- Oktoberfest on the Ocean! - 18 September 2026
Grab a sausage and celebrate Oktoberfest!As we see out September, we’re celebrating the next Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Oktoberfest on the Ocean! Running from 18th to 30th September, celebrating the end of the season with a shindig dedicated to pretzels, sausages, chicken dancing and more, with a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The BrewmasterThe Brewmaster is here, and they're ready to get the party started! When you have a Brewmaster aboard, they'll be asked to set the vibe of the ship during the first day. Whichever vibe they choose will mix up the Paper Pirates voting rules! There are a total of six vibes The Brewmaster can pick for the ship:Aggressive Vibes: Grants each pirate one additional voting power Chaotic Vibes: Instead of voting from Stowaway to Captain, the crew will vote in a randomised order each dayCommanding Vibes: Voting each d…
- The Pirate Pool Party! - 24 June 2026
Make a splash with The Pirate Pool Party!Across June and July, we’re celebrating with the wettest Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, The Pirate Pool Party! Running from 24th June to 22nd July, celebrate the warmer weather with a party dedicated to all things poolside, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The MermaidThe Mermaid is an active trait available in all voyages during The Pirate Pool Party with at least 7 pirates. The Mermaid's strength grows each time they are thrown overboard by any means - that includes by events, by traits, or by voting.When The Mermaid does not play in, assuming they have been overboard at least once, they may choose to active their power. The Mermaid's terrible rage is embodied in the form of revenge, and when activated, they must throw overboard one pirate for each time they have been overboard. They can't choose to sto…
- The Ocean's Blessing - 21 June 2026
The Ocean Blesses the Crew!Today's update adds a small tweak to the Paper Pirates ruleset, which you can choose to enable in any custom voyage.Choose to turn on Ocean's Blessing when customising your voyage, and you'll find a new Day One event triggers after your first job! Any voyage with The Ocean's Blessing will have one slight rule change - pirates will not be able to vote for the pirate who last went overboard during end of day voting. This doesn't prevent any other ways that a pirate might go overboard, so they could still become victim to the powers of another trait or event.The Ocean's Blessing softens the blow of going overboard, and is a great choice for crews who are a little less bloodthirsty. It's completely optional, but if it feels like the right fit for your crew, please give it a try!Join the Paper Pirates CommunityAs always, don’t forget that you can join us every Satu…
- Spring Sailing! - 15 March 2026
Go Egg Hunting on the Seven Seas with Spring Sailing!Across March and April, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Spring Sailing! Running from 15th March - 12th April, celebrate the season of spring with a festival of eggs, bunnies, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The Spring ChickenJoining Paper Pirates for the duration of Spring Sailing is the seasonal trait, The Spring Chicken! Play a trait game, and one of the crew may find themselves with this happy-go-lucky, seasonal appropriate trait.Each day, when The Spring Chicken is not the Captain, they will spring forward one rank of the crew at the start of the event phase! This happens even if there's no other event taking place! What seems like a blessing may be a curse - watch out if you're a ghostly Spring Chicken and you're almost next to The Sensitive... The Grand Spring…
- Big Birthday Bash! - 28 February 2026
Happy birthday, Paper Pirates!It's Paper Pirates' sixth birthday, and we’re celebrating with the return of The Big Birthday Bash! Running from 28th February - 14th March, celebrate the anniversary of the game's launch with a festival of partying, and a whole host of anniversary goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The BlessedA new seasonal trait for the sixth anniversary of Paper Pirates, The Blessed is a passive trait that can appear in any Trait or Traits+ game with at least six pirates.The Blessed is empowered with three special blessings, and any time when they are not currently awaiting a blessing they must choose a new blessing to receive. There are three blessings in total, and each one takes a certain amount of days to be fulfilled.A Blessing of Scrying will reveal a pirate's team after two days, a Blessing of Reversal will flip a pirate's team after three days, and the ter…
- The 6th Anniversary Update! - 28 February 2026
Happy 6th Anniversary Paper Pirates!Alongside the return of the seasonal celebration, The Big Birthday Bash, we're also bringing some new bits and pieces to Paper Pirates! We've prepared a few new events and a collection of new Traits across both Trait and Traits+ game modes to keep your voyages fresh. Anniversary BountiesThere are two special anniversary bounties to complete during Paper Pirates' sixth anniversary. If the Human team successfully wins 5 times you will unlock a special unique hat. Equally, if the Ghost team successfully wins 5 times, there's another fun hat for you to discover. These hats work especially well with a few new treats in the Outfit Shop.New Trait: The EagerThe Eager is a new passive trait appearing in Trait and Traits+ games with at least seven pirates.When The Eager is aboard the ship, the Captain will always be able to choose The Eager in a job if they hav…
- Valentine Voyages! - 7 February 2026
Find romance on the seven seas with Valentine Voyages!This February, we’re again celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Valentine Voyages! Running from 7th February - 21st February, celebrate the season of love with a festival of romance, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! A Mysterious BenefactorPlay a Trait or Traits+ game during Valentine Voyages, and you may attract the attention of A Mysterious Benefactor! Voyages blessed by a mysterious benefactor will have one extra special secret. Every day when a job fails, the mysterious benefactor will send a secret note to a random pirate. That note will expose some information about the crew's traits! They might share a trait that nobody on the crew currently has, or, tell you the trait someone on the crew has. With a mysterious benefactor sharing all the crew's darkest secrets, how can you bluff your wa…
- Soggy Hogmanay! - 1 January 2026
Throughout January, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Soggy Hogmanay! Running from 1st January - 21st January, celebrate the start of the New Year with a festival of glad tidings, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! The Crew's ResolutionAll voyages during Soggy Hogmanay will start with a unique day one event: The Crew's Resolution. When presented with The Crew's Resolution, each crew member will have to vote on one of a small selection of vows that they want the whole crew to commit to for the remainder of the voyage.Whichever vow receives the most votes will immediately come into effect for the whole crew. Each vow will dramatically change the way voting works, which means this is a high stakes choice. There are six different vows, and whichever vow is chosen for your voyage is bound to make a difference. Seasonal Event: Change of Resolut…
- Yule Tides! - 1 December 2025
Prepare for Merriment and Mischief on the Yule Tides!Throughout all of December, we’re celebrating, sharing, and gift giving, with Yule Tides! Running from 1st December - 31st December, celebrate Christmas with a festival of merriment and joy, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait+: The MiserThe Miser is a seasonal trait returning for this year's Yule Tides, appearing only in Traits+ games. The Miser has the ability to block a pirate from appearing in any jobs. That's right - once The Miser has targeted a pirate, the Captain will never be offered a job with that pirate in. This can give you a tactical advantage not only by excluding pirates from playing in because you think they might disobey (or even obey), but you can also ensure that a pirate has the opportunity to use their Active Trait.The Miser must choose a pirate to exclude from jobs during day on…
- The Festive Feast! - 16 November 2025
What are you thankful for during the Festive Feast Event? Through the second half of November, we’re taking some time to be thankful in our most delicious seasonal event, The Festive Feast! Running from 16th November - 30th November, celebrate the harvest season with a festival of feasting and thankfulness and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The ChefThe Chef is an active trait, appearing only in Trait+ games, which embodies the spirit of the Festive Feast. On day one, The Chef may pick any other pirate to share a meal with. While The Chef is sharing a meal with another pirate, that pirate may use their active trait without spending any resources. This means that The Witch can brew potions without using up ingredients, The Reaper can enact pacts without spending souls, and any charge-based traits get unlimited uses.The Chef doesn't restore used resource…
- Día de Muertos - Day of the Dead Event! - 1 November 2025
Honour the Spirits of the Dead during Día de Muertos!Through early November, we’re honouring the spirits of the dead with our most spiritual seasonal event, Día de Muertos running from 1st November - 14th November! Seasonal Trait: The SpiritualistOur seasonal trait for Día de Muertos is The Spiritualist. On days when The Spiritualist does not play in, they may decorate a sugar skull offering using any pattern of their choice. The pattern of the offering will then dictate how the spirits decide to reward The Spiritualist. Each different pattern leads to a different event, so the more times you're The Spiritualist and the more attention you pay, the more you can control the response of the spirits! Make an Offering Every DayPlay Paper Pirates during Día de Muertos and you can make an offering to the spirits once per day! Play a game each day, and after your voyage you'll receive a gift fr…
- New Trait: The Cheerleader - 31 October 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Cheerleader! The Cheerleader is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games.The Cheerleader starts out with an initial voting power of one no matter which rank they are on the ship. During day one, The Cheerleader will be asked to choose whether they want to support the human team, or the ghost team, and this choice will control how they gain extra voting power through the course of the voyage.If The Cheerleader chooses to support the human team, they'll gain an extra voting power - permanently - every time a job is successful.If The Cheerleader chooses to support the ghost team, they'll gain an extra voting power - permanently - every time a job fails.Although The Cheerleader starts off with very little voting power, depending on how their team is doing, they could quickly seize control of the ship with plentiful votes…
- New Trait: The Diplomat - 17 October 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Diplomat! The Diplomat is a new active trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least six pirates.On days when The Diplomat does not play in, they may target a pirate and force them to skip their next vote. This could be a really powerful way of defusing someone who's controlling the game. You could use this opportunity to overturn an assassin captain, or take out someone who is eager to create more ghosts by ruthlessly voting over other pirates.The Diplomat is a charge-based trait, and they can activate their powers up to three times each voyage.The Diplomat is one of seven new traits coming to Paper Pirates! One more trait will become available on the following schedule:31st October 2025The final trait to be revealed is one that is really eager to support you in all of your future voyages...
- Haunted Seas - Halloween Event! - 1 October 2025
Set Sail on Haunted Seas for Halloween!Throughout October, celebrate Paper Pirates’ spookiest seasonal event by taking part in the Halloween-themed Haunted Seas event! Running from 1st October - 31st October, a whole host of spooky goings on are waiting for you. Seasonal Trait+: The VampiresPlay a Traits+ game during Haunted Seas, and you might find a spooky new Traits+ exclusive passive trait has joined the crew. When a pirate starts the game as The Vampire, a special day one event, The Vampire's Bite, will automatically trigger. During this event, The Vampire can choose any other pirate - immediately turning that pirate's passive trait into The Vampire too. The two vampires then have a unique victory condition they can achieve: Every time either vampire votes to throw a pirate overboard, they will feed on that pirate, gaining power. Once fed on, that pirate cannot be fed on again by e…
- New Seasonal Trait: The Wereghost - 1 October 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is a new seasonal trait, The Wereghost! The Wereghost is a new seasonal passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games during Haunted Seas with at least six pirates. The Wereghost plays into the same energy as The Werewolf, in that their trait is governed by the moon. During Haunted Seas, odd numbered days have a crescent moon while even numbered days show a perilous full moon.The Wereghost's team is fixed by the lunar cycle. On odd numbered days, when the moon isn't full, The Wereghost is always on the human team. On even numbered days, however, when the moon is full, The Wereghost is always on the ghost team.The team of The Wereghost cannot be changed by any other means, but will continue to switch back and forth at the start of each day for the whole voyage.Which team will they choose to side with? How do they know they'll be on the right team whe…
- Oktoberfest on the Ocean! - 19 September 2025
Grab a sausage and celebrate Oktoberfest!As we see out September, we’re celebrating the next Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Oktoberfest on the Ocean! Running from 18th to 30th September, celebrating the end of the season with a shindig dedicated to pretzels, sausages, chicken dancing and more, with a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The BrewmasterThe Brewmaster is here, and they're ready to get the party started! When you have a Brewmaster aboard, they'll be asked to set the vibe of the ship during the first day. Whichever vibe they choose will mix up the Paper Pirates voting rules! There are a total of six vibes The Brewmaster can pick for the ship:Aggressive Vibes - Grants each pirate one additional voting power Chaotic Vibes - Instead of voting from Stowaway to Captain, the crew will vote in a randomised order each dayCommanding Vibes - Voting eac…
- New Trait: The Imitator - 19 September 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Imitator! The Imitator is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. At the start of the voyage, a randomly selected pirate is chosen to be the person that The Imitator is imitating.While they are imitating another pirate, whenever The Imitator's team is revealed - either through traits or events - it will actually reveal the team of the pirate they are imitating.The Imitator knows the identity of the pirate they are imitating, but crucially, they do not know which team they are on until it is revealed through a trait or an event. This means that The Imitator has no way of knowing whether they're going to show up as a human or a ghost when their team is checked.How will they work with the person they're imitating? Will they betray them with truths, betray them with lies, or form an honest pact to work together?The Imi…
- New Trait: The Dutiful - 5 September 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Dutiful! The Dutiful is a new active trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least six pirates. When The Dutiful doesn't play in, they can activate their trait, controlling which event shows up for that day. When they activate their trait, the day's event will always be the Crew's Duty event for whatever rank The Dutiful is at the time of the event.That means that their power allows them to force the following events:Quartermaster: DemotionNavigator: Plot a CourseGunner: ConspiracySurgeon: Botch JobShipwright: BusyworkCooper: In the BarrelCook: Suspicious SoupCabin Boy: Captain's FavouriteStowaway: Overpower After they've chosen to do this, The Dutiful will need to rest, and won't be able to use their trait for a minimum of three days. When the cooldown has expired, they'll be able to do it again, and there's no limit on…
- New Trait: The Soothsayer - 22 August 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Soothsayer! The Soothsayer is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least seven pirates. The Soothsayer has the power of divination, and their trait comes in handy when they've just been voted overboard - as long as they're on the human team, that is.We all know that when a human pirate is voted overboard, one of the pirates that voted for them will be chosen for a possession. When they're voted overboard, however, The Soothsayer knows exactly which pirate that is. They'll get a pop-up, and a message in their black spot, telling them which pirate was chosen to become a ghost when they were voted overboard.What The Soothsayer chooses to do with that information is, of course, up to them. They might use it to get out of stowaway - though think before you act, how do you know that person really is who they sa…
- New Trait: The Shapesister - 11 August 2025
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Shapesister! The Shapesister is a new passive trait, available in Traits+ games with at least six pirates. This is a partner trait, and interacts directly with whichever pirate on the crew is The Shapeshifter.Whenever The Shapeshifter activates their trait during a job, The Shapesister's team will also be flipped. In the same way as The Shapeshifter, that means if they are a human they will become a ghost, and vice-versa.Neither the Shapesister nor the Shapeshifter know the identity of their partner, though through some sneaky deduction you might be able to figure out who they are and work with them - or against them - for the glory of whichever team you happen to be on.The Shapesister is one of seven new traits coming to Paper Pirates! More new traits will become available on the following schedule:22nd August 20255th September 202519th…
