Aquariums are now reactivated. Make sure you clean your aquarium every day and don't forget to feed your fish! If you do, Nessie will reward you with a nice cash bonus.

This month, all of dragonkind comes together to participate in the Greenskeeper Gathering. This festival celebrates the nature flight.

[Image Caption: Banner text reads: "Greenskeeper Gathering: Nature Festival Familiar, Skins, Scene, & Apparel." The bloomback slink, a weasel-like familiar, is jumping to the right. It is green with broad tropical leaves and pink fluffy flowers growing upon its back. The background is of a verdant forest.]

The Festive Favors holiday stall is now open for the duration of the holiday and you may trade in Bladed Flatleaves for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 6:00 server time.

Our most prized possession, Bladed Flatleaf, can be found by found by doing activities across the site, and neutral and nature-aligned monsters also have a chance to rarely yield these items as drops in the Coliseum. They may be crafted at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew using alchemy reagents.

Joxar's Spare Inventory
Joxar continues to expand his offerings for those who want to buy spare inventory! New creations have appeared at Joxar's Spare Inventory:

Greenskeeper Gathering Skin & Accent Contest
The results of this year's Greenskeeper Gathering Skin & Accent Contest are in! Congratulations to all of our talented winners!

• @888
• @DDDFirefox
• @Fay
• @Katalist
• @Laurcanthrope
• @MythicalViper
• @nuue
• @PreuxChevalier
• @ronance
• @Saerino
• @Shadeyrain
• @themirrorswish
• @Thunderwyvern
• @WHOUR
  
  

For the remaining duration of holiday, twelve (12) of these skins will be available in festive favors and six (6) of them will be very rarely gathered by digging in the nature territory or by battling in the Coliseum. Two (2) of these skins will be exclusive to Baldwin's Bubbling Brew.

There were so many amazing entries, we had to take note of several honorable mentions. A special thanks to:

• @502
• @Cayleth
• @CinnamonThief
• @CorneliaR
• @Fouguri
• @Havic
• @iconoclasm
• @isennin
• @Kahvinporo
• @macintalk
• @MandiblesInferno
• @mhx2k
• @Opossun
• @Ponnie
• @simplyNefarious
• @Talonmaster
• @Tivae
• @Vendrus
• @W0lfBait
• @yascherritsa

2023-2024 Elemental Holiday Season
We wanted to take this opportunity to keep our players appraised of what to expect for this upcoming holiday season. A holiday season or year of events begins in June with Brightshine Jubilee, and ends in May with Greenskeeper Gathering. Each holiday season has a themed set of familiars, unique apparel, and a secondary themed item.

Familiars & Apparel:

Ancient Tertiary Genes:

Skins and Accents:

We hope that everyone enjoys our upcoming eleventh year of celebrating the Flights of Sornieth!

1st: whiteice won a Magical White Arro Mirror Shard.
2nd: Natsu won a Magical Orange Aquellia Mirror Shard.
3rd: portia14
They have each also won 23,149 iP and trophies for their profile!


A new Restock Race has begun!
You will need to purchase 14 Polka Dot Shirt from the Mushroom Shops before next Saturday. The Ichuan with the fastest time wins. Remember your timer starts with your first purchase of the item, Good luck!

Summer is making its way in, which means the orchards are blooming with plenty of seasonal produce. But this year, we've discovered some brand new fruits growing around Terrafrost! Sink your teeth into the super delicious Cloudfruit, Peranta, Earthberry, Poffles, and Moonie! You can find them all at the Glacial Grocer. They'll also be rewarded by the Candy Quest, and next week the Space Quest will also be seeking them.



You can't grow some tasty fruit without a rich, fertile garden. And the key to a fertile garden is this new companion -- the Dirtwyrm! If you'd like one of these adorable little guys to protect your crops, head on over to Jacobi's Companion Reserve.

The Persona of the Week Contest has been judged! Congratulations to whiteice on winning this week's competition.

This week's theme: Alice

Last week's round of What Am I has ended.

The item description was: A bite sized papaya, so tasty!
The answer was: TeeniWeeni Papaya.

9 out of 9 Ichuans answered correctly.

A new round of What Am I has started. Good luck!

109 Health and Pet pedias have been added again.
We are searching for Healthpedia - Xenarthra. We will be reactivating quest questions related to pedias again soon.

The restoration of Runa's quest has started. Soon you will be able to visit Runa again.

Paypal is now functioning properly again. If you purchase credits using this method in the Upgrade Center, they will be added fairly instantly.

A problem with cooking and building toys has been resolved, and all is functioning properly now.

A problem with forums when trying to submit a post with a title that is too long has been fixed.

Banescale dragons get a new coat of paint in today's update



[Image Caption: The banner image reads "Banescale Gene Expansion: New parallel genes, familiars, and puzzles!". This image is in shades of purple and blue, and features a Banescale dragon with large horns and spikes sporting the newly released Ribbon & Eel gene, which long parallel bands of color across its body. In the lower right is a hairless cat familiar with metallic wings.]



We have many new additions to implement tonight, and we¢re putting them up live! The live update is now complete! All of the following content should be available:


Banescale Parallel Genes
Additional genes are now available on for Banescale dragons! Each of these genes has a chance to appear where their modern counterpart is available. This means that if the modern version of the gene was available in the treasure marketplace, the Banescale version will be too. Tide and Foam trades are available through Baldwin until our upcoming gene swap shop is available.

Familiar Sights
The following new familiars have a chance to stock in the treasure marketplace:

Those who befriend some of the newest familiars may find their feats rewarded!

Greenskeeper Gathering Skin Contest
The tenth annual Greenskeeper Gathering will begin May 28, 2023, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Click here for more information!

Jigsaw Additions
There are 5 new puzzle possibilities for Jigsaw!

Additional Updates

• Secondary Gene: Daub for moderns and Gaolers will have their gene rarity changed from Common to Uncommon. This change will happen on or after July 24, 2023.
• Tertiary Gene: Gembond for moderns, Aether, and Undertide will have their rarity changed from Limited to Uncommon. This change will happen on or after July 24, 2023.

Congratulations to jenboop20, who has just won the Ichu Lottery! The jackpot was worth 41,500 iP and the item prize was Magical Demon Danemue Mirror Shard!

This week's item prize will be Lycan Biscuits! Lottery is drawn every Wednesday.

White Friday Sale is happening now! REMINDER Click to buy! CWP is now buy one get one! Deal lasts from May 22nd, Start of Day - May 29th, End of Day. Get it while it's hot! Also, don't forget that our newest mutation Kelpie Hair 's DNA leaves the CWP Shop once the month is over. If you were holding off on grabbing one or ten, make sure to buy before the month is up! Pearadise Fest Credits: Sparra Miami the Plush Wajaw Participation Prize Shell Eggs Washed Up Kelp Seashell Garland Sassafras the Seagull Seafoam Steps Sea Urchin Pampas Grass Oceanic Eye Shadow Oceanic Cape Giant Clam Shell Carnival Dock Wallpaper Carnival Beach Wallpaper Ghost Crab Bamboo Torch Anchor Spot the Difference SM Game Art Find the egg game: Hosted by: Bluee and Sparra Images by: Bluee, Averan, Sparra, Admiral Dressup Game: Idea: Admiral Hosted by: Sadi Guide by: Sparra

Congratulations to the winners of the Easter Egg Design Contest 2023!
ariel, jenboop20, Lunaflo, SkyRabbit, Tim, whiteice. Winners have received their egg item in their toybox. Everyone else will have to wait until next year to find these new eggs hiding somewhere in Ichua!

What makes up some of the coal-est collections around? Rocks! Be they oddly endearing pets or part of a tub of stones for shale, let's show these compressed minerals that we don't take them for granite.

In other words, it's time for a showcase! Be it a crystal you've had for years or a neat piece of gravel you find outside ten minutes from now, show us your favourite rock so that we may all marble at its glory.

This is not a competition (all rocks are augite to us)! Everyone who participates will receive the following prizes:



- A Snow Contestant Trophy
- One Token Bag



There are just a few rules to keep in mind:

Rule 1 - Your submission must be a photograph.
Rule 2 - Your photograph must be of a rock (or crystal, mineral, etc--basically, a feather isn't a rock*).
Rule 3 - Your username must be in the photograph (ex. writing it down on a piece of paper that is also in frame).
Rule 4 - All entries submitted must be considered appropriate under the Terms and Conditions of IcePets.

Please be sure to post your photograph in this news post by May 29th, 23:59:59 IST.

As long as your submission follows these rules, you're guaranteed to receive the participation prizes!

* Unless its imprint is fossilized in one. Then it's very sedimental.

We are having communication issues with Paypal. This means for the time being credit purchases in the upgrade center will be processed manually so they can take up to half a day to come through.

The grooming parlor has been reactivated. Fairly soon we will be releasing all fur tonic and cream rinses again in the areas they were originally found, except for those that were in giftpacks will be available for purchase in the upgrade center.

Sharkfather Quest and Shipwreck quest temporarily do not ask questions, so all they need is some items and they'll reward you.

Unfortunately pet zone blogs were lost, however we have fixed the Blog and Image section so you can add in the information to your pets again.

30 Petpedias have been added and can be read again.

Cilantro knows a whole bunch of level 1 and 2 recipes again, and Fred is starting to get smarter as well.

While PF properties were saved, the inside of houses were lost, this means everyone has to rebuild their kitchens, workshops and hydroponics rooms. Make sure to ask your mayor to restock the proper items.
Since the site was not back up until after Mayor Applications were closed, current mayors will remain in charge for June.

Progenitors!