# IdleOn Goldrush Event & FREE PETS!

- Product: IdleOn (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idleon)
- Vendor: Lavaflame2
- Date: 2026-03-18
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1476970/view/542258947877242081
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idleon/releases/2026-03-18-goldrush-event-free-pets

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- **added** — Add Pots o' Gold game
- **added** — Add Goldrush Event with daily free plays by collecting 50 Edible Coins
- **added** — Add hourly random exclusive pet giveaways to online players
- **added** — Add Lucky Candle item to view winners list
- **added** — Add Event Shop with 4 new permanent upgrades and returning items from previous events
- **added** — Add Event PTS currency earned by playing Pots o' Gold at approximately 2.43 PTS per play
- **added** — Add new Research Grid upgrade

##### Goldrush Event is LIVE!

##### Play the new Pots o' Gold game!

**•** **Earn +1 free play every day by collecting all 50 Edible Coins!
•** **Earn 10+ free plays by keeping IdleOn up and running!
•** **Earn +1 free play by opening the game for the first time! I always give out 1 play for free to all!**

##### Win FREE EXCLUSIVE PETS!

**•** **Every hour, 1 random player online in IdleOn will win a random EXCLUSIVE pet! Hedgehogs, Pandas, Clams, Boars, Rift Stalkers, all the coolest ones!**

**•** **You must be online to win - the winner is selected from ONLINE players after all!**

**•** **You can click the eyeball next to any winning pet to see it for yourself!**

**•** **USE THE "LUCKY CANDLE" ITEM TO SEE THE WINNERS LIST! It's dropped by monsters!**

##### NEW EVENT SHOP!

**•** **4 new permanent upgrades to buy, plus LOTS of old ones from previous events to catch up on!**

**•** **Earn Event PTS by playing Pots o' Gold! You get ~2.43 PTS on average per play!**

##### NEW RESEARCH GRID UPGRADE!

**•** **lol**

**5000 GEMS winners from LAST Patch Notes are:**

milosann, SnowGod, littlechestop, CosmiQuack, Ksoulx, Extaasi, shiii0, 1wwa, Swag Stanley, PoofNoodle

**10 people who comment their 1st IdleOn player name on THIS Patch Notes will win a TRADEABLE GLUNKO PET**

I always knew I was gonna do a St. Patrick's Day Event! Sure, I didn't do it in 2021, or 2022, or 2023, or 2024 or 2025 but LOOK I DID IT!

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~ Lavaflame2_