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Seekers Notes- What it takes to complete Challenges.

To complete a new site challenge you need to do three things 1) Trade with 100 challenge creatures, 2) complete 5 collections of 5 items, 3) Reach the rank of Virtuoso at the challenge site. This is a numbers game. To complete the third challenge you need to go through five levels:

Level 1         5 visits           5 entry keys per visit. 25 total keys for level

Level 2       10 visits         10 entry keys per visit. 100 total keys for level

Level 3. 15 visits. 15 entry keys per visit. 225 total keys for level

Level 4       25 visits. 20 entry keys per visit. 500 total keys for level

Level 5. 100 visits. 25 entry keys per visit. 2500 total keys for level

So you need to visit the site 155 times and have 3350 total keys.

By the 50th visit at level 5 you will have finished the first two parts of the challenge with no help needed from gifts of any of the collection items or combining items. You receive 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 keys for completing the collections for a total of 100 keys not acquired from visiting sites. Bottom line, you need to get more than 100 keys per day to finish the challenge.

It takes about 10 to 15 energy points to acquire a key from visiting sites (my estimate playing at around level 100). Take the lower limit of 10 times 3250 keys and you need 32500 energy points just to acquire the keys. At 480 energy points per day over 30 days you get 14400. So you must make up 18100 energy points.

You do get energy every day from the trophiez at the top of the board. You also get energy each time you change a level at a site. You get energy from completing collections and trading with the townsfolks. And of course your energy is restored each time you change your experience level which will happen several times during the event. Try to time experience level changes when you are almost out.

You therefore need about twice as much energy each day as you are given (not including energy to visit the challenge site). You can make this up by using multiple talismans per day (energy, money, experience, faster energy recovery), using energy items such as Belgian waffles which give you 100 points, etc. You can do it without TT for those like me on a kindle. There have recently been challenges that run simultaneously which don't get you keys since they occur in the puzzles, but do reward wih free energy for an hour, etc. Cheaper sites give you abou 10 energy usits per key, where the Old Square, Treasury, Antique Shop etc. cost more energy on average to get the event keys. The garden, Dressing Room and Clothing Store with key entry cost lless than 10 energy units per key.

The best way to complete the challenge is to pace yourself over the challenge period knowing just what you need to achieve per day and per week. Hope this helps.