2024 Altador Cup Tournament

UPDATE, July 10th: At some point today, TNT added one more bug fix to the list. TNT has fixed the bug that prevents Neomails from showing you your previous message being replied to. We've confirmed that this appears to be a fix going forward, and is not retroactive:

Neomail Replies - This feature broke around the time that Jumpstart took over Neopets. Someone replies to your Neomail, you will be able to see what you originally wrote to them in the response!

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Happy Tuesday! TNT has stealthily published a few updates under the release notes today. We wanted to highlight a few of the most notable.

• Permanent Battledome NP Limit Increase: You may have noticed the Battledome's daily Neopoint limit has increased to 50,000 up from the previous 1,500 during the plot. The release notes announce that this is a permanent change, even after the plot is over!
• Dacardia Joins; Everyone Returns: The release notes confirm that Dacardia will be joining as 19th team in the Altador Cup this year, meaning no teams will need to sit out for them to participate. (The notes do not say if this will require a change in the tournament format that has been used for the last several years.)
• Slushie Slinger Colour Bug Fix: Slushie Slinger will have a bug fix to an issue with inconsistent/incorrect slushie colours requested by customers.
• Faster Image Loading: TNT has implemented some changes to how images are served to reduce some slowness in loading them. (We can personally confirm the success of these changes while processing wearable assets over at our Wardrobe!)
• Void Essence Point Corrections: An issue where some users were not properly awarded plot points after collecting void essences has been resolved, and has promised to mass-correct any players already affected.

The release notes also recap many of the newer developments in The Void Within plot, as well as few more miscellaneous minor bug fixes.

Today the Pre-Tournament Press has begun for the Altador Cup! Over the coming days, new teams will show up on the page with blurbs detailing their activities in the off season. Team Dacardia is one of the first to be featured, confirming that the team slated for last year will be returning:


Additionally, from the count on the page it appears that no team will be sitting out this year, which means that the format of the Cup itself is likely to have been tweaked to fit 19 teams playing.

The page also contains a countdown to sign ups, revealing that they will begin on Tuesday, July 16th. The FAQ for the Cup has revealed that the actual start of live play in the Cup will be Wednesday, July 31st, meaning that the majority of the Cup will run through August.

Earlier this week, TNT announced in the New Features that the Altador Cup Prize Shops "will be closing soon (7/7)". We're not sure whether that means midnight tonight, sometime tomorrow, or midnight tomorrow, so we recommend spending up your points ASAP today.

UPDATE, SUNDAY JULY 7TH: The prize shops still appear open this morning. However, we are still unsure if they will close later today, at midnight, or sometime tomorrow, so we still recommend urgency!


TNT have still yet to announce a firm date for this year's Altador Cup. In the June AMA, Dom said that the press tour would be in "early July" with signups shortly after, so it is likely the traditional Pre-Tournament Press will follow the prize shops retiring rather than the Cup itself.

Dom shared that the reason for the delay this year was due to focusing on the launch of The Void Within plot. He also shared that a new team will be competing, the AC games will feature some bug fixes from previous years, and that daily caps on AC game score submissions will be rebalanced to be "less grindy."

Today's New Features has announced that last year's Altador Cup Prize Shops will be retiring soon, on July 7th. Redeem your points in both before that date, as they will be wiped once the shops retire.


The retirement of the prize shop typically means that the Altador Cup itself will follow soon after, but TNT have yet to announce a firm date beyond 'July' for the Cup. It is likely the traditional Pre-Tournament Press will follow the prize shops retiring, rather than the Cup itself.

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 Pinchit. (Note that this is not an exclusive prize, as it is also available from the Coincidence and as a Creative Contest prize.)

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

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While normally we'd leave the recap in the article, there were a couple bits of big news we wanted to give a boost.

The "Virtually Alive" avatar will retire on June 15th. To unlock it, enter the code TIME4SOC14L1SING at Grundo Warehouse!


The Altador Cup has been postponed to early July this year! TNT did not provide an exact date, but said it would be "early July...probably the first week of July." The delay is in part because The Void Within plot will be officially launching on June 17th!