2025 Altador Cup Tournament

This year's scaled-down version of the Altador Cup has begun over at the Colosseum.

In addition to some story text, the only activity is to claim your "Grey Year Souvenirs" from the yellow box towards the bottom of the page.


Each day from today through June 21, an item prize will be made available to all players, and Premium players are eligible for an additional bonus item prize. Today's regular prize is The Grey Year Brochure, a brand new book item; the Premium prize is Desk Yooyuball, a re-released toy from the 2019 AC Staff Tournament prize shop. Additionally, a brand new "Dizzy Yooyu" avatar is awarded for claiming your prizes.


Unlike similar events of the past, you do not need to check in every single day; in fact, according to the official FAQ, all regular item prizes will be available until next year's Altador Cup and all Premium item prizes will be available until the end of June. However, the FAQ also says there will be a trophy awarded only to those who claim all prizes before the end of June.

Finally, the Neocash portion of the event, Altador from the Clouds, has also begun today and will be available through June 30th.

TNT has posted a big update about this year's Altador Cup: in short, it will be a scaled down to a 19-day attendance event (think Advent Calendar—show up and collect a prize), rather than the month long gaming event in year's past. It also returns to its normal June runtime.

Here's the original announcement:

Dear Neopians!

We know you’re all excited as we prepare for the upcoming events in Neopia like the return of The Void Within, the mysterious origins of the elusive Varwolf, and the Altador Cup.

We want to acknowledge that the Altador Cup has room for improvement, and we’re working hard to address those areas so that players can enjoy the event even more. This involves a lot of behind-the-scenes work from our team, including our devs, artists, designers, and QA, to make that a reality.

In response to player feedback and with the plot just around the corner, we’ve decided to scale the Altador Cup for 2025 down to a mini-event to ensure that your time playing feels engaging and fun.

While the Cup will look different this year, there’s still a lot of fun to be had! The Altador Cup Mini-Event will begin early June and run for a total of 19 days. To help keep you informed and to answer any burning questions, review the Altador Cup: The Grey Year FAQ.

We understand that these changes are a bit of an adjustment, but we want future Altador Cup events to live up to both your vision and ours, and to make that happen, our team needs time to implement improvements thoughtfully. We appreciate all of your feedback and look forward to seeing you at this year’s mini-event!

More importantly, an FAQ has gone up, giving some hints about what this mini-event will entail:

You can participate in the Altador Cup: The Grey Year event by claiming daily prizes and reading optional lore drops about each of the 19 different teams! There will be an avatar for all and a trophy to showcase that you were around for the Altador Cup that never was. (Just be sure to claim all of your prizes before June 30th!)

Each day, there will be two new prizes: 1 regular and 1 Premium. If you are already Premium, all you have to do is click the Claim button to receive both prizes. If you are not Premium, you can claim the regular prize at any time and return for the Premium one if you decided to sign up for it later. All Premium Prizes can be claimed at any time before the end of the month (June 30th).

In short, there will not be the usual game playing or team tournament event. The TNT Staff Tournament has also been canceled. The trophy described above is a single, untiered participation trophy. The usual team avatars (awarded for joining a particular team) will also not be available. And, there will not be any Sign Up prizes like in year's past (though those will continue next year and your participation count will be saved).

Important to note: all regular (non-Premium) prizes will be available to redeem at any point during the event and through the start of the Altador Cup in 2026! Meaning, you can participate in this event for a whole year. However, if you participate during the June 3-30th event, you will receive a bonus prize. Premium prizes are only available through June 30th.


This is some wild news! Let us know what you think in the comments! How do you want TNT to improve the Altador Cup in 2026?

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Important note! The 2024 Altador Cup prize shops are closing on May 31st! If you do not redeem your remaining, spendable points by the end of this month, they will disappear! Make sure you claim all of your points from both the main shop and the staff tournament shop.