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May the racing force be with you this weekend inMonopoly Goas we dive into the first team event of the new Star Wars sticker season with the Pod Racers event, running between1PM ET on May 1and4PM ET on May 5.
There are plenty of stickers on the line in Pod Racers this May the Fourth weekend for the new Star Wars season, and there are tons of other Star Wars cosmetics to be won not only as grand prizes at the end of the weekend, but as lap rewards in Pod Racers along the way.
Earn Tokens From Other Events To Win Pod Racers Prizes
For the Pod Racers event this weekend in Monopoly Go, the first stage of the event is the team-up stage. On May 1, teams were selected (or players opted into playing solo for slightly lower rewards - it is ateamsevent, after all), and the first race of the weekend will assign you a color and pit you against other racers.
In order to race during the Pod Racers event in Monopoly Go, you’ll need toaccumulate Pod Racers tokens from other in-game events and rewards, such as:
Once you’ve got the tokens in hand, head into the Pod Racers event screen to get started on the weekend’s competition.
Use Your Pod Racers Tokens To Compete In Races
How To Play Pod Racers
You’ll see your team’s pod for the Pod Racers event in Monopoly Go on a sandy track up against three other teams. Throughout the weekend, we’ll be participating inthree individual racesbefore the point totals are tallied after the final races. Rewards will be given out on May 5 after the final race, decided by youroverall points earnedacross the three races.
We’re seeing the return of two newer power-ups as lap rewards for Pod Racers, withboth Lucky RocketandOverloadon the menu this time around. When you open a lap reward, which you’ll do periodically as your team completes the number of laps shown near the starting line, you might open either of these perks, which offer one of two boosts:
Lucky Rocket
Every player on your team will receive the Lucky Rocket boost, which makes it so that when you next roll for the Pod Racers event, you’llonly roll a four, five, or six.
This is a great time toincrease your dice roll multiplier, since you’re guaranteed to roll anywhere from 12-18 even before factoring in any double of triples multipliers you might earn - best to compound while you can and go all in on Lucky Rocket boosts in Pod Racers!
Overload
Send a ball and chain to one opposing team to slow them down, since being hit with an Overload meansall dice rolls are halved. You’ll need to roll several times to break the chain and free yourself from the Overload, but it’s a massive help to use on another team. If another team is close to catching up to your, hit them with an Overload to slow them down as you increase the gap without the Overload penalty.
Use a good combination of smart multipliers and active playing to increase how many points you and your team will earn throughout the weekend during the Monopoly Go Pod Racers event, since there are plenty of cool Star Wars-themed prizes on the list of prizes, as well asplenty of sticker packsto help get you started on the new sticker season on a strong foot.
There’s no right way to play the Pod Racers event in Monopoly Go, but first-place teams might end up with an early target on their back for the Overload penalty, especially if the race is close. You can also choose to target pther teams who are close to overtaking yours to prevent them from doing so, or hit the team ahead of you with an Overload while you Lucky Rocket ahead.
The top three teams will receive anew shield skinfeaturing a Pit Droid from Star Wars, while the first place team will also win anew board tokenof Jabba the Hutt. Along the way, though, you’ll also find plenty ofnew emojisreminiscent of Star Wars as lap rewards throughout the weekend.
Send Messages To Your Team
For the first time in team events since we started playing Monopoly Go, we’re now able tocommunicate directly with teammates in the Monopoly Go appthroughout the course of the Pod Racers events. You can’t talk to the other teams - only your three teammates. Your list of emojis is also still available to send to teammates if you’re better with emotes than words.
You’ll choose frompre-written Star Wars-themed messagesthat convey a variety of things, like encouraging teammates to spend their flags or hold them for the next race, cheer on the team’s push for certain positions throughout the weekend’s races in Pod Racers, suggest specific lap rewards for everyone, and even comment on the progress of the race so far.
While this is the first time we’ve got a way to communicate past emojis, you stillcan’t exchange custom-written messages with your teamfor Pod Racers in Monopoly Go in the in-game app. There are plenty of online communities, like the Monopoly Go subreddit or discord, that encourage partnering up with other players from said communities.
If you’ve got players on your friends list that you know in real life, it’s always good to team up with them during racing events so you can communicate more effectively on how to divide and conquer the event.
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Since the Star Wars sticker season just began in Monopoly Go, this is an excellent way to start earning new stickers and completing your 22 sticker albums - what Star Wars fan wouldn’t want that sweet Darth Vader board token as the grand prize for finishing every album?
