Tap Ninja News

A new charity fundraising event will be taking place from Dec 8th to Dec 11th for the Save the Children organization!
I will be livestreaming on each of these days talking with the players, discussing the game and having fun while fundraising money for a good cause!
Follow the Twitch page to get notified when the stream goes live! - https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/about
Livestreams start each day at 17:00 CET / 11am ET / 8am PT

During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
  
• A "Thank you" letter written from me and mailed to you!
  
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The plushies are gifted from the Comfy Morning store, use the code 'PLUSHNINJA' to get 20% off any purchase now! https://www.comfymorning.com/discount/PLUSHNINJA




v5.1.3 is now live!

● Preparations for the charity event added
● A new page for Hall of Fame added featuring all of the supporters of the upcoming Charity event, found in Settings -> 'C' button -> 'Hand' button
● The Hedgehog pet now properly defeats a Shieldbearer
● Riddle & Daily Event connectivity improved
● Eligible players for Legacy achievements are awarded with the appropriate Legacy achievements
● "Locked player action" indicator now doesn't wobble anymore
● Bamboo hat is properly unlocked for eligible players

-Players who experienced the Hat glitch received an extra 250 Amber, so everyone else will receive +250 Amber as well

To celebrate the day of ninjas, the Ninja Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the thunderous Bamboo Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 1 to December 7

[h2]Main updates[/h2]
● Uprade Tier 14
● New unlockable Building - Academy
● New Ascension skills
● Unlockable Daily Bonuses - each day receive a unique boost
● Weekly Riddles - solve a Riddle each week to gain some Amber
● New Amber upgradable item - Geta of Legends

[h2]Challenges & Medals[/h2]
● Challenge upgade track - unlock higher Medal rewards and more Challenge levels from completing Weekly challenge levels (progress is added retroactively from previously completed levels)
● Increased Weekly event Medal and Pet Star rewards
● Increased Quest rewards for Medals
● (Steam version) "Next Challenge" button now has a key-bind assigned to the "Statistics" hotkey ("F1" by default)

[h2]Pets[/h2]
● Three new Pets
● A new character - "Beastmaster", unlock it by raising a sizable amount of total Pet Bond levels
● Two Pet skins added that are unlockable from certain new Achievements
● "Lil' Pets" amber pack added awarding skins for the Dog, Cat & Fox pets
● Pet Treats - speed up the bonding progress for Pets, purchased with Amber
● Pet Star upgrade costs reduced for later levels and increased for early levels. Pet Stars earned from summoning adjusted accordingly

[h2]Achievements[/h2]
● Dan Mastery upgrades. Earn Mastery points by achieving Dan ranks through Achievements (400+ Achievements)
● New Achievements
● Extra Legacy achievements are awarded everyone who completed "Big Brain Move (Tier 11)", "The Pen is Mightier than the Hammer (Tier 7)" or "6. Dan" achievements prior to this update
● Added a legacy achievement for participating in the "Tap Ninja 2023" charity event
● Some "Total Gold" achievement requirements have been increased

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
● Away income wild fluctuations fixed
● Low flying Fireflies can now be hooked in the face
● Building costs before Treasury increased
● Building revenue before Treasury slightly reduced
● Elixir costs of Skills in the beginning of the game increased
● "Call to Arms" Medal upgrade now replaces all of the Samurais with the appropriate enemy type
● Pet Chicken Tier 3 ability (coin value) adjusted from 10% to 7.5%
● Pet Hedgehog Tier 4 ability (building price reduction) adjusted from 25% to 40%
● Pet Snake Tier 3 ability (Rope Hook cooldown reduction on Critical hit) adjusted from 1s to 2s
● After Pet Crane resets the Shuriken Vortex cooldown it will now activate the second round with a delay to hit more enemies
● Blessing of Tiger now properly improves Elixir gains
● Blessing upgrade prices are now correct for everyone at compared levels

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]
● (Steam version) Fixed the "Apply Settings" window on opening the Settings menu
● (Steam version) PC Setting menu is now split into 3 tabs - "system", "game", "key bindings"
● (Mobile version) Settings menu added for "game" options
● Game settings added to toggle "Cosmetic auto equipping", "Zone switching" & (new for Mobile version) "Background parallax effect"
● Advanced settings added to "Disable buying Buildings", Disable buying Research", "Disable attacking & Abilities"
● Firefly toasts for earned Gold now also show Elixir
● Medal Upgrade menu now won't constantly light up if an upgrade is unlockable
● Fixed popouts being covered by iPhone dynamic island
● Ascension skill Buy button text made more readable
● Sapphire dye made more different to Lapis Lazuli dye

Check the highlights of the new additions here - https://steamcommunity.com/games/1891700/announcements/detail/5943124160440553856

To celebrate the day of giving, the Thanksgiving holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the curious Pilgrim's Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 24 to November 30

Another year goes by, yet the Ninja keeps running.
There are still more lands to uncover - new conquests to be made, unique artifacts to be crafted and new dimensions to be explored.

Now I ask for all of you Ninja (a)'s & Ninja (b)'s to tap that Steam Award for 'Labor of Love'

With love - Shamahan