Oxalis Games is back with The Hibiscus Hunt, a new event to earn various rewards in by playing the early access version of Moonfrost. This event started off this October and runs for 2 weeks. Here’s everything you need to know to get started, regardless of whether you’re a new player looking to jump into the game or an existing player enjoying the game’s relaxing blockchain-enhanced gameplay.

What Is Moonfrost?

Moonfrost is a free to play farming RPG that blends cozy, story-driven gameplay with resource management and homebuilding. Players progress through seasonal quests while engaging in daily activities such as planting crops, chopping trees, mining ores, clearing debris, and fishing. The game features an isometric 2D perspective and a varied cast of NPCs to interact with while offering both exploration and the opportunity to design and decorate homes through an extensive building system.

The game entered Early Access on July 16 through the Open Loot Launcher and is initially playable by gamers who buy a Gnome Key or become a Frost Hunter License NFT holder. This first phase was intended to last about a month but seems to remain NFT-gated, with no confirmed date yet for its full free to play release. When it does open to all players, this beautiful web2-friendly title will be available on the Epic Games Store, without requiring any blockchain interaction to enjoy the core gameplay experience. A mobile release is also planned for the future.

The Early Access version has introduced several features when compared to its past alpha releases, including a new map, fishing, cooking, a new playable character, village rebuilding, and an order system. It also marks the debut of the game’s optional web3 layer, which allows players to get to grips with its Open Loot-powered economy ahead of official launch. Once TGE takes place, potentially in Q4 2025, the game will already have this system ready to allow players to play to earn the upcoming $FROST token.

Almost 2 months post launch, planned web3 features finally went live in early September, allowing players to put their premium assets to use to earn CRYO through gameplay, an in-game currency that will be replaced by $FROST in the future. This off-chain placeholder currency will be used to redeem various prizes, among which could possibly be NFTs and $FROST tokens.

In the meantime, as you’re enjoying the core gameplay and tapping into crypto features to accumulate CRYO, you can also have fun participating in events such as this new one for more goodies. Let’s see what this new event is all about.

What Is The Hibiscus Hunt in Moonfrost?

The Hibiscus Hunt is a new leaderboard-based event in Moonfrost where the goal is collect as many Hibiscus Flowers as possible from October 1 to October 14, 12 PM UTC, for a chance at earning a Legendary FROST Workbench and Luck Charms by ranking among the top 5 players. The top 100 participants will also be eligible for rewards such as Hibiscus Gnomes, Liquid Luck, and Gacha Tokens.

This is essentially a farming-focused event, where you have to buy Hibiscus Seeds and plant them into your farm, growing into Hibiscus Flowers that can be harvested regularly to receive varying amounts that go towards your leaderboard ranking. Harvesting these crops can be done with normal tools, making this a free to play event. Players who are using FROST Tools do have a small and random chance of earning Hibiscus Flowers while using the tools for other activities. Another method to earn more of these plants is to collect them from Gnomes when they sparkle up to every 24 hours. Both in-game Gnomes and NFT variants award you with Hibiscus Flowers, with the on-chain Gnomes dropping more flowers.

Here is more detailed info on how to get started, either as a F2P player (who has bought the Gnome Key to play the core web2-friendly game in early access) or as someone willing to maximize their chances of topping the leaderboard by making use of on-chain features.

How to Participate in The Hibiscus Hunt

To climb The Hibiscus Hunt event leaderboard in Moonfrost, you need to collect and harvest as many Hibiscus Flowers as you can before October 14, 12 PM UTC. Be sure to open your in-game phone, click on the Leaderboard button, and then click on “Participate” to officially join the event first.

Now that you’re officially participating, you can start to play and earn Hibiscus Flowers in 3 ways, one of which can be done for free:

  • By planting Hibiscus Seeds
  • Collecting from Gnomes
  • Using FROST Tools

To get Hibiscus Seeds, you need to buy them from your farm’s Vending Machine by spending Event Vouchers. You can earn Event Vouchers for free by completing Special FHA Requests, which are orders that require you to send in a certain amount of some resource that can be gathered through gameplay. Alternatively, you can get Event Vouchers by trading with other players, as well as by buying them using CRYO, the stand-in currency for $FROST that is earned by using FROST Tools.

Once you have enough Event Vouchers, you exchange them at your farm’s Vending Machine for one of 5 different types of Hibiscus Seeds:

  • Red (costs 1 Event Voucher, takes 30 minutes to grow)
  • Rose (costs 2 Event Vouchers, takes 1.5 hours to grow)
  • Violet (costs 3 Event Vouchers, takes 3.5 hours to grow)
  • White (costs 4 Event Vouchers, takes 8 hours to grow)
  • Yellow (costs 5 Event Vouchers, takes 12 hours to grow)

As you might expect, the more expensive seeds have a better chance of yielding a greater amount of Hibicus Flowers. They’re also slower to grow as a result, so it’s up to you to figure out the right balance while making sure you efficiently use the available event time, so you’re not growing any crops past the deadline.

Another way to earn for free is to collect Hibiscus Flowers from in-game Gnomes. There are 6 in-game Gnomes in total that you can craft as a free to play player (3 Gnomes and 3 Blue Gnomes), and they seem to drop 1 flower each per 8 or 12 hours. NFT Gnomes on the other hand do not have any limit and are said to drop more flowers, but every 24 hours instead. Once you place a Gnome though, it’s best to not move it, as moving it will reset its cooldown, so make sure to place Gnomes in a suitable spot.

The final way to get some more flowers is to use FROST Tools, which are special tools that give players the chance to earn CRYO, and in the future $FROST, through leisurely resource-gathering gameplay, though the chances of them dropping Hibiscus Flowers seems to be small. Perhaps having rarer tools slightly helps, but it’s overall not an avenue to rely on for this event. They are however important for the web3 side of the game, so if you want to craft FROST Tools anyways, then check out our article on how to play and earn in Moonfrost Early Access if you’d like to learn more.