> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.equinoxroleplay.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Activities
> Explore activities around Equinox, including the lottery, theme park, casino, bowling, fishing, hunting, diving, mining, and more.
There is plenty to do around **Equinox Roleplay** when you're looking for something outside of your normal job, criminal activity, or day-to-day routine.
Some activities are purely for entertainment, while others give you opportunities to earn money, collect materials, develop skills, or create roleplay with other people around the city.
### Get Out and Explore
Not everything in Equinox needs to revolve around making the most money possible.
Grab some friends, try something different, and turn the activity itself into roleplay.
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# Things to Do
Buy lottery tickets, try your luck with scratchers, and chase the growing jackpot.
Visit the theme park and enjoy some downtime with friends.
Hit the lanes and see who actually has the best game.
Visit the casino for games, entertainment, and a chance to test your luck.
Grab a cue and challenge someone to a game of pool.
Search around for buried finds and see what you can uncover.
Explore beneath the surface and discover what may be hiding underwater.
Fish, gather supplies, craft equipment, and interact with the fishing economy.
Head into the wilderness and take part in the hunting system.
Mine for resources and gather materials through one of the city's gathering activities.
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# Activity Guide
The Equinox Lottery gives you a chance to turn a small ticket purchase into something much bigger.
### Lottery Information
| **Information** | **Details** |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| **Drawing Day** | Friday |
| **Drawing Time** | 7:00 PM USEST / 12:00 AM UTC |
| **Ticket Cost** | \$100 |
| **Jackpot** | Increases when no winner is selected |
### Growing Jackpot
If nobody wins the jackpot, the prize continues to increase over time until someone eventually takes it home.
### Scratchers
Don't want to wait for the weekly drawing?
Scratchers give you another way to test your luck.
The jackpot won't always be won every week.
Keep an eye on it — sometimes waiting for the prize to grow makes the next drawing a lot more interesting.
Need a break from work, crime, or running around the city?
Head down to the **Theme Park**.
It's a great place for:
* Dates
* Group outings
* Community events
* Meeting new people
* Taking a break from the usual grind
Activities don't always need a major reward attached to them.
Sometimes the best purpose they serve is giving characters somewhere to actually spend time together.
Grab some friends and head to the bowling alley.
Bowling is an easy way to turn downtime into an actual scene instead of everyone standing around wondering what to do.
Make something out of it.
Start a tournament, put something on the line, create a league, or find out which member of your crew absolutely cannot bowl.
Feeling lucky?
The **Casino** offers another place to spend time, socialize, and take your chances.
### Know When to Walk Away
Casino games are based around chance.
Winning isn't guaranteed, and chasing a loss can turn an expensive night into a very expensive night.
Whether you're there to gamble or just hang around, the casino can be a solid place for social roleplay.
Sometimes you don't need anything complicated.
Grab a cue, find a table, and challenge someone to a game of **pool**.
Pool tables are perfect for casual conversations, business meetings, friendly competition, and settling arguments that definitely should not be settled over a pool game.
Looking for something slower-paced?
Grab the equipment you need and try **Metal Detecting**.
Search around the appropriate areas and see what you can uncover.
### You Never Know What You'll Find
Metal detecting is built around searching and discovery.
Explore instead of expecting every useful spot to be handed to you.
Some things worth finding aren't on land.
The diving system lets you head underwater and explore areas beneath the surface.
Come prepared before heading underwater.
Exploring is a lot easier when you aren't figuring out your equipment after you've already jumped in.
Fishing is more than standing near the water and hoping something bites.
The system includes its own **market and crafting opportunities**, giving you room to progress beyond simply catching fish.
### Fishing Market
### Fishing Crafting
### Fishing Has Its Own Loop
Explore the system, see what's available through crafting, and figure out how the market fits into your fishing progression.
Fishing also makes for easy group roleplay.
Grab some friends, find a spot, and spend some time away from the city.
Head out of the city and into the wilderness for **Hunting**.
Hunting gives characters another reason to leave Los Santos and actually spend time exploring the rural parts of San Andreas.
Use it as more than another gathering activity.
Go with friends.
Build an outdoors character.
Organize hunting trips.
Make the journey part of the experience.
Mining gives you another way to gather resources through activity rather than simply purchasing everything you need.
### Keep Useful Materials
Not every resource you collect needs to be immediately sold.
Some materials may become useful elsewhere within the city's economy or crafting systems.
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# Make Your Own Fun
The systems above give you something to do.
What you make out of them is up to you.
Most activities become considerably more entertaining when other characters are involved.
Bowling tournaments, casino nights, fishing competitions, hunting trips, and other player-run events can create excellent community roleplay.
Activities are another reason to visit areas of San Andreas your character may otherwise never see.
Your character doesn't need to be working, committing crimes, or chasing progression every minute they're awake.
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# There's More to Equinox Than the Grind
Make a bad bet.
Lose horribly at bowling.
Go fishing with somebody you just met.
Drag your friends to the theme park.
Spend an afternoon looking for something with a metal detector.
Organize a hunting trip.
Whatever you choose, use these systems as an excuse to **create interactions instead of just complete activities**.
### The activity gives you something to do.
**The people you bring with you are what turn it into roleplay.**