Festivals

When is there a festival?

The village has no festival calendar. A festival starts when something good happens:

• Friends gather. When 3 or more players stand in the village plaza together for 20 seconds, the village throws a party. After a festival ends, the next gathering festival waits a while.
• The valley heals. Each time the valley grows healthier (the meter at the top of the screen), everyone celebrates.
• A great work is finished. When the River Fund pays for a new great work, like the lantern garlands or the golden heron, there is a festival for it.

If something good happens during a festival, the party goes on a little longer.

What happens

For 4 min, paper lanterns float up over the plaza and confetti bursts in the air. A banner at the top of the screen shows how long is left.

Stay in the plaza for 30 seconds and the village gives you two Festival Honey Cakes (they make you learn faster for a while), some XP, and every villager counts you a little more of a friend. You get this once per festival.