🛸 Alien Invasions — Recurring Live Event (v1.2.0+, overhauled in v1.3.0)

Alien Invasions are a new event system added in v1.2.0 "Stargate Approaches". Unlike the Orchard (a permanent area), Alien Invasions are prescheduled recurring live events — they fire on a set cadence, run a 20-minute window in the current v1.3.0 format, then end until the next one. During an active invasion the map gets temporary cash-generation boosts and fruit drops, and two unique cosmetic companions (UFO and Glorp Cat) spawn on the ground for players to pick up. The exact boosts, fruit, and rewards vary from event to event.

A v1.3.0 invasion runs as one continuous 20-minute flow: catch falling fruits to charge the Alien Boost Meter (a 4× base that climbs to 250×, 2,000×, 13,000×, and 50,000× as it fills), scramble to Starfall impact sites for cash, investors, tokens, and fruit, collect your guaranteed companions during the second fruit-drop window, farm sky rifts for higher-evolution fruits, and ride out the UFO laser finale. The boost type and spawn rate can still vary from event to event.

The v1.3.0 overhaul rebuilt invasions into a tight 20-minute, five-phase format. Two phases are brand new — Starfall (minute 3–6) drops cash, investors, tokens, and fruit at star impact sites, and Rifts (minute 9–14) only drop higher-evolution fruits. A new Alien Boost Meter scales your event boost from a 4× base up to 50,000× as you catch fruit, and the event closes with a UFO laser finale.

The very first invasion on July 25, 2026 ran the original v1.2.0 format: a 30-minute, six-phase hype curve — Base Event (6× base, fruit drops capped at Pomelo), First Hype (70× base, ~700× with fruit), Second Hype (375× base, where Abyssalime / Nullfruit / Voidlemon / Purity started dropping), Peak Hype (50,000× base, ~22,000,000× with fruit — the biggest numbers in the game, in a window of roughly one minute), Final (420× base with +3 guaranteed UFOs), and Last Minute (45% Glorp Cat rate, the highest of the event). This format only applied to the first invasion on July 25, 2026. It was revamped in v1.3.0.

In the v1.3.0 format, rare-fruit farming revolves around the Rifts phase (minute 9–14): rifts only drop higher-evolution fruits, plus cash bags and investors. The exact evolution tier where rift drops start has not been documented by the community yet, so treat any fruit above your current chain as possible. Outside the rift window, fruit comes from the two drop phases (minute 0–3 and 6–9) and from Starfall impact sites.

The first Alien Invasion event ran on July 25, 2026, starting at 12:00 PM PST and lasting about 30 minutes. This was the debut run of the v1.2.0 event system — the same day the games endpoint's updated timestamp advanced, confirming an event-system deployment rather than a new game version (v1.2.0 "Stargate Approaches" remains the live version). The second invasion — 'Round 2' — ran on August 22, 2026, starting at 1:00 PM EST, marking the v1.3.0 overhaul launch: the attendance badge The Visitors (25th badge) was earned by 44,712 players within 24 hours (44,718 awarded so far). No further invasion windows have been announced yet; invasions remain prescheduled recurring events — watch the in-game announcement signals.

During an invasion, watch the sky for glowing beacons — they mark where companions will spawn. In the v1.3.0 format, every player is guaranteed 9 UFO spawns and 1 Glorp Cat spawn during the second fruit-drop window (minute 6–9), and the UFO laser finale (minute 17–20) drops both companions again from its beams. UFOs are common and easy to grab; the Glorp Cat is the rare one, so prioritize it the moment you see a beacon. Both are picked up off the ground exactly like cash bags.

During an invasion, Joe the Alien appears and talks to players — he shares event info (what boosts and pets are active this round) and drops lore about himself and the invasions. Joe is distinct from Bob the Alien (the Orchard event shop NPC). Talk to Joe each event to learn exactly what's live that round.

Treat invasions as high-value windows: log in when one is live, grab every UFO and especially every Glorp Cat off the ground, and stack the temporary cash boosts with your Ascend multipliers and Powers (Expert Picker speeds up pickup value). The two event companions are by far the easiest in the game to unlock, so never miss a beacon.