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The '''Anniversary event''' is a yearly recurring event on Ephinea, featuring the Maximum Attack E series of [[quests]] (event-exclusive shorter-form versions of the [[Maximum Attack E]] quests), the availability of Anniversary Badges, and the Anniversary milestone system, which rewards the community various rate boosts depending on the playerbase's performance.
The Ephinea [[Anniversary event]] is a major annual [[event]] that occurs during or around the month of '''August''' and lasts '''four weeks'''.  


It takes place sometime in August, and lasts for four weeks.
The anniversary event features the Maximum Attack E series of [[quests]] (event-exclusive shorter-form versions of the [[Maximum Attack E]] quests), an event-exclusive currency called Anniversary Badges, and the Anniversary milestone system, which awards the community various rate boosts depending on the playerbase's performance.


==Boosts==
==Boosts==
===Rotating weekly boosts===
===Rotating weekly boosts===
During the Anniversary event, '''all four rotating weekly boosts''' are active simultaneously.
During the Anniversary event, '''all four rotating [[weekly boosts]]''' are active simultaneously.


===Milestone rewards===
===Milestone rewards===
{{MessageBox
During the Anniversary event, milestone rewards are unlocked based on a server-wide counter:
|img=Bluefull icon.png
* In years prior to 2024, this counter tracked all monster kills that occurred in Ultimate difficulty, regardless of whether or not a quest was chosen.
|This information is out-of-date.
* In 2024, a different counter was implemented, which tracked individual clears of the Maximum Attack E quests, with boosts unlocking based on the number of clears of the ''least''-cleared quest (similar to the previous [[Hunters Boost Road]] system).
|Needs clarification of new pseudo-HBR system used for 2024. - Sundark
}}
During this event, all kills made in Ultimate difficulty regardless of quest or lack thereof are tallied up and added to a cumulative kill counter to unlock boosts. Any boosts applied function everywhere, not only in the event quests.


Players can see their own individual kill counters by speaking to the Guide NPC in the [[Hunter's Guild]] in the Anniversary Badge Shop.
Milestone rewards include standard boosts, such as those to experience, rare enemy, or [[Item drops#Drop rate boosts|drop]] rates, as well increased {{Meseta}} drops, or specific increases to the drop rates of {{Tool|rare|Photon Drop|Photon Drops}} or the Anniversary Badges (see below). These milestone rewards apply server-wide, and are not restricted to event-exclusive quests.


* [https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/8th-anniv-event 8th Anniversary Event 2023 Milestone Rewards]
Milestone reward progression can be viewed on a subpage of the official [https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/ Ephinea] website that becomes available at the start of each Anniversary event. Players can see their own individual kill counters by entering the {{Quest link|Anniversary Badge Shop}} and speaking to the Guide NPC located in the [[Hunter's Guild]].<!--not sure that checking your kill totals with the guide is still correct-->


==Event items==
==Event items==
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During the Anniversary event, four types of rare "Anniversary badge" items will drop from ''all'' enemies (with the exception of scared [[Enemies#Rag Rappy|Rappies]]). The exact drop rates of each badge type have not been released to the community. The availability of each badge type is determined by difficulty (the higher the difficulty, the more common the badge drops):
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Badge
!Difficulty
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Tool|rare|Anniv. Bronze Badge}}
|Normal (or higher)
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Tool|rare|Anniv. Silver Badge}}
|Very Hard (or higher)
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Tool|rare|Anniv. Gold Badge}}
|Ultimate
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Tool|rare|Anniv. Platinum Badge}}
|{{Note|Extremely rare|Ultimate}}
|}
|}
During the course of this event, four different types of badges can drop:
* {{Tool|rare|Anniv. Bronze Badge}} (All difficulties)
* {{Tool|rare|Anniv. Silver Badge}} (Very Hard, Ultimate)
* {{Tool|rare|Anniv. Gold Badge}} (Ultimate only)
* {{Tool|rare|Anniv. Platinum Badge}} (Ultimate only, extremely rare)
The higher the difficulty, the more common the badge drops. These badges can drop anywhere; they are not exclusive to the event quest series.


All badge drops are also independent of any drop rate modifications (save for specific badge rate increases granted by the Anniversary event), and cannot be obtained from [[Item box|item boxes]] or [[Rag Rappy|Rappies]] that are scared away instead of killed.
Anniversary badge drops are not affected by any [[Item drops#Drop rate boosts|drop rate boosts]], except for those specifically granted by the Anniversary event. Anniversary badges will not drop from [[Item box|item boxes]].


==Associated quests==
==Associated quests==
===Maximum Attack E series===
The main quests featured in the Anniversary event are the Maximum Attack E series. These quests are designed to last five-to-ten minutes per run, cannot be failed, and award Anniversary badges on clear, with the number and type of badges rewarded depending on difficulty.
Maximum Attack E is this event's designated quest series. Each quest is designed to last 5-10 minutes, and cannot be failed.
===Event category===
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+|List of Maximum Attack E quests
|+|List of Anniversary quests
!Quest
!Episode
!Quest Title
!Area
!Area
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Episode 1
! rowspan="5" |Episode 1
|-
|{{Quest link|August Atrocity 1}}*
|{{Quest link|August Atrocity 1}}*
|Mine 2
|[[Mine 2]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Forest}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Forest}}
|Forest 1
|[[Forest 2]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Caves}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Cave}}
|Cave 2
|[[Cave 2]]
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Mines}}
|Mine 1
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Mine}}
|[[Mine 1]]
|-style="border-bottom: solid 2px #aaa;"
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Ruins}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Ruins}}
|Ruins 3
|[[Ruins 3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Episode 2
|-
|-
! rowspan="6" |Episode 2
|{{Quest link|August Atrocity 2}}*
|{{Quest link|August Atrocity 2}}*
|Jungle East
|[[Jungle Area (East)]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Temple}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Temple}}
|VR Temple Alpha
|[[VR Temple Alpha]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Spaceship}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Spaceship}}
|VR Spaceship Alpha
|[[VR Spaceship Alpha]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: CCA}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: CCA}}
|Central Control Area
|[[Central Control Area]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Seabed}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Seabed}}
|Seabed Upper
|[[Seabed Upper Levels]]
|-
|-style="border-bottom: solid 2px #aaa;"
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Tower}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Tower}}
|Control Tower
|[[Control Tower]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Episode 4
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Episode 4
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Crater}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Crater}}
|Crater West
|[[Crater#Western Route|Crater (Western Route)]]
|-
|-
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Desert}}
|{{Quest link|Maximum Attack E: Desert}}
|Subterranean Desert 3
|[[Subterranean Desert 3]]
|}
|}
: ''* These quests are "omnispawn" quests, and feature enemies from '''every''' area.
: ''* These quests are "omnispawn" quests, and are able to feature enemies from '''every''' area (though not all are used).


===Anniversary Badge Shop===
===Shop category===
: ''Main article: {{Quest link|Anniversary Badge Shop}}''
===={{Quest link|Anniversary Badge Shop}}====
The Anniversary Badge Shop is one of the featured quests during the annual Anniversary event. This quest features numerous shops and NPCs, at or with which players may trade in their Anniversary Badges for various items.


During this event, any badges found can be traded for various items at the Anniversary Badge Shop. There are a total of seven different NPCs to trade with, and all request different types of badges for their services.
This quest may be selected at the [[Hunter's Guild|quest counter]] '''year-round'''.


The Anniversary Badge Shop remains available even after the event's conclusion, and badges may still be traded for items if a player has them.
==Previous events==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
In the Anniversary Badge Shop, Bronze and Silver badges may be "up-traded" into Silver and Gold badges (respectively), such that:
|+|Previous Anniversary events
* 10 Bronze Badges = 1 Silver Badge
!Year || Start date || End date || Forum || Milestones
* 10 Silver Badges = 1 Gold Badge
|-
 
|2016 || August 11th || October 1st || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/3083 Link] || rowspan="4"|n/a
It is not possible to up-trade badges for a Platinum badge.
|-
 
|2017 || August 13th || September 10th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/7734 Link]
==See also==
|-
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/8th-anniversary-event-thread.26453 8th Anniversary Event forum thread]
|2018 || August 6th || September 3rd || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/11345 Link]
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/7th-anniversary-event-thread.23826 7th Anniversary Event forum thread]
|-
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/21021 6th Anniversary Event forum thread]
|2019 || August 2nd || September 6th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/15276 Link]
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/18985 5th Anniversary Event forum thread]
|-
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/15276 4th Anniversary Event forum thread]
|2020 || August 17th || September 14th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/18985 Link] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805171958/https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/5th-anniv-event/ Link]*
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/11345 3rd Anniversary Event forum thread]
|-
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/7734 2nd Anniversary Event forum thread]
|2021 || August 7th || September 4th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/21021 Link] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20211205140205/https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/6th-anniv-event/ Link]*
* [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/3083 1st Anniversary Event forum thread] (originally known as the Summer event)
|-
<br>
|2022 || August 6th || September 6th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/7th-anniversary-event-thread.23826 Link] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322154243/https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/7th-anniv-event/ Link]*
|-
|2023 || August 5th || September 5th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/8th-anniversary-event-thread.26453 Link] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230905072422/https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/8th-anniv-event/ Link]*
|-
|2024 || August 12th || September 9th || [https://www.pioneer2.net/community/threads/9th-anniversary-event-thread.29237/ Link] || [https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/9th-anniv-event/ Link]
|}
: ''* Link redirects to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
{{Events}}
{{Events}}

Latest revision as of 01:18, 28 November 2024

The Ephinea Anniversary event is a major annual event that occurs during or around the month of August and lasts four weeks.

The anniversary event features the Maximum Attack E series of quests (event-exclusive shorter-form versions of the Maximum Attack E quests), an event-exclusive currency called Anniversary Badges, and the Anniversary milestone system, which awards the community various rate boosts depending on the playerbase's performance.

Boosts

Rotating weekly boosts

During the Anniversary event, all four rotating weekly boosts are active simultaneously.

Milestone rewards

During the Anniversary event, milestone rewards are unlocked based on a server-wide counter:

  • In years prior to 2024, this counter tracked all monster kills that occurred in Ultimate difficulty, regardless of whether or not a quest was chosen.
  • In 2024, a different counter was implemented, which tracked individual clears of the Maximum Attack E quests, with boosts unlocking based on the number of clears of the least-cleared quest (similar to the previous Hunters Boost Road system).

Milestone rewards include standard boosts, such as those to experience, rare enemy, or drop rates, as well increased Meseta icon.pngMeseta drops, or specific increases to the drop rates of Tool icon.pngPhoton Drops or the Anniversary Badges (see below). These milestone rewards apply server-wide, and are not restricted to event-exclusive quests.

Milestone reward progression can be viewed on a subpage of the official Ephinea website that becomes available at the start of each Anniversary event. Players can see their own individual kill counters by entering the Quest icon.pngAnniversary Badge Shop and speaking to the Guide NPC located in the Hunter's Guild.

Event items

Anniversary Badges

Tool icon.pngAnniv. Bronze Badge
A currency accepted by scavengers and thieves...
Type
:
 Event Item
Max Stack
:
 99
Hex
:
 031019

Tool icon.pngAnniv. Silver Badge
A currency accepted by scavengers and thieves...
Type
:
 Event Item
Max Stack
:
 99
Hex
:
 03101A

Tool icon.pngAnniv. Gold Badge
A currency accepted by scavengers and thieves...
Type
:
 Event Item
Max Stack
:
 99
Hex
:
 03101B

Tool icon.pngAnniv. Platinum Badge
With whom could you trade this rare currency...?
Type
:
 Event Item
Max Stack
:
 99
Hex
:
 03101C

During the Anniversary event, four types of rare "Anniversary badge" items will drop from all enemies (with the exception of scared Rappies). The exact drop rates of each badge type have not been released to the community. The availability of each badge type is determined by difficulty (the higher the difficulty, the more common the badge drops):

Badge Difficulty
Tool icon.pngAnniv. Bronze Badge Normal (or higher)
Tool icon.pngAnniv. Silver Badge Very Hard (or higher)
Tool icon.pngAnniv. Gold Badge Ultimate
Tool icon.pngAnniv. Platinum Badge Ultimate

Anniversary badge drops are not affected by any drop rate boosts, except for those specifically granted by the Anniversary event. Anniversary badges will not drop from item boxes.

Associated quests

The main quests featured in the Anniversary event are the Maximum Attack E series. These quests are designed to last five-to-ten minutes per run, cannot be failed, and award Anniversary badges on clear, with the number and type of badges rewarded depending on difficulty.

Event category

List of Anniversary quests
Episode Quest Title Area
Episode 1 Quest icon.pngAugust Atrocity 1* Mine 2
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Forest Forest 2
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Cave Cave 2
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Mine Mine 1
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Ruins Ruins 3
Episode 2 Quest icon.pngAugust Atrocity 2* Jungle Area (East)
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Temple VR Temple Alpha
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Spaceship VR Spaceship Alpha
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: CCA Central Control Area
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Seabed Seabed Upper Levels
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Tower Control Tower
Episode 4 Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Crater Crater (Western Route)
Quest icon.pngMaximum Attack E: Desert Subterranean Desert 3
* These quests are "omnispawn" quests, and are able to feature enemies from every area (though not all are used).

Shop category

Quest icon.pngAnniversary Badge Shop

The Anniversary Badge Shop is one of the featured quests during the annual Anniversary event. This quest features numerous shops and NPCs, at or with which players may trade in their Anniversary Badges for various items.

This quest may be selected at the quest counter year-round.

Previous events

Previous Anniversary events
Year Start date End date Forum Milestones
2016 August 11th October 1st Link n/a
2017 August 13th September 10th Link
2018 August 6th September 3rd Link
2019 August 2nd September 6th Link
2020 August 17th September 14th Link Link*
2021 August 7th September 4th Link Link*
2022 August 6th September 6th Link Link*
2023 August 5th September 5th Link Link*
2024 August 12th September 9th Link Link
* Link redirects to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Events
Events Anniversary event • Christmas event • Easter event • Halloween event • Valentine's event
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