Bandit Raid
Bandit Raid is a new combat weather event added in the Islands Update release patch. The in-game description reads "Raiders are hitting the shops! Fight them off with your SHOVEL!" — a wave of Raid Bandit (60 HP, Knife) and Raid Pirate (140 HP, Flintlock) enemies spawns near the shops. Raiders do NOT respawn — clearing them all ends the event. Pearl rewards drop as a lump sum when the last Raider falls, so full-clear pays out the combined 55-320 Pearls depending on Raid composition. No plant mutation is applied.
Growth Effect
None
Mutation
No mutation — combat event with Pearl payout
Duration
7 minutes
Spawn Chance
Event-only
Planting Strategy
Bandit Raid rewards focus over farming — drop what you are doing and equip your best weapon (GoldScimitar 30 dmg or CrystalPickaxe 35 dmg). Kill order: Raid Bandits first (60 HP, easy 2-shot with Machete), then Raid Pirates (140 HP, dangerous Flintlock at 40 studs). Use cover — buildings, trees, chests — to break the Pirates' line of sight. Never fight the raid in the open with no cover. Clearing a full raid can net several hundred Pearls in one shot, easily outperforming node farming for the raid's 7 minutes.
Other Weather Events
Mutated Weather Event
Spawns Strange Weather → Strange (2×)
Strange Weather
Strange (2×)
Heavy Rain
Ancient (7.5×)
Black Hole
Nova / Galactic (TBA)
DJ Kine
Party (11.5×)
Beam Clash
Salad (10×) / Banned (10×)
Manny's Mishap
None (collect fruit for points → rewards)
Meteor Shower
Meteoric (10×)
Volcano Eruption
Molten (5×)
Tsunami
Tidal (2×)
Lucky Block Seed Rain
None (drops seeds)
Starfall
Starstruck (6.5×)
Storm
Shocked (4.5×)
Sandstorm
Sandy (2.5×)
Snow
Chilled / Snowy (Frostbit via combo)
Fog
Foggy
Rain
Soaked / Flooded
Sunny
None
Admin War
None (setup phase)
Admin War Finale
Server-wide mutation payload (Salad, Banned, Meteoric, or Party — varies per event)
Manny's Mishap
No plant mutation — event-wide loot roll
DJ Kine
Party (11.5×)
Beam Clash
Salad (×10) or Banned (×10)