Understanding Calendar Event Durations & How To Read Event Timers

On the game calendar, 11 days were highlighted for the Osten event, but in the game it only ran for 10 days. Similarly, 15 days were marked for the Cuti event, but Runaway said we had 13 days to complete our set. (They made a mistake in posting that, actual duration wasn't 13 days.) So what is really going on? Is this even important?

For easy events, most players will probably perfect their moths way ahead of the deadline, so there is no need to bother. However, for trickier ones like the Osten event where every single day is precious, you need to be able to gauge event durations accurately. Also, if you are planning ahead and trying to decide when you should use your Egg Layers for an event, you need to know why event durations seem to be marked longer than they should be, so you don't get tricked into thinking that you have an extra day.

December 2016 Calendar

Why are events marked longer than they seem?

Events do not kickstart immediately at midnight. They usually begin at 2pm PST (note that Runaway may change the starting times so always check your calendars for the starting times), so depending on where you are in the world, the event may begin at a different time of the day. For me, 2pm PST is 6am in my country.

The Osten event is marked from 25th November to 5th December 2016, thats 11 coloured boxes on the in-game calendar. So on 25th Nov, the game starts at 6am in my timezone and runs for exactly 10 days (meaning 10 x 24 hours). On the last day, the event will end at the same time it began on the first day. This means that when the new day begins on 5th Dec, which is supposedly the last day for the Osten event, I will only have a few hours left till 6am before the event officially ends.

Therefore, due to timezone differences, it is safe to assume that:

Actual Event Duration = (No. of days marked on Calendar - 1 day) x 24 hours

Although it is a known fact that all players have the same amount of time during events to work on their moths, it may problematic for players who are ahead in timezones, where events begin just after midnight hours. If you are planning to use your Egg Layers just in time before the event ends, do note that you don't actually have the entire 24 hours on the last day marked on your game calendar. On top of that, you also need to buffer time for feeding and morphing your caterpillar.

To show how much time you have left, there will be a timer on the top right hand corner of your screen during any event.

But the Osten event just started! How come my timer says 9 Days left instead of 10 days?

If you set a countdown timer to run for exactly 1 hour, it will immediately go into 0 hours and 59 mins after you hit the start button. It is the same for timers in the game, if an event is set to run for 10 exact days, the timer will go into 9 days 23 hours and 59 mins immediately when it begins. Well, but the game can't display the whole 9 day 23 hours 59 mins thing, its too damn long lol! So it just says 9 days in the corner of your screen.

During the last 24 hours of the event, the timer will go into an hourly countdown. So do not panic if you see that there is only 1 day left on the timer, it just means that you still have 24++ hours.


Ok, think you got the hang of it? So once again, Runaway said that the Cuti event runs for 13 days, but refer to the December calendar above and take a look at the screenshots below taken by players during the start of the Cuti event. Can you determine the actual event duration? Scroll down to the end of this post to look for the answer~!

 

Happy Starry Fluttering~! ♥

Cheers,
Night
(Cuti Actual Event Duration: 14 Days)

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