Archive for April, 2022

April 11, 2022

Need MORE Pets? Mari’s Flat Object is Actually 2-in-1!

You didn’t really think we’d celebrate National Pet Day with just Pet Rocks, did you? If so — consider it a late April Fool’s prank! With so many loveable pets out there, we knew we had to include a crowd-pleasing, cute, and cuddly animal in the festivities. We got more than we bargained for, as you’ll see — one became two!

The seventh Flat Object is brought to you by Mari, our productive Product Manager! She is the one who keeps MHQ running like a well-oiled machine! Thanks to her diligence in planning things well in advance, we’ve managed to meet a lot of our goals on schedule, rather than 1,000 hours each time! If you’ve attended any of the Munzee Events we’ve hosted in the past, you may have met Mari, but for those who haven’t been fortunate enough to get to know her, or would like a refresher, you can check out her most recent Meet Munzee Munzday post HERE!

Mari’s Flat Object is similar to Wylie’s in that it may be more accurately described as Flat Pets — but as it follows the same structure as other Flat Objects, we’ll still call it one for consistency. Say hello to the Flat Cats, based on her cats Benji and Burr! Benji is the orange one and Burr is the black one – they are brothers and the bestest friends in the whole world! ? They are the stars of many a Zoom call (and possibly the only things keeping Mari from going insane while stuck at home — call it the opposite of the crazy cat lady effect)! Read on to learn more!

Flat Cats Details

The Flat Cats join the Flats as a virtual type. It is currently available in the Freeze Tag Store HERE!

Flat Cats
Points
  • Deploy: 19
  • Capture: Split 89 points with a minimum of 19 Points
  • CapOn: Split 89 points with a minimum of 19 Points
Additional Info
  • Capture Radius: 300 feet
  • Blastable
  • Proximity: 50 feet from other players’ Flats, 150 feet from your own
  • Filters: “Virtual – Flats” filter or “All Flat Types”

For more information on Flats, you can check out our Help Guide article.

Badges

There are badge lines for deploying and capturing the Flat Cats, which, as hinted above, feature some cute cat accessoreez and hijinks. You can see the first of each below!

We hope you enjoy catching Flat Cats and learning a bit more about Mari in the process!

Munzee on!

April 5, 2022

Flamingos Aren’t the Only Bird in Town! NEW Evolution!

Springtime is not only about beautiful new blooms — there’s lots of new life to look forward to! Since it’s been more than a year since the release of the Bee Evolution, it’s about time to add some new Evolution Munzees to our roster! Starting April 5 at 12:00 MHQ time, our brand new Duck Evolutions will be made available through the Freeze Tag Store!

Duck Evolution Munzees

The Duck Evolution is a bit different from the previous Animal Evolutions, as there are only 4 stages total. This is to balance out the longer time for the Duck to fully evolve — in our research, we found that it takes ducks 21 days to hatch. Stages 1-3 of the Duck Evos are virtual munzees, which are as follows:

NOTE: Evolution timeframes have been corrected in the blog.

Duck Nest Duck Egg Duckling
Points Points Points
  • Deploy: 100
  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 30
  • Capture: 40
  • CapOn: 20
  • Capture: 45
  • CapOn: 25
Additional Info Additional Info Additional Info
  • Lasts for 7 days
  • Blastable
  • Lasts for 14 days
  • Blastable
  • Remains on the map
  • Blastable

Once these Evolutions reach Stage 3, a temporary POB will be launched, which is Stage 4. For example, if you’ve deployed a Duck Evolution, the Duckling will remain in place (as mentioned above), while the adult Duck variant will be launched at the same time for the duration of its “lifespan.”

Stage 4 Ducks will bounce to both physical and virtual landing pads every 8 hours. They have the option of emerging as one of the three different species shown below, with the Swan being the rarest of the 3.

Mallard Quack Swan

Points Points Points
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Host CapOn: 50
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Host CapOn: 50
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Host CapOn: 50
Additional Info Additional Info Additional Info

Like the Flower Evolutions, the chance of the Duck Evolution evolving to one of the 3 types changes every time it is reset with the Evolution Reset Credit. Although you cannot capture a reset evolution if you have already captured the original from stages 1-3, you CAN capture the final level of a reset when it evolves and releases a new tPOB. An easy way to know is, if you see it on the map you can capture it!

Please note that although the first three stages for each are the same, they will count as different special capture icons.

Just like real life ducks, the Duck Evolution Munzees stick to a healthy diet! Bouncing Duck Evos will be attracted to the following landing pads:

To access the Duck Evolution Munzees, turn on your “Evolution” and “All Expiring Specials” filters. They will count toward Evolution Capture and Deploy badges.

We hope this latest Evolution has you ready to splash into spring (in the northern hemisphere) in the meantime!

Munzee on!

April 4, 2022

Adopt a Low-Maintenance Pet with these NEW Specials!

You know we loooove animals here at MHQ — what better proof than one of our more recent Flat Objects, the Flat Murray? But sometimes having a living, breathing pet in your home just isn’t in the cards. That doesn’t mean you are totally locked out from feeling the companionship and emotional support a pet brings — you just have to get a little creative! So, to celebrate National Pet Day, starting at 12:00 MHQ on April 4th, Pet Rock specials will bounce around the map until 23:59 MHQ on April 17th.

Pet Rock Specials

We’ll be releasing the rocks in waves, but will end at a total of 700 Limestone Pet Rocks and 700 Sandstone Pet Rocks. They will roll around on the map every 4 hours or when captured.

Limestone Pet Rock Sandstone Pet Rock
Points Points
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
Landing Pads Landing Pads

Limestone Pet Rocks will be attracted to Physical Magnets, while Sandstone Pet Rocks will be attracted to Virtual Magnets. To access these specials, please turn on your “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Edition Specials” filters.

When you capture a Limestone Pet Rock, up to 3 Light Wood Paintbrushes will scatter nearby. Similarly, when you capture an Sandstone Pet Rock, up to 3 Dark Wood Paintbrushes will scatter nearby.

Light Wood Paintbrush Dark Wood Paintbrush
Points Points
  • Capture: 50
  • Capture: 50
Additional Info Additional Info
  • Visible to the capper ONLY
  • Expires in 60 minutes
  • You’ll be able to use Rover Treats to capture them.
  • These scatters will NOT count for deploy streaks, ZeeOps, or clan activity since they are passive deploys.
  • Visible to the capper ONLY
  • Expires in 60 minutes
  • You’ll be able to use Rover Treats to capture them.
  • These scatters will NOT count for deploy streaks, ZeeOps, or clan activity since they are passive deploys.

Additionally, when you capture a Light Wood Paintbrush, up to 3 Green Paint Buckets or Orange Paint Buckets will scatter nearby! Similarly, when you capture a Dark Wood Paintbrush, up to 3 Purple Paint Buckets or Aquamarine Paint Buckets will scatter nearby.

Green Paint Bucket Orange Paint Bucket Purple Paint Bucket Aquamarine Paint Bucket
Points Points Points Points
  • Capture: 50
  • Capture: 50
  • Capture: 50
  • Capture: 50
Additional Info Additional Info Additional Info Additional Info
  • Expires in 30 minutes
  • Otherwise the same as the Paintbrushes
  • Expires in 30 minutes
  • Otherwise the same as the Paintbrushes
  • Expires in 30 minutes
  • Otherwise the same as the Paintbrushes
  • Expires in 30 minutes
  • Otherwise the same as the Paintbrushes

Lastly, when you capture a Paint Bucket, it will reveal the result of your arts & crafts project, similar to last year’s Go Fishing Specials. There are 3 different results per Paint Bucket, for a total of 12 different rock results! We’ll show you 1 of the results for each color below, but we’ll keep the rest a surprise for now!

Badges

There will be 12 badges to earn for these specials, 1 for each of the different rock results mentioned above. You can see the badge for the Green Googly-Eyed Pet Rock below:

Green Gravel Gazer- Capture a Green Googly-Eyed Pet Rock scattered from the Pet Rock specials.

We hope you’ve got some old clothes on and set down some newspaper — it’s gonna get messy!

Munzee on!

April 1, 2022

Beautify the Map in One Easy Step!

We’ve offered small pre-built gardens as part of Event Packages in the past, but this NEW munzee will be available to everyone, and allow for greater control of where exactly the garden is placed.

Insta-Garden
Points
  • Dependent on the types that the garden contains. Follows the usual point structures for those types
  • No additional points on top of the combined total of all the pins in the garden
Store Info
  • Cost: $14 at launch
  • Purchase HERE

How to Use the Insta-Garden

  1. Navigate to an Insta-Garden in your Undeployed list
  2. Tap to Deploy it as usual
  3. When the map to set the location loads, you will see the Insta-Garden pin centered on your location as usual, AND an overlay of the current available Insta-Garden Design underneath, centered on the Insta-Garden pin
  4. Move the Insta-Garden pin to your desired location, and the Insta-Garden Design will move with it, remaining centered underneath the pin
  5. We recommend using the Insta-Garden in wide, open spaces on the map — you will most likely have difficulties trying to deploy a garden EXACTLY in-between other munzees that have already been deployed
  6. Once you’ve found the perfect spot, confirm your deploy as usual!
  7. Please note: it may take some time for all the deploys to appear on the map — think of the deploy process as similar to a blast capture, where individual munzees are queued for processing. However, you should have no issues with anyone deploying within the confines of any partially-deployed gardens, as each deploy is timestamped even if it is queued — so your deploys will naturally have an earlier timestamp and take precedence
  8. Please also note: the Insta-Garden pin will ALWAYS be replaced by the actual Insta-Garden Design once you deploy, so you will never see the Insta-Garden pin itself on the map — it only exists up to the Deploy screens

Here is a screenshot of how Step #3 will look:

For testing purposes, we used last year’s March into May Event garden design as the Insta-Garden Design above, but to keep those gardens more limited and unique, we’ve created a NEW Insta-Garden Design that will deploy from the Insta-Garden pins now. We want to keep the new design a surprise though, so you’ll have to pick one up and deploy it to find out what it is! Or you could just wait until someone else posts it, but where’s the fun in that?

We hope you’ll enjoy sowing some Insta-Garden seeds!

Munzee on!

April 1, 2022

You’ve Been Flocked! ZEE-Dayz

Right on the heels of the Virtual Vacation ZEE-Dayz, we’ve prepped another short event, but instead of double points, double effectiveness, or double capacity, we’ve prepared something very unique… a harmless prank, if you will. As it’s April Fool’s Day, today is all about the “You’ve Been Flocked!” prank! For those not in the know, the main concept behind the prank is to sneakily decorate someone’s lawn with a whole flock of plastic flamingos! The finishing touch is usually a “You’ve been flocked!” sign. Here‘s an example if you’re curious…

To bring this prank into the Munzee world, we’ve got a new Greeting Card, some limited time Flamingo scatters, and more! Read on for everything you need to know!

NEW Greeting Card Munzee Details

We have 1 new Limited Edition card for your deploying pleasure available HERE! These greeting cards are special as they’ll scatter additional Plastic Garden Flamingo munzees upon deploy as shown below. If you stock up on these cards and save them for later, you can still expect them to scatter, BUT they will only be in the store until 23:59 MHQ on April 15!

Garden Flamingo Card Plastic Garden Flamingo
Points Points
  • Limited Edition
    • Deploy: 60
    • Capture: 50
    • CapOn: 30
  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 50

Don’t forget to edit the title and the notes to add a personal touch! While the capture message will contain your Munzee username as all Greeting Card capture messages do, we think typing in a more specific note will go a long way to creating a more unique and special experience!

Remember that these munzees will be archived 7 days after they are deployed, so make sure your intended recipient captures it before then!

For more information on the Greeting Cards, you can check out our Help Guide article.

Special Scatter Details

From the period of Friday, April 1st at 00:01 MHQ through Saturday, April 2nd at 23:59 MHQ, the base Garden Flamingo (without any skins equipped) will scatter 1-3 Plastic Garden Flamingos nearby.

Yes, they are the same Plastic Garden Flamingos that will scatter from the Foolish Garden Flamingo once it’s available next month! We thought it would be nice to give the base Garden Flamingo its time in the spotlight, and also give you a preview of this special scatter!

If you don’t own any Garden Flamingos, you can purchase one in the Freeze Tag Store HERE! Since it’s now April, the price should be reduced to $9!

Refreshing Flamingo Flock

For the same time period mentioned above, if you’ve captured all the munzees near you, you’ll be happy to discover that your map has been flocked! ALL Greenies and Virtual Colors will have the “mask munzees” shown below applied to them.

Another Plastic Garden Flamingo – Physical Another Plastic Garden Flamingo – Virtual
Points Points
  • Capture: 60
  • CapOn: 3
  • Capture: 40
  • CapOn: 3

What we mean by “mask munzee” is that they appear on top of a host munzee, similar to a bouncing munzee, but once capped they do NOT bounce anywhere else. You have “removed” the mask. We first did this with our Back to the Future Day specials (BttFDs) way back in 2015, but there are 3 key differences between those specials and these flamingos, namely:

  1. The BttFDs were only applied to Greenies
  2. If a player capped a BttFDs on a Greenie, others could still cap it on the same Greenie
  3. BttFDs were worth WAY less points

Now we know what you’re thinking — these masks look pretty similar to the other Plastic Garden Flamingos shown before it. Allow us to make the differences clear with another table:

Another Plastic
Garden Flamingo
Plastic
Garden Flamingo
Mask Scatter
Physical AND Virtual Virtual ONLY
Faces right Faces left
Points

  • Capture:
    • Physical: 60
    • Virtual: 40
  • CapOn: 3
Points

  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 50

Badges

We’ve created 6 NEW Badges for you to earn via specific gameplay actions! As two of them are time-sensitive, we’ll reveal those to you now:

It’s up to you to figure out the requirements for the other four (which may be easier to get within the time period of this ZEE-Dayz, but are still possible to earn afterwards!). We don’t want to spoil the fun, but watch out for any slippery banana peels! ?

We hope you join us in painting the map PINK this weekend — thanks for reading until the end!

Munzee on!