In Palia, there are several types of activities you can do to pass the time, whether you want to grow crops, build furniture to decorate your house, or toss out a fishing line. Hop in the game and you’ll even get to check out the Maji Market, which is back in honor of the Majiri Luna New Year.
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PostsThe Maji Market has plenty of sights to see and treats to eat, and you get to see all the people of Kilima enjoy themselves in the festivities. You can even check out a fun Hotpot Minigame, which involves matching up tiles to get some rewards.
The Maji Market: Luna New Year event ends on February 27, 2024.
How The Hotpot Minigame Works
To begin a match of the Hotpot Minigame, you’ll first need to head to the hotpot tables on the docks of the Kilima Fairgrounds. Gather up a group of four people, either with your friends or random players already at a table.
As part of the Maji Market, the Hotpot Minigame can only be played between the in-game hours of 6pm and 3am. If you’re in the middle of a game at 3am, you will still be able to finish it.
The Hotpot Minigame will automatically start after a certain amount of time, even if there are less than four real players. In this case, other Kilima townsfolk will fill in.
Each player gets a starting set of nine floating tiles on their side of the hotpot table. Each round, you get the opportunity to draw a new tile and switch it out with one you already have.
Each player's most recent discarded tile will float in the center hotpot. Each turn, players can draw a new tile from the deck in the center, or take another player’s discarded tile.
You’ll see that the tiles represent all different kinds of items you’ve encountered in Palia, such as mushrooms or Sernuk meat or ramen noodles. These are separated into different suites:
- Red for meat
- Orange for certain forageables
- Yellow for certain crops
- Green for green veggies
- Blue for seafood
- Purple for mushrooms
- Muted Mauve for noodles
- Gray for certain other foods
In each suite, there are only three types of tiles. For example, the Green suite has cabbage, green onion, and bok choy tiles.
The goal of the Hotpot Minigame is to create matching sets of tiles. This can be done in two ways:
- A matching trio of the same tile
- A trio of each different tile from the same suite
Two tiles of the same item, and a third from the same suite, does not count as a matching set, and will not give points.
The first person to get three sets of tiles that fit in these rules is declared the winner.
How To Win The Hotpot Minigame
Thankfully, the Hotpot Minigame isn’t too competitive. Everybody at the table gets the same amount of Lucky Envelopes as a reward. You still want to win for bragging rights, of course.
You’ll also want to try and win several Hotpot Minigames to fill out one of your Stamp Cards for the event.
A matching trio of the same tile rewards more points than a suite trio of tiles. So, you’ll want to try and focus on getting three tiles of the same item.
Keep an eye on other player’s discarded tiles. They might give up something you need, and you can snatch it up on your next turn.
There are only four tiles of each type in each game, so keep this in mind when strategizing about what you want to match up. Unless another player has a tile you need, focus on drawing tiles from the deck.
Keep checking the discarded tiles tab throughout the game. There might be several discarded tiles from the suite you are trying to match up in your hand, and if so, you might want to try something different.
Hotpot Minigames tend to end around the tenth round, give or take. So at that time, just try to match up what you can.
Again, everybody at the table gets the same amount of Lucky Envelope rewards at the end. Two good matching sets in your hand are better than none, and help everybody at the table.
If you’re playing with friends, try strategizing with everyone to get the most amount of points you can.
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