Calling all fools, jesters, pranksters merry-makers and lovers of mischief! The annual Bristlebane Day celebrations will begin on March 24, 2022 at 12:01 AM PAC time and end on April 6, 2022 at 11:59 PM PAC time on all servers*, with a few extra-special events available only on April 1. (*Kaladim and Kael Drakkel will receive the entire event, Tarinax will have all of the event other than Pains of Herding and Plethora of Patchcraft Parts, due to zone inaccessibility.)
In addition to all the returning content from past years, there will be one new recipe book, 10 new buyables, and one new reward choice for one of the quests that occurs exclusively on April 1. Patchcraft crabs have also been added to Karuupa Jungle.
"Perfectly Serious Items to Craft XIII" joins us this year as our newest Bristlebane Day recipe book. As with the other recipe books for this event, it requires level 2 artisan to scribe, special Bristlebane event harvestables and tier 1 and tier 2 common harvestables. The special Bristlebane harvests come from Jester's gardens, which spawn in Commonlands, Antonica, Greater Faydark, Darklight Wood, Timorous Deep, and Frostfang Sea. The book is heirloom, costs 60s and 90c and contains recipes for the following items within it (pristine combines yield 2):
| Blue Glass Pitcher |
Farmer's Wagon |
Grand Prankster's Banner |
| Grand Prankster's Hanging Banner |
Grand Prankster's Marble_Throne |
Mini Misty Emerald Potted Tree |
| Mound of Sliced Oranges |
Piquant Bandana |
Plunder Chest of Fool's Gold |
| Red Glass Jug |
Rivervale Farm Plow |
Rivervale Farm Till |
| Sampled Baked Fish |
Classic Rivervale Ladder |
You will find "a Bristlebane Day merchant" in every home crafting society area, selling both new and returning items, including the brand-new "Perfectly Serious Items to Craft XIII". Most of these items will require the event-specific currency, Fool's Gold coins, but two are sold for cash.
In addition to the recipe book mentioned above, the 10 new buyable items on this merchant are:
| Belted Baby Bovoch (fluff pet) 20 coins  |
Fizzlehorn Windglider (glider mount) 300 coins  |
Gigglegibber Tent 5 coins  |
| Jester's Whirlygig Cap 5 coins  |
Spotted Baby Winged Bovoch (plushie) 20 coins |
Squeaky Bald Chicken 5 coins  |
| Targeted Fun Rug* 15 coins  |
Tile of Blue Palatial Tiles 1g 20s  |
Tile of Orange Palatial Tiles 1g 20s  |
| Wall-Mounted Fling Board** 10 coins  |
*Targeted Fun Rug has several possible random effects when you step on it, including: being knocked over by a loaf of french bread, being hit in the face with a pie, being hit with half of a grapefruit, and being hit in the head with an anvil that appears above you. (White anvil appears, there is a whistle sound as it falls and a solid CLANK when it hits your head.)
**Clamber on top of the Wall-Mounted Fling Board, walk to the end, and right-click to choose the "Bounce" option to spring lightly into the air and then gently glide to the ground.
April 1 is considered the high feast day, or "Highest of Silly Days" during the Bristlebane celebrations. Because of this there are special quests that are available only on April 1, 2022.
The "Riddled Throughout the Lands" April 1 quest series from Imenand in the Enchanted Lands has a new heirloom housepet reward choice added this year for "Riddle Mei-Theiz" this year: the new Four-Sided Stone of a Different Color. This 4-sided die changes color, not only when you pick it up and set it down, but also randomly changes color on its own. Colors below are not believed to be the entire set of colors available, but just an example of what colors I viewed.
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Heartgar MacInnes, the Erollisi Day love loot trader reappears on April 1 in Qeynos Harbor and East Freeport so you can trade your miscellaneous love notes and hard candies into barbarian love notes.
Casdoe of Maj'Dul has once again updated her quest tracker for this event and sent me one version in XLS format and one in PDF format.