2024 Altador Cup Tournament

The third round of the TNT Staff Tournament is open for voting.


You have until the end of Monday, August 19 to select your team for the new round. Note that the reward for correctly guessing CMA Forrad as the star player for round 2 does not appear to have been granted yet.

The second round of the TNT Staff Tournament is open for voting.


You have until the end of Monday, August 12 to select your team for the new round. Note that the reward for correctly guessing Iceman as the star player for round 1 does not appear to have been granted yet.

Today's AMA has just wrapped up. If you missed it, an exclusive prize code is available:


Redeeming this code at Grundo Warehouse will award you with a Green Yooyu.

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If you missed the AMA live, you can read through our summary of the Q&A here:

UPDATE, 12 PM NST: It appears TNT have modified the daily caps to be lower than last year's part way through the day. The new daily maximums are:

• Yooyuball: Max 29 games per day (previously 35)
• Slushie Slinger: Max 53 games per day (previously 65)
• Make Some Noise: Max 242 games per day (previously 301)
• Shootout Showdown: Max 242 games per day (previously 301)

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The Altador Cup and Staff Tournament have begun!

The changes to make the AC "less grindy" (Dom's words from the June AMA) are now known: each qualifying game submission is now worth more points and rank thresholds have been lowered. This means you should be able to rank up much faster than in previous years.

New Game Point Values
The new game point values are:

• Yooyuball: Each win is worth 14 points (in previous years, only 12). Draws and losses are both worth 6 rank points (in previous years, only 4 and 1 respectively) but you must score at least one goal or else they are worth zero rank points.
• Slushie Slinger: Each qualifying score is worth 10 points (in previous years, only 6)
• Make Some Noise: Each qualifying score is worth 3 points (in previous years, only 1)
• Shootout Showdown: Each qualifying score is worth 3 points (in previous years, only 1)

New Rank Thresholds
The new rank thresholds are approximately 75% of previous years'. Check out our Rank Calculator page for the full detail:


Same Max Games Per Day
The maximum number of games you can play per day for earning rank points are unchanged. As a reminder, these are:

• Yooyuball: Max 35 games per day
• Slushie Slinger: Max 65 games per day
• Make Some Noise: Max 301 games per day
• Shootout Showdown: Max 301 games per day

Reduced Max Games Per Day
Although max games were unchanged at the start of the day, TNT lowered them at some point later in the day. The new daily maximums are:

• Yooyuball: Max 29 games per day (previously 35)
• Slushie Slinger: Max 53 games per day (previously 65)
• Make Some Noise: Max 242 games per day (previously 301)
• Shootout Showdown: Max 242 games per day (previously 301)

Extra Bye Days
Finally, to accommodate the addition of a 19th team, each day one team has a "bye day" where they are not playing anyone and cannot earn rank points. This is in addition to the regular practice days where everyone is off. Today's bye day is for Krawk Island! Unfortunately, the bye day schedule is not known.

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The first round of the Staff Tournament is also open for voting.
The countdown on the page shows that you have until the end of Monday, August 5 at 11:59 PM NST to make your selections for the first round.

This year, the following line up changes have been made:

New Players:

• Celeste
• Fallie
• Goldfish in a Bowl
• Jewel
• Luna

Not Returning:

• Ehlo Froyo
• Ivy
• Rizzard
• Willow

Your picks might be helped by checking out the 2023 Staff Tourney guide here at JN to get a sense of which players may earn you the most points:


Who will you be picking for Star Player in round 1? Let us know the comments!

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Jellyneo is also hosting its own Altador Cup Staff Tourney event! Make sure you choose your top 3 JN staffers by August 2nd! Choose now!

Don't forget! Sign ups for the annual Altador Cup will be closing tonight, at 11:59 PM NST sharp! Game play begins tomorrow!

If you wish to participate in this year's Cup, you must choose a team by the end of today.


Which team are you joining this year? Let us know in the comments!

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Also, participate in our Jellyneo Altador Cup Staff Tourney event! Make sure you choose your top 3 JN staffers by August 2nd! Choose now!

TNT have announced the date for the next live event and AMA with Dom, the Neopets CEO. This will be held at 5pm NST on the 1st of August. It's expected to be watchable live on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and probably Twitch. Note that there was no July AMA, likely due to the timing of SDCC 2024 at the end of July. It is unknown if there will be a second August AMA towards the end of the month!


This AMA has been dubbed "The Altador Cup Edition," and will feature discussion of the Altador Cup (set to launch the same day) with TNT Fallie and TNT Sunpotato. TNT Luna will return as host.

Like the June AMA, the announcement this time does not mention an exclusive item code.

Rather than a StrawPoll, TNT is gathering questions on the Neoboards. Make sure to follow the format noted by Luna to make sure your question gets consideration!

Signups for the Altador Cup are now open! You can now pick your favourite team to represent.

A new year means a new sign up prize for those who have participated in the maximum number of previous Cups:



Note that for the first ~2 hours of the day, the page was mistakenly awarding the prize for 1 year less than you have participated in. This has now been fixed, and many of those affected report that the correct item later appeared in their inventory automatically; if you still don't have the correct item, we recommend opening a ticket.

Additionally, the Not My Problem... achievement for The Void Within is unlockable for +10 plot points by signing up for a team.


The rules page indicates that sign-ups will remain open through the end of Tuesday, July 30th. The Cup presumably will begin this year on Wednesday, July 31st, with play scheduled to last through Saturday, August 31st. The tournament format seems to be unchanged, despite the addition of a 19th team.

Which team are you supporting this year? Let us know in the comments!

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Update, 10:45 AM NST: An Altador Cup re-release mystery capsule is now available in the NC Mall. This capsule includes items from previous AC Neocash events from over the years.


This capsule also comes in two different bundles that effectively give a bulk discount:


To see what's inside the new re-release capsule, check out our Mystery Capsule guide as we assemble the contents!


(And if you open any of these capsules, let us know if you receive a prize not listed on our guide!)

Today, page 5 of chapter 2 has been made available under the Story tab.

Reading the comic will grant you an additional +1 plot point along with the following item:

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Additionally, the Not My Problem... achievement is unlockable for +10 plot points by signing up for an Altador Cup team. Sign-ups close at midnight on July 30.