Loyal User Perks

In 2008, Neopets announced in an issue of the Neopian Times that they were working on some goodies and perks for users with older accounts. Of course, it led to much speculation from everyone, predicting exclusive avatars, Battledome items and site themes, among other things. Over time, we've seen many other goodies such as an exclusive NC Mall shop and discounts in the Hidden Tower. You can keep reading to get more information on those goodies and more!

Side accounts: TNT have mentioned that if you have at least one account old enough to enjoy the perks, you can take advantage of the Almost Abandoned Attic and the Hidden Tower discount on that account. So yes, you can use a side account if you want. However, there are a few conditions:

1. You may only restock at these two shops using one account. Once you're banned for the day, there's no hopping to other accounts, or trying to avoid getting banned by using multiple accounts.
2. All funds must come from your main account.
3. Do not try to look for loopholes in these rules. TNT are already being generous enough!

Now, on to the perks!

NC Mall Experienced User Shop

Opened on April 24, 2008, the Elite Boutique was the first real perk that experienced users were able to play with. Users on accounts that were 49 months or older (4+ years) were given access to this special NC Mall shop, where you can purchase items such as the Neopets Circle Background. Unlike other NC items, those from the Boutique (even free ones, such as the Elite NC Mall Third Birthday Goodie Bag) cannot be gifted/traded through the use of Gift Boxes. They're simply too elite!

*walks in circles*

Hidden Tower Discount

On the third Wednesday of every month, Fyora gives a 3% discount to individuals with accounts that are 60 months or older for all items in the Hidden Tower. We list the discounted prices on our Hidden Tower guide.

Unfortunately, this discount does not stack with the 10% discount you might receive from a random event.

Favourite Games

As an experienced user, you are also able to mark increased numbers of games as being one of your favourites.

Note: The table above is incomplete. If you have any other data points to share (namely your account age and number of favorite games), please send in a bug report with the information.

User-To-User Pet Transfers

This perk was very warmly welcomed after it was first announced in the New Features on March 19th, 2010. For every additional two years that your account was active, you are given an additional user-to-user pet transfer to use. (So if your account is four years old, you would have three transfers, and if it's 8 years old, you would have 5.)

Each transfer includes 1 incoming and 1 outgoing transfer. For example, if your account is less than 24 months old, you can do 1 incoming and 1 outgoing transfer. You can check the transfers that were accepted/rejected this month by visiting your transfer status page.

Additional Pet Transfers

Age At Or Over...	Number of Transfers
1 Month (0 Years)	1 Transfer
24 Months (2 Years)	2 Transfers
48 Months (4 Years)	3 Transfers
72 Months (6 Years)	4 Transfers
96 Months (8 Years)	5 Transfers
120 Months (10 Years)	6 Transfers
144 Months (12 Years)	7 Transfers
168 Months (14 Years)	8 Transfers

Unconverted Pets' Immunity From Certain Random Events

This technically isn't an experienced user perk, since it applies to any and all accounts that contain an Unconverted pet, but it is still worth mentioning.

An Unconverted pet means a pet that's portrayed in the old art style. When the Customise Your Pet feature was introduced on April 27, 2007, pet artwork was updated so they would be compatible with wearable clothes. However, for some species/colour combinations, owners were given the option to either switch over to this new system or stick with the old one. Nowadays, when you create a new Neopet or paint a pet, it automatically becomes a Converted pet. Below, you'll see an Unconverted Royal Boy Cybunny on the left, and a Converted one on the right:

Unconverted pets are now immune to random events that change their colour (this includes, for example, the event that turns your pet Blue if it is too sad). Why is this good? Because it means you can have an Unconverted pet as your active pet without the fear of it becoming Converted in a spell of random bad luck.

Neoboard Titles

NeoTitles show up underneath your username when you post on the Neoboards. The following table shows the titles you can unlock (you don't need to do anything, they'll automatically show up in your preferences). A couple of them start showing up at 24 months; you get more as your account gets older.

Additional NeoTitles

1337 Elite Brains... must eat brains... Excuse me? Future entrant to Gallery of Evil Future entrant to Gallery of Heroes Give me chocolate! I'm not the Neopian you're looking for I've got skills I am AAAwesome! I eat socks King of Customization Negg Collector Neogardener NeoHome Builder Pack Rat Queen of Customization

Roodoku Master RUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!! Servant of Sloth Starving Artist Team Asparagus Team Diamonds Team Dung Team Fyora Team Kass Team Sloth This Team is Now Diamonds Ultimate Riches! Umm... Yeah? Unconverted pets are best With age comes wisdom You didn't see that

Almost Abandoned Attic

Located in a mysterious house in Neovia, the Almost Abandoned Attic is only open to those with accounts over 3 years old. If you're one of those people, congratulations! The Attic is essentially an Igloo Garage Sale on steroids. Why? Because items of rarity 80 to 99 are stocked in the shop; this includes your favourite types of items: morphing potions and Draik Eggs! Like the Kadoatery, the Attic restocks at a specific time interval. If it does not restock at the time when it is predicted to, you'll have to try again at the next interval. Also, be sure to move quickly, as items move in literally seconds, especially with such big ticket items stocking there.

For those of you who wish to access the Almost Abandoned Attic from the Neovia map, you just need to click on the door highlighted below.

Please see our Almost Abandoned Attic guide for more information.

Extra Trade Lots

It appears as if the Trading Post has become more lenient towards experienced Neopets users! As of July 8th 2010, users with accounts 36 months or older are able to have up to 15 trades up at a time at the Mystery Island Trading Post instead of 10. (Perfect for those restockers with items to offload!)

Reading Books To Pets

For loyal users, there is a small chance a book won't disappear when you read it to your Neopet. This works for 24 month and older accounts.

Neomail Inbox Space

Loyal users will be able to use this perk to keep in touch with all the Neofriends they have accumulated through the years. Credit for the table data goes to czarnyolek13, sofia_amrr, kipsie, babyvendetta, black_skull725, and all the Neoboarders who helped to test.

Additional Inbox Space

Age At Or Over...	Maximum Number of Messages Stored in Inbox
36 Months	110 Messages
39 Months	120 Messages
42 Months	130 Messages
45 Months	140 Messages
48 Months	150 Messages
51 Months	160 Messages
54 Months	170 Messages
57 Months	180 Messages
60 Months	190 Messages
63 Months	200 Messages

Extra User Lookup Interests

Accounts that are 2 years or older will find that they have extra options to choose from when selecting interests to be displayed on their lookup. Some of these extras include:

Additional Lookup Interests

Action Figures Annoying Siblings Baking Battledome Beating AAA Critiquing (Critiquing Films/Critiquing Books/Critiquing Art) Dinosaurs Eating Gross Food Faeries Fighting Against Dr. Sloth Goth Gross Foods Interior Design Laughing

Making Noise NC Mall Pirate Overlords Robots Serving Dr. Sloth Shopping Slushie Slinging Snoring Spending Neopoints Texting Time Travel Usuki Dolls Whining on the Boards Writing Wussy Ninjas

Extra Neofriends (Beta!) Slots

When the Neofriends currently online feature is working properly, older accounts are able to see up to seven online Neofriends at a time, while younger accounts are only able to see up to five at a time. The exact age requirement for this perk is unknown at this time.

User Lookup Shields

All users eventually get a shield upgrade for their user lookup. You can find an ordered list of shields in our Image Emporium.

This article was written by: Terry