Scientific Boom

The Scientific Boom quest is a recurring event with a duration of 9 days.

This description is based on Season IX, updated for Season XI and 29 (they dropped the Roman numeral numbering system somewhere between season 20 and 25.)

At some point in 2021 or 2022, Synthpop Stamps and Eureka Stamps were scrapped, in favor of a new currency called 'Holographic Coins'. Players who had these stamps in their inventory when this change occured would have their stamps converted into Holographic Coins.

## Legend

Inventors from all over the world have come to the Island for a scientific event. Help the scientists, earn achievements, and receive awesome scientific accessories as rewards!

Earn holographic coins to build unique buildings and participate in the scientific tournament! Reach the final stage and make a scientific breakthrough!

### Rewards

* Reward: Innovator's Chest - Everything the scientists created during Scientific Boom is inside this chest! Inside you may find:
	+ 740 Holographic Coins
	+ 1 Unlocker 2000
	+ 3 Grasper 42
	+ 1 Royal Hardhat
	+ 1 Packing Expert Trainer
	+ 3 Desk Bell
	+ 3 Totem of Plenty
	+ 3 Party Planner (1 hour)

* Bonus: 1 Robot of the Future - This accessory reduces staff requirements to zero. Suitable for most buildings.

## Tasks

Make the scientists feel at home on the Island! Complete the quests, earn achievements, and receive accessories as rewards. A scientific tournament and unexpected discoveries await you!

### Brain Inflow

The Island has become a center for scientific advances! Scientists and inventors are flowing in from all over the world. You have a super powerful computer that can help their research. Start it.

* Place Seeker-23 on your island.
* Collect 1 time from Seeker-23

Reward: 50 Coins - 10 XP - 1 Union Point

Bonus Reward!: 1 Simple Robot. This accessory reduces staff requirements by 1%.

### White Coat Community

Despite their heated arguments, this is a very tight-knit community. Choose a hotel where you can accommodate the inventors. Talk to them and find out what they are researching.

* Look at the Eureka Hotel in the Exclusive tab
* Talk to the scientists 10 times. You'll recognize them by their white coats.

Reward: 100 Coins - 20 XP - 2 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 10 Holographic Coins

### Brain Twister

The scientists are ready for action! But they need materials: parts, cables, and handbooks.Provide them with everything they need, or they will have to use cardboard and tape...

* Collect 140 I-Cable Skein
* Collect 105 Fun Science Textbook
* Collect 70 M-13 Spare Part

Reward: 1 Crystal - 1000 Coins - 150 XP - 15 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 1 Smart Robot. This accessory reduces staff requirements by 10%.

### Copper Deficiency

There are so many inventors on the island that they have run out of cables! It's time to take a break and stockpile some more. Meanwhile, enter the invention race with your friends!

* Stock up 130 I-Cable Skein at the Warehouse. (You pass this when at least 130 I-Cable Skein are available in the Warehouse)
* Read the Tournament FAQ.

Reward: 700 Coins - 100 XP - 10 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 30 Holographic Coins

### Sadness, Go Away!

Even the most brilliant scientists need inspiration. It seems your scientists have been distracted lately! Show them an example of determination and persistency.

* Check out the first-place prize of the tournament.
* Earn 150 tournament points towards your individual goal.

Reward: 500 Coins - 350 XP - 20 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 60 Holographic Coins

### Ahead of Progress

Cables and parts are consumed faster then coffee during brain storming. Your scientists have been wasting no time, and now they need more materials. Help them!

* 445 I-Cable Skein
* 320 Fun Science Textbook
* 215 M-13 Spare Part

Reward: 2 Crystals - 2,000 Coins - 200 XP - 25 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: Latest Robot. This accessory cuts staff requirements in half.

### Scientific Reads

Science is cool! But sometimes it's hard to take in so many things at once... If you want to read the bestseller by Dr. Ein Stein, make sure to take breaks to digest the information.

* Play 5 games of Sandy Caps - Can be completed for 100 Crystals
* Stock up 180 Fun Science Textbooks at a Warehouse (You pass this when at least 180 Fun Science Textbooks are available in the Warehouse)

Reward: 900 Coins - 150 XP - 10 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 110 Holographic Coins

### Loading in progress...

Sometimes scientists lack inspiration, but it's worse when they lack data! Luckily, your scientific station has plenty of it. While they're copying it onto memory sticks, keep yourself busy.

* Get Memory Sticks from Seeker-23 8 times.
* Hold any 10 events.

Reward: 750 Coins - 90 XP - 7 Union Points

Bonus Reward!: 200 Holographic Coins

### See You Around

You've made a significant contribution to science. The thankful scientists packed a chest of useful inventions for you. Give them you materials, and maybe one of them will build a perpetuum mobile!

* Collect 950 I-Cable Skein
* Collect 680 Fun Science Textbook
* Collect 470 M-13 Spare Part

Reward: 5 Crystals - 5,000 Coins - 300 XP - 150 Union Points

## Tournament

### Individual Goal

1. For 350 Tournament Points
	* 3 Crystals
	* 4 Worker's Hardhat
	* 4 1-Minute Party Planner
	* 5 Flower
2. For 750 Tournament Points  ?
3. For 1500 Tournament Points
	* 3 Crystals
	* 3 Foreman's Hardhat
	* 3 10-minute Party Planner
	* 5 Coral

### Common Goal

1. Stage Goal for 150,000,000 Tournament Points
	* 3 Crystals
	* 1 Healing ointment
	* 2 1-Hour Party Planner
	* 3 Creator's Hardhat
2. Common Goal Reward for 300,000,000 Tournament Points
	* 7 Crystals
	* 1 Smart Robot
	* 1 Packaging Expert Trainer
	* 2 Desk Bell
	* 2 Hermes' Hardhat

## Achievements: Unique

### People in White

Talk to the scientists

1. 19: 1 Achievement Point - 500 Coins - 20 XP
2. 40: 2 Achievement Points - 2,000 Coins - 50 XP
3. 200: 3 Achievement Points - 4,500 Coins - 150 XP
4. 550: 4 Achievement Points - 12,500 Coins - 250 XP
5. 1,200: 5 Achievement Points - 2 Crystals - 20,000 Coins - 350 XP

### High Voltage

Get I-Cable Skeins

1. 30: 1 Achievement Point - 500 Coins - 20 XP
2. 250: 2 Achievement Points - 2,000 Coins - 50 XP
3. 750: 3 Achievement Points - 4,500 Coins - 150 XP
4. 1,500: 4 Achievement Points - 12,500 Coins - 250 XP
5. 2,500: 5 Achievement Points - 2 Crystals 20,000 Coins - 350 XP

### Science Is My Name

Earn tournament points

1. 300: 1 Achievement Point - 500 Coins - 20 XP
2. 850: 2 Achievement Points - 2,000 Coins - 75 XP
3. 1,500: 3 Achievement Points - 4,500 Coins - 150 XP
4. 3,100: 4 Achievement Points - 12,500 Coins - 200 XP

### Patron of Science

Complete specific tasks of the quest

1. Complete the BrainTwister quest: 3 Achievement Points - 5,000 Coins - 100 XP
2. Complete the Ahead of Progress quest: 5 Achievement Points - 10,000 Coins - 250 XP
3. Complete the See You Around quest: 10 Achievement Points - 3 Crystals - 20,000 Coins - 400 XP

### Express to the Future

Send Scientific Boom gifts

1. 2: 1 Achievement Point - 2,000 Coins - 30 XP
2. 5: 2 Achievement Points - 5,000 Coins - 60 XP
3. 10: 3 Achievement Points - 10,000 Coins - 100 XP

### From Atom to Galaxy

Place an Atom Model or a Saturn Hologram on the Island

1. 3 Achievement Points - 5,000 Coins 300 XP

### Iron Expert

Decorate a building with a Scientific Boom accessory

1. 1: 1 Achievement Point - 100 Coins - 10 XP
2. 4: 1 Achievement Point - 1 Crystal - 250 Coins - 70 XP

### Sharing Knowledge

Receive a Scientifc Boom gift

1. 1: 1 Achievement Point - 500 Coins - 50 XP
2. 3: 2 Achievement Point - 2,000Coins - 100 XP

### Doctor of Islandology

Complete all Scientific Boom achievements

* 10 Crystals - 45,000 Coins - 650 XP

## Special Tourists

### Scientist

Talk to a Scientist. This costs you 10 memory Stick and gives you 1 Tournament Point and one of

* I-Cable Skein
* Fun Science Textbook
* M-13 Spare Part

### Sam Watchyerhead

The tourist with the red bag / yellow star balloon that show up with every event.

* 7 I-Cable Skein for 1 Laborer's Hardhat
* 15 Fun Science Textbook for 1 Builder's Hardhat
* 5 M-13 Spare Part for 1 Foreman's Hardhat

### Inventor Ex

Knowledge is the light of humanity! But you need cables to make it shine.

This tourist only appears after the completion of the quest. You need 36 I-Cable Skein and get 15 Tournament Points and 1 X Chest reward, which possibly contains:

* Holographic Coins
* Creator's Hardhat
* Totem of Generosity
* Magnet
* Coral
* Feather
* Flower
* XP
* Coins

### Inventor Wye

I almost invented a perpetuum mobile, but I forgot one simple formula.

This tourist only appears after the completion of the quest. You need 64 Fun Science Textbook and get 15 Tournament Points and 1 Y Chest reward, which possibly contains:

* Holographic Coins
* Desk bell
* Party Planner (3 hours)
* Magnet
* Coral
* Feather
* Pearl
* XP
* Coins

### Inventor Zed

I can only be partly Creative when I don't have enough parts!

This tourist only appears after the completion of the quest. You need 84 M-13 Spare Part and get 15 Tournament Points and 1 Z Chest reward, which possible contains:

* Holographic Coins
* Demarcation Tape
* Snowflake Magnet
* Totem of Plenty
* Hermes' Hardhat
* Swanky Certificate
* Secrets of Planning
* XP
* Coins

## Gifts

* Saturn Hologram - Costs 300 Crystals - +20 Tourists
* Atom Model - Costs 20 I-Cable Skein - +10 Tourists

## Buildings

### Seeker-23

* Needs a 2x2 area
* Provides +5 Tourists
* Accessory Slot 1: 10,000 Coins - Slot 2: 50 Crystals
* Produces every 3 hours 190-200 Memory Stick - can be Speed up by 84 Crystals

### Synthpop Hall

* Costs 13000 Holographic Coins
* Build time is 1 day 4 hours and needs a 4x4 area
* Earns 270,000 Coins every 17 hours
* Needs -85 Energy and -35 Staff
* Provides 185 Beds

### Eureka Hotel

* Costs 3000 Holographic Coins
* Build time is 1 day 4 hours and needs a 3x3 area
* Earns 200,000 Coins every 14 hours
* Needs -85 Energy and -30 Staff
* Provides 150 Beds

Events
 Robotics Class
 Research of the Future

### Reaction Hotel

* Costs 2000 Holographic Coins
* Build time is 1 day and needs a 3x3 area
* Earns 150,000 coins every 12 hours
* Needs -75 energy and -25 staff
* Provides 150 Beds

### Time Machine Hourglass

* Costs 140 Holographic Coins and can be built 5 times
* Provides +280 tourists, needs -12 staff and a 2x2 area

### Paradox Waterfall

* Costs 150 Holographic Coins and can be built 5 times
* Provides +300 tourists, needs -15 staff and a 2x2 area

### Tropical Luminos

* Costs 120 Holographic Coins and can be built 5 times
* Provides +240 tourists, needs -10 staff and a 2x2 area

## Daily Quests

### In the Language of Science

Talk to the scientists 15 times

Reward

* 5 I-Cable Skein
* 3 Fun Science Textbook
* 1 M-13 Spare Part
* 500 Coins
* 5 XP
* 1 Achievement Point

### Fruit of Science

Send a Scientific quest gift

Reward

* 1 Crystal
* 1 Eureka stamp
* 25 Memory Stick
* 7 I-Cable Skein
* 500 Coins
* 5 XP
* 1 Achievement Point

### Info Keeper

Get Memory Sticks from Seeker-23 2 times

Reward

* 15 Memory Stick
* 5 I-Cable Skein
* 3 M-13 Spare Part
* 500 Coins
* 5 XP
* 1 Achievement Point