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"I suppose I can take a break from stealing your candy to give you some updates!"
The moon rises over a winding road that leads to a fork in the road. As if by magic, a path clears leading towards the shining surface of the Haunted Lake. It looks like the Haunted Lake will be the seasonal region this year!
While visiting the Haunted Lake, be sure to collect any Melo Pumpkins or Halloween Pumpkins you may find. As always, they will be useful later in the month. You will also find that there are returning faces to the Haunted Lake as well as new ones! They can't wait to meet you and join your lair - they love having new places to haunt!
For those of you who wish to kick up your Trick or Treating just a notch, then Querel has a new store for you! The Bubbling Cauldron is stocked full with spells to help you on your Trick or Treat adventure!
A few short notes about the new shop! Hovering over the spell's icon will show you details as to what the spell does. All spells in Querel's shop cost spell points and require a certain amount of Karma. Spell Points are accrued when you fulfill the requests of visitors at your door. Karma is not a currency and will not be lost upon purchasing a spell, but a certain amount of it is necessary as a requirement for purchase. Please note that there are two types of karma - trick and treat - and the spells will tell you what type they require.
Additionally, you may have noticed that the Site Characters have been paying you Trick or Treat visits. It may benefit you to return the favor. Who knows what tricks and treats you may find!
Those of you familiar with our usual Halloween garden will find that it's had an update this year! This year the seasonal magic has brought you Minerva's Greenhouse!
Minerva's Greenhouse is a little different in that you will be able to directly harvest the plants you wish to obtain for Rowan's Potion Brewing, Frankenstein's Lab, and Custom Cauldron. However, underneath each plant you will find a "Success Chance". This chance will decrease the more you harvest, which increases the odds of Minerva catching you.
If Minerva catches you, your success chance will drop to 0% and you will be unable to harvest for a period of time. Your success chance will restore over time, giving you another chance to evade Minerva for those goods she's been hoarding in that greenhouse!
As a smaller update, the returning features of Rowan's Potion Brewing and Frankenstein's Lab will be releasing/updating with new stock very soon! A news post will come when that update is finished.
As for the much anticipated Custom Cauldron, you can expect that as well a bit later this month. We want to make sure that everyone has a chance to stockpile the necessary ingredients!
Posted by Hiiro
(#755) on Sun Oct 8, 2017 11:32pm
- Tee Hi <3
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 8:24am
Thanks; I'll double-check my settings, then.
- Lunch & Obi
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 8:51am
SO MUCH FUN STUFF TO DO IDK WHERE TO START. - Lunch
- Prof JaMEW
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 9:47am
Tech eeps being my favorite of the new NPCs! So sweet!!! AAAH XD
- DelennDax7
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 11:03am
Hiiro (#755) I thought a ping was in order as this News was from last night. Anyhow, are we to assume that the same herbs we needed for Potions last year are the same ones we need this year? Are the recipes the same as last year?
- slothful
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 11:26am
moyaofthemist (#53849)
do you still need to know what the spells do? I can PM you their written description if you still don't know n_n
- Gale Falcon 🎐
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 11:52am
I love this year's event but don't really like the garden part, Minerva keeps catching me, my Potion Brewing/Lab is going to be so screwed this year QwQ''''''
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 12:29pm
If we buy a shop spell, does it activate immediatly? That is, should we only buy a spell when we have time to go ToTing or whatever...?
- moyaofthemist
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 12:39pm
TequilaGives🍬∞ (#64472)
Voluspa put them in the Halloween FAQ for me, but thank you very much for offering! 💝
- Hiiro
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Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 4:54pm
DelennDax7 ToT Yes (#67503) The herbs you pick in the greenhouse will be used for Rowan's potions. I don't know if the ingredients will be the same, but all the plants you will need are in the Greenhouse. As for the latter portion of the question, I'll have to ask the other staffers. I'm not sure if it will be the same potion and/or new potions.
♑ Voluspa ♑ ToT (#67552) From my testing of it, yes. The spell activates as soon as you buy it. So it is probably best to buy them when you will be able to best utilize that time :)
Posted on: Mon Oct 9, 2017 8:18am
shiya (#32813) - The "spells" the NPCs have are the same ones as from the shop. Just ... think of it as the NPC bought and is using the spell rather than you. Or at least that's my impression of it.