Pride 2020

A 4theWords tradition celebrating diversity, equality, inclusiveness, and most of all, love, this year's Pride Festival, is bigger and better than ever! From May 29 to June 22 we will have special monsters, quests, and even a parade!

All the pride event monsters dropped Mini Pride Flags, which could be used at the token store for wardrobe items and reactions.

## Community Challenge: Paint the Rainbow

On June 3, a community challenge began, consisting of these monster battles:

* Red: x100 Puna
* Orange: x500 Reenu
* Yellow: x250 Sacer
* Green: x500 Aracni
* Blue: x250 Lorsa
* Purple: x750 Ardis

All stripes of the rainbow were complete on June 5, revealing the Pride Unicorn monster and its associated quest.

## Pride Badge

The pride badge was given out on June 24th to anyone who fought any battle from May 29 to June 22.

## Monsters

Pride Awa
 200 words/30 minutes
    Pride Nitana
 700 words/130 minutes
    Pride Sassi
 600 words/60 minutes
    Pride Unicorn
 1000 words/120 minutes
        Pride Wignow
 300 words/45 minutes
   Pride Xin
 100 words/20 minutes

## Wardrobe

### Token Store

Use Mini Pride Flags dropped by monsters to buy rewards in the Pride Rewards Token Store in Luciola Forest.

Pride Flag
Accessories
50 mini pride flagsFeather Wrist Guard
Accessories
25 Mini Pride FlagsPride Curly Hair
Hair
25 Mini pride flagsFeather Headdress
Head
25 mini pride flagsPride Flame Hair
Hair
25 mini pride flagsFishnet Pants
Lower Body
20 mini pride flagsFishnet Shirt
Upper Body
20 mini pride flagsFishnet Sleeveless Shirt
Upper Body
20 mini pride flagsArm Fishnets
Upper Body
20 mini pride flagsShort Skirt
Lower Body
15 mini pride flagsDenim Short
Lower Body
15 mini pride flagsDenim Skirt
Lower Body
15 mini pride flagsEyelashes
Head
10 mini pride flagsPastel Makeup
Paints
10 mini pride flagsSunset Makeup
Paints
10 mini pride flagsShort Bowl Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagShort Side Bang Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagShort Side Sweep Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagShort Extra Curly Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagShort Brushed Up Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagShort Wavy Hair
Hair
1 mini pride flagReactions: Celebrate
1 mini pride flagReactions: Family
1 mini pride flagReactions: Here for you
1 mini pride flagReactions: Community Pride
1 mini pride flagReactions: Got Your Back
1 mini pride flagReactions: Everything
1 mini pride flag
### Wardrobe Store

The Pride Festival Wardrobe Store is also open in Luciola Forest, selling these items for Core Crystals.

Pride Body Paint
60 core crystalsPride Transparent Jacket
Upper Body
40 core crystalsPride Hat
Head
40 core crystalsPride Rain Boots
Feet
30 core crystalsPride Overalls
Upper Body
30 core crystalsPride Beard
Head
20 core crystalsPride Multicolor Hair
Hair
20 core crystalsPride Glasses
Head
20 core crystalsPride Necklace
Accessories
10 core crystalsRainbow Makeup
Paints
10 core crystalsHeavy Makeup
Paints
10 core crystalsDots Makeup
Head
10 core crystalsPride Mustache
Head
5 core crystalsPainted Lips
Paints
5 core crystalsPride Bow Tie
Accessories
5 core crystalsUnicorn Horn
Head
30 core crystalsConfetti
Paints
30 core crystals
## Parade

Join the parade through your wardrobe section. You don't have to wait until you've got every wardrobe item you want to rock, since you can update your parade avatar at any time.

Then, visit the parade either from the button right there or the second circle down in the menu bar. You can also use an external link to watch and invite others to watch regardless of whether you/they are logged in or even a registered Dust Warrior.

As of June 1, over 300 Dust Warriors had already joined the parade; by the end of the festival on June 22, the total was nearly 600.

## Tactics

*As always, tactics sections may contain spoilers and speculation. Proceed with all due caution.*

Out of sensitivity to the amount of stressors from outside Oge-Mai Valley this year, all creatures and quests were revealed at the beginning of the festival, so there is no need to consider the possibility of upcoming plot twists. (The community challenge was revealed a few days into the festival, but it's not a very hard one.)

For bestiary completionists who have been around the festival cycle with 4theWords before, the critical battles are Pride Nitana and Pride Sassi.

If you need both Mini Pride Flags and Hunter Tokens, Pride Sassi's your cat! She drops both. In spite of fitting this month's Hunt theme by having some orange on them, the others do not.

Many quests also involve non-event monsters as well as limited-time availability Pride monsters. For the Dust Warrior whose words are few but questbook slots are abundant, saving the quest in your questbook and doing the regular monster battles later will work. Also, players who have not yet unlocked the desert regions (therefore cannot yet fight Desert Wignows for the Wignow High Five quest) can carry that quest forward for when they have progressed in their main quests.

Wardrobe completionists who don't have any of the wardrobe items already will need x305 Mini Pride Flags to buy out the Pride Rewards Token Store. Note that 60 are available as quest rewards (paired with wardrobe items which established Dust Warriors may have from previous Pride festivals).

Speaking of which, Dust Warriors who already have the Mini-shirt might be tempted to skip Pride's Purple Dancers (on the other hand, a pack of Pride Xin is not exactly a major challenge) and Steel the Rainbow (though you can double-count the x3 Pride Nitana), but All the Colors! for the Pride Shirt is a part one of two, unlocking the ability to even try for the Pride Scarf.

For maximum double-counting, go easy on repeated battles before picking up Valley Pride Celebration!, the three-of-each quest unlocked by the one-of-each.