The long awaited Skritterball has arrived! They've set up a nice spot and built lots of spare goals and created lots of spare equipment for when stingers accidentally pierce things!

This update completely replaces the old tomb - giving it a restructured and changed prize pool (some of the older things are still in there, and a lot of the older rewards have been completely changed to new items, which you will be able to read in the patch notes which will come out soon after this!)


This new daily comes with not only these new goodies but also a new site theme created by Star and a new avatar courtesy of Judas!

Along side this, due to Geraptiku being a city of petpets I thought it more fitting to have the main treasure contain a petpet paint brush instead of a regular brush. So instead of getting a "random spooky paint brush" upon winning the grand prize -- you will get any random petpet paint brush!

What YOU could win!

As usual this update wouldn't be possible without the hard work of our lovely neopians - a lot of which contributed to this update!

For updated items the credits will be on the items search information page!

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We're back again like promised with a bunch more recolours for you!
There are a couple of new alternatives such as Egg and Candy Floss as well as filling out the rest of the missing pets on others!

Remember the scientist is giving free alternatives for July as well, so now is the time to make them!

Here are some of the new pets:











As well as the new...





Some older alternative colours have been added such as cantaloupe, topaz and other missing pets.
Please check the credits below for all the new colours!
(If we listed all the individual alt pictures here there would be hundreds of images!)

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The cogs have been turning in the background as we get things back up and running, and we have 9 New Alternative Colours for you all to enjoy! This is the first batch - with more coming out on the 15th!

Due to this taking a bit longer this time around, we've extended the free alternatives for July as well!

Here are the new alternatives and their colour counterparts:



















(If we listed all the individual alts here there would be hundreds of images!)
We hope you enjoy them!!

Alongside this update you may notice that the Yumack and Elephante released are different!
The Yumack base has been changed due to the OG artists request and was remade by DairyDearie.
The Elephante base needed a bit of a glowup and makeover which was done by Doki.
Hope you enjoy the changes :)

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Strolling through the streets of Neopia Central, you hear a faint chugging noise above you. Curious about the sound, you look up and see a colorful trail in the sky. How odd.


The Aurora Express has arrived in Neopia! During holidays and special events, the train will stockpile gifts for Neopians to collect instead of sending them to the Money Tree. It will even drop gifts randomly to Neopians throughout the event's duration. However, there is a cap of 500 items at a time in the Express. If this cap is reached, no more items will be added on the hour to prevent an overflow of event items and capsules.

That's right - no more using up your money tree grabs on event items and having to decide from users generous donations or the event items. You can have the best of both worlds now! Even once you've hit your cap you'll still have a slow trickle of event items raining down from the sky!

If you wish to find the Aurora Express you can see it flying/hovering around Terror Mountain in the explore page, or find a quick link in pet central in the Dailies tab next to Money Tree and Rubbish Dump.

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The king of all petpets arrives in Moderneopia -- slumbering all day. There is however one hour a day that he can be woken. If he's in a good mood he will grant you anything from items to map pieces and if you're lucky -- a petpet paint brush!!



If you wake him on the wrong side of the bed however... he may just try to eat your petpet! Don't worry though, he tends to burp them back out!


The Turmaculus times won't match Retail however here's a brief description on how the times cycle to help you lovely Neopians figure out the timings better once you start getting the turmac rolling;

Every day the next time will be set to either 5 or 6 hours ahead of the 12 hour format of the current time.
Say the Turmaculus was awake today at 3 pm (15:00) - the next day he could be awake at either:

- 8 am/pm
- 9 am/pm

Hope that helps you nudge the king awake and claim your rewards!

The Geraptiku Tomb has been closed from the public to conserve its history - which means no more plundering it for loot. Don't worry though, we have a new daily in progress with new rewards tied to our lovely Skitter friends coming soon!

For more information on why we're replacing this daily, please check up on what our consultants had to say here!

On another note, Hazer is still recovering with wrists but is on the up bend, things will still be slow for a while but we're getting back into the swing of things slowly but surely! Thank you all for your extended patience and hope you continue to have a lovely time here. <3

I do want to apologize for the silence, being unable to do most things I enjoy (or most things in general) has led me into a very bad depressive state in which I've spent most of my time just avoiding everything. Hopefully will be getting over that soon!

It is the day of celebrating love and connection - and we here at Moderneopets are no different. You have all been amazing and we always like spoiling you for it - today is no exception! As well as some gifts and chocolates we have a bunch of goodies in store for you this year!

If you click the button in the sidebar you will be given a bunch of valentines gifts to enjoy.


They're back! Little floating gifts will appear around site and you can win some lovely goodies, from capsules to chocolate and even the rare chance at nabbing yourself a One Use Chocification Zappermajig!


Admin is back at it again this year donating more capsules to the tree for you to collect! Each hour on the hour you will have the chance to snag lots of capsules from the money tree.




The love in the air has gotten so powerful that Neopets all across the globe have started to be affected by it! This loving fever has filled the world of Neopia with hearts and happiness, and it seems to have only just gotten started.


Three more pets have been hit with Valentine fever! Grab yourself a Valentine Paint Brush or get lucky with some flasks/zaps to get your own today!


There are a few pet colours that have sat in the art panel unreleased and we can't have that!
Normally we release them on new years but I wanted to make sure these ones were releasable given my mistake last time!
I stg if I missed any that should've been removed please hit me over the head with an anvil.
Time to take a deep breathe in as I show you all the newcomers...



*breathes out heavily* Phew...


Some pets have gotten rid of their text disclaimers and jumped out behind the curtain to reveal their brand new (or in some cases partially edited) look! Those of you who own these pets will find a NeoMail showing the pets of yours that have changed, their new look and the goodies you've gotten in return!



Please note you may need to clear your browser cache to see these changes!


So this little tricky guy was left out of the release notes on an update a while ago.
I meant to notify people of him and forgot time and time again. This poor lil guy/fly won't get left out any longer!
Check out this awesome friend that splendidland made for us!

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Fyora's Festive Faerie Discount
T'is the season for generosity and ... shopping for fun things!
Because of this, Fyora is giving every neopian full view of her stock today.
If that's not good enough, she's even thrown in a MASSIVE 60% discount.
You can even stack your coupon on top for yet another 10% discount!!


Hope you have a lovely day today and enjoy yourself to the fullest - we have some more treats for you to enjoy though before you go...

Want some Treats?!

Got a sweet tooth? We have you covered with all sorts of delicious treats! Enjoy these Chocolates, Biscuits (Gingerbread or otherwise) and Mints!



How about some Toys?

This time of year is ripe for toys and playthings to occupy your minds and entertain you to the fullest.
Or just watching your Neopet rip them open and play with them for house on end...
But what if your Neopet... became... the toy? Here's a selection of Plushies/Toys for you to enjoy!



Still not in the spirit?
Maybe these spirited or just out right cold pets will change your mind!



Health Update and a Thank You!

Thanks for sticking with us despite our issues near the end of the year -- and we hope you're all having a wonderful time!
A quick update on my health situation: I got in a cancellation appointment for Carpal Tunnel surgery.
I could only have one hand at a time done instead of both like I wanted too originally, but one has been snipped at and is healing!
Seeing them on the 15th to talk about the other hand and hopefully get that booked in soon too.
I look forward to being able to start working on Moderneopets again for you all soon, and thank you again for your patience!

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The wind is chilly, the gifts are flowing - that must mean one thing... The arrival of the month of celebration!
You can hop on over to the Advent Calandar each day of this month to receive some amazing goodies!

Wintery events will now crop up no matter where you are on Neopia -- you cannot escape the wind chill this month!
You might be lucky and get a Paint Brush or some treasure... or you may be pelted with some snowballs or get frostbite...

On the 15th until the 1st of January Ginger will start giving out event gifts randomly and Admin will start donating capsules and other treats to the Money Tree each hour, so look forward to that and a festive colour drop near the end of the month!

This update contains some of the most requested features recently, as well as some bonus amazing pets and petpets for you all to enjoy! Lets dive on in shall we?

Staff List

You can now see a list of the staff/contributor team here which includes moderators, artists, consultants and more!
We will try to keep this as up-to-date as possible, so it'll be easier for you to know who to contact when needed.
For those who have contributed assets to Moderneopets, there will also be a link to their...

Contributions Page

These pages will list the colours, alternative colours and items that a user has contributed to the site. It will also mark any collaborations and pets/alts that will be undergoing changes in the future. Please note this page is still a work in progress and will have more features added to it soon (such as marking items that are being replaced, listing other assets contributed such as shopkeepers/maps/etc and performance improvements!)

Do you want to share some love towards those who help MN make it what it is?
For any artist who has supplied their donation links to us, you will see direct links to their kofi/paypal/gofundme!
More donation mediums may be added later on artist request, and if you're a contributor (past or present) that hasn't provided that information yet and want too, simply go here and submit your information and we'll get to it ASAP!

Don't have the funds to show some love? Well love can be shown in many ways -- you can also easily NeoMail the contributors through their contributions page to brighten their day, I'm sure they'd appreciate it!

Want to see a list of everyone who has put their piece of the pie into Moderneopets? here is a full list of past and present contributors (from pets/alts and item credits being detected, we will expand that scope soon as mentioned previously.)

Additional Credits!

As we're working on improving our crediting system and giving credit where it's properly due, we have also added in colour-specific credits that you can find listed in the appropriate page in the Rainbow Pool. For example: a much needed and delayed credit to user shadybug for their hand in defining how we handle Maractite, as well as some of the artists who helped conceptualize some of our other colours! (Sorry about how long it took to get the ball rolling on this, and thank you for those who reminded us!)

Robots!

It seems like splendidland has created some amazing robotic helpers that you can now acquire through the Lab Ray or the One-Use Robotification Zappermajig! These amazingly talented robots can help you harness the power of the sun, protect yourself from the freights of Neopia, dig into the magmatic grounds in hopes for treasure and more!

We are in no way responsible for any sudden attempts at world domination from the robots supplied.

Grobleeeeens

These little friends (not food!) seemed to slip through the cracks in our last update.
Sneaking their way into the petpet shops when they weren't supposed too -- before their physical form even materialized!
Don't worry though, thanks to our robot helpers above we fixed the glitch in the system and now you can get your very own (fully alive and totally not a fragment of your imagination) Grobleen!



They even come in a multitude of different colours... including Chocolate. You know earlier when I said they're friends and not food? I'm starting to have second thoughts....

Thank you to Basil and Doki for these little fellas and Eldritch for the idea!