October Newsletter

Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! Happy Spooky Season everyone! We have some fun things both here and on the horizon that we can’t wait to share with you all!

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Major Updates
Gallery Sorting

Followup from our September 2024 Newsletter; all galleries have been properly sorted and parent galleries have been locked. Please post any future submissions in their appropriate sub-gallery. Instructions on how to do this can be found in last month's newsletter.

Visual GuideS

The following visual guides have been added to the official guides gallery:

  • Subspecies:
    • Poison Natural Subspecies

Trait Visuals : Feelers

Visual examples for Head Feelers, Cheek Nubs, and Tail Feelers have gotten new example images added to their descriptions. Though the visual guides show various examples for shapes, these visual examples instead show what lengths determine whether a feeler is Common, Rare, Super Rare, or in the case of Ultra Tail, Mutation.
NOTE: Only the visual examples have been updated! The text on the traits is still outdated and currently in the works of being updated.

 

Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on October 12th for a standard game night, and October 19th for game of Frankensnekket! There will be reminders posted in the server when they're getting things ready and when the game is live! Be sure to keep an eye out to have some fun with what they have planned!

If you haven't yet, and you would like to participate in game nights, you can pick up the ping role for game nights in our #directory channel in the server!

Discord Server


DTE FrankenPaca

Last month's Frankenpaca result is still running for entries, but only until October 5th! Be sure to get your submissions in to the Prompt and Gallery in time to be entered into the raffle!

 

Item Updates
  • Last year's Halloween event currency has been renamed from Candies to Treats so that they won't be confused with candy collectables anymore.
  • TornPages has updated his visuals for the Treats world image as well as the Halloween Candy surprise bags. If your browser is still displaying last year's artwork, you may need to hard refresh by either pressing "Shift + F5" on PC, or clearing your cache on mobile.
  • Last year's Halloween collectables are now available in the Creeping Thyme Stand for leaflets, and the 2023 Candy Bag has been turned into a collectable that can be purchased for 4 Treats
    NOTE: Only the current year's Candy Bag will give randomized rolls for collectables. Previous years are strictly collection items.

 

Seasonal Prompt Icons

All seasonal prompts now have icons so that they can easily be picked out in the list of prompts. These serve no purpose other than to separate the prompts more clearly, but we may turn them into items in the future!

   

 

Prompt Permissions

Since what is and isn't allowed in prompts can sometimes be lost in the general rules of a prompt, we have added a color-coded permissions section to each active prompt. These display clearly whether commissioning someone else to draw your piece, collaborations with other users, or crafted pieces are permitted on a prompt. Separating these makes the general rules easier to read in the case of any changes being made, while also making it clearly visible whether these other variables are permitted.



Extended Character Of The Month

Due to being late last month, September's COTM will bleed into October for a few days to give the owner of last month's pacapillar more spotlight time. If you draw both last month's and this month's featured characters, you will get a bonus entry into the COTM raffle. This will be a new permanent feature if we are late with updating the monthly rollover, and after the extension time, the character from the previous month will be removed, and only the current month's feature will have the spotlight. 

 

Current Events
SoulBloom Feast
October 1st, 2024 - November 30th, 2024
It's officially Soulbloom Feast once again! All the souls of those no longer with us are being drawn into the Tree of Souls, causing it to illuminate and glow within the dark forest, but new candies that appear to be different from last year's seem to be blooming on the branches of this great cherished piece of nature.  Pacas from all over are flooding into the forest with their costumes and friends, not a worry in the world about the rumors of Monsters and Poison Pacapillars living in the forest, too interested in the fun festivities. 
You can read more about the lore for this event in last year's newsletter HERE

There will be 10 prompts in total for this event, allowing users a chance at 40 5-icon.png in total to spend at the Creeping Thyme Stall. Both October and November will have lore-related prompts linking back to August's lore prompt about Thyme and the Chrysalis Shards. If you missed that event, you can read the dialogue for the prompt in question HERE. October's prompts will run through November as well for anyone who missed them during October, but all prompts for this event can only be submitted once per year per user and will not refresh on monthly rollover.

There are 10 new candies to collect this year from Candy Bags! All new candies will be account bound until after the event has concluded. Once Boreal Wishes begins, all of this year's Candies will be tradable and donatable, but will no longer be sellable. Will you get the super rare Licorice Monster that has a 2% chance to roll?
        

 

Design Schedule
  • Special Halloween Advent designs created by staff members and surprise guest artists with the chance of Subspecies designs and even Hollo Disease raffles!
  • Designs by Nokkelborth . As always, Nokkel’s patreon usually gets first looks at designs and are normally eligible to make claims in advance, so if that interests you, we recommend taking a look.
  • As always, we may sneak in some surprise designs, some of which may be discord only, so watch out 👁️
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Character of The Month


Strawbi Swirly-Puffs

Sweet, kind, and always smells like pound cake, Strawbi's a timid little "superhero!" However, their always looking to help others out and protect others from danger, even when they're scared.

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Soilcube (Grave)

During Soulbloom Feast, pacas love to explore cemeteries in hopes of a thrill, but be careful; if you step on some loose dirt it could just be a Grave Soilcube that was resting! Often having a small headstone on the top of it's body, it should be obvious what ones are real, and what ones are a part of a Soilcube, but in the middle of the night, it can be harder to distinguish, and a Grave Soilcube suddenly moving has given many pacas quite the fright! Though responsible for scaring many pacapillars, a Grave Soilcube really just wants to sleep, but they always get stepped on.

Submit The Prompt!

 

Patreon
Did you know that by pledging to Nokkelborth 's Patreon for as little as $5 a month, you can gain access to exclusive Pacapillar rewards? By pledging, you can look forward to rewards such as:
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  • Surprise capsules containing new pets created that month
  • Gold Berries you can use on-site in the Alley Shop
  • Access to exclusive commissions and customs done by Nokkelborth
  • Early access to viewing and claiming adopts before the public
And rewards only get better at higher tiers!



[!]...to be continued...[!]
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