NEWS

November 21, 2023

Fast Forward Through Holiday Stress With Flat DHS Scatters!

Thanksgiving travel is one of the busiest times of the year and Dylan is on a mission to return his tapes to the only video rental store in the country! Unfortunately his collection of mint condition retro relics is so big he keeps dropping them, so we need your help cleaning up his mess. In celebration of World TV Day we’re bringing back the Flat DHS scatters, so be kind and rewind while you can!

Limited Time Scatter Details

From the period of Tuesday, November 21st at 00:01 MHQ through Sunday, November 26th at 23:59 MHQ, when you capture a Flat DHS, up to 3 Tapes may be scattered nearby!

As before, the Tapes will be visible to any player and will be deployed on the Flat DHS owner’s account. This means that unlike Feathers/Boulders, there are CapOn points for the owner! They expire after 120 minutes, have a capture radius of 300 feet, and you’ll be able to use Rover Treats to capture them as well! These tape scatters will NOT count for deploy streaks, ZeeOps, or clan activity since they are passive deploys.

The rewards for Tapes are as follows:

  • Capture: 50 points
  • CapOn: 25 points

For more information about Flat DHS, check out our Help Guide article!

Badges

We’ve created 1 new badge for this special period. In addition, if you missed out on the badges from the previous year’s event, you’ll be able to earn them as well. You can see what these badges look like below. Make sure you cap as many Tapes as you can to receive all 3 badges!

DHS Discount!

Need more Flat DHS’s near you? We’ve got a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” discount you can use at the Freeze Tag Store! You must add 3 Flat DHS’s to your cart to use it (in other words — put 6 in the cart, pay for 4, 2 are free). There is NO CODE required — the discount should apply automatically! This discount will be valid for the same time period as the scatters mentioned above.

We hope these scatters provide some fun extra gameplay this weekend!

Munzee on!

November 16, 2023

Munzee Events in 2024!

It’s almost 2024, where has the year gone?!?

We’re so excited to look back on events over the past few years. We’ve seen players gathering together monthly for local events and building communities that enjoy playing Munzee together. Players around the world deploy at events, big and small, to make every event unique and special.

No More Monthly Events

In 2024, we’re going to move away from the monthly events system we’ve used the past two years. The goal was to increase event attendance and the number of events. We feel successful in what we’ve accomplished in this area. We’d like to focus on making events more special and have them feel less like a “requirement” just to earn a badge or gift for the hosts. We understand the pressure some felt to keep hosting events month after month, sometimes with very little help.

In 2024, we will have several special event packages throughout the year, like our current Christmas event package. The first special package will be for the month of February. We encourage players to gather as often as you like, while we return to this system of events from years ago. We will offer the ability for hosts to add custom badges and icons to any events if they like. Our hope with this change is to bring players together for special occasions as often as you like. We will continue to have double point weekends each month, so don’t worry about that!

Upcoming Event Credits!

In 2024, we’re also going to introduce a new reward credit to the event ecosystem. By attending events and capping Event Munzees you’ll be able to earn special credits to use a special section of our Redeem Store! There will be some unique rewards and also current rewards at reduced rates. We hope this will encourage all to attend events, and provide value beyond just the points you receive on that day. The best part of events is often the time spent with other players, but extra rewards certainly won’t hurt!

Updates to Mega Events

In terms of Mega events, we’re going to tweak how this is handled as well. No one will “apply” for mega event status. It will be earned through attendance, then credited by our team after the events have ended. There will be a special new badge for Mega events that have 50 attendees. Will we see events return to more than 100 players in 2024? If so, will there be a special badge for that? Only time will tell, so who will organize the first event that “goes Mega” in 2024?

We know there are some traditional yearly events that have more than 50 attendees and expect they will continue, so we are very excited to offer this NEW badge to celebrate their hard work. We will keep an eye on the calendar for how many have marked “will attend” and will promote these events for any who may want to earn these special new event badges.

We can already see on the calendar some of our annual events are ready to continue.

  • Munzee Mecca, January 12-14 in Orlando, Florida – CALENDAR LINK
  • Munzee Madness, March 8-9 in Fullerton, California – CALENDAR LINK
  • Munzee Mania, May 10-12 near Minneapolis, Minnesota – CALENDAR LINK

Now that we’ve released this information we look forward to seeing events added all over the world and celebrate with you in 2024. Thank you for being a part of our global community!

November 10, 2023

Scaring Is Caring With NEW PreZent Specials!

WHAT’S THIS?! You may have thought spooky season was over, but we have a few more nightmares before Christmas gets here! Remember scaring is caring though, so we’re excited to announce a new series of spooky PreZent Specials that will take us into the new year!  From NOW until Sunday, January 14th at 23:59 MHQ QReepy and Vile PreZents will be bouncing around the map, and you’ll be able to unbox a variety of different spooky goods.

QReepy & Vile PreZent Specials

First up we’re having a SCREAM light special on Halloween themed Terror Toys which can only be earned by capping the base PreZents! Sure it’s the season of giving, but these gifts were a scary good deal and they’ll be perfect donation items for Toys For Trolls. Don’t worry there will be plenty of other scary seasonal gifts throughout the next couple months so expect more wicked winter PreZents just in the St. Nick of time for Christmas! 

PreZent specials will be released in waves, but will end at a total of 1,500 QReepy PreZents and 1,500 Vile PreZents. They will bounce around every 3 hours or when capped.

QReepy PreZent Vile PreZent
Points Points
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
Landing Pads Landing Pads

These specials will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a PreZent on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same PreZent visits you. These munzees will not be blastable. They will be attracted to magnets, available from the Freeze Tag Online Store. You can access the PreZent specials under the “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Specials” filters.

When a PreZent is captured, it will reveal a creepily crafted gift inside! At launch each PreZent has the potential to award different items, and more items will appear as the months go on, so make sure to keep an eye out!

While we want to keep most of them a surprise right now, here’s a sneak peek at one of them:

Isn’t Scary Beary so cute you could die?!

Badges

There will be a total of 7 new badges to earn from capping PreZents:

  • The 1st line has 3 badges which are based on the total number of captures of PreZents. You can see the title and description of the first badge in this line below.
  • The 2nd line has 4 badges, and they are based on finding and collecting all the items in each PreZent set. We’ll keep these a secret for now, but be on the lookout for more haunted holiday fun!

 

Make sure to keep capping PreZents each week to see if any new items have been released!

Double Points Weekend Reminder

Don’t forget that double point weekend is now active! Get 2x points on all Greeting Cards, Flats, Gaming, Evolution, and Mystery Munzees until Sunday, November 12 at 23:59 MHQ! Shop the collection HERE to make the most of the weekend’s bonuses!

Munzee on!

November 8, 2023

Celebrate the changing seasons with EQUiN0X Duo Mechz!

Here in North America daylight savings time just hit and we had to Fall back, which means we only have a few more weeks left of Autumn! To celebrate the ever-changing zeesons we have an all new Duo Mech set inspired by the Fall and Spring Equinoxes! Much like our Y1N and Y4NG Mechz the all new SPR33NG and FR33 FALL Mechz can join forces to control the seasons around the world (for half the year anyways). Read on to learn more!

SPR33NG, FR33 FALL, and EQUiN0X Details

Like the other Munzee Mechz, the SPR33NG, FR33 FALL, and EQUiN0X are temporary POBs. The SPR33NG and FR33 FALL will remain on the map until they have been captured 5 times, while the EQUiN0X will remain on the map until it has been captured 3 times. Once the Mechz reach their capture limit they will be “sprung out,” “squashed,” or in “spring cleaning” mode respectively, which results in more points for the capper.

You have the option of purchasing the FR33 FALL in the Freeze Tag Store HERE and the SPR33NG in the In-App Store for 750 Zeds. They’ll be in the stores until the new Winter season rolls around 12:00 MHQ on Thursday, December 21st. Both will automatically deploy on your account upon purchase, and you’ll be able to rebuild them for 7 Cogs each. As for the EQUiN0X Mech, the only way to deploy it is by deploying both the SPR33NG and FR33 FALL Mechz within the same MHQ day. Once you’ve met this requirement, a new EQUiN0X Mech will be deployed on your account.

Points

  • SPR33NG and FR33 FALL:
    • Deploy: 500
    • Capture: 250
    • CapOn: 100
    • Sprung Out / Squashed (5th Cap): 500
  • EQUiN0X:
    • Deploy: 104
    • Capture: 251-254
    • CapOn: 100
    • Spring Cleaning (3rd Cap): 501-504

These Mechz will bounce to the following landing pads every 6 hours or when captured:

These Mechz will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a SPR33NG, FR33 FALL, or EQUiN0X on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same SPR33NG, FR33 FALL, or EQUiN0X visits you. These munzees will not be blastable. They will be attracted to magnets, available from the Freeze Tag Online Store. You can access these Mechz under the “All Expiring Specials” filter.

When a SPR33NG is captured, it will scatter up to 3 ProPetals. Similarly, when a FR33 FALL is captured, it will scatter up to 3 GourDarts. The EQUiN0X will scatter 1 ProPetal and 1 GourDart.

Points:

  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 25

These scatters will be visible to any player and will be deployed on the Mech owner’s account. This means that unlike Air Mystery Feathers/Boulders, there are CapOn points for the owner! They expire after 120 minutes and have a capture radius of 300 feet. These scatters will NOT count for deploy streaks, ZeeOps, or clan activity since they are passive deploys.

Badges

As with other Munzee Mechz, the badges for deploying the SPR33NG and FR33 FALL depict the Blueprints, and are shown below:

There are 4 more badges associated with these Mechz: the first is for deploying a EQUiN0X Mech. The remaining 3 are for capturing each of these Mechz. We’ll keep these badges a secret for now.

We hope you enjoy the intricate designs of these mostly monochrome Mechz!

NEW Greeting Cards

We have 4 new Limited Edition cards for your deploying pleasure available HERE! Celebrate the season of giving with a slew of new congratulatory cards with friends and frenemies alike!

As they are all Limited Edition cards, the points are as follows:

  • Deploy: 60
  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 30

Upcoming Double Points Weekend Reminder

As a reminder for this upcoming weekend, get 2x points on all Greeting Cards, Flats, Gaming, Evolution, and Mystery Munzees starting Friday, November 10th at 00:01 MHQ to Sunday, November 12 at 23:59 MHQ! Shop the collection HERE to make the most of the weekend’s bonuses!

Munzee on!

October 26, 2023

🐈‍⬛ Spooky Happenings for HalloWeekend! 🎃

HalloWeekend is here and after a month of potion brewing and haunting events, we’re ready to bring it to a close in scary style! Through the end of the month we’ve got special spooky sales, returning Halloween themed items, the ALL NEW Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine, and Flat Cats scatters! Keep reading to get all of the details or head to the FT Store to shop the whole collection!

Buy 3, Get 1 FREE!

The 31st will be here before we know it, and the frightful Sam Hain is here with a Buy 3 Get 1 Free sale on a number of items! All you need to do is add any 3 items from the Munzee Collection and you’ll get the 4th item item for free. The cheapest item will automatically be discounted, so no code is needed. For example, if you purchase 3 Blasts and 1 Greeting Card, the Greeting Card would be discounted to be free. The sale ends on Wednesday, November 1st at 12:00 MHQ so shop the collection here: https://store.freezetag.com/collections/all

Halloween Collection

Check out our newly launched spooky treats and returning Halloween goodies here: https://store.freezetag.com/collections/halloween-collection

NEW Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine – $15

    • What will your fortune hold? Only Ratloz The Fortune Teller knows!
    • Capture the Machine each day and Ratloz will reveal your fortune to receive a prize every day for 13 days in a row.
    • After receiving your Fortune Ticket each day, a bouncer will be summoned as an additional capture reward bonus.
    • LIMIT: 2 per player
    • SHOP HERE!
    • More info below ⬇️

Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine

Past Limited Time Halloween Mechz – $7.50 each

Halloween Myth Skins – $10 for each 3 pack of skins

Select Myths Return

    • If you’ve missed out on any Myths or are ready to add more to your collection, they’re available for a limited time!
    • Don’t forget our Myths had quite the makeover during birthday month!
    • SHOP HERE!

 

NEW Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine Details

Get ready to reveal your fortune and seize your chance at fantastic prizes with our NEW Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine! 

  • Capture the Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine once a day to receive a prize, similar to the Dice Tower
    • It MUST be captured consecutively every day to receive all 13 prizes, similar to a mailbox and the dice tower.
    • You might receive a different prize than others on a given day, but everyone will have received all the same prizes by the end of the 13 days
    • It will be auto-archived at the end of the 13th day after being deployed
  • After revealing your fortune to receive a prize, one bouncer will be summoned to the Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine for you to capture
    • NOTE – It may take some time for a bouncer to land, so be sure to check back again soon
  • The Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine also acts as a standard landing pad, which means anytime a bouncer happens to land there, you will be able to capture it!
  • Other players will also be able to capture your Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine, but will not receive a prize
    • This is to prevent hiding bouncers on privately owned types, so anyone will be able to capture a bouncer that lands there.
  • The Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine may be moved to new locations in order for the owner to keep up with the daily prize captures
    • NOTE – If a bouncer is sitting on the Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine when moved, it will be force nudged and removed
Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine
Points
  • Deploy: 250
  • Capture: 10
Bouncers
  • Spooky Bouncers & Skins
    • Banshee
    • Hades
    • Wyvern Dragon
    • Lycanthrope Yeti
    • Many more included
  • Virtual Witch’s Potions Specials
      • NOTE – If you do not want to have these specials land on your Ratloz Fortune Teller Machine as your daily bouncer, you can wait to deploy and capture it after they leave the map on November 6th

Limited Time Scatter Details

It’s also National Cat Day coming up this Sunday! From now until Sunday, October 29th at 23:59 MHQ, when you capture a Flat Cats, up to 3 Toys may be scattered nearby! For more information about how they work, check out our original launch blog for the very first Flat Cats Scatter Event here: https://munzeeblog.com/flat-cat-scatters-to-celebrate-national-cat-day/

Badges

We’ve created 1 NEW badge for this special period, and you can earn the Kitten Carvings badge by capturing at least 9 of the Cat Toys scattered from Flat Cats. In addition, if you missed out on the Knitty Kitties or the Benji Burr Box Badge, you’ll be able to earn those as well. You can see what these badges look like below.

Make sure you cap as many Toys as you can to receive all 3 badges!

Munzee on!

October 25, 2023

October 2023 GOTM Winners

October GOTM

This month saw a lot of awesome submissions, but ultimately, we narrowed it down to these two lovely gardens! Remember that all winning GOTM organizers and all players who deployed in the winning gardens will be awarded special badges for their contribution to growing the map. This month we’re happy to award Chain Bridge Flat Garden designed by Bambusznad and 3newsomes, and Fort Worth Succulents Garden designed by Brandikorte, as our winning October GOTM!

The gardens appear as follows:

Chain Bridge Flat Garden designed by Bambusznad and 3newsomes in Budapest, Hungary

A striking resemblance to the real thing!

Now, for its companion!

Fort Worth Succulents Garden designed by Brandikorte in Fort Worth, TX.

A delightful display for our friends in the Lone Star State!

All players who deployed in the respective winning gardens will receive the following special badges:

If you’d like to nominate a Virtual Garden for GOTM or if you need help deploying in a Garden, you can check out the Munzee Help Guide to learn more! To fill in the gardens, make sure to stock up on Virtuals from the Freeze Tag Online Store.

Munzee on!

October 19, 2023

It’s the Great Pumpkin Evolution!

It’s the spooky season and a time honored tradition is to get a pumpkin and carve a Jack O’Lantern. These gourds are also used to make a special pumpkin pie many Americans associate with the fall and other traditional holiday celebrations. MHQ is proud to bring the Pumpkin Evo into our Farm Set Evolutions and is available now through the Freeze Tag Store!

Here’s an example of one of the stage 5 bouncer options!

We’ve also made an adjustment to streaks and now ALL Evolution Munzees with bouncers (Pumpkin, Bees, Turtles, etc) will earn a deploy for the day the bouncer is spawned. This means that you’ll want to take advantage of Evo Reset Credits in order to get the most out of your Evolution Munzees!

NEW Farm Set Evolution Munzee

This Evolution is a bit different from the previous Farm Set Evolutions, as there are 5 stages total, versus the usual 3. Here is an explanation of the timeframe for this munzee.

  • Stage 1 to Stage 2: after 5 days (5 days total)
  • Stage 2 to Stage 3: after 14 days (19 days total)
  • Stage 3 to Stage 4: after 56 days (75 days total)
  • Stage 4 permanent on map unless Reset to stage one
  • Stage 5 will exist for 45 days or 10 captures, whichever happens first, at which time the temporary Pumpkin POB will be archived.

Once these Evolutions reach Stage 4, a temporary POB will be launched, which is Stage 5. The three variants of Stage 5 Pumpkins will bounce to both physical and virtual landing pads every 8 hours. They have the option of emerging as one of the three different species shown below:

Once Stage 5 is reached on the 75th day, it will remain that way on the map — unless of course, it is reset with an Evolution Reset Credit.

The point values for the pumpkin fall in line with other 5 stage evolution types.

    • Stage 1: Cap: 50, CapOn: 30
    • Stage 2: Cap: 40, CapOn: 20
    • Stage 3: Cap: 45, CapOn: 25
    • Stage 4: Cap: 40, CapOn: 30
    • Stage 5: Cap: 150, CapOn: 50, Host CapOn: 50

The 5th stage pumpkin evo bouncers will land on a vast array of Munzees including:

  • Greenie
  • All Farm Evolution Munzees
  • Seasonal
  • All Flats
  • Citrine
  • Earth Mystery
  • Water Mystery
  • All Virtual Colors
  • Treehouse
  • Skyland

To access these munzees, turn on your “Evolution” filters. They will count toward Evolution Capture and Deploy badges.

We hope these new munzees breathe new life into the Farm Set and continue to make farming fun!

Munzee on!

October 6, 2023

Bountiful BOO-loon Weekend!

Spooky season is here and we’re shivering with anticipation! This weekend kicks off our first Double Point Weekend in October, and to celebrate this scary scene we’ve added new and returning Halloween themed Greeting Cards back in the store! No, we’re not just full of hot air, October 1 also marked World Balloon Day so we’ve got a new set of BOO-loon Greeting Cards for you to show how much you scare!

Read on to learn more about these ghoulish greeting cards!

NEW Greeting Card Details

We have 4 new Limited Edition cards for your deploying pleasure!

The BOO-loon Greeting Cards feature a variety of ghostly grimaces, some fun and some freaky, that you can send to friends around the world. These creepy cards will only be available in the Freeze Tag Store until November 6th at 12:00 MHQ, so don’t miss out! 

  • Limited Edition Card Points:
    • Deploy: 60
    • Capture: 50
    • CapOn: 30

Don’t forget to edit the title and the notes to add a personal touch! While the capture message will contain your Munzee username as all Greeting Card capture messages do, we think typing in a more specific note will go a long way to creating a more unique and special experience!

Remember that these munzees will be archived 7 days after they are deployed, so make sure your intended recipient captures it before then!

For more information on the Greeting Cards, you can check out our Help Guide article.

Frequent Frighter!

As mentioned earlier, we’ve also added a ton of Halloween themed cards from past spooky seasons, so be sure to stock up and decorate the map with Classic Halloween-themed Cards, CHOMPliments, Spooky Around ZEE World Cards and more! Check out the full collection in the FT Store!

Double Point Weekend!

Lastly, help us kick off spooky season the fright way and enjoy 2x the points on ALL activity for Greeting Cards, Flats, Temp Virtuals, Greenies, and Gaming Munzees from Friday, October 6th at 00:01 MHQ to Sunday October 8th at 23:59 MHQ!

Be sure to stock up in the online store HERE!

We hope you’re looking forward to a monstrously mail-filled weekend!

Munzee on!

September 29, 2023

Get Spooky with our NEW Witch’s Potions Specials!

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Spooky Season approaching! It’s that time of year when the leaves turn golden, and the air becomes crisp with the scent of adventure. To celebrate the spooktacular season, we’re delighted to introduce the enchanting Witch’s Potions Specials! Get ready to embark on a bewitching journey filled with 25 different Ingredient MOBs. Let’s dive into the cauldron of excitement and see what’s brewing!

Witch’s Potion Specials

Witch’s Potions specials are now live on the map for everyone and will remain available until Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 23:59 MHQ.

Similar to Hot Dogz specials, there will be 12 physical Ingredients and the 13 virtual Ingredients released throughout the month, including 4 extra limited-time Ingredients for Friday the 13th– so get ready! You will be building “Potions” which equate to badges with these ingredients, so the more you cap the more potions you’ll create! 

At launch you can expect to see the ingredients shown below, but more ingredients will appear as the month goes on, so make sure to keep an eye out! We’ll be releasing 150 of each Ingredient, except for the Friday the 13th specials which will get 300 of each, so make sure you get out there and grab some icky Ingredients FAST!

Some of the potion badges have magical effects and will award a booster to the owner!

All Ingredients will bounce around every 4 hours or when capped.

Physical Ingredients Virtual Ingredients
Points Points
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
  • Capture: 150
  • CapOn: 50
Landing Pads Landing Pads

These specials will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a Witch’s Potion ingredient on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same Witch’s Potion ingredient visits you. These munzees will not be blastable. They will be attracted to Magnets, available from the Freeze Tag Online Store. You can access the Witch’s Potion ingredients under the “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Specials” filters.

Badges

We’ve created 9 NEW Badges for you to earn via specific gameplay actions! There’s two badge lines, Potions for capping specific ingredients and Witch’s Tools for overall caps!

We’ll show you the first of each badge and their requirements! It’s up to you to figure out the rest!

 

Double double, toil and trouble and Munzee on!

September 26, 2023

Behind the Scenes: Sept 26th, 2023

We’re writing today with an update of what we’ve accomplished over the past week. We’ll also include what we are currently working on and some upcoming fixes yet to begin.

Completed

  • BIG web map update completed (built by Sam)
    • Speed
    • Accuracy
    • Style
    • New Deploy/Plan Mode
  • All Places will now deploy properly based on nearby munzees
  • Ability to swap virtual munzees
  • Ability to search undeployed list online
  • Number of bouncers on the map instead of “resting”

Still in Progress with High Priority

  • Some Android devices crash upon capture of physical Munzee
  • Pins reappearing on map after being captured
  • Speed of pins loading in app map
  • Balance bouncer numbers in treehouses and skylands
  • Some badges that should show progress to next level continue to disappear
  • Updates on servers and backend performance to keep game online 24/7
  • Incorrect CapOn Points for some Munzees

Known but not receiving full attention yet

  • Fitness Integration
  • Floating pins (more map overhauls are needed before this focus but we are closer)
  • Daily Activity Tracker sometimes gets stuck on “verifying”
  • Referral links are broken for some players

 

We feel like last week saw a lot of positive movements and we look forward to continuing that trend this week. Thank you once again for “sticking with us” while we continue to put all our resources behind bringing the game back to the standards we all expect.

– Team Munzee

 

To see a full list of what we are completing:

https://munzee.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/202478366-Munzee-Update-Information

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