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October 1, 2017

October Physical MunzPak and Introducing the Seasonal Munzee!

Over the past few months, we’ve been trying to refine our MunzPak programs by listening to feedback and requests from subscribers. This month, we’re implementing some new changes in response to that feedback. October’s Physical MunzPak includes only physical stickers. While we will still be including generics, any special munzee types will be included as stickers and not credits.

This month’s Physical MunzPak includes:

5 New Seasonal Munzees (see below)
3 Fire Mystery Munzees
3 Ice Mystery Munzees
2 Earth Mystery Munzees
2 Water Mystery Munzees
35 Mini Generic Stickers

We’ve also changed how the stickers are printed. All of the items included in this month’s Physical MunzPak are on one sheet. The layout for this sheet is below.

There will also be an insert included in the MunzPak envelope that explains this.

Now, let’s talk about the new Seasonal Munzee!

The new Seasonal Munzee is similar to the Evolution Munzees in that it changes after a period of time. The Season Munzee will change to the corresponding season on set dates:

October 1st – Fall (Northern Hemisphere)/Spring (Southern Hemisphere)
January 1st – Winter (Northern Hemisphere)/Summer (Southern Hemisphere)
April 1st – Spring (Northern Hemisphere)/Fall (Southern Hemisphere)
July 1st – Summer (Northern Hemisphere)/Winter (Southern Hemisphere)

This cycle will be continuous, but you can only capture each stage of the munzee once (i.e. if you capture the Fall stage, you cannot capture the Fall stage a year later).

Points

Deploy – 25 points
Capture – 20 points (per season captured)
CapOn – 10 points

Proximity Rules: 150ft from your own munzees; 50ft from other players’ munzees

We hope you enjoy the new Seasonal Munzee as well as the changes to MunzPak! If you’re not a MunzPak subscriber, you can subscribe here.

Munzee on!

September 28, 2017

Flat Schedules and Events for October (UDPATED)

Hey, everyone!

As you may have noticed, Flat Robs and Flat Matts are still on the map. That was intentional. Our wonderful Events Manager, Louise, asked that they remain on the map for the duration of MunzFit 2.0 events, and we were happy to have Rob and Matt virtually attend all of them. If you need a refresher, that means Flat Robs and Flat Matts will be on the map until 23:59 MHQ time on October 15th.

That doesn’t mean Rob and Matt won’t be out and about, though. They will be attending events throughout the month, as well.

Rob

In the spirit of coexisting, Rob will be attending “Going Caching” in Rome, Georgia next week, and end his adventures at the “GA – Going Ca…er uh Munzeeing! Rome” event! You can meet him at the “Going Caching” events next Wednesday, October 4th through Sunday, October 8th. If you’re attending “Going Caching” or are just in the area, make sure to stop by and say hi. The theme is Spy Games so it fits well in his covert ops mindset and attire.

Matt

Matt, on the other hand, will be getting into the Halloween spirit in Missouri during the end of the month. On Saturday, October 21st, he’ll be in Kansas City for “A Spooktacular KC Halloween” and “Kansas City’s Ghoulish Last Call“. The following weekend, he will be headed up to Springfield, Missouri for the “2nd Annual MunZters Mash” event on Saturday, October 28th.

Team Munzee

In the week between Rob and Matt’s travels, Team Munzee will be participating in the 2017 DFW Tour de Cure on Saturday, October 14th! We will be hosting an event after the race, and you can read all about our Tour de Cure efforts here. You still have time to join or donate to our team. Keep an eye out for more information as we get closer to race day!

Without further ado, here are the schedules for Flat Robs and Flat Matts:

Flat Robs

Through October 15th at 23:59 MHQ time
Friday, October 27th at 00:01 MHQ time through Sunday, October 29th at 23:59 MHQ time
Additional times in October are possible but not confirmed at this time

Flat Matts

Through October 15th at 23:59 MHQ time
October 17th at 00:01 MHQ time through October 18th at 23:59 MHQ time
October 20th at 00:01 MHQ time through October 23rd at 23:59 MHQ time
October 25th (00:01-23:59 MHQ time)
October 27th at 00:01 through October 29th at 23:59 MHQ time

We hope to see you at an event this month!

Munzee on!

September 22, 2017

Introducing the Premium Personal Munzee!

We introduced Personal Munzees as a way to incorporatea more social aspect to the game while allowing you to earn points. Since then, Personals have taken on a life of their own in the game. Now, we’re introducing the next step: the Premium Personal.

Like the original Personal Munzee, the Premium Personal can be deployed up to three times per day and has a one mile capture radius. The Premium Personal has some upgrades, though. For starters, a Premium Personal has a higher point structure:

Capture/CapOn: Split of 100 points, minimum 20 points
Deploy: 25 points — You only receive deploy points for the original deploy, not every time it is deployed.

Premium Personals also have another trick up their sleeve — you can link other Personal Munzees to a Premium Personal for quick deployment. You still have to capture each Personal individually. On the details page of a Premium Personal, you will see a button called “Slave Munzees”.

On the next page, you will see a space to enter the URL for one of your other Personal Munzees. NOTE: This ONLY works with Personal Munzees, and they must be owned by you.

After you click “Link Munzee”, your Personal Munzee will show up underneath the URL field. You can manage the Personals linked to your Premium Personal on this page.

Premium Personal Munzees will be launching TONIGHT at MHQ Bash. All attendees who purchased a package (this does not include the “Ace High” free package) will receive a Premium Personal (seen below).

Premium Personal Munzees will be available in the Munzee Online Store next week. Premium Personals will only be available to Premium Members, and you will only be able to buy 1 per year. Keep an eye on the blog for more information about their availability.

We hope you enjoy the new Premium Personal Munzee!

Munzee on!

September 21, 2017

Introducing the Rainbow Unicorn!

As many of you probably know, we like chasing Mythological Munzees quite a bit. It isn’t a surprise to see Rob, Matt, or other members of Team Munzee capture your Mythological and leave a funny (or so we think) picture on it. We want to see the same thing, too. You know us, though. We like to stand out a bit. That’s where the Rainbow Unicorn comes in.

These Rainbow Unicorn Mythological Munzees (or as they’re known around MHQ, “AlternaMyths”) are a bit different than the Unicorns currently out in the wild. Rainbow Unicorns will be deployed by members of Team MHQ exclusively.

Tomorrow (September 22nd) at 00:01 MHQ time, 20 Rainbow Unicorns (1 on each Team Munzee members’ account) will be deployed. Looks aren’t the only difference, though. For capturing a Rainbow Unicorn, you will earn 200 points. Owners of the host munzee will also earn double the points of normal Unicorns (e.g. if the Rainbow Unicorn lands on a Shamrock, the owner will receive 34 points; if it lands on a greenie, the owner will earn 12 points).

Some things don’t change between the Unicorn and the Rainbow Unicorn, though. As noted above, Rainbow Unicorns will land on both greenies and Shamrocks. They will still bounce every 12 hours or when captured. And, of course, Rainbow Unicorns will be attracted by Magnets.

Have fun chasing our Rainbow Unicorns, and make sure to leave pictures for us!

Munzee on!

September 12, 2017

Get Fit Munzee Trail Recap

Hey, everyone! Matt here. I was off last week, but I wanted to recap my trip to South Carolina for the kickoff of the Get Fit Munzee Trail!

Erica (AgentSmiley) approached us about creating a Munzee trail as part of her Silver Award for Girl Scouts. I, an Eagle Scout myself, loved the idea of using Munzee to help with a community service project for a great organization. The team worked with Erica and her family to plan and release a 30 stop trail in Spartanburg, South Carolina dubbed the Get Fit Munzee Trail. This trail is a permanent fixture on the Munzee map, and can be seen using the Tourism filter.

The trail went live on Saturday, September 2nd with a kickoff event. We spent the morning walking the 2.45 mile walking trail while capping the new Trail Munzees and event icons that had been deployed. This was some players’ first time playing and attending an event, and it was great to see the Munzee community in action helping them learn.

After the morning event, we all went out to cap some more then met up for a “cool down” event to grab some food, enjoy each other’s company, and cap more event munzees.

I had a great time, and I want to thank everyone who came out or supported from afar. I’m happy that we were able to help Erica with her project as well as grow the Munzee community.

Rob and I will be back at events soon, and we can’t wait to meet and see more of you!

Munzee on!

August 31, 2017

Zodiac Credit and Air Mystery Munzee Availability; Flat Robs and Flat Matts for September

Zodiac Credits and Air Mystery Munzees were introduced in August’s Physical and Virtual MunzPak, respectively. Starting tomorrow at 10:00 MHQ time, they will be available in the Munzee Online Store. Air Mystery Munzees will be $2 (with a limit of 10 per month per account) and Zodiac Credits will be $1. But that’s not all: Premium Members will receive one free Air Mystery Munzee tomorrow** as well! These will both be helpful for September Clan Wars and ZeeOps!

On another note, we’ve got the schedules* for Flat Rob and Flat Matt for September.

Flat Robs

September 1-4
September 21-25

Flat Matts

September 1-10
September 21-25

Matt will be attending events in Spartanburg, South Carolina this weekend to kick off a new tourism trail as part of a project for one of our players who is a Girl Scout working on her Silver Scout award. There are two events (https://calendar.munzee.com/GirlScoutKO/ and https://calendar.munzee.com/GetFitCooldown/), so join if you can!

We hope everyone has a great weekend!

Munzee on!

*There may be additions to these schedules, and we will let you know as they happen.

**This is a one time occurrence and you must be a Premium Member before 23:59 MHQ time today.

August 28, 2017

September 2017 Clan Requirements

UPDATE: Below is the structure of activity points for Destination Munzees and Mythologicals.

Motel/Hotel/Timeshare/Resort (If full) = 12/22/12/16

Mythological Munzees: If there’s a physical host that is not owned by the capping player, it’s 3 points total. If the host is owned by the player, it’s only one for the myth. For a virtual host not owned by the capping player, it’s 1 for the myth and 1 for the host

September’s Clan War focuses on Activity Points and Total Points. Activity Points will be awarded as follows:

Physical Capture (Excluding Socials) = 2 Activity Points
Physical Deploy (Excluding Socials) = 2 Activity Points
Virtual Capture = 1 Activity Point
Virtual Deploy = 1 Activity Point

Level 1:

Individual Activity Points*: 125
Clan Activity Points*: 2,500
Clan Total Points: 30,000

Rewards: 1 Crossbow Munzee, 1 MVM, 2 Zodiac Munzee Credits, 1 Virtual Color Credit

Level 2:

Individual Activity Points*: 250
Clan Activity Points*: 4,000
Clan Total Points: 75,000

Rewards: 2 Crossbow Munzees, 1 Mace Munzee, 2 MVMs, 3 Zodiac Munzee Credits, 1 RPS Munzee, 2 Virtual Color Credits

Level 3:

Individual Activity Points*: 500
Clan Activity Points*: 7,500
Clan Total Points: 145,000

Rewards: 3 Crossbow Munzees, 2 Mace Munzees, 1 Longsword Munzee, 3 MVMs, 3 Zodiac Munzee Credits, 2 RPS Munzees, 1 Scatter Munzee, 3 Virtual Color Credits

Level 4:

Individual Activity Points*: 1,000
Clan Activity Points*: 15,000
Clan Total Points: 275,000

Rewards: 2 Battle Axe Munzees, 3 Mace Munzees, 2 Longsword Munzees, 3 MVMs, 3 Zodiac Munzee Credits, 2 RPS Munzees, 2 Scatter Munzees, 3 Virtual Color Credits

Level 5:

Individual Activity Points*: 2,500
Clan Activity Points*: 40,000
Clan Total Points: 450,000

Rewards: 1 THE HAMMER, 2 Air Mystery Munzees, 2 Battle Axe Munzees, 2 Longsword Munzees, 4 MVMs, 3 RPS Munzees, 3 Scatter Munzees, 4 Zodiac Munzee Credits

August 23, 2017

Introducing the Treasure Evolution Munzee!

Our resellers are great at promoting and being ambassadors for Munzee and its community. Over the past few years, we’ve worked with them to bring new ideas and game pieces, like the Reseller Unique Munzees (RUMs), to the game. Now, we’re happy to introduce a new item for our resellers: the Treasure Evolution Munzee!

The Treasure Evolution Munzee, like other Evolution Munzees, consists of three stages: Coin, Bag of Coins, and Treasure Chest.

: Coin

: Bag of Coins

: Treasure Chest

The points for the Treasure Evolution Munzee are as follows:

Deploy: 20 Points

Capture

Coin: 10 Points
Bag of Coins: 15 Points
Treasure Chest: 20 Points

CapOn

Coin: 5 Points
Bag of Coins: 10 Points
Treasure Chest: 15 Points

The Treasure Evolution Munzee will affect the Evolution badge lines, and will be visible in the physical Evolution filter in the app.

Treasure Evolution Munzees will be available from Authorized Resellers TODAY at 16:00 MHQ time.

We hope you enjoy the Treasure Evolution Munzee!

Munzee on!

August 21, 2017

Introducing University Places Munzees!

As August comes to an end, many schools around the world start a new school year. MHQ wants to celebrate that by introducing our next type of Places Munzee: Universities!

University Places Munzees, like the previous Places Munzees we released last month, are deployed on player accounts and have the same point and proximity structure. You can see all of the Places Munzees on the Places Map, and if you need a refresher on how to deploy Places Munzees, you can check out our previous blog post.

Details

Points

Deploy: 25
Capture: 10
CapOn: 5

Proximity: 1 mile from other University Places Munzees

Capture Radius: 1000ft

Multi-Capture: These can be captured 1 time per MHQ day

Badges: These will count toward the Places capture badges.

Criteria

Like the other Places Munzees, there are certain criteria that we look for when approving University Places Munzees:

Most Importantly: University Places Munzees must be deployed at a University/College. Please no college annex buildings at grade schools (common in parts of the US).
Only 1 University Places Munzee will be allowed per campus. When deploying, please try and position the munzee at the main entrance on the university/college campus.
The university/college must be accessible to all, not a private/closed campus.
No research institutions unless they are part of a university/college system.

Our ZenDesk will be updated to reflect this information.

University Places Munzees will be available at 15:00 MHQ time TOMORROW (August 22nd, 15:00 CST) for $10 USD. All current Places Munzees will be removed from the store until then as well in order to add this new type. You will be able to find all Places Munzees for sale here August 22nd, 15:00 CST.

Munzee On!

August 9, 2017

International Left Handers Day Specials!

Lefties Unite! To celebrate International Left Handers Day and all of our left-handed players, we’ve put together a fun new special for the weekend. Starting at 00:01 MHQ on Friday August 11th, 1,976 Left Handed icons will be on the map until 23:59 MHQ on Sunday August 13th.

The Leftie Specials will bounce on greenies every 6 hours or when captured. To celebrate the 10% of the population that is left handed these specials will also have a 10% chance of scattering a Left Handed Thumbs Up icon.

Points for these specials are as follows:

Left Handed Icon: Split of 76 points between the capture and the host owner with a minimum of 19
Left Handed Thumbs Up Icon: 76 points for Capture and CapOn

You can also earn a badge for capturing both the Left Handed Special and the Left Handed Thumbs Up.

Remember that these will count towards the Specials Badges and you can use Magnets to draw them out. You can also capture these specials on your own munzees.

Thank you to all of our players and especially all the lefties out there! Munzee on!