March 24th to March 27th marks this year's Premium Trial event! So far, we have had one of these each year since opening as a way to introduce users to our Premium account upgrade for a reduced price.

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

This week's theme: Flowers

Congratulations to the following winners of Luck of the Draw, winning $100,000 PB :
inoviia
Carlyy95
10jackie10
inoviia
10jackie10

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Luck of the Draw - Available at the House of Luck in Badgeria!

The poll booth has a new poll available for you.

This time, we would like to know:
Are you participating in current Junk Wars event?.

Go There: Poll Booth

Thanks for participating!

Sketches are in, paint has dried, and the Snow Jars have been returned to storage. It's time to vote for your favorite critter in the Draw Your Own Companion Contest! The winners will be announced March 30th, so be sure to get your vote in before then!





Member of the Month voting for this month is ending soon! Wherever you are in Terrafrost, don't forget to head to the nearest voting booth and cast your vote for Member of the Month (MOTM for short)! Terrafrostians can vote for up to three Users to win 100,000 IcePoints and the Member of the Month Avatar.



Two winners will be chosen each month. One lucky new winner will be honoured with Yet to Win MOTM, for those who have yet to be recognised for their community contribution. Then there is the Free for All MOTM, which includes all members except Staff, for those long-time members who deserve another tip of the hat. For those who have already won MOTM, you will receive the Honoured Member Trophy.



Remember!
- You cannot nominate yourself or members of Staff.
- Do not ask other Users to vote for yourself or other members.
- You may vote for up to three Users per month.
- Send your nominations here!

You can submit your vote any time during the month, and have until the end of the month to do so. Winners will be announced on the first of next month!





Last but certainly not least, sweet tooths rejoice because Candy Quests will be doubled March 24th, 00:00:00 to March 26th, 23:59:59!

Happy Birthday to all Zirafas!

Every Ichumon Species Day Duke will be giving away a Birthday Cake for that day only. Today is no exception! Claim your Zirafa Birthday Cake at the Prize Claim Center!

On Ichumon Species Days you have a 50% chance of getting that Ichumon's Berry from the Luwhut Tree in Fargo's Forest. If you don't have a Zirafa, you can now!

If you have a Zirafa enjoy free healing of HP and Diseases at the Heal Center in Lightest Tower all day long for your Zirafas.

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: Bunchy


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.

Today's winning Mega Money Madness number is: 6644

There were NO winners.

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Mega Money Madness under the GAMES icon.

You might want to make some extra room in your Ice Cube Collections, because Kolzak has created five brand new Ice Cubes! Each of these vibrant collectibles are inspired by beloved Pet Colours. The Woodland Ice Cube, Mythical Ice Cube, Rave Ice Cube, Toon Ice Cube, and Ice Ice Cube are now all available at Frozen Collectives Emporium. Head on over to snatch them up!



The Space Quest will begin rewarding these immediately, while the Snowman Quest will be asking for them in one week. Be sure to stock up before then if you enjoy doing these quests!

Reach for the stars...

[Image Description: A header image with the "Ancient Breeds" graphic logo in the upper left. In the lower right it reads "Aether: A new ancient breed." A pink and purple dragon with moth wings, six limbs, a squat face, branching horns, and two antennae flies across the magical birch forest background.]

We¢re excited to announce that the next addition to our ancient breeds system, the Aether, have now been launched. Ancient Breeds are a way for the Flight Rising team to release more regular dragon content, with a few restrictions to make that possible. You can read about the ancient breed system in our Developer Update on the subject.


Aether
Aether dragons have descended from the stars! (or as close to them as they could manage.) The Astrolab research facility was levitated as high as the species could manage in efforts to get a better view of celestial bodies for their studies. This extreme levitation had the unfortunate side effect of sending facility into orbit with no way to return. It wasn't a complete catastrophe, as being in orbit gave the Aether a fantastic view of the stars! That is, until their main telescope detached and floated away and several others malfunctioned... but it's okay¢they're back now, even if the Astrolab is in pieces!

[Image Description: Image is of three Aether dragons displaying the hatchling art of an Aether hatchling curled up and looking up to their left; the male pose art where the male is jumping to his right and looking at the viewer with a mischievous expression; the female pose art, where the dragon is hovering mid-air and curled in, looking to the right with a happy and interested expression.]

You can read more about the reentry of the Aether into Sornieth in our short story, After Orbit, and gain some knowledge of their characteristics in the Encyclopedia.

If you¢re looking to change your dragons into an Aether, breed change scrolls may be purchased from the treasure marketplace.

To celebrate the debut of the Aether breed, all active players can visit Galore¢s Glorious Gifts and pick up unhatched aether-eggs if they wish to foster these paper-loving dragons in their lairs.

You will have until Wednesday, March 29th @ 06:00 server time to claim your gift.



Aether Genes: Unique & Parallel
It wouldn't be an Ancient Breed release without an impressive slate of unique and parallel genes!

Unique Genes
You can pick up the following unique Aether genes in the Treasure & Gem Marketplace:

You can find the following unique Aether genes by completing a dig site plot in Ancient Aerie in Arlos Ancient Artifacts.

You can create the following unique Aether genes using Baldwin¢s Bubbling Brew:

You can find the following unique Aether genes by battling monsters in the Coliseum:

Parallel Genes
In addition to the unique genes above, Aether can also exhibit some parallel genes that resemble those found in modern dragons. These genes will be available through the same type of gameplay (with the exception of Boulder, Myrid, Tide, Foam, Smirch, which are available through Baldwin) that their modern counterparts are. The parallel genes releasing today are:

Aether Forum Vista
You can show off your newfound Aether appreciation by sporting the following forum vista, now available in the Treasure Marketplace:

New Emojis

A set of fluffy Aether emojis are now available!

Ancient Plans
With the release of our 6th breed we wanted to touch base with everyone and discuss some of the challenges that Ancient breeds have presented¢namely that each ancient requires a unique gene scroll item. The release of so many gene items has created item lists that are difficult to search and navigate, and many variants of each gene to hunt for.

Our engineers are hard at work on the achievements system and the site refactor; down the line we plan to address the Ancient gene influx, particularly in the Marketplace, Auction House, Scrying Workshop, and across site activities. We wanted to acknowledge the issue and your feedback about how this is negatively impacting your ability to navigate and find the genes you want, as this is one that will continue to grow with each ancient breed.

If you have suggestions regarding the sorting and aquisition of ancient genes, please post them to the Suggestions forum, as they will be more difficult to find if posted to an announcement topic.

Users have requested an additional way to personalize their forum posts and profile page, so taking a cue from Discord we're introducing a new Status field that can be used to share a short motto, your pronouns, or an actual status like "Away until March 31". And of course you can choose to leave the Status field blank if you prefer. Your status will appear below your user name in forums and on your profile page. In the forums you can think of the Avatar Title as being commentary about your avatar (or perhaps something your avatar might say), while the Status is more about you. But there are no hard and fast rules, have fun with it! You'll find the new Status field in Settings > Avatar : Here are a few ways staff is using it.                                                 &n

Congratulations to jenboop20, who has just won the Ichu Lottery! The jackpot was worth 28,000 iP and the item prize was Magical Newborn Lepardos Mirror Shard!

This week's item prize will be Spirit Lantern! Lottery is drawn every Wednesday.

Every week, we will be selecting a random pet's blog from the Pet Zone. Only up-to-date blogs will apply for this.

This week, the award goes to Rex, who was worried about his sister!(read the blog to find out more)
For having an up-to-date blog with cute pictures, they have earned their owner Angelic a free account upgrade! Congrats!

Make sure you don't forget to put your real life pet images in the Pet Zone and ADD/keep UPDATED BLOGS to your pet images, so you have a chance to win!

Who knows, they might win the next weekly Pet Zone contest.

Been doing a bunch of fruit-based quizzes lately, so this one's all about berries. Did you know that botanically speaking, a tomato is a berry? Feel free to share any more berry-based facts you may have.

It's time to head over to Miles Magic Box and see if you can figure out which item is depicted by the artistic rendering. If you do before next week, you'll win a cool prize!