FICSMAS

"You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. FICSMAS is coming to town"

- ADA

FICS⁕MAS was a seasonal holiday-themed in-game event. The 2020 season lasted from Dec 1, 2020 to Jan 18, 2021. The 2021 season spanned from Dec 1, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022. Exclusive items and buildings were available during this event, which remained even after the event ended.

Participating
The event was set to be enabled by default the first time the game was updated to Patch 0.3.7, both in the early access and experimental branches. It could be disabled entirely in the main menu (not the in-game pause menu) by ticking the 'Disable Seasonal Events' option under 'Gameplay' settings.

After the event ended (Jan 18, 2021 and Jan 18, 2022Steam News Hub - FICS*MAS Update v0.5.1.3 ), FICSMAS items and buildings remained in the world, but FICSMAS Gift Trees stopped producing FICSMAS Gifts. Production buildings kept their recipes, but the recipes could no longer be selected. The build menu FICS⁕MAS category, HUB Calendar, and MAM research chain disappeared, which meant no more FICSMAS buildings could be built.

FICSMAS Calendar
[[File:Satisfactory Advent Calendar Easter Egg.mp4|thumb|FICSMAS 2020 Advent Calendar

A secret animation seen when opening fields in the calendar.]] While the event was active, a Satisfactory-themed advent calendar could be found to the right of the HUB Terminal. This calendar gave access to a new gift each day from December 1 to December 25. Interacting with the Calendar brought up a poster featuring a mini puzzle game. In this game, the pioneer had to look for a hidden number corresponding to the day of the month. By clicking that number, one or more items would pop up. Those items could then be collected into the pioneer's inventory by dragging or Shift-clicking the pop-up. If a pioneer clicked a number that corresponded to a future date, nothing would happen, which meant the pioneer could only collect items from the current or previous days.

If a pioneer could not find a specific number, they could enter the desired number at the bottom right of the calendar and click a 'get hint' button to highlight that number.

During the 2021 season, the calendar had a different design than it did during the 2020 season.

Gifts
During the 2021 season, the rewards for all of the days were randomized, except for the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 24th, and 25th of December:


 * The gift for the 1st day was ×
 * The gift for the 3rd day was ×
 * The gift for the 4th day was ×
 * The gift for the 5th day was Customizer: Basic FICSMAS Skins which unlocks FICSMAS skins for Belts and Pipes.
 * The gift for the 10th day was ×
 * The gift for the 11th day was Customizer: Premium FICSMAS Skins which unlocks FICSMAS skins for Standard Factory Cart, Truck and Drone.
 * The gift for the 24th day was Finger Guns Emote.
 * The gift for the 25th day was FICSMAS Fireworks:

Notes:

For all other days, the sequence is shuffled, although it's guaranteed to get all the items below eventually:

Rewards from missed previous days can be collected, while those from upcoming days cannot. When a reward is collected, its number changed to bright white from its varied colored theme. This is different from 2020 where the number changed from pale white to a gold color.

The calendar included a 'tip' button at the bottom right which highlights the number which input into its search bar.

Giant FICSMAS Gifts
While the event was active, Giant FICSMAS Gifts appear from the sky at random intervals, but only within 300 meters of the player. They fall slowly with parachutes and will land on the first solid object in contact, shaking the screen and with a pop effect. They can be interacted with to collect FICSMAS Gifts. If they are hard to access such as on top of a tree or a cliff, using Ladders is one of the easiest methods.

Each of them sized between 4 × 4 × 3 m to 12 × 12 × 7 m. The size of the box corresponds to the amount of FICSMAS gifts inside. The Giant Gifts has a collision box that did not affect vehicles but could affect factory construction to a certain degree, so it was advised to pick them up, which yields between five (5) to 40 FICSMAS Gifts.

They had a spawn limit, and picking them up would enable more gift boxes to be dispensed. When picking up a gift, there was a small chance that ADA would say one of the following lines:


 * "Merry Christmas"
 * "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas"
 * "Happy holidays. Now get back to work" (Referenced to a meme, source unknown)
 * "Here's a present. It's Iron bars"
 * "Merry Christmas you filthy animal". (Referenced to Home Alone)

MAM Research
A new research tree called 'FICSMAS Holiday Event' is available exclusively during the event, which can be unlocked in MAM:



The entire research tree requires only Tier 3 tech - only Constructors, Assemblers, Smelters and Foundries were required to automate all the FICSMAS parts (they cannot be crafted at Craft Bench). The number of contents available are locked behind certain key items, which could only be obtainable by scheduled daily rewards. For example, the first key item, a Red FICSMAS Ornament, is required for further researches down the tree.

Notes:

Unlocking
All items were unlocked via the FICSMAS Research chain in the.

The FICSMAS Gift Tree, once unlocked, could be used to automate FICSMAS Gift production. Conveyor Belts were required to bring out the produced gifts, as the tree itself could not be interacted with.

Crafting
No FICSMAS items could be crafted by hand, all had to be automated in a machine.

FICSMAS Calendar
TBD

Research
Items were used in the FICSMAS Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.

AWESOME Sink
As of Patch v0.3.7.7 – Build 140083, FICSMAS items can be sunk.

Before this patch, items would block the input of the AWESOME Sink.

Unlocking
All items were unlocked via the FICSMAS Research chain in the. TBD

Crafting
Unlike other items, FICSMAS equipment could be only crafted by hand, in the.

Equipment
The Candy Cane Basher was the FICSMAS variant of the, they are functionally identical other than appearances. The Snowball Pile was the FICSMAS variant of the.

AWESOME Sink
FICSMAS equipment could be sunk, each item yielding one point.

Giant FICSMAS Tree
The Giant FICSMAS Tree came with no decoration by default, where each upgrade research adds decorations onto it. The first upgrade adds Candy Canes. The second upgrade added Red, Blue, and Copper ornaments, along with the FICSMAS power light. The third upgrade adds Iron ornaments and colorful gift boxes to the tree. The final upgrade adds a decorative star at the tip of the tree.

Despite its description, multiple Giant FICSMAS Trees could be built.

Default entities with seasonal differences

 * The top three screens inside of The HUB changed to display a FICSMAS banner. A FICSMAS Calendar is added beside the HUB Terminal. The rocket on the Launch Pod button is changed into a gift-filled sleigh.
 * The Coupon icon on the AWESOME Shop took on a new festive appearance, and the spinning CheckIt mascot on the top donned a hat.
 * Power Pole and its variants got wreaths attached.
 * Lizard Doggos got a red nose and antlers.
 * Jump Pads played Jingle Bells when used in succession.
 * Packagers sprayed gift boxes, candy cane, ring, and sparkle particles instead of their usual fluid droplets while operating.
 * Factory Carts took on a red-and-white snowflake pattern gift wrap color scheme.
 * Factory Carts sirens are replaced with festive music.
 * Pioneers were given a Santa hat, which could be seen via 3rd person view (such as using a vehicle / Hyper Tube).

Trivia

 * Dylan made the snowballs and Tree.
 * When opening the daily reward from the Advent calendar, there was a small chance in which the small door would swing downward instead of sliding down.

Year 2020
For year 2020, the rewards for all of the days were randomized, except for the 1st, 4th, 5th, 11th, and the 25th of December:


 * The gift for the 1st day was ×
 * The gift for the 4th day was ×
 * The gift for the 5th day was ×
 * The gift for the 11th day was ×
 * The gift for the 25th day was ×

For all other days, the sequence was shuffled, although it was guaranteed to get all the items below eventually:

History

 * Patch 0.5.1.3:
 * Removed “Snow Mittens” Recipe and ability to make “Snowball Pile” Equipment
 * FICSMAS "Snowball" is now considered alternative Nobelisk Ammo
 * Patch 0.3.7.7:
 * FICS*MAS related items can now be sunk into the AWESOME Sink
 * All dates in the calendar can now be properly opened
 * Patch 0.3.7.6: Fixed FICSMAS ending prematurely on Dec 31, however, rewards from the calendar cannot be collected properly (e.g. on Jan 2, only rewards from days one and two are available)
 * Patch 0.3.7.5: Changed Dec 25 reward from one Biomass to one Fused Modular Frame
 * Patch 0.3.7.4:
 * Buildings that are not in the Build Menu are no longer able to be sampled (This will affect the FICSMAS related buildings once the event is over)
 * Fixed text inconsistencies between Snowball Pile and Snowball Mittens
 * Patch 0.3.7.3:
 * Calendar unlocks now use local time instead of UTC, this should help those who stay up until midnight to catch Santa delivering your presents
 * Updated all languages with the latest translations, A lot of FICS*MAS related content has now been translated
 * Patch 0.3.7.2:
 * Power Lines can now be upgraded to FICSMAS Power Lights and vice versa
 * Assorted FICSMAS related text fixes
 * Patch 0.3.7.1:
 * Cosmetic and Audio related FICSMAS fixes
 * Vehicles can now go through FICSMAS gifts
 * Patch 0.3.7: Introduced