Anniversary event

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 rewards the community various rate boosts depending on the playerbase's performance.

Dates

Previous event dates

Year	Start date	End date
2016	August 11th	October 1st
2017	August 13th	September 10th
2018	August 6th	September 3rd
2019	August 2nd	September 6th
2020	August 17th	September 14th
2021	August 7th	September 4th
2022	August 6th	September 6th
2023	August 5th	September 5th
2024	August 12th	September 9th

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 is 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 drops, or specific increases to the drop rates of Photon 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 Anniversary Badge Shop and speaking to the Guide NPC located in the Hunter's Guild.

Event items

Anniversary Badges

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

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

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

Anniv. 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
Anniv. Bronze Badge	Normal (or higher)
Anniv. Silver Badge	Very Hard (or higher)
Anniv. Gold Badge	Ultimate
Anniv. 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	August Atrocity 1*	Mine 2
	Maximum Attack E: Forest	Forest 2
	Maximum Attack E: Cave	Cave 2
	Maximum Attack E: Mine	Mine 1
	Maximum Attack E: Ruins	Ruins 3
Episode 2	August Atrocity 2*	Jungle Area (East)
	Maximum Attack E: Temple	VR Temple Alpha
	Maximum Attack E: Spaceship	VR Spaceship Alpha
	Maximum Attack E: CCA	Central Control Area
	Maximum Attack E: Seabed	Seabed Upper Levels
	Maximum Attack E: Tower	Control Tower
Episode 4	Maximum Attack E: Crater	Crater (Western Route)
	Maximum 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

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.

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