2026 Altador Cup Tournament

UPDATE ~ noon NST: It appears the team avatars have been restored! Visit any Altador Cup page and then check your Neoboard Settings. You will not receive a pop up notification.

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The final results for the Altador Cup have been announced, with Meridell as the victor!


You can head to the Altador Cup hub to collect your trophy. The Prize Shop will remain open until next year's event:


The "Merch Maniac" achievement for buying 5 unique items from the prize shop is still completable even though the event has concluded. (This also means the Altador Cup XX avatar is still unlockable for players who completed the other four achievements already.)

New this year: For no compelling reason, TNT have made it so your team avatar will be removed upon claiming your trophy. As with all situtations where an avatar is removed, this will reset your current avatar to the default, so head to your Neoboard settings to change it.

In previous years, you got to keep this avatar year-round, and would only lose it if signing up for a different team in a subsequent year.

After a short 10 days, our JN Staff Tournament has come to a close! A big congratulations goes out to Perry, Gen, and Lucky for earning a spot on this year's podium!

With the winners tabulated, it's time to see which of you were the tournament's top guessers.

Help me in congratulating kirin with a whopping 42 correct guesses (out of a possible 50) in the daily round guessing portion! You had to have a minimum of 35 correct guesses throughout the tournament to earn yourself a round trophy.


Alas, this year we did not have any guessers with a perfect 4 out of 4 guess (or even 3 out of 4!)... but we did have 30 of you with 2 correct guesses! Congratulations!!


Anyone who participated in our tournament, either by guessing in at least one or the rounds or guessing the top 3, received at least one new cabinet claim! (Two if you did both of those things!)

NEW CABINET THEMES: We have released four new Prismatic Shiny Rock trophy cabinet themes for you to select from! If you didn't participate in this event, watch for our next one to get a cabinet claim!

Last but not least, 🥁 drum roll... The 25 lucky winners below have been chosen to receive a Rare Item Code given out at PAX East earlier this year!

• 00p5h311
• accentpostal
• charlove
• chasingsheep
• dirtytrancer
• donkerlicht
• duuckkiee
• echoeternal
• honeybearstar
• hotwheeles
• jackskelling10
• jbj_love
• jmeyer4719
• kirin
• lucky444407
• maivry
• mommyperson64
• neolodgeism
• premium17
• sajixx
• sneakyninja
• starsfan14
• tani
• the1stsnowmiser
• zonking

If your name is above, check your inbox for an email shortly! You have until Sunday, July 19th to respond to claim your Rare Item Code!

Thank you to all who participated! And hopefully next year's tournament will be a little longer with fewer pacifiers needed!

This evening, TNT updated the Egg-stra Protein Omelette item in the Altador Cup Prize Shop.


The rarity was changed from r101 to r100, which means the item is now considered Gourmet Club eligible. It's a bit disappointing to see such a last minute change when gameplay ends in a little over 3 hours—but if you're up and still playing, here's your warning that there may be a new item you need 300 extra points for!

Round 5 guessing is now open! This is our final round to guess who you think will win each of the match ups! The more guesses you get correct, the more points you earn, and the higher the trophy you'll receive in the end!

Before guessing, though, make sure you check out the round 4 results!

🏆 PARTICIPATION PRIZES: We're also giving away 25 Rare Item Codes from PAX East! Put in your round guesses on which staffer will win each match up. Submit guesses for all 5 rounds, and you may be one of the random 25 Neopians we pick to receive a code!

So, what are you waiting for...

Some time yesterday, TNT updated the official Altador Cup FAQ with a new question regarding trophy requirements. In past years, trophies have been dependent on your final rank—however, ranks no longer exist this year.

Will I be able to earn a trophy for participating and doing well? How do I earn that trophy?
If you earn a certain amount of points throughout the Altador Cup, you'll be able to earn a trophy to be awarded at the end of the event. 250 points will get you a Bronze Trophy, 500 points will earn a Silver Trophy, and earning 1000 points earns a Gold Trophy! Any amount of points under 250 will grant a participation ribbon.

So, for anyone worried about getting the top trophy, it would appear you only need to earn 1,000 points to qualify.

It's not clear if that means total points or points specifically from playing games. To determine your breakdown, visit the Prize Shop and hover over the box labeled "Total Points Earned".


Will you be aiming for a triple All-Star equivalent rank, or dipping out after 1,000 points? Let us know in the comments!

The second round of the Altador Cup has begun today! Teams have now been sorted into two brackets based on their results last round, and are again randomly paired up.


The results of today's matches will further divide the teams into 4 brackets, which will remain in place for the remainder of the Cup.

With the last of the new Achievements completable today, a new avatar has been discovered for completing them all:


Note that the final achievement is to submit above minimum scores on all 5 games on 3 consecutive days. As such, it will become impossible to complete after this coming Sunday.

You can read all about the Cup and get tips on the games in our guides:

Live play in the Altador Cup has begun today! You can now send scores across all five games to help your team and earn prize points. All teams have been randomly placed against another, and the outcome of today's match will determine which brackets they are able to play in for the remainder of the Cup.


As with previous years, in order for your games to count and for you to receive prize shop points, there is a minimum score you much achieve each time you play. The daily score sending caps are also back this year. As with all Neopets games, you must wait at least 10 seconds submitting your score between game plays, or it will be rejected (this typically only impacts Shootout Showdown for the Cup).

You can read all about the minimums and caps here:


Achievements also debuted today, and can be found on the Cup homepage. (Note that the minimum scores above also apply for the score-sending achievements.) You can read all about the achievements here:


Earlier this morning Obstacle Course Caper was glitched, and would only earn prize points up to the regular Neopoint limit (3 for regular accounts, 4 for premium accounts). However, this has now been fixed. Additionally, some users are experiencing glitches where they are unable to successfully send scores at all on specific games (particularly Yooyuball).

Also note that while Yooyuball has a 2x points icon above it today, this feature has historically been broken since it was first introduced years ago. It is unknown if it is working this year or not.

This year's Prize Shop is also open, ready for you to begin redeeming your points. Don't forget that the Challenge Track is also inviting you to score at least 1,500 points in the Cup this year:


Read all about the Cup and get tips on the games in our guides:

Our own competition at Jellyneo is starting today! Our staffers are once again competing to see who's the best Yooyuballer—but we've all been zapped! ⚡️

You have the opportunity to select your top 3 finishers (and last place!) until tomorrow, July 6th, at 11:59pm NST. After that we close the top 3 guessing portion. (We'll also post what you all guessed!)

Round guessing is also now open! Every 2 days, come back to JN and guess who you think will win each of the 5 rounds our staffers are competing in. The more guesses you get correct, the more points you earn, and the higher the trophy you'll receive in the end!

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We're also giving away 25 Rare Item Codes from PAX East! Starting today, put in your round guesses on which staffer will win each match up. Submit guesses for all 5 rounds, and you may be one of the random 25 Neopians we pick to receive a code!

Each code is from PAX East and awards one of the following items:


As a note, you may only participate in this event on ONE jnAccount! We will be monitoring closely for fairness. Be sure that your account email is accurate and up to date—we'll contact the 25 random winners via the email on file.

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So, what are you waiting for...