Happy Monday from TNT. Today they have debuted a new feature: the Pet Bookshelf. Similar to the Archive Bookshelf (check out our guide for more info!) this one is actually specific to what your pet has read. Each pet has their own bookshelf.
As part of this update, the Quick Ref page has been updated. You can now get to Quick Ref by clicking the "My Pets" icon (not from the dropdown) in the sidebar. Go here, then you should notice two different ways to get to the pet's bookshelf like in the example below.
Directly underneath the pet is a "Pet Bookshelf" button, or if you click the arrow at their image you can get a drop down to do many things including visit the Pet Bookshelf (fourth option).
Once you are there you can see what your pet has read, split into both regular and Booktastic books.
If you click "Enter Pet Bookshelf" you will see a screen that is familar to you if you have looked at the regular Archived Bookshelf. Here you can view and customise each pet's individual bookshelf and swap between them in the top left. Each customisation item may only be used on one bookshelf at a time.
You can also buy extra shelves. They start at 3000 NeoPoints, and will go up by 500 NeoPoints for each additional one. For every 150 unique books your pet reads, you will also earn additional shelves. These free ones will not increase the cost of your next paid one.
Read a book to your pet for all new prizes. They seem to be based upon number of books read, but at this time we are still collecting data on each threshold. There are even more books, a stamp, a coin, and wearables you can obtain the more you read. Note that this can be a book they have already read. When you do you will get a popup saying to check your inventory (see above). Also note that you cannot lend a pet out who has already claimed the milestone rewards. Similarly, if you adopt a pet who has read 300 books you cannot claim the previous milestone rewards, just the subsequent ones.
After that you can check your lookup for a new trophy! We are also still collecting data on those thresholds.
But wait! There's more! TWO new avatars!
1000 Books – Have your pet read 1000 books.
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And! One final new bookshelf related announcement! There is a brand new Neopia Central shop for items to decorate your bookshelves with! It's no longer just Neocash items! And for you Premium members: they can also be found in the Wheel of Starlight!
You can check out TNT's portal post here and the FAQ here for additional information.
Based on the Fantasy Petpet Companions foreground, we've added some brand new Meowclops adopts! Meowclops manticores. Mewoclopsticores. Meowticores??
There's 8 colours to choose from on the Art Adoptables page! Enjoy!
Beware: this year's Festival of Fears has begun and it will last until October 31st! Join Reginald in Neovia as he gives you clues in searching for 7 goodie bags all around Neopia. Just like last year, each goodie bag will give you prizes, a chilling story, and a chance to answer a trivia question for another prize. Added to this year's festival are tracks: Fright Track (free) or Absolute Horror Track (unlocked with Premium Subscription or if paid at the NC Mall) to earn even more prizes through accumulating points by participating in various festival activities and more.
- Answering Trivia Questions Correctly: 50 Points (per trivia)
- Completing Esophagor Quests: 15 Points (no limit)
- Completing Brain Tree Quests: 35 Points (once per day)
- Completing Edna's Quests: 10 Points (10 per day)
- Spinning Wheel of Misfortune: 5 Points (per spin)
- Sending Petpets into Grave Danger: 5 Points (per end of visit)
- Playing Deserted Fairground Scratchcards: 5 Points (5 per day)
- Playing Apple Bobbing: 10 Points (once per day)
- Playing Haunted Woods Hunt: 15 Points (per play)
- Playing Test Your Strength: 10 Points (4 per day)
For more information about the location of each goodie bag, what prizes are being given out this year, the answers to each goodie bag's trivia, and more, head on over to our Festival of Fears Coverage Guide.
As a reminder, while the Festival of Fears has an end date, the side event, Kanrik Chronicles does not have a time limit. Stay tuned for a helpful guide to be released sometime this week.
There is an avatar for playing with the item at the end of the free track:
Festival of Fears Fright Avatar – Have your pet play with a Eyeball Plant Pal.
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On Wednesday morning, SunnyNeo performed maintenance to update affected PHP software and implement additional safeguards to strengthen site security. We continue to closely monitor SunnyNeo and our infrastructure while working on further security enhancements and upgrades to provide additional layers of protection.
Additionaly, TNT has published an important announcement in the New Features section addressing recent security concerns and providing further clarification and tips:
A Note on Site Security
Hello Neopians! You may have seen recent reports about security vulnerabilities affecting PHP, the technology that a huge portion of the internet (Neopets included) is built on. We wanted to let you know what we’ve done about it.
As soon as these reports came out, our engineering team reviewed Neopets against them, applied the necessary updates, and put additional safeguards in place. We’ve found no evidence that any player accounts or data were affected.
We’re actively monitoring the site and will keep strengthening our defences as more details are released. We will keep you updated when anything changes. Neopets is safe to use, and you don’t need to take any action. That said, it’s never a bad time for a little account spring cleaning:
- Sign in with NeoPass. If you haven’t already, link your account to NeoPass and use it to log in. It’s our recommended way to sign in, and it means one less password to remember (or accidentally reuse!)
- Use a strong, unique password that you don’t reuse on other sites
- Make sure the email on your account is one you can still access
- Never share your password or PIN with anyone, including anyone claiming to be Neopets staff
If you ever notice something odd on your account, submit a ticket and we’ll take a look.
Thanks for playing, and thanks for your patience while we took care of this behind the scenes.
— The Neopets Team
Get ready to embrace the beauty of fall! We’re happpy to share that we’re working hard on fresh new graphics and layouts just for you! Check out our brand new Fall themed Gallery layout, complete with falling leaves!
And that’s not all! Prepare to be excited about our latest Varwolf adopts! There are 15 brand-new designs waiting for you on the adopts page, so don’t miss out! Heres a sneak peek of a few just to get you pumped~
Happy Fall!
Today the all new choose-your-own-adventure game Kanrik Chronicles launched. This is part of the Festival of Fears, although it will be available long after the event concludes. Note that the Trick-or-Treat bags will start October 23rd.
Read the dialogue and make your choices, guide yourself and Kanrik through this story and unlock one of four different endings. You can get one replay token by default after finishing the story once but if you want to get all four endings then you will need to visit the NC Mall for additional replay tokens.
Certain dialogue or action choices use up Energy. You start off with 8 if you are not premium, or 12 if you are. You can buy additional Energy in the NC Mall. If you hit a dead end you will need to watch an ad or wait an hour if you are not premium, although premium can just move forward right away. Each time you run out of energy you need to wait for it to refill. Non-premium refills at the rate of 1 per hour while premium refills at the rate of 2 per hour on your first playthrough, and the time reduces to 30 minutes for additional playthroughs.
Because there are four endings, there are indeed four avatars (and fonts).
Kanrik Chronicles - Neutral Ending Avatar – Play through Kanrik Chronicles and get the Neutral Ending.
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Kanrik Chronicles - True Ending Avatar – Play through Kanrik Chronicles and get the True Ending.
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The annual Halloween NC Event, the Haunted Mansion, officially starts today. New this year is all Premium Subscribers will be able to get an extra bonus prize aside from this year's prizes. Be sure to purchase this year's Spider Lanterns in the NC Mall to get started!
Our Haunted Mansion coverage guide has been updated for reference.
Happy Jetsam Day! Jetsam can now be painted Origami! The Shipwreck Scavenger Jetsam outfit can be found at Maractite Marvels. Our Rainbow Pool database has been updated!
Pet Day NC Mystery Capsules (including 5- and 10-packs) has been released to celebrate Jetsam Day.
Jetsam Day Y28 Mini Mystery Capsule See PreviewThe October #NEOPETS contest has been launched and this time it's a little different than the previous three! It was already teased in a recent editorial that it would be Birthday themed, but now we officially have more details.
There will be two different categories for this round, both of which will see the winners be able to be written into Neopets history:
Category 1 : Create an In-game item for Neopets.com
Design a Birthday-Themed item to be canonized on the classic site. You will be credited in the item description and be granted your item! 10 winners will have their item brought to life!
Category 2 : Digital art for a puzzle game in the companion app
Draw a piece of digital art which will be showcased in our new puzzle game, "A Piece of Neopia" which will be available in the companion app.
There are additional guidelines on the submission form. As usual you can submit up to two pieces with a maximum of one per category. There will only be one wearable winner in category one but other items like books, petpetpets, toys, etc. are encouraged otherwise. The minimum resolution for category two is 1080 x 1080, but it does still have to be square. For additional rules, tips, and more check out our guide.
Submissions will be accepted NOW until October 31st at 11:59pm NST.
Over the last few weeks the Companion App has added some new features. Check out our guide to see all about Coltzan's Shrine, the Safety Deposit Box, and Fruit Machine.
It should be noted that Fruit Machine should let you spin once on site and then a second time in the app instead of both on the app. It seems to be glitchy for some people, however. It has been confirmed the avatar is available to earn where it wasn't before upon its initial migration to the app, possibly in part due to the fact it was put on the app shortly after the change was made to be awarded via Cheops plant in addition to Puntec.
Avatars in general should be available to earn on the app and many have in fact been confirmed to be obtainable. Most recently with the SDB update the Rubbish avatar was discovered to be earned from discarding through the SDB. So you avatar hunters need not worry about doing things on the main site versus the app.
Happy Bori Day! Bori can now be painted 25th Anniversary! The Castle Planner Bori outfit can be found at Uni's Clothing Shop. Our Rainbow Pool database has been updated!
Pet Day NC Mystery Capsules (including 5- and 10-packs) has been released to celebrate Bori Day.
Bori Day Y28 Mini Mystery Capsule See Preview
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