2021, updated easter egg issues guide

by **Fauzjhia** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:29 pm

Hello everyone. just notice that the owner of the other Easter Egg guide has become an ex-nation, and that the other Easter Egg guide are even more outdated, I decided to write a new guide.

as Drasnia once wrote

An Easter Egg is a special type of issue that nations can only ever encounter once. They're meant to be jokes and references about NationStates that would otherwise not be suitable in a normal issue.

Or in other words, they are funny issues that do not refer to a problem your nation is facing, its more like a joke.

Another unique point of Easter Egg, is that in most case Easter Egg issues are not triggered by the stats or the policies or your nation, but rather by your nation's custom settings, your motto, your animal, your pre-title for exemple or by the Easter Egg counter.

While many suggested a population of 1 billion to begin hunting for Easter Eggs, all nations, regardless of their population can hunt and appreciate the Easter Eggs. To be more exact, 80, 266, 408, 471 do not have any population requirement at. 215, 233, 375 require at least 500 million, 622 require at least 750 million, 1122 require at least 1 billion and 78 require 1.25 billion.

This Guide will cover the requirement for all Easter Eggs but 1.

#77: World To End, Or Possibly Just Mark Anniversary

#78: Should We Pull The Lever? [Meddlers; ed: SalusaSecondus]

#80: Aliens Wish Peace/Trade Agreement [Exiled; ed: SalusaSecondus]

#215: What's Your Favourite Colour? [Antioch and the East; ed: Sirocco]

#223: Zombie Attack! [Naliitr; ed: Sirocco]

#256: Suburbs Are Out Of This World [Scolopendra; ed: Sirocco]

#266: Breaching the Great Fourth Wall of @@NAME@@ [Reploid Productions; ed: Reploid Productions]

#375: Keep Your Hands Off Those Lucky Charms! [Vile Island; ed: Sanctaria] time limited MARCH ONLY

#408: Pony Peril [Sedgelight Sparkle; ed:Sedgistan]

#430: Please, Sir, We Want Some More Issues [Eta Carinae; ed: Luna Amore]

#471: Red Sleigh Down [Nation of Quebec; ed: Sanctaria] (Time limited easter egg, DECEMBER ONLY)

#622: A Holiday Masquerade [The Grim Reaper; ed:Lenyo]

#1122: Just Say No to E [Zwangzug; ed: Zwangzug]

Nations can trigger at least 10 Easters with the following settings

So. if you guys find easter egg to be funny like me, you now have will information you need to find them
Also, noting that we do not know anything about 256. if anyone find, can you share the settings and the stats you had when you found it ? this would be very helpful for all hunters out here.

so, that's will be all. over and out. And Good Hunting.

Edit :
Minskiev claim to have found 256 by being capitalist, and having gold in crime. We need more test to back this claim.

by **Islands Of Ventro** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:38 pm

Really helpful! I got a couple before my settings got locked via long pretitle. (Pretitle lock was MY choice)

by **The Python** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:19 pm

Is there some way to see which eggs specifically you've recieved? It's so annoying just trying to remember off the top of one's head which easter eggs to get...

by **Fauzjhia** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:59 pm

The Python wrote:Is there some way to see which eggs specifically you've recieved? It's so annoying just trying to remember off the top of one's head which easter eggs to get...

No.

I tracked using a Ods (libreoffice calc) file, in which I record which easter I get from a nation I receive.
so, you must track it yourself.

You can verify two eggs, which 80 and 223, thanks to the banner they unlock
The Future is Near (only unlock by accepting the aliens trade deal)
Infected (is unlocked by solving 223.)
so if you don't have these banners, you do not have these easter eggs.
other then that, only certain persons can access our issues history.

by **Tinhampton** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:24 am

As I said in the old thread, you can get Issue #80 while only having "cow" as your national animal.

by **Trotterdam** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:22 am

Tinhampton wrote:As I said in the old thread, you can get Issue #80 while only having "cow" as your national animal.

I'm still pretty sure that you also need a decent pizza industry. Due to stat escalation since when the game was made, it doesn't need to be an exceptionally big pizza industry by current census standards (top 50% or so will do), but I know I've had a puppet with relevant words in its custom fields for ages and it still hasn't gotten the egg, with the trashed pizza industry being the most likely explanation.

by **Fauzjhia** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:02 am

Trotterdam wrote:
Tinhampton wrote:As I said in the old thread, you can get Issue #80 while only having "cow" as your national animal.
I'm still pretty sure that you also need a decent pizza industry. Due to stat escalation since when the game was made, it doesn't need to be an exceptionally big pizza industry by current census standards (top 50% or so will do), but I know I've had a puppet with relevant words in its custom fields for ages and it still hasn't gotten the egg, with the trashed pizza industry being the most likely explanation.

It must be positive.
if you have negative pizza, ( meaning you oppose the existence of Pizza industry,) you can forget ever finding this egg.
I mean, I went for EE on all my puppets. so I think I know when I got the alien one. it was always after the pizza became positive, it could be a low at 17. but never when negative.

by **Trotterdam** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:36 am

Ah, okay. Makes sense.

by **Paffnia** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:18 pm

The Python wrote:Is there some way to see which eggs specifically you've recieved? It's so annoying just trying to remember off the top of one's head which easter eggs to get...

I think it would be useful if there were: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=489934 or viewtopic.php?p=38828490#p38828490, but as far as I am aware, a normal player cannot access this info.

by **The Rhein States** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:55 am

I ran a test with a few of my puppets in search of issue 256. The trigger of this issue is gaining banner d1 'crippeling crime problem'. my puppet achieved this banner at a value of 16.72 (probably the minimum is 16.5). The search to the trigger custom field continues.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=tvl0/detail=factbook/id=1562998

Edit: I do not remember banners to be around when this issue was released but it might be that the banner has been coupled to the same value. This value may be a bit lower at 16, as suggested by others.

by **Umbratellus** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:39 am

For issue #80, is there any population minimum that people have uncovered?

by **Fauzjhia** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:13 pm

Umbratellus wrote:For issue #80, is there any population minimum that people have uncovered?

It do not have a population requirement, you can have it before 250 millions, before having a capital city, and well before 500 millions.

you can have this issues before having a capital city, (that means, before 250 million. ) you NEED positive pizza industry industry and Moo / Moon in your motto (anything that contain moo work too. Lemoon works.

by **Umbratellus** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:16 pm

Fauzjhia wrote:
It do not have a population requirement, you can have it before 250 millions, before having a capital city, and well before 500 millions.

you can have this issues before having a capital city, (that means, before 250 million. ) you NEED positive pizza industry industry and Moo / Moon in your motto (anything that contain moo work too. Lemoon works.

Awesome, thank you.

by **Kors** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:30 pm

I confirmed that you can get the zombie Easter egg before 1 billion.
I cte'd on a nation called bobux network and I got the egg.

by **Fauzjhia** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:35 pm

Kors wrote:I confirmed that you can get the zombie Easter egg before 1 billion.
I cte'd on a nation called bobux network and I got the egg.

yeah cteing and reviving is one of the way to get this egg. but its not necessary. you can get it without cteing.

by **Thracia and Crimea** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:25 am

Fauzjhia wrote:Infected (is unlocked by solving 223.)

Are you sure about this? I thought the way to get this banner is to deal with Z-Day, not getting #223. Could be wrong but this is what I remember from the time I got the banner.
I was actually looking for a way to see which easter eggs I've gotten already (I've no idea if I received #223 or not). If this is certain, it means I've already gotten it and would save me some amount of trouble.

by **Fauzjhia** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:03 am

Thracia and Crimea wrote:
Fauzjhia wrote:Infected (is unlocked by solving 223.)

Are you sure about this? I thought the way to get this banner is to deal with Z-Day, not getting #223. Could be wrong but this is what I remember from the time I got the banner.
I was actually looking for a way to see which easter eggs I've gotten already (I've no idea if I received #223 or not). If this is certain, it means I've already gotten it and would save me some amount of trouble.

Yes I am

all my puppets received the banner upon answering 223. I'm talking about 250 nations, so chance is that it is not random if it happen on that many nations,

by **Thracia and Crimea** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:16 am

Fauzjhia wrote:
Thracia and Crimea wrote:Are you sure about this? I thought the way to get this banner is to deal with Z-Day, not getting #223. Could be wrong but this is what I remember from the time I got the banner.
I was actually looking for a way to see which easter eggs I've gotten already (I've no idea if I received #223 or not). If this is certain, it means I've already gotten it and would save me some amount of trouble.

Yes I am

all my puppets received the banner upon answering 223. I'm talking about 250 nations, so chance is that it is not random if it happen on that many nations,

That's great then, thank you!

by **Apatosaurus** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:32 pm

I'm The Python, but I'm looking to get some easter eggs on this nation...

How many eggs am I eligible for right now?

by **Kors** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm

As long as you are over 1.35 billion you are eligible for everything except surburbs and aliens wish trade deal. To do surburbs get your crime rate higher along with a space program, and for aliens revive your pizza industry. Provided you change your editable fields to match the Easter eggs you are good.

by **The Python** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:02 pm

Kors wrote:As long as you are over 1.35 billion you are eligible for everything except surburbs and aliens wish trade deal. To do surburbs get your crime rate higher along with a space program, and for aliens revive your pizza industry. Provided you change your editable fields to match the Easter eggs you are good.

Alright.

With custom fields like I have now on [nation]Apatosaurus[/nation ] (posting on this account bc I'm too lazy to switch) will I get #622 with animal as "Polynesian bat"?

by **Kors** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:25 pm

The Python wrote:
Kors wrote:As long as you are over 1.35 billion you are eligible for everything except surburbs and aliens wish trade deal. To do surburbs get your crime rate higher along with a space program, and for aliens revive your pizza industry. Provided you change your editable fields to match the Easter eggs you are good.

Alright.

With custom fields like I have now on [nation]Apatosaurus[/nation ] (posting on this account bc I'm too lazy to switch) will I get #622 with animal as "Polynesian bat"?

Some Easter eggs are seasonal.
Forgot to say that

by **Fauzjhia** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:14 pm

Kors wrote:
The Python wrote:Alright.

With custom fields like I have now on [nation]Apatosaurus[/nation ] (posting on this account bc I'm too lazy to switch) will I get #622 with animal as "Polynesian bat"?

Some Easter eggs are seasonal.
Forgot to say that

its not... that only for christmas and lucky one.
the Halloween one is not seasonal.
#622 can be gotten at any time.

Apatosaurus wrote:I'm The Python, but I'm looking to get some easter eggs on this nation...

How many eggs am I eligible for right now?

#77: World To End, Or Possibly Just Mark Anniversary Qualified
#78: Should We Pull The Lever? [Meddlers; ed: SalusaSecondus] Qualified
#80: Aliens Wish Peace/Trade Agreement [Exiled; ed: SalusaSecondus] Unqualified, you lack moo in motto, and your nation is opposed to pizza.
#215: What's Your Favourite Colour? [Antioch and the East; ed: Sirocco] qualified
#223: Zombie Attack! [Naliitr; ed: Sirocco] Qualified
#256: Suburbs Are Out Of This World [Scolopendra; ed: Sirocco] unqualified, crime too low, you have no space program
#266: Breaching the Great Fourth Wall of @@NAME@@ [Reploid Productions; ed: Reploid Productions] qualified
#375: Keep Your Hands Off Those Lucky Charms! [Vile Island; ed: Sanctaria] time limited MARCH ONLY
#408: Pony Peril [Sedgelight Sparkle; ed:Sedgistan] qualified
#430: Please, Sir, We Want Some More Issues [Eta Carinae; ed: Luna Amore] qualified
#471: Red Sleigh Down [Nation of Quebec; ed: Sanctaria] (Time limited easter egg, DECEMBER ONLY)
#622: A Holiday Masquerade [The Grim Reaper; ed:Lenyo] unqualified rat does not trigger it.
#1122: Just Say No to E [Zwangzug; ed: Zwangzug] unqualified Obviously.

qualified for 7. since you do not qualify for 4 and 2 are time limited.

will I get #622 with animal as "Polynesian bat"?

yes

2021, updated easter egg issues guide

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