Wednesday, 25 February 2015

WHAT IS GROWTOPIA?

An independent server-run online multiplayer sandbox game, where people can chat, trade and build worlds, the possibilities are endless.
The game does not have a clear goal, but you can create worlds that can make it to the WOTD (World of the day) which is a world where many players visited, and the owner of the world gets the WOTD Trophy, exclusive item which is only given only to WOTD winners.


EVENTS


There are various of events in Growtopia. Some of the events were carried on the same day on the same day of a real public holiday.
These are the events that occur in the game:
  • Halloween 
  • Valentine's week 
  • St. Patrick's week
  • Easter week 
  • Cinco De Mayo week 
  • Summerfest 
  • Harvest festival
  • Winterfest 
  • Night of the Comet
  • Carnival

Halloween
There will be two new items in the store: spiritual resonator and the gift of Growganoth. Players can visit the world Growganoth and could sacrifice (drop) their ordinary items to spooky ones. This event begins during the week of Halloween (Oct 31).
 Here are some of the items players could get if they sacrifice their items;

  • Candy corn (sacrifice anything with a rarity of 1 or more)
  • Cutlist hood (sacrifice anything with a rarity of 90 or more)
  • Vampire cape (sacrifice anything with a rarity of 101 or more)
  • Lock of black fur (sacrifice a world lock)
  • Sonar bracelet (sacrifice a butterfly leash)
  • Skeletal horsie (sacrifice a tiny horsie / appaloosa
  • Nightmare devil wing (sacrifice a golden angel wing)
Valentine's week
Throughout the week, many worlds will have rock transformed into heartstone deposits. These stones drop Valentine's day themed items when broken. The store also offers a pack of Valentine's goodies for  5000 gems which gives 5 heartstone worth of items.
Here are some of the items that players could obtained from breaking heartstones;
  • Heartstone block
  • Perfume
  • Candy heart
  • Valensign 
  • Valentine
  • Heartbow
  • Teeny angel wings
  • Angel wings
  • Heartbreaker hammer
  • Golden heart crystal 
St. Patrick's week
It is a holiday event which is themed around the Irish holiday Saint Patrick's Day, normally celebrated on March 17th of every year. A limited item-pack available for 5000 gems in the store during the event.
These are the items in the pack;
  • Orange beard
  • Leprechaun hat
  • Green pants
  • Leprechaun suit
  • Leprechaun shoes
  • 6 green beers
  • Pot o' gold
Players earn 25% more gems from gem purchases, as well as a Lucky Clover for every 1000 gems bought during the event. There is also a Blarney event where players can seek out blarney pebbles by passing through parkour courses and kissing the Blarney Stone
These are the items players could get in the Blarney Stone; 
  • Green bowtie
  • Green pageboy
  • Golden block
  • Green wallpaper
  • Green block
  • Green beer
Easter week
This event is all about collecting Magic Eggs which the mysterious Easter bunny left in worlds. 
These are some of the items tat could be found inside the Magic Egg;
  • Bunny ears
  • Bunny mask
  • Bunny tail
  • Pastel suit
  • Pastel sandals
  • Cuddly bunny / Psychotic bunny
  • Pastel pink block
  • Pastel orange block
  • Pastel yellow block
  • Pastel green block
  • Pastel aqua block 
  • Pastel blue block
  • Pastel purple block
  • Easter bonnet
  • Bubble wings
  • Pet bunny
Cinco de Mayo week
A special, limited-time Pinata Whistle will be available for 1,000 gems in the store during the event. It is a consumable which spawns an Ultra Pinata when used on themselves. During the week, Ultra Pinata events can also occur randomly without needing a whistle.
These are the items that could obtain by blowing a Pinata Whistle or smashing the Ultra Pinata;
  • Sombrero
  • Poncho
  • Desperado mustache
  • Flamenco dress
  • Hibiscus hair
  • Fiesta sombrero
  • Habanero pepper
  • Olmec head
Summerfest
It is a holiday event which is themed around the summer season, which begins on June 21st. A special limited-time item Beach Blast Bingo pack is available for 5000 gems in the store.
These are the items in the pack;

  • Beach blast
  • Summer surprise
  • 100 fireworks
There is a new item, Super Fireworks which can be obtained from Summer Surprise
The Super Fireworks will spawn these items when launched;

  • Sand castle
  • Summer kite
  • Barbeque grill
  • Water wings
  • Monster floaty
  • Phoenix wings
  • Squirt gun
Harvest festival
This event starts on 18th September. Players will have a chance to get Mooncakes or Songpyeons when they harvest trees.There is also a Harvest pack available in store for a limited time.
These are the new items during the event;

  • Autumn bomb
  • Autumn wings
  • Harvester 
  • Balanced mooncake
  • Dragon body
  • Dragon head
  • Ssireum short
  • Moon block
  • Dragon tail
  • Sunflower checkpoint
Winterfest
This event start on December 18 to December 31. There will be a new event world during this time, Growch. Players can go to this world to give Growch winter gifts to make him happy and he might give some stuff in return.
These are some of the items Growch could give;

  • Winter gift
  • Snowball
  • Giant candle
  • Snowy rocks
  • Holiday gift box
  • Elf hat
  • Antler hat
  • Glowing nose
  • Ice dragon hand
  • Yeonnalligi
  • Snowmobile
  • Icicles
  • Siberian tiger block
Night of the Comet
This event occur every month on the 28th. This event changes all world's weather to dark green hills. During this event, Comet Dust and Antimatter Dust will randomly spawn on world depending on how many people there are.
These are some of the confirmed discovered items;
  • Cosmic hair
  • Cosmic skirt
  • Rocket pack
  • Riding meteorite 
  • Starseed
  • Alien block
  • Comet beanie
  • Cosmic pants
  • Cosmic uniform
  • Comet weather machine
  • Ion conduct
Carnival
This event shows up once a month and last for 3 days. Players could buy Golden Ticket in Carnival worlds and play various games for prizes.
These are some of the common prizes in carnival games;

  • Yellow pennant
  • Red pennant
  • Blue pennant 
  • Carnival block
  • Carnival wall
These are some of the rare prizes in carnival games; 
  • Carnival sign
  • Funhouse mirror
  • Lion block
  • Ringmaster suit
  • Tiny tank
These are some of the ultimate prizes in carnival games;
  • Blazing electro wings
  • Diamond wings
  • Edvoid's fire-nado
  • Orbs of elixir
Sources:

  • https://lh6.ggpht.com/QW12_EkCk_hfhZi6KisNa7513TZR5umHiglrsuISPR9xw0HFFMEzMZ3YFh-FcpOYMuo=w300
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/Halloween_Week
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/Valentine%27s_Week
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Week
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/Easter_Week
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/Harvest_Festival
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/WinterFest
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/Night_Of_The_Comet
  • http://growtopia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Carnival
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Technologies

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