February 2026 Newsletter

Posted 9 hours ago :: Last edited 8 hours ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! How will you be spending this Valentine's day? Will you be spending time with your loved ones, or maybe just keeping all the chocolates to yourself? Let us know your (PG-13) plans in the comments! 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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Though we are open to anonymous feedback, please remain respectful, even if you are sending negative critiques. We want to ensure everyone in our community is having fun, including our admins and staff members. We understand if you are frustrated, but please remember that we are humans behind the screen as well.

 

Important News + Reminders
Reports System Fixed

For a while now, reports on the site have had issues in which staff could not see them or properly handle them, but with thanks to our coder, CandiedFruit , that system is back up and running, and we can handle reports smoothly again! It is still highly preferred if you use our #contact-us private tickets in our Discord server, however, if you really need to, the on-site system is working again. Please note however, while our ticket system in the Discord server is open to any mod to see, only Nokkelborth , our admins ( ChaoChild , Echoklang , and TornPages ), and our coder, CandiedFruit , can see report tickets on the site. If you have an issue that requires the entire team's attention, please use the private tickets in the server.

Corewarming Revamp

Our breeding event of Corewarming has officially returned! Though we've had activity prompts over the past few years, we haven't actually had the breeding slots handed out, until now. To ease back into things, we are only doing single-offspring batches for a limited amount, with designs only being made by staff members. This will help us better determine how to host this event in the future. Slots are being offered for both USD and Leaflets to give everyone a chance. 
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Prompts Overhaul

Something you may have noticed, is prompts are slowly being worked on and updated as of late. This is because we are trying to rebalance the system to make it more fun and engaging for users! Some of the changes you may have noticed include:

  • Prompts each starting to get their own icons.
  • Visual rewards to show what you can earn for having your submission approved at a base amount.
  • Pet prompts being moved into their own category to separate them from generalized monthly prompts.
  • Changes to Companion Galore in which each owned pet now rewards 250 Leaflets + 1 Golden Berry + 2 Shhroom , giving you a total of 2,500 Leaflets + 5 Golden Berry + 10 Shhroom if you include a total of 5 owned pets.
  • Creature Feature and Critter Spotlight both now reward 1,000 Leaflets as a base reward, alongside their standard rewards from before.

We plan to do several other things to improve on prompts, however we need your help in figuring out what the community would like to see from us in terms of activities you can complete. We have a list of plans to do yet, however if you have ideas, please tell us so we can think about incorporating them! You can tell us your ideas for our prompts system either in our #suggestion-box in the Discord server, through our feedback form (in which you can remain anonymous), OR in the comments of this newsletter. (If you submit your feedback as a comment on this newsletter specifically, it will count towards Arrow's newsletter goodies, but only if it's in interaction with this newsletter.)
Our current plans for prompts are:

  • Detailed written prompt guide with information on how to read a prompt, how to submit a prompt, and how to grade your pieces (especailly pertaining to more specific types of grading, such as shading, body cut, and backgrounds).
  • New prompt layout to have only the important stuff immediately in front of you, and linking to the prompt guide for general rules separately.
  • More character-building prompts that may be simpler in requirements with shorter cooldowns.
  • Per-character prompts that won't have a cooldown but will be limited to one submission per character that you own.
  • Adjustments to the daily submission limit.
  • All prompts eventually having their own icons.
  • Possible personal bases allowed on smaller activity prompts.
  • More skill-building prompts? Similar to Moment of Peace or Playful Pet Parade in being a complex background piece that cannot be commissioned.
  • More flash prompts.

 

Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game night will take place on February 21st for a standard game night! 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 #reaction-roles channel in the server!

Discord Server

The Baldening

The hair trait has been removed from our trait list. This doesn't mean that you can no longer add hair to your Pacapillars, but instead it has become a free trait and no longer is something that needs to be listed when updating or creating a design. You are still welcome to give your worms luscious locks or keep them bald if you would like, and it's all a matter of preference, just no longer requires a trait to have hair.

New Chrono Capsule Generations

Chrono Capsules finally have new variants! Generation 1 will still have all the original options to roll from, however there are no guaranteed rolls, and all 5 rolls are completely up to chance. Generations 2-4 guarantee 3 common rolls, 1 rare roll, and a chance at either a rare roll or super rare roll for the 5th roll. Generation 2 contains pets from 2022, as well as any pets that were not yet included in the Generation 1 capsule predating 2022. Generation 3 contains pets from 2023, and Generation 4 contains pets from 2024. Halloween and Christmas pets will be in their appropriate holiday capsule of Soulbloom Feast or Boreal Wishes, and will be updated accordingly as the new pets are added to them.

All of these capsules are available for 10,000 Leafletsin the Secret Shop, and will follow a similar pattern in the upcoming years (EX - Gen. 5 containing 2025 pets). Visual loot chances are still being coded, please stand by and watch our #paca-patch-notes channel in the Discord server for updates.

 

Current Events
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Art by TornPages
Snow Crystals Boreal Wishes Snow Crystals
December 15th, 2025 - February 28th, 2026
As winter rolls into season, Chrysalopolis drifts into the north, causing the floating city to become rather cold, snow even falling from clouds higher than the city and creating a frigid, yet beautiful blanket of snow over the land. Pacas are starting to move indoors more where it's warm, often enjoying things like cuddling under a blanket with all their pets, or experimenting with different flavors of hot cocoa! The holiday season truly nears however pacas start to see stunning rainbow lights dance across the night sky, marking the start of Boreal Wishes, a season in which pacas gather together and put aside their differences, often giving gifts to each other to celebrate, and throwing huge parties in the middle of the season to ring in the new year. The Boreal Wishes season is most certainly the most joyous time of all.

Art by maarblecakes
♥ Corewarming ♥
February 1st, 2026 - February 28th, 2026
Love is in the air, and Pacapillars all across Chrysalopolis are eager to feel it! Corewarming is here, meaning it's the perfect time for Pacapillars to express that to one another! Whether it's a day of self care, hanging out with your friends, or even partaking in the creation of a new core, there's something for everyone!

Corewarming from 2026 onwards will now be a part of Boreal Wishes as a whole, so you can now earn Snow Crystals and use them in Sachet's Pillow Fort!

There is an ongoing breeding event for Corewarming that you can find HERE, where you have the chance to have a surprise design made for you by one of our staff members, both with PayPal and Leaflet options!

 

Design Schedule
  • Admin Valentine's batch, featuring designs by ChaoChild , Echoklang , and TornPages
  • 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 👁️
Every now and then, we will be selecting 1-2 Guest artists from this application to feature. If you would like an opportunity to make designs for our community, please click the button above to apply!
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Open Adoptables

Below is a list of the currently open adoptables we have available for purchase. Please read the full sales posts linked for more information.

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Kitty K.O.
Designer: iamjustmilk
Sale Type: Auction
Price:
  • SB: $50
  • MI: $5
  • AB: $200
Sales Post Bid Chain

 

Character of The Month


Kakiage
Kakiage is the proud owner of Spudz Diner! He's friendly, excitable and hard working, specializing in delivering delicious treats to various Snekkets and Pacas who order from his humble establishment! He does his best to stay busy, but you can rarely catch him dozed off under a tree after exhausting himself from all his work.

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Creature Feature


Pawtion (Valentine)

It’s unclear whether a Valentine’s Pawtion is filled with a magical essence that will make someone fall in love with you, or just some strawberry milk, but even without drinking the creature’s contents, it’s easy to fall in love with this affectionate little guy! Valentine’s Pawtions are extremely clingy and hate to be apart from their owner, so if you decide to take one in, make sure that you can take it everywhere with you, otherwise you’ll have a sad little pet on your nubs!

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Critter Spotlight


Deerest

Though Snekkets prefer to care for their eggs on their own, later entrusting them to Pacapillars they deem worthy, they can’t always do it alone. When Snekkets need help, they will seek out a Deerest to bring them to come and guard their eggs, keeping them safe when a Snekket cannot directly look after their egg. Deerest are fairly brave, despite their dainty appearance, and will even adopt orphaned Snekket eggs, even if those eggs aren’t actually orphaned and being raised by a Pacapillar, which can result in some Pacapillars having a standoffish Deerest guarding the egg of their future companion…

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:
  • 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
  • The ability to exchange Gold Berries for Shhrooms to use in the Secret Shop
And rewards only get better at higher tiers!

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Last Month's Pets
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[!]...to be continued...[!]
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ChaoChild Avatar
ChaoChild Staff Member They/It
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For Valentines Jacy and I plan to take our boyfriend on a date, plus, as corny as it is, it will be our 5th anniversary with him! Really crazy how time flies. We even have the 15th scheduled off of work so we can sleep in the next morning =w=

2026-02-06 19:18:18 (Edited 2026-02-06 19:29:08)

CandiedFruit Avatar
CandiedFruit Staff Member He/Him/It/Its
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I'm not sure what ill do on Valentine's day, maybe draw finally pff.

2026-02-06 19:06:05 (Edited 2026-02-06 19:07:31)

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PonPon-Art
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I am so excited for the new pet capsules!! Might go grab one tbh. My plans for Valentine’s Day this year is nothing except maybe make a dessert for myself :)

2026-02-06 17:46:21 (Edited 2026-02-06 17:51:46)

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