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Referral Contest Results & Community Event Update - New Fishing Location
Published by: SantaeTeam
It was a warm Summer afternoon as class was just about to end at the Pinnacles Academic Hall. Rose Clearwater, a scholar and the lead researcher of a team dedicated to the studies of mythical creatures was just finishing her lecture to 400 students on the different class systems of pets and why they are distinct.
Rose pointed at the slideshow on the board behind her.
Rose fumbled with her clicker, before finally pressing the button, which revealed two crudely drawn sketches of creatures that looked nothing like any known pets:
"Arcane pets are pets that we know existed in the world. We have clear evidence of their presence from the past, and their histories are well documented. Other than the Grusim which is rumored to have been recently discovered at the Lava Caves, no one alive has ever seen any other pet of this class, such as the Phasmic or Rhymoss."
Rose clicked her clicker, and a beautiful blue dragon-like creature appeared on the screen.
"This is a Drava. It has been extinct for thousands of years until recently. Our wonderful explorer, Vespera, stumbled upon a cave full of Divine Drava Figurines which can turn your pet into a Drava. No known cases of the Drava live in the wild naturally, and so therefore this, along with the Raylen, are considered the Luminary pet class."
Rose clicked her clicker one final time, and many in the class gasped in awe.
"These sketches are of the Wispyr, Quibbit and Kyree - they are based on ancient descriptions of these creatures. This is the rarest pet class - the Radiant class. These creatures are thought to be just myth and might not have even ever existed at all. It is down to us, as academics to uncover the mysteries of these pets if we are ever to determine the truth about their origins."
Just as Rose finished her lecture, the bell rang, and her class started to file out of the classroom. Fighting against the hoard of scurrying students came one of Rose's research assistants, Dawn.
Rose and Dawn rushed out into the streets of the Floating Pinnacles - Rose's home ever since she was a child, to find a circle of residents around a hovering Iricampus.
"Dear Pinnacle researchers, I met with Silvershade at the Minimal Ranch, and I think they have stumbled onto something here - possibly a new creature!
In order to test our theory, we need to clear the waterways of trash. I'm sending my best adventurers there soon to come help fish at the Stormforge Caverns. If we clear the trash, we might get a glimpse of the creature!
Tell the adventurers to send their trash to the Lani Archipelagoes.
- Vespera"
After reading the letter, Rose's eyes glazed over as she remembered casual bedtime stories such as "The Grumpy Grusim", "Kyree & Me", "Whispers of the Wispyr" and "Phasmic's Neon Nightmare" as a small child. She was inspired by Myth, driven by it. "What happened to these pets of legend?", "Were they fabricated just to scare the children? Or is there some truth to them?".. All sorts of questions would go around her child-mind day-and-night, and it's that motivation that drove her to pursue an education and career focused on studying them - were any of them ever real? Or were they just folklore that our parents told us?
Rose snapped back to the present. Tears filled her eyes.
"We must allow the adventurers to fish in the Caverns! Dawn, spread the word - let's see what we find!"
Comment on this news post telling us which location you think will be revealed next, and if you are correct, you will receive a FREE Elite Fishing Rod!
Elite Fishing Rod
Barnaby has cleared out his storage locker and now has more space for all the trash that is being handed over. He will now accept 100 items per hour while we work towards the Community Goal!
Barnaby: "Bring your Fishing Trash to my stall - I have plenty of
sanDust to exchange!"We have published a complete list of everyone's referrals so far - the list can be found here.
Divine Natural Wispyr Figurine
We have also ran a randomizer raffle on all referrals and the following winners will be receiving a
Phantaemon
AvisectAnomaly
Vincent
lostinthyme
WyvernFire
Lune
Soup
edgeofplvto
Birdie
egglands_worst
In addition to that, we are are also rewarding this figurine to anyone who gained at least 5 referrals!
Feel free to check the list to see how many you referred!
And lastly.. some users went above and beyond with their referrals, so we have decided to award 1 Pet Adoption Papers to all users who referred at least 10 referrals!
Pet Adoption Papers
All prizes will be distributed within the next 24 hours!
Vespera's Proposition, Community Event Begins & A Gift from Santae
Published by: SantaeTeam
Vespera's Proposition
After a long and perilous journey back to the Marketplace at Lani Archipelagoes, Vespera was feeling exhausted, but energized. She had plenty of time on this journey to conjure an offer and she felt it was something that Barnaby could not refuse.
As she approached his stall, she overheard Barnaby's conversation with some adventurers -
"But I just want a few sanDust!" the adventurer stammered. "Sorry, but this Fishing Trash has no value. What am I supposed to do with it?" Barnaby replied.
Vespera waited for the adventurer to pick up their haul and walk away before approaching Barnaby, with River following close behind her.
"You know..." Vespera started, while stroking her Raylen's feathers, " I bet you could find a use for all the trash items if you put your mind to it..?".
Barnaby looked at her and rolled his eyes. "See, the problem Vespera, isnt that I cant accept them - it's that Adventurers only need sanDust to tame the Grusim. Once they have a Grusim Figurine, they stop bringing me their items to exchange. So I have to pick and choose which items I'll accept as I know each Adventurer will soon forget to bring me more valuable items..."
Vespera stood silent, a huge grin across her face. "What?" asked Barnaby "- I need to make a living out here too!".
"So if there were more things for adventurers to spend their sanDust on, you would be willing to accept the Fishing Trash, right?", Vespera said, now leading Barnaby into her proposal.
"Of course I would" Barnaby snapped back, appearing somewhat annoyed at Vespera's puzzling approach to this conversation.
"It's settled then. When I return from my adventure, I'll arrange for a new store to open up - one where all Santarians can visit to spend their sanDust on rare artifacts and prizes - on the condition that you agree to exchange Fishing Trash for sanDust going forw-"
"Done.", Barnaby interjected.
A Community Event is now Active
Barnaby is now accepting Fishing Trash in exchange for
sanDust! He has agreed to report to Vespera once the community has sent him 100,000 Fishing Trash items!
Watch out for more fishing locations opening up as Dew continues her journey across Aleriea and Valaria!
Referral Contest Update + FINAL Round of Alpha Testing!
We've ended Alpha 2.0 with an OVERHELMINGLY positive response, along with even more users joining our community, even after applications closed (Welcome!)! We've also had 50+ comments just on our tiktok asking when we would be open again as more people would like to participate.
We have deliberated this and decided to go ahead with one FINAL round of alpha testing applications.
Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd August we will be processing all Referrals, and announcing the raffle winners. We will also publish a list of all users who referred and how many referrals they had.
This new round of alpha applications will be available starting Sunday 4th August through to Sunday 25th August. Any applications received after 23:59:59 SST on August 25th will not be counted for this referral contest. <3
With this alpha wave, we're going to start an ALL NEW referral contest for this phase. Only referrals during Alpha 3.0 will be eligible for these rewards.
A referral is considered valid by putting the referring members's username into the "referred by" field on the application. All referrals are manually verified by The Santae Team. Anyone found to be submitting false/fake referrals will lose their eligibility for this contest and referral prizes.
We will be adding a UI onsite within the first week where you will be able to see how many referrals you have had. Stand by for more information on that.
Each referral will count as a raffle ticket. The raffle will be for those members who may not have many people they know to refer, thus members who receive 1-4 referrals will be eligible for this raffle, If you manage to refer 5+ new members, you will automatically receive the Wispyr. 10 lucky winners of this raffle will win a Divine Wispyr Figurine - COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE
If you get 5+ referrals, you will receive a guaranteed Divine Wispyr Figurine - COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE
If you get 5 referrals, you are guaranteed a Divine Wispyr Figurine - Color of your choice, however, to give more incentive to refer more members to our beautiful community, each additional 5 referrals you obtain, you will win another Divine Wispyr Figurine (color of your choice) with a max of 13 Wispyr Figurines. (Ex: I received 10 referrals, this would qualify you to win two (2) Divine Wispyr Figurines of your choice of color)
Additionally, for each referral you get (up to 8), you will receive ONE random item from the below "Referral Prizes"
(Each item is a max of 1 per person, per referral up to 8 -- These items have been added to the Alpha Rollover Policy)
(These prizes WILL be available in the future via referrals during beta and beyond!)
You'll also receive the "Bring a Friend" medal for your first referral!
This information about the ALL NEW Referral Contest has been placed at the bottom of every page.
Thank you for your participation!
By now you know that we LOVE TO REWARD THE COMMUNITY!
With that in mind we're sending everyone a random Cash Shop Chest - a Sunlords Chest or a Sea Sovereign Counch!
Keep an eye on your SanMail to receive one of those soon!
Sunlords Chest
Sea Sovereigns Conch
Vespera Discovers Fishing! + Netty's gift to all Adventurers
Published by: SantaeTeam
Vespera Discovers Solar Sands
As Vespera broke through the wild brush, she stumbled out onto a beautiful golden beach. After composing herself and brushing off the foliage and bugs that had fell on her during this off-road trek, she looked around and saw a person in the distance stood with their back to her, staring out at the wide expanse of water.
As Vespera neared closer, River, Vespera's faithful Raylen squawked, startling the stranger and causing them to turn around.
"Ah, Vespera, you're finally here!"
"Silvershade?" Vespera stammered, out of breath but still very much excited.
"Yes! That'll be me" Silvershade replied. "I'ma glad you were able to make it. I was hoping to get back to my ranch before you arrived, but - Oh!"
Before Silvershade could finish their sentence, a ripple appeared on the previously calm water. Silvershade grabbed a Fishing Rod that was lying on the ground next to them, and cast it, landing it directly center to the ripples, and then tugged.
While reeling in the line, they explained to Vespera the reason for asking her to come and visit.
"See, the Minimals on my ranch are always going off to explore the local area, and some of them keep coming back with those lil jelly blob looking things."
Vespera reached into her backpack and pulled out the one Silvershade had sent. By now, it had changed somewhat. It was no longer an inflated beautiful sphere that it was the last time Vespera looked at it. Instead it looked deflated and lifeless. Vespera looked at it, puzzled.
Silvershade glanced over and caught a look at Vespera's bedazzled look, and explained further, "Yep. That's what seems to happen to them", they sighed. "I got me dozens of them on my ranch. I think they're Eggs, and if my research is correct, whatever is laying them is definitely an aquatic creature. I've been trying fishing to see if I can catch me one, but all I keep pulling up is trash."
Silvershade gestured to their latest catch - an Old Boot - "Dang, more Trash!".
They tossed the old boot into a pile of other trash items before placing the rod back down.
"See, the problem we got, is that there is just too much trash. As a society we've neglected our waterways for generations, and now it is just full to the brim of trash. We need to try and get more people to help clean this up".
Vespera pondered for a moment, before responding. "I.. may know some Santarians that can help! I'll call on the citizens of Santae to come and help! We should also explore more regions and see if they are also suitable for fishing too!"
"Now THAT sounds like a darn-tooting idea! Let me know what you need." Silvershade replied.
"To be honest, " Vespera started, before stroking the Grimmoire that was sat perched on Silvershade's shoulder, "I just want to discover all the secrets Santae has to offer. I want to open the world to all adventurers, and let everyone have the magical experience that I have when I discover new places".
Silvershade cast their line again at another rippling spot before offering a suggestion excitedly - "Well, I'd be more than happy to let you and your adventurers visit me at my Minimal Ranch, if they're able to help me clean up the waterways! I dont get many visitors and I can always use an extra pair of hands - or 7 - to help look after my mischievous Minimals!"
"Consider it done." Vespera said as she scrawled a note on a piece of paper before handing it to Dew along with a big juicy Berry.. 
"Dew, I need you to deliver this note to the residents of Flying Pinnacles. It's the closest land from here so it should only take you a day to fly there. This note tells them to try fishing in Stormforge Haven to see what they find"..
After eating the Berry in just two bites, Dew fluttered off East, towards the Pinnacles and was soon a dot in the distance, flying high above the trees.
Vespera turned back to Silvershade - "Dont worry. I'm going to share this location with all Santarians. You'll get help cleaning up this water very soon!"
Silvershade held up more of their haul -
"Yeah, I really do appreciate that Vespera.. but what are we going to do with all this Trash?"
"Dont worry", Vespera said with a smile on her face. "I know someone who will accept these items. I'm heading back to the Marketplace to meet a friend. I'll be back soon. My adventurer friends will be here to help you shortly".
They said their goodbyes, and Vespera, River and Henrietta started heading back towards where she came from. "I know EXACTLY, who will be able to help us get rid of all this trash" she thought to herself, with a feeling of excitement and unknowing.
Head over to the Lani Archipelagos to the newfound Solar Sands location and cast your line in these uncharted waters. Your discoveries are sure to help Vespera uncover what could be going on in the waters and where all this trash is coming from. You can also access it from the new "Fishing" menu under the "Explore" menu option.
Stay tuned for more updates from Vespera in her quest to uncover the origins of the mysterious egg, and hopefully restore these once beautiful waters to their pristine nature.
Your Opinion Matters
We recently asked our community for feedback, and we are so thankful for the overwhelmingly positive response!
We are now pleased to reveal that the mystery unreleased figurine was in fact.. a Harlowin! This figurine IS included in the Alpha Rollover Policy, so ANY Divine Harlowin Figurine used on a pet, will return back to your inventory after our Alpha Wipe!
We're still working on distributing them so if you havent received it yet, please be patient - we had MANY more responses than we could have possibly hoped for! <3
We're going to be releasing more of them over time, so watch out for giveaways and random events!
Netty Nexus is giving away Elite Fishing Rods!
Netty Nexus has informed us that she filled her sales quota and has enough spare supplies to equip the citizens of Santae join in with the Fishing Adventures!
Watch out for your free Elite Fishing Rod in your SanMail soon!
Alpha 2.0 Concludes + A gift from Santae
Published by: SantaeTeam
Attention all Santarians: Alpha Testing Applications are now closed.
Back in May 2024 when we initially opened our Alpha phase, we couldn't have imagined how successful our Alpha testing would be. Since we started, we have issued over 2,000 Alpha Codes!
As of the time of this post, we have stopped sending out alpha codes to new testing applications, however we intend for the site to remain open until mid-late September! Keep an eye on the news for when we announce our exciting Kickstarter Campaign in the near future!
On behalf of the entire staff team, we would like to thank you all for helping to test the site over the last few months. Your kindness, love and support have encouraged and inspired us to keep our heads down and keep pushing out new content - almost daily!
Some exciting Stats:
| Forum Posts: | 6,555 |
| Forum Topics: | 990 |
| Items added to Collections: | 75,274 |
| Harlowin Eggs Hatched: | 748 |
| Berry Tree - Berries Foraged: | 43,694 |
| Sword in the Stone Attempts: | 31,173 |
| Sword in the Stone Wins: | 599 |
| Items Gathered: | 171,895 |
| Times pets have gone Gathering: | 57,818 |
| Gooppers Evolved: | 966 |
| Items added to Wardrobes: | 165,074 |
| Games Played: | 197,260 |
| Quests Completed: | 285,982 |
| Quests Failed: | 106,979 |
| News Posts: | 117 |
| News Likes: | 3,631 |
| 'Secret' Avatars Unlocked: | 13,753 |
| Trophies Unlocked: | 3,830 |
| User Items Generated: | 1,189,297 |
| User Items In Existence: | 433,446 |
| Minimals attached to pets: | 2,530 |
| Pets Created: | 7,902 |
| Items bought from Usershops: | 138,506 |
| Notifications Generated: | 215,954 |
| Pageviews: | 4,290,961 |
Your Opinion Matters
Users that have joined our Official Discord Server have been participating with our 'discord-exclusive' Random Events. The latest random event asks for user feedback in exchange for a mystery item! Make sure to join our discord if you haven't already so that you can also participate with any future Random Events.
The mystery unreleased Divine Figurine will be issued (with a random color awarded) to ALL USERS willing to give us your opinion before midnight today!
This item is included in the Alpha Rollover Policy, so it will be returned to your account once we complete our Alpha Wipe at the end of the alpha testing period.
Make sure to share your opinion here!
The forum topic will be locked at midnight and we'll be processing the rewards within 24 hours of the random event ending!
Minimal Surprise
As a thank you to our amazing community for helping us with so much valuable feedback, bug reports and suggestions, we have decided to gift EVERYONE a free Cash Shop Minimal!
Keep an eye on your inbox over the next hour as SanBot works tirelessly to send them all out! Everyone will get ONE, and it will be completely random from the following items (previously only available in the cash shop):
Gaiamander
Halosnake
Nebulagon
Phoehen
Iricampus
Zephyrlet
Zephyrstorm
Grimmoire
Luminara
Barnaby's letter to Netty Nexus
Published by: SantaeTeam
After receiving an interesting letter from across the world, Netty Nexus would like to announce that she has started stocking new items! Today via SanMail, she received the following:
I am writing to inform you of a profitable opportunity ahead! Recently, I encountered Vespera during her exploration of the Lani Archipelagos. Given her history of uncovering new and exciting locations, I believe she'll soon discover our prime fishing spots, ripe for profit.
I suggest you begin stocking fishing rods in preparation for Vespera's imminent announcement, expected in just a few days. Your expert fishing gear will surely be in high demand, providing you with a unique opportunity.
Additionally, supplying adventurers with the right tools will attract more people willing to exchange their items for my sanDust.
Vespera's adventurers are bound to bring a large crowd to our shores, and we must be ready to welcome them with open
Make sure to send me a cut of the profits!
All the best,
Barnaby Scrapworth
Netty frowned as she read the letter aloud. She offers fair prices on her wares for adventurers, and she is not going to forsake her morals now - just for a chance at extra 
sanPoints.
"Dont worry adventurers, I WILL start selling fishing rods in my store, however I will definitely not be sharing any "profit cuts" with Barnaby. If I can sell enough stock before Vespera announces her discovery, I will send you all a free Elite Fishing Rod to start your fishing adventure!"
Netty Nexus has new fishing rods stocking in Tangle and Tote.
