NewRanch:Events
New Ranch adds a festival, several special nights and a few world events. Most of them can be switched off in the configuration.
Harvest Festival
The festival is held every year on days 5–7 of autumn and is announced on autumn day 2. It needs at least 5 town NPCs living in houses; otherwise it is skipped and the announcement says how many are missing.
- All three days: the Market Buyer pays 40 points more, pests spawn half as often, Blight Night and Wolf Night do not start, the Farmer sells the Feast Platter and there are fireworks at night.
- Day 1 – Harvest Blessing: every crop and bush within 90 tiles of each player grows one stage.
- Day 2 – Contests:
- Cook-Off: enter one dish per year at the Cook. Dishes score by food tier plus points for each farm branch that went into them. Spoiled food is refused. The winner gets the Winner's Cookbook.
- Livestock Show: show one animal per year at the Veterinarian. She judges the nearest animal within 12 tiles: climate (40 points), health (25), a Wool Blanket or Shade Awning nearby (15) and time kept (up to 20). The winner wears a ribbon that gives +1 yield at troughs within 30 tiles.
- Day 3 – Ceremony: the year's harvest records are graded (the first year is never graded). Every player present gets a bronze, silver or gold year trophy; a gold year also gives a Cornucopia to players who do not have one. The top contributor gets the Harvest Crown, and three gold years in a row award the Harvest Imp to everyone present.
After the first festival the Old Farmwife can move in.
Night events
| Event | Trigger | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Blight Night | 1 in 6 at nightfall after The Old Crow | Pests spawn 4× as often until dawn (scarecrows bring it back to normal). Pests drop extra Field Notes. |
| The Forgotten Ranch | 1 in 7 at nightfall after The Cursed Tractor, or use a Faded Collar at night (works earlier too) | For one night Rotten Cows, Bone Ewes and Ghost Hens spawn on the surface. |
| Murder in the Sky | 1 in 9 at nightfall after the Old Crow (up to 1 in 3 if you raid crow nests), or a Carrion Call at night. Needs a Crow Realm in the world. | The sky darkens; Realm Crows and rare White Crows spawn on the surface and in the sky. White Crows can drop the Raven Charm. |
| Wolf Night | 1 in 5 at winter nightfall after The Alpha Wolf | Winter Wolves roam the surface for one night. The Alpha's Pelt keeps them away. |
| Full Moon | Every full moon, in the forest | More spawns; False Wolves, Forest Wolves, Deer and Badgers appear. Hand tools on livestock recharge more slowly. |
Other events
- Blood Harvest: during a Blood Moon, all Pulseberries near players ripen at once. A harvested field does not regrow until the next Blood Moon.
- Blood Fever: a livestock disease near the Crimson, see Livestock.
- Prism Rain: in Hardmode over the Hallow, 2–4 minutes long with 12–26 minute pauses (halved after the Prismatic Guardian). Prismberries only grow while it falls.
- Underworld events (only while someone is in the Underworld, about 4 minutes each, then a long pause):
- Demon Migration: a column of demons that is passive until one is hit.
- Soul Storm: Soul Wraiths everywhere; enemies drop Soul Ash.
- Infernal Eruption (after a mechanical boss): screen shake, lava geysers and exposed hellstone.
- Cart raids on cargo routes, see Mounts and Vehicles.