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The spooky season has arrived - you can now access the Ghoulish Gala Hub, which is located under the Community tab! You can also make some friends (or enemies) through Trick or Treating! Here's a quick refresher on how it works!
Sending Requests
You can visit the Trick or Treating page to start. Listed there are currently online Aywans interested in accepting Trick or Treat requests. Just click on the "Trick or Treat" button below their name to send the request. You can send requests to an Aywan every 30 minutes. This page will update itself when an Aywan's online status changes.
Processing Requests
On the side menu of the site, there's a Trick or Treat status box. As you receive requests, your visitor count will change. You can click this number (or go to My Visitors) to view your requests. From there, you'll have the option to trick or treat your visitor.
Treating visitors will cost 1,000 BP each at minimum. Tricking visitors is free!You have 15 minutes to respond to a Trick or Treat request before it expires.
Avoiding Users
One new addition to your Trick or Treating experience is the Avoid Users feature. Entering the ID of the user you'd like to avoid will hide that particular user on the Trick or Treat list. The user will still appear on your Visitors Page, but the buttons will be removed to prevent you from accidentally interacting with them.
Note: this feature is browser and cache specific. If you're swapping browsers or clear your cache, your list will be wiped. All users are still expected to be mindful while Trick or Treating and avoid contacting users they have a DNC with, even with the Avoid feature.
Candy Leaderboard
For the competitive crowd, we have a Trick or Treat High Scores! Your score will rise alongside your candy gains, but your score will fall when you lose candy through events, such as your bag ripping and an NPC stealing your candy. Your score will not be affected by you spending your candy, however, such as giving your candy to Claude for safekeeping and spending your candy at the Seasonal Shop.
Climb the ranks high enough, and you may find yourself in possession of a trophy or commemorative prize!
If trick or treating your fellow Aywans isn't for you, don't forget that you can always Trick or Treat the NPCs instead! Swing by the Site Characters page and trick or treat them when they are available.
Located on the Trick or Treat status box is a Karma Meter. As you send trick or treat requests or trick visitors, you will incur negative (orange) karma. Vise-versa, treating users will give you positive (green) karma. Both karma levels have their benefits and risks, so experiment around!
The Pumpkin Patch is now open as well! Remember, any and all messages left in pumpkins must follow the Terms of Service. Additionally, the pumpkins cannot be tagged as [M]ature, so do not put anything that may need this tag into the pumpkins. If you pick up a pumpkin that violates either of these rules, please PM a staff member. Be kind, and have fun!
Starting tomorrow, October 5th, you will be able to collect one festive item per day from the Advent Calendar! Will it be a yummy treat or something spooky? Check in every day to find out!
You can now collect herbs from the Greenhouse to use in Rowan's Potion Brewing, but be wary of what you grab - Minerva is watching!
The Spooky Forest is now open! As you adventure through it, you will be able to pick up Bootato, which will be one of the currencies used for the Seasonal Shop! You can find any pets that you may have missed out on from previous years!
As a reminder, the submission threads for the Ghoulish Gala are currently open in the Events forum! Please keep in mind that if you are submitting a pet, the site pet thread is where the design will be available to everyone. The Cauldron thread is for designs that will be given out as a custom pet during the event, which means only one person will obtain that design. The deadline to submit your entries is 11:59 PM AST on October 18th!
The Ghoulish Gala festivities will continue through 11:59 PM AST on October 31st!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Sun Oct 4, 2026 9:03pm
Welcome to October
Site Update
Starting off, we have our GP Shop and BP Shop pets, which will be obtainable through the Essence of Septober 2026! This is the final month that this potion will be available!
If you designed one of these pets and haven't done so already, please contact Lacia (#25044) for your payment!
Greeting those born in October is the Opal Unicorn Lunaris!
Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!
If you missed your Lunaris or have further questions regarding them, please contact Hiiro (#755).
This month's Premium Item is the Spilled Candy Bag! Inside you will find an Essence of October 2014, a Halloween Pumpkin, and two items for your Human Avatar: a Candy Sack and Giant Lolly!
The new monthly contests have been announced!
November - December Monthly Shop Pets: Enter
November Monthly Customs - Metallic: Enter
Good luck with your entries!
For the month of October, you may use your Jeweled items to create any previous October base! You can view the available bases in the Knowledge Base articles for the Jeweled Crystal, the Jeweled Hybrid Crystal, and the Jeweled Rare Crystal.
If you want to be a Jeweled Custom Artist, please visit the hiring thread!
The Tashian is currently the active Raw genus, which means that you can purchase the Island Tashian in the BP Shop! It will remain the active genus until November, so be sure to make a note of this in case you wish to make any!
As a reminder, the submission threads for the Ghoulish Gala are currently open in the Events forum! Please keep in mind that if you are submitting a pet, the site pet thread is where the design will be available to everyone. The Cauldron thread is for designs that will be given out as a custom pet during the event, which means only one person will obtain that design. The deadline to submit your entries is 11:59 PM AST on October 18th!
Additionally, we are currently accepting submissions for the Black Friday Exotic Sale! If you are interested in creating a set, you can review the rules for submitting here. All sets must be completed and turned in to Mayday Marie (#11) by 11:59 PM AST on November 6th!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Thu Oct 1, 2026 7:34pm
Monthly Customs & Lunar Meteor
Contests
'· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´ [[ The w i n n e r s' edition! ]] '· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´
Saturn (#497) ................................. Snuggles [ToT] (#5560) ................................. ♑ Kat can't C well (#80)
Tin & Bloo (#9)
Congratulations to all of our winners!
As the final bits of stardust leave the atmosphere, there's just enough magic left behind to grant a few wishes. Congratulations to the following users from the Wish Upon a Star 2026: Pets and Wish Upon a Star 2026: Items threads for having their wish granted:
Alana (#70812) ★ Toliska (#74403) ★ Haru (#46917) ★ Jayse (#24599) ★ slothful (#64472) ★ odin (#997) ★ Loveless (#19023)
Jess/Jet (#80890) ★ Haberdasher (#33507) ★ Akira-Hime (#2214) ★ SunflowerAspen (#61059) ★ Kikabelle (#40497) ★ Princess Saturn (#588) ★ Xenephos (#55335) ★ Authello (#48184) ★ LaLa (#565) ★ Retro (#48459)
Additionally, the Star Ticket Raffles have been drawn! Congratulations to MoWolf Poop Lord (#36687) for winning the Glittering Potion, Momohuny(LL) (#69481) for winning the Metallic Starlight Bottle, Lydun (#81641) for winning the Jar of Sparkles, and Nazz (#60039) for winning the Bottle of Vampire Glitter!
As a reminder, the Seasonal Shop will remain open until 11:59 PM AST on October 3rd, so be sure to make any and all purchases before then!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Tue Sep 29, 2026 7:35pm
USD SCC
Site Update
Another USD SCC Has arrived!
Pyromancer Kitties
By Zeliks (#662)
Has joined the
USD Shop
This maker has a soft retirement date of 12/31/2026 @11:59 PM 2026 depending on sales and other factors, but we will let you know if it gets extended to be on sale longer.
It allows up to
50% Edits
It has also been added to the
Ornate Chest
Want to have a SCC added to the USD Shop, for a profit split?
Check it out here
Also note:
Will retire and cycle out of the USD shop on 12/31/2026 @ 11:59 PM, so make sure to grab yours before then!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Mon Sep 28, 2026 8:22pm
Auctions Tickets and Breedings
Site Update
We are announcing two major changes, so buckle up for a long news post!
First up is a change made based on a user suggestion and expanded on by staff!
The great Artist Ticket (and Pen) alignment!
Originally, we had several spin-off versions of the Artist Ticket that made sense at the time, given the number of artists on the team and how the administration wanted the coins to work. Since then, things have changed! Our teams are smaller, and we've made adjustments to bring the tickets more in line with their USD variants.
We've also moved some rules that were previously attached to coins over to the tickets themselves, helping return value to those items, and added some bonus payouts as a thank-you to our artists for being valued members of the team!
All newly added or increased bonus payouts are retroactive.
All other changes apply to breedings submitted on or after 9/22/2026. For older breedings, you may opt into the new rules if you prefer them; if you do, please note this clearly on your breeding for clarity. Thank you!
Now for the changes!
Coin Changes:
Sketch Breeding Coin
Removed the ability to exclude 2 artists you did not want; this has been moved to the Sketch Artist Ticket.
Holiday Mistletoe
All add-ons allowed by LBC have been added to Mistletoe, along with the ability to upload predictions. Holiday Mistletoe has always been meant to mimic LBC, so this was a long-needed update!
Artist Ticket
Added to all coins it was missing from except Derp. (Our Derp artists do not wish to be named at this time, sorry!)
Scribble Artist Ticket
Changed to: Choose 2 artists you would like for your Scribble Breeding Coin, or 1 artist you would not like.
(Down from choosing 3.)
Sketch Artist Ticket
Changed to: Choose 1 or 2 artists you want, or exclude 1 or 2 artists you do not want.
Added: 5 GP Bonus Payout
Price increased in the BP Shop to keep it from paying out more than it costs.
(Down from choosing 3, with the exclude option added.)
Speedy Breeding Ticket
This was already allowed on more coins than its description stated. The description has been updated, and it has now been added to all coins except Derp as well.
Greater Painted Pen
Payout Bonus: Changed from USD to GP.
(Previously paid out 10 USD.)
Painted Pen
Changed to: Choose 2 artists you want, or 2 artists you want to exclude.
Added: 6 GP Bonus Payout
All Artist Ticket and Painted Pen items should now include the following disclaimer:
Breeding will remain unassigned if the artist goes on break, hiatus, or quits.
Note:
Staff is actively working on getting the Breeding Team Artists KB updated to help users keep their tickets up to date and avoid breedings sitting unassigned.
Keep an eye on that KB for updates, and please keep your tickets as up to date as you can to avoid your breeding not being assigned when it reaches the top of the queue.
Pet and Item Auctions
Next up is the follow-up to the Auctions poll we had!
A 15-minute automatic Snipe Guard has been added to Admin Auctions, User Item Auctions, and Pet Auctions.
We are starting with this because it is the smallest, most stable change we can make to the old site code. We are working on more flexible options, such as opting in or out and more, as part of the recode, where we have more stability to work with these kinds of changes.
What is a Snipe Guard?
If a successful bid is placed while there are 15 minutes or less remaining, the auction's ending time is moved to 15 minutes from the time of that bid. This gives other bidders a chance to respond instead of an auction being decided by a bid placed in its final few seconds.
Why 15 Minutes?
The poll was very divided; there was not one clear set time that was overwhelmingly favored. While one option did "win," we also factored in the spread of the other times selected to see whether the overall preference leaned toward a shorter or longer window.
Ultimately, 15 minutes was picked for several reasons, but one of the biggest is that outside of large sales like Black Friday or Mayday, users aren't necessarily refreshing the site over and over to check auctions. A longer window gives users a better chance to see and counter a last-minute bid.
Staff will monitor how this works in practice, and the time can always be adjusted as needed per feature. If 15 minutes proves too long for large sales, such as Black Friday or Mayday, we can adjust the Snipe Guard specifically for Admin Auctions. Any such change will be announced beforehand.
A quick note about Snipe Guard:
Back-and-forth bidding is a normal and expected part of auctions, including during the Snipe Guard window. There is no limit on how many times you may legitimately bid against another user, and you do not need to worry that simply bidding frequently will be treated as abuse.
We don't expect this to be an issue, but as a just-in-case rule, intentionally misusing Snipe Guard solely to keep an auction open or another user's funds tied up is not allowed. Any concerns would be reviewed individually and in context; normal competitive bidding is not what this rule is intended to address.
But don't Big Sales happen in User Item Auctions?
They no longer will! Part of this update involved shaking off the dust and fixing the old Admin Auction code, and admins are now able to use Admin Auctions as intended.
With that covered, there are also a few other quality-of-life updates that were made!
Pet Auctions: Auction Pet now allows you to search for the pet you want to auction; you no longer have to go to the pet's page to find it or face a dropdown of doom.
Item Auctions: Create Auction now also allows you to search for an item to narrow down and select it from the dropdown; again, a super-full inventory will no longer plague you with a dropdown of doom.
(This works slightly differently from the Pet Auction search due to our goal of making the least invasive patches possible to the old code.)
All Auctions: Now have a pop-up confirmation screen that gives you a summary of what you are auctioning, the starting bid, currency type, minimum bid increase, and auction length. You then have a chance to cancel and go back to make changes, or confirm and submit the auction.
All Auctions: While the auction is within the 15-minute Snipe Guard window, the current highest bidder cannot increase their own bid. You must wait until another user outbids you before bidding again. Outside of the Snipe Guard window, the highest bidder may still increase their bid normally.
All User Auctions (Pet and Item): You can no longer bid on your own auction. Pet Auctions previously allowed this as a way to correct an incorrectly entered starting bid, while Item Auctions already prevented it. Now that all auctions include a confirmation screen where you can review your information before submitting, that exception is no longer necessary.
We are hosting some Admin GP and BP Auctions!
They will run for roughly a week and can be bid on here!
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Note:
The Auction Knowledge Base has been updated with the new rules and changes and is also now linked on all Auction pages as part of the navigation for transparency.
Please report any issues you encounter in the Glitches Forum.
Please also post any suggestions over in the Suggestions and Ideas Forums.
Also, please note that we have a Typos or Misinformation thread under the Think Tank as well, in case you spot something in the KB that is outdated!
Thanks for reading, and don't miss out on the news post below this one about Lunar Meteor, and more!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Mon Sep 21, 2026 10:15pm
Lunar Meteor 2026, Part 2
Site Update
The Lunar Meteor Seasonal Shop is now open! There is an assortment of new pets for you to add to your collection, along with some items, fauna, and clothing from previous years! The Seasonal Shop will remain open until 11:59 PM AST on October 3rd, so be sure to make any and all purchases before then!
As a reminder, you have a little over 24 hours until the other Lunar Meteor festivities come to a close! The adventure area, raffles, and Wish Upon a Star threads will remain open until 11:59 PM AST on September 20th.
Additionally, the submission threads for the Ghoulish Gala are now open in the Events forum! Please keep in mind that if you are submitting a pet, the site pet thread is where the design will be available to everyone. The Cauldron thread is for designs that will be given out as a custom pet during the event, which means only one person will obtain that design. The deadline to submit your entries is 11:59 PM AST on October 18th!
As a reminder, we are currently accepting submissions for the Black Friday Exotic Sale! If you are interested in creating a set, you can review the rules for submitting here. All sets must be completed and turned in to Mayday Marie (#11) by 11:59 PM AST on November 6th!
It's also time to give away four free customs designed during May under the theme of Stickers!
To play, you simply choose your favorite from the poll below! This will enter you into a raffle for that particular design. You only get one vote, so choose wisely! If you created one of the pets below, please contact Lacia (#25044) with which prizes you are claiming.
You have until 11:59 PM AST on September 26th to get your votes in! Good luck!
Raffi
7% [ 11 ]
Spino
16% [ 25 ]
Lackei
37% [ 58 ]
Hebrides
40% [ 62 ]
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Sat Sep 19, 2026 6:44pm
Should Auctions Have a Snipe Guard?
Site Update
Today's update brings you two polls (see the post below for the second) centered around Pet and Item Auctions!
Staff is wondering if users would like a snipe guard on pet and item Auctions. While we wait on the recode, the change would likely be static (just a set timeframe), but the ideal long term goal would be to make adding one an option toggle (so the auctioneer can opt in or out) and allow you to pick from common timeframes (or set a custom timeframe). If we add it as optional, it would be listed as part of the auction bid page, whether there is a snipe guard or not.
However, Staff also recognizes this would be a large change, since many users enjoy being able to snipe auctions to save currency and wait and time things appropriately.
A change like this would allow a more relaxed auction experience because you would not have to wait around and try to snipe and hope someone else isn't bidding more than you, or you forget when the auction you want to snipe is going to end, and you don't get to bid on it.
This change would benefit and encourage users to use Auctions more than forum posts, trade posts, or flat sales (in shops). Some users don't know what they want for items and don't want to manage a forum post, and being able to do an open auction and let the market dictate the sale is more favorable.
This change would also bring the feature more in line with how auctions typically work on many other sites now, and be more in line with what a new user might expect.
It would also come with a slight facelift to add the Knowledge Base link about Auctions with the new terms for transparency.
That said, the question is: is this something you want to see updated? Please also see the second poll (post below this) for what you would consider an ideal timeframe for a snipe gaurd/extention.
Please reply to this news post with questions or comments; the other poll will have comments disabled to prevent confusion.
Yes - Please add a default time-frame for now and future
11% [ 17 ]
Yes - Please add a default time-frame for now and opt in/out for future
19% [ 28 ]
Yes - Please add a default time-frame for now and all the flexible options listed for future.
24% [ 36 ]
No - Stay the same way for now - Change in the future only
3% [ 4 ]
No - Stay the same way for the foreseeable future (Now and Beyond)
15% [ 22 ]
Either Way - I don't really mind either way
27% [ 40 ]
Other - See Comments
1% [ 2 ]
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Fri Sep 11, 2026 4:40pm
If We Add A Auction Snipe Guard
Site Update
Please see the post above:
If we did add a snipe guard, what should the static (default) timeframe be?
Questions and comments should be posted on the other news post to stop it being lost. Comments on this post will be disabled
Multiple choice, but please don't just select all; pick your top choices.
5 Min
32% [ 55 ]
10 Min
17% [ 29 ]
15 Min
15% [ 25 ]
30 Min
16% [ 27 ]
45 Min
1% [ 2 ]
60 Min (1 hour)
13% [ 23 ]
90 Min (1 hour 30 mins)
1% [ 2 ]
120 Mins (2 hours)
4% [ 7 ]
Other - See comment
1% [ 1 ]
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Fri Sep 11, 2026 4:40pm
Welcome to September
Site Update
Starting off, we have our GP Shop and BP Shop pets, which will be obtainable through the Essence of Septober 2026! This potion will be available this month and the next!
If you designed one of these pets and haven't done so already, please contact Lacia (#25044) for your payment!
Greeting those born in September is the Sapphire Unicorn Lunaris!
Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!
If you missed your Lunaris or have further questions regarding them, please contact Hiiro (#755).
This month's Premium Item is the Teacher's Pet! It's an appletini for the parents to raise a glass to the new term, and something for the teachers to knock back in preparation! Regenerates weekly for those weekend top-ups when the little ones are in bed. +5 Alcohol Points
The new monthly contests have been announced!
November - December Monthly Shop Pets: Enter
October Monthly Customs - Cards: Enter
Good luck with your entries!
For the month of September, you may use your Jeweled items to create any previous September base! You can view the available bases in the Knowledge Base articles for the Jeweled Crystal, the Jeweled Hybrid Crystal, and the Jeweled Rare Crystal.
If you want to be a Jeweled Custom Artist, please visit the hiring thread!
The Tashian is currently the active Raw genus, which means that you can purchase the Island Tashian in the BP Shop! It will remain the active genus until November, so be sure to make a note of this in case you wish to make any!
Congratulations to Draikinator (#47979) for winning a Blue Custom Crystal through the August Pet Coloration forum raffle!
If you would like to enter the monthly raffles, you can submit your designs here! Each accepted design is counted as one entry. Remember, you can earn SP and a Restyle Brush!
As a reminder, we are currently accepting submissions for the Black Friday Exotic Sale! If you are interested in creating a set, you can review the rules for submitting here. All sets must be completed and turned in to Mayday Marie (#11) by 11:59 PM AST on November 6th!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Tue Sep 1, 2026 8:56pm
Lunar Meteor 2026, Part 1
Events
The sky had shifted colors, the amount of shooting stars has increased... no, it's not the apocalypse - the Lunar Meteor has arrived!
Be careful though - some creatures are more friendly than others!
The Lunar Meteor will be shooting back off into space after 11:59 PM AST on September 20th, so be sure to collect everything that you would like to before then!
Additionally, the Museum Collection is up and ready for you to turn items in to! For those of you who weren't here last year, you can find the needed items while adventuring in the Lunar Meteor. When you have one of items, you can go to your inventory, click on the item, and hit "Move to Collections" from the menu. The prize for completing the collection is once again 1 SP and the Star Ticket, which can be used in the following raffles:
The Glittering Potion can change your pet into your choice of any site pet, and it has three charges! The Metallic Starlight Bottle allows you to create a metal Lunaris custom! The Jar of Sparkles has four charges and will turn your pet into a Lunaris from Lunaris Day 2012! The Bottle of Vampire Glitter allows you to create an up to 50% edited, sparkledog-esque custom of an Uncommon or Token species! If you need a break from Adventure, the Wish Upon a Star threads are here to potentially grant your pet and/or item desires! Be sure to read the rules entirely before posting, and good luck! You can find both of the threads in the Events forum. You will have until 11:59 PM AST on September 20th to make your wishes!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Sun Aug 30, 2026 7:07pm