron
  • Hands - Straw
  • Hands - Oven Gloves
  • Legs - Chef's Trousers
  • Feet - Straw
  • Feet - Buckled
  • Feet - Turkey Talons

[h3]Ship Shop[/h3]
  • Hull - Painted Hull
  • Extras - Feast


Additionally, during The Festive Feast pirates will be able to wear a unique hat - The Gobbler is available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hat will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to complete your turkey outfit while you can!

[h2]Wish on a Wishbone![/h2]



Go on a sailing adventure during The Festive Feast, and your crew will have the chance to partake in the time-honoured ritual of wishing on a wishbone. During the Event phase of the game, the Wish on a Wishbone event may activate for the duration of The Festive Feast, offering two randomly chosen pirates the opportunity to wish for an event to occur. Which of the pirates will pull the larger half of the wishbone and have their wishes granted…? That’s all part of the fun of Wish on a Wishbone!

[h2]Festive Feast Bots[/h2]
Invite some bots into your game during The Festive Feast, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with some particularly festive bots, out to celebrate Thanksgiving! They’ll only join your games during The Festive Feast, but each has their own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.

Día de Muertos - Day of the Dead Event!

Honour the Spirits of the Dead during Día de Muertos!

Through early November, we’re honouring the spirits of the dead with our most spiritual seasonal event, Día de Muertos running from 1st November - 14th November!



[h2]Seasonal Trait: The Spiritualist[/h2]
Our new seasonal trait for Día de Muertos is The Spiritualist. On days when The Spiritualist does not play in, they may decorate a sugar skull offering using any pattern of their choice.



The pattern of the offering will then dictate how the spirits decide to reward The Spiritualist. Each different pattern leads to a different event, so the more times you're The Spiritualist and the more attention you pay, the more you can control the response of the spirits!

[h2]Make an Offering Every Day[/h2]
Play Paper Pirates during Día de Muertos and you can make an offering to the spirits once per day! Play a game each day, and after your voyage you'll receive a gift from the bounty board!



There are four candle-themed outfit pieces for you to collect from the daily quests, so make sure to play a game of Paper Pirates four times before the celebration ends on the 14th November!

[h2]Limited Time Costumes[/h2]
During Día de Muertos, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Día de Muertos, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!



The full list of Ship Shop items available during Día de Muertos is:

[h3]Outfit Shop[/h3]
  • Faces - Calaveras (Cobwebs)
  • Faces - Calaveras (Flowers)
  • Faces - Calaveras (Horns)
  • Faces - Calaveras (Toreador)
  • Faces - Crystal Ball
  • Faces - Boney
  • Hands - Boney
  • Shirt - Boney
  • Feet - Boney
  • Coats - Mariachi Jacket

[h3]Ship Shop[/h3]
  • Hull - Day of the Dead Hull
  • Sails - Sugar Skull Sails
  • Masts - Day of the Dead Mast I
  • Masts - Day of the Dead Mast II
  • Masts - Day of the Dead Masts III
  • Extras - Candles

Additionally, during Día de Muertos pirates will be able to wear either of two unique hats - La Calavera Catrina and Parrot (Skeleton) is available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year!



[h2]Sacred Sugar Skulls[/h2]
Go on a sailing adventure during Día de Muertos, and your crew will have the chance to decorate an offering to honour the spirits that have passed! Three randomly chosen pirates will each choose a pattern for a region of the sugar skull, and depending on the particular design that's chosen, the spirits will reward you in a different way.



Every pattern will always lead to the same reward, so once you've found a good one if you convince your crew to recreate it, the same reward will happen again!

[h2]A Special Spiritual Bot[/h2]
Invite bots into your game during the Día de Muertos, and you may find one of the regular crew replaced with a special La Catrina-themed bot! She’ll only join your games during the Día de Muertos event, but she has her very own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.

Berserker Update

Channel your rage as The Berseker!

Jump aboard Paper Pirates to explore the Berserker Update, featuring a new trait and some QoL improvements throughout!

[h2]New Trait: The Berserker[/h2]
Our new trait for the Berserker Update is The Berserker!

The Berserker is the master of channelling their rage, but sometimes they just just have to let it all out! Each time The Berserker passes their vote, they will gain an additional one voting power. This keeps increasing each time they pass their vote! When they unleash their rage, their bonus voting power reduces to zero, and it can be built up again.

But beware, lest you be overcome by your rage! If The Berserker's normal voting power plus their bonus voting power is greater than or equal to the vote threshold, they will lose their ability to pass their vote. This means they must throw someone overboard - no questions asked!

Make sure that you manage your rage carefully, lest you accidentally end up throwing a human overboard all on your own and becoming a ghost...

[h2]More Animated Votes[/h2]
We've given the black spots used during a voting a little bit more energy! They've now got a nice animation that makes it clearer how many votes a pirate is casting, and also includes a better visual display of how many votes each pirate cast should a pirate go overboard.

It now feels much more exciting to vote for someone, but be careful who you vote for because you might be making more ghosts on the ship!

[h2]Outfit Shop Quality of Life Improvements[/h2]
Sam Sherbot is always hard at work to help make shopping at the Outfit Shop a dream. They've introduced two new features to help you browse, try on and shop with maximum comfort!



[h3]Buy Whole Sets[/h3]
Complimenting the Buy Whole Outfit button added in 3.5, Sam now advertises whole sets for sale. This might be all the parts to dress up as your favourite animal, or many other costumes where different outfit parts just all work together! Pick a whole outfit, and buy all the pieces in one go using the Buy Whole Outfit button. Spending your hard earn coins has never been so easy!

[h3]Try on Hats[/h3]
Sometimes, to complete the perfect outfit, you need the perfect hat. Sam's giving you the opportunity to browse your hat collection, and you can now try on hats in the Outfit Shop! You have to have unlocked a hat for it to appear in the list, but once you do, you can try it on with all the other outfit parts. It'll also be added to your outfit code, so you can dress a pirate up completely without ever even opening the lobby!

As always, don’t forget that you can join us every Saturday at 8pm BST on Twitch for our weekly dev stream, or pop by our YouTube channel to see Let’s Plays of Paper Pirates, How To videos and more! Or if you’re looking for a crew to set sail with make sure to join our Discord!

Haunted Seas - Halloween Event!

Set Sail on Haunted Seas for Halloween!

Throughout October, celebrate Paper Pirates’ spookiest seasonal event by taking part in the Halloween-themed Haunted Seas event! Running from 1st October - 31st October, a whole host of spooky goings on are waiting for you.



[h2]Seasonal Trait: The Werewolf[/h2]
Our new seasonal trait for Haunted Seas (replacing last year's seasonal trait, The Witch, which is now available all year round) is The Werewolf.



On odd numbered days, when the moon is in its crescent phase, The Werewolf is weakened. Any votes cast by The Werewolf on these days will only have a voting power of one, regardless of their rank on the ship.

However, on even numbered days, when the moon is full, The Werewolf is strengthened! Any votes cast by The Werewolf on these days will have double their usual voting power. Yikes! They might even start throwing people overboard all on their own...

Will you get hunted by The Werewolf?

[h2]No Tricks Here, only Treats![/h2]
To celebrate Haunted Seas, every day you'll receive a unique Treat bounty task! Complete the task to open a spooky treat, which contains some unique outfit customisation options you can't obtain anywhere else!



There's two outfits, for a combined total of eight items, to collect throughout Haunted Seas. Make sure to complete your tasks every day, and get ready to dress up!

[h2]Limited Time Customisation Options[/h2]
During Haunted Seas, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Haunted Seas, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!



The full list of Ship Shop items available during Haunted Seas is:

Outfit Shop
  • Face - Pumpkin
  • Face - Mummified
  • Face - Frankenstein’s Monster
  • Face - Witch
  • Face - Face Paint (Bat)
  • Face - Face Paint (Web)
  • Top Hair - Bride of Frankenstein
  • Top Hair - Widow’s Peak
  • Top Hair - Flat Top
  • Accessories - Fangs
  • Headwear - Hairpin (Spider)
  • Headwear - Hairpin (Bat)
  • Headwear - Pendant (Pumpkin)
  • Shirt - Skeletal
  • Shirt - Tee (Webs)
  • Shirt - Mummified
  • Shirt - Jester
  • Coat - Bat Wings
  • Coat - Vampire Cloak
  • Coat - Witch Cloak
  • Coat - Banana
  • Coat - Pumpkin
  • Legs - Skeletal
  • Legs - Mummified
  • Legs - Witch’s Skirt
  • Hands - Skeletal
  • Hands - Patchwork
  • Hands - Mummified
  • Hands - Jester (Sceptre)
  • Hands - Jester (Glove)
  • Feet - Skeletal
  • Feet - Mummified
  • Feet - Witch’s Heels
  • Feet - Jester
Ship Shop
  • Sails - Haunted Sails
  • Masts - Haunted Mast I
  • Masts - Haunted Mast II
  • Masts - Haunted Mast III
  • Figurehead - Skeleton
  • Hulls - Haunted Hull




Additionally, during Haunted Seas, pirates can wear the Witch Hat and the Pumpkin Stalk! These hats are available to everyone in voyages started during the event to help them magic up a plan to find the ghosts. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!



[h2]Trick or Treat?[/h2]
Go on a sailing adventure during the Haunted Seas event, and the Halloween Spirits may appear to one of the crew. During the Event phase of the game, the Trick or Treat? event may activate for the duration of Haunted Seas, offering a randomly chosen pirate a choice. Will they take the easy option and choose a treat, or are they feeling brave and willing to risk a trick?



[h2]Haunted Seas Bots[/h2]
Invite some bots into your game during the Haunted Seas event, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with new, super spooky Halloween-themed bots! They’ll only join your games during the Haunted Seas event, but each has their own dastardly personality and appearance for you to enjoy.