Go Egg Hunting on the Seven Seas with Spring Sailing!
Across March and April, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Spring Sailing! Running from 15th March - 12th April, celebrate the season of spring with a festival of eggs, bunnies, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Trait: The Spring Chicken
Joining Paper Pirates for the duration of Spring Sailing is the seasonal trait, The Spring Chicken! Play a trait game, and one of the crew may find themselves with this happy-go-lucky, seasonal appropriate trait.
Each day, when The Spring Chicken is not the Captain, they will spring forward one rank of the crew at the start of the event phase! This happens even if there's no other event taking place! What seems like a blessing may be a curse - watch out if you're a ghostly Spring Chicken and you're almost next to The Sensitive...
The Grand Spring Egg Hunt
Every day during Spring Sailing the crew will be challenged to an Egg Hunt by our very own Rabbot! They've hidden a number of eggs all throughout Paper Pirates for you to find - they could be in any of the menu screens, or even in-game! Find your quota each day, and you'll be able to open a special Spring Sailing surprise.
There's three outfits, two returning outfits and one brand new, for a combined total of sixteen items, to collect through The Grand Spring Egg Hunt. Make sure to check for eggs every day, and get ready to dress up!
Limited Time Costumes
During Spring Sailing, 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 Spring Sailing, 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 Spring Sailing is:
Outfit Shop
Faces - Animal (Bee)
Faces - Animal (Easter Bunny)
Faces - Face Paint (Egg)
Faces - Face Paint (Striped)
Faces - Face Paint (Spotted)
Faces - Face Paint (Bee)
Side Hair - Leaves (Blossom)
Side Hair - Leaves (Oak)
Side Hair - Leaves (Pine)
Side Hair - Leaves (Willow)
Facial Hair - Leaf Beard
Hands - Animal (Bee)
Hands - Animal (Easter Bunny)
Hands - Spring
Hands - Umbrella
Hands - Trowel
Hands - Shovel
Accessories - Earrings (Bee)
Accessories - Earrings (Daisy)
Accessories - Earrings (Butterfly)
Accessories - Rain
Headwear - Hairpin (Butterfly)
Headwear - Pendant (Butterfly)
Shirts - Animal (Bee)
Shirts - Animal (Easter Bunny)
Shirts - Forest Top
Shirts - Dress Top (Flowers)
Coats - Egg
Coats - Egg (Rainbow)
Coats - Raincoat
Coats - Tree Trunk
Jacket - Overalls (Upper)
Belts - Umbrella
Legs - Overalls (Lower)
Legs - Animal (Bee)
Legs - Animal (Easter Bunny)
Legs - Forest Skirt
Legs - Skirt (Flowers)
Feet - Animal (Bee)
Feet - Animal (Easter Bunny)
Feet - Slippers (Rabbit)
Feet - Spring
Ship Shop
Sails - Egg Sails
Hull - Spring Hull
Additionally, during Spring Sailing, 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 “Lucky Egg Hunt” Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during Spring Sailing, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the “Lucky Egg Hunt” event. A random member of the crew gets to pick one egg out of a selection. The eggs all contain events, and whichever egg they choose will instantly trigger that event! All the other pirates on the boat will get a clue, showing them a picture of an egg, and a description of the event that will happen. Make sure you communicate to the egg hunter to let them know what might happen for each egg - but watch out for the ghosts, who might give you a bad description, or tell you fibs about the event squirreled away inside!
Spring Celebrations in the Photo Booth
To celebrate Spring Sailing, there are two limited-time Foils 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!
Spring Sailing Bot
Invite bots into your game during Spring Sailing, and you may encounter Rabbot - our very own pirate-y Easter Bunny, out to help you uncover eggs at sea! Rabbot will only join your games during Spring Sailing, so take the chance to meet them now before they hop away to hibernate for the rest of the year!
Big Birthday Bash!
Happy birthday, Paper Pirates!
It's Paper Pirates' fourth birthday, and we’re celebrating with the return of The Big Birthday Bash! Running from 28th February - 14th March, celebrate the anniversary of the game's launch with a festival of partying, and a whole host of anniversary goodies in Paper Pirates!
Seasonal Trait: The Magician
Joining Paper Pirates for the duration of The Big Birthday Bash is the seasonal trait, The Magician! Play a trait game during The Big Birthday Bash, and one of the crew may find themselves playing as The Magician.
When the entire crew have finished voting, but no pirate has gone overboard, The Magician will have the opportunity to cast a magic vote. This magic vote has three voting power, and can be cast for any pirate (other than The Magician themselves). The crew won't know who The Magician is, unless they can figure it out through deductive reasoning!
The magic vote still counts as voting for a pirate to go overboard, so if The Magician throws a human overboard they run the risk of becoming a ghost. Question is... who are they?
The “Let Them Eat Cake” Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during The Big Birthday Bash, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the “Let Them Eat Cake” event. The crew will divide up a huge birthday cake, taking the chance to blow out the candles one by one. It's believed that the last person who blows out a candle will get to make a wish... what will they wish for, and will their wish come true?!
Birthday Gift Bounties
Every day during The Big Birthday Bash the crew will receive a special birthday gift bounty! If you complete the assigned task, you can open a present, and inside you will find... a special cosmetic surprise! There are sixteen different cosmetics in total to collect, so make sure to collect your birthday gifts during the seasonal celebration!
Limited Time Costumes and Ship Parts
During The Big Birthday Bash, 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 The Big Birthday Bash, 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 The Big Birthday Bash is:
Outfit Shop
Accessories - Stars
Faces - Balloon
Belt - Cutlass (Balloon)
Jackets - Waistcoat (Magician)
Headwear - Hairpin (Star)
Headwear - Pendant (Star)
Headwear - Pendant (Key)
Coats - Child
Coats - Birthday Candle
Coats - Playing Card
Hands - Balloon
Hands - Wand
Shirts - Tie (Rainbow)
Shirts - Tee (Cake)
Shirts - Balloon
Legs - Tutu (Rainbow)
Legs - Balloon
Feet - Balloon
Ship Shop
Hulls - Cake Hull
Masts - Cake
Additionally, during The Big Birthday Bash, pirates have access to a unique anniversary 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 it while you can!
Developer Bots Jump Aboard
Invite bots into your game during The Big Birthday Bash, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with one or three bots that mimic the Iteration Games crew! They’ll only join your games during The Big Birthday Bash, but these bots have their own personality and appearances modelled after the Paper Pirates developers.
Valentine Voyages!
Find romance on the seven seas with Valentine Voyages!
This February, we’re again celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Valentine Voyages! Running from 7th February - 21st February, celebrate the season of love with a festival of romance, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!
Love Letter Bounties
What's this? The crew has received a mysterious letter, emblazoned with a heart motif? What could this mysterious love letter mean? It seems that there's a series of tasks for you to complete throughout Valentine Voyage's, and each one rewards you with... a special heart-shaped box!? What could be inside?
Seasonal Trait: The Lovers
During Valentine Voyages, you may encounter one of the seasonal traits, The Lovers!
The Lovers always appear as a pair, with two randomly chosen pirates from the crew both having the trait 'The Lovers'. When either pirate with The Lovers trait goes overboard, the other pirate will become Heartbroken, automatically going overboard the following day after the job completes. If a heartbroken pirate happens to go overboard before the end of the next day's job, they won't go overboard twice!
Be warned - if a pirates goes overboard due to heartbreak and they're a human, one randomly selected other pirate will become a ghost. Now that's spooky!
Seasonal Trait: The Admirer
During Valentine Voyages, you may encounter one of the seasonal traits, The Admirer!
During the first day, The Admirer must choose a target of their admiration from the crew. The Admirer's team will then immediately change to match the pirate they chose. Not only that, but every time The Admirer's target changes team, The Admirer's team will change too! That means if the target of their admiration becomes a ghost... Well, you know what you have to do!
The Admirer's team will no longer change through other means (if they're a human, they can't join the ghost team unless their target pirate is haunted), so watch out for any very tricky Admirer plays!
Limited Time Costumes and Ship Parts
During Valentine Voyages, 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 Valentine Voyages, 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 Valentine Voyages is:
Outfit Shop
Faces - Animal (Teddy)
Faces - Face Paint (Hearts)
Top Hair - Cupid’s Curls
Facial Hair - Heart Beard
Headwear - Pendant (Romantic)
Headwear - Veil
Accessories - Sunglasses (Heart)
Accessories - Earrings (Heart)
Accessories - Loving Thoughts
Accessories - Petals
Hands - Animal (Teddy)
Hands - Potted Plant
Hands - Red Ribbon
Shirts - Animal (Teddy)
Shirts - Sweater (Heart)
Shirts - Tee (Heart)
Shirts - Dress Top (Hearts)
Coats - Heart
Coats - Candy Heart
Belts - Quiver (Cupid’s)
Belts - Heart
Legs - Animal (Teddy)
Legs - Cupid’s Sash
Legs - Heart Boxers
Legs - Cloud
Legs - Skirt (Hearts)
Feet - Animal (Teddy)
Feet - Winged Sandals
Ship Shop
Figureheads - Cupid
Hulls - Valentine's Hull
Masts - Valentine's Masts I
Masts - Valentine's Masts II
Masts - Valentine's Masts III
Sails - Valentine's Sails
Additionally, during Valentine Voyages, pirates have access to two 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 “Cupid’s Arrow” Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during Valentine Voyages, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the “Cupid’s Arrow” event. A random member of the crew is given the opportunity to fire Cupid’s arrow at another. Whoever they fire it at will have their role changed to match the person who fired the arrow - whether they were human, or ghost! Keep track of the arrow, and see if you can deduce whose role is what as you forge ahead on your voyage.
The "Love Letter" Event!
Go on a sailing adventure during Valentine Voyage, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the "Love Letter" event. A randomly chosen pirate must commit to sending a love letter to a pirate of their choice. What secrets will this letter reveal? The pirate may choose to either share their team, or their trait, with their lover. What information will they reveal, and more importantly, why did they choose to share that particular piece of information?
Valentine Celebrations in the Photo Booth
To celebrate Valentine Voyages, there is a 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!
Invite bots into your game during Valentine Voyages, and you may find some of the regular crew replaced with one or two super romantic guests, out to help you find love at sea! They’ll only join your games during Valentine Voyages, but these bots have their own personality and appearances for you to enjoy.
The Trait Events Update
Reworked Traits and New Events to spice up every voyage!
In this Paper Pirates update, we've reworked three traits to make them more desirable and give them more influence. There's also a whole host of new events for you to find to ensure that no two voyages are ever the same!
Reworked Trait: The Gifted
We love that The Gifted has a lot more control when they're the captain, and it's great how much control over the game being able to choose from three jobs gives you. However, not every Gifted finds their way to captaincy in every game, so we wanted to give The Gifted a little more to their toolkit to give them some oomph in games where they don't make it to the top of the ship.
The Gifted retains their ability to choose three jobs when they're the captain, but in addition, now has the ability to override the captain's job choice once per voyage with any job the crew are able to carry out.
Each day, The Gifted will see a large button on their device. If they press it, the captain's job choice will be interrupted, and they can choose any job which will happen that day. The captain still gets to choose whether they want to obey or disobey.
The Gifted can use their job choice strategically to make sure the job goes in their favour. Perhaps they want to definitely exclude, or even include, someone on the ghost team. Perhaps they want to work in partnership with an active trait to exclude them from a job - or stop them using their power by putting them in a job!
Reworked Trait: The Thief
When we made The Thief, we hoped it would be used as a vote deterrent so that ghosts had a way to try to avoid being voted overboard. The threat of losing a treasure versus the bonus of removing a ghost didn't have quite as much impact on games as we'd like, so we've reworked The Thief to make it more impactful.
When The Thief is chosen to play in for a job, they may choose to attempt a thievery. Once the job is resolved, the crew will be notified that there was an attempted thievery during the job. If The Thief is lucky, they'll steal a treasure from the crew and, as an added bonus, immediately turn into a ghost. If The Thief is unlucky, the crew will know an attempted thievery took place, but no treasure will be lost and The Thief will remain human.
The Thief can only attempt a thievery while they're on the human team, so once you identify your thief, you might want to think carefully about how you deal with them!
Reworked Trait: The Medium
We love that The Medium adds a level of private information sharing to a voyage, but, with untargeted messaging it was sometimes difficult to use it effectively.
We've changed the way The Medium works, such that on days when they don't play in they may now choose any individual pirate to send a private message to. After the day's job has resolved, The Medium's message will be sent to their chosen pirate and most importantly, that pirate will then have the chance to send a secret message back to The Medium.
This change empowers The Medium to become a master of secrets. Can they steal a secret from another pirate that gives them more power over the crew? Perhaps they want to share a secret about themselves with someone they trust?
New Event: Two of a Kind
The new Two of a Kind event is designed to help the crew out in a moment of need, giving them the opportunity to find out some more information. When a Two of a Kind event happens, a randomly chosen pirate is offered a choice of two pirates from the ship - including themselves but excluding the Stowaway.
The whole crew will see which two pirates were chosen, and then discover whether those two pirates are either both on the same team, or, on different teams.
This is an opportunity to find out a little information about two teams, or, if you're on the ghost team, a chance to spread some real deception amongst the crew. Even if you know two people are on the same team, can you trust them...?
New Event: Trap of the Tainted
Trap of the Tainted is a brand new event that only appears in Trait games, and can only happen when someone on the crew is The Tainted.
In the initial phase of Trap of the Tainted, the pirate with the Tainted trait chooses any three pirates - including themselves - to lure into a dark and dangerous dungeon.
Once three pirates have been chosen, every other member of the crew, one by one, must choose which of them they'd like to leave behind in the dungeon. Being left behind in the dungeon is effectively the same as going overboard, so that pirate will return to the ship as a new stowaway and, if they were human, one of the pirates that voted for them will join the ghost team.
New Trait Events
We've added six brand new events which can only appear in Trait games which are themed around some of the existing traits, allowing a pirate with that trait the opportunity to influence the crew's voyage. Look out for any of the following events:
The Berserker's Barrage
The Legion's Liaison
The Pure's Cure
The Sensitive's Shuffle
The Tainted's Touch
The Twins' Tricks
When one of these events shows up, you not only know that someone with that trait must be aboard the ship, you're also bound to experience some shenanigans sure to make you think twice about your fellow crewmates.
New Audience Event: Audience Influence
We've added a new audience event, Audience Influence! When an Audience Influence event happens, The Audience may collectively choose any pirate from the crew. The pirate who receives the most votes will become cursed, and will receive a small number of votes from the audience at the start of every voting round each day until a pirate is successfully voted overboard.
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!
Soggy Hogmanay Community Bounty Achieved!
Happy new year, crew!
We've started 2024 off strongly, with a really impressive completion time on the Soggy Hogmanay Community Bounty. Because we collectively played 100 games of Paper Pirates in the first week of 2024, there's a unique reward that all pirates can claim in-game now!
Make sure to open Paper Pirates before Wednesday 24th January 2024 to claim the Dragon (Coat). Although the redemption ends in late January, if you open the box and claim your Dragon now, you can keep it forever!
Once you've claimed the Dragon, any pirates joining games you host will be able to equip the Dragon in the Coat outfit slot. The Dragon is super cute, comes in a range of colours, and although their wings are mighty they're not quite strong enough to prevent you from going overboard. They're only a little Dragon after all!
We hope everyone in the Paper Pirates community has a fantastic 2024, and we'll keep you updated with game updates and seasonal celebrations as the year rolls on.
Thanks as always for your support, Iteration Games
Soggy Hogmanay!
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!
Soggy Hogmanay Community Bounty
To kick 2024 off in style, we're running a Community Bounty for the duration of Soggy Hogmanay. If we collectively complete 100 games of Paper Pirates between 1st January and 21st January 2024, every pirate who sails the seven seas will be able to claim a very special outfit item.
Once the bounty is complete, the outfit item will be available to claim for a limited time only, so make sure that you don't miss out!
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, no matter what happens, 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...
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)]
Accessories - Glasses (2024)
Headwear - Hairpin (Firework)
Hands - Animal (Dragon)
Hands - Fancy Cane
Hands - Shield (Round)
Hands - Sparkler
Hands - Torch
Hands - Wrist Watch
Shirts - Tee (Fireworks)
Shirts - Tee (2024)
Coats - Tuxedo (White)
Coats - Clock
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!
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!
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!
New Permanent Event: Majority Rule
With this year's Yule Tides comes the addition of a brand new, all-year-round event, Majority Rule. When Majority Rule triggers, the voting rules will change until a pirate next goes overboard. Every pirate's base voting power will be set to one, and the voting threshold is removed. At the end of the day, the pirate with the most votes goes overboard - even if that's only one vote!
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
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!
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 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
New to the Festive Feast for 2023, there is a special harvest bounty. To complete the bounty, you need to play five games, of any mode, during the Festive Feast. Upon completion, you'll get a special treat...
It's quite the surprise!
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 new 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.
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 Werewolf
Our seasonal trait for Haunted Seas is 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?
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!
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
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
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!
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?
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.
