Snow covered landscapes, ringing of bells and manabone, ice sculptures and warm treats, all wonderful things fitting a winter season!

Winter is here, so sled on it and get ready for all sorts of seasonal exploration! Is it time to bake a wide assortment of goodies and treats for family and friends? Or dive into the hot springs of Keldeep and truly let the warmth wash your worries away? 

It's the start of the winter season in Kyvalore, meaning all new quests from the northwestern heights of Runearyl to the warm lava pools of the southeastern island of Hellmouth have begun!

Every location has a new quest as well as new general seasonal quests! 

Bakken and Avaor have left for the season, but you can once again find Mirassel in your explorations!

Location Adjustments

We've got a few location adjustments to talk about, but most importantly, location rewards!

Previously we had it so if your character had a location they received a location reward for seasonal quests as well. This became tricky for both members and mods to track as there isnt an easy way for it to do so automatically with the system, so we are changing it up!

All seasonal rewards have their own version of foraging which will net you some more standard exploration items, while location rewards will grant you with location specific loot! This will make it easier for mods and members to get the right rewards, while also making location quests feel more worthwhile! 
If you have any unopened foraging bags currently in your inventory, they are also affected by this change!

However with these changes we are also implementing that a location needs to be set for your character in order to complete other quests.

Think of it as your characters intro quest, with a home token as a quest skip! Any quests submitted with a focus character without a set location will be sent back with an ask that they complete their location quest first.

Currency Update

Before we get into the fun bits of the update, I wanted to take a moment to talk about something that makes the game tick, currency!

We are implementing a few changes that aren't to be taken lightly, but we feel as a team that it will help the game feel the cleanest to new and existing players while giving everyone the ability to keep working on building their characters without feeling as stressed about earning special currencies, or feeling like their efforts are wasted of special currencies that are only viable during certain times of the year.

It had been brought to our attention that it was hard during certain times of the year to earn items for events, due to overlapping with school, finals, vacations, or otherwise causing those to miss out without being able to save up any currency beforehand to use during the event. With this adjustment, we are hoping to ease user confusion and stress, while also allowing more flexibility from what you earn!

All event specific currency will be converted into shards, and some event currency will be removed from the game, but you might find them in other ways in the game as items, gear, or special badges in the future!
The event currency being removed are hallow corn, winter essence, enchanted petals, and summer coins. For every one of these currencies you own, you will be receiving 2 shards. So if you own a total of 100 event currencies, you'll receive 200 shards!

Please be patient with me as I push this fix through as each person has to be granted their rewards manually.

Season of SNow Event

In the season of frost and snow, it's a good time to bring warmth to those you hold dear to carry you through the cold and light the way in the long dark nights.

It's the season of giving so why not wrap up something for a friend to make it special?


Participate in an event quest (sudoku doesnt count!) to get special boxes containing winter rewards! (Then again that means you have to open him up... can you do that to that face?)

It's also not a bad time to get out, explore, and play in the snow!
Join in on the sitewide snowball fight! Draw giftart for another member of Painted Relics to redeem rewards, while also throwing them a snowball! There's much to do with these wonderful bundles of snow, so maybe check out the recipes and see what you can make with them!

Who says you cant make your own friends?

Gather enough snow and i'm sure you could even build yourself your very own snowscape!(Winter Wonderland is a useable background for your characters!)
You can read more about Backgrounds and how they work, here.

Have shards to spend and tired of building things in the snow?

The winter caravan is also back in town with lots of seasonal goodies for purchase, so dont forget to take a peak!

If you participate in an event quest (not including sudoku!) dont forget to submit a claim to get your participation badge for the event!

SeasonAL Advents

Can't have the holiday season with special advents!

The Winter Wonderland Advent has started!
Dont forget to claim your gift each day!

And looking to adopt a Kyvalorian?

Keep an eye on sales posts because the adopt advent is ongoing right now!

Cold Brings Delgu Hunger

The chill of winter is felt in all parts of Kyvalore, and it seems to hit hard enough in Talendor to make Princess's appitite even stronger! For the winter season you can feed Princess twice a week.
Dont forget you can share what you feed Princess and what you earn back with others to narrow down what she's particularly hungering for during that month!

Secret Santa

Did you sign up for secret santa?
If you did, dont forget!

You can post your gift starting December 20th, and have until Janurary 14th to turn it in!

Just a quick reminder of the rules in case you need them!
GIFT RULES

• You may post or upload your gift at any point between December 20th and January 14th.
• To receive credit for your Secret Santa gift art, you must submit your work to the prompt on the site between December 20th and January 14th. If you do not submit your work to the prompt on site, we will mark your Secret Santa as incomplete and you may be banned from further Secret Santa events in the future.
• Art gifts must be clean, lined, and colored. Sketches are not permitted. Backgrounds are not required but are encouraged for maximum gift giving fun!
• Writing gifts must be a minimum of 400 words.
• Pixel art entries must be 100x100 pixels in their original (non-scaled) size.
• You should only be drawing one character for your secret Santa giftee. If they have listed more than one, please choose only one.
• You will be able to claim your Secret Santa gift art on the Lorekeeper site for shards plus a bonus 25 shards. Backup artists will be able to claim additional rewards for each piece they complete.

December Sudoku

Ready for another game of sudoku?

We've got another puzzle for you featuring fun winter items!

If you don't know how to play, here is a handy guide to get you started. Complete your puzzle and turn it in here for a prize!

MANA TOUCHED HISTORY

 
Haven't had a chance to jump into the storm yet? 
Don't fret! Mana touched history is still open till January 10th.
Explore the storm and decide Kyvalore's fate.

Seasonal Features

The winner of the November avilli raffle is Lawlie !
Congrats!

Fitting the seasonal items, this months raffle is a winter pet box and a botted winter! Dont forget to submit your entry on the questboard to have a chance and this months prize!

Get Involved!

If you're not part of our discord community, you're missing out!

We have a discord community where we can hangout and chat, talk about our characters, stream (sometimes with sneak peaks!), host extra activities and lots more!

Join our discord!

A Note for the Season

It's the holiday season for not only Kyvalore, but us!

Please have extra patience with the team this season as our time spent away from Painted Relics with our friends and family takes priority! We'll still be around but approvals and answers to questions make take some extra time.

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!