Event Symbol with timer
Detectives Needed (DN) is recurring time-limited event during which the player collects Winding Key tokens to unlock varying rewards. Detective Needed events typically run for 1 to 3 days and can be accessed from the Orchid Island screen. The Detectives Needed event is hidden behind the stop watch symbol on the left side of the screen. Events are announced a few hours beforehand by the same stop watch symbol appearing on the screen that shows a countdown when tapped on.
Other time-limited events are the Fairground Fortune and Sweep the Board.
How it works[]
Detectives Needed Event July 2021 with a decoration as main prize
Winding Key
In the Detectives Needed event, there is a progress bar with smaller waypoint rewards leading up to the main prize at the very end. To fill up the progress bar the player has to collect golden Winding Keys. Those Winding Keys can be collected by playing Hidden Object Scenes and usually by solving Help Wanted cases as well. How many Winding Keys can be earned by playing a Scene or solving a Help Wanted case varies from one Detectives Needed event to another. Usually, solving medium or hard Help Wanted cases provide relatively large aḿounts of Winding Keys, so it might be a good strategy to complete those if possible.
Waypoint rewards can be various amounts of coins, diamonds, energy, compasses, Memoir packs and at the very end there will be a bigger prize. That prize is usually a number of 5-Star-Boxes or a decoration. The decoration can be a reoccuring decoration of a previous seasonal set, but it also can be a new decoration. Sometimes there will be waypoints where the player can choose between two rewards.
List of Detectives Needed Events[]
Please note: This list is incomplete. Also, during the roll-out of Sweep the Board, some players might have had a STB instead of a DN event.
2022[]
January[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3 | 900 | ? energy 500 coins 7 diamonds // 100 energy 1 5-Star-Box / 2 compasses |
  Dancing Couple |
| Jan 7 | 600 | 200 coins 3 4-Star Pack 8 diamonds // 100 energy 1 4-Star Pack |
2 5-Star-Boxes |
| Jan 9 | 1500 | 4 energy 1000 coins // 100 energy 10 diamonds 2 compasses // 2000 coins |
1 4-Star Pack |
| Jan 22 | 850 | 30 energy 700 coins 2 compasses // 135 energy 1600 coins |
Mrs. Talbot Reminder |
| Jan 24 | 950 | 40 energy 1 compass 1500 coins // 1 3-Star Packs 1 4-Star Pack |
  The Great Catsby, 20 fl |
| Jan 30 | 550 | 40 energy 600 coins 1 compass // 5 diamonds 1000 coins |
3 5-Star Packs |
2021[]
July 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2 | 261 | 200 coins 1 compass 1000 coins |
2 5-Star-Boxes |
| July 4 | 1001 | 200 coins 1 compasses 8 diamonds 2 5-Star-Boxes |
  Dainty Dahlia, 50 flowers |
| July 12 | 807 | 300 coins 1 compass 3 compasses |
  Blended Blooms, 65 flowers |
| July 14 | 665 | 1 diamonds 365 coins 1 compasses |
1 5-Star-Box |
| July 18 | 700 | 100 coins 40 energy // 350 coins 1 compass 5 diamonds // 800 coins |
  Leafy Bush, 50 flowers |
| July 21 | 880 | 20 energy 4 diamonds // 600 coins 2 compasses 8 diamonds // 2 compasses |
  Decked Out |
| July 29 | 1500 | 3 diamonds 140 energy 2000 coins // 10 diamonds 5 compasses |
  Fancy Fountain |
August 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 | 1500 | 400 coins 140 energy 2000 coins // 15 diamonds 4 compasses |
  Birds of Paradise |
| Aug 9 | 880 | 300 coins 100 energy // 1000 coins 3 compasses |
3 5-Star-Boxes |
| Aug 12 | 1500 | 3 diamonds 145 energy 2000 coins // 200 energy 5 compasses // 4 5-Star-Boxes |
  Tropical Birds |
| Aug 17 | 780 | 25 energy 4 diamonds // 600 coins 1 3-Star Pack 2 compasses |
1 3-Star Pack |
| Aug 21 | 996 | 1 3-Star Pack 1 compass // 1 5-Star Box 2 3-Star Packs 2000 coins |
2 4-Star Packs |
| Aug 24 | 1055 | 1 2-Star Pack 1 2-Star Pack 2 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack |
1 5-Star Pack |
| Aug 30 | 1075 | 50 energy 1300 coins // 9 diamonds 4 compasses |
1 5-Star Pack |
September 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2 | 1700 | 550 coins 3 compasses 19 diamonds // 250 energy 3000 coins |
  A Day at the Fair, 75 fl |
| Sept 8 | 966 | 1 3-Star Pack 1000 coins 3 compasses |
2 4-Star Pack |
| Sept 12 | 1700 | 5 diamonds 150 energy 3 compasses 3000 coins |
  Super Swing |
| Sept 18 | 1000 | 300 coins 5 diamonds 1 4-Star Pack 10 diamonds |
1 5-Star Pack |
| Sept 27 | 850 | 1 3-Star Pack 1 3-Star Pack 2 3-Star Packs 1 4-Star Pack |
1 5-Star Pack |
| Sept 30 | 1150 | 1 2-Star Pack 150 energy // 8 diamonds 1 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack |
1 5-Star Pack |
October 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | 640 | 1 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack 10 diamonds 1 5-Star Pack |
Gina Loreni Reminder |
| Oct 13 | 1000 | 1 3-Star Pack 800 coins 1 compass // 120 energy 1 4-Star Pack |
15 diamonds |
| Oct 17 | 970 | 1 2-Star Pack 800 coins 2 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack |
2 5-Star Boxes |
| Oct 28 | 602 | 25 energy 600 coins 2 compasses 10 diamonds |
3 5-Star Boxes |
November 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | 670 | 40 energy 1000 coins // 100 energy 10 diamonds 3 compasses |
  Harvest Bounty, 60 fl. |
| Nov 13 | 530 | 160 coins 1 compass 90 energy // 10 diamonds 1 5-Star Box // 2 compasses |
1 Star Booster |
| Nov 17 | 640 | ? coins 70 energy // 600 coins 2 compasses // 110 energy 15 diamonds |
  Farm Fresh, 80 fl |
| Nov 22 | 450 | 150 coins 50 energy // 5 diamonds 1 compass 10 diamonds // 120 energy |
2 5-Star Boxes |
December 2021[]
| Date | W. Keys | Waypoint rewards | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 740 | 250 coins 80 energy // 1 compass 1 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack |
  Christmas Pyramid |
| Dec 2 | 570 | 25 energy 1 compass // 5 diamonds 1 3-Star Pack 1 4-Star Pack |
  Candy Vendor |
| Dec 19 | 460 | 240 coins 80 energy 10 diamonds // 2 compasses |
  Winter Willow |
| Dec 22 | 240 | 100 coins 1 compass // 40 energy 4 diamonds // 60 energy |
2 5-Star Boxes |
| Dec 26 | 550 | 250 coins 1 compass // 80 energy 10 diamonds // 2 5-Star Boxes |
1 Star Booster |
