about 2 months ago - Juber - Direct link

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How exciting, your City is visited by a traveling amusement park! Enter and join the fun!

When you notice the eerie green glow around the rollercoasters and a giant wheel with a spooky clown face painted on it, it is already too late. The creaky gates slam shut behind you. And wait! Are those knives around the clown's face?

You are in for a dangerous challenge from the mysterious Ringmaster!

- Collect Halloween Tickets to trade for Knives (yes, Knives!).
- Test your aim by throwing Knives at the great Wheel of Misfortune for a chance to snuck precious rewards. But beware! You are not the only one who is being tested.
- Collect Energy Tokens to build enough strength to haul even more reward Chests.
- Emerge victorious and add the powerful Eerie Coaster to your City roster!

The Ringmaster's twisted challenge will run in the BETA realm from September 26 to October 17.

Equip yourself with the knowledge absolutely essential for survival by reading the full Knowledgebase announcement and make sure to discuss the tactics with your fellow players in the feedback channel!

And hey... come back alive, okay?  
about 1 month ago - Juber - Direct link

Halloween Event: After Beta changes​

Dear theme park visitors, with the next update, we will apply changes to the Halloween Event and its buildings. Those changes will be applied to the live servers as well before the Event releases.

Text Improvements​

  • We improved the info text for the Grand Prize progression bar to also include information on how much progress you get by throwing knifes.
  • The infoscreen now also includes this information.
  • Quests requiring to earn Grand Prize progress received a hint, that explains where you get the progress and how much you get.

Event Pass/Grand Prize lane​

  • The 24th and 26th reward in the free Grand Prize lane have been swapped (moved the Phantom Abandoned Asylum Golden Upgrade kit a bit to the back).

Rival​

  • The Grand Prize progress needed to complete quests has been rounded off to 10s, 5s.
  • Rebalancing quest right before Claiming or Opening Energy Chests quests were replaced with other, more simple quests.
  • The Energy Drink collection requirements were reduced for some quests.

Energy rewards​

  • 25 and 30 :forgepoints: Forge Point rewards, as well as the Unit Package have been replaced by the Lilac Garden, Ethereal Fountain and Fromage Pavilion.

Building Balancing​

Eerie Thrill Coaster​

  • All levels now provide positive :population: Population and reduce :happiness: Happiness
    • Example from Gold level in Space Age Space Hub: Population was -18740 now 25861, Happiness was 87430 now -31033
  • Level 6 :goods: Goods production has been replaced with :forgepoints: Forge Point production (bugfix)
  • Silver and Gold Upgrade now provide :attacking_all: :guild_battlegrounds: Attack and Defense for Attacking army in Guild Battlegrounds (replaced :attacking_all: :guild_expedition: Guild Expedition boost)

Abandoned Asylum​

  • Silver Level: increased :att_boost_attacker: :quantum_incursion_boost: Attack for Attacking Army in Quantum Incursions from 10 to 20%
  • Gold Level: increased :att_boost_attacker: :quantum_incursion_boost: Attack for Attacking Army in Quantum Incursions from 15 to 30%

Enchanted Elixirs Emporium​

  • increased :population: Population from 150 - 4000 to 450 - 29900
  • increased :happiness: Happiness from -129 - -3095 to -129 - -14950
  • replaced :defending_all: :guild_expedition: Attack and Defense for Defending Army in Guild Expeditions with :defending_all: :guild_battlegrounds: Attack and Defense for Defending Army in Guild Battlegrounds (same value)
  • added :quantum_actions: +50 Quantum Actions Per Recharge Cycle
  • replaced 10 :fragments: Fragments of Finish Special production with a full Finish Special production item (chance remains the same)
Those are all the changes for now. As previously mentioned, the Halloween Event on live servers will launch with those changes already applied. On beta, the building stats will be adjusted with the next update. Do you like those changes? Do you want to provide feedback? Then do not fear to do so in the feedback thread.  
30 days ago - Juber - Direct link
quick update on the previous announcement. 2 changes have been applied:
  • Level 6 Eerie Thrill Coaster :goods: Goods production has been replaced with :forgepoints: Forge Point production (bugfix)
  • The Enchanted Elixirs Emporium no does not provide an army boost for QI, but Attack and Defense for Defending Army in Guild Battlegrounds (was incorrect information)
Those changes have been applied to the announcement above.  
28 days ago - Juber - Direct link
Another detail that was initially missed and now has been added to the Enchanted Elixirs Emporium:
  • replaced 10 :fragments: Fragments of Finish Special production with a full Finish Special production item (chance remains the same)
 
23 days ago - /u/ - Direct link
A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.
23 days ago - lynn.zaw - Direct link

Survivors, 
It’s that spooky time of year, and we’re bringing a bit of Halloween spirit to DayZ! Halloween event returns for a limited time, running from October 29th to November 12th. 


October has been a busy month with a primary focus on the release of DayZ Frostline. With priorities shifting, we had limited capacity to expand the Halloween event, so this year’s festivities will be a bit more scaled back. Here’s what you can expect across the maps: 
  • Livonia will feature the full Halloween experience, including decayed player characters, spooky zones, demon goats, seasonal infected, and fan-favorite seasonal loot like witch hoods, Day of the Dead eye masks, cauldrons, and more. 
  • Sakhal will include select seasonal loot and some Halloween themed infected and animal, but not the full event. This is to preserve a fresh experience for new players exploring the Frostline DLC. 
  • Chernarus will not feature Halloween events on official servers, though community servers can freely modify their maps. 
Feel free to hop between maps to collect seasonal items and check out the infographic below for more details. 

We hope this clarifies our plans, and we wish you a fantastic trick-or-treating season! 
On behalf of the DayZ Team, 
Lynn