Steam Summer Sale has started and all the Supporter pack DLCs for Tap Ninja are 20% off!

Stock up on Amber to get ready for whatever the v7.0.0 is gonna bring to the game! More news about the update are hopefully gonna be released soon.

Get the DLC's while the discounts are active - https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1891700/Tap_Ninja__Idle_game/

Note: The discounts do not apply to in-game purchases!

The event and the discounts are live from June 27th until July 11th

To celebrate the day of the beginning of Summer, the May Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the colourful Flower Wreath hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 25 to May 1

To celebrate the day of humanities home, the Earth Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Sandy Brown dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 19 to April 24

To celebrate the day of superfoods, the Broccoli holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the chill Rasta hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 11 to April 17

To celebrate the day of Eggs, the Easter holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever hearing Bunny Ears!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 4 to April 10

Option added to disable Discord Rich Presence for Steam users
'Upcoming scroll' on the Tavern made less annoying
Added the missing translations
Bug fixes

To celebrate the day of pranks, the April Fools holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the foolish Jesters Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 28 to April 3

More balancing buffs
Lowered the last and second-to-last Blessing node costs
Bug fixes

Energy system reworked! Now idle 36+ hours at a time and regain the time by tapping your Ninja!
Unlock a new Medal upgrade that makes your Ninja catch all regular Fireflies while the Energy is active!
New Main game building
Upgrade Tier 16
Ascension Skill tree extended
New Achievements
New Firefly type
1 new Legendary Hero - Tomak, the Lifter
4 Epic scrolls & 4 Eggs to everyone due to balancing changes!
Multi-level Blessing nodes are now scattered around the Ascension Tree, your Blessing levels have been distributed amongst them

Main Game
Energy time is now consumed even if the game is shut down to defeat enemies
Ring of Legends added
New main game enemy - War Wagon
New Medal tree upgrades
Medal tree adjustments
Medal tree has been reset for everyone
Blessing upgrades slightly rebalanced
Some balancing changes to the early game
Animation update for Ekho, Ulrik

Pets
New Pet type - Aquatic
New Pet tints
Pet collection sorting change
New unlockable skin for Parrot
Some Pet abilities have been changed
Turtle and Toad pets changed their type to Aquatic
Pet slot unlock requirements increased
Weekly Holiday rewards now contain Aquatic feathers
Some improvements to Pet tint progression

Conquest
A premium skin for the Fin hero added
Battle Team power number display improved - it now takes into account every Heroes Star and Hero level to display an average power of the whole team
During a battle clicking on a Team power banner will display the Teams attack and health upgrade values
Scorn slightly buffed
Belu nerfed
Survival Dungeon dust rewards now rotate based on the week
Fixed a bug where duplicate Hero recruits were awarding the wrong amount of dust
A faint scroll now hovers over the tavern to indicate how long to wait until the next free scroll
Tirs subtitle changed to "The Gray Eminence"

Miscellaneous
Added 2 legacy achievements for unlocking Tier 15 & all Ascension skills
'Champions Will' exclusive medal tree reset button added
Away income buffed
Unlocked Ascension Skills now show their price
New statistics added
Statistics page can now display 'lifetime', 'ascension', 'day', 'week' and their previous value for certain stats
Exiting the game now takes longer to safely save your save file
"Defeat X Enemies" achievement requirements increased
"Defeat X enemies during a weather condition" quest requirement reduced
Arabic font improved
Some performance improvements
Calculation fixes and improvements
Fixed Shuriken Vortex or Energy not defeating every enemy on low FPS settings
Bug fixes
A secret achievement has been added that will only be unlockable almost 6 months later and only during a certain period each year


Artwork made by Myaknroy - instagram

To celebrate the day of diverse traditions, the Persian New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the proud Fur Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 21 to March 27

v6.2.0 is landing in the public beta test!

• Energy system reworked! Now idle 36+ hours at a time and regain the time by tapping your Ninja!
• Unlock a new Medal upgrade that makes your Ninja catch all regular Fireflies while the Energy is active!
• New Main game building
• Upgrade Tier 16
• Ascension Skill tree extended
• New Achievements
• New Firefly type
• Multi-level Blessing nodes are now scattered around the Ascension Tree, your Blessing levels have been distributed amongst them
  

• Unlocking every Ascension skill
• Fully completing Research Tier 15
  

To celebrate the day of green and cheers, the St. Patrick's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the lucky Leprechaun Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 14 to March 20

To celebrate the day of constants and pies, the Pi Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the delicious Pie hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 7 to March 13

To celebrate the day of women, the Women's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Orchid dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 28 to March 6

To celebrate the festival of unification, the Carnival of Brazil holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the exquisite Headdress!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 21 to February 27

To celebrate the creativity and citrus fruits, the Lemon Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the artful Beret!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 14 to February 20

To celebrate the day of lovers, the Valentine's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Fedora hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 7 to February 13

To celebrate the beginning of spring, the Setsubun holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the evil spirit warding Oni Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 31 to February 6

To celebrate the year of the dragon, the Lunar New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the fiery Sky Lantern hat
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 24 to January 30

To celebrate the control over ice and its beauty, the Ice Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the dominating Ice Crown!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 17 to January 23

To celebrate the start of harvesting season, the Kite Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the soaring Kite Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 10 to January 16

To celebrate the festival of spirits, the Voodoo Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the warding Voodoo Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 3 to January 9

Fixed a bug with Survival factions not being randomized correctly
Pet tint menu fixes for mobile devices
Bug fixes

Another year passes, another year approaches.
Let's take a look at how the last year went for Tap Ninja, and how the next one will go:

What was

What wasn't

What is

• New main game building
• Research Tier 16
• More Achievements
• New Pets (because of generous donators during the charity stream!)
• New main game enemy (because of generous donators during the charity stream!)
• New Pet tints
• More proper weather effects
• More fleshed out weekly holiday tasks
• Dye your Heroes in more than 1 dye
• Dye your Heroes hat
• More Heroes and other Conquest stuff
• Dust & Feather transmutation
  

What will be

• In-game leaderboards: See how you rank among your friends and the whole playerbase!
• Seasonal game - Start an almost fresh new game that lasts for around 3 months. Each season has a different bonus like x4 Gps or x3 Elixir. Compete with other players by getting as far within the season as possible and unlock exclusive cosmetic rewards for the main game! (this is essentially what "dimensions" were supposed to be)
• Personal Dojo - Give your ninja a break from all that running by constructing your personal dojo! Unlock furniture by achieving milestones in the game and decorate the place!
  

Personal Hero now doesn't appear first on the Hero list
Main game Hero animations for Locke, Duncan, Alekas, Xyzl, Dia added
Weekly feather rewards boosted
Pet tints that were locked on mistake are now correctly unlocked for the players affected
Fixed a game breaking bug that affected a couple of players
Some visual improvements
Bug fixes

To celebrate the day of new resolutions, the New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the starful New Year's Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 27 to January 2

Conquest
Added 4 new regions to Conquer
Conquest Building maximum level increased to 12
Hero maximum level increased to 120
Unlockable Survival Dungeon with weekly rewards added
New School upgrades added
Training grounds stage added
Lumber and Ore production reduced
Conquest Construction time reduced
Conquest School resource and time costs adjusted
Holding the Hero Level up button will now continuously upgrade the Hero
Hero Level reset now costs 25 Amber but it increases with each use, the cost resets every day

Conquest Battles
Battle speed up button added
Increased faction counter power from 0% to 50%
Hero battle statistics window after battles added
Starting on the 11th Battle round all Heroes will go into enrage gaining 10% increased Attack every round
Hero abilities re-balanced and made less random, healer healing and warrior health gaining a big buff
Hero power upgrades are now properly working
Added a 'Power' display on the Battle screen that represents the Hero upgrade power
Passive buffs and permanent buffs from Heroes like Alivia's 'Graceful Flow' are now displayed as standalone buffs
Permanent buffs now have a hard limit that they can reach

Characters and Heroes
Main game characters are now usable in Conquest battles and all Conquest Heroes can now be equipped as a personal hero in the Main game
Equip a Personal Hero to earn bonus Exp from the main game enemies (the gains work even when offline)
Ninja, Assassin and Highlander characters have combined into one Hero each
Ninja, Assassin, Pirate, Highlander, Archangel, Archdemon and Rogue characters have been redesigned
The old characters are selectable by toggling an 'alternative' skin for the appropriate hero (only for main game)
Unlock requirements for characters have been changed, their names have been changed as well
Archangel, Archdemon, Rogue and Loremaster hero prices have increased to 1'600 Amber per each hero
Character customization is now combined with the Hero collection menu
Conquest battle heroes can now be customized
Added 1 Rare and 2 Epic heroes obtainable from Scrolls
Luck protection for Hero recruiting added - every 16th Epic scroll will guarantee a legendary Hero (the counter adds all used Epic scrolls retroactively)
Dust collection display added in the Hero collection menu
Red dot in Hero upgrades is now more intelligent
Heroes can now be sorted by Faction, Class & Power
Add a confirmation window when levelling Hero Star level

Main game
A couple of new Ascension skills added
A couple of new Achievements added
Added an infinite Medal upgrade that requires all previous Medal upgrades
Pet tint objectives now require only the appropriate pet to be equipped to progress. Objective numbers have been adjusted
Pet skin window made less confusing
Unclaimed Quest rewards now stack up to 100, afterwards they are autoclaimed
Weekly task overused currency for Daily quests added
Weekly task rewards for Pet stars are now scaled to the players progress with Pets
Bags of Gold renamed to Bags of Goods rewarding Gold and Elixir, their value and price has increase

Miscellaneous
A secret achievement has been added that involves a new feature
Godai upgrades from the Research Tiers won't improve the Godai of Water
Added some new statistics for Conquest
Some changes to Daily Quest randomization
Fixed the Quest reward rarity odds - the displayed values were not accurate to the actual odds
Quick link buttons added to Quests & Tasks to quickly open the appropriate menu
Added a new daily quest requiring to complete Conquest Survival stages
Slightly nerfed the Pandas Quest rarity effect
Decreased the Pandas Quest rarity upgrade for Mythic from 0.75% to 0.6%
Toasts not appearing fixed for the last time
Pet collection now sorts itself displaying unlocked Pets on the top
Diwali Turban hat unlocked for players who should have unlocked it
Date display format now depends on your region
Rope hook jankiness fixed
First time player hero selection updated
Bug fixes

To celebrate the day of gifting and family, the Christmas holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the festive Santa Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 20 to December 26

To celebrate the week of dedication, the Hanukkah holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever-burning Candelabra Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 13 to December 19

To celebrate the day to wear a plunger on your head, the Plunger Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the cleansing Plunger cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 6 to December 12

v6.1.0 is landing in the public beta test!

• New Conquest regions to conquer, new levels to level up and new upgrades to research
• Conquest battle re-balance making everything less RNG based
• Conquest Survival dungeon
• Balancing changes for Conquest resources
• Hero power upgrades now properly work and do not increase the enemies strength alongside them
• Every Hero can be used as a personal hero within the main game to gain extra Hero Exp
  

• Conquering all of the Towns on the Conquest map
• Unlocking every Pet tint available
  

To celebrate the day of ninjas, the Ninja Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the thunderous Bamboo Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 29 to December 5

To celebrate the day of giving, the Thanksgiving holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the curious Pilgrim's Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 22 to November 28

To celebrate the day of men, the Men's day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the resolute Sapphire Blue dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 15 to November 21

To honour the ancient art of paper crafts, the Origami Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the crafty Paper Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 8 to November 14

To remember our foregone, the Day of the Dead holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the whimsical Calaca Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 1 to November 7

To celebrates the eve of all Hallows, the Halloween holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the spooky Screaming Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 25 to October 31

To celebrates the day of fire and light, the Diwali holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the winding Turban hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 18 to October 24

To celebrates the day of feasts and gastronomy, the Chefs Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the culinary Chef's hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 11 to October 17

To celebrates the day of feasting and abundance, the Harvest Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the glowing Pumpkin Head!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 4 to October 10

Thank you each and every one of you that participated and submitted a work of art that they crafted for the Tap Ninja art contest 2024 to celebrate the 10'000 members on this server!

Here are the winners:

Best Art:

Special Categories:

To celebrates the day of foods and drinks, the Oktoberfest holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the cheerful Drink Helmet!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 27 to October 3

To celebrates the end of the autumn harvest, the Moon Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the imperial Mianguan Crown!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 20 to September 26

T' celebrates the day on which everyone speaks like a corsair, the Pirate Day holiday week be now live, avast!

Durin' this here week complete as many tasks as ye can t' unlock various treasures, among 'em the jolly Pirate 'at!
(Nah all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event be active from September 13 t' September 19

To honour the teachers and the students, the Knowledge Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the intelligent Academic Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 6 to September 12

The displayed odds for Eggs and Scrolls have been updated to the correct numbers (Note that the practical odds have not changed!)
Grounded the ninja during Challenges
Bug fixes

Three year ago on this date Tap Ninja v1.0.0 was released on the Android devices

It's been a long journey but it does not end here, two months ago Tap Ninja received the biggest content update to date, but it certainly is not the last one as the game is still going strong.

The charity event also just ended yesterday raising over $12'500 for the children's emergency fund under the Save the Children cause from numerous generous Tap Ninja players!

To go along the celebration, here are the planned features for the upcoming v6.1.0 update that is planned to be released at around November.

• Conquest Heroes become playable characters in the main game, you gain EXP from defeating enemies
• Main game characters become usable Heroes
• Building max lvl increased to 12 and the max Hero lvl increased to 120
• More school upgrades
• More enemy towns
• A couple of new heroes
• Battle speed increase
• Training grounds - test out your heroes on training dummies
• Luck protection - Opening X epic scrolls will guarantee the next scroll to give a legendary hero (this will be retroactive with the already used Scrolls)
• Weekly survival dungeon
  

• All character prices are going to rise as they will be usable in Conquest battles (Archangel, Archdemon, Rogue, Lore-Master)
• Legacy achievements for defeating enemy town 56 & collecting all pet tints
  

Sketchy bug fixed

The last day of charity fundraising event has started!

Giveaways of free Amber every hour!
We will be baking a cake and celebrating the 3 year anniversary of Tap Ninja!

Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• An art piece drawn by me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

To celebrate the three year anniversary of Tap Ninja, the Anniversary holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the joyful Party hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 30 to September 5

The day 3 of charity fundraising event has started!

Giveaways of free Amber every hour!
We will be talking to and hearing wisdom from a real sensei

Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• An art piece drawn by me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The day 2 of charity fundraising event has started!

Giveaways of free Amber every hour!
We will be doing some art drawing stuff.

Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• An art piece drawn by me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!

Giveaways of free Amber every hour!
We will also be talking about the upcoming v6.1.0 update and what it's going to include!

Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• An art piece drawn by me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

Conquest battle slow down bug fixed

Fixed certain toasts not being excited enough to get turned on
Save file saving potency raised
Fixed certain other kinks

To honour the day of the mans best friend, the Dog Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Infernal Dog tint!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 23 to August 29

Reduced the cost of the Epic Scroll bundle (200 Amber to 150 Amber per scroll). Everyone that purchased Epic Scrolls will receive extra Scrolls to match the new price
"Through thick and thin" Medal upgrade now properly adds Pet bond progress for the extra Medals above 3
Increase font size in the Upgrade tab
Fixed disappearing Firefly toasts and Quest reward toasts
Claimable Tap Ninja anniversary gift added through August 31st until September 6th
Preparations for the livestreaming event added (August 27th to August 30th)
Bug fixes

// Conquest
Hero condition display bar updated
Added an icon indicating which School technology research is in progress

// Conquest hero balance
Alivias "Graceful Flow" ability fixed, ATK power scaled accordingly
Alivias every "Arrow Rain" arrow now triggers the "Graceful Flow" ability (effect lowered accordingly)
Alivias "Aimed Shot" chance increased
Kitos "Deadpan Resolve" buffed, ATK power nerfed accordingly
Demids passive ability now works properly with regular attacks, ATK power slightly nerfed

To recognize humanitarian needs and causes, the Humanitarian Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever-growing Sprout Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 16 to August 22

To honour the spirits of our predecessors, the Ghost Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the aristocratic Kanmuri Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 9 to August 15

To honour the local farmers, the Farmers Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Straw Hat fit for a king!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 2 to August 8

To celebrate the Tap Ninja's Discord server reaching 10'000 members, we are announcing an art contest! We are calling upon everyone with a sliver of creativity to draw and create original artworks that are Tap Ninja themed!

What to draw? Anything! The art doesn't have to be drawn either, want to make clay figurines? Do it. Making a Tap Ninja music cover? Lets hear it. Want to forge a real life shuriken? Lets go! As long as it's Tap Ninja related, it's eligible for the contest. If you can imagine it - create it!

Except for AI art - we want to see your personal creative skills, so AI art is not eligible for winning. The entries also have to be "safe for work" or they will be disqualified.

Entries will be judged by the Moderators based on our own preferences. Numerous winners in different categories will be chosen to receive packs of Amber in Tap Ninja, with the main prize being 20'000 Amber!

This is a Discord server event, so all of the entries have to be posted in the Tap Ninja Discord server, in the appropriate channel to participate in the event. You can even submit multiple art pieces, however rewards will only be given out a maximum of one time per winner. Joint the server here - https://discord.gg/WcgUKc8Fp5
The deadline for entries is set for 31st of August 2024 at 23:59 with the winners being announced not long afterwards.

Note - your submitted art might get used for promotional materials and shown off in Tap Ninja related posts!

A gift of 5 Epic scrolls to everyone for reaching 10'000 Discord members!

// Main game
"Defeat enemies during weather" & "Defeat enemies with abilities" now properly progresses during Conquest
Auto ability usage now properly works while Conquest is open
Fireflies now properly spawn and work as usual while Conquest is open
Bug fixes
// Conquest
Updates to Scroll display in Hero recruiting menu
'Escape' button is now usable on all manus to close them
Clicking off a menu now closes that menu
Lumber Mill & Ore Mine production decreased for early levels
School upgrade nodes now tint themselves to showing whether they can be upgraded or not
'rarest hero recruited' statistic now takes into calculation the rarity instead of only stars (only for newly recruited heroes)

// Conquest hero balance
Fixed heroes sometimes not using unlocked skills or vice versa
Elyannas ultimate heal now properly applies healing on all of the allies
Irbinok randomly healing allies that don't need healing fixed
Kito's abilities & Alivia's "Aimed Shot" ability now properly targets the enemy with the least remaining health number. The ability numbers were changed due to this
Akira's & Kito's abilities now continue even if the initial target was defeated
Hiro's ultimate now properly targets the enemy with the most HP
Changed Maki's 9 star ability to also use a 'healing sushi' alongside the 'hot sushi' (healing power adjusted accordingly)

To honour the day of fluffy felines, the Tiger Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the orange Tabby Cat tint!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 26 to August 1

To honour the day of strategists and tacticians, the Chess Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the direct Rook hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 19 to July 25

Perfect Ascension bug in Holiday task menu fixed
Infinite loading bug fixed
Katana Zero achievement bug fixed
Conquest Hero battle positioning fixed

The game breaking bugs with Thai and Chinese (traditional) languages fixed
Previously defeated enemies, spent Amber and Challenges done' can be used on advancing Pet tints (be mindful on selecting the correct Pet skins prior to spending this!). Check the appropriate pet tint to use this currency! (again)
Legacy achievements no longer repeatedly show up
Bug fixes

// Conquest
Added a button to reset the Heroes hero level to 1 and to regain all the EXP from this Hero for 50 Amber (Star level stays intact)
Conquest battle freezes fixed
Falkron buffed
Took away the sniper attack from Wasp
Husk immortality fixed

To honour the day of mankind's giant leap, the Moon Landing holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the under-ripe Cheese hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 12 to July 18

Main game

• Weekly Holiday overspent Amber storage increased from 1'000 to 2'000
• Previously defeated enemies, spent Amber and Challenges done' can be used on advancing Pet tints (be mindful on selecting the correct Pet skins prior to spending this!). Check the appropriate pet tint to use this currency!
• Amber Store button shine made way less annoying
• Toggle for Camera zoom locking added in the Settings
• A small boost to Idle Gold & Elixir gains
• Fixed a bug with Mouse skin achievement not progressing while a Dragonfly is equipped
• 'Enemies defeated' statistic now increase from enemies defeated while the game is shut down, this also progresses Pet tint objectives
• Unlocking an extra daily quest (with a Cat or through an upgrade) will now properly complete a "spend an Egg/Scroll" or "Complete Quests" if you had already done the activity that day
• Amber rewards from Daily quest chests increased
• 7 Epic Scrolls for everyone
• Bug fixes
  

• Required Storage level is now displayed on the "Build" menu if the resource limit is not high enough
• Improvements to Building overlay display
• The Side menu is now usable in Conquest mode
• Resource production slightly nerfed for certain levels
• Buildings now require more resources
• School research now requires more resources
• Nerfs and buffs to different Training Ground production levels
• More levels added to certain Towns
• Improvements to Hero targeting during battles
• Healers now always heal the most injured ally
• If there are no allies with missing HP, then healers will instead use other spells (even saving their Ultimate)
• if there is an enemy with less than 50% HP in the nearest column, then attackers will focus this target
• Scorn's revive now properly removes all conditions
• Hero balancing - buffs to Alivia, Demid, Jie | nerfs to Scythe, Wasp, Irbinok, Hiro, Fang
• Bug fixes
  

To celebrates the meeting of the deities, the Star Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the stoic Star Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 5 to July 11

// Main Game
Requirements for currency spending daily quests reduced
Daily Amber increased from 3 to 10 per reward
Fixed a bug with daily Eggs
Daily Amber button and Challenge button now won't flash after checking them out once
VIP side button made way less annoying

// Conquest
Training grounds Exp production highly increased
Conquest Lumber Mill & Ore Mine production highly increased
Conquest School upgrades buffed
Hero balancing - buffs to Scorn, Maki, Hiro, Scarlet, Blazer, Kito, Tier | a nerf to Irbinok
Scythe defeating the last enemy with it's ultimate ability no longer counts as a 'win'
Main game sound no longer is hearable during Conquest
Buildings now display their level next to the name
Smoothed out the town difficulty up to Town 15
"Regular scrolls" renamed to "Rare scrolls"

Main updates
Conquest game mode added
Tier 15 added
New Ascension Skills added
New Achievements added
New Medal upgrades added
Godai Element of Water added - spend Elixir to strengthen your Heroes
Night Black dye added, which can be unlocked by collecting all of the 52 holiday week cosmetic rewards
Some building names are renamed due to new Conquest buildings

Quests & tasks
Quest board level 9 added which can include a mythical reward
Stored Daily rewards become converted into OLD rewards, meaning that they won't increase Quest Board progress past level 8 and won't contain the new rewards
Daily quest rewards can now contain Conquest consumables
New Daily quests added, while the "Defeat enemies with full & disabled Energy" quest has been removed
Holiday overspent currency bank has been reduced (Amber 5'000 to 1'000, Eggs 100 to 15, Keys 50 to 10)

Pets
Three new Pets added
Unlockable unique Pet tints added for each Pet skin
Two new unlockable pet skins added - Wolf skin for Dog and Capybara skin for Mouse
Pet Treat duration changed from 5 days to 3 days
Pet Star type currency changed to Pet Feathers
Pet ability balance adjustments
Pets become bigger from active Treats

Amber store
Amber Store tab redesigned
Kote of Legends added
New Consumable items added to the Amber Store
Daily free Key has been moved to the "Consumables" category and Daily free Amber has been moved to the "Amber" category
Getting a popout bundle will now properly progress your weekly Amber task

Miscellaneous
Perfect Ascension button added in the "Ascend" popout menu
Two new secret achievements added (one to do with a new addition, the other - with a feature added at the end of last year combined with a new one)
Legacy achievement awarded for players who completed Tier 14 research or unlocked Quest Board lvl 8 before this update
Green tick now appears on the 'quest', 'holiday task', 'challenge' & 'medal upgrade' buttons after completing everything within
Challenge button now shines if there are uncompleted challenge levels and a Key is available
New Conquest specific statistics added
Characters and dyes requiring a goal for unlocking, now show your progress in the description
After not opening the game for a day, the "Days played consecutive" now resets to '1' instead of '0', everyone has +1 added to this statistic because of this
Using mouse wheel on the main game now acts as zoom in/out
Font update for non-English characters
'More Fireflies' mastery boosted (3.5% to 4.5%)
Passive for flying pets buffed (0.5% to 1.25%)
Blessing of the Dragon buffed (2% to 2.25%)
Internet discovery on startup improved
Pet Treat timer bug fixed
Other bug fixes

Sharpen your katana and call upon your allies, the Conquest of the island starts on 1st of July

• 00:00 JST
• 17:00 CEST
• 15:00 GMT
• 11:00 EDT
• 08:00 PDT
• "9 hours until daily reset in the game" mark
  

• Unlocking all Ascension tree Skills
• Unlocking Quest board level 8
• Fully complete the Tier 14 upgrades
• Unlocking 'Pen is Mightier than the Hammer (tier 8)' (for anyone that unlocked this due to an old bug will have it removed)
  

Steam Spring Sale has started and all the Supporter pack DLC's for Tap Ninja are 20% off!

Stock up on Amber to get ready for the upcoming Conquest update, which is coming out very soon!
Get the DLC's while the discounts are active - https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1891700/Tap_Ninja__Idle_game/
Note: The discounts do not apply to in-game purchases!
The event and the discounts are live from June 27th until July 11th

To honour the day of freedom, the Independence Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the patriotic Uncle Sam Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 28 to July 4

To honour the day of summer solstice, the Midsummer holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the mighty Oak Leaf Wreath!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 21 to June 27

To honour the day of fatherhood, the Father's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the sporty Baseball Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 14 to June 20

To celebrate the day of boat racing, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the gallant Dragon Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 7 to June 13

To encourage the protection of our home, the World Environment Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Apple Green Dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 31 to June 6

v6.0.0 is landing in the public beta test!

To celebrate the darkness of the heart, the Goth Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the toppest of the top's Top Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 24 to May 30

To celebrate the World's hardest workers, the Bee Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the protective Apiary Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 17 to May 23

To honour the day of motherhood, the Mother's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the glamorous Royal Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 10 to May 16

To celebrate the fiery pagan summer, the Beltane Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the all seeing Farseer Helm!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 3 to May 9

With the v6.0.0 update comes the long awaited Conquest update to Tap Ninja!
Embark on establishing your settlement and conquering the enemy provinces while earning varying rewards from your spoils.

Build it

• Castle - your main bastion, advancing rest of the buildings
• School - a place to study new technologies through different branches
• Tavern - the hangout where heroes meet for new adventures
  

Conquer it

Heroes assemble

• The class determines what the hero's role on the field is with the available classes being a Warrior, a Mage, an Assassin & Support.
• The faction determines its strength and weakness against corresponding factions, the factions being Fire, Wind, Earth & Water.
• The rarity shows how many skills the hero has. Rare only has an Ultimate, Epic has an Ultimate and a passive while Legendary has an Ultimate and two passives.
  

What of my ninja?

• Upgrade Tier 15
• New Ascension skills
• New achievements
• 3 new pets
• Unlockable tints for each pet and their skins
• And more!
  

Now what?

To celebrate the day of the beginning of Summer, the May Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the colourful Flower Wreath hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 26 to May 2

To celebrate the day of humanities home, the Earth Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Sandy Brown dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 19 to April 25

To celebrate the day of superfoods, the Broccoli holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the chill Rasta hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 12 to April 18

To celebrate the day of Eggs, the Easter holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever hearing Bunny Ears!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 5 to April 11

To celebrate the day of pranks, the April Fools holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the foolish Jesters Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 29 to April 4

To celebrate the day of diverse traditions, the Persian New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the proud Fur Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 22 to March 28

To celebrate the day of green and cheers, the St. Patrick's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the lucky Leprechaun Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 15 to March 21

Steam Spring Sale has started and all the Supporter pack DLC's for Tap Ninja are 20% off!

Get them while the discounts are active - https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1891700/Tap_Ninja__Idle_game/
Note: The discounts do not apply to in-game purchases!
The event and the discounts are live from Mar 14th until Mar 21th

To celebrate the day of constants and pies, the Pi Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the delicious Pie hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 8 to March 14

To celebrate the day of women, the Women's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Orchid dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 1 to March 7

To celebrate the creativity and citrus fruits, the Lemon Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the artful Beret!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 23 to February 29

The latest update disables the anonymous user basic data collection for everyone. for the time being.

The next update which will feature the Conquest gameplay is still being worked on and the progress on it is going well. The goal for its release is still around May of this year with a public beta test taking place some time before it.

To celebrate the festival of unification, the Carnival of Brazil holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the exquisite Headdress!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 16 to February 22

A new character "Loremaster" introduced - get it from the Amber store!
Visual updates for the "Oni Mask" hat
Fixed fluctuations in Gold income after the game being open for a long time (1+ days)
Some bug fixes

To celebrate the day of lovers, the Valentine's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Fedora hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 9 to February 15

To celebrate the year of the dragon, the Lunar New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the fiery Sky Lantern hat
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 2 to February 8

To celebrate the beginning of spring, the Setsubun holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the evil spirit warding Oni Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 26 to February 1

Steams "Pirates vs Ninjas Fest" has started and the DLC's for Tap Ninja are having a 20% for all of the Supporter packs!
Get them while the discounts are there - https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1891700/Tap_Ninja__Idle_game/
Note: The discounts do not apply to in-game purchases!
The event and the discounts are live from Jan 22th until Jan 29th 10:00AM PT.

To celebrate the control over ice and its beauty, the Ice Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the dominating Ice Crown!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 19 to January 25

Steam trading cards!
Camera zoom in/out feature added in the advanced settings tab
Sky Lantern Hat updated
Improvements to the quest menu shining
Hats now fit each character more properly
Non VIP away income fixed for mobile devices
Elixir & GpS bonus numbers on the "Ascend" button are now visually more comparable to the collected numbers on the left
Statistics added for "Total holiday tasks completed", "Perfect Ascensions used", "Double Firefly chance", "Challenge levels completed", "Medals earned from Challenges"
Clicking on "Ascension locked" Building now opens the Ascension skill tree on top of the appropriate upgrade
Enemy visual sorting during Frenzy updated
The third secret achievement has been added
Some bug fixes

To celebrate the start of harvesting season, the Kite Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the soaring Kite Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 12 to January 18

To celebrate the festival of spirits, the Voodoo Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the warding Voodoo Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 5 to January 11

It is time to ascend and start the new year! Have a happy and fulfilling 2024, the year of the dragon!

Also a quick hotfix that fixes the weekly holiday event is out.

To celebrate the day of new resolutions, the New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the starful New Year's Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 29 to January 4

Bug with the duplicate Santa hat not rewarding Amber fixed. The Amber is rewarded to the appropriate players
Reduced the "Defeat enemies during weather" task requirements
Dan Mastery upgrade for Firefly spawn rate boosted
Improvements to the Quest tab shine annoyance
Improvements to the Riddle & Daily bonus stability

Featured artwork made by Masaman () @chikunda3

Every week now has its own weekly Holiday event with appropriate unlockable hat
The "2023 Tap Ninja" August charity event achievement is now properly awarded to everyone who participated (used the daily promo code)
Slightly decreased income from buildings before Treasury
Increase the Ascension Skill prices for the first 30 rows
Starting with the holiday event after Christmas - reduced some Holiday task rewards
Gold & Elixir rewards for Epic and Legendary quest rewards slightly nerfed
If all of the Daily Quests have been completed for the day but not claimed, the menu button will no longer flash
Medal Upgrade menu button will only shine once new Medals have been acquire (opening the game won't shine the menu button)
Daily bonuses & Weekly Riddles now should work for everyone
Minor bug fixes

To celebrate the day of gifting and family, the Christmas holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the festive Santa Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 22 to December 28

To celebrate the day to wear a plunger on your head, the Plunger Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the cleansing Plunger cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 15 to December 21

The day 3 of the charity fundraising event has started!
We are rolling some Gingerbreads today!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/

Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!
We are crafting some Sushi tonight!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/

Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

Achieving 3 Medal rating in a Challenge and quitting before full completion now correctly rewards the appropriate Medals
Certain achievement progressions now won't reset after Ascending
Fixed the timer issue for players not using Gregorian calendar
Fixed a bug with buying incorrect Building levels with NEXT
Fixed a bug with Discord rank applications

To celebrate the week of dedication, the Hanukkah holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever-burning Candelabra Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 8 to December 14


NOTE: This event has nothing to do with the current Israel situation and politics.

A new charity fundraising event will be taking place from Dec 8th to Dec 11th for the Save the Children organization!
I will be livestreaming on each of these days talking with the players, discussing the game and having fun while fundraising money for a good cause!
Follow the Twitch page to get notified when the stream goes live! - https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/about
Livestreams start each day at 17:00 CET / 11am ET / 8am PT

During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A "Thank you" letter written from me and mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

To celebrate the day of ninjas, the Ninja Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the thunderous Bamboo Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from December 1 to December 7

Main updates

Challenges & Medals

Pets

Achievements

Balancing

Miscellaneous

To celebrate the day of giving, the Thanksgiving holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the curious Pilgrim's Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 24 to November 30

The Ninja clan must grow

To celebrate the day of men, the Men's day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the resolute Sapphire Blue dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 17 to November 23

v5.1.0 has landed on the public beta test!

More medals - more fun

Each day is a new bonus

Master the Masteries

Sharpen your mind

New goals

Pets, pets and pets

Legacy achievements

To honour the ancient art of paper crafts, the Origami Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the crafty Paper Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 10 to November 16

To remember our foregone, the Day of the Dead holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the whimsical Calaca Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from November 3 to November 9

To celebrates the eve of all Hallows, the Halloween holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the spooky Screaming Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 27 to October November 2

Boosted Gold and Elixir income mostly towards the end-game
Reduced the prices for the Shrine building
Fixed a bug with multiple Pets not multiplying the Critical Hit chance properly

Fixed Elixir skill prices for "Way of the Jhy" & "Hive Management"
Boosted Elixir gains at the end-game
Boosted Away income
Nerfs to the gold gains in the end-game. Tier 13 & Shrine made more expensive

With this update the Gold income should be comparable to the pre-v5 income, meaning that all of the Achievements are now reasonably achievable once again.

Another is to the Elixir costs for unlocks after the Shrine - they have been increased. Why? The end game was simply too unbalanced and unreasonably too fast, there were two ways I could have gone with the balancing, either decrease the Elixir bonuses or increase the Elixir costs, the second option was chosen. Because of this, the Elixir bonuses have been boosted to compensate the increase in costs.

Apologies about the continuous number changes, but I'm hoping that this is the last of the balancing change updates. If all goes well then the work on v5.1.0 is going to begin, as a sneak peak it will include: Tier 14, unique achievements, 3 new pets, weekly riddles, and more.


Skill Elixir costs for early and end game increased. Player Elixir has been adjusted accordingly
Boosts to Elixir gains
Boosts to Gold income
Building income boosted & cost reduced
Adjustments to Research upgrade costs
Quest rewards for Gold & Elixir improved
Pet passives for Critters boosted and Birds nerfed
'Claim All' button for Achievement rewards added
The shuriken now will only target the clicked Firefly, until it has been taken care of
Shift clicking in the sky now lets you throw shurikens
Coins found by Pet Mouse now correctly award the appropriate Elixir
Statistics for Firefly value now display more accurate values
Pets are no longer running over each other in portrait mode

To celebrates the day of feasting and abundance, the Harvest Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the glowing Pumpkin Head!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from October 6 to October 12

Major boosts to the Gold income
Price reductions to Tier 12 & 13
Element of Wind & Fire boosted
Further balancing changes all around
The Mouse pet now correctly adds to the Away income
Having Dragonfly & Mouse selected together now correctly awards Amber from both instead of only Dragonfly

Boosts to the active play Gold income

Reduced the prices on Upgrade Tiers 6 and higher
Each rank for every Legendary item now gives an Elixir boost
Legendary Quest rewards for Gold & Elixir improved

Boosts to Gold & Elixir gains for early to before end game
Boosts to GpS overall
Enemies drop less coins now but their value is highly increased
Fixed a bug that affected a few save files not being properly loaded
Katana of Legends buffed but it no longer benefits Elixir

To celebrates the day of foods and drinks, the Oktoberfest holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the cheerful Drink Helmet!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 29 to October 5

You've probably noticed that the game has received some balancing changes.

Some of you might have questions about why even do a full rebalance, or, in other words, "Why destroy the game?" - Simply put, the problem was with the way Elixir was acquired. The best strategy to gain the most Elixir was to Ascend, play for a minute, Ascend, play for a minute, and repeat. It's nice for players who have figured it out and actually enjoy doing that, but it's awful for everyone else. So it was changed for Elixir to be gained mostly from longer runs by tying the gained Elixir to the Coins value, by doing that, most of the game had to be rebalanced to fit the new system.
Another shortcoming I wanted to tackle was the awful offline gains, those were massively boosted, but at the same time, the active play gains were nerfed.

In making both of these changes, I messed up the game too much. The active play gains have been nerfed, they have been nerfed too far.

So now come the hotfix updates, as I want to make the game feel right for everyone. I am still working on getting the balancing right, so please be patient while I'm working on it, as there will be more changes and boosts coming. I am reading all of your comments, and I want to make the game fun for everyone.

Thank you to everyone who is sharing actual usable feedback on what you don't enjoy about the new changes and suggestions about what needs fixing.



The v5.0.2 changelog

Further balancing changes that mostly buffed active play upgrades
Fixed a bug with Firefly events having no effect after challenges
The stashed Old rewards and the New rewards now correctly display the total count

Players that have played the v5.0.0 will receive a boost to the Ascension Gold bonus, as it was not applied correctly before, same as everyone else
Decreased the cost for the Treasury and Shrine buildings while increasing the GpS for most buildings
Unlocking the Medal upgrade row six and higher now requires less Medal upgrades
Requirements for unlocking new Pet slots have been made slightly easier
Overspent currency for Eggs & Keys now appear correctly
Achievement requirements for defeating Enemies and using Abilities now appear correctly

More balancing changes will be coming, please hold on and don't lose hope, because as much as you want the game to be fun - so do I.

Main changes
The game has been fully rebalanced to be more idle-friendly
Away income reworked - it has received a massive boost and is now comparable to active play in the later game. Because of this, the VIP Away bonus has been reduced from doubling it to adding 10% extra
Elixir is now tied to the Coin value and is mainly obtained from defeating Enemies
Old Elixir will be automatically converted to the new Elixir numbers

Pets
Unlockable slots to equip a second and third active Pet have been added
Now every collected Pet's passive bonus will be active at all times, but only a part of it if the pet is not active
Pet passive bonuses and some active abilities have been re-balanced
Maximum Pet Bond level is raised to lvl 15
Added a possibility to reset the Pet switching timer instantly for 50 Amber
Eggs can now be cracked using the Space bar on the Steam version
While in Pet menus, the timers and the Ninja won't be paused anymore

Rewards
Massively boosted Quest rewards for Gold and Elixir
Quest board level requirements increased
Quest board level 8 added
Challenge rewards for Gold boosted
Daily Quest objective numbers are now based on the rewards rarity
Daily Quest objectives are more random now
The active Quest reward bonus (the Cat bonus) is now saved alongside the unclaimed reward
Any unclaimed Quest reward before this update will be converted to "Old Quest reward", with the contents being comparable to the old rewards

Upgrades
The Ascension Skill tree has been rearranged and rebalanced
Each Godai element now has to be unlocked through an achievement
Godai elements have been rebalanced with every unlocked level being multiplicative instead of additive, the levels will be adjusted accordingly
Medal upgrades have been moved around, rebalanced, have received new ranks, and a few brand-new ones were added
Medal upgrades have been reset for everyone
GpS upgrades for every unlocked Achievement and unlocked Research Tier are now multiplicative instead of additive
Kabuto of Legends boosted
Katana of Legends rebalanced with the bonus also boosting Elixir gains
Using Perfect Ascension will move all of the collected Elixir to the usable Elixir as usual, but the collected Elixir will reset to 0
Holding Shift while clicking on a Medal or Skill upgrade will instantly buy it (also holding Ctrl will buy all of the ranks)

Fireflies
Firefly respawn times have been increased
Firefly event timers have been extended
Firefly event bonuses for Coin drops (Regular, BIG, MEGA), increased GpS (Regular, BIG), More Coins and Gemstone Fever are now slightly randomized
Firefly Coin drop events have been nerfed

Miscellaneous
Boosted the Bag of Gold contents
New Amber Store item - temporary Elixir multiplier
Amber, Eggs & Keys spent without an appropriate Holiday task will be saved and will progress the next weeks appropriate task, as well as overspent currencies during Holiday tasks (each currency has a limited storage)
Unclaimed Holiday task rewards will be automatically claimed at the start of the next week
Certain Holiday task objectives have been made slightly easier
A few new Achievements
Every unlocked Achievement awards an Amber
Achievement objectives increased for the Enemy and Ability categories
"The Pen is mightier than the Hammer (8)" achievement has been moved to a new "Legacy" Achievement category. These achievements do not count towards any bonuses
During Samurai Frenzy the higher tier enemies won't appear if the "Call to Arms" upgrade is unlocked, but not the enemy
The building menu won't snap to the bottom after switching tabs
Fixed a rounding error with Gold prices appearing lower than required
Changing number notation will correctly change the displayed numbers instantly
Using Rope Hook or Shuriken Vortex while on cooldown will activate Katana Slash instead
Thrown shuriken will now connect with any passing Firefly, instead of only the clicked one
Fixed a rare bug for the Steam version with screen resolution resetting to a default

Everyone is being awarded with 500 Amber to help get comfortable with the new changes

To celebrates the end of the autumn harvest, the Moon Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the imperial Mianguan Crown!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 22 to September 28

If everything goes correctly then the update will be released on 27th September, this year.

v5.0.0 is landing in the public beta test!

T' celebrates the day on which everyone speaks like a corsair, the Pirate Day holiday week be now live, avast!

Durin' this here week complete as many tasks as ye can t' unlock various treasures, among 'em the jolly Pirate 'at!
(Nah all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event be active from September 15 t' September 21

To honour the day of fatherhood, the Father's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the sporty Baseball Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 8 to September 14

To honour the teachers and the students, the Knowledge Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the intelligent Academic Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from September 1 to September 7

To celebrate the two year anniversary of Tap Ninja, the Anniversary holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the joyful Party hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 25 to August 31

To recognize humanitarian needs and causes, the Humanitarian Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever-growing Sprout Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 18 to August 24

During the last week, you, the Tap Ninja community fundraised a little over $13'000 for the Save the Children charity organization!
Because of you, a lot of kid lives all around the World will be drastically impacted for the better!

A big thank you to each and every one of you who contributed and hung out on the streams!
Until the next year!

Love you all,
Davis a.k.a. Shamahan

The seventh charity livestream has started! This is your last chance at earning your exclusive banner in Tap Ninja!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The sixth charity livestream has started! We are gonna make some sushi!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

To honour the spirits of our predecessors, the Ghost Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the aristocratic Kanmuri Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 11 to August 17

The charity fundraising event has started!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/
Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/

Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/

Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

The charity fundraising event has started!

I'm livestreaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/

Come chat with the players, ask questions, support a great cause and have some fun!


During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:

• An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
• A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
• A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!
  

To honour the local farmers, the Farmers Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Straw Hat fit for a king!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from August 4 to August 10

A charity fundraising event will be taking place from Aug 7th to Aug 13th for the Save the Children organization!
I will be livestreaming on each of these days talking with the players, discussing the game and having fun while fundraising money for a good cause!
Follow the Twitch page to get notified when the stream goes live! - https://www.twitch.tv/shamahan/about
Livestreams start each day at 16:00 CEST / 10am ET / 7am PT

During this event you can unlock various rewards for donating certain amounts:
An exclusive cosmetic Banner in Tap Ninja, unlockable only during this event!
A written "Thank you" note from me physically mailed to you!
A custom plushie pillow with your Tap Ninja character or pet!

The plushies are gifted from the Comfy Morning store, use the code 'PLUSHNINJA' to get 20% off any purchase now! https://www.comfymorning.com/discount/PLUSHNINJA


v4.2.6 is now live!

Preparations for the charity event added
Added a Hall of Fame that will permanently feature all of the supporters of the upcoming Charity event, found in Settings -> 'C' button -> 'Hand' button
Voucher redeeming menu added in the Settings tab
Completed Achievement categories now cascade to the bottom of the list

Further Holiday events have been added
Improvements to the Cloud save loading when switching devices
Hellhounds now properly stop after being hooked in the face
Snakes Star lvl 10 ability now works correctly

Keep on levelling those Pet Bond levels, they will be useful in the next update!

To honour the day of mankind's giant leap, the Moon Landing holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the under-ripe Cheese hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 14 to July 20

To celebrates the meeting of the deities, the Star Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the stoic Star Cap!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from July 7 to July 13

To honour the day of freedom, the Independence Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the patriotic Uncle Sam Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 30 to July 6

Further Holiday events have been added
Fixed a small bug with the Rope Hook

Just a very small update while I'm working on the next big update, apologies about the long wait time!
A small tip to prepare for the next update - raise as many Pet Bond levels as possible!

To honour the day of summer solstice, the Midsummer holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the mighty Oak Leaf Wreath!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 23 to June 29

To celebrate the day of boat racing, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the gallant Dragon Mask!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 16 to June 22

To encourage the protection of our home, the World Environment Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Apple Green Dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from June 2 to June 8

To honour the day of motherhood, the Mother's Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the glamorous Royal Hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from May 12 to May 18

To celebrate the day of the beginning of Summer, the May Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the colourful Flower Wreath hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 28 to May 4

To celebrate the day of humanities home, the Earth Day holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the Sandy Brown dye!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 21 to April 27

Holiday Tasks that require the player to do a fresh Ascension can now be completed by using "Perfect Ascension", the progress is determined by the appropriate Achievement unlocks (each task requiring their own "Perfect Ascension")
Added a few new Achievements for the "Big Brain Move" series
Amber prices have been adjusted
Tier 6 Amber pack has been added
Selected Ascension or Medal upgrade will now be visibly highlighted
Energy timer now correctly regenerates after opening the game
Challenges now display the active level number that you are in
Fixed wrongly displayed prices for upgrades
Mouse's inner Crane has been quenched

Compatibility for the Steam Deck is now fully verified

To celebrate the day of superfoods, the Broccoli holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the chill Rasta hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 14 to April 20

To celebrate the day of Eggs, the Easter holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the ever hearing Bunny Ears!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from April 7 to April 13

The pre-rework Archangel skin is now selectable for all the players that had purchased Archangel before the update
Discord Rich Presence implemented displaying some basic in-game information on your Discord profile
Improved the size and readability of every text
The side menu is slightly wider now
In Challenges pressing the pre-emptive Next level button will automatically start the next level if a Key is available
Fixed the visual glitches with the Rogues chains
Ghost trail ninjas learned to copy the active Dye
A few bug fixes

STEAM ONLY - the game will connect to the internet much more reliably

To celebrate the day of pranks, the April Fools holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the foolish Jesters Hat!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 31 to April 6

Two new Ascension Tree Skills added at the very end
An unlockable Shaman character added for completing a sizable amount of Holiday tasks
An unlockable Rogue character added for Amber
Archangel character has been redesigned

Added extra 5 unlockable levels for the Legendary Katana and Kimono
Third Legendary multi-level upgrade added in the Amber Store

Challenges now give multiplicatively more gold with each Pack (the Weekly Pack gives x6 the gold)
Pre-emptive complete Challenge button added after earning all 3 Medals (requires at least rank 1 in "Eye on the Prize" and unlocked Weekly Pack)
"Though Thick and Thin" Medal upgrade has been nerfed (5min -> 2min per upgrade rank), but a third upgrade rank has been added
Fixed a bug with gold not being awarded properly from Challenges

Side notifications now cascade to the bottom
Any earned Amber while offline will now be displayed on the "Away income" toast
Further Holiday events after April Fools have been added

Rope Hook now will properly progress quests and tasks depending on how many enemies were defeated instead of just one
Scroll bar size increased for the Building tab, Research tab and Amber Store
Updated the Santa hat and the Fedora hat
Some very slight changes to the text placements
Some improvements to the background displaying
Some small visual changes
A few smaller bug fixes

Every Tap Ninja version update notes have been added

To celebrate the day of constants and pies, the Pi Day holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the delicious Pie hat!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 10 to March 16

To celebrate the day of women, the Women's Day holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Orchid dye!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from March 3 to March 9

The Holiday quest button has been moved next to the Daily Quest button
When opening the game, auto usage of abilities (once unlocked) will start only after 3 seconds
Challenges now give a more accurate Gold reward
Customization menu button animation bug fixed
The selected hat is now properly worn in the character selection menu
Rope Hooks enemy detection improved
The Ascension run statistics now correctly won't reset after Perfect Ascension
Some minor bug fixes

Fixed the next Holiday week countdown timer
Added the last Ascension date to the statistics
Some performance improvements to the background displaying
Pet Star level upgrade shine now happens less frequent
Minor bug fixes to the Rope Hook
Removed the phantom jesters brother

Using the x5 Pet Summon now works by each Summoned Pet having a random Star level instead of all having the same one
Summoning a Pet now won't lock you out of summoning another before re-opening the menu
Fixed Ascension tree lines becoming white after a while
Removed the phantom jester

Holiday Amber Tasks last objective has been nerfed from 4'000 to 2'500. Anyone that had spent more than 2'500 (up to 4'000) Amber will get that Amber reimbursed.
Added the option to open x5 Eggs at the same time
Swapped the second and third upgrade places in Tier 13 (prices adjusted)
Trail shadows now properly wear a hat
Challenge levels now won't end pre-emptively
Improved the Ascension tree connecting lines for some users with the visual glitch
Ascension upgrades that are unlockable after Ascending will now be shaded yellow instead of dark green

To celebrate the day of lovers, the Valentine's Day holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the romantic Fedora hat!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from February 10 to February 16

Each character type now has a unique Rope Hook animation
Added the Weekly Holiday events after Valentine's Day event
Fixed the countdown timer until the next Holiday event
Minor bug fixes

Now clicking the "Next" button in challenges will skip levels that have already been perfected
Upgrading a Pets star level or bond level past level 4 will give a confirmation warning
Updates to the Achievement category menu
Updates to Holiday task progress accuracy

Fixed a bug where the Cosmetic reward appeared locked while the appropriate task amount was completed
More fixes to the Holiday tasks
A few other bug fixes

Fixed a small bug with the Holiday tasks

I'm very sorry about the issues with the currency registering for holiday tasks, this update fixes the issues with it and automatically adds the unregistered currencies that you spent in the event to the appropriate tasks.

To celebrate the beginning of spring, the Setsubun holiday week is now live!


During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the evil spirit warding Oni Mask!

(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 20 to January 26

Holiday time fixes for players with Thai calendar
Added an in game notification for when a new game version is available (only for players that have a cloud account connected)

Added the next Weekly Holiday events
Tier 13 Research and a few of the end game Ascension upgrades have received nerfs, while some other Ascension upgrades were buffed
Added a timer until the next Holiday event week in the Quests window
Fixed a problem with certain Thai players not being able to participate in Holiday events
Challenge level bar now correctly fills up

To celebrate the year of the rabbit, the Chinese New Year holiday week is now live!

During this week complete as many tasks as you can to unlock various rewards, among them the fiery Sky Lantern hat!
(Not all tasks can be completed by all players)

The event is active from January 20 to January 26

Featured artwork made by Mashurio004 @Mashurio_Animes

Weekly and biweekly Holiday events added - complete tasks to earn rewards, some awarding cosmetics! (not every task can be completed by all players!)
Every year, each player will receive a small gift on their Ninja's birthday (the day the player started playing)
Tier 13 Research added
New Ascension Skills added
New Medal upgrades added
New Achievements added
Quest award for Keys has been boosted for Rare and Legendary rarities
The Mouse Pet now properly drops Gold
Godai menu has been made slightly bigger
At the Challenge end screen, a button to start the next challenge has been added
Completing a Challenge perfectly now hides the restart button
Cloud account 'Force Save' button size increased

Holiday task to "Buy 1'000 buildings in one purchase" has been reduced to 500, everyone who has completed the original task will receive extra Amber
Holiday Task button now shines correctly when a reward can be claimed

Also I would like to wish everyone happy holidays!

Complete multiple mega tasks to unlock various rewards with the final reward being a festive cosmetic item!

The event is active from December 20th to December 31st

Elixir Quest rewards are now correctly buffed
Arabic and Hebrew are now correctly written right to left

Internet connection is now required to benefit from - Away income, Daily and Weekly resets, increase Pet bond progress (connecting to Internet will give progress for the offline time), receive quest rewards (progressing can be done while offline), unlock Holiday achievements and participate in Holiday events
Daily and weekly reset timers are now change to 00:00 UTC midnight for everyone
Arabic and Hebrew languages added

Pet Cat abilities have been changed around and nerfed

Challenge Medal requirements changed from clearing a level with 60%/80%/100% to 55%/75%/95% clearance
Trail shadows is now more transparent in challenges

New notification for Patch notes after each game update, opening them gives extra Amber
Unclaimed Quest rewards now will stack up if not claimed before a Daily reset
Elixir Quest rewards improved
For players that abused the Elixir Quest awards - the Elixir will be reduced to 1e15 if it went over this limit
Updated achievement icons for Dan ranks
Fireflies now visually drop Keys and Eggs
Ability activation swapped for while the Auto mode is turned on
Some small changes to activity menu unlocking for new players
Elixir bar progress now fills to the closest visible number

Pet bond now correctly increases while in the Pet menus
Fixed a rare bug for missing backgrounds
Fixed a bug where popouts didn't fade out
Quest button now will correctly stop shining
Pet Cranes last two abilities are now working properly
Other bug fixes
Performance improvements

Research Tiers are now open at all times
Elixir quest rewards are now added to the pre-Ascension counter
Pet menu scaling improved for mobile devices
The game will be paused while inside either of the Pet menus
Pet Collection should now shine less if the pet is not able to be upgraded
Medals used on Bond levels now won't deduct the maximum Medals that are seen on the Element of Fire (Medals used before this update were added to the maximum)
Clicking on an Achievement toast while in Pet menus will now correctly open the Achievement
Bug with continuous building buying fixed
Removed the phantom completed quest

The gold you earn from enemies and Fireflies has been fixed
Bird Pet passive ability has been adjusted to the fixed Firefly value
Unlocking enemies from Tiers now requires to either buy at least one upgrade in that Tier or complete the previous Tier
The increase to Pet bond meter while offline is now accurate
The "Through Thick and Thin" upgrade now gives the correctly increases the Pet bond counter
Endgame buildings are slightly buffed
Medal upgrade button now properly stops flashing if no upgrades are buyable
Manually toggling Energy while "Firefly audio only" is enabled now won't play an SFX (automatic toggling will still play SFX)
Medal upgrade exploit with Eggs & Keys fixed
Typing Pet names now won't activate abilities

Pets have been added to the game
New currency added - Eggs, use it to summon new Pets!
Stars from Challenge have been replaced by Medals
New Ascension Skill upgrades added
New Star Upgrades added
New Achievements added
Eggs and Keys added as a rare reward from the Quests
Activity menu redesigned

Quest rewards for Elixir majorly improved
Price reduction upgrades are now multiplicative
Upgrade Tiers that were unlocked will stay unlocked across Ascensions
Sound effects added for turning Energy on or off (obeys the "Firefly audio only" toggle)
Multiple new statistics added

Major performance improvements
Energy unlock has been moved to Tier 1 Research. You will have to re-unlock it
Cross platform cloud saving is now a lot more reliable
Failing to connect to the cloud save now gives an error message
The "Ascend in each zone in order" achievement objective has been changed

Text size increased for the Ascension upgrades
Infinite Rope Hook glitch causing game crashes fixed
Away income now displays the correct amount
Bug fixes


Another announcement - the Tap Ninja's Discord server just surpassed 5'000 members! Be sure to join the awesome community here: https://discord.gg/WcgUKc8Fp5

The Pet update will be released in 14 to 18 day time from now.

The update is being tested in a public beta test, anyone that is playing on a Steam client can join. Read the instructions on how to join over here - https://steamcommunity.com/app/1891700/discussions/0/3316358999124492855/

First of all the Stars from Challenges will be swapped to Medals.

What are Pets?
At launch there is going to be 12 different pets, each with their own abilities, passive bonuses, a Star level and a Bond level.
While both Star and Bond levels increase the Pets passive bonus, the abilities will be unlocked once the Pet reaches a certain Star level.
There are three types of Pets Critters, Beasts and Birds. Each type has a unique passive bonus.
You will be able to select one Pet at a time to follow you and help on your journey.
And yes - you can name your pets.

How to obtain Pets?
Pets will be obtainable though a new currency Eggs.
Opening these Eggs will have a chance obtain a stronger or a weaker pet.
Obtaining a weaker pet will award you with another new currency - Critter Stars, Beast Stars and Bird Stars. The Star type that you earn will depend on the Pets type.

How to strengthen the Star level?
While obtaining a stronger pet though Eggs will automatically increase that Pets star level, you can also collect enough Stars of the appropriate type and upgrade the Star level for a pet of your own choosing.

How to strengthen the Bond level?
To increase the Bond level you have to keep the Pet by your side and bonding with it though your journeys, this will gradually fill up your pets bond meter and once its full you can spend Medals from Challenge levels to advance the pet to the next Bond level.

The Pet Collection



Swapping between pets is only doable once per day to avoid any unnecessary power gaming.

[i]The beta focuses on pet functionality and testing if the abilities work correctly

Note that all of the pet Star costs and Bond level timers have been drastically reduced so that later Pet level abilities can be tested.[/i]

Greetings!

The pet update is coming along nicely and I expect it to be done sometime in the first part of October.

Here is some basics on how the pets will benefit you:

• Each pet will have a different benefits - one could make the fireflies appear more often while another one would reduce the cost of buildings.
• Pets will also have levels, these would either boost their primary benefit or unlock a new one.
• You will be able to choose one to help and fight by your side
  

Lithuanian language added (thank you Mejlus!)
Quest rarity odds added in the Quest Board level menu
Completed quests will now shine if they are completed
Star upgrades now display only the Stars that are unspent without the maximum Stars
Star Upgrade description box is now hidden while no upgrade has been selected
Firefly spawning sound effect now won't destroy ears for some players when tabbing back into the game

One year ago on this date Tap Ninja was released on Android.

It's been a crazy year with a lot of improvements (a lot of bugs, some bigger than others) and some new content. I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that plays or has played Tap Ninja (and might play).

Just for fun I wanted to share a few screenshots from early development stages of the game going though some menu changes:


What's Next - A lot players are already talking about and speculating about the next update, which will bring collectable companions and pets who will follow you around and help you on your journey. I don't have anything much to share about it at this point, only that the release is planned for no later than early October.

The Roadmap - In a true indie gamedev fashion I didn't realise how time-consuming some updates and bug fixes might be, so the roadmap predictions should be pushed back by one season later.



I'm very grateful for all of the players that gave it a shot and stuck around making it possible for the game to keep on growing.

A big thank you to the Discord mods (AMK, Panda, KG/Molly Laser, and Insane96) that keep the community going and happy!

Regards,
Shamahan

Tap Ninja 1 year anniversary event! (starting from 31. August to 6. September)
Archdemon skin added (get it from the Amber Store)
Firefly audio only toggle added
Added an option in settings to disable the parallax effect
Each character type now has a unique shuriken sprite
Challenge Dojo is now less nauseating
Gold counter from enemies now counts the gold together again
Added an option to wipe your progress to zero in the "info" panel
Buffed the "Fertilizer" upgrade while slightly nerfing an early game Coin upgrade
Daily quests now will award more Amber while rewarding less Stars
Bug fixes to some achievements

As an apology for all of the troubles with the latest updates, everyone that had played with yesterdays or todays update will be receiving 500 Amber and 5 Keys, and a lot of Elixir.

For anyone that has any currency which is not restored with this update, please take a look at this post https://steamcommunity.com/app/1891700/discussions/0/3439081454521973409/

Time manipulating now might break the daily quests and other daily reset benefits
Fixed a bug where collected coins could go over a certain limit and become negative

Android version is now compatible with Cloud saving
Currency cheating has been removed
Having all star upgrades flashes the Star upgrade menu still
Bug fixes for Shuriken Vortex
"Effective Idler" achievement requirement nerfed from 72 hours to 48 hours

To earn Discord ranks for 1. Dan and up, you will now have to apply by writing your Discord username inside the game though Discord button found in the Settings tab (cheaters won't be granted the rank)
Quests now won't repeat in one day
Background changing is now more smooth
Extra shuriken are no longer thrown randomly during a Shuriken Vortex

Removed the "Destroy enemy while not destroying a specific enemy" quests ( these won't appear with the next daily reset)
Fixed the issue with Rope Hook extending infinitely (again)
Backgrounds now transition correctly without visible glitches

Legendary Katana added in the Amber Store
Legendary Dye pack added in the Amber Store
Amber Store slightly reorganized

New Daily Quests added
Quests will be rerolled once on opening the game
Completed quests will show up on the bottom of the quest list
A new Dye added - unlock it from a random Quest reward
Reduced the objective for the Shuriken Vortex quest from 150 to 130

Hotkey rebinding menu added
Update log added (find it in the settings, under the version button)
The building Buy All button now wont freeze your device
Translations for Russian language improved (thank you KG/MOLLY)
The current Gold bonus for each upgrade added in the statistics window
Increased the games stability for long sessions
Bug Fixes and minor improvements

Featured artwork made by Masaman () @chikunda3

Building Buy All button now obeys the selected quantity button
Building Buy All button will prioritize the newest buildings first
Stats window can now be opened by pressing 'F1' key
Improved the Quest reward for Elixir
Samurai Frenzy now spawns enemies correctly
144 and 240 Fps limits added
Using Buy All buildings button now won't destroy ears
Visual glitch with Ascension skill tree connector lines fixed

Daily Quests
Weekly Challenges (unlocked after completing all the challenge packs)
New Achievements
More Star upgrade
Star Upgrades have been reset

Added an unlockable Buy all button for buildings
Update animations for the Highlander (a)
Update animations for the Pirate
Idle income boosted

Boosted the Bags of Gold value from the Amber store
Nerfed all three Amber Store temporary gold boosts
Cloud saving frequency reduced
Close button add to achievements popouts
Gemstone value added in the Info menu
Ascending now won't hide buildings that were already purchased once
Slightly change how star upgrade cost is calculated
"Not All is Lost" Ascension upgrade cost reduced
Ascension warning simplified
Adjusted some gold and coin achievement objectives
Added a statistic for Away income per hour

Increased the games stability for long sessions
Performance improvements
Bug fixes

More in-game achievements added as Steam achievements
FPS limiter added for 30, 60 & 120 fps (locked by default to 60 fps)

The next update (v3.0.0) is coming to Tap Ninja very soon!

The biggest feature will be the Daily Quests

• Each day will bring new quests
• Different reward rarities with better rewards
• Complete quests to upgrade the Quest board
• Quest board levels unlock new rarities
• Possible rewards = Gold, Elixir, Amber, Stars
  

• New Ascension upgrades
• New Star upgrades
• A Weekly challenge pack (complete all previous packs to unlock it)
• New Achievements
  

A giveaway for 5 Supporter packs (700 Amber + VIP) is currently happening, check out this video from Army Veteran Gamer for more information! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTSNbWf3lQ

Note: Players that already have the Supporter pack or are playing on Android / iOS you can also participate

Even more improvements to Cloud saving/loading
Cloud save conflict window will now show up way less often or even never

Improvements to Cloud saving/loading
Away Income is now correctly awarded every time for players with a cloud account
Performance improvements
Bug fixes

Tier 5 Amber pack has been added as a Steam DLC

Improvements to Buy All and Buy buildings buttons
Buy Max limit for upgrades increased by 10 times
Cooldown timer added on both abilities
Bringing game in focus will now correctly give the Away income
Saving stability improvements
Bug fixes

Highlander (b) character added, which is unlockable by perfecting Challenge Pack 5
Rope Hook and Shuriken Vortex now can't be activated at the same time
Slightly nerfed challenges 3-23, 5-5, 5-6
Having enough Stars for a new Star Upgrade will now give a prompt
Statistic displaying the current Building Milestones added
For some users Upgrade and Building buy buttons are now less glitchy
Now holding Shift or Ctrl and pressing E/W/Q will toggle the Auto usage of Energy/Hook/Vortex
FPS cap is now the same as your monitors refresh rate
Performance improvements
Bug fixes

Featured artwork made by Masaman () @chikunda3

Serbian language added (thank you mp2!)
Improvements to the stability of the game after leaving it open for 2+ hours
Performance improvements
Progress saving and loading improvements
Energy now detects enemies correctly
Ninja is now much fast when using a Shuriken Vortex during a Firefly Storm

No enemy will go past active Energy anymore
Added a toggle option for automatic Rope Hook and Shuriken Vortex upgrades

Upgrade Tier 12
Additional upgrade row added for Tier 11
New Ascension Tree upgrades
New unlockable Building
Challenge pack 5
New Star Upgrades
New Achievements
Buffed some end Ascension upgrades
Random lag spikes are now fixed
Added a list for recently earned Achievements
Fixed a bug where certain players couldn't see the Ninja
Rope Hook slash now count's all the enemies that were hit
Clicking outside a popout (achievements etc.) will now close it
Some bug fixes

A storm is brewing up for Thursday.

Ninjas trail ghosts have now learned to copy the correct dye colour
Fps is now capped at 144fps for performance reasons
Sound effect added when a Firefly Appears
Yet more save file stability improvements

DLC purchases are now correctly awarded in the game for everyone
If buying a level 0 Building with NEXT it will now check for the first level first
Element menu now shows how many Keys you currently have

Steam Cloud saving enabled
Energy in Challenges is now illegal
Achievement for "Rapidly tap energy while it's empty" fixed so that it's obtainable while Energy timer is below 3% full
Amber is now purchasable though DLC for players that hate the Steam wallet

Now missing an enemy will make Speed Step start a decay instead of instantly resetting
Idle income boosted
Upgrades for Idle income and duration adjusted
Energy first limit upped to 10 minutes
Slightly changed two Energy achievements
Enemy density slightly increased
Challenges now reward gold for each new Star unlocked
Gold from Challenges now is not effected by temporary boosts
Performance in challenges improved
Slightly moved around starter upgrades in the Ascension Skill tree
Alt-tabbing back in the game while Energy is active now won't destroy your ears
Removed the Tab hotkey for Energy
Removed the 60 fps cap
Save file safety improvements
Multiple bug fixes

Achievements and In-game purchases are now fixed for those players that had problems with them
Cherry Blossom Storm is now more transparent and has less particles

UPDATE
Steam achievements will now correctly update from the in-game achievements.

The Spring Festival holiday event is now active and it brings with it two benefits:

- Collect Amber from the Flying Lanterns three times per day every day.
- Stumble upon occasional Cherry Blossom Storms, while they are active, they give a boost to your Gold per Second gains

The holiday event is active from April 04. to April 11.

For non VIP's - the luck for daily Amber and Key drop from Fireflies increases with each destroyed Firefly
Toggleable custom cursor added
Statistics added for Average Firefly respawn time, cooldowns and coin multipliers for Rope Hook and Shuriken Vortex
Some stability fixes for users with two or more monitors
Some minor bug fixes
Music volume reduced

Next up - boosts to Idle income and improvements to the overall gameplay. After that a bigger content patch at the end of the April.

Greetings everyone

I have read a lot of feedback about how the game is not Idle enough and requires too much clicking. I would like to fix this issue, so here is your chance to help me out with doing it.

I don't want the players to feel forced to use an auto-clicker and keep the game running all night but at the same time I want to keep the active play the most effective.

I want to hear your ideas of how would you change or rework the

• attacking
• speed step/combo system
• energy/auto-attack system
  

We just reached 100K downloads across all platforms and 1K Discord members!

Thank you all for the love and support!

Retry button added in Challenge pause menu and End screen
Fixed a bug where a Key was consumed for every restart on a just unlocked Challenge level
Yet more Cloud saving/loading improvements
Statistics for Time have been fixed

Force Cloud save button added in the Settings tab
Cloud saving improvements

Featured artwork made by Eglandir @ribeiro.giovane

Languages for Italian, Danish and Ukrainian added
Fixed a glitch where sometimes texts in non English look half broken

Languages for Spanish (Castilian), Chinese (traditional), Bulgarian, Turkish and Czech added
Challenges now require a Key only to unlock the level, replaying a Challenge is free but doesn't reward any gold
VIP's now will receive +1 Key & +3 Amber every day
Achievement for having the game closed for no more than 12 hours for 72 hours now correctly counts the time the game has been open for

Wonder what to expect from Tap Ninja in the future, take a look at this roadmap!

Some save loading safety and stability improvements
Removed the footstep sound effect

Windowed mode now loads properly on opening the game
The issue with Cloud saving should be fixed now
Audio slider added to the Esc menu

For non VIP's - another daily Key and Amber is now obtainable randomly from the Golden Fireflies
VIP Benefits are now actually understandable
Scrollbar added to the Buildings and Upgrades tab

Steam connection for achievements and IAP's should be more reliable now
Cloud saving frequency reduced to every 60 seconds
Ultrawide monitor support fully implemented
The Ninja is now slightly further from the edge
After unpausing the game "Away for" will appear only if the game was paused for more than 20 seconds.

Thank you everyone for wishlisting the game, now go out there - slay some Samurai and upgrade your Ninja!

I will start working on the new update to the game right now.