Palia Is Getting its First Limited-Time Event, and It'll Have You Chasing Groundhogs in Hats

ign.com:

Starting next week, players of developer Singularity 6's Palia will be able to dive into the cozy MMO's first limited-time event called Maji Market.

In a hands-off demo with IGN, Singularity 6 shared the first details about Palia's first live-service event, which will add a small new region to the map centered around a night market.

Available in-game starting on August 29th and running until September 26th, Maji Market will take place at night (which occurs once per hour given Palia's one-hour days) in the Kilima Village Fairgrounds.

Attendees will be able to partcipate in various festivities, like completing new quests, trying night market delicacies, collecting themed furniture, fishing, and more.

The biggest new activity though, The Chapaa Chase, happens once a night when the festival's resident groundhog-like mammals break out of their petting zoo and players work together to wrassle as many as possible back into their cages.

As a team, the entire server will get tickets based on the group's performance, but each person's individual contribution will also be tracked and displayed in a leaderboard at the event's conclusion and will come with additional prizes, adding a light coopetition element to the activity.

Taking part in the Chapaa Chase and other Maji Market activities will earn players tickets that can be spent at the events vendors to unlock exclusive items, like chapaa pillows and plushies to decorate your house with.

This limited-time event also introduces a new Event tab to the menu, which hosts stamp cards that can be filled up by completing the event's bounties to unlock their rewards.

Interestingly, some of Palia's characters already made reference to a night market long before this event was ever announced,