Circus Calamitous Part I

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> *"Help return Brilliant Circus Arcanus Foundables from the 1920s that are on the loose including the Zouwu and Graphorn."*
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> - Magical Mayhem Manifests This Month! on Wizards Unite Official Page
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This was Part I of the Brilliant Event, Circus Calamitous. It focused on the Circus Arcanus of the 1920s.

**Debuted**: 10 – 17 March 2020
**Followed by**: Circus Calamitous Part II

## Date & Time

**Starts**: 10 March 2020 at **2:00pm** US Eastern Standard Time (**−05:00 GMT**)
**Ends**: 17 March 2020 at **2:00pm** US Eastern Standard Time (**−05:00 GMT**)
## Bonus Effects

* Traces that require the Alohomora Spell will spawn more frequently.

## Changes to the Game

A new Foundable is entering the game.

Ministry Employee Newt Scamander is replacing the Kingsley Shacklebolt Foundable, which was removed from the game after Beta Testing ended and the game went live worldwide.

This new Foundable will appear but you are not guaranteed to catch it.

## Store Items

### **Free Pack**

**Is it worth it? YES**

It's free; so yes. Free stuff is always good. Save collecting this item until you're tackling the Fortress Challenges for the Tasks in Pages 2 and 4 of the Special Assignments.

### **Premium Pack**

 **450**

**Is it worth it? KINDA**

Silver Keys cost 90 Gold Coins each, or you can get pay 325 Gold Coins and get four of them (81 each). 450 for five puts them at bang on 90 each, so you're basically getting 100 Spell Energy for free. However, you're better off buying a three pack for 325 and then getting a 5th Key for 90 for 415 Gold Coins in total, and getting the energy via Inns and by opening Extravagant Energy Gifts from friends (because you've told your Friends that's what they should send you...right?).

### **Premium Pack+**

 **925**

**Is it worth it? NOT REALLY**

This is only really worth it if you are desperate and you have money to burn.

Potent Exstimulo Potions cost 75 Gold Coins each in Slug & Jiggers. This bundle (ignoring the Spell Energy) puts them at around 60 each.

However, if you've been able to stockpile the rest of the Ingredients (Snowdrop, Bitterroot, and Re'em Blood), then you're probably better off renting the Gold Cauldron for 3 hours for 15 Gold Coins, and using Gold to pay for the Unicorn Hair (30), do the Master Notes, and then pay the cost to speed up the brewing time to instantly complete. Do this 15 times and you'll probably have spent a lot less than if you just purchase the single bundle.

It's fiddly, and clicking a single button in the Shop is a lot easier, but the Gold Cauldron doesn't limit how many potions you can brew, only how long you have access to it. The Gold Cauldron also has a 10% discount on Brewing Time, so you need to brew in excess of \_\_ Potions in order to make the 15 Gold Coin investment worthwhile - which, if you have the Ingredients for a Baruffio's Brain Elixir ready to go, you can and should set one of those babies to brew right before your Rental Time is up, thus maximising your Rented capacity.

### **Bonus Bundle**

The Bonus Bundle will not unlock in Diagon Alley (the store) until you reach the Bonus Assignments for this Brilliant Event. You can purchase a maximum of TWO of these Bundles.

 **2100**

**Is it worth it? YES** (if you have the coin)

15 Silver Keys is worth 1215 Gold Coins on their own. If you were to buy Potent Exstimulo Potions from Diagon Alley it would cost 1125. That puts us at 2340 already. Brain Elixirs are 100 each, so that's more value on top of that. This is a pack that will put you into a good place to complete all the Special Assignments and the Bonus Tasks for Circus Calamity Part II - or whatever Brilliant Event you do next. This pack is a great way to catapult your gameplay so that you can reach higher levels faster.

However, it is a lot of coin. You can purchase 2100 Gold Coins from Gringotts in Diagon Alley.

## Portkeys

Like all other Brilliant Events, Circus Calamitous Part I featured Brilliant Porkey Portmanteau.

### **Location**

The Brilliant Portkeys for this event will take you to Circus Arcanus.

## Brilliant Assignment Tasks

### Preparation Before the Event

* Brew two Healing Potions the night before and don't collect them until the event is active
* Make sure you keep 3 Brilliant Runestones for the third task of Page 4: Use 3 Brilliant Runestones

## Page 1

### Hints and Tips

* Set two Healing Potions to Brew before the event starts and don't collect them until you have activated the event and this task is active you your Special Assignments tab
* You can visit two different Inns or the same Inn twice (after it has reset after the 5 mins cooldown)
* Brilliant Graphorn will spawn on the Map during the event. If you don't see any, go for a walk, jump on a bus or a tram, or get a friend to drive you around and you'll see them
* If you are low on energy, run away from other Brilliant Foundables that aren't Brilliant Graphorn

## Page 2

### Hints and Tips

* Wizarding XP is standard XP, NOT Challenge XP
* Activate a Baruffio's Brain Elixir before entering a Fortress to increase the Wizarding XP you earn from each Challenge
* You will earn more Wizarding XP for completing Fortress Challenges with people that are NOT in your Friends list, as you gain more Wizarding XP for completing Challenges with strangers and more Challenge XP with Friends. However, we do NOT recommend that you do this. Always become game-friends with the people that you take on Fortress Challenges with. Challenge XP is way harder to come by (and will earn you more Red Books) than standard Wizarding XP

## Page 3

### Hints and Tips

* Check out our List of Foundables on our Foundables page and sort the table by Spell. This will show you all the Standard Foundables that have Confoundables defeats by Alohomora
* Note: Task 3 of Page 3 is to **Unlock** 3 Portkey Portmanteau, NOT to simply open 3 Portkeys that have waiting to be opened
* The Portkey Portmanteau that you unlock can be of any value, not just Brilliant Portkey Portmanteau
* Use your Gold Key on three (2km) Prized Portkey Portmanteau. Save your previous Silver Keys for the Bonus Tasks

## Page 4

### Hints and Tips

As mentioned for Page 2 (above)...

* Wizarding XP is standard XP, NOT Challenge XP
* Activate a Baruffio's Brain Elixir before entering a Fortress to increase the Wizarding XP you earn from each Challenge
* You will earn more Wizarding XP for completing Fortress Challenges with people that are NOT in your Friends list, as you gain more Wizarding XP for completing Challenges with strangers and more Challenge XP with Friends. However, we do NOT recommend that you do this. Always become game-friends with the people that you take on Fortress Challenges with. Challenge XP is way harder to come by (and will earn you more Red Books) than standard Wizarding XP
* You will gain a Circus Calamitous Brilliant Runestones every time you increase in Registry level for this Event
* It is yet to be confirmed if using Brilliant Runestones from previous Brilliant Events will count towards this task
* Make sure you keep 3 Brilliant Runestones for this task, or go catch a bunch of Brilliant Foundables until you level up a few more times

## Bonus Assignment

### Hints and Tips

* Get together with local players to do Fortress Chambers that are as difficult as you can handle
* Let other players that are higher level than you help you take on Chambers that are much harder than what you could normally handle on your own
* Get together with other local players and have a "DD Party" (Dark Detector Party) so that you can all benefit from using multiple Dark Detectors in the same place. This will attract the most Traces
* Remember that Landmarks may interfere with Traces not from that Family from appearing - which also applies to Brilliant Traces
* Remember that Dark Detectors are more effective if three different players have placed them in an Inn (rather than one player placing all three)