As you may have noticed, we went offline for a while there. If you've joined our discord, you would have seen why. Unfortunately as we had to take the whole server offline to protect it, we couldn't leave a message onto why we were down on the server itself. Because of this I highly suggest you Join the discord. in case we ever have to go under emergency maintenance/shutdown again. (and given how AI is finding internet-shattering vulnerabilities one after the other, it is probable that this will happen again)

Here is the original post in discord explaining why we went down:

Though we haven't updated to the newer PHP version (as explained it will take a long while to update as we'll also have to update code to not just PHP 8 standards but Laravel will need to be updated as well, and then we need to update all code to the newer Laravel standards too, so LOTS of rewriting), I have applied a patched PHP version to the website which fixes those vulnerabilities and prevents the danger that was present before.

Sorry for the sudden downtime, after I get my setup going so I can work on the site more again I will be working on finishing up the backend update to pets and petpets and the upload system for artists (was in the middle of a major rewrite) and then I can start working on updating everything to the newer versions.

Thank you for your patience!

Happy (late) Valentines day MNeopians!

We here at Moderneopets have a very, very special -
oh, what's this?

there's a knock at the door?

let me just...

Oh my, Everyone...



Amazing! Well, who are we to stop them? I don't even think we COULD stop Stankus if we wanted to. It's so much easier to just relinquish control, so take it away valentines birthday bros!

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Oh, uhm.
Stankus would like to...





Stankus would like to introduce some fun birthday bug brother merch to everyone!

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A break for staff:

Following the hefty Varwolf and Lullaby releases, coupled with work and medical issues...We want to communicate that after this release, we're going to take a break to focus on some much needed recovering and working on backend processes. We want to avoid burn out as much as possible and as a small team, it's very hard to focus on both creating quality releases and working on things in the background.

There needs to be work done to our panel, the rules, etc - something we've been neglecting a little in favor of other things. Thank you for understanding that things may be slow on the visibility end for users during this time. We appreciate our community very much!

💖Lion

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As many of you may know... I run a kitchen in which I provide delicious soup for Neopets for free!

Alongside this service, to help me balance out the cost of ingredients I also started hosting massive parties where all your pets can be fed at once!
I've definitely gotten into a stride with it... maybe a bit too much!


Since I've gotten so good at making large batches of soups in one sitting... a new habit has formed. I end up preparing a bit more than needed sometimes! When this happens I don't want this to go to waste but I also don't want to give it away to someone else when someone has paid for it already...

That's why I'm letting you know that if I make this mistake during the parties I host (mass feeding) then I'll give you some soup to go from now on!

No Neopoints OR soup will be wasted here! I hope this brings you even more confidence and trust in my services! This totally is not an ad, I promise!!

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Good evening MNeopians!

Lion here ... with a very nice cup of tea that Olive introduced me to.



We've been getting some, uhm, strange reports of pets falling asleep randomly?

I just wanted to reassure everyone that there's nothing to worry about and -
YAWN
- that we're looking into it....!

I pro...mise that we'll.... Keep you upd....a....zzzzzzzZZzzzzzz

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From Hazer, Star, Lion, and the artists:

Happy 2026!
Goodbye 2025!

There's more to come, including some things that were meant to go out in December that didn't make it out. I (Lion) had a family emergency and had to put the brakes on some things to deal with it.

Thanks to you for your patience.
Thanks to the artists for their patience.

Thanks MNeopians :)
You're a wonderfully funny community and we're incredibly lucky to have you here.

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what's this....?



As the hubbub around the candy drive dies down and you’re getting ready to call it a day, there’s a too-close bang followed by a whoosh and a very weird sizzle. Alarmed, you glance around… and find you aren’t actually surprised by what you see.

The little trick-or-treaters are crowded around a NeoHome five houses over, jumping around and waving their arms. Or, at least, you assume all of them are there. You can only see the Ruki and a speck that you guess is the Motere.

The Kitzen and Gelert are nowhere to be seen, though from how the two buggy friends are acting, it’s pretty clear the other two are in the garage. Just as you start to head over, a plume of dense grey smoke coughs out of the half-open garage door, accompanied by several warbling splutters and bloops. The Ruki notices you approaching and looks as though they’re about to try to convince you this is nothing at all, but they very quickly give up. It is, in fact, very clearly something.



In stark contrast, the Motere starts squeaking excitedly. “Hey! Hey! Hi!! Look! Isn’t it great?? We’ve gotted so much candy an’ spooky food an’ stuff that the portal overloadeded! It was only supposta bring Halloweeny friends over, but it gotted so charged that it pulled even more in! These guys aren’t even spooky!!”



You don’t have a chance to process any of this, because at that exact moment, the Kitzen and Gelert tumble out from the garage. Bouncing to his paws, the Gelert happily gives his report. “It backfired a little, but we managed to get it mostly stable. The smoke should clear out soon, and!! Even more friends!”



From out of the thinning smoke, a small crowd of dull-coloured pets appear, blinking and looking around at their new home. Most of them are smiling and laughing, like they’re out on a day trip to Kiko Island.

After a beat, the Ruki turns to you and grins. “Tada!! Just as planned!”
You have no idea if that’s true, and you decide that at this point it really doesn’t matter. The new Neopians look friendly, if a lot less saturated than everyone else.

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a word from King -

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a note from Hazer, Lion, Star, and the artists

Hellllo MNeopians!
Lion here to express gratitude for the wonderful year we've had here while we've been organizing processes on the back end. I know it feels like it's been such a long time, but creating proper systems takes a long time... especially when all of us are also working on adult things irl too!

I am very grateful for the help I've gotten this year while settling in as an admin from not only the community, but internally from Hazer, Star, and our fantastic team of artists. I really couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with. Said wholeheartedly. We've been hard at work on several projects and can't wait to show you everything!

That being said, I want to communicate what December is going to look like, just to set some expectations.

We're currently working on January projects, which means December 2025 is going to be our catch-up month. There are some pets, items, and other things sitting in our drafts that should and need to be released! They may not be "December" themed, but they're still willing to take up residence in your neohomes!

While we have some absolutely fantastic ideas for a December event, it's just not feasible this year. December 2026, though....hehehe.

You guys have been nothing but wonderful, and I think I can speak for the entire staff team when I say that. We're looking forward to wolfing down 2025 and sprinting right into 2026 with some fun stuff!

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