Gameplay Updates (updated on May 4)
hpwulola
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Hi everyone,
Here is a timeline of all updates to to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, effective until further notice.
3/12/20 Updates
- Tonic for Trace Detection will reveal Traces more frequently
- Tonic for Trace Detection will have Master Notes effectiveness increased from 15% to 50%
- Ingredients will appear on the Map more frequently, especially those needed for Tonic for Trace Detection
- Traces will appear on the Map more frequently
- Spell Energy will appear on the Map
- A free store bundle will be available in the Diagon Alley shop featuring 4 Tonics for Trace Detection
- The amount of Gifts that can be opened each day will be increased from 10 to 20
3/17/20 Updates
- To help with indoor gameplay, Spell Energy Gifts collected after 3/17 at 3pm PDT will now include increased amounts of Spell Energy ⚡️
- We are still working on the 1/2 Distance Portkey update. We are going to hold this until we are able to release it without issues. The current eta is later this month, we will keep you updated. Thank you for understanding!
4/06/20 Updates
We've made temporary updates to the Daily Tasks.
- 'Dine at 2 Inns' daily task will be replaced with 'Use 1 Tonic for Trace Detection.'
- 'Complete 1 Wizarding Challenges' daily task will be replaced with 'Earn 750 Wizarding XP.'
These updates are being rolled out now and should be reflected on your app within the next 1-2 days.
4/15/20 Updates
- Portkeys acquired after the update will have their distance requirement decreased by half until further notice.
- Landmarks will be disabled on the Map until further notice.
5/4/20 Updates
We have made temporary updates to the Daily Tasks
- The reward for 'Pick up one ingredient or Portmanteau from the Map' has been increased to 20 Spell Energy
- The task 'Earn 750 Wizarding XP' has been changed to 'Earn 1500 Wizarding XP'
- The task 'Use Tonic for Trace Detection 1 Time' has been changed to 'Complete 1 Wizarding Challenge'
Please stay tuned on this thread for future updates. Thank you everyone!
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Since corona has pandenim, game update has rework for inside home. Good luck for safe home!
Thanks for keeping us updated, @hpwulola. Earlier, half distance portkeys were mentioned but this has since reverted. Presumably it was bugged. Will we see this return, do you think?
OMG! TTDs are like 'Beserker Mode' now. Love it, love it, love it! Smart buff with some cool tweaks, well done gang. @hpwulola May I suggest removing the words "... until further notice" from your post? 😁
I had 5 portkeys just ready to open and they all disappeared with this update and took all my silver keys with them. Great.
@hpwulola earlier portkeys had reduced distance but now they have reverted and reset distance with that. I guess that was just a bug?
@Magpie31 I saw that too. I'm assuming it was just a glitch though I hope not. Bummed!
Ah!! Thank you so much! I love being able to continue game play, give gifts and the extra energies are awesome! Have fun everyone! Love it!
Thank you HPWU team for these quick changes. Two issues I am running into:
I am so grateful that HPWU has changed up the game play for the time being. Another issue is if we aren’t able to get out then we won’t be able to complete our daily tasks. Just my personal thoughts as I don’t live by a fortress and one isn’t within walking distance.
We had an issue with launching the Portkey update and are working on it! We hope to bring it back next week, will let you know when I have any updates!
Thank you so much! It would be great something like a super tonic for emergency traces detection (if you can't use dd in inns) and something like "rent a fortress" for 30 minutes :-)
We have to stay safe at home so we appreciate much!!!
I agree with you @ClairabusGryff. I love the changes (thanks so much!!!) but the gift piece is difficult. Haven’t really been able to leave the house much and it’s getting worse, so collecting them will be tough for a while. Any chance random gifts could spawn on the map like spell energy? Just to send, not open.
The other thing is daily tasks. Not going to be able to get to an inn or fortress, so there’s no completing daily tasks for a while. Can we temporarily have different ones?
Again, thank you for the changes you’ve made to help us out thus far!
Thanks you so much for these very welcome assists in our Pottering while we deal with COVID-19. Husband and I have self-quarantined ourselves for an extra layer of safety (here in the US) and these changes will allow me to continue gameplay.
Much appreciated!
Here's hoping all Wizards and Muggles everywhere come out on the other side of this mess with as few problems as possible.
Does Coronavirus affect wizards and witches??? 🤣🤣
popped a TTD out of boredom
at halfway point and so far still bored ... in first 15 minutes, all mundane traces, same brilliant traces, plus 1 gryffindor student. seriously, what’s the point of boosting TTD if it continues to draw just the same kinds of hohum stuff, only a bit more frequently ?!?!
well, that was mostly a waste of 30 minutes and a TTD (even if free) ... second half was more of the same, with the single exception of a red-plumed prof. mcgonagall trace in the last 30 seconds of the TTD
Traces page registry is smoother for me. Although i whish SE is as easy as plugging my charger. Still have to wander around to pick up SE on map.
Anyway to get gift easier from inn?
@kiheikid I agree that sounds like a frustrating trace tonic experience, but that McGonagall made it worth it. Honestly, I'd use tonics 3 or 4 at a time if I could get McGonagall from it.
Thanks for all the changes, team!!! They’re amazing. Seriously :3
I definitely agree that there should be talks about changing the daily assignment for the fortress battles too. Since (at least in my town) all the fortresses are in the most crowded areas possible (malls and parks).
I know there’s another discussion going on about it already, but would love to know if it’s something you guys are at least considering @hpwulola :3
@hpwulola - because many of us can no longer complete the daily assignments of dining at 2 inns and/or completing a wizarding challenge at a fortress, we ca no longer get the 10 gold coins reward for completing all 7 daily assignments. maybe gold coins can start appearing on the map just like spell energy has ? or at least increase the frequency of a gold coin reward as a bonus in successful trace encounters ?
Thanks for the adjustments, Niantic! It was wonderful to be able to have more Traces than I could even complete in 30 minutes pop-up. Rare or not, it's nice to be able to play a lot of the game at home.
@kiheikid I just popped a TTD and am only halfway through my time. Got Hagrid’s umbrella, self-playing harp, and Dumbledore’s Army dueling dummy. All things that are hard to come by. Now I’m not saying this is the norm for everyone right now, but it’s better than usual. Plus with spell energy on the ground, I can knock out 30 traces and build my energy back up, all while increasing my xp. Win win.
Edit: add to that a second Hagrid’s umbrella, quidditch World Cup, and a bonus silver key.
Now to refill my energy and pop another one.
Thanks for this feedback! As the situation continues, I know the team will continue to brainstorm things we can do. I will update you when I learn anything!
*@hpwulola is our queen* 🎼🎼🎼
I'm in Madrid and not allowed to leave the house except to occasionally buy food. Buying food allows me to go 500m, and I don't pass an in or fortress. HPWU is going to have to rest :-(
It's a shame I'm not even going to finish the first task on the circus, let alone the bonuses.
My suggestion is to
a few things I have noticed is that my house I get maybe a few spell energy on the map an hour. If I walk 20m up the road to the inn at the end of my street I get 10-15 drops of spell energy on the map.
the TTD I have been using has not once spawned anything more rare than a brilliant event foundables. Maybe they could be updated to include a minimum of one high or greater foundables per use.
Overall I have to say that the implementation for HPWU has been 1000x better than Pogo and I couldn’t have been more thankful and impressed
I will probably end up finishing the bonus anyway but for people that can't leave the house I hope some of the daily tasks can be changed up for something players can complete inside to pass the time. I really wish inside movements counted, if only temporarily. I like @D1eD1eD1e suggestion about previous event foundables! I look forward to seeing what yall can come up with
@MrSciGuy - happy to hear that your TTD was more useful to you than my TTD was to me.
i’ll try to pop my next TTD at dawn and hope it will at least bring a doxy or two 🤞🏼
@kiheikid like I said, I can’t guarantee that experience for all. But even just getting one thing out of those 30 that you normally don’t see often makes it worth it.
Maybe could we have an SE increase from normal aka pesky spell energy gift. Say, become 5 or 6 SE. So that we not be picky getting a gift from an inn, thus our time wandering outside will be shorter.
It would really cheer us up during isolation if the new classes were to be released.