Fasnacht Day

Fasnacht Day, otherwise known as Fasnacht Parade, is a seasonal public event .
==Quick walkthrough==
==Detailed walkthrough==
To start the event, speak to the Master of Ceremonies in Helvetia at the top of the real-life hour (at XX:00 AM/PM), when the event will be announced to all players on the server, no matter their location in Appalachia, and the public event icon appears on the map. He'll be hanging around the bridge over the small creek that runs through town near the east side of it, near the Honey Haus and Freyja's Haus restaurant. There's about a 7-8 minute grace period to speak to him before the event is automatically failed if he is not spoken to beforehand and the event becomes inactive until the top of the next hour. Once started, the Vault Dwellers involved in the event must find five of the eight randomly-assigned Protectron marchers that can spawn in the town. Each Protectron will provide a task corresponding to their profession, and each task must be completed before the parade can begin. After a task is finished, the relevant marcher will walk to the center of town, between the post office and party hall, equip its Fasnacht mask, and wait for the others to arrive. The possible Protectrons and corresponding tasks are as follows:
* Cheerful Beekeeper: Exterminate the honey beasts which are attacking the Honey Haus. There are usually three basic honey beasts that need to be dealt with. They will be stronger, glowing versions if Helvetia had been in a blast zone recently.
* Happy Candlemaker: Donate beeswax from the Honey Haus hives to the Candlemaker (0/10)
* Gleeful Butcher: Donate intestines from small animals, mainly squirrels, chickens, opossums, and rabbits, at the Butcher's Cooler (0/12)
* Jolly Baker: Donate radtoad eggs from the stream to the Pantry (0/20)
* Convivial Historian: Bring old Fasnacht steins to the museum for analysis (0/10)
* Joyous Musician: Play one of the three instruments, found on the stage, in order to fill the meter.
* Jubilant Decorator: Decorate the barn (0/4)
* Merry Woodsman: Add wood to the bonfire (0/50). A bunch of wood scraps can be collected from the several wood piles behind Freyja's Haus at the corner of the T-intersection. Usage of the Luck perk card Woodchucker would be useful for this task.
Once all five tasks are completed and all five Protectrons assemble in the center of town, the Master of Ceremonies rushes over to join them and take point as parade leader, and the parade begins its route. First, the group walks east down Pickens Rd. to the front of Freyja's Haus, the yellow-painted restaurant, where it is attacked by swarms of basic radtoads, or glowing radtoads if Helvetia is or was recently in a blast zone from a nuke. The Protectrons can sometimes handle these on their own, depending on which ones spawned for the event. After the creatures are eliminated, the group moves north over the wooden bridge toward the Cheese Haus. The marchers stop in the middle of the field as super mutants, mutant hounds, and super mutant suiciders charge the group, with the suiciders being the biggest threat to the Protectrons if they get close enough to damage them when they detonate their mini nukes, or the mutant hounds if they are glowing variants from a recent nuke strike on Helvetia. Once the mutant assault has stopped, the marchers continue south. Finally, when the parade stops in front of the chapel, hordes of basic stingwings and wolves, or glowing versions if Helvetia is or was in a blast zone, attack. A legendary mega sloth also spawns near the post office. The enemies spawn and attack when the music played by the Master of Ceremonies abruptly slows and stops before recovering, but playing a faster tempo during the attack, then repeats once the attack is over and the parade resumes, with the tempo returning to normal speed. If the Protectrons are damaged, Friendly Fire and a weapon that deals Fire damage can heal them to avoid losing one and getting fewer rewards at the end of the event.
After the enemies have been killed, though only the mega sloth needs to be slain to complete the objectives to defend the Protectrons and make sure none were destroyed, the Fasnacht bonfire must be lit. At least one Protectron marcher needs to be kept alive in order to complete the event, with more survivors netting greater rewards upon the event being completed, otherwise, if all five are slain, the event fails. The participants may also be granted a random legendary weapon or armor piece after the event is completed. Completing the event also awards at least one random Fasnacht mask as a reward. If players get more than one of a certain mask, the duplicates can be sold for caps at a vendor or sold to other players via the vending machine at their CAMP.
==Rewards==
Bad performance(1-2 bots survive)	Good performance(3-4 bots survive)	Best performance(5 bots survive)
 	 	
:
:Note: Listed chances assume 5/5 robots survive.
Fasnacht mask rewards 	Fasnacht mask rewards 	Fasnacht mask rewards
Common (23.75%) 	Common (23.75%) 	Common (23.75%)
Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019
Fasnacht giant mask 	Fasnacht owl mask 	Fasnacht soldier mask
Fasnacht toothy man mask 	Fasnacht witch mask 	
Uncommon (71.25%) 	Uncommon (71.25%) 	Uncommon (71.25%)
Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019
Fasnacht beret 	Fasnacht goblin mask 	Fasnacht jester mask
Fasnacht skull mask 	Fasnacht sun mask 	
Added in 2024 	Added in 2024 	Added in 2024
Fasnacht Blue Devil mask 	Fasnacht honey bee mask 	Fasnacht scorchbeast mask
Fasnacht scorchbeast queen mask 	 	
Rare (5%) 	Rare (5%) 	Rare (5%)
Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019 	Initial release in 2019
Fasnacht crazy guy mask 	Fasnacht deathclaw mask 	Fasnacht raven mask
Fasnacht Winter Man mask 	 	
Added in 2020 	Added in 2020 	Added in 2020
Father Winter helmet 	 	
Added in 2021 	Added in 2021 	Added in 2021
Fasnacht brahmin mask 	Fasnacht buffoon mask 	Fasnacht demon mask
Added in 2022 	Added in 2022 	Added in 2022
Fasnacht fiend mask 	Fasnacht hag mask 	Fasnacht loon mask
Added in 2024 	Added in 2024 	Added in 2024
Fasnacht glowing Blue Devil mask 	Fasnacht glowing honey bee mask	Fasnacht glowing scorchbeast mask
Fasnacht glowing scorchbeast queen mask	 	
==Quest stages==
==Notes==
* The Master of Ceremonies and the Protectron marchers are able to walk through obstacles, such as placed power armor chassis.
* Helvetia can be nuked during the event, leading to the event transpiring in a blast zone.
===Availability===
Start 	End
March 19, 2019 	March 26, 2019
May 27, 2020 	June 9, 2020
October 29, 2020 	November 2, 2020
February 16, 2021	February 25, 2021
February 10, 2022	February 22, 2022
February 14, 2023	February 28, 2023
February 13, 2024	February 27, 2024
June 25, 2024 	July 9, 2024
====Delays====
Fasnacht Day's return in 2020 was initially delayed due to a bug introduced with the release of Wastelanders. The event was originally slated to be active from May 25 - June 1, 2020, but a bug prevented small creatures from spawning at normal rates on public servers. Since intestines, dropped by small animals, could not be obtained but were needed for the Gleeful Butcher's parade task, the event could not be completed without prior preparation.
The event was disabled on the morning of May 25, having only briefly been active before being delayed. The issue was not present during the 2019 version of the event and the critters bug was confirmed to have been introduced with Wastelanders.BethesdaGameStudios_ on Reddit Fasnacht Day was eventually re-enabled without major issue on May 27, with an extension of the festivities until June 9.
==Behind the scenes==
* Fastnacht is an annual carnival celebrated by Swiss, German and Austrian people while traditionally wearing masks that represent demons, jesters, witches and animals. In Helvetia, West Virginia it is normally celebrated once per year on the first weekend after Fat Tuesday,Helvetia, WV's Fasnacht celebrates Swiss German traditions, end of winter and concludes with the burning of an effigy in a bonfire, without any robots or megasloths.Fasnacht: A West Virginia town's spooky answer to Mardi Gras
* The music played during the Fasnacht parade is the 2004 instrumental "One More Pils," an exercise composed by Andy Vale and licensed from APM Music. While the original piece is 1:10 minutes long, the version used in-game is comprised of two 15 second clips that endlessly repeat one after another.From the KPM album Practice Makes Perfect KPM-0552.Practice Makes Perfect track listing
==Bugs==
* Defeat Honey Beasts at the Honey Haus: honey beasts may spawn behind the Cheese Haus, and will not move until they detect a player.
* Porcelain Stein: porcelain steins are missing their auto-scrap protection.
* Destroyed Marchers (#/5): Protectron marchers may be destroyed by explosive bait.
* The Protectrons or the Master of Ceremonies may not respond to the current objective of the event for several minutes, causing the event to fail via time running out because they lagged for too long. Same for enemies spawning during the parade route.
* If a missile turret or ally hits a marcher they may start attacking the marchers, causing the event to fail.
==Gallery==
FO76 Reward Lists Fasnacht Day.png|Reward list
76 Banner FasnachtMaskRewards 2022 750x350.jpg|Inside the Vault banner February 2022
Fo76 Fasnacht Masks.jpg|Pre-release screenshot
FO76WA Fasnacht Day Atomic Shop.png|Atomic Shop
FO76 Fasnacht donut.png|Fasnacht donut
FO76 Fasnacht sausage.png|Fasnacht sausage
FO76 Quest Old Man Winter.png|Old Man Winter
Protectron marchers
F76 Fasnacht in Helvetia.png|Fasnacht Day in Helvetia
FO76-Fasnacht-Red-Giant-Mask.png|Fasnacht red giant mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht waggis 2.png|Fasnacht blue monster mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht toothyman 2.png|Fasnacht green toothy man mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht soldier 2.png|Fasnacht yellow soldier mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht skull 2.png|Fasnacht green skull mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht owl 2.png|Fasnacht blue owl mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht man 2.png|Fasnacht blue man mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht jester 2.png|Fasnacht blue jester mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht goblin 2.png|Fasnacht red goblin mask (Protectron)
FO76 fasnacht witch 2.png|Fasnacht yellow witch mask (Protectron)
Unused content
FO76 Quest Fasnacht Man.png|Fasnacht Man (unused)
FO76 Fasnacht Tyrolean hat.png|Tyrolean hat (unused)
FO76WL Tyrolean hat Fasnacht protectron.png|Tyrolean hat (unused)
==References==
Category:Fallout 76 seasonal events
Category:Fallout 76 event quests
Category:Wild Appalachia quests
Category:Helvetia
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