• Version Codes
  • v4.0.2b was b9c24, 4.0.3 is cd194.
  • This is a server-side update that will require downloading a new app version.
• February Terrain – Streetcar City
  • February’s terrain options will allow you to turn your campsite into a quiet far-away city with a gently clacking streetcar and vibrant architecture that appears inspired by the villages of Bavaria. This terrain set includes a foreground, a middle ground, and a red-brick shrub fence and will likely release January 29th GMT, January 28th for PST and other early time zones, but this date is unconfirmed. A closer look at the terrain can be seen in the tips images below.

• February Seasonal Event – Rover’s Choco Locale
  • Rover is running far away from the doctor who told him not to eat chocolate, into a wild adventure of bittersweet bliss and cocoamotives, and he needs your help! February’s monthlong campaign will have us collecting sweet chocolate bars to earn rewards such as the choco-checked dress, the cocoa telephone booth, and sweet-scented gifts. Completing February’s gardening event, and later in the month, February’s fishing tourney and scavenger hunt, will earn us 30 bars each for a grand total of 90 bars. Make sure to complete each event fully to earn the grand prize, the sweet-as-cocoa camper! This is one dark and smooth ride that will have your friends’ mouths watering—not to mention it’s totally edible, as delicious as it is expeditious. Just get your fill before any summer road trips… some drivers have complained about some melting issues. The chocolate chase begins January 30th GMT / January 29th PST.

• February Gardening Event – Rover’s Waffle Whimsy
  • Rover is out of control. After his giant chocolate smuggling scheme was a bust, he’s now trying to partake in the form of chocolate syrup clotted in the delicious pockets of waffles. February’s gardening event will have us planting crocus seeds to attract different colors of brickbees. Catch and share enough to earn prizes such as the chocolate waffles meal, orange café window seat, or roving city streetcar to create a scene of a peaceful street-side café where you can enjoy a treat in the early morning or late evening. Completing this event will also yield 30 sweet chocolate bars as part of February’s Rover’s Choco Locale campaign. The brickbeekeeping begins January 30th GMT / January 29th PST alongside the beginning of the Rover’s Choco Locale event.

• Pecan’s House Cookie
  • Pecan’s building a new place for her and her closest friends. It’s going to be one of those shared communities where everyone is weirdly close, but it’s really not as vaguely threatening as it sounds once you’ve been there a while! Make a cute multi-story living space just how you like it with the stackable rooms, and if you’re lucky, center it around the 5-star balcony view tower perfect for looking out over the floral landscape every morning. Squirrel away at a house of unending possibilities when this prodigious cookie releases on February 1st GMT / January 31st PST.

• Valentine Rose Collection
  • So, you’re after a rose from your beloved, but all the other contestants—er, girls—keep stealing him away… That’s when you whip out the Valentine Rose collection. With dulcet pieces such as the red-rose ribbon dress, the brown ribbon sash, and the pink ribbon parasol, you’ll have any suitor saying “Let’s join our social media empires for at least 3 months before an uncomfortable public break-up”—er, I mean… “You’re the one for me.” This LT collection releases February 3rd GMT / February 2nd PST.

• Happy Homeroom Classes
  • Assets for 25 new classes were added with this update, likely made up of 16 puzzles for upcoming Courses 28 and 29, as well as 3 classes each for Rover’s Waffle Whimsy and Pecan’s House Cookie, as well as a Pop Quiz for Rover’s Choco Locale that may request items from both.
• Still to Come for February / Miscellaneous
  • Buckle up because there’s still a lot of events and surprises planned for this month. Additional assets include:
    • The “clocktower carrion,” a large standalone “furniture” decoration that may cost a substantial sum of Leaf Tickets to craft, similar to the “towering Toy Day tree” released this past December, though this isn’t 100% confirmed. This item’s availability period will begin February 2nd GMT / February 1st PST.
    • A teaser sprite for February’s fishing tourney. Judging by the Twitter teaser image, this event appears to be chocolate-themed and exquisitely delicious.
    • A teaser sprite for February’s scavenger hunt. Judging by the Twitter teaser image, this event appears to be street-circus-themed, offering balloon animals and other old-fashioned delights.
    • A teaser sprite for February’s second clothing collection. Judging by the Twitter teaser image, this appears to offer several cat-themed pieces, including handheld cat plushes. The back half of February appears to have a running cat theme, potentially in part to celebrate the release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furry Fury and in part because cats are cute (if a little stuck-up).
    • A teaser sprite for Felicity’s kitty cookie. Judging by the Twitter teaser, this cookie offers pieces to create a charming cat café. (Well, you or animals might have to be the cats.) This cookie will likely release in mid-February.
    • A teaser sprite for what appears to be a second wall and floor collection for February, potentially offering some sweeter designs to coordinate with the month’s items.
    • A teaser sprite for Rudy the jock cat, likely signaling a new batch of animals late in February, potentially with some new cats, though that is speculation.
    • Lunar fireworks and lunar paper lanterns, traditional items to celebrate the lunar new year, potentially obtainable as log-in bonuses.
    • Valentine’s Day gifts to send to your friends, possibly containing a berry, honey, or mint valentines cupcake when opened, though this isn’t 100% confirmed.
    • A best-friend bouquet to be gifted to one animal of your choice. Based on similar events in the past and item labels, the animal is likely to give in return a box of chocolates with a personal note unique to their personality. If patterns correspond to previous events, then sweet, peppy, and snooty animals will give the red chocolate box; jock, cranky, and smug animals will give the blue chocolate box; and lazy and big sister animals will give the ivory chocolate box. If there is a mix-up with item labeling, then it’s possible the berry (red), mint (blue), and honey (yellow) cupcakes will be given instead, but as of now, the chocolate boxes seem more likely.
    • White and pink heart cockles available as limited-time seashells as part of the Heart Seashell Goals event, a shell-collecting event taking place between Rover’s Waffle Whimsy and the “chocolate” fishing tourney. Warm the cockles of your heart with enough collected seashells and you can earn a free Pecan’s house cookie! Say “cockle-doodle-I-do” when this event begins February 9th GMT / February 8th PST. Alright, let’s move on before I make any jokes I shouldn’t.
    • Some limited-time Valentine’s stamps to finally tell that one special friend how you feel in case your attempts to communicate through the market box aren’t working. Evidence of some limited-time poses was found as well!
  • Banners for several upcoming reissues including but not limited to:
    • Pekoe’s Boba Cookie, Traditional Clothing Collection, Pretty Pastels Cafe – February 4th GMT / February 3rd PST
    • Steampunk Collection, Old-School Autumn Collection – February 5th GMT / February 4th PST
    • Celia’s Chapel Cookie, Goldie’s Library Cookie, Rock-Star Collection, Autumn Art Collection – February 6th GMT / February 5th PST
    • Audie’s Lemon Cookie, Eloise’s Pancake Cookie – February 7th GMT / February 6th PST
    • Pelly’s Flight of Passion, Sweet Wall and Floor Collection, Date Night Collection, Valentine’s Collection, Classic Wig Collection, Cafe Cool Collection – February 9th GMT / February 8th PST (Thanks again to Coco for help identifying these sets!)

Bloons TD 6 v22.2 - Patch fix is live!

• All Sticky Bomb fixes from v22 & v22.1 have been reverted as these just caused too many problems
• Due to this Benjamin's Syphon Funding & Mortar Shattering Shells now work again

Bloons TD 6 v22.1 - Patch fix is live

• 041 Dartling’s Rocket Storm ability now correctly targets with you
• 052 Dartling’s Rocket Storm ability now correctly gains pierce from crosspath
• Dartling Gunner stats can now be made public if you have named monkeys
• Resolved an issue where Casual and Expert sorting of the challenge browser was being applied backwards
• Challenge browser will no longer show 0 / 100% for completion rate unless truly no one / everyone who has attempted has completed the challenge
• Behind the scenes changes to improve Challenge Browser sorting
• Some optimizations to the Challenge Browser
• xx4 Ninja Sticky Bomb has had an issue resolved where it would not deal damage in some cases
• Achievement: Snap of your Fingers once again works, note that this currently ignores Double Cash, if you have Double Cash you will have to complete with ¼ of starting cash remaining
• Resolved a crash that could occur at loading step 3 when opening the game
• Resolved a crash that could occur when hitting enter on a text box in sandbox with no number entered
• Resolved a crash that could occur when restarting a co-op game
• Resolved Hero Swapping not correctly working in co-op lobbies
• Monkey Sub xx1 animation states should no longer fall out of sync
• Resolved an issue with applying modified regrow rate in challenge editor

Bloons TD 6 v22.0 - New Awesome Features

• Dartling Gunner! After a long time in design and development, we are delighted to present the BTD6 version of this multipurpose beast tower!
  • BTD5 and Battles players will notice a few key differences in the BTD6 version, most importantly not being able to detect camo without middle path and pushing Depleted Bloontonium style popping power into the second path 3rd tier
  • Swivel speed added to all Dartlings, which was important for co-op sync
  • Locking rotation added as a targeting option to the base tower for ease of use (and a related monkey knowledge ability that allows you to panic unlock all Dartlings - see Emergency Unlock)
  • Variety of range and placement strengths and weaknesses across all 3 paths, with attention to crosspathing variety and tier 5 specialization
  • How do you get access to Dartling? Check the gift box on the main menu - it’ll tell you how many pops you need to unlock it and start blasting Bloons!
• Obyn Redfoot, Mountain Guardian skin and VO added
• New Maps
  • Beginner map - Skates
  • Advanced map - X Factor
• New Monkey Knowledges & One Edit
  • Emergency Unlock (Dartling Knowledge; note this can’t be 'tech-botted')
  • Cross the Streams (Dartling Knowledge)
  • Gorgon Storm (Dartling Knowledge)
  • Grand Prix Spree
  • First Last Line of Defense
  • Monkeys Together Strong
  • Flanking Maneuvers
  • Ambidextrous ‘Rangs changed to Recurring ‘Rangs, and all Boomerang Monkeys have now become Ambidextrous by default; if you had Ambidextrous ‘Rangs already, it will switch automatically to Recurring ‘Rangs
• Challenge Browser with Win %, Ratings, and Favorites
  • New browser-system to allow for easier searching of player-made challenges
  • Many changes made to the storage and setup of custom player-made challenges
  • Player-made challenges now record a soft clear-rate percentage
  • Player-made challenges can be added to Favorites and will now allow others to ‘Like’ a challenge after an attempt
  • Browser-system will support a few different methods of sorting through challenges; Trending, Newest, Most Liked, Casual & Expert as well
  • Additional browsing based on your interactions: Favorites, Your Challenges, Played Challenges, and Saved Games (up to 10)
  • New Challenge Editor option: Regrow Rate
• 10 new Achievements
  • Ready Player One?
  • Crash of the Titans
  • A La Code
  • Regifted
  • Coupon Crazy
  • Instant Gratification
  • Insta Century
  • Limited Run
  • Tools to Darwin
  • Plus one more to find!
• New Trophy Store Items
  • Heroes: Dread Pirate Brickell - Parrot Pet
  • Monkeys: 3 items in the limited time list below
  • Bloons: Frozen Glacier MOAB, Snowflakes Pop FX
  • Co-op: Ezili Facepalm emote, Celebration emote
  • Game & UI: Music Track - Jingle Bloons, Iceberg Pontoon, Monkey Ace Avatar, Dartling Gunner Avatar
  • Limited Time only: Fusty the Snowman - Penguin Pet, Presents Upgrade Fx, Candy Cane ‘Rangs, Monkey Village - Elf Pet, Red Nose MOAB-Class decal, Santa Hats Bloon Decal, Retro Techbot, Bauble Mine, Happy Holidays emote, Ninja Avatar, Patch Avatar

Noteworthy Changes / Additions

• Hero Skin Bundles have been added to the game. Now that quite a few heroes have a lot of alternate cosmetics, we’ve bundled some of these into new IAP store items for any players that want to fast track their unlocks
• Updated achievements system to consume less memory, this will mean that external-platform achievement may now not reflect until returning to menu or collecting the achievement
• Odysseys now support tower path restrictions for more variety in Crew setups

Bug Fixes & General Changes

• Updated placement circle color to have a more frame-perfect display of when a tower can be placed, and when it cannot. Previously there was a frame-difference on the color updating which could be noticed on slower devices
• Resolve some issues with displayed game over stats when loading saved games
• Link to these detailed update notes from the in-game top-level notes has been updated
• Heroes with Placement Animation trophy store items will now play animations on upgrades as well
• Resolved an issue where the search feature under achievements section lost functionality when using it after collecting rewards from a completed achievement
• Empty 'named monkeys' bar will now link to the trophy store if the item is not purchased
• Resolved an issue with a certain achievement tracking easy wins even though restricted to medium and hard only
• Resolved a number of stats that were not counting correctly in co-op
• Resolved an inconsistency with flooding the valley on Flooded Valley
• Firing Range map had ‘bounceable blocker’ support added for path 1 dart monkey bouncetasticness
• Bonus Rewards during collection event correctly translated
• Resolved a rare load game crash
• Resolved a soft lock that could occur in co-op when levelling up with the tower upgrades menu covering the screen
• Resolved a crash that could occur when a save conflict appeared while playing co-op
• Reloading a save on Workshop should no longer occasionally double up on increasing price of the reverse motor
• Trophy Store, Top Hats item icon has been updated
• Bloon Skins should no longer be removed in co-op when removing camo/regrow from the target

• xx4 Icicles now correctly inherits the radius of xx3 instead of shrinking

• Resolved some issues with xx5 Sub Commander not always correctly buffing the damage of x5x Pre-emptive Strike

• x5x Tsar Bomba resolved an issue with crosspath stacking

• x4x Support Chinook now records Cash Earned separately from pops

• x4x Artillery Battery issues resolved with ejection point
• x4x Artillery Battery issues resolved with crosspath application
• x5x Pop and Awe active ability now lasts between rounds

• x2x Wall of Fire should no longer occasionally ‘be eaten’ by nearby walls if the tower is placed next to a blocker
• x5x Wizard Lord Phoenix correctly hits all Bloon Types with radial balls

• xx3 Dark Knight resolved an issue with placement when Darkshifting

• xx4 Sticky Bomb should now detonate correctly even when other bloon mutations (like glue) are applied to the same target

• x4x Jungle’s Bounty now records Cash Earned separately from pops
• x2x Heart of Oak should no longer remove regrow from Bloons that it cannot damage

• x1x Regrow Blocker should work more reliably

• Resolved some issues with Churchill aiming and spinning like he’s chasing his own tail

• Swapping Ezili’s skins should no longer cause her to apply the wrong DoT Fx

• Resolved an issue with Pat’s footprint being an incorrect size

• Adora vengeful portraits now use the correct portraits again

Desktop Version

• Resolved an issue where ability hotkeys were not correctly working as multi-key-hotkeys. This should now allow you to separately have hotkeys setup for ‘shift+2’ and ‘2’ set up at the same time and work without triggering each other.

Balance Changes

• xx4 Sharpshooter reload time reduced from 0.95 to 0.85s
• xx5 Crossbow Master reload time remains unchanged

• xx4 MOAB Press price increased from 2000 to 2200

• 000 base pierce reduced from 18 to 14
• 1xx Bigger Bombs pierce bonus reduced from 10 to 6
• 1xx Bigger Bombs price reduced from 400 to 350
• 2xx Heavy Bombs now increases pierce by a further +10
• 2xx Heavy Bombs price reduced from 800 to 650
• 4xx Bloon Impact price increased from 3200 to 3600
• x4x MOAB Assassin MOAB damage bonus increased from 25 to 30
• 502 Bloon Crush frag damage increased from 3 -> 12
• 502 Bloon Crush frag pierce increased from 2 -> 3

• 4xx Ring of Fire price reduced from 4500 to 3500

• 5xx The Bloon Solver price reduced from 24000 to 22000
• 040 Glue Strike ability layers glued increased from 3 to 6
• 050 Glue Storm ability layers glued increased from 3 to 9
• xx3 MOAB Glue price increased from 3200 to 3400

• 420 Maim MOAB shrapnel fragments now also benefit from stun
• 520 Cripple MOAB shrapnel fragments now also benefit from stun and debuff
• 030 Shrapnel pierce increased from 2 to 3

• x3x Ballistic Missile missile reload time reduced from 1.5 to 1.3s

• Buccaneer base cost reduced from 550 to 500
• x1x Grape Shot price increased from 500 to 550
• x5x Pirate Lord grape shot damage increased to 5
• x5x Pirate Lord grape shot ceramic damage bonus of +5 added

• x1x Exploding Pineapple bomb pierce reduced from 40 to 20
• x11 Exploding Pineapple bomb pierce increased from 20 to 32
• Exploding Pineapple pierce change carries up to x3x Bombing Run
• x4x Ground Zero pierce remains at current pierce value of 40
• x41 Ground Zero pierce increased from 40 to 52
• xx5 Flying Fortress price reduced from 120,000 to 105,000

• 013 Bigger Jets now allows MOAB Shove to push back faster
  • MOAB speed reduced further from -0.33 -> -0.44
  • BFB speed reduced further from 0 -> -0.11
  • ZOMG speed reduced further from 0.33 -> 0.22

• 000 Base accuracy increased from 30 back to 18
• x5x Pop and Awe ceramic damage bonus increased from 3 to 12
• x5x Pop and Awe Lead damage bonus increased from 1 to 4
• x5x Pop and Awe Fortified damage bonus increased from 1 to 4
• x5x Pop and Awe MOAB damage bonus increased from 1 to 4

• x2x Wall of Fire attack begins on cooldown when the upgrade is purchased
• x2x Wall of Fire now saves the time remaining on it’s attack cooldown
• x2x Wall of Fire attack projectiles are removed when the tower is sold

• 4xx and 5xx mini avatar spawn rate is no longer increased by attack rate buffs
• x3x Robo Monkey price reduced from 9000 to 7000
• x4x Tech Terror ability cooldown reduced from 60 to 45s

• x4x Transforming Tonic transformed monster pierce increased from 4 to 6

• 5xx Superstorm’s Storm now spawns Ball Lightnings in a 180 degree arc in front of it every second until the storm expires

• 000 Base projectile lifespan reduced from 70 to 50s
• xx1 Long Reach lifespan remains at 100s
• 1xx Bigger Stacks price increased from 600 to 800
• 2xx White Hot Spikes price reduced from 800 to 600
• 4xx Spiked Mines ceramic damage increased from 3 to 6
• 5xx Super Mines each spike of each mine now triggers a smaller explosion
  • Radius 20
  • Pierce 10
  • Damage 10
• 042 Spike Storm targets only active paths (ie. on Bloody Puddles)
• x5x Carpet of Spikes save cooldown of passive ability when saving

• x4x Call to Arms ability cooldown reduced from 60 to 45s

• xx4 Bloon Trap can now spawn multiple traps per round! with a cooldown of 20s
• xx4 Bloon Trap is still limited to 1 at a time per Engineer, this cooldown begins when a trap is placed rather than when it expires, so you can chain 2 together rapidly
• 2x4 Faster Engineering reduces this Bloon Trap cooldown from 20s -> 16
• xx5 XXXL Trap will cooldown at 1/6th of the rate of the standard Bloon Trap
• Note: Bloon Trap still has a minimum deploy time of 2.8s if it has already been 20s

• Level 4 Heat it up! cooldown reduced from 15s to 4.5s
• Level 4 Heat it up! Shots required to trigger has been scaled up to her match her innate attack rate at all levels

• Level 10 MOAB Hex initial target will now follow Ezili’s priority instead of Strong
• Level 10 MOAB Hex jump target will now follow Ezili’s priority instead of Close

• Level 7 for 10 seconds Blood Sacrifice now also increases radius of Adora & all Sun Avatars in radius by 10%
• Level 7 for 10 seconds Blood Sacrifice now also increases attack speed of Adora & all Sun Avatars in radius by 10%

• Amount of reduced cooldown for hero level 3 ability reduced from 40% -> 30%

• Version Codes
  • v4.0.1 was 378b1, v4.0.2 is 746b5.
  • An app version with bug fixes (4.0.2) was released on December 17th. Today’s update is a client-side update that does not require downloading a new version of the app aside from the said Dec 17 update.
• New Creatures
  • Ghoulish groupers and eerie insects make up some of the new species you might spot around the island, river, or beach as of today in Pocket Camp. Keep an eye out for many familiar faces as well as the “giant stag beetle” who, while familiar, seems to be an alternate dimension form of the “giant stag” that has arrived by some cosmic accident. While we’re long used to the age-old conflict between the olive flounder and dab, this is something more disturbing, and I wouldn’t keep both in my inventory if I was superstitious. The river is flush with high-rewarding fish, but finds like the Atlantic mackerel and silver pomfret might be better thrown back in the water. And if you’re one to shy away from a big hug from a snow crab, make sure not to fall asleep at the reel!

• Retiring Creatures
  • It’s already time to say goodbye to many of our umber autumn amigos as they go off to live on the out-of-season fish(/bug) farm. They were brown. They were weird. Collectors will go bananas over them in a year. All there’s to say has been said.

• January Terrain – “Mountaintop Sunrise”
  • Meditate in the face of a sunrise on the peak of a snow-dusted mountain with January’s new terrain set, comprised of a foreground, middle ground, background, fence, and sky. A sneak peek of this terrain’s visuals can be spotted in the image for Cranston’s “Rising” Cookie. This terrain set will be available for purchase soon, likely one day before January’s monthlong seasonal event begins.

• January Seasonal Event – “Snowglobe Trotting”
  • Collect silverly snowglobes containing crystalline snowflakes in order to earn snowflake-themed rewards, including a snowflake hairpin, a snowy tree, and a beautiful castle snowglobe as the month’s grand prize. Completing January’s gardening event, fishing tourney, and scavenger hunt will yield 30 snowglobes each as a reward. Make sure to complete each event 100% to attain the grand prize! This monthlong campaign will begin in the next couple days, shortly after the end of December’s Merrymaking Gyroidite Scavenger Hunt.

• January Gardening Event – “Hanafuda Housewarming”
  • Starting the new year with a throwback the origins of the Nintendo company itself, Pocket Camp is celebrating with a furniture set inspired by the traditional Japanese colorful playing cards. (Thanks for catching this, Lady XIII from Discord!) Planting papery flowers will attract some artfully themed butterflies, which you can swipe and swap with your friends. Use the furnishings to set up an evening of playing cards and relaxing with your favorite animal pals while ringing in the new year. Completing this event in full will yield 30 snowglobes as part of January’s monthlong campaign. The card-gardening begins in a couple days with the beginning of the month’s event.

• Cranston’s “Rising” Cookie
  • With his species approaching the verge of extinction, Cranston looks for wisdom to the towering temples of a distant mountain range. Among scarlet shrines and perching statues of his kind, perhaps the knowledge of generations past holds answers for what the future means for a crested ibis like Cranston. Unique pieces such as the cloud seat, radiant sun headpiece (tech. a back item), and photorealistic bird figurine make some of the mysteries to be found in this excursive cookie, which will likely release in the next few days, likely one day after the beginning of January’s monthly event.

• January Clothing Collection – “Hanafuda Kimono Collection”
  • Draw a new hand with January’s new brilliant kimono collection, including wigs, zori, earrings, and oilpaper umbrellas. Every new year is a reshuffling of fortunes you can mirror with your look or outlook. You can choose from these new hues when this collection releases in late December or early January.

• January Wall and Floor Collection
  • Restore yourself during the frost of January in a zen parlor or a reflective ice palace with several new designs to decorate your home, as well as some returning designs from New Leaf. The frozen-floors are ice-skate-friendly, but if you get thirsty, do not lick the walls! You can keep your cool with this collection when it releases in the first half of January.

• Still to Come for January / Miscellaneous
  • This update also included assets for:
    • A frozen tree and stylish bench that acts as a special visitor furniture item, allowing Label Able the hedgehog to visit your cabin or campsite. A clearer view can be seen in January’s Twitter teaser. January’s monthly schedule will provide more information for the timing of this item’s release.
    • An icy butterfly fish as a teaser sprite for January’s fishing tourney. Referencing the Twitter teaser image, this tourney will likely be ice-themed, with rewards including many pieces of the ice furniture series from New Leaf.
    • A teaser sprite for January’s second original cookie. Referencing the Twitter teaser image, this cookie contains furnishings for a beautiful ice palace. The mascot and release window for this cookie will be available in January’s monthly schedule.
    • A snowman Gyroidite as a teaser sprite for January’s scavenger hunt. Referencing the Twitter teaser image, this tourney will likely offer various snowman designs as craftable rewards.
    • A teaser sprite for January’s second clothing collection. Referencing the Twitter teaser image, this collection appears to include many ice-blue designs for winter.
    • A 2021 balloon and zodiac ox to celebrate the new year, likely gifts for all (free through inbox or log-in bonus).
    • A sprite for a golden scarab beetle, possibly for a future goals event between January’s gardening event and fishing tourney.
    • A new gift type different from those offered in monthly rewards, as well as four decorative panels reading four different types of luck (Thanks Sani from the ACPC Discord for pointing this out!). It’s possible that these items are connected as with December’s Season’s Greetings Gift event, with players sending each other fortunes to celebrate the new year.

• R1: In this round, we started off in a fairly rural location on a major looking road in a pretty flat area of land with relatively red soil. Whilst there was a large sign just north of the start point, this helped only in knowing the speed limit on the road - of much more use was a small sign which was a KM marker with the State code SUL. Moving south for quite a distance yielded no further clues, meaning this KM Marker was the only real clue to go off. Fortunately, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (which given the environment and SUL marker seemed the only logical option) only has one major N/S road, meaning short of some information I missed, it was a game of chance as to where along the road we spawned.

• R2: Immediately a location which felt more pinpointable and like it should have better clues than Round 1. Despite these initial thoughts, I ended up moving around avoiding main roads and POI's which may have pointed to the correct location more than what I ended up having to work with. I eventually found a roadside advertisement for something which included the area code (62), meaning I had to search the depths of my brains for the area code map. I ended up choosing a mid-size town within the general 6X area code region, which ended up being around 180km away, however knowing there was likely more info I missed, this round seemed good to me for the race.

• R3: Round 3 was a beautifully rural round within a national park in the state of Minas Gerais. Heading in a generally southerly direction, racers soon reached a fairly information heavy junction. Personally, none of the information at the junction was useful, however for more experienced and skilled racers, perhaps this would have been enough for a rapid 5k score? This round turned out to be a complete stab in the dark for me, knowing nothing about the landscape we found ourselves in.

• R4: In round 4 we found ourselves on the eastern reaches of a urban area within Brasilia Federal District. Whilst travelling west, into the town may have been the better option in retrospect, I found myself travelling east hoping to find either a town name, distance to a town, or state name/area code. Looking back now, the road did have KM markers with DF-280, as in round 1, however I wouldn't have known DF as a state even if I had spotted these at the time. Using a road sign with Goiania, I was able to locate the general area however was then a rough guess within the area as I had no further information available.

• R5: The final round was the most urban location we found ourselves in, which undoubtedly contained a wealth of information, if one knew where to look for it and how to utilise it once found (I was pretty useless at both of these). I did manage to find a shopfront with an area code on, however completely misplaced the areas this time round.

• R1: Our weekly homage to the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix, overlooking the Interlagos circuit.
• R2: North of the city centre, right nearby the river which should have been a useful reference point for racers trying to find the location. Nearby road signs to the south may have also been helpful to Portuguese speakers or those who knew their suburbs very well
• R3: A fairly major road running NW-SE road right outside a government ministry building and a park opposite. The end of the road to the north also gave a fairly sizeable junction with another main road which may have been identifiable on the map.
• R4: Very close to R3 which may have helped if travelling in that direction from the previous start point, we found ourselves on a large roundabout intersected by a flyover with various suburbs, road names, and the centre signposted
• R5: A fairly long curve on another main road which clearly felt to the south of the city.