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"Aren't you bored with that silly little Pumpkin Patch that Rowan has been obnoxiously flying around yet?" Minerva paused, flicking her tail in a twinge of what might've been a rare fleck of jealousy. "Speaking of boredom, I was a little tired of conjuring up trees and dirt paths and thought you all might enjoy a little change of scenery." Her ominous laughter seemed to suggest that she recognized how comfortable the pets had become in the forest, and she was only comfortable when others were on edge.
Turning toward the shadows with a wink, Minerva waved a single gloved hand in the air, beckoning her troops of Griffins to emerge before disappearing in a spiral of darkness herself. With red eyes piercing, the feathered beasts took to the skies, leaving behind a trail of feathers that led to an eerily quiet beach...
Introducing the Haunted Lake!
You might be puzzling to yourself, wondering why a supposedly spooky area has a cartoon feel. I'd be happy to answer that. :3
In October, as each week passes, the intensity of the season's magic grows with the opening of more features.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could "see" evidence of the magic taking hold?
That's where the Haunted Lake background comes in! Through a series of background art contests, we are giving you the opportunity to illustrate this magic phenomenon.
Essentially, each week a new background image will be uploaded--with more detail and perhaps even different features from the last--though the essence of the Haunted Lake (beach, water, sky) will remain. If this intrigues you, please consider entering!
--* Round 1 is now open here! *--
Best of luck! :3
You will find 20 pets--including the 6 above--in your Haunted Lake travels, but rest assured that we will be adding many, many more!
Note: I have gotten a few requests for extensions on Halloween pet submissions, so keep an eye out for a new thread for all you stragglers. ;) I'm not quite done accepting pets from the initial thread, but I will let you know as soon as I finish.
The pumpkins that we all have such a strong love/hate relationship with have returned!
Both pumpkins can be found in the Haunted Lake area, but you know we can't make them too terribly easy to amass.
If this is your first October on Aywas, you're probably wondering why these two pumpkins elicit such strong emotions from us, and why anyone would want a large hoard of them, right? Let me explain:
The above items (Melo Pumpkin and Halloween Pumpkin) will be used as exchange currency in our Seasonal Shop that will open at the end of the month.
When the shop doors open, you will find some items priced in Melo Pumpkins, but most will be priced in Halloween Pumpkins. However, we do offer an exchange option so that you can trade in your MPs for HPs (example: 5 Melo Pumpkins = 1 Halloween Pumpkin). The official trade-in rate has not yet been decided.
You will also encounter 10 collectable items during your stay on the beach, including the 4 above.
Hold onto these, for they are more than holiday souvenirs. Not only will we be opening up a special Museum Collection for them when our curator is ready, but they will also come in handy later in the month as the magic intensifies!
Have fun out there, and be careful when talking to strangers!
(As a new area, the Haunted Lake has a few quirks that we're working out, including a silly trivia bug. Things should smooth out in the next few days. <3)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:10pm
- Verd 🍬🍬🍬
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 11:46am
Tendrillll gemssss :3
- Ren
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 11:49am
Ahhh! When did you become a reaper?! Crap... look! If you let me go, I'll give you this item that I... stole... from someone. :(
You were given the item Lesser Tendril Gem
times 2 in less then 90 seconds. This is crazy how many of these I'm getting to drop for my 4 skills and high stat explore pet. Is their a way to find out the actual likely hood of getting this event since I'm curious HOW people only have 1 or 10 after a few hours when I'm -easily- getting 10-20 every hour
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:03pm
So some people get lesser tendril gems every few steps and some people get "Something speeds by you but you are unable to determine what it was." Yay. How does one become one of the lucky people? Do I bribe someone? :P I've been adventuring for hours now and got the one LTG...
- Zaria
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:49pm
I have one LTG. Maybe my luck will change.
- DeDra [leaving]
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 1:03pm
oooh amazing! I'm getting lesser tendril gems A LOT lol XD I'm starting to put them into heart eyed pumpkins, maybe you can get one in the pumpkin patch X)
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 1:04pm
Thank you anonymous <3 :)
- Tallulah
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 1:10pm
Eri & Dew (#17) how many tendril gems are we supposed to be getting because I have over 50 now. is this related to cooking level? Chaos is a reaper and my active pet has 105 cooking skill... is she an honourary reaper?
- Isopod
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 1:12pm
That's can't be quite right as I'm getting them like crazy and my pet's Cooking level is 1
- Ren
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 1:21pm
Had an idea to figure out how many gems im getting and how often so I canceled my quests till I got a steps quest deposited all my tendril gems and then started
Travel 311 more steps.
Exactly 311 steps later I had Lesser Tendril Gem Quantity: 20
so on average every 15 steps i would get a gem. I REALLY doubt that's on purpose.
Casis : 4 hidden item skills, no cooking, level 97, 104 speed.
Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 11:19am
Minerva you've no need to be jealous of the pumpkin patch when this is by far the main event <333