Quests & Challenges

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/fkLT6kK.jpg[/img][/center] Hello everyone, It's almost 2019, which means it's time for a new Chest Challenge for those interested in joining. What is the chest challenge? Mostly a test of your own self control. For the chest challenge you save up chests from specific sources for a set amount of time. Most of us try to save up for a full year, which seems difficult, but it's worth it: you will be swimming in treasure and gems at the end of the year! You can join the challenge at any point; starting in January just seems the most logical, but of course you can also start saving at a later point. Maybe you want to save for your birthday, or for FR's anniversay. It's all good! There are several difficulties you can choose from for your own chest challenge. Of course these are simple guidelines. You can make up your own rules as well by picking a + option. [color=green][b]Easy & Easy+[/b][/color] On this mode, you save up all the chests you get from bonding with familiars for a full year. You can open any chests, crates, treasure packs, and eggs found through digging, the coliseum, and during festivals. You can sell food, materials and other items you find. Easy + is an optional setting with Easy as the base goal. This leaves you free to save up other found chests or items, as you see fit. [color=orange][b]Intermediate & Intermediate+[/b][/color] Save up any chests obtained from familiars, through digging, the coliseum, and during festivals for an entire year. You can open any treasure packs or eggs, and you can sell food, materials and other items you find. Intermediate + is an optional setting with Intermediate as the base goal. This leaves you free to save up other found treasure packs, eggs or items, as you see fit. [color=red][b]Expert & Expert+[/b][/color] Save up all eggs, chests & treasure packs obtained from all sources (digging, coliseum, familiars). In addition, you can't (hoard)sell any food, materials & other items for a full year. All treasure obtained must be through exalting, fairgrounds, selling birthed dragons or reselling/sniping items from the marketplace or auction house. Expert + is an optional setting with Expert as the base goal. This leaves you free to customize your Chest Challenge experience to be as difficult as you'd like. [color=purple][b]Insanity[/b][/color] If Expert wasn't tough enough for you yet, you can go full blown hoarder and decide not to open, sell or buy anything for a full year! You can buy food for your current dragons, you can buy dragons to exalt and you can trade hoarded items for Swipp and Baldwin.

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ic7QGHP.jpg[/img][/center] [LIST] [*]For the people doing one of the harder options, starting with a clean hoard is a good idea. That way you can really see how much you have gained over the year. This is also fun to do right before you start opening all your boxes. [*]Put all chests in the vault as soon as you obtain/record them. You're less likely to want to open them if you don't see them all the time. I prefer to vault at the very end of the month because it's easier to keep track that way. [*]Put your awakened familiars in your vault as soon as they become awakened. Cycle those out with your non-awakened familiars. [*]Try to bond with all of your familiars each day. Those chests really add up quick! [*]Your email adress will not show up in the spreadsheet. We can only see the information you put there yourself. [*]Lore writers can get creative with this challenge as well! Which dragons collect the chests? Who are the vault/treasure guards? Any clan members looking to steal chests for that sweet gene scroll they've been wanting forever? Lots of possiblities I think. If you want to post your lore regarding this challenge, I would love that! [*]Got any questions or need help? Don't hesitate to ask! [/LIST]

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/hT7GMme.jpg[/img][/center] There are two sheets we use for the chest challenge. There is a master sheet which list the totals of everyone who is in the challenge. Here you can check your own totals and see how well you are doing compared to other people. Then there is a personal sheet which is where you track your chests. [center][size=5][url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iZW1288CVm028R535ujVmIwP1ivVIJfKv6agoFT5F7Q/edit?usp=sharing]Mastersheet[/url] – [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lqIRcsvVBfuX-y2FiMqZeGpmsfH3LuGozdZ0WwNOjvM/edit?usp=sharing]Personal sheet[/url][/size][/center] Please follow these steps to get started: 1. Make a copy (File ---> Make a copy) of the personal spreadsheet linked above. This is the spreadsheet where you will keep track of all of your openable items. Please do not delete any columns or rows. It's fine if you want to change the colours of things to make it more personalised! Don't forget to fill in your user information or I won't be able to add you to the mastersheet. 2. Share your spreadsheet link with me. To do this, click 'Share' in the top corner, and then click 'Get Shareable Link' and then copy the link that generates. I do not need editing access; I just need to be able to view the sheet. If you do not see yourself on the Master Sheet it means I wasn't given viewing access to your sheet so make sure to get the shareable link. You can either message me your link or simply post it in the thread. And that's all there is to it really! The Master sheet will update automatically when you makes changes or edit data on your personal sheet. For those who prefer a visual example, here is my personal sheet (with my cat Tinus hanging out as well). [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0zQgPpa.png[/img][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0WWqFft.png[/img][/center] If you sign up for the ping list, you will get a ping at the end of the month to remind you to update your sheet. I will also ping when changes in the sheet have been made such as when new treasure packs have been added. I personally prefer to subscribe (click the star icon top right) to this forum thread; that way you automatically get a notification when someone posts in the thread. I hope this will also help to keep the thread active and engaging. [u][b]Please let me know if you want to be pinged when you share your sheet link.[/b][/u] [center]I wish everyone good luck saving up for 2019. [/center] [center]Happy chest hunting![/center]

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Yeah! Definitely joining again this year! Opening up all those chests was so satisfying!

@Louretta
Hello again, the sheet and please add me to the ping list :)

I'm going to aim for insanity this year so let's hope all goes well!

@Louretta
Going to join again for 2019! Here is my sheet :D

@Mortveil
Oh you are putting kitties too. :D
Adding you!

@Louretta
Definitely doing this again!
Here's my sheet, and please add me to the ping list!