The anual Mirage Festival costume contest is back!

It’s time to get into the festival spirit with their snekket by putting on something for the occasion! Do they go all-out, or keep the wardrobe simple and comfortable? Depict your Pacapillar and Snekket dressing up for mirage festival!

Get out your glitter and tissue paper, it's crafting time!

Sometimes it's good to just let loose and pour an entire bottle of paint on something, or stick googly eyes to your creation to make them more fun. Make a physical craft of a Pacapillar or Snekket!

Though not always needed, sometimes accidents happen, and a Pacapillar gets poofed. When that happens, you need to have a Chrysalis Shard or Snekket nearby to leap into action!

Sometimes the world gets a little too tough for a Pacapillar's physical form, and taking too much damage can cause them to poof, leaving their core in their place. When this happens, a Pacapillar needs an external magical source to allow them to reform their physical bodies. These external magical sources are limited to Chrysalis Shards, or a Snekket's magical breath. Due to the rarity of Chrysalis Shards in the world, limited to randomly sprouting from the ground, pieces shedding from the sky anchors, or growing off of a Winged Pacapillar's body, many Chrysalopolis residents have taken to raising Snekkets in case of emergency, and with the influx of Snekkets hatching due to Eggs Giving, there are plenty enough noodles to go around for everyone!

If a Pacapillar's core lies dormant for too long without being revived, it is susceptible to being infected by a Hollo, potentially spreading the zombie-like disease to all of Chrysalopolis if it's not caught early. Every subspecies is affected differently for poofing as well.

• Winged Pacapillars have strong enough magic that they can stay dormant for an unlimited amount of time without risking attracting a Hollo. (If the core is cracked or shattered, however, that's a different story.)
• Monster Pacapillars cannot be poofed. Due to not being magical beings like other Pacapillars, their bodies are made up of flesh and tissues, their exposed core serving as a point of weakness to them. An attack to their core is directly compared to attacking a non-magical being's heart.
  • FUN FACT! Monster Pacapillars may collect "dead" or shattered cores due to their physical body being immune to Hollo infection, but this can be seen as fairly grim to other Pacapillars, holding a similar effect of collecting bones or skulls of their people.
• Shelled Pacapillars have an additional line of defense, able to hide in their shell for protection, but otherwise they need to be revived similarly to Standard Pacapillars, Gilled Pacapillars, or Poison Pacapillars.
• Standard, Poison, and Gilled Pacapillars all need to be treated similarly, being revived before their glow fully fades, or else if they become a "dead" core, in which all the light fades and make the core seem brittle, susceptible to a Hollo taking it over.

You can read more about cores HERE.

Depict your Snekket reviving a fallen Pacapillar's core with their magical breath.

To celebrate this year's Mirage Festival theme of Snekket's Breath, Pacapillar and Snekket performance duos have taken this opportunity to show off their skills with Snekket's breath (and other types of fire)

Though Snekket's breath is generally a tool to help save a Pacapillar's life, some Pacapillars have taken to using this life-saving magic to put on dazzling shows for others to enjoy. With the large variance in how a Snekket's magic breath can appear, you will never see two performers with identical shows, but all of them will accept Leaflet donations the same when you express your amusement with their show~ What kind of buskers performance is your Pacapillar attending? Are they watching a fire dancer add some flare to their show with their Snekket's rainbow fire-like breath, or are they the main attraction performing for hundreds of Chrysalopolis residents while their Snekket's cloudy breath adds some sparkle?

Making new friends is always fun!

Whether you’re new to Chrysalopolis, or have been here for years, it never hurts to try your nub at meeting new Pacas! Hero is always willing to make new friends, trying to befriend anyone he hasn’t already. Even if he’s just another civilian, he’s a staple for the city, seemingly knowing everyone in Chrysalopolis, somehow, even Pacas in the Gilled Domain and Forbidden Forest… Once you meet him, it’s very clear however why this is the case; he’s very charismatic and fun to be around! Even the most introverted of Pacapillars enjoy spending time with the playful and selfless Paca.

Depict your Pacapillar or Snekket meeting Hero! Are they dragged along to help save a Cake Pop from a tree together, or perhaps they’re playing pirates near the coast of the Gilled Domain with some cool sticks they found? Maybe they’re playing tag and getting as many Pacapillars nearby as they possibly can to play with them, making it an even more fun game!

The nights are nice and warm, perfect time for a party!

Just like day time in the Summer, night time in this season is full of life also! How does your pacapillar or snekket embrace these warm nights? Do they gather with all their friends for a bonfire party? Maybe they're out catching fireflies! Or perhaps they simply are just sleeping comfortably without any heavy blankets.

Many pacas already have great bonds with their snekket, but there's always room to grow closer!

Ah paca's best friend. What could be better than a long noodle to cuddle with? Pacas and snekkets count on one another for companionship, so draw them bonding together at the festival! Have they been together for years and just want to play dress up over some tea, or are they just starting to get to know one another in a haunted house attraction?

It's paca pride month! Draw your paca supporting the cause by raising a flag for their pride friends or themselves!

It's time to show your pride! What flags represent you or your paca? Do they go over the top and design a whole outfit to wear to a pride festival, or are they subtly just wearing a little pin on their jacket? All pride representation is welcome, and pacas are even giving out free pins of choice to anyone who shows off their flag in some way!

YOU ARE VISITING THE COUNTRYSIDE ONCE AGAIN. YOU DECIDE TO PAY A VISIT TO YOUR FRIEND DARLING. AS YOU APPROACH THE FARM, SHE INTERCEPTS YOU:

"WELCOME BACK, DEAR FRIEND! EVERYTHING HAS BEEN JUST DANDY LATELY, I AM ALMOST DONE GATHERING TODAY'S EGGS FROM THE COOP, WOULD YOU MIND HELPIN' ME OUT? WE CAN HAVE SOME COFFEE LATER ♥"

AS YOU ARE HELPING DARLING WITH THE EGGS, ONE OF THEM STARTS CRACKING... A TINY KIP COMES OUT OF IT!
DARLING LETS YOU KEEP THEM.

How does YOUR PACAPILLAR react to THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT, and how do they help Darling when it HAPPENS?

Draw or write about your Pacapillar or Snekket witnessing the new Kip chick hatching and how they would react to this new little life!

YOU ARE VISITING THE COUNTRYSIDE ONCE AGAIN. YOU DECIDE TO PAY A VISIT TO DARLING TO SEE HOW SHE IS FARING; AS YOU APPROACH THE FARM, YOU SPOT HER RUNNING ALL OVER THE FARM, CHASING A HERD OF MOFFS AND BAAS.

"NICE TO SEE YOU, FRIEND! AS YOU MAY SEE, I AM IN QUITE A PICKLE AT THE MOMENT, THESE LITTLE FRIENDS HAVE ESCAPED THE BARN AND I NEED TO GET THEM BACK IN, IT WILL BE RAINING TONIGHT AND WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO GET SICK, WOULD WE? WOULD YOU MIND LENDIN' ME A NUB?"

DARLING NEEDS SOME HELP GETTING THE MOFFS AND BAAS BACK INTO THE BARN, HOW DO YOU HELP HER OUT?

Draw or write about your Pacapillar or Snekket helping Darling catch her Moffs and Baas before the rain comes!

YOU ARE TAKING A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, AS YOU STROLL THROUGH THE  FIELDS YOU SPOT A PECULIAR-LOOKING PACAPILLAR. SHE APPROACHES YOU AS YOU PASS IN FRONT OF HER.

"'ELLO THERE GOOD FELLA! ARE YOU ABLE TO LEND ME A HAND? I HAVE TOO MUCH LAND AND TOO FEW NUBS TO WORK ON IT! PERHAPS WE COULD DO SOME WORK TOGETHER? I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE A FIELD WITH YOU!"

DARLING NEEDS SOME HELP WITH HER CROPS, HOW DO YOU HELP HER OUT? 

Draw or write about your Pacapillar or Snekket helping Darling out with her crops!

It's Summer and you can definitely feel it... what does your Pacapillar do to fight the heat?

Hot hot hot! That's the only way to describe the current weather in Chrysalopolis! Is your pacapillar out enjoying the heat and getting as much sun as they can, or are they not build for the heat, trying to stay in the shade as much as possible?

Ya feeling the pride now, Mr. Krabs Hero?

What better way to feel your pride than to become your pride itself? Draw your pacapillar or snekket completely in the color palette to one of their pride flags (or your own personal ones)!