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I time traveled to see if the well glitch changed with today's update (didn't) but came across other info:

Timed quests for dec 22 and dec 29 already loaded in game, so this may be last update until after new year. (If you check this out, be careful not to expire your quests!). The quests are the expected ones: one for each of the new legendaries, one for swap house, one for diggs, and one for the new companion.

More new skylanders coming (?). Sheep ad showed three new skylanders with a go there now button but they weren't listed yet. Pics looked like stink bomb, wind up, and one I don't recognize.

Past alts in well starting Tuesday until new year


And in other news, I used to get (as late as Wednesday this week) the 300/$0.99 offer any time a hidden offer was collected from a building. It occurred consistently every time. Until today. Can anyone else who knows what I mean confirm this?

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Thats Stink Bomb, Wind Up, and Dune Bug. They will all be released here shortly. Dune Bug this weekend and Stink Bomb by 12/29.

All shrines for 75 gems on 25 or 26 I think. Also the alter ego is not showing up in the well when I time travel but is showing to buy for gems.

Also do not buy any companion, jan 1st all of them are 50% off.

Talking about "wind up", I'll ask for help:
If he comes in the game, I supposed it will be on sale in stores soon. Since my son saw "wind up" on a poster gifted with the PS3 game, he wants to get it. We thought we would be on sale at Christmas, but can't find it in any store and I have seen in "Toys r us", "GAME stores 2 and other video game stores (I live in a region of Spain).I've also searched on Amazon, but I can't find it....
Do you know where I can buy it?
Thanks...

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Talking about "wind up", I'll ask for help:
If he comes in the game, I supposed it will be on sale in stores soon. Since my son saw "wind up" on a poster gifted with the PS3 game, he wants to get it. We thought we would be on sale at Christmas, but can't find it in any store and I have seen in "Toys r us", "GAME stores 2 and other video game stores (I live in a region of Spain).I've also searched on Amazon, but I can't find it....
Do you know where I can buy it?
Thanks...

I have heard of it being out in EU coutries and people ordering it from Amazon and getting it. Here it is on amazon.de (German) http://www.amazon.de/Skylander...p+wrecki+island You can see if they will ship it to Spain. They will ship to the U.S. Probably won't have it by Christmas but maybe shortly after. Use Google Chrome and it will translate most stuff for you.

Timed quests for dec 22 and dec 29 already loaded in game, so this may be last update until after new year. (If you check this out, be careful not to expire your quests!). The quests are the expected ones: one for each of the new legendaries, one for swap house, one for diggs, and one for the new companion.

I did some time traveling as well and I have those same time quests as well. Those are the rewards:
- I believe that the time quest with diggs gave me 100 gems reward
- buying the swap force house for 350 gems will grant you with an additional airship if you complete the quest
- the quest for legendary free ranger gives you an air shrine as reward
- legendary grim keeper gives you fireworks as a reward. EDIT: just completed the quest and I got 2 fireworks and 10gems
- buying Fiznik will give you the dragon lairs house, however you have to spend 3000 gems..... and someone said that 1st of jan all companions will be 50% off..... maybe a good idea to wait a bit
- another legendary swapper gave me another shrine (life)

I did see Ermit back up in the new year, and if he's 50% I'll get him straight away!

Have he heard anything about January's alter ego?

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Talking about "wind up", I'll ask for help:
If he comes in the game, I supposed it will be on sale in stores soon. Since my son saw "wind up" on a poster gifted with the PS3 game, he wants to get it. We thought we would be on sale at Christmas, but can't find it in any store and I have seen in "Toys r us", "GAME stores 2 and other video game stores (I live in a region of Spain).I've also searched on Amazon, but I can't find it....
Do you know where I can buy it?
Thanks...

I have heard of it being out in EU coutries and people ordering it from Amazon and getting it. Here it is on amazon.de (German) http://www.amazon.de/Skylander...p+wrecki+island You can see if they will ship it to Spain. They will ship to the U.S. Probably won't have it by Christmas but maybe shortly after. Use Google Chrome and it will translate most stuff for you.

Thanks, just have my brother in Germany, I will tell if I can order from there ...
I would be very happy to give this surprise to my son

Well the curiosity was too much so I had to go look. The sheep screen shows the new alt but well is a fishery. Looks like the glitch lives on. Is this typical behavior for the well?

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Well the curiosity was too much so I had to go look. The sheep screen shows the new alt but well is a fishery. Looks like the glitch lives on. Is this typical behavior for the well?

Yeah but go to purchase him for gems and it will allow you to buy him........for1500

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Also do not buy any companion, jan 1st all of them are 50% off.

Indeed, I happened to come across Ermit and Fisnik at 50% off when time traveling. Especially Fisnik is awesome (although I don't really need him as I am already to level 40), as you get Dragon Lair with it. So 1500 gems for Fisnik and Dragon Lair isn't too bad, eh?!?!?

And finally Ermit at half price (first time I've every seen), I immediately popped in the 1200 for him. Yeah!! Now I have to save for some more gems to get Flynn on new years day. The only missing companions then for me are Avril, Cherry and Tessa. At this very moment there is no need for Avril, and the need for Tessa is only when they give us an extra island or two. Otherwise I really don't know where to put al the buildings....

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Also do not buy any companion, jan 1st all of them are 50% off.

Indeed, I happened to come across Ermit and Fisnik at 50% off when time traveling. Especially Fisnik is awesome (although I don't really need him as I am already to level 40), as you get Dragon Lair with it. So 1500 gems for Fisnik and Dragon Lair isn't too bad, eh?!?!?

And finally Ermit at half price (first time I've every seen), I immediately popped in the 1200 for him. Yeah!! Now I have to save for some more gems to get Flynn on new years day. The only missing companions then for me are Avril, Cherry and Tessa. At this very moment there is no need for Avril, and the need for Tessa is only when they give us an extra island or two. Otherwise I really don't know where to put al the buildings....

Wouldn't Fisnik help you fill your max bar to get gems faster?

on december 26th 75% off on radiant fields, only costing 24 gems a pop!

What does Ermit do?

Ermit reduces Sanctuary time by half.

Hi and thx for sharing your Information from the Future
So in january all companions wil be 50% off. And diggs Will be available only till jan 1st, i better buy him now for 2000 before he disappears or will he still be there in January for 50%? Can anyone Tell? Would be very thankful for tips

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Hi and thx for sharing your Information from the Future
So in january all companions wil be 50% off. And diggs Will be available only till jan 1st, i better buy him now for 2000 before he disappears or will he still be there in January for 50%? Can anyone Tell? Would be very thankful for tips

All companions are available jan 1st @ 50% off.

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Hi and thx for sharing your Information from the Future
So in january all companions wil be 50% off. And diggs Will be available only till jan 1st, i better buy him now for 2000 before he disappears or will he still be there in January for 50%? Can anyone Tell? Would be very thankful for tips

I was able to time travel to Jan 1 and buy Diggs for 1000. That might not be the case in the future if there is another update to remove him.

With the timed items/ companions i have noticed they usually disappear at the end of that date such as diggs will only be avalible till midnight on the 1 jan as soon as the 2 jan comes diggs will be gone, I just don't know if that is midnight for the local time zone activision is in of our own local time zones because I don't always get Mondays updates till Tuesday in Australia

Companions go 50% off on the first? Will Ermit still be available for purchase?

So I have been saving for these sales. Can anyone confirm if Ermit and Diggs will be available ON January 1st for 50% off? Also, can anyone confirm the shrines for 75 gems and 75% off radiant energy fields sale and when? I did see Flynn is half off today, if that's the same price that he will be on the 1st I may pick him up today. But I can't really decide which companions to invest in first. I'm only level 20 and have 6200 gems to spend during the sale.

26th: 75% off radiant fields (24 gems)
27th: 75% off premium houses (including snow globes house!)
28th: 75% off Airship (100 gems) and cali 50% off
29th: shrines 75 gems and Ol'Mac 50% off

If I were you, if you can grab Ermit at 50% off, do it. He rarely appears, grab him while you can. Besides he rarely goes on sale! Next I'd say Diggs as he gives gems for free :-).

To get more gems as well: captain white claw for getting more chests in combination with Capybarra king. Extra gem with every chest! And those companions are not that expensive.

Next I'd say to grab a bunch of radiant fields to boost your energy. Way cheaper than Ol'Mac (although I have him and I like him, but you might considering starting with radiant fields). If you want to speed up crops, Arbo is the man (I believe he's 750 gems at 50% off, so a cheaper than others)

Doubling gold is nice in combination with extra Airships when they are on sale (28th), so a couple of these in combination with Cali is wonderful. Later on in the game you might want to speed things up with Flynn. But as a starter I'd pick Cali first.

And when you want to level up your Skylanders fast, Wheellock is the man to grab as well. Nice to have, but I'd focus on the other companions first.

When you are at level 20 you probably gonna be very happy boosting your XP, so Fiznik might become handy. Nice to have, but maybe after cali, airships, radiant fields, diggs, Ermit and Arbo.

Hope this helps! Now start puzzling with your gems and how you want to spend them :-)!

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Also do not buy any companion, jan 1st all of them are 50% off.

Indeed, I happened to come across Ermit and Fisnik at 50% off when time traveling. Especially Fisnik is awesome (although I don't really need him as I am already to level 40), as you get Dragon Lair with it. So 1500 gems for Fisnik and Dragon Lair isn't too bad, eh?!?!?

And finally Ermit at half price (first time I've every seen), I immediately popped in the 1200 for him. Yeah!! Now I have to save for some more gems to get Flynn on new years day. The only missing companions then for me are Avril, Cherry and Tessa. At this very moment there is no need for Avril, and the need for Tessa is only when they give us an extra island or two. Otherwise I really don't know where to put al the buildings....

Wouldn't Fisnik help you fill your max bar to get gems faster?

Oh yes, those 10 gems come in much faster now :-)!

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26th: 75% off radiant fields (24 gems)
27th: 75% off premium houses (including snow globes house!)
28th: 75% off Airship (100 gems) and cali 50% off
29th: shrines 75 gems and Ol'Mac 50% off

If I were you, if you can grab Ermit at 50% off, do it. He rarely appears, grab him while you can. Besides he rarely goes on sale! Next I'd say Diggs as he gives gems for free :-).

To get more gems as well: captain white claw for getting more chests in combination with Capybarra king. Extra gem with every chest! And those companions are not that expensive.

Next I'd say to grab a bunch of radiant fields to boost your energy. Way cheaper than Ol'Mac (although I have him and I like him, but you might considering starting with radiant fields). If you want to speed up crops, Arbo is the man (I believe he's 750 gems at 50% off, so a cheaper than others)

Doubling gold is nice in combination with extra Airships when they are on sale (28th), so a couple of these in combination with Cali is wonderful. Later on in the game you might want to speed things up with Flynn. But as a starter I'd pick Cali first.

And when you want to level up your Skylanders fast, Wheellock is the man to grab as well. Nice to have, but I'd focus on the other companions first.

When you are at level 20 you probably gonna be very happy boosting your XP, so Fiznik might become handy. Nice to have, but maybe after cali, airships, radiant fields, diggs, Ermit and Arbo.

Hope this helps! Now start puzzling with your gems and how you want to spend them :-)!

Thanks a lot for all the help!! I'm pondering what to do with my gems.... haha. I'm definitely going to grab Diggs and Ermit. I was lucky enough to grab 9 airships earlier in December when they were also 75% off, so I'm not sure if I'll pick anymore up right now. I like your idea of grabbing a bunch of radiant energy fields instead of Ol' Mac cause they also double the energy but are a lot cheaper. I may grab Arbo if I have anything left.

As for Cali, I am torn between her and Flynn because I do have Gorm and Tuck so I get a lot of gold when I need it by using my swap characters and airships. And currently all of my goals are 22hour quests so Flynn would certainly speed up the goals when you have to send the same character on 22hour missions 3 times lol. Do you know if the longer missions are cut in half or 25% with Flynn?

Most frustrating right now is kingdom XP so I'm considering Fiznik, especially since he gives a Dragon's Lair quest.

As for Wheellock, most of my 60 skylanders are already leveled up to the current max until I unlock past level 10. So he seems rather useless at the moment.

I have about 3K free mabu with the snowglobe houses I got earlier. At what point am I going to need more than that? Will it hold for awhile? I don't know if it's worth picking up anymore premium houses until I unlock higher levels.

I'm hoping between Ermit, Flynn, and Gorm and Tuck I'd be able to raise plenty of gold quickly for Diggs. But maybe I'll pick up a few cheaper companions to boost it too. I've already unlocked all the islands, so now I can build gold for gems. It's a shame I won't get Diggs in time to complete his timed quest, I only have 5 days left on it and he isn't half off til the 1st.

If you choose Cali it is actually it is cheaper gold (double the amount for the same amount of energy), Flynn only speeds things up. This is the time you need for traveling when you have Flynn: 22 hours becomes 16 hours, so still no double shift a day, the 4 hour quest becomes 3 hours, 1hour, becomes 45 min, 30 minutes becomes 22 minutes, I believe cadaverous crypt was 2 hours and is now 1hour. These are the most important ones.

I started off with Cali, as you want as much gold as you want to start buying the more expensive houses. Like the boat house 10million, wood stack house 20 million, skylander spin 5million. Remember that the companions regularly go on sale (except for Ermit I think, I've never ever seen him for 50% off), so picking up Flynn in the future is still possible. This is what I've done, and felt happy about it. On the other hand, the other way around works just fine (Flynn first, then Cali).

To boost things up gem wise, I would consider the cheaper ones as I pointed out, just to get a regular flow of gems every day.

Thanks a lot! I've decided to go with Cali after you told me the changes in times with Flynn. I was thinking it'd be more like cut in half for most adventures, but they are only slightly shorter and not enough to make it worthwhile. I also had no idea houses were gonna get that expensive!

So as most know, the past Alter Ego Skylanders are available as Top Prizes in the well for those who do not have them.

As the new alter ego comes out on the 1st, does anyone know if the past alter egos will still be in the well ON the 1st or are they gone once the 1st rolls around? For those who have Time traveled to the 1st to see who it was...

Thinking I should wait to use my stones until the 1st if they are still there to win.

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Thanks a lot! I've decided to go with Cali after you told me the changes in times with Flynn. I was thinking it'd be more like cut in half for most adventures, but they are only slightly shorter and not enough to make it worthwhile. I also had no idea houses were gonna get that expensive!

I was also on the fence between Cali and Flynn, but I decided on Flynn. Yes, Cali would yield better gold output, but I felt that the shorter Adventure times were invaluable for completing quests. This proves to be especially important with the post-Christmas sales and Wave 3 release. All the new Skylanders I'll be adding, I'll be sending them on a bunch of quest Adventures while leveling them up.

I'd rather have the shorter adventure times than the extra gold, so I went with Flynn too. No regrets there.

Question for the time travelers. I haven't seen the swap force house quest yet. Is that coming next Tuesday? Or do you get it immediately when you buy the house?

Also, for anyone that has one of these houses, does it pay out comparable to a giant house (good) or a dragon house (not good)?

The swap force house is out now. It appears to be a standard 6 hour house.

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Question for the time travelers. I haven't seen the swap force house quest yet. Is that coming next Tuesday? Or do you get it immediately when you buy the house?

Also, for anyone that has one of these houses, does it pay out comparable to a giant house (good) or a dragon house (not good)?

I have got a swap force house and it pays out as a giant house (time=6 hours), not as a dragon house (less money and less time).

Has anyone time traveled to Jan 1st? If so, were the past Alter Egos still available as "Top Prizes" in the Well? Or are they gone once Jan 1st hits? If so, it would be worth to wait to throw in all my stones on Jan 1st to get the new alter ego too, while possibly getting some of the past ones.

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Question for the time travelers. I haven't seen the swap force house quest yet. Is that coming next Tuesday? Or do you get it immediately when you buy the house?

Also, for anyone that has one of these houses, does it pay out comparable to a giant house (good) or a dragon house (not good)?

I didn't record which quests I got for which week. I did have the house already, but typically the timed quests for houses do not require you to purchase first, as the first requirement of the quest is to own the house. Maybe if someone without the house time traveled to Monday and reported back?

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Thanks a lot! I've decided to go with Cali after you told me the changes in times with Flynn. I was thinking it'd be more like cut in half for most adventures, but they are only slightly shorter and not enough to make it worthwhile. I also had no idea houses were gonna get that expensive!

I was also on the fence between Cali and Flynn, but I decided on Flynn. Yes, Cali would yield better gold output, but I felt that the shorter Adventure times were invaluable for completing quests. This proves to be especially important with the post-Christmas sales and Wave 3 release. All the new Skylanders I'll be adding, I'll be sending them on a bunch of quest Adventures while leveling them up.

Hmmm.... Does Flynn really speed things up? I mean it seems like only a 20% decrease for most adventures. I do have a lot of 22 hour quests, but luckily I have 15 balloons/airships so I can send a bunch off for long quests and still have open balloons for shorter trips during the day. For example, I got that timed quest where I had to travel to that 10 hour adventure 15 times within 2 days, so I just sent all 15 balloons out at once and finished it in one 10 hour session haha. Cali would double the gold, so theoretically it would make earning gems with Diggs a lot easier right?

ahhhh... I'm still on the fence here! LOL. I have til the first to decide though I guess. Anymore advice? I'll never have this many gems again!

Also, is 15 balloons/airships enough to complete the game? I wasn't sure about picking up anymore on sale. And I did pick up 4 radiant fields (plus the 3 I already had).

Thanks!

In my opinion, gold is relatively easy to get so (early in the game) I only used gems on items that would lead to more gems. Cali and Flynn are good but character houses are better. Then again, Diggs probably changes this dynamic or at least complicates it, if you are spending 500,000 gold everyday...have fun!

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Thanks a lot! I've decided to go with Cali after you told me the changes in times with Flynn. I was thinking it'd be more like cut in half for most adventures, but they are only slightly shorter and not enough to make it worthwhile. I also had no idea houses were gonna get that expensive!

I was also on the fence between Cali and Flynn, but I decided on Flynn. Yes, Cali would yield better gold output, but I felt that the shorter Adventure times were invaluable for completing quests. This proves to be especially important with the post-Christmas sales and Wave 3 release. All the new Skylanders I'll be adding, I'll be sending them on a bunch of quest Adventures while leveling them up.

Hmmm.... Does Flynn really speed things up? I mean it seems like only a 20% decrease for most adventures. I do have a lot of 22 hour quests, but luckily I have 15 balloons/airships so I can send a bunch off for long quests and still have open balloons for shorter trips during the day. For example, I got that timed quest where I had to travel to that 10 hour adventure 15 times within 2 days, so I just sent all 15 balloons out at once and finished it in one 10 hour session haha. Cali would double the gold, so theoretically it would make earning gems with Diggs a lot easier right?

ahhhh... I'm still on the fence here! LOL. I have til the first to decide though I guess. Anymore advice? I'll never have this many gems again!

Also, is 15 balloons/airships enough to complete the game? I wasn't sure about picking up anymore on sale. And I did pick up 4 radiant fields (plus the 3 I already had).

Thanks!

While some of the time reductions may not seem very significant on paper, they can prove to be so in practice. For example, I believe that the 10h adventures are reduced to 7h. This means I can do the adventure 3 times a day instead of 2. This is especially useful for the quests that require a single Skylander to go on multiple adventures. Having a lot of balloons doesn't help in these situations because the adventures have to be done sequentially.

But if your primary concern is Gold, then definitely go with Cali.

Flynn and Arbo are interesting since they don't give the same time reduction across the board. Between the 2 they each give the 2 hour crop/adventure a 50% reduction making it beneficial to run your Kingdom on 1 hour cycles.