FICSMAS

“	You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. Ficsmas is coming to town	„
	~ ADA

FICS⁕MAS was a seasonal holiday-themed in-game event, which lasted from Dec 1st, 2020 to Jan 18th, 2021. Exclusive items and buildings were available during this event, which remained once the event ended.

Participating

The event was set to be enabled by default the first time the game was updated to Patch 0.3.7, both in the early access and experimental branches. It could be disabled entirely in the main menu (not the in-game pause menu) by ticking the Disable Seasonal Events option in gameplay settings.

After the event ended (18th January 2021), FICSMAS items and buildings remained in the world, but Gift Trees stopped producing gifts. Production buildings kept their recipes, but you can no longer select the recipes elsewhere. The build menu category, HUB Calendar, and M.A.M. research chain disappeared (this means no more FICSMAS buildings can be built).

FICSMAS Calendar

While the event was active, a Satisfactory themed advent calendar could be found to the right of the HUB Terminal. This calendar would give access to a new gift each day of the event up until December 25. Interacting E with the Calendar would bring up a poster featuring a mini puzzle game. The engineer would have to look for a hidden number corresponding to either the current date in December or a previous date. There were 25 total gifts to be earned. By clicking the number equalling to the current day of December, items would pop up as a daily reward. Those items could then be collected into the inventory.

If the player couldn't find a specific number, they could use a hint system that highlighted the desired number.

Gifts

The rewards for all of the days were randomized, except for the 1st, 4th, 5th, 11th, and the 25th of December.

• The gift for the 1st day is 100 ×  FICSMAS Gifts
• The gift for the 4th day is 1 ×  Red FICSMAS Ornament
• The gift for the 5th day is 1 ×  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle
• The gift for the 11th day is 1 ×  FICSMAS Wonder Star
• The gift for the 25th day is 1 ×  Fused Modular Frame

For all other days, the sequence was shuffled, although it was guaranteed to get all the items below:

Gifts	Notes
100 ×  FICSMAS Gift	FICSMAS items
25 ×  Copper FICSMAS Ornament
25 ×  Iron FICSMAS Ornament
25 ×  Blue FICSMAS Ornament
10 ×  FICSMAS Decoration
25 ×  FICSMAS Bow
30 ×  FICSMAS Tree Branch
20 ×  Candy Cane
50 ×  Actual Snow
50 ×  Snowball
50 ×  Beryl Nut	Standard items
15 ×  Bacon Agaric
30 ×  Paleberry
20 ×  Power Shard
1 ×  Coal
200 ×  Color Cartridge
10 ×  FICSIT Coupon
6 ×  Superposition Oscillator	Available exclusively through the calendar
1 ×  Superposition Oscillator
2 ×  Quantum Computer

Rewards from missed previous days could be collected, while those from upcoming days couldn't. When a reward was collected, its number changes from pale white to gold color.

The calendar included a tip function at the bottom right which highlighted the number that was entered into its search bar.

Giant FICSMAS Gifts

While the event was active, Giant FICSMAS Gifts would be dispensed from the sky at random intervals, but only within 300 meters of the player. They fell slowly with parachutes and would land on the first solid object in contact, shaking the screen and with a pop effect. They could be interacted with to collect FICSMAS Gifts. If they are hard to access such as on top of a tree or a cliff, using Ladders was one of the easiest methods.

Each of them was sized between 4 × 4 × 3 m to 12 × 12 × 7 m. The size of the box corresponded to the amount of FICSMAS gifts inside. They had a collision box that did not affect vehicles but could affect factory construction to a certain degree, so it was advised to pick them up. Each of them yielded between five to 40 FICSMAS Gifts when picked up.

They had a number limit, and picking them up would enable more gift boxes to be dispensed. When picking up a gift, there was a small chance that ADA would say one of the following lines:

• "Merry Christmas"
• "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas"
• "Happy holidays. Now get back to work"
• "Here's a present. It's Iron bars"
• "Merry Christmas you filthy animal".

M.A.M. Research

A new research tree called 'FICSMAS Holiday Event' was available exclusively during the event, which could be unlocked in M.A.M.:

#	Research	Cost	Time	Rewards
1	FICSMAS Tree Base	100 ×  FICSMAS Gift	0:03	Building: Giant FICSMAS Tree Crafting:  FICSMAS Tree Branch out of  FICSMAS Gift
2	Candy Cane Basher	50 ×  FICSMAS Tree Branch	0:03	Crafting:  Candy Cane Basher Crafting:  Candy Cane out of  FICSMAS Gift
3	Candy Cane Decor	10 ×  Candy Cane	0:03	Building: Candy Cane Crafting:  FICSMAS Bow out of  FICSMAS Gift
4	Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 1	1 ×  Red FICSMAS Ornament	0:03	Crafting:  Red FICSMAS Ornament Crafting:  Blue FICSMAS Ornament Giant Tree Upgrade: Candy Canes
		20 ×  Candy Cane
		30 ×  FICSMAS Bow
5	A Friend	50 ×  Candy Cane	0:03	Building: Snowman Crafting:  Actual Snow
		50 ×  FICSMAS Bow
6	FICSMAS Gift Tree	50 ×  Red FICSMAS Ornament	0:03	Building: FICSMAS Gift Tree Crafting:  Copper FICSMAS Ornament Crafting:  Iron FICSMAS Ornament
		50 ×  Blue FICSMAS Ornament
		50 ×  FICSMAS Tree Branch
7	Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 2	1 ×  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle	0:03	Giant Tree Upgrade: FICSMAS Light, Red, Blue and Copper Ornaments
		200 ×  Copper FICSMAS Ornament
		200 ×  Iron FICSMAS Ornament
8	FICSMAS Lights	100 ×  Red FICSMAS Ornament	0:03	Building: FICSMAS Power Light Crafting:  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle
		100 ×  Blue FICSMAS Ornament
		50 ×  Copper FICSMAS Ornament
		50 ×  Iron FICSMAS Ornament
9	It's Snowing!	10 ×  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle	0:03	Building: FICSMAS Snow Dispenser Crafting:  FICSMAS Decoration
		100 ×  Actual Snow
		500 ×  FICSMAS Tree Branch
10	Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 3	1 ×  FICSMAS Wonder Star	0:03	Giant Tree Upgrade: Iron Ornaments, Colored Gifts
		200 ×  FICSMAS Decoration
		400 ×  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle
11	FICSMAS Wreath	100 ×  FICSMAS Decoration	0:03	Building:  FICSMAS Wreath Crafting:  FICSMAS Wonder Star
		200 ×  FICSMAS Ornament Bundle
		500 ×  FICSMAS Bow
12	Snowfight!	500 ×  Actual Snow	0:03	Crafting:  Snowball Pile Crafting:  Snowball
		500 ×  Candy Cane
		500 ×  FICSMAS Bow
13	Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 4	500 ×  FICSMAS Wonder Star	0:03	Giant Tree Upgrade: A Star as a tree-topper

The entire research tree required only Tier 3 tech - only Constructors, Assemblers, Smelters and Foundries were required to automate all the FICSMAS parts (they cannot be crafted at Craft Bench). The number of contents available was locked behind certain key items, which could only be obtainable by scheduled daily rewards. For example, the first key item, a Red FICSMAS Ornament, was required for further researches down the tree.

Parts

FICSMAS Gift
Special FICSMAS buildings and parts can be obtained and produced from this FICSIT Holiday present.
Unlocked at	HUB Advent Calendar
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Candy Cane
A delicious Candy Cane to be enjoyed during the FICSMAS Holidays. *Disclaimer: Can't be consumed....
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Actual Snow
It's snow. Not the nice, thick, crunchy kind though... more the disgustingly wet, slushy kind... Guess we can make stuff from it.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Red FICSMAS Ornament
Used for making FICSMAS Decorations.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Blue FICSMAS Ornament
Again, used for making FICSMAS Decorations.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Copper FICSMAS Ornament
Still used for making FICSMAS Decorations.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	200
Sink Value	1

Iron FICSMAS Ornament
This super special... nope... still just used for making FICSMAS Decorations.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	200
Sink Value	1

FICSMAS Ornament Bundle
All the FICSMAS Ornaments smashed together to make even more Ficsmas Decorations!
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	100
Sink Value	1

FICSMAS Bow
A fancy Bow, maybe someone can wear this? You certainly can't! Can probably also make some parts and decorations from this.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

FICSMAS Tree Branch
A special Tree Branch, used to produce parts and buildings during the FICSMAS Event.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

FICSMAS Wonder Star
This special FICSMAS Star signifies the productivity of FICSIT all across the universe. It also signifies the fact that you have nearly completed the Holiday Events, so time to get back to work.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	50
Sink Value	1

FICSMAS Decoration
A decoration used to make decorations. Its use cases are questionable.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	100
Sink Value	1

Snowball
Compressed dihydrogen monoxide crystals.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Stack Size	500
Sink Value	1

Obtaining

Unlocking

All items were unlocked via the FICSMAS Research chain in the M.A.M.

The FICSMAS Gift Tree, once unlocked, could be used to automate FICSMAS Gift production. Conveyor Belts were required to bring out the produced gifts, as the tree itself could not be interacted with.

Crafting

No FICSMAS items could be crafted by hand, all had to be automated in a machine.

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
FICSMAS Tree Branch Unreleased	1 × FICSMAS Gift 10 / min												Constructor 6 sec	1 × FICSMAS Tree Branch 10 / min 24 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Tree Base

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Candy Cane Unreleased	3 × FICSMAS Gift 15 / min												Constructor 12 sec	1 × Candy Cane 5 / min 48 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Candy Cane Basher

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
FICSMAS Bow Unreleased	2 × FICSMAS Gift 10 / min												Constructor 12 sec	1 × FICSMAS Bow 5 / min 48 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Candy Cane Decor

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Red FICSMAS Ornament Unreleased	1 × FICSMAS Gift 5 / min												Smelter 12 sec	1 × Red FICSMAS Ornament 5 / min 48 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 1

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Blue FICSMAS Ornament Unreleased	1 × FICSMAS Gift 5 / min												Smelter 12 sec	2 × Blue FICSMAS Ornament 10 / min 24 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Giant FICSMAS Tree: Upgrade 1

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Actual Snow Unreleased	5 × FICSMAS Gift 25 / min												Constructor 12 sec	2 × Actual Snow 10 / min 24 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - A Friend

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Copper FICSMAS Ornament Unreleased	2 × Red FICSMAS Ornament 10 / min						2 × Copper Ingot 10 / min						Foundry 12 sec	1 × Copper FICSMAS Ornament 5 / min 192 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Gift Tree

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Iron FICSMAS Ornament Unreleased	3 × Blue FICSMAS Ornament 15 / min						3 × Iron Ingot 15 / min						Foundry 12 sec	1 × Iron FICSMAS Ornament 5 / min 192 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Gift Tree

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
FICSMAS Ornament Bundle Unreleased	1 × Copper FICSMAS Ornament 2 / min						1 × Iron FICSMAS Ornament 2 / min						Assembler 30 sec	1 × FICSMAS Ornament Bundle 2 / min 450 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Lights

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
FICSMAS Decoration Unreleased	25 × FICSMAS Tree Branch 25 / min						5 × FICSMAS Ornament Bundle 5 / min						Assembler 60 sec	1 × FICSMAS Decoration 1 / min 900 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Its Snowing

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Snowball Unreleased	3 × Actual Snow 15 / min												Constructor 12 sec	1 × Snowball 5 / min 48 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - Snowfight!

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
FICSMAS Wonder Star Unreleased	5 × FICSMAS Decoration 2.5 / min						50 × Candy Cane 25 / min						Assembler 120 sec	1 × FICSMAS Wonder Star 0.5 / min 1800 MJ / item		FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Wreath

FICSMAS Calendar

TBD

Usage

Research

Items were used in the FICSMAS Research chain in the M.A.M. for additional unlocks.

Crafting

TBD

AWESOME Sink

As of Patch v0.3.7.7 – Build 140083, FICSMAS items can be sunk.

Before this patch, items would block the input of the AWESOME Sink.

Equipment

Candy Cane Basher
Slot: Hands Heavy delicious self defense weapon for melee range.
Range	4 m
Damage	7-14
Stack Size	1

Snowball Pile
Slot: Hands Ammo: Snowball Disclaimer: Snowballs in pile not included in ammo reserve.
Stack Size	1

Obtaining

Unlocking

All items were unlocked via the FICSMAS Research chain in the M.A.M. TBD

Crafting

Unlike other items, FICSMAS equipment could be only crafted by hand, in the Equipment Workshop.

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Candy Cane Basher Unreleased	2 × Xeno-Zapper						25 × Candy Cane						Equipment Workshop × 6	1 × Candy Cane Basher		FICSMAS Research - Candy Cane Basher
	15 × FICSMAS Gift

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Snowball Mittens Unreleased	100 × Actual Snow						20 × Candy Cane						Equipment Workshop × 3	1 × Snowball Pile		FICSMAS Research - Snowfight!
	10 × FICSMAS Bow

Usage

Equipment

The Candy Cane Basher was the FICSMAS variant of the  Xeno-Basher, they are functionally identical other than appearances. The Snowball Pile was the FICSMAS variant of the  Nobelisk Detonator.

Crafting

TBD

AWESOME Sink

FICSMAS equipment could be sunk, each item yielding one point.

Buildings

Giant FICSMAS Tree
This special delivery gigantic FICSMAS Tree is decorated by progressing the FICSMAS Holiday Event MAM Tree. Better pick a nice spot for it, because every employee only gets one!
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Dimensions
Width	24 m
Length	24 m
Height	48 m
Required Items
100 50 500

FICSMAS Gift Tree
It comes bearing gifts. Produces 15 Gifts per minute.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Power Usage	0 MW
Overclockable	No
Inputs	0
Outputs	1
Dimensions
Width	8 m
Length	8 m
Height	18 m
Required Items
50 100 20 20

FICSMAS Power Light
Used to connect Power Poles, Power Generators and Factory buildings. Has pretty lights to boot!
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Dimensions
Width	0 m
Length	0 m
Height	(1~100) m
Required Items
1 1

FICSMAS Snow Dispenser
Makes it snow! Can be attached to walls and ceilings.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Power Usage	5 MW
Overclockable	No
Dimensions
Width	6 m
Length	6 m
Height	1 m
Required Items
10 100 2

Candy Cane
A giant, delicious Candy Cane. *Warning: Is not actually delicious... or edible, for that matter.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Dimensions
Width	1 m
Length	1 m
Height	7 m
Required Items
10 1

Snowman
Do you wanna build it? You will finally have a friend! *Disclaimer: Is not actually your friend.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Dimensions
Width	6 m
Length	6 m
Height	7 m
Required Items
50 3 1 3 2

FICSMAS Wreath
Can be attached to walls. Is pretty.
Unlocked at	FICSMAS Research
Category	FICSMAS
Dimensions
Width	0.2 m
Length	1 m
Height	1 m
Required Items
1 1

Giant FICSMAS Tree

The Giant FICSMAS Tree came with no decoration by default, where each upgrade research added decorations onto it. The first upgrade added Candy Canes. The second upgrade added Red, Blue, and Copper ornaments, along with the FICSMAS power light. The third upgrade added Iron ornaments and colorful gift boxes to the tree. The final upgrade added a decorative star at the tip of the tree.

Despite its description, multiple Giant FICSMAS Trees could be built.

Default entities with seasonal differences

• The top three screens inside of The HUB changed to display a FICSMAS banner. A FICSMAS Calendar is added beside the HUB Terminal. The rocket on the Launch Pod button is changed into a gift-filled sleigh.
• The Coupon icon on the AWESOME Shop took on a new festive appearance, and the spinning CheckIt mascot on the top donned a hat.
• Power Pole and its variants got wreaths attached.
• Lizard Doggos got a red nose and antlers.
• Jump Pads played Jingle Bells when used in succession.
• Packagers sprayed gift boxes, candy cane, ring, and sparkle particles instead of their usual fluid droplets while operating.
• Factory Carts took on a red-and-white snowflake pattern gift wrap color scheme.
• Engineers were given a Santa hat, which could be seen via 3rd person view (such as using a vehicle / Hyper Tube).

Trivia

• Dylan made the snowballs.
• When opening the daily reward from the Advent calendar, there was a small chance in which the small door would swing downward instead of sliding down.

History

• Patch 0.3.7.7:
  • FICS*MAS related items can now be sunk into the AWESOME Sink
  • All dates in the calendar can now be properly opened
• Patch 0.3.7.6: Fixed FICSMAS ending prematurely on Dec 31, however, rewards from the calendar cannot be collected properly (e.g. on Jan 2, only rewards from days one and two are available)
• Patch 0.3.7.5: Changed Dec 25 reward from one Biomass to one Fused Modular Frame
• Patch 0.3.7.4:
  • Buildings that are not in the Build Menu are no longer able to be sampled (This will affect the FICSMAS related buildings once the event is over)
  • Fixed text inconsistencies between Snowball Pile and Snowball Mittens
• Patch 0.3.7.3:
  • Calendar unlocks now use local time instead of UTC, this should help those who stay up until midnight to catch Santa delivering your presents
  • Updated all languages with the latest translations, A lot of FICS*MAS related content has now been translated
• Patch 0.3.7.2:
  • Power Lines can now be upgraded to FICSMAS Power Lights and vice versa
  • Assorted FICSMAS related text fixes
• Patch 0.3.7.1:
  • Cosmetic and Audio related FICSMAS fixes
  • Vehicles can now go through FICSMAS gifts
• Patch 0.3.7: Introduced