Events

**Events** are timed occurrences in ***Merge Mansion*** that are only open for a set amount of time. They are accessible via the Calendar Button on the top left corner.

Garage clean up events have a special Event Garage that is available via the Event Garage Button, directly above the Garage Button. Seasonal events have an entry gate that you access from the main board.

You can only play one Event at a time.

## Gameplay Tips

* Events are only open for a set amount of time and are oftentimes repeatable afterwards. They are accessible via the Calendar Button on the top left corner. Once started the Event Garage is available via the Event Garage Button, directly above the Garage Button. You can only play one Event at a time.
* Access to an Event is granted by opening up a Task that needs the Reward granted at the end of the Event to be fulfilled. After the Event ends, you get Reward Items to use in the normal Story Garage to complete the Task.
* If the event takes place on a secondary board then sell all Items before the end to maximise the Event output since the Garage is cleared at the end of every Event.
* As the Story Events are repeatable, they are a good source to farm normal XP and Coins.
	+ With the last update the Permanent Events are not repeatable after collecting the final item. Therefore you might wish to do some farming for XP and Coins BEFORE completing the final item.
* *Please add your own general event tips*

## Events

There are six types of Events. The first is a Story Event or Permanent Event. There are currently three permanent Events. You can only play one permanent Event at a time. Permanent events can be replayed at any time via the events menu. Once you have completed the task related to the permanent event, you will no longer be able to access that event. Permanent events are sequential, meaning you must complete the previous permanent event before the next permanent event is unlocked (e.g., completing the Hood Ornament event is required to unlock the Beach Sign event).

The second type are Seasonal Events, which occur for a limited time. Starting with the 2021 Halloween event, Seasonal Events occur throughout the year which allow you to receive Decorations to seasonally adorn your mansion.

Generic Events occur at periodic intervals throughout the year and can even occur several times throughout the same year. They are generally good ways to increase the level of your as rewards generally include  Piggy Banks and  Brown Chests and  Fancy Blue Chests.

Progression Events allows you to merge certain items in order to gain points which advance you on a rewards path. The farther you progress up the rewards path the more rewards you will receive. Some events offer a Golden Key which allows you to purchase a premium pass which allows you to gain all of the rewards on the Free-to-Play reward track as well as better rewards, sometimes decorations, on the Premium track.

Garage Cleanup Events allow you to take items you have made on your Main Board and use them to redeem for rewards in a special board similar to a Bingo card. As rows, columns, diagonals, pictures, and even the entire board are filled in, the more rewards you receive.

Leaderboard Events are competitive competitions in which players are placed in groups where they compete amongst each other to see who can complete the most number of tasks the quickest. The top three players are given rewards based on their leaderboard position.

## Event Mechanics

Events provide unique gameplay mechanisms and item chains (see each event page for more details). The different Events have different mechanics:

### Story Events

* Events become available once you've activated the task to complete a specific item.
* The Event gives you access to a unique garage setting in which the event items can be merged, and a separate XP bar for the event. This garage is accessible through a special button ontop of the normal garage button.
* There is no Inventory to store things. However  Energy is shared between Events and the normal game, meaning you'll usually pause completion of normal tasks until the Event is complete.
* You start the Event in a new Garage, where most squares are packed with boxes and, once opened, reveal Items covered in cobwebs. Boxes can be opened by merging an item right next to them. Cobwebbed Items can be freed by paying Gems or by merging with the same Item.
* The goal of the Event is to reach the highest  1 XP Star possible (generated by one event item only). After completion, the game will spawn a reward item chain for use in the normal garage. The higher the level you've achieved, the more higher-level items you'll be rewarded. The event reward items are then used to spawn an additional item which can be merged to complete the original task.
* At the end of the event, the event garage is no longer accessible. If you repeat the event, you will lose all your progress in the previous round and start over. However you can keep replaying to get higher level reward items until you finish the task that activated it.
* The narrative story for the event is told through item descriptions rather than dialogue.

### Seasonal Events

* Seasonal Events only activate during the appropriate time of year.
* The Event gives you access to a unique garage setting in which the event items can be merged. This garage can be accessed with a 'door' on your main board once the first task of the Seasonal Event is completed or through the Event Collection Shop.
* Seasonal Event Tasks can be viewed on the normal Task page and usually give Event Coins, essential Event Source Items or other usable items for the Event Board. The Reward Items can be found in the Chest slot.
* There is no Inventory to store things. However  Energy is shared between Events and the normal game, meaning you'll usually pause completion of normal tasks until the Event is complete.
* You start the Event in a new Garage, where most squares are packed with boxes and, once opened, reveal Items covered in cobwebs. Boxes can be opened by merging an item right next to them. Cobwebbed Items can be freed by paying Gems or by merging with the same Item.
* Event Coins can be used to buy Decorations for the Grand Drive and the Gate Areas of your Garden in the Event Collection Shop.
* The narrative story for the Event is usually told through dialogue at the beginning, when you finish certain item chains and when you buy decorations. Some items also have a narrative description. Moreover the tasks will give you further story snippets if you read them.

### Generic Events

* Generic Events activate mostly randomly.
* Seasonal Event Tasks can be viewed on the normal Task page and reward essential Event Items or other usable items for the Board. The Reward Items can be found in the Chest slot.
* They use up space for tasks on your main board.
* As board space and  Energy is shared between these events and the normal game, you'll usually have to pause completion of normal tasks until the Event is complete.
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### Progression Events

With "Maddie's Spa Getaway" a new type of event-mechanics was introduced.

* There are no quests in this type of events
* During these events special event-items (L1) are randomly generated when merging items in the main garage.
	+ Merging all types of items (e.g. gardening tools, XP-stars, coins, energy-items, brown and blue chests, and even hourglasses) randomly generate L1 event-items - regardless of the level of the merged items.
		- the only exception is merging event items - this randomly generates a double bubble, but never a new event item.
	+ These items can be merged (usually up to L4), and they generate event-points when collected.
	+ These event-points are used to reach levels on the reward-track
	+ Usually, besides the Free to play (F2P)-Reward track, there is also a Reward track, which can be unlocked by buying a Golden Season Pass for real money.
* As there are no quests, you can continue fulfilling the quests of the Main Garage.
* When such an event is running during the runtime of a Seasonal or Story Event (where you usually pause the completion of normal tasks), you can still gain progress in the "Spa Getaway"-type event by merging items which do not consume energy:
	+ The most effective way to do so is probably to merge Peony Flowers and Bottles - assumed that you have got one or more high-level Vases.
	+ Even, if you have "enough" Peony Flowers in the garage, keep merging new ones for quickly getting drops of event items - and sell surplus Peony flowers.
	+ It is your decision, whether you sell the Ships in the Bottle for farming coins, or you go for merging Ships and eventually Shipping Containers.

### Garage Cleanup Events

* Usually, in these event, there are three or four consecutive boards, which are arranged like a bingo card.
* You need to finish the current board, before you can start the next one
* Before starting a board, first you uncover it - at this point you can still decide whether to start this board
* To start a board, you usually have to pay 10 or 20 Gems.
* For playing the board, you need to have (or generate) the items pictured on the board and hand it in
* There are two types of cleanup events:
	+ Cleanup events in the main garage
		- You will need to hand in items, which you can generate in the main garage, e.g. Gardening Tools
		- You will get rewards for finishing colums/rows, diagonals and the whole board
		- Usual rewards are e.g. a few coins for handing in an item, a somewhat bigger amount of coins for finishing rows and colums, Time Skip Booster, Hourglass or Energy for finishing diagonals, and Chests for finishing the whole board
	+ Cleanup events related to a seasonal event
		- You need to hand in items which are related to the currently running seasonal event
		- Instead of diagonals, the pattern to finish is usually related to the seasonal event, e.g. a Christmas Tree during the Christmas event
		- Usual rewards are related to the seasonal event, e.g. useful but rare items or - if achievable in the seasonal event - event coins

### Leaderboard Events

* When you start playing a leaderboard event, you will automaticly join a group of up to 8 players
* Instead of "normal" Energy, Blue Energy is used in this type of events
	+ Blue Energy recharges in the same way (but slower) as on the main board. It can also be gained by buying it in the shop, or by merging things on the main board
* To advance in the leaderboard, you need to create and merge items related to the theme of the leaderboard event, e.g. cakes in the bakeoff event
* At the end of the event, rewards are granted according to your ranking at the leaderboard.