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Something tells me it'll be awakening soon...
(Personal spooky customs owned by myself and Dew!)
The Giant Cauldron sat quiet and still, covered in cobwebs and dust that had accumulated over the last year. Seemingly untouched by the October magic floating around Ay and Ara, to the unfamiliar eye the cauldron could be dismissed as a relic of the past, but to those who were willing to take a closer look, the cauldron's true enchantment would be revealed.
The Giant Cauldron has the power to create unique custom pets, and one of them could be yours if you're a skillful brewer!
Here's how things work!
(If you're a cauldron veteran, this will sound very familiar, but if you're a newer player, you'll want to read up since this feature is unique to October. :3)
- a random custom's image will appear on the Cauldron page and remain there for ~30 minutes.
- during that time, there will be a line of text that gives you a hint about what the upcoming recipe will be that's needed to create the custom. The recipe will use plants from the Witch's Garden. It will look something like this:
It is currently unknown how to make this pet, but it requires 4 different plants.
(Note: The Antique Cauldron will count as one of the ingredients/"plants." This item is required for every cauldron recipe.)
- when ~30 minutes has elapsed, refresh and the required ingredients will be displayed, like this:
To create this pet, you need this recipe:
- similar to Frankenstein's Lab and Rowan's Potion Brewing, you can hover over the item images to see how many of each are required. However, since the cauldron deals in custom pets and not site colors, this is a first-come, first-serve feature; if you are the first person to successfully turn in all of the required ingredients, you will receive the custom as a new pet in your lair.
- once a custom is claimed, either a new one will show up and the 30 minute timer will begin again, or the cauldron will take a little break ("The cauldron is quiet. There is nothing to mix tonight.").
Things to keep in mind!
- You can only create ONE custom from the cauldron per account, so choose wisely.
- Again, if you see a message that says the cauldron has gone quiet, that means it's taking a break. We'll do our best to fill the cauldron with customs at various hours to hit all timezones.
- There will be 50 pets total put into the cauldron between October 29th - November 2nd, working out to roughly 10 per day. Pets will be put in at random times, and not necessarily all one after the other.
- We'll run the Cauldron until we exhaust our stash, and I will make an announcement when it is officially empty.
- The Antique Cauldron will be turned into an openable goodie bag after Halloween/November 2nd. So even if you don't manage to snag a custom with the help of one, you'll still get some treats!
Remember, you can only claim ONE custom, so choose wisely.
Again, every recipe will require one Antique Cauldron and a random number of different plants from the garden.
The cauldron doesn't open until tomorrow (the 29th), but I wanted to give you this information ahead of time.
The Giant Cauldron is a fun custom giveaway tradition that we'd like to keep going every year, so please be sportsmanlike about it. It's a bonus for our October festivities finale, not the focus; please keep that in mind. :3
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:21pm
- SailorRosette
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Posted on: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:44pm
Its first come, first serve. The person who has everything needed and clicks the button first.
I am happy with my chromo I somehow won...
- spock-sickle (ToT)
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Posted on: Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:37pm
Mm, of all the Halloween events, the Cauldron is my least favourite because it is a scramble and if you put your hopes into one, there is still a VERY slim chance you'll actually get it. I have NEVER been that lucky. AND there is no way to tell if you'll get the one you want because there's nothing to let you know what's going to be available next. (Can you tell I dislike the current setup of it? XD )
I dunno, I just think the other events are more... player friendly? Is that the term I'm looking for? I mean, it's nice for those select FEW who get to have a custom made- they get the only one in existence and some people thrive on that kind of thing. But I feel like it pits people against each other more in a competitive mindset and I'm not into that. I'd rather have pets be available to everyone, rather than (basically) a free for all raffle first come first serve if you wanted it oh well, you'll have to pay the current owner through the NOSE in some ungodly price for it. *shrug*
- Oceanic Blue
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Posted on: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:41pm
Will it only request one of each plant or multiples, and if the latter what range should we expect?
- Orange
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Posted on: Tue Oct 28, 2014 8:18pm
SailorRosette (#36006) I'm not trying to be rude but I think what Taysha was asking was directed to a programmer or someone who helps code the site on how the priority queue is going to work for this event. If several people enter at the exact same time there has to be a way for the programming to determine who is in line first. During the Teo forum post give away it seemed that the queue was set to prioritize lower number accounts or staff. So the question is still out there "How is the queue prioritized for this event?"
- Koaf
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Posted on: Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:50am
i dont even have the antique cauldron anymore
- JScofi
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Posted on: Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:42pm
wow, i was wondering if people could manage for the customs, but i was watching one pet waiting for it to show the plants, and then it just was the next pet. >.>
This is nuts.
- Koaf
(#57119)
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Posted on: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:35pm
is the maki the 1st or did I miss a few already
- QueenoftheNight
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Posted on: Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:00pm
Well that was a joke. I saw a pet I wanted and I knew it was getting close to the time limit so I was reloading constantly, and I mean constantly, every 1-2 seconds. One second, no clue what items are needed, next second the pet is gone and the cauldron is closed. No thanks.
- Xalrie
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Posted on: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:00pm
Kinda disappointed it's one custom per account, but I get where it's coming from. I hope something interesting catches my eye this year. I like the competition. XD
Posted on: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:11pm
Is this going to be like the forum events where it is a priority queue that is sorted by lower number players/staff set as higher priorities than the lower players or how will that work if two aplayers, one regular, one staff, submit at the exact same time?