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 is a seasonal holiday-themed in-game event, which lasts from Dec 1st, 2020 to Jan 18th, 2021. Exclusive items and buildings are available during this event, which will remain once the event is over.

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

FICSMAS Calendar
While the event is active, a Satisfactory themed advent calendar can be found to the right of the HUB Terminal. This calendar will give access to a new gift each day of the event up until December 25. Interacting with the Calendar will bring up a poster featuring a mini puzzle game. The engineer must look for a hidden number corresponding to either the current date in December, or a previous date. There are 25 total gifts to be earned. By clicking the number equaling to the current day of the December, items will pop up as a daily reward. Those items can the be collected into the inventory.

The rewards for all of the days are randomized, except for the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 11th of December. The rest of the gifts are all randomly selected from a certain pool of items. These items include things that came with the FICSMAS update, items that were already craftable in the game, as well as two previously unreleased items, and, which can't be attained by other means.
 * The gift for the 1st day is ×
 * The gift for the 4th day is unknown
 * The gift for the 5th day is unknown
 * The gift for the 11th day is unknown

Rewards from missed previous days can be collected, while those from upcoming days can't. When a reward is collected, its number changes from pale white to gold color.

The calendar includes a tip function at the bottom right which highlights the number you input into its search bar.

Giant FICSMAS Gifts
While the event is active, Giant FICSMAS Gifts will be dispensed from 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.

Each of them is sized between 4 × 4 × 3 m to 12 × 12 × 7 m depending to the amount of contents. They have collision box which does not affect vehicles, but can affect factory construction to a certain degree, so it is advised to pick them up. Each of them yield up to (at least) 50 FICSMAS Gifts when picked up.

They have a number limit, picking them up will enable more gift boxes to be dispensed. When picking up a gift, there is a small chance where ADA will say "Merry Christmas".

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

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

Crafting
No FICSMAS items can be crafted by hand, all have to be automated in a machine. TBD

FICSMAS Calendar
TBD

Research
Items are used in the FICSMAS Research chain in the M.A.M. for additional unlocks.

Crafting
TBD

AWESOME Sink
FICSMAS items cannot be sinked, and will block the input.

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

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

Equipment
TBD

Crafting
TBD

AWESOME Sink
FICSMAS equipment cannot be sinked, and will block the input.

Default entities with seasonal differences

 * The top 3 screens inside of The HUB change 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 takes on a new festive appearance, and the spinning CheckIt mascot on the top dons a hat.
 * Power Pole and its variants get wreaths attached.
 * Lizard Doggos get a red nose and antlers.
 * Jump Pads now make a festive jingle when used
 * Packagers spray gift box, candy cane, ring, and sparkle particles instead of their usual fluid droplets while operating.
 * Factory Carts take on a red-and-white snowflake pattern gift wrap color scheme.
 * Engineers are given a Santa hat, which was not implemented as a prototype for player customisation.

History

 * Patch 0.3.7.1:
 * Cosmetic and Audio related FICSMAS fixes
 * Vehicles can now go through FICSMAS gifts
 * Patch 0.3.7: Introduced