Throughout January, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Soggy Hogmanay! Running from 1st January - 21st January, celebrate the start of the New Year with a festival of glad tidings, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
The Crew's Resolution
New for 2025, all voyages during Soggy Hogmanay will start with a brand new day one event: The Crew's Resolution. When presented with The Crew's Resolution, each crew member will have to vote on one of a small selection of vows that they want the whole crew to commit to for the remainder of the voyage.
Whichever vow receives the most votes will immediately come into effect for the whole crew. Each vow will dramatically change the way voting works, which means this is a high stakes choice. There are six different vows, and whichever vow is chosen for your voyage is bound to make a difference.
Seasonal Event: Change of Resolution
Are things not going to plan? Do you regret the decisions you made at the very start of the voyage? What you need is a Change of Resolution event! When this happens, the entire crew will be offered the opportunity to change the vow they picked at the start of the voyage.
Who knows what has happened since day one? Maybe now you feel quite differently about how your crewmates are using their newfound voting powers? However you feel, it's all change with a Change of Resolution!
Seasonal Trait: The Resolute
Returning to Soggy Hogmanay is the seasonal trait, The Resolute! Play a trait game during Soggy Hogmanay, and one of the crew may find themselves playing as The Resolute.
The Resolute must make a New Year's Resolution during the first day of the voyage. Their resolution asks them to pledge their allegiance to either the human or the ghost team. Whichever team they pick, they will instantly join - and they won't be able to become a member of the opposite team for the entirety of the remainder of the voyage!
Their choice is private to them, so make sure you don't get caught out by a sneaky Resolute pretending to have become a perma-human, when they might actually have just become The Tainted's best friend...
Seasonal Trait Event: The Resolute's Resolve
New for 2025, The Resolute has a special seasonal Trait Event! If they're lucky enough for the crew to encounter a The Resolute's Resolve event during the voyage, The Resolute will have the opportunity to change their mind about the resolution they made at the start of the voyage.
This means that a resolute who originally decided to become a permanent ghost could change to become a permanent human, or vice versa. Thought you had The Resolute all figured out? Watch out, as they could change right before your eyes!
Seasonal Event: The Fastest First Foot
Go on a sailing adventure during Soggy Hogmanay, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the ‘Fastest First Foot’ event, inspired by the Hogmanay tradition of First Footing. As the crew return from an adventure on a deserted treasure island, they race to see who has the honour of first footing the pirate ship. Those pirates who make it back first are granted good fortune for the coming voyage - and will be given a higher rank on the ship accordingly! Have your devices at the ready and press a button as soon as it appears, and any pirate has the chance of seizing the rank of captain!
Resolution Bounty
Rumour has spread of a mysterious monster at sea... what could it be? Is it even real? During Soggy Hogmanay, if you scour the seven seas enough, you might catch a glimpse of a very special creature!
Check your bounty board after every voyage, because your time spent at sea might unveil a very special reward for you and your crew. You only have until the end of Soggy Hogmanay to complete the bounty, so make sure you make a new year's resolution to spend more time sailing than ever before!
Limited Time Costumes
During Soggy Hogmanay, Sam Sherbot and Nat O'Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Soggy Hogmanay, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of outfit items available during Soggy Hogmanay is:
Outfit Shop
Faces - Masquerade (Light)
Faces - Masquerade (Dark)
Faces - Clock Face
Faces - Disco Ball
Faces - Face Paint (Star)
Faces - Face Paint (War)
Accessories - Confetti
Accessories - Earrings (Cross)
Accessories - Earrings (Diamonds)
Accessories - Earrings (Gold Hoops)
Headwear - Hairpin (Firework)
Hands - Animal (Dragon)
Hands - Fancy Cane
Hands - Shield (Round)
Hands - Sparkler
Hands - Torch
Hands - Wrist Watch
Shirts - Tee (Fireworks)
Coats - Tuxedo (White)
Coats - Clock
Coats - Dragon
Coats - Firework
Belts - Bagpipes
Ship Shop
Sails - Tartan Sails
Sails - Viking Sails
Hulls - Viking Hull
Extras - Torches
Additionally, during Soggy Hogmanay, pirates will be able to wear a unique hat, available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hat will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!
Hogmanay Celebrations in the Photo Booth
To celebrate the arrival of the new year, there are a small number of limited-time Foils and Backgrounds available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates, and share any pics you take!
Soggy Hogmanay Bots
Invite bots into your game during Soggy Hogmanay, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with special New Year’s revellers, out to help you ring in the new year! They’ll only join your games during Soggy Hogmanay, but these bots have their own personalities and appearances for you to enjoy.
Yule Tides!
Prepare for Merriment and Mischief on the Yule Tides!
Throughout all of December, we’re celebrating, sharing, and gift giving, with Yule Tides! Running from 1st December - 31st December, celebrate Christmas with a festival of merriment and joy, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Trait+: The Miser
The Miser is a new seasonal trait for 2024, appearing only in Trait+ games. The Miser has the ability to block a pirate from appearing in any jobs. That's right - once The Miser has targeted a pirate, the Captain will never be offered a job with that pirate in.
This can give you a tactical advantage not only be excluding pirates from playing in because you think they might disobey (or even obey), but you can also ensure that a pirate has the opportunity to use their Active Trait.
The Miser must choose a pirate to exclude from jobs during day one, and then may change their mind about which pirate they're blocking on any day when they do not play in. Because The Captain always plays in, The Miser's powers will not be able to stop The Captain!
Seasonal Trait: The Gift Giver
The special seasonal trait for Yule Tides is The Gift Giver! Play a trait game during Yule Tides and one of the pirates may find themselves playing as The Gift Giver.
The Gift Giver is offered a present to gift to a pirate of their choice on every day when they don't play in. There are a range of different gifts, but which one you get to give is random each day! You can only give three gifts on each voyage - and to make things even more tricky, each pirate can only receive a gift once.
Will you get the gifts you need to sail to success? Or will you accidentally end up giving away a victory to the ghosts.
Advent Bounties
During the Christmas season, the bounty board is celebrating each and every day that passes! Each day throughout December, you’ll receive a special Advent Bounty, with a challenge for you to complete! If you complete an advent bounty, you'll be rewarded with a special Paper Pirates Present! There are eleven items for you to discover!
The advent bounties are time-limited, so you have to complete them on the day you get them - but don’t worry if you don’t, there’ll be a new one waiting for you tomorrow!
A Special Christmas Present
Returning from last year, there's a special Christmas bounty, available to every good pirate! All you need to do to complete it is have five Snowball Fights during Yule Tides.
Completing the bounty will unlock a special outfit reward for all pirates to use permanently. If you completed the bounty last year, this year you'll get a bumper crop of coins to spend!
Limited Time Costumes
During Yule Tides, Sam Sherbot and Nat O'Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Yule Tides, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of Ship Shop items available during Yule Tides is:
Outfit Shop
Accessories - Snow
Face - Elf Ears
Face - Snowman (Head)
Face - Snowflake
Facial Hair - Santa’s Beard
Hands - Snowman Stick
Hands - Candy Cane
Headwear - Scarf (Long)
Headwear - Scarf (Short)
Headwear - Hairpin (Holly)
Shirt - Elf Tunic
Shirt - Snowman (Upper)
Shirt - Sweater (Reindeer)
Shirt - Sweater (Robin)
Shirt - Christmas Tree Top
Shirt - Wreath
Coat - Santa’s Coat
Coat - Stocking
Coat - Christmas Tree
Coat - Ice Cube
Jacket - Fairy Lights
Legs - Elf Tights
Legs - Snowman (Lower)
Legs - Christmas Tree Skirt
Legs - Christmas Tree Pot
Feet - Elf Shoes
Ship Shop
Masts - Christmas Mast I
Masts - Christmas Mast II
Masts - Christmas Mast III
Masts - Christmas Tree
Hulls - Christmas Hull
Extras - Presents
Additionally, during Yule Tides, pirates will be able to wear a host of unique hats - there are five seasonal hats available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!
Seasonal Event: Cracking Crackers
While sailing on the even seas during Yule Tides, you might find the crew getting a little rowdy with all the partying and merriment! Encounter the Cracking Crackers event, and two members of your crew will decide to pull a giant size festive cracker.
Hit the button on your device more times than your opponent to claim the bigger half of the cracker - and save yourself from certain doom, as the loser will be flung overboard from the force of the cracker's explosion! Watch out though, if the losing pirate was a human, the one walking away with the bigger piece will now be a ghost...
Seasonal Event: Snowball Fight!
Go on a sailing adventure during Yule Tides, and each day there is a chance it may begin to snow giving the crew the opportunity to partake in a little festive fun - a traditional snowball fight! When Snowball Fight is triggered, each member of the crew must choose who to pelt with a snowball.
The pirate who receives the most snowballs will be thrown overboard! Who will you throw your snowball at? When they go overboard, if they’re a human, one of the people who threw the snowball will become a ghost… so choose wisely!
Seasonal Event: Naughty or Nice?
During your Yule Tides sailing adventures, you may encounter the ‘Naughty or Nice’ event during the event phase of the game. In ‘Naughty or Nice’, one member of the crew must offer a gift to another. Question is - has the receiver been naughty, or nice?
The present-giver must decide, with a host of fun positive outcomes for nice, and some meaner tricks for naughty. When the receiver is given the gift, they can choose whether to open it, or discard it. Do you think your crewmate has sent you something nice, or are they a ghost, hoping to catch you out? That’s all part of festive deception!
Yule Tidings come to the Photo Booth
To celebrate the season, there are a small number of limited-time Foils and Backgrounds available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates with a little festive frivolity, and don’t forget to share any pics you take!
Yule Tides Bots
Invite some bots into your game during Yule Tides, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with some particularly festive bots, out to celebrate Christmas! They’ll only join your games during Yule Tides, but each has their own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.
The Festive Feast!
What are you thankful for during the Festive Feast Event?
Through the second half of November, we’re taking some time to be thankful in our most delicious seasonal event, The Festive Feast! Running from 16th November - 30th November, celebrate the harvest season with a festival of feasting and thankfulness and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Trait: The Chef
A new seasonal trait for Festive Feast 2024 is The Chef! The Chef is an active trait, appearing only in Trait+ games, which embodies the spirit of the Festive Feast. On day one, The Chef may pick any other pirate to share a meal with.
While The Chef is sharing a meal with another pirate, that pirate may use their active trait without spending any resources. This means that The Witch can brew potions without using up ingredients, The Reaper can enact pacts without spending souls, and any charge-based traits get unlimited uses.
The Chef doesn't restore used resources, so if you know The Chef is aboard you might want to be a bit more careful about which resources you spend and when.
How will The Chef help, or hinder, the crew?
Seasonal Trait: The Quarterback
Our seasonal trait for The Festive Feast is The Quarterback! The Quarterback is gifted with an exploding football, and knows exactly how many days the football will take to explode.
They may pass the ball to any other pirate, who then has the chance to either pass it on to another pirate or keep hold of it in the pre-event phase of the next day. The Quarterback will always know exactly how many days there are until the football explodes, throwing the pirate currently holding it overboard. Can you trust The Quarterback's timings, or will you find yourself blown up by their lies?
Make a Wish Every Day
Play Paper Pirates during The Festive Feast and you can make a festive wish once per day! Play at least one game, and after your voyage you'll receive a gift from the bounty board!
There are five American football-themed outfit pieces for you to collect from the daily quests, so make sure to play a game of Paper Pirates on five different days before the celebration ends on the 30th November!
Special Harvest Bounty
Last year, we introduced a special harvest bounty with a super special reward for playing five games, of any mode, during the Festive Feast. If you missed your chance to complete the bounty last year, you have another chance to complete it this year to earn your super special reward!
If you did complete the bounty last year, you'll have another chance to complete it for a bumper bounty of coins - useful for visiting the Shop Ship and buying all the goodies you want!
Limited Time Costumes
During The Festive Feast, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Festive Feast, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of Ship Shop items available during The Festive Feast is:
Outfit Shop
Accessories - Hungry Thoughts
Accessories - Leaves
Accessories - Farmer's Gum
Faces - Turkey Beak
Faces - Scarecrow
Shirts - Pilgrim Shirt
Shirts - Raggedy Shirt
Shirts - Chef's Whites
Coats - Turkey Top
Coats - Corn
Coats - Pie
Coats - Pile of Leaves
Coats - Butternut Squash
Belts - Apron
Hands - Straw
Hands - Oven Gloves
Hands - Pitchfork
Hands - Scythe
Legs - Chef's Trousers
Feet - Straw
Feet - Buckled
Feet - Turkey Talons
Ship Shop
Hull - Painted Hull
Extras - Feast
Additionally, during The Festive Feast pirates will be able to wear a unique hat - The Gobbler is available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hat will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to complete your turkey outfit while you can!
Wish on a Wishbone!
Go on a sailing adventure during The Festive Feast, and your crew will have the chance to partake in the time-honoured ritual of wishing on a wishbone. During the Event phase of the game, the Wish on a Wishbone event may activate for the duration of The Festive Feast, offering two randomly chosen pirates the opportunity to wish for an event to occur. Which of the pirates will pull the larger half of the wishbone and have their wishes granted…? That’s all part of the fun of Wish on a Wishbone!
Festive Feast Bots
Invite some bots into your game during The Festive Feast, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with some particularly festive bots, out to celebrate Thanksgiving! They’ll only join your games during The Festive Feast, but each has their own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.
Día de Muertos - Day of the Dead Event!
Honour the Spirits of the Dead during Día de Muertos!
Through early November, we’re honouring the spirits of the dead with our most spiritual seasonal event, Día de Muertos running from 1st November - 14th November!
Seasonal Trait: The Spiritualist
Our seasonal trait for Día de Muertos is The Spiritualist. On days when The Spiritualist does not play in, they may decorate a sugar skull offering using any pattern of their choice.
The pattern of the offering will then dictate how the spirits decide to reward The Spiritualist. Each different pattern leads to a different event, so the more times you're The Spiritualist and the more attention you pay, the more you can control the response of the spirits!
Make an Offering Every Day
Play Paper Pirates during Día de Muertos and you can make an offering to the spirits once per day! Play a game each day, and after your voyage you'll receive a gift from the bounty board!
There are four candle-themed outfit pieces for you to collect from the daily quests, so make sure to play a game of Paper Pirates four times before the celebration ends on the 14th November!
Limited Time Costumes
During Día de Muertos, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Día de Muertos, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of Ship Shop items available during Día de Muertos is:
Outfit Shop
Faces - Calaveras (Cobwebs)
Faces - Calaveras (Flowers)
Faces - Calaveras (Horns)
Faces - Calaveras (Toreador)
Faces - Crystal Ball
Faces - Boney
Accessories - Spirit
Accessories - Butterflies
Hands - Boney
Hands - Candle Staff
Shirt - Boney
Shirt - Catrina Dress Top
Legs - Catrina Skirt
Feet - Boney
Coats - Mariachi Jacket
Coats - Poncho
Ship Shop
Hull - Day of the Dead Hull
Sails - Sugar Skull Sails
Masts - Day of the Dead Mast I
Masts - Day of the Dead Mast II
Masts - Day of the Dead Masts III
Extras - Candles
Additionally, during Día de Muertos pirates will be able to wear either of two unique hats - La Calavera Catrina and Parrot (Skeleton) is available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year!
Sacred Sugar Skulls
Go on a sailing adventure during Día de Muertos, and your crew will have the chance to decorate an offering to honour the spirits that have passed! Three randomly chosen pirates will each choose a pattern for a region of the sugar skull, and depending on the particular design that's chosen, the spirits will reward you in a different way.
Every pattern will always lead to the same reward, so once you've found a good one if you convince your crew to recreate it, the same reward will happen again!
A Special Spiritual Bot
Invite bots into your game during the Día de Muertos, and you may find one of the regular crew replaced with a special La Catrina-themed bot! She’ll only join your games during the Día de Muertos event, but she has her very own personality and appearance for you to enjoy.
The Swapful Update
New traits and new events galore!
In this Paper Pirates update, we're adding seven new traits, including one exclusive to games that make use of the Crew's Choice event selection method, and five new events to help ensure that every voyage is completely unique.
New Trait: The Acrobats
The Acrobats is a new active trait for both Trait and Trait+ games. The Acrobats appear as a pair, and on a day when either of The Acrobats doesn't play in, they can choose to trade their rank on the ship with each other.
There's no limit to the amount of times The Acrobats can activate their trait, so they can continue swapping back and forth as long as they're not in a job. How will the power struggle of The Acrobats change the team dynamics on the ship?
New Trait: The Watcher
The Watcher is a new active trait for both Trait and Trait+ games. On Day One, The Watcher may choose any other pirate from the crew. Any time that pirate plays in, The Watcher will be informed whether they chose to obey or disobey the job.
When The Watcher doesn't play in, they may choose to change which pirate they're watching. Like The Protector, they may choose to watch a different pirate as many times as they choose. They can even watch the captain!
New Trait: The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant is a new active trait for both Trait and Trait+ games. On days when The Clairvoyant does not play in, they may activate their trait to privately and secretly check how many pirates are currently on the ghost team.
They may only use this power three times per voyage, so choosing when to check could provide pivotal strategic information. For example, you could check before and after an overboarding to see whether the number of ghosts goes down or up.
New Trait: The Influencer
The Influencer is a new passive trait for Trait and Trait+ games using the Crew's Choice event selection method. Customise a game to change the event selection method to Crew's Choice, and every day when an event occurs, each crew member can use the Compass of Fate to vote on which event they'd like to see happen. It's not majority rules, so even a single vote could be enough to doom the crew!
The Influencer has more power over the Compass of Fate, and every time they vote for an event, it will be three times more likely to be chosen. Will they use this influence for good, or for evil?
New Trait: The Vindicator
The Vindicator is a new passive trait for Trait and Trait+ games. Be wary of any voyage with The Vindicator, as they have quite a nasty power that's automatically activated any time they're voted overboard.
When The Vindicator is voted overboard, they'll place a curse on the pirates that voted for them. At the start of each subsequent voting round, The Vindicator will automatically place a number of votes on each pirate that doomed them - and these votes will continue to appear every day until a pirate is next voted overboard. Be careful when voting!
New Trait: The Resilient
The Resilient is a new passive trait for Trait and Trait+ games. The Resilient is harder to throw over than other pirates, and requires three votes above the current threshold as a minimum to be thrown overboard.
New Trait: The Fickle
The Fickle is a new active trait for Trait+ games. On days when The Fickle does not play in, they may activate their treat to privately and secretly exchange their current passive trait for another trait that no other pirate currently has.
They may only use this power three times per voyage, so they can't just change endlessly, but a pirate who's The Fickle could be The Tainted one minute and The Pure the next. Even worse, a pirate could just be pretending to be The Fickle - now that's a power play!
Updated Trait: The Gardener
The Gardener has gained access to a whole new plant! Spend three days growing some Deadly Nightshades to decorate the ship, and they'll make it so that events which mostly end with a pirate going overboard will be much more likely to occur. Very dangerous!
New Event: Shifting Seasons
Shifting Seasons is a new event that appears in all game modes. When a Shifting Seasons event occurs, the crew will be able to vote on a seasonal change that will have a temporary significant impact on gameplay. The crew can choose whether they want to experience Longer Days or Longer Nights!
When the Longer Days effect is in play, there are two chances for events to occur each day. There's nothing stopping the same event from happening twice in a row, so you could even have a double Exorcism - or a double Possession! The events drawn in the bonus slot come from a selection of key events, so you won't end up with two Island Adventures in one day. Longer Days lasts for two days from when Shifting Seasons occurs.
When the Longer Nights effect is in play, all pirates will have a second chance to cast a vote during voting provided no pirate has gone overboard yet. Every vote counts when another pirate might use that vote to throw someone overboard! Longer Nights lasts for three voting rounds from when Shifting Seasons occurs.
New Event: Free For All
Free For All is a new event that appears only in Trait+ games. When a Free For All happens, an ongoing effect will trigger that allows all pirates to use their active traits without spending any resources. This means that active traits with charges will get one free use, The Witch can brew a potion without using any of their resources, The Reaper could enact a pact without spending souls, and many more possibilities.
The effect only lasts for one day, so be careful who you choose to put in the job when Free For All is in effect. It also doesn't renew any of your resources, so if you've already used up all of your charges or spent all of your ingredients - you still won't be able to activate your ability. Maybe it's always worth saving a charge for the end of the voyage?
New Event: Swapportunity
Swapportunity is a new event that appears only in Trait+ games. When a Swapportunity happens, all pirates will have the option to choose whether they want to swap their passive trait with another pirate on the ship, or keep the passive trait they currently have.
If at least two pirates opt into the Swapportunity, then two pirates will be randomly selected to permanently exchange their passive traits. It's like The Traders, but for anyone, and only once!
New Event: Freakier Friday
Freaky Friday is a really popular event, and we've somehow made it even freakier! Freakier Friday is an event appearing in all game modes, which picks three pirates at random and shuffles their teams completely.
You'll know which three pirates were picked for the exchange, but you won't know whose team has gone to who, so there's lots of mystery to figure out!
New Trait Event: The Shapeshifter's Switch
The Shapeshifter's Switch is a new Trait event which can occur only when one of the crew is The Shapeshifter. When The Shapeshifter's Switch occurs, The Shapeshifter can choose any other pirate and flip their team. That means if they're a ghost they'll become human, and vice-versa. The pirate they pick is revealed to the whole team, so they have to be confident about their choice!
Using The Shapeshifter's Switch will also use up one of The Shapeshifter's charges, meaning they can shift their shape one fewer time. Will they be willing to sacrifice a charge for greater good - or to cause mass chaos?
Wishlist An Elaborate History of Chess on Steam now!
We've had a bit of a touch-up here and there, and we've replaced all of the older Iteration Games logos with our shiny new, all-blue logo! There's also a little reminder at the bottom of the title screen letting you know about our next game, An Elaborate History of Chess, coming soon on Steam. Wishlist now!
As always, don’t forget that you can join us every Saturday at 8pm GMT on Twitch for our weekly dev stream, or pop by our YouTube channel to see Let’s Plays of Paper Pirates, How To videos and more! Or if you’re looking for a crew to set sail with make sure to join our Discord!
Haunted Seas - Halloween Event!
Set Sail on Haunted Seas for Halloween!
Throughout October, celebrate Paper Pirates’ spookiest seasonal event by taking part in the Halloween-themed Haunted Seas event! Running from 1st October - 31st October, a whole host of spooky goings on are waiting for you.
Seasonal Trait+: The Vampires
Play a Traits+ game during Haunted Seas, and you might find a spooky new Traits+ exclusive passive trait has joined the crew. When a pirate starts the game as The Vampire, a special day one event, The Vampire's Bite, will automatically trigger. During this event, The Vampire can choose any other pirate - immediately turning that pirate's passive trait into The Vampire too.
The two vampires then have a unique victory condition they can achieve: Every time either vampire votes to throw a pirate overboard, they will feed on that pirate, gaining power. Once fed on, that pirate cannot be fed on again by either vampire.
If The Vampires are able to successfully throw all other pirates overboard, they will reach maximum power - causing the voyage to immediately end, and declaring the two pirates with The Vampire passive trait as the only winners.
Seasonal Trait: The Werewolf
Available in all trait games during Haunted Seas is the spooky passive trait, The Werewolf.
On odd numbered days, when the moon is in its crescent phase, The Werewolf is weakened. Any votes cast by The Werewolf on these days will only have a voting power of one, regardless of their rank on the ship.
However, on even numbered days, when the moon is full, The Werewolf is strengthened! Any votes cast by The Werewolf on these days will have double their usual voting power. Yikes! They might even start throwing people overboard all on their own...
Will you get hunted by The Werewolf?
Trick or Treat?
Go on a sailing adventure during the Haunted Seas event, and the Halloween Spirits may appear to one of the crew. During the Event phase of the game, the Trick or Treat? event may activate for the duration of Haunted Seas, offering a randomly chosen pirate a choice. Will they take the easy option and choose a treat, or are they feeling brave and willing to risk a trick?
Be Surprised by the Audience!
If an audience is observing your voyage during Haunted Seas, they might find themselves empowered with a surprise. The 'Audience Surprise' seasonal event asks the audience whether they'd like to surprise the crew with either a trick, or a treat.
If more of the audience choose trick, an event which generally favours the ghost team will immediately happen. If more of the audience choose treat, an event which generally favours the human team will immediately happen.
Will your audience surprise you with a lovely treat, or a mischievous trick?
Limited Time Customisation Options
During Haunted Seas, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Haunted Seas, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of Ship Shop items available during Haunted Seas is:
Outfit Shop
Face - Animal (Bat)
Face - Animal (Cat)
Face - Eyeball
Face - Frankenstein’s Monster
Face - Ghost
Face - Mummified
Face - Pumpkin
Face - Robot
Face - Spider
Face - Witch
Face - Face Paint (Bat)
Face - Face Paint (Web)
Top Hair - Bride of Frankenstein
Top Hair - Widow’s Peak
Top Hair - Flat Top
Side Hair - Spider
Accessories - Fangs
Accessories - Bats
Headwear - Hairpin (Spider)
Headwear - Hairpin (Bat)
Headwear - Pendant (Pumpkin)
Shirt - Skeletal
Shirt - Tee (Webs)
Shirt - Mummified
Shirt - Jester
Shirt - Robot
Coat - Bat Wings
Coat - Vampire Cloak
Coat - Witch Cloak
Coat - Banana
Coat - Pumpkin
Coat - Ghost
Coat - Coffin
Legs - Skeletal
Legs - Mummified
Legs - Witch’s Skirt
Legs - Robot
Hands - Skeletal
Hands - Patchwork
Hands - Mummified
Hands - Jester (Sceptre)
Hands - Jester (Glove)
Hands - Robot
Feet - Skeletal
Feet - Mummified
Feet - Witch’s Heels
Feet - Jester
Feet - Robot
Ship Shop
Sails - Haunted Sails
Masts - Haunted Mast I
Masts - Haunted Mast II
Masts - Haunted Mast III
Figurehead - Skeleton
Hulls - Haunted Hull
Additionally, during Haunted Seas, pirates can wear the Witch Hat and the Pumpkin Stalk! These hats are available to everyone in voyages started during the event to help them magic up a plan to find the ghosts. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!
No Tricks Here, only Treats!
To celebrate Haunted Seas, every day you'll receive a unique Treat bounty task! Complete the task to open a spooky treat, which contains some unique outfit customisation options you can't obtain anywhere else!
There's two outfits, for a combined total of eight items, to collect throughout Haunted Seas. Make sure to complete your tasks every day, and get ready to dress up!
Haunted Seas Bots
Invite some bots into your game during the Haunted Seas event, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with new, super spooky Halloween-themed bots! They’ll only join your games during the Haunted Seas event, but each has their own dastardly personality and appearance for you to enjoy.
Oktoberfest on the Ocean!
Grab a sausage and celebrate Oktoberfest!
As we see out September, we’re celebrating the ninth Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Oktoberfest on the Ocean! Running from 18th to 30th September, celebrating the end of the season with a shindig dedicated to pretzels, sausages, chicken dancing and more, with a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Trait: The Brewmaster
The Brewmaster is here, and they're ready to get the party started! When you have a Brewmaster aboard, they'll be asked to set the vibe of the ship during the first day. Whichever vibe they choose will mix up the Paper Pirates voting rules! New for 2024, The Brewmaster has two brand new vibes to experiment with.
There are a total of six vibes The Brewmaster can pick for the ship:
Aggressive Vibes - Grants each pirate one additional voting power
Chaotic Vibes - Instead of voting from Stowaway to Captain, the crew will vote in a randomised order each day
Commanding Vibes (new) - Voting each day will follow 'Majority Rules', where each pirate has one voting power and the pirate with the most votes goes overboard
Determined Vibes - Removes the crew's ability to pass their vote
Energetic Vibes - If nobody has gone overboard after the Captain has voted, a second round of voting begins. Votes from the previous round carry forward
Secretive Vibes (new) - When a pirate casts a vote, the crew will not see who they voted for
Every voyage, The Brewmaster will be given a random selection of four out of the six vibes to choose. Whichever vibe they pick will stay in effect for the rest of the voyage. However, each day The Brewmaster doesn't play in, they can choose to change up the vibe, and bring a new mood to the party. How will having The Brewmaster aboard change the way your crew votes people over?
Grab Limited Time Customisation Options
During Oktoberfest on the Ocean, Sam Sherbot and Nat O’Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Oktoberfest on the Ocean, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of Shop Ship items available during Oktoberfest on the Ocean is:
Outfit Shop
Face - Animal (Chicken)
Facial Hair - Imperial
Shirt - Check Shirt
Shirt - Animal (Chicken)
Shirt - Lace Bodice
Shirt - Dirndl Bodice
Coat - Hotdog
Belt - Lederhosen Bracers
Legs - Animal (Chicken)
Legs - Lederhosen
Legs - Dirndl Skirt
Hands - Animal (Chicken)
Hands - BBQ Hook
Hands - Grill Tool
Hands - Sausage
Headwear - Hairpin (Sausage)
Feet - Animal (Chicken)
Feet - Haferlschuh
Feet - Sausage
Ship Shop
Masts - Oktoberfest Tent
Masts - Skewer I (new)
Masts - Skewer II (new)
Masts - Skewer III (new)
Hulls - Barrel Hull
Hulls - Sausage (new)
Sails - Sausages (new)
Extras - Windmill
Additionally, during Oktoberfest on the Ocean, pirates can wear the Tyrolean Hat or the Deely Bobber (Pretzel)! They’re available to everyone in voyages started during the event to finish off their Oktoberfest outfits. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!
The “Biggest Bratwurst” Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during Oktoberfest on the Ocean, and any day when there’s a successful job there is a chance you may encounter the “Biggest Bratwurst” event! The pirates stop for a cook-out, each grabbing a sausage from the grill. Some of the sausages are much bigger than the others though, and everyone knows a pirate needs a full stomach to carry out the most important duties on the ship. The bigger your meal, the higher your rank on the ship! So watch out, if you pull a chipolata, you might end up as Stowaway!
The Biggest Bratwurst event is sure to mix things up amongst the crew, changing who’s next to each other and therefore who’s playing in for different groups of jobs together. Not only that, but if you’re playing a trait game, you might want to be extra careful of who ends up next to The Sensitive!
Oktoberfest on the Ocean Bots
Invite bots into your game during Oktoberfest on the Ocean, and you may encounter any of four unique bots! Look out for Chicken Bot, Hans Botmann, Ida Botmann and Bot Dog, all of whom are eager to board your ship and throw you overboard! These bots will only join your games during Oktoberfest on the Ocean, so take the chance to meet them now before they chicken dance away for the rest of the year!
The Pirate Pool Party!
Make a splash with The Pirate Pool Party!
Across June and July, we’re celebrating with the wettest Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, The Pirate Pool Party! Running from 24th June to 22nd July, celebrate the warmer weather with a party dedicated to all things poolside, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Traits: The Shark & The Bait
The Shark and The Bait appear as a pair, and one is hunting the other! In any game where The Shark and The Bait appear, The Shark has a unique victory condition. If they're able to get The Bait thrown overboard three times - through events and/or voting - they will automatically and instantly achieve a solo victory! Both The Shark and The Bait are passive traits.
Is someone behaving suspiciously? A bit too keen to throw someone overboard? Maybe they're The Shark! Is someone claiming to be The Bait? Maybe they just don't want to go overboard and really they're The Cursed? Hmm, tricky times ahead crew...
To make things even more challenging for the crew, The Bait will always appear as a ghost when their team is revealed through traits and events. Be vigilant crew!
A Special Community Bounty
Starting on the 24th June, there'll be a unique Community Bounty for everyone to complete. We have two weeks (14 days) to play 150 Traits+ games, to unlock a unique reward for everyone who logs in during The Pirate Pool Party.
Party Favours for all the Guests!
Any good party comes with goodies to take home, and Pirate Pool Party is no exception! Play Paper Pirates during the Pirate Pool Party and you'll get a special bounty task each day. Complete the task to open a special party favour, which contains some unique outfit customisation options you can't obtain anywhere else!
There's three outfits, for a combined total of fifteen items, to collect through The Pirate Pool Party. Make sure to complete your tasks every day, and get ready to dress up!
Limited Time Costumes
During The Pirate Pool Party, Sam Sherbot has some new outfit options available to unlock in the Outfit Shop! If you buy an outfit option during The Pirate Pool Party, you can wear it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!
The full list of outfit items available during The Pirate Pool Party is:
Accessories - Goggles
Accessories - Sunglasses (Star)
Accessories - Sunglasses (Round)
Accessories - Rose-Tinted Glasses
Coats - Rubber Ring (Donut)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Duck)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Flamingo)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Frog)
Coats - Animal (Lobster)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Striped)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Unicorn)
Coats - Rubber Ring (Watermelon)
Coats - Crab Shell
Coats - Turtle Shell
Faces - Animal (Lobster)
Faces - Watermelon
Faces - Beach Ball
Faces - Sun
Feet - Animal (Lobster)
Feet - Flip-flops
Feet - Flippers
Hands - Animal (Lobster)
Hands - Bucket and Spade
Hands - Crab Claws
Hands - Ice Cream
Headwear - Pendant (Cherry)
Headwear - Pendant (Pineapple)
Headwear - Pendant (Solar)
Headwear - Pendant (Watermelon)
Headwear - Hairpin (Flower)
Headwear - Hairpin (Floral)
Headwear - Hairpin (Ladybird)
Accessories - Earrings (Cherry)
Accessories - Earrings (Pineapple)
Accessories - Earrings (Watermelon)
Headwear - Lei
Legs - Animal (Lobster)
Legs - Bermuda Shorts (Flowers)
Legs - Bermuda Shorts (Leaves)
Legs - Mermaid Tail
Legs - Towel
Shirts - Hairy Chest
Shirts - Bikini Top
Shirts - Shell Bra
Shirts - Hawaiian Shirt
Top Hair - Towel
Additionally, during The Pirate Pool Party, pirates have access to five unique hats, available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!
The “Spooky Sandcastles” Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during The Pirate Pool Party, and any day when there’s a failed job there is a chance you may encounter the “Spooky Sandcastles” event. Encountering some mysterious haunted sandcastles, the crew must each choose one of the three to hide amongst! But be wary, for once all pirates have picked a hiding place, the most popular pick will reveal how many of the pirates choosing to hide amongst it was actually a ghost!
Watch out for pirates choosing to hide amongst their peers, or those choosing to go it alone hoping not to be discovered. Whether pirates are jumping in with others or not, there’s bound to be deception around the spooky sandcastles!
Get your Party On in the Photo Booth
To celebrate The Pirate Pool Party, there is one limited-time Background and one limited-time Foil available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates, and share any pics you take!
Pirate Pool Party Bots
Invite bots into your game during The Pirate Pool Party, and you may encounter any of three unique bots! Look out for Crabbot, Sandy Botney and Wes Overbot who are all eager to board your ship and throw you overboard! These bots will only join your games during The Pirate Pool Party, so take the chance to meet them now before they swim away for the rest of the year!
The Traits+ Update
New Game Mode: Traits+
We're super excited to launch our first new game mode since we introduced Traits way back in March 2021. Paper Pirates' new game mode, Traits+, is a whole new way to sail with traits!
When playing a Traits+ game, each crewmate will be given TWO traits - one active, and one passive. Active traits are traits that typically do something during the job phase when you either do, or don't, play in for a job. Think things like The Meddler, The Shapeshifter, and The Brawler. Passive traits are traits that are typically always in play. Think things like The Pure, The Tainted, and The Contrarian.
We've updated the Captain's Log and the game customisation screen to clearly list which traits are active and which are passive. If your voyage configuration doesn't have enough active or passive traits to go round the whole crew, some of the pirates might be declared Innocent (in place of a passive trait), or Inactive (in place of an active trait).
Traits+ offers a whole new strategic layer to Paper Pirates, with over three hundred potential combinations. Will your traits work well with each other? Will they force you to side with the human team, or the ghost team? Will they pull you in two different directions? And how will you ever know who you can trust.
New Trait: The Traders
Our very first Traits+ exclusive Trait is The Traders, an active trait that always appears as a pair. The two pirates with The Traders can activate their shared ability any time either of them is not a job.
When activated, The Traders will exchange their passive traits with each other. When the traits swap, they carry all their charges, accumulated stats, and information with them. This opens up a raft of new strategic potential!
Be warned though... The Traders power only requires one of the two Traders to activate it, so if you're the second Trader, you might find yourself in an endless tug-of-war with your companion for a good passive trait!
New Trait: The Manipulator
The Manipulator is a new active trait appearing in both Trait and Traits+ game modes. The Manipulator's powerful ability allows them to target a pirate on days when they don't play in and force them to vote for a specific pirate the next time they vote.
The Manipulator can use their power three times per voyage, and their power lasts until that player next votes, and also removes that pirate's option to pass their vote. The Manipulator could control of The Assassin to utilise them to nefarious means, take control of a mid-ship ghost engine, or force the Captain to vote for the Stowaway. The options are endless!
New Trait: The Retaliator
The Retaliator is a new passive trait appearing in both Trait and Traits+ game modes. The Retaliator's base voting power is always increased by the number of votes currently cast against them.
The Retaliator's strength comes in taking revenge on those pirates that vote against them, but, it also has a raft of strategic potential. If you're willing to co-operate with other pirates, you could pool all your votes onto The Retaliator, concentrating the potential possession targets if you accidentally vote over a human...
But be careful, The Retaliator could always use all that accumulated voting power right back at you...
New Trait: The Torn
The Torn is a new passive trait appearing in both Trait and Traits+ game modes. When it's The Torn's turn to vote, they have the opportunity to vote twice! Each vote has half their base voting power (rounded up).
The Torn can use each of their votes however they like. They can pass them both, use each one on a different pirate, the same pirate, or even use one and then pass the other. This allows them to be a little safer when throwing someone overboard, or to hedge their bets if they're just not sure.
New Event: Change of Trait
Change of Trait is a new event appearing only in Traits+ games. When a Change of Trait happens, a randomly chosen pirate will be offered the opportunity to change their passive trait. If they choose to accept, their passive trait will immediately change into a new passive trait that isn't already claimed by anyone else on the ship.
The Change of Trait pirate doesn't get to see which passive trait they'll get in advance, so it's always risky. Watch out after a Change of Trait event - could a pirate have just become The Tainted?
Five New Achievements
With new content comes new achievements, and with new achievements comes new hats! There are five new tasks for you to complete to earn a lovely bounty of new hats for your crew to enjoy. The new achievements are:
A Traitorous Sequel: Play a Traits+ Game
Murderous Mind Games: As The Manipulator, force another pirate to throw you overboard
The Retaliator's Revenge: As The Retaliator, throw a pirate who voted for you overboard
Proficient Prognosis: As The Psychic, correctly predict which pirate will next go overboard in a The Psychic's Prediction event
Top and Tail: As The Traders, trade traits while occupying the Captain and Stowaway ranks
Time Warp in Trait and Traits+ Games
With Traits+ offering the opportunity to be really playful with traits, we've updated the Time Warp event to now impact traits in both Trait and Traits+ game modes. This means that a Time Warp will now revert any trait progress, but also restores any charges spent in the aborted timeline. This means that The Witch recovers their used ingredients, The Legion might lose or gain ghosts, The Undecided might lose their current trait, and much more.
Make sure to check your Black Spot after a Time Warp to check who - or what - you even are...!
Trait Player Count Requirement Updates
We've reviewed the player count requirements for all traits, mostly bringing more advanced traits into smaller games. This will help games to feel fresh and exciting no matter how big your crews, and helps to balance the active and passive traits available to all crew sizes. We'll keep this under review, making changes where necessary.
The Verdant Update
New Traits and New Events!
In this Paper Pirates update, we've added two brand new never-seen-before traits to the permanent roster of traits. We've also added two new events and two new trait events!
New Trait: The Gardener
The Gardener is the first of our two new traits. The Gardener has access to three plant pots, and they can choose which plant to tend each day that they don't play in. There are four different plants that The Gardener might grow, so each voyage they'll only have a selection of a few!
After a plant has been tended three times, it'll be fully grown, and will activate an ongoing effect that impacts the whole crew. From Saintly Sunflowers to Clingy Cacti, each plant is sure to turn the tide in the favour of one team or the either. Will The Gardener learn to work with their plants, or will they turn against them?
New Trait: The Undecided
The Undecided is the second of our new traits. The Undecided doesn't actually start with a trait! Each day, when The Undecided doesn't play in, they'll be offered a trait that's enabled for the voyage but which no other pirate currently has.
Should they chose to accept this trait, The Undecided will then become that trait for the remainder of the voyage. Alternatively, they can pass on it, and hope that another trait comes along another day.
Whether The Undecided is taking advantage of becoming a trait that the crew needs just at the right time, or, finding out which traits are not currently on board the ship, they're sure to add some spice to your voyage!
New Trait Events
Building on the six trait events that were added in the last update, we've added another two - this time for The Psychic and The Cursed.
The Psychic's Prediction
In The Psychic's Prediction, The Psychic takes a guess at which pirate they think will next go overboard. If they ace their prediction, showing off their psychic abilities, they'll be rewarded with a choice of either moving the ship one space closer to shore or throwing a treasure overboard.
The Cursed's Calamity
In The Cursed's Calamity, The Cursed will have an opportunity to potentially get thrown overboard. They'll be given a Magic Lamp-style event, but where the options are always Scurvy, Hot Potato, or Overpower. Which of these will give them the best chance of going overboard?
New Event: Reinvigoration
If the crew encounters a Reinvigoration event during a Trait game, any active trait that uses charges is sure to be celebrating - for they'll be gaining an extra charge for use during the remainder of the voyage!
New Event: Confession
When a Confession event happens, one pirate from the crew is randomly chosen to share their deepest secret - which team they're on - with another pirate. They can't opt out so they have to pick someone they trust. Whoever they choose will get to find out whether the confessing pirate is a ghost or a human... but beware! In Trait games, Traits like The Disguised will still impact the outcome of the event.
Wishlist An Elaborate History of Chess on Steam now!
We've had a bit of a touch-up here and there, and we've replaced all of the older Iteration Games logos with our shiny new, all-blue logo! There's also a little reminder at the bottom of the title screen letting you know about our next game, An Elaborate History of Chess, coming soon on Steam. Wishlist now!
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