
The Duck Bootcamp is a series of streams, flagsets, and asynchronous weekly challenges to on-board new runners (Ducklings) into the FFR community in the 6 weeks prior to the seasonal Duck Derby.
The Duck Bootcamp is hosted by the Duck Don who will often enlist the help of prominent community members to assist with flag design, restreaming, and VOD review.
Weekly flagsets are broken into two groups: easier, basic training 100 Level classes, and more advanced, interesting flag option 200 Level classes. These are revealed on-stream, Sunday (100 Level) and Wednesday (200) evenings, usually with one community member running a seed alongside one or two commentators for the purpose of describing major features of the flagset, traps, tricks, and things to look out for. After the reveal stream, flags are made public for the Duckling Weekly asynchronous race on the FFR Discord, along with weekly, streamed races on Mondays (100 Level) and Thursdays (200 Level). VOD reviews are run on Fridays, based on submitted runs from the ducklings.
And if you're looking for even more training and racing fun, check out the Duckling Rally, our supplemental, async event for new players.
The Winter 2026 Bootcamp will start in January and run for six weeks. It will be hosted by DMStewart, and raxraxraxrax, with additional assistance from the community. It will feature the Platy Party event during weeks 4, 5, and 6 of the Bootcamp.
Class Schedule:
Note, the RPGLB race schedule is subject to change. If a race isn't on RPGLB it will be supported on FFR1.
| Winter Bootcamp 2026: Flags and Videos | ||
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| 100 Level Flagsets and Seeds | 200 Level Flagsets and Seeds | VODs and Race Rooms |
| Week 1: Basic Melee Classes | ||
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101: Black Belts Learn how to use the Black Belt. The flags feature high boss scaling paired with friendly grinds (specifically on vanilla trap tiles). This is all about getting your punch cannon online while you explore the basics of the game.
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201: Fun with Ninjas It's time to learn about all the benefits of thieves and ninjas. You'll start with a ninja in the party, and will get all the bonuses from the class: lockpicking, boosted hit growth, and boosted agility. Enjoy exploring the world with speed and power.
Seeds: |
Class 101 (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and rax, featuring DMStewart Class 101 Race (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and JShydell, featuring Fryteeh, Lasrrr, hungryhungryhippo, and rubes Class 201 (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and Luffy, featuring Luffy Class 201 Race (YouTube), hosted by captainnerd2 and Luffy, featuring Von, Lasrrr, Retro Indie Josh, and OneFreeFitz Vod Review (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart, featuring Granola Vod Review (YouTube), hosted by Darkmoon, featuring Lasrrr |
| Week 2: Character Shenanigans | ||
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102: Fighter Time This is a very basic flag set, with a couple of wrinkles, like removing the Masamune in favor of the XCal. Because of this, the final fight is Double Dragons, not Chaos. There are a couple of challenging places in the seed, but this also imparts good lessons for new players.
Seeds: |
202: Mage on a Stick All of your weapons have gained the ability to cast magic, and the magic can be anything. NUKE sticks? FADE bonks? LIFE hammers? All that and more. But to balance it, there are no mages, and all magic shops have been permanently closed. It's time to check your gear and get your magic weapons in hand.
Seeds: |
Class 102 (YouTube), hosted by rax and FranklinRN, featuring Franklin RN Class 102 Race (YouTube), hosted by Luffy and Serisan, featuring Lasrrr, Mulhound, hungryhungryhippos, and rubes Class 202 (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and JShydell, featuring JShydell Class 202 Race (YouTube), hosted by JShydell and meklin, featuring Von, Lasrrr, hungrhungryhippo, and Fierrastar Vod Review (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart, featuring Thaonar |
| Week 3: Wow, We Can Randomize Lots Of Things | ||
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103: Oops! All Loose with Shard Hunt So far you've played seeds that keep treasures in relatively standard locations. Now, though, it's time to shake all that up. Everything is loose, nothing is where you expect it, and you get to dig, dig, dig.
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203: Entrance and Floor (E/F) Shuffle The world has been mixed up, with different floors of different dungeons appearing anywhere. You'll have to dig in, take notes, and find your way through this completely mixed up world.
Seeds: |
Class 103 (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and rax, featuring rax Class 103 Race (YouTube), hosted by JShydell and Captainnerd2, featuring Mulhound, Lasrrr, Von, and fryteeth Class 203 (YouTube), hosted by DMStewart and Sawneyrath, featuring Sawneyrath Class 203 Race (YouTube), hosted by Luffy and DMStewart, featuring PCMN1331, Mulhound, Lasrrr, and Fierrastar |
| Week 4: No Really, Lots Of Things | ||
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104: NOverworld We have a very strange world today. The overworld has been eliminated, with all locations linked via a single, continuous dungeon. Town, caves, fiend dungeons are all interconnected, and you'll have to navigate stairs, and collect key items, to complete your quest.
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204: ??? Seeds:
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Class 104 & Platy Party Race 1 (YouTube), hosted by Serisan and DMStewart, featuring Darkmoon, phoenix, Odraun, and FranklinRN Class 104 Race (YouTube), hosted by JShydell and Barber, featuring fryteeth, Serisan, Mulhound, and meklin Class 204 (YouTube) Class 204 Race (YouTube)
Vod Review (YouTube) |
| Week 5: Party Composition and Map Edits | ||
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105: ??? Seeds:
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205: ??? Seeds:
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Class 105 & Platy Party Race 2 (YouTube)
Class 105 Race (YouTube)
Class 205 (YouTube) Class 205 Race (YouTube)
Vod Review (YouTube) |
| Week 6: And More! | ||
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106: ??? Seeds:
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206: ??? Seeds:
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Class 106 & Platy Party Race 3 (YouTube)
Class 106 Race (YouTube)
Class 206 (YouTube) Class 206 Race (YouTube)
Vod Review (YouTube) |