On the heels of their bold and busy Neokyo release, Zwift has rolled out a badge hunting series featuring four of the map’s eight new routes. It will be a fun chance to ride with others on new roads, earning route badges, XP, and special cycling kit along the way!
Routes and Schedule
The series runs from November 29-December 19, and has four stages. Each stage is progressively tougher:
- Stage 1: Sleepless City (Nov 29-Dec 2)
- Distance: 6 mi // 9.6 km
- Elevation Gain: 138′ // 42 m
- Stage 2: Wandering Flats (Dec 3-6)
- Distance: 15.6 mi // 25.1 km
- Elevation Gain: 476′ // 145 m
- Stage 3: Railways and Rooftops (Dec 7-10)
- Distance: 3.9 mi // 6.2 km
- Elevation Gain: 230′ // 70 m
- Stage 4: Temples and Towers (Dec 11-14)
- Distance: 20.3 mi // 32.6 km
- Elevation Gain: 1,043′ // 318 m
See upcoming events in this series >
Makeup Week
If you miss a stage, we will have all of them in rotation during makeup week. This will occur between December 15 and December 19.
Kit Unlock
Three special pieces of in-game swag have been created just for this series: cycling kit, shoes, a helmet!
The swag is unlocked as you progress through the series: get the 2021 Neokyo Rush kit once you complete 25% of the series, the 2021 Neokyo Pursuit shoes at 50%, and the 2021 Neokyo Dream helmet at 100%.
How To Sign Up
Sign up in game from the drop-in screen, or simply sign up for particular events. The list of upcoming events for this series is available at zwift.com/events/series/neokyo-badge-hunting-series.
Got Questions?
Check out the FAQ posted on Zwift’s forum.
Brilliant! I’ve been thinking it was about time we had another big Zwift activity! And finally there’s a chance to get new shoes and a new helmet!!!
I’ll have all the badges before the series starts. Why didn’t it begin when the update was launched?
You poor dear.
One would think their goal would be to push and promote new content when it is released, not some time afterwards. But then again, this is Zwift… Many things here don’t make sense.
We’d all get the badges anyway, these aren’t arduous routes. Badge hunters is just a title for the event. It’s more about the activity and getting the kit. You could ask them for a half empty Zwift glass I guess.
Any word yet on when we can get the Crit Circuit badge? It’s the only one I don’t currently have.
Some time in December I think. More on that soon!
With Zwift Preferences you can get the badge at any time you want.
Wait, so I will only have to complete those routes and that’s it?
That’s it!
Are these group rides or can we complete the routes on our own within those time frames?
Group rides, Paul.
I suspect most “badge hunters” will have ticked off all the available Neokyo routes long before 29th November, given the world has been on the official schedule for almost a week already.
When will you update your route/badge/difficult list – such a great tool for planning my rides
ASAP. Just not sure when that’ll be. 🙂
Eric, are you doing a write up on the FFWD wheels from the last update? 🤔
Ta.
Yup!
I was lucky enough to see this before I got any of those route badges. I’ve made a note of all of them so I don’t get them before it starts.
Also, I’ve noticed the last few days on the Zwift home screen that it says it starts Nov 22. Guess that’s an error on their part.
There are currently only 4 of the routes on this activity.
I like the kit. It reminds me of the 70s and Disco!
Does it matter if you have already collected the Route Badges, will you still get the rewards?
I imagine that completing any badge hunt stage will get you the Neokyo gear.
It doesn’t matter, you will still get the rewards of the jersey, shoes and helmet. You just won’t get any extra badges or XP for doing them twice. 😉
I completed 2 of the 4 courses today in solo rides but it seems like I did not get credit (kit and shoes). What am I missing?
You have to join the events (group rides) to get the items.
If I miss a specific group ride, can I get credit for the route later? I’m travelling.
What is a badge, how does it work, how do you pick it up?
Belle, you a get a “badge” every time you complete a route that you’ve never completed. If you join the group rides, you can get the badge as well as the jersey, shoes, or helmet that Eric mentions above. If you already have a badge for the course currently offered in the series, you can do the group ride and still get the jersey, shoes, or helmet.
The events are not showing in the companion app. No new update for the companion app. Anyone else having this issue?
What no gloves or socks??
still I am looking forward to the ride –
It may seem silly, but little challenges like this motivate me to get on the saddle and tick them off.
I missed Stage 1 with the plan of hitting it during the makeup week. I have done Stages 2 and 3 and today I finished Stage 4 and got the email notification that I had finished the whole thing (100%) and gotten the helmet, even though in-app Stage 1 still shows as incomplete and I don’t have the helmet in my garage. I’m wondering if there is a silly bug where everybody gets the completion email when they finish Stage 4?
I’m in the same situation – missed Stage 1 but completed the other 3 stages. Got the same email but no helmet in my garage. Still waiting for more information about the makeup week because there are no events for it in the Companion yet .
How do you unlock the flight jackets in the pic? Event or level?
Do you know the performance specs of the Neokyo helmet? Is it just fancy looking or actually have aerodynamic features (if Zwift ever models in helmet factors)?
So it’s 14th December and I’ve missed stage 3 – but I can’t seem to find the catch up events that were promised.for makeup week 15th – 19th December.
Hi Eric,
I just missed this event but I really want to get the kit. Do you know if Zwift ever repeat these type of events at a later date?