Camp Western

News header announcing the first week of camp western in Star Stable

Camp Western is an event in July, celebrating all things western and offering the player a chance to explore the wilderness.

The event takes place at Starshine Ranch and the surrounding Firgrove area, which means it is only accessible by Star Riders.

Camp Western 2023 - Official trailer

2023 Trailer

History

The first Camp Western event was released in July 2023 for four weeks.

Appearance of Jorvik

Starshine Ranch during the event

The decorations for this event are only in Starshine Ranch. Unlike other events, there are no home stable decorations. The buildings are decorated with multicolored hanging pennants. There are also hanging string lights in the main ranch area.

Quests and Activities

Wolves and a Renegade Chest in Firgrove

A gold node in Firgrove

Camp Western offers some exclusive activities to players.

The main event gameplay is venturing into the Firgrove wilderness to find Gold Nuggets while avoiding wolves and bears. Another hostile animal is a bull named Bulgore near the ranch. Gold Nuggets are one of the event's currencies along with Summer Tokens, and are used to obtain helpful items and trade for tokens. Individual pieces of gold are scattered throughout the event area, but finding a gold node and completing a short mining minigame will reward the player with more pieces. There are three exploration items that the player will need:

• Beast Repellent: This item will be used up if the player gets too close to a predator, making the animal disappear and stop chasing the player. If the player does not have one when this happens, they will be transported back to the ranch. It can be considered an "extra life." They cost 15 Gold Nuggets each at Gary's Goods shop.
• Herding Lure: These lures are used to get the wandering horses to follow the player back to the ranch. Four horses can be found each day in the same locations for all players. Each lure costs 65 Gold Nuggets at Gary's Goods.
• Renegade Key: These keys are used to unlock Renegade Chests, which contain rewards of items and Summer Tokens. Each day, five chests can be found; they change locations every day, but are in the same places for all players. The keys each cost 100 Gold Nuggets when purchased from Gary.

There are also some safer activities at the ranch. Every day there are three quests to do at the Chore Board, such as bringing a box of beast repellent to Firgrove Village or finding a lost dog. These quests reward Summer Tokens, Horse XP, and one of the three wilderness items. There is also a lunging activity that will reward Horse XP and Summer Tokens. During the event, completing the ranch races and finding Mary's lost animals also rewards Summer Tokens in addition to their usual rewards.

Gifts and Rewards

The shops at Camp Western

The player can purchase items from the event shops at Starshine Ranch with Summer Tokens. At Gary Goldtooth's store, the player can also buy pet chickens with a large amount of Gold Nuggets. After the player finds and opens 60 Renegade Chests, the Renegade group will give a reward to the player for proving their skills. Additionally, two pets can be obtained by exploring and completing the requirements for them to be interacted with. After the pets are able to be interacted with, the player can trade Summer Tokens, Gold Nuggets, and a quest item that can be found in the area to be able to keep the pet.

Trivia

• This event is one of the only events that non-Star Riders cannot participate in.
• For the event, the Global Chat range was extended to cover the entire Firgrove area.
• The Gold Rush event in May 2020 was similar to this event.
• Each Gold Nugget collected also rewards 2 Horse XP.
  • For the last week of the event, gold nodes are made more common, and they reward more Gold Nuggets.