Freedom of the Press

Freedom of the Press is a 3-days Limited Time Blitz, released on December 13, 2019 in Update 5.6 (held again on January 8, 2021 and the third time on April 29, 2022). It doesn't have a Community section.

Applejack: Of all the apple-pickin'-- I don't know WHAT that smug, self-satisfied son-of-a-Parasprite is tryin' to pull, but I'm madder'n a flash bee in winter and TWICE as ornery!

Applejack: Look at this -- just LOOK at this! This morning's Equestria Daily Post -- with a guest editorial from tastemaker-slash-world-class-dunderhead Trenderhoof...

Applejack: Claimin' -- havin' the outright NERVE to claim -- that Sweet Apple Acres uses IMITATION APPLES IN ITS CIDER!

Applejack: I dunno if this is some kinda payback for my turnin' him down that time at Ponyville Days, or what -- but if he's gonna lie about MY farm, you can bet your bottom bit I'm gonna DO somethin' about it!

Intro Quest: Stop the Presses!

Intro Quest: Stop the Presses!
"I dunno if this is some kinda payback for my turnin' him down that time at Ponyville Days, or what -- but if he's gonna lie about MY farm, you can bet your bottom bit I'm gonna DO somethin' about it!"	Task/Skip	Task requirement	Rewards
	Send Applejack home to DO SOMETHIN' ABOUT IT! Skip: DURING THE TASK, YOU CAN SKIP WITH 5	1 Time Task Time: 3 minutes	2 30 1
Quest Giver: Applejack		1 Time Task Time: 3 minutes	2 30 1
Ending text
"Uh... Applejack just marched from her house all the way into the Daily Post building, and she still looks just as angry... I'm concerned."

Trenderhoof: So I SAID to Zesty Gourmand, I said: "The hay-farm-to-table movement is the FUTURE of fine dining in Equestria, and if you can't see that, then --"

Applejack: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, YOU NO-ACCOUNT MUCK-RAKIN' WASTE OF A SWEATER!

Trenderhoof: Applejack?! To what do I owe the... Oh. This is about my most recent editorial, isn't it?

Trenderhoof: Look, I know that you and I have a history, but believe me when I say that article was nothing personal! I based my conclusion on extremely solid reporting, and --

Applejack: "Solid reporting", my left front hoof! That hack job of an article wouldn't hold water if ya left it outside in a hurricane!

Applejack: Which is why I wrote to these reporters here-- and why they came along to help back me up! We're gonna argue you into takin' back what you wrote -- even if it takes all week!

Battle Stages

	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
BOSS' LIFE	1,200	12,000	32,000
Reward	25 [[File:{{{1}}}.png\|20px\|{{{1}}}]]	Changelingverse Tapestry (DÉCOR)	Editor-in-Chief Pony or 50 [[File:{{{1}}}.png\|20px\|{{{1}}}]]

Each attack costs 1 energy and gives you 25 - 150 (55 on average), which can be used for upgrades. Each attack deals damage equal to your power. Energies take time to regenerate.
Upgrades increase your power, maximum energy capacity and decreases the charge time for each energy.
Start with 5 (power), 10 energy and 12 minutes (recharge time) per energy

Amount of sapphires (random between values)	Chances of drop
25-50	70%
75-100	25%
125-150	5%

Applejack: *huff... puff...* Why... Why won'tcha just give in and say you made it all up? Sweet Apple Acres is all-natural and all-homegrown, and you KNOW it!

Trenderhoof: *puff... huff...* Because... Because I DON'T know it! I didn't want to believe you'd use subpar ingredients either, but...

Trenderhoof: ... Well, when two EXTREMELY highly placed sources in the Las Pegasus hotel business write to you to tell you so -- on the SAME DAY, no less -- well, you just have to accept it!

Applejack: The Las Pegasus hotel business... Aaah, applesauce. Those two sources wouldn't happen to be named "Flim" and "Flam" respectively, would they?

Trenderhoof: Wait... They are! But how did YOU know that?!

Applejack: *sigh...* It's a long story... or more like a whole bunch of long stories strung together.

Applejack: Just know that I don't hold that article against you anymore... but that once I tell ya why, you might wanna retract it anyhow. C'mon, lemme buy you a cider and we'll talk!

Applejack: Guess today's been a friendship lesson for both of us. Sure, newsponies might get things wrong from time to time, and it's worth readin' closely to make sure they don't...

Applejack: But most of 'em are about as honest as the rest of us -- even the ones that come off a little hoity-toity!

Trenderhoof: Oh, I was actually AT the launch of Hoity-Toity's signature lifestyle brand last week! The canapés were simply HEAVENLY.

Applejack: ... Yeah, you're not exactly helpin', buddy.

Helpers

Character	Effect	Price
Scoop	Power +50	600	US$8.99
Quill	Power +50	600	US$8.99

Upgrades

Upgrade #	Power	Max Energy	Charge Time (Minutes)	Cost (Sapphires )
1	5 --> 6	-	-	98
2	6 --> 7	-	-	121
3	-	10 --> 11	-	145
4	-	-	12m --> 11m	169
5	7 --> 8	-	-	193
6	8 --> 9	-	-	217
7	9 --> 10	-	-	242
8	-	11 --> 12	-	267
9	-	-	11m --> 10m	292
10	10 --> 11	-	-	317
11	-	12 --> 13	-	343
12	11 --> 12	-	-	369
13	-	-	10m --> 9m	396
14	12 --> 13	-	-	423
15	-	13 --> 14	-	450
16	13 --> 14	-	-	477
17	-	-	9m --> 8m	505
18	14 --> 15	-	-	534
19	-	14 --> 16	-	562
20	-	-	8m --> 7m	591
21	15 --> 16	-	-	621
22	-	16 --> 18	-	650
23	-	-	7m --> 6m	680
24	16 --> 17	-	-	711
25	-	18 --> 20	-	742
26	-	-	6m --> 5m	773
27	17 --> 18	-	-	805
28	-	20 --> 23	-	838
29	-	-	5m --> 4m	870
30	18 --> 19	-	-	903
31	19 --> 20	-	-	937
32	-	23 --> 26	-	971
33	20 --> 21	-	-	1,006
34	-	26 --> 29	-	1,041
35	21 --> 22	-	-	1,076
36	-	29 --> 32	-	1,112
37	22 --> 23	-	-	1,149
38	-	32 --> 35	-	1,186
39	23 --> 24	-	-	1,223
40	-	-	4m --> 3m	1,262
41	24 --> 25	-	-	1,300
42	25 --> 26	-	-	1,339
43	26 --> 27	-	-	1,379
44	-	35 --> 39	-	1,419
45	27 --> 28	-	-	1,460
46	-	39 --> 43	-	1,501
47	28 --> 29	-	-	1,543
48	-	-	3m --> 2m 30s	1,586
49	29 --> 30	-	-	1,629
50	-	43 --> 47	-	1,673
51	30 --> 31	-	-	1,717
52	-	47 --> 51	-	1,762
53	31 --> 32	-	-	1,807
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The maximum number of upgrades is 102.