Mega Pets | Map Improvements| New Elixirs | Crafting & Gardening Updates
Hall Monitors | Quest Updates | Pirate FriendFinder | PvP Updates | Miscellaneous

Mega Mega Mega Pets!

Pets can now be trained to Mega level and unlock a fifth combat talent and a fifth Derby ability! New pet talents will also be available on upcoming pets including Critical, Crit Block, Armor Piercing, Healing Boosts and Stun Resistance. You can now even feed your pet snacks after the Derby - TWICE!

But wait...there's more!

You can level your pets up to Mega by playing Grub Guardian or by playing the new pet games that have appeared in the Pet Pavilion!

Grumpy Gobblers Game Knock everything down to score a victory! Control direction and angle with arrow keys. Adjust the cannon's power with the power gauge. Use Space Bar on your keyboard or the "Fire" button to shoot. Levels: Keep Fortress Stronghold Castle Palace		Way of the Ninja Pig Game Reach the end of the course before time expires! Be careful of obstacles to avoid getting knocked off the track. Use your arrow keys to move your pet back and forth and from side to side. Levels: Shuriken Caltrop Katana Kama Yumi

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More Pet Updates

1. New Potions!
   Two new Pet Hatching potions are in the SHOP for Crowns:
   Hatching Elixir: This will hatch all the eggs you currently have in your backpack.
   Purreau's Potion #9: This will reset your hatching timer and allow you to hatch two pets immediately.
   These potions are Crowns only as they shortcut time in the game.

2. Broc Connery is a new Arena Pet Snacks Vendor ready to sell you high end pet snacks for Arena tickets you've won through PvP or the Derby.
3. Lots of new pet snacks throughout the Spiral

Quest Icons on the Map

New and ready to be completed quests will now show up on your Map. A yellow ring will indicate who you need to talk to on the Map.

Remember press M for Map when you're not in a duel!

New Elixirs

Lots of new Elixirs are available so let's clear up what does what.

Additional Castle Space Elixir - when you've purchased the current maximum of three houses, using this elixir will unlock another space that will let you buy another house. These are permanent and you can use as many as you like, however remember you can only own one of each type of house. This potion is Crowns only as it is a permanent expansion of what is currently available to all players.

Crafting Elixir - reset all your Crafting Countdown timers. This potion is Crowns only as it shortcuts time in the game.

Hatching Elixir - This will hatch all the eggs you currently have in your backpack. This potion is Crowns only as it shortcuts time.

Purreau's Potion #9 - This will reset your hatching timer and allow you to hatch two pets immediately. This potion is Crowns only as it shortcuts time.

Crafting & Gardening Updates

The following updates have been made to Crafting systems and items.

1. New Potion Available!
   There's a new potion in the SHOP for Crowns only called the "Crafting Elixir" which will reset all your Crafting Countdown timers. This potion is Crowns only as it shortcuts time in the game.
2. All Crafted items should now display the Crafted Symbol in your Backpack and in the Bazaar. If you encounter a Crafted item that does not have the Crafted Symbol, please let us know!
3. Goat Monk, Samoorai, and Ninja Pig spell recipes have been removed from Toshio, but are still available at Master Yan Kan Kook

The following updates have been made to Gardening systems and items.

1. The Gardening Experience bar will now show you the experience you have and the total until the next level when you move your mouse over the bar
2. Gardening Spells now show more information such as Gardening level requirements
3. More Crowns seeds have been added as rewards from duels

4. Pressing G on your keyboard when you're in your House or Dorm will open your Gardening menu so you can tend to your plants.

Hall Monitors

Something we take very seriously at KingsIsle is making sure that the Spiral is a fun and appropriate place for Players of all ages.

We are expanding our current reporting tools for a select group of players who have earned the privilege of being a “Hall Monitor”. This group of players will operate anonymously and anyone claiming to be a Hall Monitor is certainly not one at all.

These Hall Monitors, who are selected by invitation only, will have the ability to take direct action when they see behavior that violates our Terms of Use. This action includes warning and muting players who circumvent our chat filters. These sanctions will be reviewed by our senior Wizards to ensure the correct action was taken, and may escalate sanctions as necessary.

Hall Monitors are not to be confused with other player initiated reporting groups and the basic reporting function will still be available to our current Members and players who have made a purchase of Crowns in the last 30 days. We will continue to be diligent to keep the Spiral a clean and safe place for all our young Wizards.

Quest Updates

The following updates have been made to Questing systems and Quests

Wizard City
During the quest "Bad Blood" the Quest Arrow will now point to the correct location of Cyrus

MooShu
Quest Arrow will now properly point in the right direction during the quest "Spiritual Awakening"
The Spirit World Portal in the Tree of Life now requires that you have the Quest goal to enter that zone. (Thank you Amber2002161)

Dragonspyre
During the quest "Portal Decay" in Dragonspyre, many young Wizards were confused that the portal did not open for them when they returned to the Basilica. Previously you had to travel through the Plaza of Conquests to find the entry to the Necropolis before you could open the portal, but now the portal will open in the Basilica as soon as you accept that quest
Corrupted Weavers now count towards the goals for the Dragonspyre quest "Room to Breathe"

Celestia
The Goal for the Celestia Quest "To the Solarium!" have been made more clear and now direct you to explore beyond the Solarium Portal
Jungle Wildclaws now count towards the goals for the Celestia quest "The Lost Cog" and "Gone Fishing"

Zafaria
The player is no longer pulled into an empty combat sigil after defeating the Spectral Guardian during the quest "Wizard in the Mirror"

Spiral
Many dungeon lights that were previously blue to indicate you still had a quest in that area, will correctly display as yellow to indicate that while you no longer have a quest in that area you are free to enter

School Specific
The Life School Quest "Gnome Sweet Gnome" now has the correct reference to the Hoarder instead of the Collector.
The Myth School Quest "Eyes of the Dragon" now has the requirement of level 78. Players under level 78 who are currently on this quest will be able to continue without interruption

The Life School Quest "The Green Mile" now has the requirement of level 78. Players under level 78 who are currently on this quest will be able to continue without interruption
The Hoarder will no longer be alone when you venture out on your level 68 spell quest

FriendFinder Returns!

Players can invite their current Wizard101 gaming friends to join them in Pirate101, and friends you meet in Pirate101 can meet up with you again in Wizard101.

1 If your friend is ONLINE with you in Wizard101 there’s an icon near their picture:		2 Clicking that icon will bring up this window:
3 If your friend is OFFLINE in Wizard101 you cannot invite them.		4 If you have been given a code from Pirate101, use the Friend Finder button to redeem it.

Please note…a FriendFinder code is only valid for 24 hours after the first person enters it.

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As a bonus, Friend Finder can be used to meet up with new friends you've met on the Wizard101 Test Realm - generate the code in the Test Realm and redeem it in the Live Game.

No PvP Matching Changes This Update

Earlier this month, we tried out some changes to the PvP matchmaking system to try and ensure a better matchup between teams of varying levels. While we recognize that this is a problem that needs to be addressed, unfortunately the changes implemented did not resolve the issues as we had hoped– and in some cases, could potentially even make the matching worse. As a result, we decided to go “back to the drawing board” and look for another solution.

We realize that this isn’t ideal, and we will continue to be diligent in our efforts to resolve this issue. We aren’t ignoring this -- but it is not an easy problem to fix.

On a positive note, a few of the changes will be coming out with the upcoming release, including new Arenas and new items that can be purchased for Arena Tickets – in addition to two new pet games, a new power level for pets, and a host of new pet talents!

As always, thank you for being a part of our community, and thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve the game.

PvP Updates

1. Next time you participate in PvP, you may find yourself in a Celestia, Wysteria, Zafaria or Avalon themed Arena!
2. New PvP rewards can be purchased with Arena Tickets at Diego and also from Broc Connery in the Pet Pavilion!

Housing & Decoration Updates

Pressing H on your keyboard when you're in your House or Dorm will open your Housing menu so you can decorate.
Pressing G on your keyboard when you're in your House or Dorm will open your Gardening menu so you can tend to your plants.
New housing items can be found lying around waiting for you to pick them in the worlds of Wysteria, Grizzleheim, Avalon, Zafaria and Celestia!
Loop and Shuffle options have now been added to the Music Player
Music from the Pet Derby tracks are now available as Scrolls for your Music Players
Previously there were three items named "Gasoline Can", two have been renamed to "Gas Can" and "Jerrycan"
Previously there were two items named "Landscape Painting" and one has been renamed "Painting of a Landscape"

Clothing & Equipment

1. Packs that can be purchased in the Crown Shop now have a chance of rewarding clothing and weapons for up to level 80.
2. The following gear can now be dyed:

   Splendid Attire Fire Dancer Attire Whiteblind Attire Springstep Attire Lightning Dancer Attire Decorous Paragon Attire

   Forlorn Soul Attire Sly Rogue Attire Sidhe Attire Attunement Attire Flameborn Attire

   Frostborn Attire Oblivion Attire Evergreen Attire Storyborn Attire Squamish Attire

3. We've found a few items that had the same names. The following items have been renamed:
   1. One of the items named Blade of Ashes is now called Stave of Ashes
   2. One of the items named Chivalric Deck is now called Beleno’s Chivalric Gallery
   3. One of the items named Circle of Life is now called Living Loop
   4. One of the items named Doomstalkers is now called Boots of the Undead
   5. One of the items named Hailstone Boots is now called Storm Stalkers
   6. One of the items named Hat of the Essence Flurry is now called Living Mantle
   7. One of the items named Helm of Stability is now called Stable Salacot
   8. One of the items named Mantle of Imagination is now called Mantle of Ingenuity
   9. One of the items named Sphinx's Vestment is now called Smock of the Sphinx
   10. One of the items named Storyteller's Cap is now called Cap of Chronicles
   11. One of the items named Tempest Cowl is now called Tornadic Hat
   12. One of the items named Tempest Tunic is now called Swirling Smock

Et Cetera

1. Brimstone Revenant, Keeper of the Flame and Luminous Weaver Treasure Cards are now available as drops from creatures that resemble the spells
2. Players can no longer circumvent dungeon restrictions through the use of a two person mount
3. Several casting items were performing the incorrect animation (a staff casting like a wand for example) and those should all now be corrected
4. Cyrus has been using his big red pen and has corrected several spelling errors throughout the Spiral
5. Mounts will also become semi-transparent after a duel while the player is immune from being pulled into battle
6. Death Ninja Pig Spell is now different from the regular Ninja Pig spell and is more awesome!
7. Zamunda now has Health Wisps
8. Feeding an item purchased with Arena Tickets will now prompt you for confirmation that you want to feed this high value item to your pet
9. The pillar in the back room of the Sun Palace will now open the interior door, allowing access to the rest of the house.

10. Duels against the "Professors" in Wysteria can now be repeated
11. Menu Chat Players will no longer have the option to type in the chat window - you cannot bring up the chat typing area if you do not have Text Chat or Open Chat permissions.