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Seasonal Halloween Microtransactions and Free Mystery Box When You Spend Points

The seasonal Halloween microtransactions are now available in the shop for a limited time. In celebration of the frightful festivities, you'll also get a free Ancestor Mystery Box when you spend points!

Check out the full list of seasonal Halloween microtransactions below, or get yours by pressing M to open the store in-game.



For a seriously scary shelter, consider planting several Jack-o'-Lantern Patches around the Guillotine Portal Effect in your Entombed Hideout.



These microtransactions will be available until 5pm Friday, November 3rd (PDT), after which they'll be leaving the store until they return again next Halloween!

We're also running a sale on our most popular microtransactions, and offering a free Ancestor Mystery Box[ when you spend points! Check out the full list of discounted microtransactions in-game by pressing M to open the store.

This means you can purchase a discounted cosmetic effect or any other microtransaction from the store and receive one Ancestor Mystery Box as a gift from us. If you've already unlocked every item from the Ancestor Mystery Box, you'll get two Apollyon Mystery Boxes instead! The offer is available on both PC and Consoles.

Please note: it's only possible to get one free Ancestor Mystery Box from this promotion. Making additional microtransaction purchases will not grant additional Mystery Boxes. Purchasing a Supporter Pack will not grant a free Mystery Box but spending points from a Supporter Pack can grant a free Mystery Box.

Both the sale and the free Mystery Box promotion will be available until 5pm Monday, October 23rd (PDT).

Thanks for your support!

Hideout Competition Runners-Up

Earlier this week we announced the winners of the Trial of the Ancestors Hideout Competition. Due to a high amount of great submissions, we decided to reward more hideouts with a special prize, the Overseer Environmental Effect.

[h2]Runners-Up[/h2]
Congratulations!

Trial of the Ancestors Community Showcase

Our community never ceases to amaze us with their wonderful creations! We’ve rounded up a few Trial of the Ancestors inspired art to share with you! Check them out below!

[h2]Ikiaho by MalevolentPapaya Via Reddit[/h2]



[h2]Hey, Navali is back! by Conqista via Reddit[/h2]



[h2]Kahuturoa by HorustheAltruist via Twitter[/h2]



[h2]Kaom Drawing by TheHitcher_Twitch via Reddit[/h2]



[h2]Fan Art by Ninemoon1993 via Reddit[/h2]




Winners of the Trial of the Ancestors Hideout Competition

Last week we concluded the Trial of the Ancestors Hideout Competition where we encouraged our community to reflect the theme of Karui Gods in their hideouts. As always, our players have outdone themselves in creativity. With help from our Level Design team, we have selected the winners and are excited to announce them today!

Level Designers: We saw a lot of strong entries in both categories, and we each had favourites that didn't make it into our overall top 3 picks. We saw a lot of creative interpretations of the Karui Deities theme, especially where the gods in question didn't have extensive decoration support.

It's always difficult when decorating hideouts to strike a balance between the visuals you want to achieve and the clutter of collaging them together so we were particularly impressed by the entries that managed to strike a balance and present their concept cleanly.

We considered the hideouts mostly as art pieces, rather than assessing them for practical use, but it was always a delight to see entries that executed on both aesthetics and functionality.

Check out the video with the top five winners from both categories below!

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[h2]Natural Category[/h2]
[h3]Top Three Winners[/h3]

  • The Moon Descends by G4nzo
We were blown away by the striking visuals of this hideout. The theme was executed stylishly, and with an eye for visual flair and contrast. Each part of the hideout featured well-lit, readable decoration collages, executed with minimal visual artifacting. The area's creator was surprised to see it used this way.

We loved the strong theming and use of colour in this hideout. The understated walkable space is well balanced with the gorgeously elaborate wall displays. We also noted the unified and consistent shape language, which made for an overall excellent execution on the theme. Hinekora's influence and presence are felt throughout.

We were impressed by the understated, naturalistic theming of the area that managed to keep to a clear colour scheme without ever feeling over-cluttered. It's readable and clear while maintaining visual interest and distinction throughout.

[h3]4th - 5th Place[/h3]

The dioramas in this hideout are absolutely gorgeous, and exhibit a strong stylization that contrasts with the more mundane walkable parts of the hideout.

We all really enjoyed the strong volcanic theme and firey atmosphere that delivered on the concept without feeling over cluttered. If anything, the name undersold how polished the overall hideout felt.

[h3]6th - 10th Place[/h3]


[h3]11th - 20th Place[/h3]


[h2]Premium Category[/h2]
[h3]Top Three Winners[/h3]
  • "Insatiable" - The Scavenger's Cannibal Compound by keldemahll
This area uses large-scale geometric forms and overall symmetry to create some really interesting macabre imagery. We appreciated that it delivered on the cannibalistic/Kitava theme without being a straightforward gory nightmare.

  • Gardens of Time - Four Faces of the Forest by Myra9
A wonderful concept executed stunningly. This hideout delivers some lovely blending between the four seasonal themes, each of which is realised vividly and clearly.

This hideout presents a pleasant and relaxing environment, with pretty visuals that avoid being too noisy. Integrating the ruins and overgrowth made for some nice vignettes without the results feeling overdone.

[h3]4th - 5th Place[/h3]
An enchanting and serene aesthetic, offering a good use of colour and tastefully applied visual effects. We found the cosmic environmental effects a bit distracting but the aquariums and aquatic sections sell the underwater theme really well.

This area's strong visual style and use of azurite led it to be deemed to be "good rocks" by one of the more geologically minded members of the team. We enjoyed the feeling of walking through a geode. A good use of colour contrast, making for a satisfying overall aesthetic.

[h3]6th - 10th Place[/h3]

[h3]11th - 20th Place[/h3]



We'd also like to note the Charred Council by Max34. While this hideout does have a strong presence of some other familiar entity rather than a Karui god, we just couldn't get over it!

Congratulations to all the winners, you made the Ancestors proud! We'll be in touch with you very soon to arrange your prizes.

We're very happy with how this competition turned out and due to a huge amount of high-quality submissions we will also reward more runners-up in a few days. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted your hideout!

Hideouts and Pets Weekend Sale

This weekend, we're having a huge sale on Hideouts and Pets! The time has arrived to assemble an army of animal associates and allocate them awesome accommodation. Check out the full list of discounted microtransactions in-game by pressing M to open the store. The sale ends at 5pm on Monday, October 16th.

If you need some inspiration to construct the perfect playground for your pets, check out the highlights from our recent hideout competition. We'll be announcing the winners of the competition next week!

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Thanks for your support!