The Harvest Ornament Challenge Returns With a Fresh Twist

The changing seasons bring new opportunities in Upland, and none bigger than the return of the Harvest Ornament Challenge. Running from October 22 through November 12, this three-week event blends festive creativity with the foundational mechanics of Upland: property development, strategic placement, and asset trading.

This season’s format includes directly implemented feedback from the Upland community, resulting in smarter scoring systems, better balance, and new incentives to reward meaningful engagement.

This isn’t just about decorating; it’s about unlocking value through smart use of your properties, maximizing collections, and making every structure count.

How It Works

Ornament placement begins at 9 AM PT on Wednesday, October 22nd. The leaderboard closes at 9 AM PT on Wednesday, November 12th, when the final snapshot will be taken. We recommend leaving all ornaments in place for at least 24 hours after the snapshot to ensure they are fully captured.

Your goal is simple: Place Harvest Season Ornaments, whether Upland or player created, on your structures across Upland. Every ornament counts toward your score, and this time, there are more ways than ever to stack those points.

What’s New This Season?

This fall’s Ornament Challenge brings some of the most significant updates yet, fine-tuned with direct input from the Upland community.

The goal: reward creativity, diversify placement strategies, and ensure a fair and balanced experience for decorators of all kinds. Here’s what’s new for the 2025 Harvest Ornament Challenge:

Supply Based Scoring

The rarer the ornament, the more it’s worth. This season introduces a tiered scoring model based on mint count, adding another layer of strategy for decorators:

• 20 or fewer mints: 5 points
• 21–100: 4 points
• 101–500: 3 points
• 501–2,000: 2 points
• 2,001 or more: 1 point

Creator Collaboration Bonus

Encouraging variety and celebrating the broader ornament community. To promote diverse design use, players who place ornaments created by others will earn the full score value. However, if you place ornaments that you created yourself, your score will be reduced to 10% of the total possible points for that placement.

The reduction is applied after summing all other points, including collection bonus, structure size, and mint supply scoring.

For example, if a creator places their own ornament on an Ultra Rare Collection property with a Luxury Ranch and a mint count of 50:

• Collection Points: 5
• Structure Points: 4
• Supply Points: 4
• Subtotal: 13
• With Creator Penalty: 1.3 Total Points

This system encourages creators to explore and showcase the work of others , highlighting the depth of Upland’s ornament economy.

Collection Scoring

This season, collection quality matters more than ever. Ornaments placed on properties that are part of higher-tier collections will earn bonus points based on collection status:

• Standard: 1 point
• Limited: 2 points
• Exclusive: 3 points
• Rare: 4 points
• Ultra Rare: 5 points

Structure Scoring

Not all structures are built equally. Now, the scoring reflects that. To better represent Sparklet investment and encourage a range of builds, structures earn points based on size:

• Micro House: 1 point
• Small Town House / Ranch: 2 points
• Large Town House: 3 points
• Miami Town House: 3 points
• Two Story Loft: 3 points
• Family Home: 3 points
• Luxury Modern/Ranch: 4 points
• Apartment Building: 5 points

Upland Official Ornament Bonus

Collectors of official Upland ornaments now have a reason to celebrate. Ornaments designed by Upland earn a 2x multiplier, adding both utility and prestige to these limited-edition items.

The multiplier is applied after all other points have been calculated, this includes collection points, structure size points, and mint based rarity points.

For example, if a Upland Official Ornament is placed on a Rare Collection property with a Large Townhouse and has a mint supply in the 101–500 range:

• Collection Points: 4
• Structure Points: 3
• Supply Points: 3
• Subtotal: 10
• With 2x Bonus: 20 Total Points

Only ornaments officially released by Upland are eligible for this multiplier.

We’re excited to bring these new updates to life and will be actively monitoring the challenge throughout the event. Our goal is to ensure a fair, fun, and rewarding experience for everyone.

A special thank you to Swarley129 for the detailed feedback that inspired many of these changes, your insights helped elevate this challenge for the entire community. As always, we’re grateful for all the ideas and suggestions we receive, and we encourage players to continue sharing their thoughts on this and future events.

Leaderboards

As always, players will be matched up against others in their own status tiers. Track your progress and see how you stack up against fellow decorators throughout the challenge.

• Uplander & Pro
• Director
• Executive & Above

Leaderboards update every 12 hours. In the event of a tie, a random draw will decide the winner, so every ornament matters.

The Leaderboard will be live HERE.

Prizes

We’ve added even more UPX to the prize pool this season to make the rewards bigger and better than ever. This season’s rewards are both valuable and exclusive, giving top decorators a chance to earn limited Lore Legits and a hefty UPX payout, with prizes awarded on each leaderboard tier, Uplander & Pro, Director, and Executive & Above,for a total of 75 winners:

• 1st Place: Harvest Season Lore Legit Episode 5, badge, and 275,000 UPX
• 2nd & 3rd Place: Harvest Season Lore Legit Episode 5, badge, and 175,000 UPX
• Top 25: Genesis Lore Legit Episode 5

These prizes don’t just look good, they boost your Harvest Season Collector Score and put a significant UPX bonus in your pocket, giving you both bragging rights and some serious buying power.

Get Ready

The Harvest Ornament Challenge continues to evolve, just like Upland itself. By weaving in property development, strategic placement, and trading, this event showcases the deeper gameplay that drives long-term value.

We’re committed to keeping things balanced, fun, and rewarding, and we’ll be monitoring the event closely to make adjustments as needed.

Your feedback matters, and we’re always open to more. Keep building, keep trading, and keep sharing your ideas, because together, we’re shaping the future of Upland. Good Luck!