Introduced with the Days of Color 2023 event, Sky now features specific currencies you can spend on in-game, limited-time event cosmetics. Event Tickets are replacing the old system, where players would spend candles to purchase event cosmetics. All players, new or old, in Sky will have the same chance, starting from the beginning of the event, to unlock event cosmetics.
What are Event Tickets?
Event Tickets are event-specific tokens you can collect during in-game Sky events to spend on event-specific, limited-time cosmetics. Event tickets have some similarities to Seasonal Candles. For example:
Event Tickets won’t carry over from one event to another, but enough are available during an event to unlock this year’s new in-game currency cosmetics.
You won’t need to get all the event tickets available every single day to unlock new event items.
Event Tickets are in set locations each day, and their location in an event will rotate.
Everyone starts on the same page when an event begins, no matter how recently (or long ago) they joined Sky.
Where can I see my Event Tickets?
Event Tickets will appear in your inventory as tickets with specific designs for each event.
Can Event Tickets be carried over from one event to the next?
No. Event Tickets disappear once the event has concluded. Event Tickets will also not be converted into the next event’s currency.
How many Event Tickets can I earn per event?
Each event will vary in the number of Event Tickets you can collect, so please check the patch notes and event details for more information when the event is announced.
Where do I unlock event cosmetics with Event Tickets?
Players unlock event cosmetics through the event’s Spirit or the spell shop using Event Tickets instead of candles.
Do I have to play every day to get event cosmetics?
No! Players are expected to play about the same as in any other season to collect the cosmetics they desire. You can collect more Event Tickets than the cost of event cosmetics, but you will still want to carefully budget your Event Tickets so you don’t miss out on a cosmetic you wanted before the end of the event.
Tip: Unlock the cosmetics you want the most first so you don’t miss out!
Can I purchase Event Tickets in the store?
No. We do not currently have plans to offer Event Tickets for sale in the store to keep a level playing field for players, as well as encourage players to interact with the event and others while participating.
What happens if I don’t start playing an event until it’s almost over?
With event tickets, we want to try an approach where the only requirement is just to play most of the event. Unfortunately, this does mean that if a player joins closer to the end of an event, a new cosmetic may no longer be available to them based on the total remaining event tickets they can collect. However, items will still return the following year, so the opportunity to unlock them won’t be lost forever!
Won’t this mean my Candles aren’t useful anymore?
If you’ve been building up your Candle inventory, there will still be other ways to use them—friends, helping out moths, Traveling Spirits, constellations, spells, perhaps a returning item or two from an event that you missed last year, etc. Event tickets will simply free up some of that inventory for parts of the game other than new event cosmetics.
Can I exchange something like Candles or Hearts for event tickets?
We understand wanting a large-scale exchange of one currency for another, but making event tickets tightly bound to Candles and Hearts could create other unwelcome economic pressures, and would feed back into the pressures players have been feeling with Candles that we wanted to reduce in the first place with the introduction of Event Tickets.
Will returning event-specific items from other years still cost Candles or Hearts?
Yes! Event tickets are only used to unlock new event cosmetics being offered this year. Items from 2022 and earlier years will remain available for Candles or Hearts.
Can I save up event tickets before an event?
Since event tickets do not roll over from one event to the next, saving up in advance won’t be possible. While we get that some folks might wish for the option, it would eventually lead to similar pressures players have told us they feel about stocking up Candles, which would bring us back to the situation we’re trying to avoid!
Do I need to buy an event pass or anything to get event tickets?
No! Event tickets are entirely free, and no extra purchase will be needed to collect them or unlock new IGC event items.