The temperatures are dropping, the days are getting shorter, and the smell of crisp leaves fills the air. That can only mean one thing -- Phantasmoire season has begun! There are a lot of fun things on the way, so buckle up!



Today, Phantasmoire's haunting activity will commence. Users with at least one Phantasmoire Coloured Pet can equip them with a Haunting Treat Bag. Then, you can visit other Users' doorsteps to get some free treats. This means you can also start stocking your own doorstep. Consider stopping by Sugar Rush, Affogato, or the Glacial Grocer to pick up some food. Once you have some goodies you can visit your profile and click the Add food to Doorstep link. Haunters like sweets, savory, and all other foods equally!



Where can you get a Haunting Treat Bag, you might be wondering? You can find them randomly restocking at all Shops (except for Port Rakor and the Snow Jar Igloo) until the end of October. So keep an eye out for those if you want to get in on the fun!



Don't have a Phantasmoire Pet? Don't fret -- as always, the generous Beauty King is offering to morph one of every User's Pets for free. So even if you can't get your hands on a Phantasmoire Snow Jar, you can still take your Pet on a Haunting trip.



Just like last year, we'll also be offering trophies for Users who stock an impressive amount of food on their doorsteps. As you stock more food, your Trophy will upgrade to a higher ranking. This Trophy will be cumulative throughout the years.



Feeling brave? Starting today, you can visit the Haunted House every three hours rather than the usual six. This means you'll have more chances than ever to find some cool prizes -- you may even find some unique seasonal Items...





Finally, the Token Booth will be offering three returning Phantasmoire-themed Items -- the Empty Grave Stamp, Candy Corn Cupcake,and Blob Coin as well as the totally new Zombie's Breath! They'll stick around until October 9th, 23:59:59 IcePets Time, and then switch out for another batch of festive Items.

So, are you ready for a month of spooky celebration? We hope you are, because the fun has only just begun!

We take another step forward in our ongoing efforts to refactor aging portions of Flight Rising's codebase. As of this posting, the Clan Profile has joined other features in being converted.

Another Big Step

As of today's update, the refactored version of the Clan Profile is now live, including its child pages such as the Friends List, Friend Requests, and Recent Activity. With this deployment, the light at the end of the refactor tunnel is very, very bright. While this does not signal the end of technical optimizations and improvements to Flight Rising¢we'll always strive to keep the website in prime shape with further tweaks, revamps, and fixes)¢today's update is a significant milestone that allows us to place more development emphasis on the future of the game, rather than retreading ground we've already walked.


Refactored? Revamped? ...Refreshed!

As we've mentioned a few times in the past year, we flexed our engineering focus in 2022 to finish out as many of our pending refactor projects by developing direct ports ("one-to-one / 1:1") of the remaining features, rather than elongating the process by revamping them at the same time. That is still the direction we're taking. However, in the case of Clan Profile, we found that there was an opportunity to also refresh the visuals without much extra effort. All of the same functionality exists¢nothing new added, nothing removed except birthdates for privacy reasons¢but we wanted to make sure that we were polishing the Clan Profile so that it was cohesive with our current site style guide (buttons, text formatting, etc).

So that means you may notice a few things look a bit different:

• We have vertically expanded the clan info container. Many of you have put a lot of effort into this area, so we thought it would be nice for you to show more of that off before scrolling is necessary.
• Your current forum vista now displays around your avatar. Forum vistas are cool and represent a lot about your clan's personality, so we decided to put it on the profile as well.
• Recent Activity has been moved to the right column. We felt that it made a bit more sense for your clan's activity feed to exist in the same column as your recent forum posts. This enabled us to vertically expand the clan info panel, but it also lent itself to seeing a few more of your friends' comments before the page starts scrolling.
• New/empty profiles do a better job of introducing players to various features of the page. We're always looking for more ways to help new players interact with everything Flight Rising offers, so if you visit your own (or another player's) profile and there is no clan info, an image and text blurb indicate that it can be edited. If there are no friends, comments, forum posts, or activity, subtle placeholder shapes indicate how those portions of the page would look with information in them.

[Image Caption: Screenshot of a blank clan info page displaying default content. 'Recent Comments' is the sole section in the left column of the screenshot and right column has three sections arranged vertically: 'Recent Forum Posts', 'Kaepora's Friends', and 'Recent Activity'.]

We still have plans to revamp the Clan Profile (continued visual improvements, additional features and quality of life improvements, brand new activities and options), but didn't want to pass up the chance to level-up the visuals of the feature, especially because it didn't require us to make any real major changes or shifts to how it works.

What's Next?

As of this moment, our team is making its first steps into refactoring nests and dragon breeding. As you may have already guessed, the breeding system is the backbone of Flight Rising, so we held off on its refactor until we were nearer to the end and after we had cleared a lot of other hurdles first. Tackling a refactor of breeding is going to be extremely challenging because the systems involved are very complex and there's a lot of risk involved with converting it to the new code standards.

Aside from the breeding system, there are a smattering of smaller, less visible pieces and loose ends to tie up, but we are almost there. Rest assured: we will make sure we take utmost care and work closely together to pull this final big chunk over the finish line!



Edit Log

Corrected an oversight in the post:

All of the same functionality exists (nothing new, nothing removed), but we wanted to make sure that we were polishing the Clan Profile so that it was cohesive with our current site style guide (buttons, text formatting, etc).

is now

All of the same functionality exists¢nothing new added, nothing removed except birthdates for privacy reasons¢but we wanted to make sure that we were polishing the Clan Profile so that it was cohesive with our current site style guide (buttons, text formatting, etc).

Congratulations to the following winners of Luck of the Draw, winning $100,000 PB :
dinotophia
Tigerbunny
Debowski
rocknroll
underdog

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Raffle Result

This weeks raffle was won by Elliesaur.

They received 2,832,300 IP!

Scratchcards

First Place, winning 598,590 IcePoints:irissaSecond Place, winning 371,184 IcePoints:SaraDelaneyThird Place, winning 340,958 IcePoints:tarshaan

Game Trophies

The latest trophies have been awarded, and the leaders are as follows:

First Place, with a score of 303:

Dex
Second Place, with a score of 261:

Ragers
Third Place, with a score of 256:

DoeowneDont

First Place, with a score of 114620:

Kamisheru14
Second Place, with a score of 83320:

DoeowneDont
Third Place, with a score of 21830:

Dex

First Place, with a score of 39340:

Viky
Second Place, with a score of 9470:

DoeowneDont
Third Place, with a score of 9350:

Kamisheru14

First Place, with a score of 180:

Kamisheru14
Second Place, with a score of 160:

Sumo_zombie
Third Place, with a score of 125:

voxalice

First Place, with a score of 1591:

tarshaan
Second Place, with a score of 1254:

bibliopossum
Third Place, with a score of 1148:

wheresmydog

First Place, with a score of 76:

emanresu
Second Place, with a score of 48:

Kamisheru14
Third Place, with a score of 17:

Asukachan

First Place, with a score of 14960:

voxalice
Second Place, with a score of 6500:

Kamisheru14, Viky
Third Place, with a score of 2040:

cev88

First Place, with a score of 155:

Dex
Second Place, with a score of 131:

Ragers
Third Place, with a score of 112:

voxalice

Miyura won last week's Battle Royale with a time of 77 seconds! All who completed the Battle Royale have been awarded their cP prize and first, second, and third place have also won trophies for their profiles.

Sign up your Ichumon in this week's Battle Royale Contest!

You will need to kill 19 Blue MistGhost in the Battle Royale Map as fast as you can. The quickest user to complete the battles will receive the top prize of 25,000 cP!

Hi! Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. Got some shiny new trivia for you this week, all about roses. Don't forget to take time out today and smell the flowers! *********** On a personal note, next Friday Mr. Arbor and I will have been married twenty whole years. I know you guys don't need to know that, but I feel immensely privileged to have shared my life with such an amazing person for so long. And for almost three quarters of that time, I've been on Wajas! Still haven't persuaded him to make an account though...

Happy October everyone! It is my favorite time of year, as I am sure it is for many of you, and I am excited to be announcing a couple things in the spirit of the season. All treats here I promise. First off we have the  Spooky, Scary, Crafting Time   minigame on the Admin Minigames forums. This will be an on-site, physical craft minigame that will run all through October. Get creative and share your work for a chance at some awesome prizes. Secondly I am excited to announce that some new marking mutations are now available including ones for Mouthtail for the very first time ever! The new mutation marking, Lacing, will be available soon, but is in the demo for the time being for you to play and plan designs with. The following Mutation Markings have been added: Mouth Tail: Fade, Dual, Ringtail, Stripes, Lacing, Points, Spots, Roan MM Tentacles: Lacing, Points Bird Wings and Tri Wings: Lacing Thank you Sparra for your work on these. Lastly, make sure you

Congratulations to the following Card Game Trophy Winners:
First Place Card Player: Diosa
Runner Up Card Player: TheEconomist

If you want to be a winner, play the card games bonus games!

Dicey Mice Badges

Dicey Mice Diamond Badge: -Christmas-

Dicey Mice Titanium Badge: CatDadx3

Dicey Mice Leather Badge: speedymoonlight

Mini Match Badges

Mini Match Diamond Badge: goodwitchev64

Mini Match Titanium Badge: fireheartone

Mini Match Leather Badge: misty-dreamer

Crash Extreme Badges

Crash Extreme Diamond Badge: chiquitabonita8

Crash Extreme Titanium Badge: Latios2006

Crash Extreme Leather Badge: SweetFire

Mini Bubbles Badges

Mini Bubbles Diamond Badge: misty-dreamer

Mini Bubbles Titanium Badge: -tiger-tiger-

Mini Bubbles Leather Badge: Gramoo

Bubbas Blocks Badges

Bubbas Blocks Diamond Badge: Selene33

Bubbas Blocks Titanium Badge: TheMetal

Bubbas Blocks Leather Badge: SummerMaple

"It is good to return to the realms of Lyth once again this year. I welcome Lythians one and all to the Haunted Faire, to partake in our activities, until we lose our connection to your mortal realms once more."

Haunted Faire, now with a Haunted Exploration

The Haunted Faire has once again become accessible to Lythians from the mortal realms, and a variety of activities are available again this year! The Faire runs from October 1st until October 31st at 23:59:59 site time, unless another date and time are mentioned for a specific activity.

To see everything available at the Haunted Faire, be sure to visit the event hub!

This year, we are pleased to announce the Haunted Faire now has its own dedicated exploration! Raise your familiarity to at least level 2 to unlock an all-new haunted exploration and find rare items! To get started, a free Lost Key is available here. 

Ink has returned with a new set of art prompts! Win pets and a Lythian Slot for completing varying amounts of the prompts.

Go bobbing for apples once each day. You probably will not come back with an apple, but maybe a tasty treat or even a new friend?

Go trick-or-treating at your friends' doors and receive treats (or tricks) each day! The rewards are different for each option, so you will need to decide which you would prefer!

To trick-or-treat, simply visit another member's profile and interact with the UI at the top of the page. Trick-or-treating will only be available on the profiles of individuals who have recently logged in.

Got candy from trick-or-treating? There appears to be a new selection of thematic pets invading the Pet Shelter who would love to take it off your hands. If you're lucky, the pet you feed might decide to come home with you! Feed these pets in the shelter with your Haunted Faire foods while you can -- they will disappear on November 1st! 

The Ringleader's stall is available once again for spending your Faire Tickets for a variety of prizes, including the limited-time Moonsbane Potion and two new NPC Plushies! This portion of the event is open until the end of the year, December 31st at 23:59:59.

Starting on October 18th until October 31st, new and old Eidolons will be released throughout the site for discovery... Will you find them all?

Like last year, Djiminni are once again available to capture with Lost Realm familiarity! 

Collect materials to make their lure and build up your familiarity with the Lost Realm to capture these unique companions!

Last but not least, The Faire's visual art costume contest is back this year! Entries for this part of the event are only open until October 22, 2022 at 23:59:59 (to allow time for voting) so be sure to get your entries in!

New Monster Subspecies

CONTENT WARNING FOR TRYPOPHOBIA

The Haunted Faire's energy seems to have escaped as the doors to the realm open, and some Kella Ser and Levii are feeling a little strange...

The Monster subspecies is now available for both Kella Ser and Levii!
This is a temporary condition that overrides a Lythians normal subspecies. This means that they can be both their natural subspecies and a Monster by transforming between the two. Read more about this transformation on the Kella Ser and Levii species pages!

Use a Moonsbane Potion from the Ringleader's stall to change your Lythian into this subspecies.
(Monster Kella Ser conceived and designed by Jarre, Monster Levii conceived and designed by Cake)

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There's an old black train a'comin', it's scraping on the iron, you don't need no ticket boys, it'll take you when it's time.

The votes have been tallied, and it's time to announce the winners of Member of the Month (MOTM for short)! For this month's Yet to Win MOTM, everyone congratulate...

@Jormungander

Thank you for making IcePets a better place!



Next up, the winner of the Free for All MOTM, please congratulate...

@petshopgirl

Thank you for your continuing contributions to our community!



Both of these fantastic members will receive 100,000 IcePoints and either the exclusive Member of the Month Avatar, or, if they already have it, the Honoured Member Trophy.









While member votes were tallying for MOTM, Staff votes tallied for SOTM, and this month's winner is...

@smallsamoyed

To acknowledge their contributions to the team, we've created the following Item in their honour! You can get this Item once a day by visiting the Staff Page every day this month.


Cornbread





As we move into October, new Items can be found in the I.C.E Shop for the duration of the month! Head on over to pick up the new Botched Costume Stamp and Sweety Ori Plush, along with the returning Toon Costume. Each of these is priced at 500 IceCash (or 450 IceCash for Gold Members)!



Low on IceCash? Don't fret -- we have something for you as well! Consider stopping by the Toy Trunk for the Unattended Pic-A-Nic Basket Trading Card! It'll also be rewarded by the Plushie Quest, and a week from now, the Space Quest will begin requesting it. We're also rolling out the new Clam Coin! You can find it at the United Terrafrost Post Office, though it will not be involved in any Quests.

Late note on the 1.04 update

Featured Lythian This month's Featured Lythian is...

PG33 Apollo Starcatcher
Owned by: CosmicEternity
Congratulations!

Gifting Gacha Increased Rates Items with increased rates in this month's Gifting Gacha are:

Cat's Eye Marble

Thin Petals

Aromatic Oil

Heart Balloon

Good Soil

Tamagacha

New Monthly Contest A new monthly contest has begun. You can read more on the Monthly Contest: Visual Art page!

Congratulations to the winner of last month's Monthly Contest!
"¢...in any case, most of the kidnapping reports have gone widely uninvestigated. We¢ve learned next to nothing. Each time the LDA gets close to an answer, another of us is kidnapped and killed. The next week will be our busiest week yet, as we have a lot planned for the Jigsaw Killer-¢   "
Read more
Submission by: SunglassesArlo

1st: Helirose won a Holo Relic Stamp.
2nd: plushiepouches won a Dragonfire Staff.
3rd: Myself
They have each also won 50,610 iP and trophies for their profile!


A new Restock Race has begun!
You will need to purchase 10 Fluffy Biscuit 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!