Changelog: Holiday Special 2023

The **Holiday Special 2023** update is a major update that was released December 25, 2023.

## Features

### Xmas 2023

* A *massive icy bird* has taken down Santa's sleigh while he was trying to deliver presents for the year! Keep an eye out for it in Kanto.
* Lost Presents have been scattered all over the world. Recover them and return them to Santa for special prizes, but beware of mimics.
* Collect them for a chance to befriend Santa's special Alpha Delibird!
* Santa's favorite workshop helpers have escaped and are swarming in the world! Keep an eye out for Holiday Swarms featuring rare species.
* Capture them and return them to the nearby Elfbots to receive Mysterious Balls with higher than normal Shiny-rate chances.
* Holiday magic is in the air, increasing the base Shiny rate of all encounters by +20% for this event. This effect stacks with normal Shiny charms and Donator Status.
* *PokeMMO'*s Holiday Special will end on January 2nd, 2024 when the in-game timer for the Holiday Charm is completed. Players will have 2 days to turn in any remaining Lost Presents

### Gift Shop

* Winter seasonal items are back in stock, including the ever-popular Christmas Sleigh. Check them out before they're gone!

## General Features

* Multiple accounts can now be stored in the login UI's saved credentials
* Event items which are marked as automatically expiring (such as Spooky Candy, Special Candy, and Anniversary Medallions) are now automatically removed from inventories upon an event's ending

## Balancing

* Sharpness' base power modifier has been increased from 40% to 50% for slicing moves
* Legendary Lures have gained additional effects. They increase normal encounter rates by 15%, increase the levels of monsters encountered in the area to the maximum value + 2, may increase the size of encounters, and have an 8% chance to encounter lure-exclusive species.

## Bug Fixes

* Fixed many client crashes
* Fixed an issue where Download would take into account held items, abilities, and field effects when calculating its boosted stat
* Confusion damage can no longer activate Held item or Ability effects, like Weak Armor
* Fixed an issue where, in battle chat, a hex code may show up instead of colored text after certain moves were used on certain monsters
* Fixed an issue where, in some maps with low encounter rates, such as those in GBA areas, low-value encounter rate modifiers (like Swarm's +10%) wouldn't be fully effective
* **Mobile**: Fixed layout issues with the evolution tree shown in the Pokédex
* Fixed an issue where invalid characters could be input into the character deletion prompt when deleting characters
* Fixed an issue where untradeable Makeover Kits & Genderswap Tickets weren't able to be used
* **Mobile**: Fixed an issue where, if the installation of a mod were interrupted, players wouldn't be able to uninstall it without clearing the app's data
* Fixed an issue where, when entering Phase 2 of Ho-Oh's boss battle, the challenger's negative stat stages would be cleared instead of their positive ones
* Illusion can no longer target another monster which also has an Illusion target
* **Mobile**: Fixed an issue where, when releasing monsters from the PC, an error could occur which selected invalid targets
* **iOS**: Fixed an issue where timezones wouldn't render correctly
* Fixed an issue where Eggs could show active particles
* Fixed an issue where, in coop NPC battles, the battle could get stuck if entering a fight with less than 3 party members available
* Fixed an issue where Snatch snatching Imprison could cause a battle deadlock

## Notes

*While we were looking forward to previewing a new feature for this event, it's still in-development and has been delayed until CNY 2024. Look forward to it then!*

## References

1. ↑ Kyu (25 December 2023). "Changelog: PokeMMO Holiday Special 2023". *PokeMMO Forums*.