Welcome to July!
July 2024
⛺ Community/site News: ⛺
New People in the Mod Team:
- We have 2 new people in the mod team, this is Azara, who will be a "catch all" mod, doing a little bit of everything, and fervorousfox, who we will be testing for the prompt approval system!
Please welcome in these two!
QOL:
- New users/FTOs will now always be greeted with a starter bag when joining the site when they submit the newbie prompt. This is a conversion of the site opening prompt we had last month. New users/FTOs will now always get a standard MYO to start with, some currency (shards, tokens, and ginkgo leaves), a randomized MYO editing item, a trophy, and one starter EXP (1x EXP)! I hope this helps folks break into the species :>
- All items that can be both bought and sold have received a rebalance in currency to make more sense due to the way pricing something to make it both purchasable and sellable works.
- Since there was a currency rebalance, shards that are given for art and writing has been rebalanced too. You now get more shards for bonuses like artfight, drawing minigame, gift art, NPC art, festival art, Cloakat of the month art, and other things. This rebalance means that bonuses on art give anywhere between 15-20% bonus of the base shards distributed.
- The official conversion of Gratitude Shards to USD has been determined to be 300 Shards = $1 USD as it has been requested by the community for commission purposes. The price of some items like raw materials do not reflect this converstion completely, but potions, MYO editing items, and MYOs have been balanced to apply to this.
- The free MYO people can earn by giving the DeviantArt Masterlist a core badge (When its core runs out Only) has been upgraded from RARE to EPIC since (per account) each grant of Core Memberlist to the Masterlist account can only grant one to the same account once a year. As a reminder, using alts to grant badges is Perfectly Fine as well!
- Event traits have been officially sectioned off by season they are available to make searching for them much easier than before.
- User Inventory now has the ability to be collapsible! This is to help cut down on space so it's easier for users to interact with their inventory. Custom Code by our coder, Sweetstuff!
- Users can now highlight a favorite character of theirs! You can do so by going to your profile and selecting this area on your profile, then you can showcase the character!
- Items will now let you know which location they can be found in. While these items are only compatible with telling you if they can be found in shops, specifically, we're working on getting it to let users know if it's droppable by other means I.E: Dungeons, Foraging, Encounters mechanic, etc. Specific and select items are now sellable! Generally raw materials like raw foods and raw materials cant be sold in their current form, but can be traded with travelers for money, or crafter into an item that IS sellable. all items you craft, have the ability to be sold!
New Links, MYO/Custom Sale Info:
- Our TOS has been revamped and can now be found in full at the bottom of the site where it says "TERMS".
- Our ARTIST TOS is also linked in the TOS, but will always be linked here so long as our Guest Artist position is open.
- Information about Cloakat MYO's, Companion MYO's, and trait potions for sale via USD can also be found in the link above.
Guest Artist Info:
- Guest Artist position is open. Apply between July 1st and July 14th to get a spot for the August adopt drop! Read the Artist TOS above before applying, please!
- GA's that apply in July will release their adopts on August 15th! We are open for 2 slots.
🧬 Species/companion News: 🧬
- Information on all current companions MYO items have been adjusted so that what can and can't be done without a Pet Potion of Oddities item is more clear and readily available information. Review a companion's MYO item to see this information, which is also on the companion's info in the encyclopedia area of the site.📖 Lore News: 📖
- It seems like there is a shop being set up in Balsawood Village. I wonder what it may be?
🎪 Current events: 🎪
Artfight Bonus!
Any art done by a member of other peoples Cloakats will receive a 20% bonus on top of base grading. This also already includes a bonus for gift art already!
All members who submit art will also receive 1 limited time item. This item will be given at the end of the month.
Artfight Prompt: https://www.cloakat.com/prompts/43
The Festival of Summer is now ready for Cloakats to attend!
Festival lore: https://www.cloakat.com/world/events
Participating in the Monthly prompt, specifically will get you a unique item exclusive to this festival.
During festivals, we announce a list of activities that community members can complete for fun and turn in for festival tickets, a currency exclusive to completing these activities. This currency can be turned in at the Festival Booth shop for surprise "loot" boxes that have themes to them. Sometimes direct items can be exchanged for tickets as well, so please be sure to check the shop monthly as the stock can sometimes rotate. On the occasion that something new is stocked, it will be noted here in the news! Please note that most of these activities are quite easy so they can be fun and relaxing for community members to interact with, so please be sure to take your time and fave fun!
What Activities are available for this month? (clickable links)
- Cloakat of the Month Poll
- Monthly Art/Writing Prompt
- Monthly Festival-Related Art/Writing Prompt (Exclusive Item earned when completing)
- Art Challenge
- Palette Challenge
- WordSearch
- Crossword
- Maze
- Jigsaw Puzzle (Art by Ink! ) Give us time to complete this piece! It will be up soon! (1-2 days)
- Guess Who?
- Word Scramble
- Sudoku (Received a coding revamp)
- Species Quiz
The fetch quest activity is now live. You can "be visited by" or "pass by" different travelers of Moonset Island who are seeking different items of interest. Talk with different folks about trading items with them in exchange for currency. This is a good way for players to get a good bang for your buck. Travelers can sometimes give you more currency than what an item's resale value can be, so be sure to check in as all of these characters item requests changed HOURLY (on the dot of the new hour). You can now sell items to NPCs here. These rotate between 20-60 minutes per traveler. Yes, the NPCs have pretty tame Icons for now, they will be more personalized another time! The password for prompt esprits hallow is peanuts.
https://www.cloakat.com/fetch
❓ Fun Facts: ❓
- Waltzing Whelks can be found nearly anywhere in the world, so long as there is a freshwater location or a generally wet environment. They sometimes even seem to live around peoples houses closer to cities, while not often, it IS possible! They can sometimes be found singing with the frogs around ponds and other water sources.🌐 Social Media Updates: 🌐
- We are now on Cara! Anyone who posts their art of Cloakats on Cara can tag our account, and we'll share the art for you! In exchange, per each piece you share, you can submit to Esprit's Hallow prompt with a link to your post for a bit of shards as thanks for sharing!
🔨 Site Tweaks: 🔨
Adjustments:- Pawed Cloak Trait has been adjusted to be slightly more clear and has received a rename better fitting to what it is.
- All Cloakat MYO items descriptions have been updates to be more clear and now includes some QOL links and info in general.
- Demonic and Angelic arms trait both received a bit of clarification.
New Items:
Plush Heart: Lets you make custom art for a collectible pet you already own. Read item info for full information. (Mechanic TBA)
Companion Adoption Ticket: Lets owner forfeit companion slots, items, and premades for raffle so they can find a new home for whatever purpose the person wants to let them go for. (Mechanic TBA)
🏆 Patreon: 🏆
The owner has a Patreon for those who would like to help both the species and support its owner! You also get a Lot of good stuff in return as a thanks for your help!
https://www.patreon.com/Clarrisa
Last Month's Exclusive one-time goodie received:
User Border - All Patreon supporters got the first created user border. This was an item used to test if these worked correctly.
Exclusive Collectible Pet - All patreons received a Unique Picayune Pet named "Patreon Picayune" that was used to test this function. This pet has unique drops.
What do all Patreon supporters get?
| All Tiers: | Far Forest Tier: | Jungle Below Tier: |
|---|---|---|
| - Access to a Discord channel for early news. - Ability to claim early on adopts up to 24 hours before they release. - Access to WIPs of art, adopts, and non-species pieces. - Access to features before others can to help test things. (occasional) - Exclusive items like collectable pets, character frames, character background, and other goodies exclusive to supporters only. (occasional) |
- 200  - 3  - 1  - 1 Common Trait Potion - Plus everything mentioned in the "All Tiers" list. |
- 500 - 5 - 2 - 1 Uncommon Potion. - Plus everything mentioned in the "All Tiers" list. |
| Bungalow Tier: | Treehouse Tier: | Treetops Tier: |
| - 700 - 10 - 3 - 1 Uncommon Potion - 1 Rare Cloakat MYO - 1 Pet Potion of Oddities - Plus everything mentioned in the "All Tiers" list. |
- 1000 - 15 - 4 - 1 Picayune MYO - 1 Rare Trait Potion - 1 Epic Cloakat MYO - 1 Pet Potion of Oddities - Plus everything mentioned in the "All Tiers" list. |
- 1500 - 20 - 5 - 1 Picayune MYO - 1 Epic Trait Potion - 1 Legendary Cloakat MYO - 1 Pet Potion of Oddities - A set of Salon supplies (3 items) - Plus everything mentioned in the "All Tiers" list. |