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Wish Granting 2024

Posted 1 week ago :: Last edited 1 week ago by TornPages

With the holidays just around the corner, we would like to introduce our special gift giving event, Wish Granting. Wish Granting is the Boreal Wishes equivalent to "Secret Santa", if you don't know what that is then here's a conveniently placed explanation:

Secret Santa is a Christmas tradition in which members of a group are randomly assigned other members to whom they anonymously give a gift. In this case, the gift will be art, writing, or a craft!
It's a simple and fun way to celebrate the holidays and spread cheer all around! The gifts themselves do not have to be strictly Christmas-themed, so even if you do not celebrate Christmas, we encourage you to participate if you'd like!

There will be special prizes granted to users at the end of the event who completed their entry, so be sure to get your pieces in on time!


How to participate:
  • Fill out the Google Form before the deadline (November 10th).
  • The Mod team will assign all Wish Granters randomly. We will DM you on Discord letting you know who you will be gifting!
  • Once you receive your "Wisher" from us you may start the event!
  • Be sure to keep your completed wish a secret until the end of December. 

SIGN UP HERE!

 

Deadlines:

November 10th : Sign ups close and wishers will be assigned to users, and a prompt will open up for completed pieces to be submitted to.
December 18th : Last day to drop out of the event so we can re-assign your wish to a new user.
December 25th : Reveal date! You may start sharing your completed wishes with your recipient (or publicly if you prefer)
December 31st : Final deadline for the event. If you have not completed your wish by this time or dropped out, you will be labeled as a "no-show" and your wish will be given to a Pinch Hitter to complete.
January 8th : Pinch Hitter deadline. If you picked up an extra wish, your new submission must be in by this date.




General Rules:
  • Be respectful
  • No explicit or rude behavior.
  • All wishes must be kept PG-13 (no gore, inappropriate language, or other explicit content)
  • You must have a Pacapillar or Snekket to participate in this event.
  • Both are available to be used for this gifting event (so anywhere it specifies a Paca, you can replace that with a Snekket if you want!).
  • This event will primarily be run through Discord, so you must have an account to sign up and receive your assignments!
  • The link to the group discord is: https://discord.gg/ZGEVhCVrH7
  • You must have a Play.Pacapillars.com account to participate in this event.
    • Accounts are free! Go join now if you haven't already. It's a great place to keep track of your in-game currency and chubby worm and noodle babies!
  • Allowed art parameters:
    • Drawn artworks must be full-bodies.
    • If you are not the drawing type you may write a short story as a gift! The story must be at least 600 words long.
    • If you are feeling adventurous and want to try your hand at a craft (such as papercraft, sculpting, etc.) All we ask is that there is visible effort on the part of the gifter! Feel free to reach out to a moderator via a ticket to ask whether a certain piece you’re making would be acceptable.
  • Once you are assigned to a user you may not change or "trade" who you are gifting. If you have a legitimate problem with the user chosen, please let a mod know.
  • Please try to avoid signing up with a Pacapillar you are iffy on. If you trade a Pacapillar that has already joined the event (via the form) we are unable to make any changes or update your gifter about this change.
    • If this happens please know that the new owner of the Pacapillar may receive the gift art instead of you.
    • It is preferred that you only sign up with Pacapillars you know you love and use!
    • You are still required to complete your half of the gift even if you trade your Pacapillar.
  • Wishes should not be revealed until the Prompt goes live! This also means that you shouldn’t post WIPs of your work, as much as we’re excited to see them </3
    • As we get closer to the posting date, we will let you all know the specific place to post to, so don’t worry about it not popping up or not knowing where it is!

Dropouts/Pinch Hitters:

Pinch hitters are users who pick up additional wishes of users who were either no-shows or dropped out. You will get bonus rewards if completing a pinch hitter bonus piece.

  • The deadline for dropping out without penalty is December 18th, but we prefer that users drop out earlier to give pinch hitters more time to work.
    • Please note that dropping out means you forfeit all event rewards.
    • If dropping out beyond this point without an approved extenuating circumstance, you will be barred from participating in the next event we hold.
  • Users who sign up and check that they would be okay with being pinch hitters will receive a small bonus for any extra completed works they do as a thank you for picking up the slack <3
    • Due dates for pinch hitters are 2 weeks from the initial image reveal date, on January 8th
    • If you check that you’d like to be a pinch hitter, but end up not being able to when we reach out to you, that is perfectly fine! We understand that plans and how busy you are can change!

November Newsletter

Posted 1 week ago :: Last edited 1 week ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! The cold weather sure is creeping in fast... Are you ready? 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
Chrysalopolis Lore Gallery

As we share more of our world lore with everyone, we wanted a place to also keep all this information readily available and easy to refer back to for everyone. To do this, we have created a new gallery for staff and official artists to submit to that will have imagery for various locations around Chrysalopolis, as well as written pieces to describe the scenario or event more in-depth. Written pieces may take longer to be added, but in due time, will be added to the literature sections on their appropriate drawn pieces. You can view this new official gallery HERE !

NOTE: 
We still allow users to have their own creative freedom and will never enforce these lore segments too strictly unless stated otherwise; if a prompt should stick to canon lore more tightly, it will be mentioned in the rules / requirements of the prompt.

The first lore piece we have is by TornPages focusing the Tree of Souls during the month of November. Written lore still needs to be added to this piece, but a follow-up message will be posted in #paca-patch-notes in the Discord server when that has been added, (as well as being mentioned in our December newsletter.)


Wish Granting (Secret Santa) Sign Ups

We are happy to introduce a new hoiday tradition to Pacapillars, Wish Granting! This is essentially a Secret Santa exchange just with a different name. A followup news post will be posted shortly with information on participation rules and how to sign up. Sign ups will be open starting today, and will close on November 10th, 2024, so be sure to submit your form in time if you wish to participate!

Visual GuideS

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

  • Subspecies:
    • Winged Unnatural Subspecies

 

Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on November 2nd for a standard game night, and November 23rd 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 tomorrow! Be sure to get your submissions in to the Prompt and Gallery in time to be entered into the raffle!

 

Creature Feature Rules

Our prompt, Creature Feature, has had the below rule added. Please know that this has always been a rule for this prompt, but due to staff error that information did not originally end up as public as we intended. With this now being written however, we will adhere more strictly to this rule when approving submissions.
NOTE:
This rule only applies to Creature Feature for the time being. You are still allowed creative freedom for other prompts unless specified otherwise.

    • Pets should follow canonical sizing (See HERE) but should be no smaller than 1/5 of the Pacapillar's height, and no bigger than the height of the Paca.

      • This rough sizing applies to Standard Pacapillars; pets will always be much smaller in comparison to Subspecies Pacapillars and Snekkets.

      • This rule only applies to this prompt and we allow creative freedom on other prompts!

 

Reminder: Direct Messaging Staff

Reminder to all users to not DM staff members regarding questions, concerns, vouchers, or character appraisals. If you would like to speak to a staff member privately regarding the species, please open up a help ticket in our #contact-us channel in the Discord server, otherwise we ask that all questions are directed to our #✅questions-and-answers channel. Alternatively, you can submit something to our feedback form (found under "Help" in the navigation bar) with the option of remaining anonymous, or submit a claim here on site.

 

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
  • Designs by Echoklang
  • 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


Astro “pain in my behind” Pluton
Astro is as clumsy as they get! The alien styled paca loves exploring nature, getting caught up in every single detail. He loves to spend his time with his pets. He’s always ready for another adventure.

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Lilyp (Snowcap)

As the cold weather creeps in, many creatures are starting to hibernate, including the, ironically named, Snowcap Lilyp. These little guys are often mistaken as wild mushrooms, sometimes being picked up by wandering pacas thinking they found a cool fungus, only to be surprised when their prized find starts moving! Like most Lilyp, the Snowcap variant is very social with its own kind, and can often be found in small or large groups together. When hibernation rolls around, the Snowcap Lilyp will huddle with its friends to stay warm throughout the season, frequently confusing passing pacas as to why there may be a large cluster of mushrooms just sitting there, thinking it may be some free nature-grown food late into the year... but don't eat one! They're very poisonous!

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...[!]

October Newsletter

Posted 1 month ago :: Last edited 1 month 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...[!]

September Newsletter

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

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! Autumn is coming fast! Are you ready for the fall season? 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
Voucher rules

Due to a large increase in voucher requests, we are unable to keep track of every user who gets a voucher approved by one of our staff members. Due to this, when advertising that you are looking for voucher offers on your pacapillars or snekkets, OR when transferring the character to their new owner, we are requesting that users include their ticket number as proof of approval in their advertisement / transfer reason so that we can keep tabs on everyone using this system fairly. 
Example:
     Ad: Vouchering my Paca xyz for $60! Voucher has been approved in the ticket #0023
     On-site transfer: Reason: $60 voucher, approved in ticket #0023

 
Gallery Sorting
After many years and several improvements, our gallery has remained relatively untouched, now finally we're working on a new sorting sytem for them! All submissions are currently being manually moved into their appropriate sub-galleries, but once everything has been sorted, we ask that you start to use these sub-galleries rather than the main gallery. When we are through sorting, you may notice the "+" button on the main page will be missing. You may wonder how you submit to galleries in that case. To do so, just simply follow the below steps:
  • STEP 1: 
    Select a Sub-Gallery
    • When looking at a gallery's header, you will see smaller text links listed below the title. These are sub-galleries and where you will want to submit to. Click on one to be taken to the sub-gallery's unique link. (Be mindful of what gallery you click on to make sure everything stays sorted neatly.)
  • STEP 2:
    Submit to the Gallery you have selected
    • On the left-hand side of the page (or on the side menu on mobile), you will see a list of galleries. This is all the parent galleries you can find on the main Gallery page you just came from. When you are in a parent gallery, this sidebar will show a list of all the sub-galleries within that parent gallery.
    • The title at the top of the page displays what sub-gallery/parent gallery you are currently sitting in
    • On the right hand side of the page, there is a submit button. This will submit the piece to the gallery you are currently sitting in. From there simply create your gallery submission as normal.

Visual Guide Gallery

All of our existing up-to-date visual guides have been added to the Guides + Resources gallery, hopefully making them easier for everyone to find. As time goes on and we make more guides, we will do our best to keep on top of adding them to this gallery to keep everyone in-the-know. The following guides are currently available in this gallery as of this newsletter being posted:

  • Anatomy
    • Pacapillar Leg Sizing
    • Snekket Leg Sizing
  • Mutations:
    • Snekket Mutations
    • Overlay Mutation
  • Subspecies:
    • Gilled Natural Subspecies
    • Shelled Natural Subspecies
    • Monster Unnatural Subspecies
    • Upgrades VS Elixirs
  • General Traits:
    • Textures
    • Common, Rare, and Super Rare Head Feelers
    • Common, Rare, and Super Rare Tail Feelers
    • Common, Rare, and Super Rare Cheek Nubs
    • Extra Traits
  • Prompts:
    • Simple VS Complex Backgrounds
    • Shading Bonus Requirements

 

Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on September 14th for a standard game night, and September 21th for game of Frankenpaca! 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


Art Fight Criteria Bonus

Now being into the start of September, we are under the assumption any Art Fight pieces have received their bonus criteria rewards, so the criteria tick has now been turned off until next year. We love that people took advantage of this bonus, and created more pieces for one another during Art Fight season, and we're excited to see next year's turn out too! 

SHading Guide

For a while now, the question has been up in the air over what is an acceptable level of shading to claim the bonus, and this info not being clear has resulted in frustration, which isn't fun for anyone. Our prompt admin, TornPages , has created a guide to help with some clarity, displaying various tiers of what is accepted, and what will have the bonus turned off. Any past submissions that have been processed already will not be affected and are safe, but moving forward, we will be adhering to this guide to make things flow much more smoothly, making judgement on whether there's shading or not much easier.


Rejection Request Button

Since adding in criteria rewards and getting rid of the shading requirement on all prompts, we've been trying to pass prompt submissions more openly to allow everyones art to feel appreciated and accepted, however we have noticed that this has brought the issue of staff simply editing criteria forms to match our grading judgement as long as they meet the base requirements when users could have their piece rejected instead so that they can make edits and gain their full rewards. We've heard your requests and now on both writing and art criteria forms, there is a new button at the top of the form. This does not give any bonus Leaflets, but instead it lets our staff team know to reject your piece and make changes if your form isn't 1:1 with our judgement before we simply otherwise approve with edits to the form. We hope that this is more accommodating to everyone, and encourages people to participate in prompts more knowing for full certain that you will get your full rewards.

 

Ginjinka Time Return!

Get ready to bust out your humanoid anatomy skills, the Ginjinka Time flash prompt is making a return on September 8th, 2024, and will end on September 21st, 2024. More info will be available in the prompt when it's made live.


Craft Project Frankenpaca DTE

Last month's Frankenpaca result is still up to enter, but only until September 8th! Be sure to get your entries submitted to the gallery and prompt in time to be entered into the raffle to win this bean for your very own!
Prompt: https://play.pacapillars.com/prompts/prompts?prompt_category_id=2 


Mirage Festival Cleanup

Mirage Festival officially ends tonight, and we hope everyone enjoyed this year's event! The Mirage Prize Stand shop will remain open until (roughly), September 12th, 2024. After that date, all Monet Tickets will be wiped from user banks to start fresh next year. Be sure to spend your tickets before this date!

 

Current Events
Leaflets L.E.A.F. Tour Leaflets
February 1st, 2024 - February 29th, 2024
May 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024
 September 1st, 2024 - September 30th, 2024
L.E.A.F. Is officially on tour! Along with them, they are bringing 2 prompts to participate in and get their collectable items, "L.E.A.F. Tour" and "Merch Drop"! Including the concert tickets that were only available as a free gift last month, there are 9 L.E.A.F. collectables in total to get! Will you be able to collect them all?
These prompts will repeat yearly during random months! This year, the tour is around for February, May, and September! Don't worry if you aren't able to collect all the items in one go though! You can always trade with other members of our community in the site-trading channel in the Discord Server!
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Design Schedule
  • No Guest Artists are planned for this month!
  • 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
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Skittles

Skittles (any pronouns) is a silly goofy guy who likes to prioritize having fun! She loves sweet foods, hosting parties, and collecting glow-in-the-dark objects!

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Snuppet

Almost impossible to find in pairs that match, the Snuppet is quite the anomaly of a creature. No one really knows how these sock creatures exist, but one thing's for certain; though some are soft and fuzzy, you never want to encounter a brightly colored one! Almost like a defense mechanism, the more brightly colored a Snuppet is, the more rancid it smells... Yuck!

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...[!]

August Newsletter

Posted 3 months ago :: Last edited 3 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! We apologize for the delay this month, however we have many updates this month we need to cover! 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
Berry Reset

The time has come! Be sure to save up your Leaflets and Gold Berries, the specialty berry restock is approaching quickly, more specifically on August 15th. Personal counters for Forbidden Berries, Dubious Berries, and Olera Berries will be reset back to 0, allowing you to purchase them once more to use on your designs! Reminder that these berries when bought with site currency can NOT be transferred to other users after purchase; if you are looking to buy a berry for someone else, you will need to either provide them with the appropriate site currency to purchase for themselves, OR purchase the berry yourself in our Cash Shop!

Shell Texture Retirement

After staff discussion, we have decided that we will be retiring the rare rarity Shell Texture. Any existing Pacapillars or Snekkets that currently have Shell Texture will have their Shell Texture traded out for Matte Texture + Extrusions. Please be patient with staff as we work through the masterlist to fix any affected characters accordingly, as well as alter our visusal guide. From now on, we ask that you please use the combination of Matte Texture + Extrusions instead of Shell Texture on your MYO designs.

 
Paca + Snekket Leg Sizing

For a while now, leg sizes for both Pacapillars and Snekkets have been very rough, and we had no way to depict when legs were too big, often resulting in stress for both users and staff members alike. After some discussion amongst the team, we have determined what is ok for leg sizes in either species, and what may be considered a bit extreme. Our staff member, TornPages , has created the below guides (click to go to a larger version) based on this discussion, depicting a generalized visual idea as to how big the leg to body ratio should be on both Pacapillars and Snekkets.
NOTE: We try to allow our users plenty of flexibility in their art styles, so in a case-by-case scenario we may allow chunkier or longer legs, however please note that staff have the right to request edits to the design or prompt submission's anatomy if we deem the legs as too big or too long. The below visuals are simply to provide a rough, generalized idea, and are in no way policing unique art styles.

     

 

Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on August 17th at 2 pm CST for a standard game night, and August 24th at 2 pm CST for game of Frankenpaca! 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


DTPAY Criteria Bonus

Though users have always been able to submit their DTPAY pieces for prompts, we decided to make this more rewarding by adding a small bonus amount of Leaflets for anyone who completes a DTPAY drawing within their time limit and submits it to the site as a prompt. Within your art criteria form, there will be a new switch titled "DTPAY Submission". Simply check turn this on to claim the new bonus on your artwork. You will have a bonus 125 Leaflets added to your total rewards if your submission is valid.
NOTE: This bonus can only be claimed for art pieces completed for our Discord Server minigame, Draw The Paca Above You. Pieces must be completed within your given timeframe, and the bonus cannot be claimed if you missed your deadline or dropped out of your claim.
Want to play DTPAY? You can pick up the ping role in our #directory channel to get a ping whenever there's a character open for claims in the #draw-the-paca-above-you channel!

Claude... Real...

Congrats to our user, FluffyFoxOfFate for winning our NPC art contest, and providing our boy, Claude, with an official artwork for his masterlist entry to finally exist! With this official reference, you can now draw (or write) him with ease to include in your prompt submissions, rolling in a nice little NPC bonus in your criteria as well ;3 (This also includes all of our NPCs however, not just Claude! Go give our NPCs some love for some bonus profit <3 )
Check out his official masterlist entry here: https://play.pacapillars.com/character/NPC-0013 


Chikara's Internship

Last year, the pacapillar, Chikara, started an internship in hosting the newsletters, and we are pleased to announce that his internship was a success! He has been a huge help, but now it's time for him to move on to future endevors. Chikara will be retiring as an NPC, and instead, our NPC Mach will be covering his position in bringing newsletters to everyone every month. We thank everyone who read newsletters over the past year in helping Chikara achieve his goals!

 

 

Current Events
Mirage Festival
~Continued~
July 5th, 2024 - September 5th, 2024
Mirage Festival continues, releasing a lore-based prompt with an interactive dialogue! We hope you're ready for a little bit of Paca drama, and who knows? Maybe even a cliffhanger~
Be sure to complete the previous 3 drawn/written prompts (with the exception of the crafting prompt being optional) to the event before submitting the new lore prompt or your submission may be rejected!
Remember to use your Monet Tickets at the Mirage Prize Stand in our shops to get some event-exclusive items! The Mirage Prize Stand will be open from the start of the event until the 12th of September. After that, all Monet Tickets will be reset to 0 to start anew for next year.
 

 

Design Schedule
  • No Guest Artists are planned for this month!
  • 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
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Gibby

Gibby works as the strong man at Monty's Circus in the summer, and as a substitute teacher in the off months. He's a naturally strong paca but likes to also work out to build his strength more. He's very much a gym bro at heart and has also picked up cooking to make sure he has a calorie-rich diet to keep him healthy. He lives with his best friend/brother Skye, who is often not home due to his adventures.

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Crabstle

Hiding in the sand of beaches, Crabstles can often be found, disguising themselves as sand castles with their specially shaped and textured shells! Generally a rather shy creature, a Crabstle will typically hide the main part of its body beneath the sand, taking a nap, or simply hiding from any intruders around its territory. Though generally docile, they may still pinch you if you get too close!

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!

 


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

NPC Masterlist Art Contest ~ Claude [RESULTS]

Posted 3 months ago :: Last edited 3 months ago by TornPages
Thank you to everyone who entered our contest in giving our beloved NPC, Claude, an official masterlist image. It was really touching to see our community band together and put care into giving one of our NPCs the love he deserved! It was a really tough choice to choose just one winner and a few runner ups; everyone's submissions were amazing and you could tell there was a lot of heart in every submission. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank everyone who entered ♡



1st Place

First place goes to FluffyFoxOfFate with their adorable piece! They have shown their skills well with their submission with a very cleanly drawn artwork that shows Claude's overall design really well, all while leaving his personality open for user interpretation when including him in prompts. Staff judging submissions all fell in love with Fluffy's piece, earning them the spot in first place!

Prizes
  • Your artwork featured as the official masterlist image for Claude
  • 1x Glistening Egg
  • Your choice of 1x Galactic Biscuit OR 1x Ripe Olera Berry



Runner-Ups

Our three runner-up spots go to Hellpug , JacyFox , and ChaoChild !

Prizes
  • Your choice of 1x Galactic Biscuit OR 1x (Standard) Olera Berry



We appriciate and love every single entry that users submitted to this contest. They were all wonderful, and we would like to remind everyone that even if you weren't selected as a winner, that it's not because your art is "bad". It was a tough decision and it was actually touching to see how much work and heart everyone who entered put into their pieces.
On that note, we encourage you to check out everyone's submissions for this event and give them some love! Favorite their works or comment something positive because at the end of the day, all of these pieces deserve some love!

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July Newsletter

Posted 4 months ago :: Last edited 4 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! Do you choose Seafoam or Stardust? 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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Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on July 13th for a standard game night, and July 20th for game of Frankenpaca hosted by JacyFox for their birthday! 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!

Times games are hosted will be up for vote shortly to see what works best for the community.

Discord Server


Art Fight 2024

It's officially Art Fight season! Request your team colors in our #art-fight channel in the Discord server, or post your finished works and pieces you've gotten (with the appropriate credits) in our #art-fight-art channel ; Staff participating in Art Fight this year will also have role colors to display their team, but they have a lighter color tone so that you can still tell us apart! You can also get an additional 150 Leaflets when submitting a prompt  that was an Art Fight attack you did on someone else; this button has been added to the Art criteria form (please remember to submit your pieces to our on-site gallery here or Toyhouse so that we can still review your piece in the event that the Art Fight site goes down from the traffic.)

Reminders

As the community settles back into a comfort zone, we need to remind everyone about the following list. This is so that staff can manage everything easier and keep everything running smoothly for everyone!

  • Remember to always include criteria in your prompt submissions! We want to make sure everyone is getting their proper rewards when submitting a prompt. Exceptions that do not allow for criteria to be claimed will mention that in their rgeneral rules for the prompt
    • Staff can NOT add criteria from our side, we don't have a button for it. We can edit your filled out sheets, but otherwise the adding of a criteria form can only be added by the person submitting the prompt!
  • Prompt rules change from time to time! Though many of our prompts use the same list for rules, some prompts may alter these (whether it's a standard prompt or event prompt), and reading these rule alterations could be the difference between an approval or rejection!
  • Do NOT use Discord image links when submitting through prompts! Discord recently changed their system to cause any images linked from their servers to automatically stop displaying on external sites after a certain amount of time; some cases images have expired after 12 hours, while others they expired after 48 hours. It's an extremely varied time frame, but there is always the chance that an image may expire before our staff can get around to your prompt! Though we encourage use of our on-site galleries, external sites such as Toyhouse, DeviantArt, Cara, etc. are all fine as well so long as the image has some sort of public permissions.
  • When submitting a MYO design or redesign, if submitting to our #design-check channel, please do not submit your design to the site until after a staff member has gotten back to you with feedback. If you submit a design to the site, then we ask that you please do not submit that same design into our #design-check channel. Submitting to both does not speed up the process any, and instead creates double the work for our design mods.
  • Be sure to always read the pins in our Discord server channels if you are unsure about something. You may need to jump directly to the pin in some cases since mobile now cuts off pins after a certain point, not letting people see the entire post otherwise. With the abundance of Discord updates as of late, this feature may have slipped past a lot of people, including some of our staff members!
  • If you would like to DM a staff member for assistance, please open a private help ticket in our #contact-us channel in the server. This can be to have a voucher or appriasal approved, to report problematic things that may affect the community directly, or to ask for help in a private setting.
  • Sometimes staff will post announcements without pings, so be sure to keep an eye on our #announcements channel. These no-pings may not require a big ping, but they are still just as important.
 
NPC Masterlist Art Contest

Judging for the NPC masterlist art contest featuring our Snekket NPC Claude is now underway! Staff will need  a few days to properly look over each submission and decide on a winner and runner ups. We appriciate everyone for entering! Please join our Discord server to be updated when a winner is chosen.


Rainbow Bat DTE

Thank you to everyone who entered for our guest artist DTE raffle! Everyone had such wonderful pieces! The winner of the raffle has been rolled, and congrats to CryMeARiver for winning this baby! The masterlist for them will be transferred to you shortly, and you can collect the art pieces for the bean from the gallery here: https://play.pacapillars.com/gallery/22 

 

Current Events
Mirage Festival
July 5th, 2024 - September 5th, 2024
Our annual Mirage Festival is back! Join Monet and his Snekket companion, Claude in all the activities and have some fun with your own Snekket companions! This year's theme is Crystals, just like our lovely city of Chrysalopolis. There are 4 prompts in the first half of the event (Snack Time, Snekket Bonding, Dress to Impress, and Bedazzled Crafts), then a 5th lore-based prompt will drop on the first of August that will require all 4 of the main event prompts to have been completed.
Remember to use your Monet Tickets at the Mirage Prize Stand in our shops to get some event-exclusive items! The Mirage Prize Stand will be open from the start of the event until the 12th of September. After that, all Monet Tickets will be reset to 0 to start anew for next year.
 

 

Design Schedule
  • JacyFox will have a Frankensnekket game on July 20th
  • Batch of 3 designs for auction by TornPages will be posted around July 7th - July 10th
  • 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
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EXE, Data, and Timmy

- Exe (black) is extremely energetic and has this odd interest in monster pacas, putting himself in danger often. He tends to get lost in his thoughts and forgets other people exist at times.
- Timmy (blue) is super energetic, always having a childlike wonder about everything. He tends to get into fights with Exe often.
- Data (purple) is the most mature of the trio, acting like the parent reeling in Exe and Timmy when they get too much. He tends to hate fighting and will have a breakdown if fights occur around him.

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Caridina

Found through various parts of the Chrysalopolis waterways, the Caridina can make your lakeside viewing far more sparkly than you had ever hoped for! Their hard shells have a special film on the surface that makes it seem as though the little creatures are always glittery and shimmering, especially when catching the rays off of the morning sunrise. Pretty as they are, they can be fairly picky. Anyone who wishes to take one home should expect to treat them as a king or queen and nothing less, or else they may show off their sassy side!

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...[!]

June Newsletter

Posted 5 months ago :: Last edited 5 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! Happy Pride Month from everyone here at Pacapillars! 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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Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on June 8th at 3pm CST time for a game of Frankensnekket that will be given out to the community  for first-time-snekket-owners as a free-to-enter raffle on June 18th, and June 22nd at 3pm CST time for a regular 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!

They also have heard your feedback about their game nights, and will be increasing rewards for players from 300 Leaflets to 500 Leaflets for big rewards, and 150 Leaflets to 250 Leaflets for Smaller rewards. This will make playing the games much more rewarding to players! Chao will also be allowing users to vote on games to play, so if you want to play Wrong Answer Trivia one game night, you can vote on that!

Discord Server


Character Pronouns

Our amazing coder, Sweetstuff , has added a new feature that allows you to give your character pronouns that will display under their name, just like how they do for us users! Every character can have their own unique set of pronouns on their profile, and the best part is? They are completely user-customizable! No drop downs limiting pronouns to just the basic ones or a few neopronouns, which means you can also have multiple pronoun options listed! Every character pronouns box allows up to 100 characters (as in letters, numbers, spaces, etc.), so split pacapillars don't need to worry if all their pronouns will fit!
To edit this feature on your characters, simply click "Edit Profile" on their masterlist entry like you would when changing their name, and the customizable pronouns box will be right at the top!
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Donation Shop Icon

After having the donation shop for a hot minute, we finally have an icon for it instead of the default image thanks to ChaoChild! We are still working on making pets a donatable feature, but in the meantime we hope you like this beautiful new asset!
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Pride Pins

To celebrate pride and allow users some personal flare, TornPages has created 23 new 'collectables' that you can obtain and have proudly! These pins will not be a part of a specific collection  that will affect future collections, but instead you can just have whatever ones that fit you best.  These will be handed out as rewards for our June event prompts, but they are not ccount locked and can be donated, so if you got more flags than you have a use for, then you are more than welcome to donate them or trade them to other members of the community! You can see the full collection of Pride Pins HERE, and a free-to-use base will also be released in the Discord server.

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Current Events
🏳️‍🌈 Paca Pride 🏳️‍🌈
June 1st, 2024 - June 30th, 2024
It's time to express yourself and be you! Our Pride Flags event prompt and Pride Color Palette Challenge have finally returned after hiding away for a few years, now with an additional prize for completion of both! Upon approval of your piece, you will be given a new item; Sealed Pride Pin. This Sealed Pride Pin is a choice box, which allows you to pick one of 23 Pride Pins to display on your profile upon opening it! How does your Paca express their pride? Be sure to do the prompts to show us! We can't wait to see all your colorful flags!
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Rainbow Bat DTE
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A new DTE (Draw To Enter) raffle just dropped! This beautiful baby was designed by our guest artist, DearRyufur for the community! Just like Chaochild's recent Rose Frankenpaca DTE, you can draw this Paca for a chance to win them as your very own!
Read the prompt posting for more info.

NPC Masterlist Art Contest ~ Claude
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Monet is a well beloved NPC to our community, giving users their daily Leaflets, but also is the host of our annual Mirage Festival and a key figure in our Eggs Giving event, but he's never truly alone! As many of you know, Monet has a Snekket companion, Claude, however that can easily be forgotten information given the fact Claude doesn't actually have a masterlist entry... Whoops, our bad! We would love to add Claude to our NPCs officially, and that's where you come in!
Read the prompt posting for more info.

 

Design Schedule
  • In celebration of his birthday, TornPages will be releasing a gilled pacapillar auction on June 18th
  • ChaoChild will have a Frankensnekket game on June 8th, and release it as a free raffle to first-time snekket owners on June 18th
  • All month, a special design by DearRyufur will be an active draw-to-enter raffle for everyone to participate in (currently ongoing)
  • 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
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Boop

Boop os a silly little guy  who is full of energy and very sociable! He is a bit clumsy and enjoys stargazing, but he's also always happy to help others, even if he usually ends up making a mess! He maybe has just two braincells max, but at least he's happy!

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Queen

Despite previous hierarchy dictating that the strongest led, in recent history the Queen of a pride has been the most outgoing, fashionable member. They live lives of luxury amongst their kind, and don't tend to stray unless a new Queen is promoted. If you find yourself in posession of this pet... well, it's not a Queen anymore, and instead a wayward wannabe!

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...[!]

May Newsletter

Posted 6 months ago :: Last edited 6 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! It's officially Mermay, so we can't wait to see everyone getting creative with their gilled pacas and fishy pets! 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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Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's Discord game nights will take place on May 4th at 3pm CST time for a game of Frankenpaca that will be given out to the community as a DTE raffle, and May 18th at 3pm CST time for a regular 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!

Discord Server


Trait Updates

Our lovely design mod, Echoklang is currently working through all the existing traits to update their wording to fit our traits in a more modern sense, and hopefully clear up any confusion regarding the current system having so many outdated clarifications. This is a slow process, so please be patient with her as she goes through these. Whenever she updates a trait, she will be posting in the #paca-patch-notes channel in our Discord Server.


New Staff Members

We'd like to welcome on our two newest staff members, 0lliever and cowboy ! They will be assisting us with prompts and you may have already even seen them working on some submissions! We request that you please be patient with them as they learn the ropes. We would also like to announce ChaoChild will be working with the design mods as well, helping them with design approvals and masterlist uploads. We're very thankful for all  of our staff members, and we hope everyone will love our newest additions!


May/June Event

Due to unforseen circumstances, there will be no major event for the durration of May or June. L.E.A.F. Tour returns however for the month of May, and we will be having some pride-themed prompts for June for people to participate in as well, but otherwise there is no lore-based events for these two months. Mirage Festival is still on for July and August though! :3c

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Current Event
Leaflets L.E.A.F. Tour Leaflets
February 1st, 2024 - February 29th, 2024
 May 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024
September 1st, 2024 - September 30th, 2024
L.E.A.F. Is officially on tour! Along with them, they are bringing 2 prompts to participate in and get their collectable items, "L.E.A.F. Tour" and "Merch Drop"! Including the concert tickets that were only available as a free gift last month, there are 9 L.E.A.F. collectables in total to get! Will you be able to collect them all?
These prompts will repeat yearly during random months! This year, the tour is around for February, May, and September! Don't worry if you aren't able to collect all the items in one go though! You can always trade with other members of our community in the site-trading channel in the Discord Server!
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Design Schedule
  • There are no Guest Artists planned for the month of May.
  • 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
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Rosemallow

Rosemallow is a relatively clumsy and awkward paca, often stumbling over and mixing up his words when trying to socialise, but he's trying his best and loves making new friends! He's often accompanied by his snekket, Anima, who's a little overprotective of him.

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Sharp

This fishy little friend has a strange penchant for rounding up inanimate objects it finds, and using them as playmates! Once found in large packs, the Sharp has been slowly dwindling in numbers as a now almost-extinct species of pet. A Pacapillar initiative has formed recently to introduce other species such as the Narseal to Sharp’s to try and get them to socialize again, but it’s not such an easy task to look friendly with teeth like those!

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...[!]

April Newsletter

Posted 7 months ago :: Last edited 7 months ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! Happy April Fools! We hope you had a fun Easter Weekend if you celebrate! 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
Design Mod Applications

We are seeking to bring on new staff members! We are currently looking for Design moderators to join our team. Experience is not required as long as we feel you can do the work. Any applicants must be of 18 years or older. Read more about the requirements and apply with the form linked below!

Application Form


Site Development Pause

There has been some issues showing up behind the scenes for our coder, Sweetstuff, and further development for the site is on pause while they try to figure out solutions to the issues at hand. We request that you are patient in this time and enjoy the features we do currently have in the meantime where Sweetstuff is only one person  and can only humanly do so much! Error reports will still be tended to, we're just pausing on new features for a little bit is all.

Donation Shop 

Got any items you no longer want but don't want to sell or trade? You can now donate these very items to the community to claim and use to their hearts content! To donate, simply go to the item you no longer want in question, tick the box on it, open the "Donate Item" dropdown, and then finally click Donate! That's all! Each user can also claim up to one free item from the donation shop once every 24 hours. 
Pets that are not in your inventory cannot be donated just yet, however we are hoping to make this possible when we can resume site development!

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Trait Info Update

We are very aware that our traits are really out-of-date and may be confuising for some users with this information being incorrect, so our lovely design moderator, Echoklang , will be going through and updating information on all the traits to get things organized once more. Please be patient as she works through these things over the next few days, but soon our traits will all have proper descriptions to correctly align with the current system.

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Minor Updates
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Game Nights!

ChaoChild 's DIscord game night will take place on April 20th at 3pm CST time! 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!

Discord Server


Prompt Reminders

A reminder to everyone that Discord and DeviantArt links do not work for prompt submissions any longer due to both sites changing the way their images are linked on external websites. You can still use Toyhouse and Stash to a degree, but we would highly prefer if users continued to use our on-site galleries for ease of access to staff members. 

Please also remember to add criteria to your submissions. There is a banner on the submissions page that mentions this, and every prompt has it as a requirement, We can only edit criteria forms from mod-side, and cannot add them from scratch. Please be weary of this to avoid your prompt being rejected!
Further, many users have been submitting art pieces alongside stories, which is perfectly fine, just please remember that any literary works must have a minimum of 1 character featured + 300 words at base, OR a colored halfbody Pacapillar/Snekket for art pieces. These are our base requirements for our Miscellaneous submissions, so anything less than these base requirements will not count towards extra rewards!


New Gallery Submission Layout

When submitting to the gallery, we noticed a lot of users were getting confused over the description and literature boxes where they were never really clear in the default layout, so  we've cleaned up the submission page to now show the title, description, content warning, and other user inclusion  at the top, and the image, literature, and character sections are now at the bottom before the submit button. With the encouragement of submitting to the galleries nowadays, we hope this new layout makes the process much simpler!


Item Sub-Categories

With the growing selection of collectables, we wanted a way to keep things more organized until we can split collectables off into their own thing, so in the meantime we've added item sub-catergories. This, unfortunately, does not affect how items are displayed on your profile, however in the Encyclopedia you can see what items belong to what categories, HERE!

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Current Event
🥚 Eggs Giving (Parts 3 + 4) 🌸
March 1st, 2024 - April 30th, 2024
219-image.pngAfter the confusing events of March only for Sachet to not really be much of a help, Monet is finally home from vacation. so you go and have a chat with him to get any information you can about Snekkets, however your glistening egg has hatched already! Hopefully Monet is able to help you before too much chaos ensues  with your new Snekket hatchling!
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This event will feature 5 prompts in total; 4 of which you will need to complete to unlock the next part of the story, and one that you can do in both March and April! March will release parts 1 and 2, and April will release parts 3 and 4. Parts 1 and 2 will NOT expire on March 31st, instead running in to April so anyone who missed the March half can still participate in unlocking parts of the story. Completion of part 1 will unlock part 2, and the same will be said for parts 3 and 4, requiring completion of the other parts prior to  unlocking the next part. All of these prompts will require a complex background OR 1000 words, so please make sure to not push your parts completion until last minute so you have time to do all 4!
These story-based prompts will put usage to our interactive dialogues feature!
The smaller prompt that you can do in both March and April requires just 2 fullbodies (one snekket, and one paca), and is much more lenient than the story prompts!
Anyone who completes part 1 will be given a surprise basket that has an account-bound snekket MYO inside! If you've ever wanted a Snekket, but couldn't use the Cash Shop for any reason, now's your chance to get yourself your very own noodle!
 
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🎈 Playful Pranks 🎉
April 1st, 2024 - April 7th, 2024
It's April Fools! That means it's time to play a prank on your friends and loved ones! With this flash prompt, you have one week to create a piece of your Pacapillar or Snekket pulling a prank on someone else! Everyone who completes this prompt will be entered into a free raffle for a very detailed poison Pacapillar design by TornPages , and though the raffle is random, every user who participates in the prompt will get a randomized Silly Little Friend that has a playful theme to them!
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Design Schedule
  • Snekket gacha featuring designs by guest artists and staff members with both paypal and leaflet slots!
  • April Fool poison Pacapillar free raffle by TornPages (Ongoing until April 7th!)
  • 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
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GEEN BEEN QUASWOL

Geen Been is a very special guy! He loves to play around plants and make new friends with pacapillars and snekkets alike! He tends to fall asleep in warm places and stays away from the cold. He's very welcoming and accepting of everyone! :D

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature


Ratfresh

Although rats normally thrive off of filth, Ratfresh can only stand the cleanest of environments. Considered a blessing to one's garden and a sign of superior caretaking if you see one lurking, Ratfresh roam from place to place in search of new, better water sources. These little critters' flower petals shed and regrow every season, and make for great fertilizer!

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...[!]