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Mystic Hourglass is a special item given monthly to subscribers.

Mysterious Time Travelers

Mysterious Time Travelers

You can use your Mystic Hourglasses by navigating to Time Travelers in the Shops section of the website or mobile apps. Visit the Mysterious Time Travelers page to learn more about the items you can buy.

A subscriber will be given a Mystic Hourglass each month, or twelve at once for annual payment subscribers. For information about when the Hourglass will be delivered to your account and other benefits of subscriptions, refer to the Bonus Benefits for Longer Subscriptions section in the Subscription page.

If you own any Mystic Hourglasses

If you own any Mystic Hourglasses

If you don't own any Mystic Hourglasses

If you don't own any Mystic Hourglasses

If you own any Mystic Hourglasses, the quantity will be shown with an Hourglass icon in the website's toolbar and in the header of the mobile app. If you do not own any Mystic Hourglasses, the icon will not be displayed.

Images & Trivia[]

Mystic Hourglasses were first introduced on December 3, 2014.

Hourglass
Art by tressley
This .svg file is the one currently used throughout the website and in the apps.
Hourglass retired
Art by Meganana
This .png file is the original hourglass

Information for Developers

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Hourglasses are referred to as trinkets in the code.

In Habitica's database and in the data extracted from the database using the API, the number of unused Hourglasses that a subscriber has is stored in the purchased.plan.consecutive.trinkets field.

If you want to test things requiring Mystic Hourglasses in your local install, you can give Hourglasses to your test account by using the "Add Hourglass to the current user" item in the Debug menu in the footer of the website.