Firefly Event

A Firefly Event is the second type of special moth events introduced on the 20th July in 2016.

During a Firefly Event, harvesting moths for honeydew (coins) will sometimes spawn purple event fireflies  alongside common yellow ones.

Feeding these fireflies to Trevor will grant the player a random event flower.

## Event Mechanics

Purple fireflies  are spawned by harvesting honeydew from moths. It doesn't matter which moths are harvested, and for each firefly event, there is a set number of purple fireflies that will spawn at a set length of time: usually 3-5 fireflies each 2-3 hours (exact spawn rates depend on the event).

Purple fireflies can be bought directly from Trevor for glowbucks  or as part of a package from the Shop. They also can be spawned by some decorations - notably, decorations with "Create a Frog Treat" ability will spawn a purple firefly when a Firefly events is active, but a common yellow one otherwise.

It is not possible to get event attraction flowers from other usual flower sources like feeding Trevor with common fireflies  or delicacies , or by feeding the Bee Fly.

Feeding a purple firefly to Trevor will guarantee a 10% event flower for one of the event moths (which one determined randomly). It's possible to buy specific event attraction flowers right at the attraction flower inventory while the event is active.

After event is concluded, purple fireflies will turn into normal fireflies, and every remaining event flowers will be converted to honeydew.

## Tips

- **Work out how long it takes for the next flush cycle** **to contain purple fireflies.** This can be done by using an app that has a countdown timer; after purple fireflies have spawned, set a countdown timer for 2 hours. If purple fireflies spawn, the fireflies will spawn every 2 hours. If they do not appear, the fireflies will appear every 3 hours. After working how long it takes for a flush cycle to contain purple fireflies, set a countdown timer for how long it takes for purple fireflies to appear (2 hours/3 hours).

- **Avoid buying event fireflies**; unlike Wisp Events, players cannot see which flower they will get with each firefly; in cases where players are looking to get rarer moths, buying a firefly may grant the player with a common attraction flower when feeding it to Trevor, wasting glowbucks.

- **Compare the cost of 100% event attraction flowers & egg laying;** usually, egg laying cost less than the flowers, so it would be cheaper to get an epic moth to lay an egg, than to buy an attraction flower for one.

- **Do NOT panic;** any exclusive decorations that are missed out on will return in Ant Events, which are not too hard to complete. However, the prizes on Ant Events are randomly generated.

- **Only spend glowbucks if an event decoration's ability helps to complete future events;** make sure that there's at least more than 1 day, 24 hours left on an event, and lay eggs with current event moths if the exclusive decoration's ability is: **Lay a Free Egg**, **Hurry an Egg**, or **Hurry a Pupa**. If there's less than 1 day, 24 hours remaining on an event, a legendary or epic moth may not be mature on time to perfect the set.

- **Merge all flowers, even ones you no longer need;** 50% event flowers are likely to fail, so make sure you always use 100% flowers to attract event moths. Flowers that are no longer needed (because that event moth has been perfected) can still be merged, & when the event ends, those unwanted 100% flowers will be converted into more honeydew than a non-100% flower would be.

**- Set shifts on all Pollen Flowers on a day before an event starts**; make sure that the number of pollen in the sanctuary is maxed out (3000 or over). This makes leveling up an event moth easier, since you will not have to wait for pollen to be created, which would cost much needed time.

## Related Special Abilities

The following decorations have abilities that can assist in Firefly Events!

* Ornamental Onion, Wild Marigold: creates a purple firefly if a firefly event is active.

**Side note**: Ornamental Onion can be bought on a Decoration Sale - and so, you can have two or more of them in your forest.

* Exclusive Colorado Blue Columbine: create 4 event fireflies.

## Past Firefly Events

* 20th July – 8th August 2016: Hanwi
* 23rd August – 5th September 2016: Bulan
* 24th November – 3rd December 2016: Osten
* 16th January – 30th January 2017: Fan Rong
* 13th March – 26th March 2017: Sona
* 11th May – 25th May 2017: Bouquet
* 19th July – 1st August 2017: Ameku
* 18th September – 2nd October 2017: Wiesn
* 9th November – 23rd November 2017: Mayflower
* 1st January – 14th January 2018: Sparkler
* 5th March – 18th March 2018: Merian
* 7th May – 20th May 2018: Mae
* 10th July – 23rd July 2018: Liberte
* 12th September – 25th September 2018: Persephone
* 20th November – 2th December 2018: Festum
* 25th January – 7th February 2019: Diqiu
* 10th April – 23rd April 2019: Laetus
* 13th June – 27th June 2019: Solis
* 13th August – 26th August 2019: Hikari
* 18th October – 31st October 2019: Banshee
* 24th December – 5th January 2020: Novus
* 9th March – 23rd March 2020: Glas
* 29th April – 12th May 2020: Gala
* 1th July – 14th July 2020: Pompa
* 10th September – 23rd September 2020: Insulam
* 3rd December – 16th Decembert 2020: Verglas
* 2nd April – 15th April 2021: Flos

## References

1. ↑ A Flutter Starlight Journey
2. ↑ A Flutter Starlight Journey: Firefly Events