The Yogscast Search For Simon

The Yogscast Search For Simon (TYSFS) was an event that ran from June 8^th to June 20^th 2017, and from Jun 15^th to 27^th 2018.

Event Description

2017

We have teamed up with those lovely people over at Yogscast again to bring you an exclusive, and brand new event: The Yogscast Search for Simon.

Your escapades take you on a journey from the YogTowers and ancient Rome, through to an alien spaceship and an Irish pub. Simon is nothing if not well traveled!

2018

Here we go again! In continued partnership with the popular gaming channel Yogscast, we present round two of our Yogscast event: The Yogscast Search for Simon. It's a zany Yogscast-inspired event featuring two new tier 2 Yogsaders and tons of ridiculous jokes and references.

Simon is missing! Again! It's time for the Crusaders to galavant about in search of their missing friend, and if they're lucky, they'll make a couple new friends along the way: Skeletom and the Game Goblin!

New Crusaders

Tier 1

Before you can get underway, you're going to need to recruit some help in the form of Turps and Sjin. More specifically you'll need to recruit Turps the Tasty who finds himself dressed as an enormous jaffa cake in order to help lure Simon out of hiding. The second celebrity Crusader is Sjin the Builder. Who just so happens to have special construction abilities because, well, this is Crusaders of the Lost Idols.

Turps the Tasty

At level 25, Turps unlocks Tasty which each enemy killed in the area increases spawn speed by 2% as they try and take a bite out of his Jaffa cake butt. This buff stacks up to a max of 20%. The buff lasts for 5 seconds, refreshing the timer on each kill and resetting when you change areas.

At level 100, when his ability Cashing In is activated, any monsters that drop a quest item count towards quest progress drop 100% more gold.

Sjin the Builder

At level 50, Sjin unlocks Let's Build. Every 10 seconds the Crusader builds a random construct near him. One of the five possible constructs provides a different buff. Constructs last for 15 seconds.

Sjin unlocks Teamwork at level 150 and constructs effects increase +10% for each adjacent Crusader.

Tier 2

Skeletom

Lord of all skeletons, Skeletom causes special random skeleton monsters to spawn. While alive or when killed, these skeletons offer different effects.

The Game Goblin

The Game Goblin lives in a cave, slowly venturing out as you kill more and more monsters. Once he leaves the cave he tosses a bunch of games at monsters and offers some party buffs before retreating back inside.

Tier 1 Objectives

Recruit Turps the Tasty

Objective Reach area 100 while the monsters drool over Turps Restrictions Cost 100 to start Turps the Tasty takes up a slot in the formation Monsters are attracted to Turps and move faster If Turps is eaten, your formation wipes and you are moved back one area Reward Turps the Tasty swaps with Emo Werewolf

 Note: Monsters move 3x faster

Recruit Sjin the Builder

Objective Reach area 100 while Sjin takes up extra space with his builds Restrictions Complete Recruit Turps the Tasty Cost 700 to start Sjin the Builder and three of his constructs take up slots in your formation Reward Sjin the Builder swaps with Sarah, the Collector

Let's Play

Objective Reach area 150 while some Yogsfolks try to sabotage your fun Restrictions Complete Recruit Sjin the Builder Cost 1300 to start Must have 500 Idols to start Two Yogsfolks take up slots in your formation and randomly harass the Crusaders near them with annoying debuffs Reward Tier 1 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

 Note: The NPC toward the front periodically reduces adjacent crusaders to 0 DPS, while the NPC toward the back periodically sets your gold bonus to -100%.

Prop Hunt

Objective Reach area 200 when you don't know what's a prop and what's not Restrictions Complete Recruit Sjin the Builder Cost 1900 to start Must have 1000 Idols to start Props spawn randomly and are annoying Reward Tier 1 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

 Note: In non-boss levels, tougher prop monsters spawns with normal monsters. Their annoying effects are:

• Tough Teapot has more HP.
• Odd Picnic Basket moves a little faster and shoots muffins at your crusaders.
• Suspicious Crate moves a little slower and instantly kills any crusader it attacks.
• Floating ??? Book heals other props.

All props can be slowed, stunned, or polymorphed by crusaders with those abilities.

Yoglabs

Objective Reach area 250 in the zaniest laboratory in the world Restrictions Complete Recruit Sjin the Builder Cost 2500 to start Must have 1500 Idols to start Two zany clouds of inspiration float around your formation, buffing Crusaders lucky enough to be inside them Meanwhile, random items fall from the sky, damaging your Crusaders Additionally, helpful Testificiates spawn in every area. Though they do tend to attack you. It's a bit of a cluster-@#$%, to be honest. Reward Tier 1 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

 Note:

• Items fall about every 7 seconds and damage the Crusaders in formation
• The DPS-boosting clouds change locations every 10 seconds.

Free Play

Objective Play without an objective Restrictions Complete Recruit Sjin the Builder Cost 2500 to start A random YogsChest is awarded upon reset YogsChests contain gear for the new Event Crusaders Reward Random YogsChest

Tier 2 Objectives

Recruit Skeletom

Objective Reach area 300 without getting spooked to death. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Search For Simon Objectives Costs 400 to start Skeletom takes up a slot in the formation Skeletom summons three different kinds of deadly skeletons Reward Skeletom swaps with Merci, the Mad Wizard

 Note: The skeletons are damage resistant, but are not summoned on boss levels, and include:

• Skeleton - survives at least 1 second
• Exploding Skeleton - survives at least 5 seconds, on death damages all Crusaders for 10% health
• Radioactive Skeleton - survives at least 2 seconds, damages all Crusaders for 1% health every second

Recruit The Game Goblin

Objective Reach area 300 with a cave-dwelling creature. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Search For Simon Objectives Complete Recruit Skeletom Costs 1100 to start The Game Goblin takes up a slot in the formation The Game Goblin lives in his cave, and each monster killed brings him closer to leaving the cave After 100 monsters are killed, The Game Goblin leaves his cave for 5 seconds, reducing all DPS by 100% Reward The Game Goblin swaps with Artaxes, the Lion

Gaming the System

Objective Reach area 400 by any means necessary. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Search For Simon Objectives Complete Recruit The Game Goblin Costs 2500 to start Must have 5,000 Idols to start Monsters can only be damaged by clicks, projectiles, and explosions Reward Tier 2 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

Grumpy Gamers

Objective Reach area 450 with your good pals and these special guests. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Search For Simon Objectives Complete Recruit The Game Goblin Costs 2500 to start Must have 7,500 Idols to start Only the Yogscast Crusaders, and an assortment of 6 other bench slots, can be used The other bench slots change every 50 areas Reward Tier 2 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

 Note:

In addition to the four Crusaders from this event, the Crusaders available changes every 50 areas, and the pattern repeats after area 500. (Other Crusaders in the same slots shown below are also available.)

1—50
51—100
101—150
151—200
201—250
251—300
301—350
351—400
401—450
451—500

Going Viral

Objective Reach area 500 as your social media apps cease to function. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Search For Simon Objectives Complete Recruit The Game Goblin Costs 2500 to start Must have 10,000 Idols to start Every monster killed gives stacks of Virality to a random Crusader Going viral increases the DPS of affected Crusaders for each stack Once a Crusader reaches 600% bonus DPS, they crash and burn, disabling their DPS for 15 seconds Reward Tier 2 YogsChest Jeweled Chest

 Note: DPS is raised 1% for each stack of Virality

Achievements

Tier 1

Recruit Turps

Unlock Turps the Tasty by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Recruit Sjin

Unlock Sjin the Builder by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Finger Lickin' Good

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of Turps.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Building a Better Gear Set

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of Sjin.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Is It Murder or Suicide?

Have Sjin solo kill Sjelda.
Note: Sjelda appears on level 25 and every 50 levels after that (75, 125, etc). This achievement can also be earned in the Making Waves dungeon level.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Jaffa Crazed

Spend 16,500 Jaffa Cakes starting objectives in the "Search For Simon" campaign. Jaffa Cakes spent on purchasing chests don't count!

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Tier 2

Recruit Skeletom

Unlock Skeletom by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Gear Skeletom

Get a piece of equipment for all three slots of Skeletom.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Recruit The Game Goblin

Unlock The Game Goblin by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Gear The Game Goblin

Get a piece of equipment for all three slots of The Game Goblin.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

That Just Happened

Kill an exploding skeleton with a Bad Games projectile, killing at least 2 other skeletons with the explosion.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Jaffa for Brains

Spend 33,000 Jaffa Cakes starting objectives in the "Search For Simon" campaign. Jaffa Cakes spent on purchasing chests don't count!

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%