1st Anniversary Event

The 1st Anniversary Event is the 5th Major Event to take place in Pocket Ants. It was announced on 5-Jun-2021 on Discord.

## Duration

The event started on 11-Jun-2021 at 0:00 UTC and ended on 8-Jul-2021 at 23:59 UTC, having a duration of 28 days and making it the longest Major Event.

## About the festivity

This Event is about the first anniversary of the game Pocket Ants: Colony Simulator, released in early access by Ariel Games on 27-June-2020.

## Special Creature

Main articles: Ghost Mantis, Christmas Spider, Paussinae Beetle, Monarch Butterfly, and Festive Tiger Beetle
This Event is very different because it's the only Major Event that brought back creatures from past Major Events, which are: Ghost Mantis, Christmas Spider, Paussinae Beetle and Monarch Butterfly.

In addition, a new creature was included in this event: the Festive Tiger Beetle. It's a Special variant of the Tiger Beetle, having higher stats specially on Attack Rate, which is maxed. It acts as a damage dealer and a sniper on Battles.

Any of the aforementioned creatures can be attracted during this Event, with a limit of two creatures per day.

Ghost MantisChristmas SpiderPaussinae BeetleMonarch ButterflyFestive Tiger Beetle
## Activity Bar

The activity bar can be filled with 1000 Activity Points that are gotten from the following activities:

 Processing Chocolate Cake pieces into food.
 Gathering from Acorns.
 Getting Pheromones by attacking other players or Dr. Zany.
 Watching ads for Battle Tokens.

## Purchasable Items

### Unlimited Source

The 24-hours Unlimited Source for this Event is the 1st Anniversary Chocolate Cake, which is located like the rest of Unlimited Sources: at the north of the player's Colony, next to the Tree. All players get one for free, and it can be purchased unlimited times on the Event Menu with a cost of 650 Gems.

The Cake will only disappear 24 hours after its activation. It's activated by gathering from it, or selecting it as a source. Once activated, the 24-hours timer in the Event menu will start.

Worker ants can gather Cake pieces to process them into food, and Leaves to store them in the Leaf Storage. Seeds can't be gathered from the Cake. It's recommended to log in often as the infinite food allows for quick soldier ant regeneration. It will also allow players to build colony upgrades easily.

Since it's a source of Activity Points, it is recommended to delay its activation by an hour or two after the reset (0:00 UTC), so it can last for two days, allowing players to get 4 creatures easily.

### Ant Skins

This Event includes a new limited Green 1st Anniversary Ant skin, which can only be purchased during the Event with 500 gems in the Ant Skins shop.

## Daily Rewards

This event included Daily Rewards that players can claim by logging in every day. Skipping a day will not reset the progress.

## Timer Reductions

The Respawn Timers that were reduced in this event are:

* Red Ants timer, from 12 hours to 6 hours.
* Creatures timer, from 24 hours to 4 hours.

## Trivia

* This is the first event that gives a second chance to get previous event creatures.
* This is the first Event that uses Acorns, which are derived from a previous event's feature: Easter Eggs.
* This is the second event where players are not getting points from honeydew, nor a reduction to the Aphid Farms timer, but receiving free honeydew instead.
* The 1st Anniversary Cake is very similar to the Valentine's Cake. It also includes a candle with the number 1.