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!
The Miser is a seasonal trait returning for this year's Yule Tides, appearing only in Traits+ 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 by 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!
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.
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!
Returning again this 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!
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:
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
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!
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...
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!
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!
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!
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.