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New Hidden Tower Additions + Paint Brush Unretirements

Posted by Dave on May 14, 2026, 2:54 pm NST


[Zombie? Undead? ???] Queen Fyora has put a few more items on sale today in the Hidden Tower!

The following Paint Brushes were added for sale:


Check out our Hidden Tower Price Guide for a full rundown on prices and various discounts:

Hidden Tower Price Guide »


UPDATE: In addition, the following Paint Brushes have had their rarities updated from r180 to r101—meaning that they can once again be won from the Alien Aisha Vending Machine and given out by Jacko through Random Events!

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by noileh on May 14, 2026 2:56 PM NST JN Staff
awww yeaaa babey cheaper lost desert peebees!!! thanks tee anne tee.
by graevyard on May 14, 2026 3:00 PM NST
Huh, this feels a bit random. Not that I'm complaining, but why those two PBs in particular? Like obviously Lost Desert is a popular Colour so that's a give-in, but Invisible? Why not Maraquan, Tyrannian, or Stealthy? Looking at prices...

Huh, so apparently someone has inflated the price of Invisible and Lost Desert? Is that why? So is this meant as a temporary fix? Like, I always thought that one think they could do with the Hidden Tower is have a few highly sought after items such as PBs (maybe also MPs), Album Items, r90-100 Food, past Plot Prizes, etc. cycle in and out. So like right now they have the Invisible and Lost Desert PB, but next month they cycle out and the Maraquan and Pastel PB cycle in. I feel it would help with the Neo economy as it'll allow for these highly sought after items to become more widely available, BUT for a limited time and who knows how long it'll be until they cycle back in so that gives their prices time to rise up. I'll also encourage players to buy from the Hidden Tower more often, even bring some excitement when its time for a new cycle to begin to see what's put in.
by pikachu315111 on May 14, 2026 3:14 PM NST
Lol why tho... There are so many cool items they could add. Missed opportunity imo
by justthink180 on May 14, 2026 3:17 PM NST
These are all paint brushes that used to be available through the Creative Contest prize pools, but were taken out and were essentially source-less. (Apart from some rare wins at the Fruit Machine.)

This is just TNT deciding to increase supply a bit.
by dave on May 14, 2026 3:20 PM NST JN Staff
Do you think they are a permanent addition?
by dragon_hatcher_ on May 14, 2026 3:23 PM NST
ok good job i guess TNT. I feel slightly bad for the faerie pb, it used to be in the tower, but looks like fyora wont let it back in!
by justthink180 on May 14, 2026 3:24 PM NST
And as for the Fyora, if they don't want to change the image they can just say the Fyora in the HT is a simulacrum Fyora created to act as shopkeeper, maintenance, and security for the Hidden Tower. She made it after the Wraiths Resurgence, while thankful Baelia took over watching over the HT for her I could also see her worried if a determined thief had gotten in and equipped themselves with the weapons then Baelia or another plain Faerie may not be strong enough to pacify and retrieve the stolen equipment before the thief ran way. It's not as powerful as the real Fyora, but in addition to being more then powerful enough to handle your average thief who makes it into the tower, it can instantly teleport to anywhere within the tower and has control over all the weapons. So even if the thief is out of reach of it, if they're standing in front of a weapon it can activate the weapon while its still on its pedestal/display stand.
by pikachu315111 on May 14, 2026 3:27 PM NST
Based Drakara just takes over and starts selling Neopians things they actually want for prices they like
by yumakooma on May 14, 2026 3:41 PM NST
To all the people questioning why. Those PB's skyrocketed in price due to bad actors.

At this point, put everything in the hidden tower so they finally **** off site once and for all.
by dynohawk on May 14, 2026 3:41 PM NST
The HT could be a great NP sink if they utilized it more. I like the idea of items rotating in and out.
As long as TNT (or Zombie Fyora or whoever) prices the items in a way that's reasonable, not too cheap to devalue the items but low enough to say "heck you" to the inflators.

I'd love to see some album items in there but they're probably saving all the good ones for the Premium goodie bags to try and win people over :')
by biediep on May 14, 2026 3:47 PM NST
Based Drakara just takes over and starts selling Neopians things they actually want for prices they like
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I like this explanation lol
Drakara said "actually the neopian economy is in shambles due to bad actors and I'm going to do something about it unlike this useless queen"
by nightshadeswiftswing on May 14, 2026 4:00 PM NST
I hope this is just the start. The HT has been underutilized and could've been used to keep prices stable and/or reasonable for forever, but they just refused to use it until now.
by gumdrops on May 14, 2026 4:30 PM NST
Cool!

Did something else retire in their place?
by 1jediboy on May 14, 2026 4:31 PM NST
Rare Drakara W
by gauf on May 14, 2026 4:46 PM NST
Lol if this is the direction Drakara is going to take things in, I feel bad for beating her up
by biediep on May 14, 2026 4:50 PM NST
Much appreciated tnt, winter against the major inflators/lack of supply when new varwolf colors get dropped
by ariiadnae on May 14, 2026 4:59 PM NST
did i over pay for a desert a couple a weeks ago now. but it really need this 20k for a popular color was a bad time.
by sierra_penmark on May 14, 2026 5:04 PM NST
@dynohawk these particular PBs were regularly in the creative contest prize pool but have now been removed as of a few weeks ago, meaning there is no longer a source for them to be generated (minus fruit machine but that's...nothing). due to their rarities, none of these could drop in REs, the vending machine, or in the premium quest log slot

this allows them to continue to be released on the site in a reliable fashion
by noileh on May 14, 2026 5:12 PM NST JN Staff
Glad I sold the one of each I had from previous quest log weeklies a little while ago.
by hexen on May 14, 2026 5:25 PM NST
I'm never shy about speaking up when I'm displeased with a move by TNT, so I feel like it's only fair that I talk about how great this move is!

And the best part is that unlike when rare items get rereleased in a prize pool, this is a consistent source, so inflators can't simply snatch them all up and raise the price again once they leave the pool. It's even better than releasing rare items to stock in normal shops like with hungry fungus, because there's no competing with bots and people who have way faster computers/connections, anyone with the NP and an account old enough to access the tower (or a friend who does and is willing to make the purchase for them) can now get these brushes without getting grifted!
by ruruskadoo on May 14, 2026 5:50 PM NST
The invisible PB actually makes a lot of sense, the hidden tower is a literal invisible building.
by bonju on May 14, 2026 6:23 PM NST
Please put all of the R99 items into the tower
by blue82182001 on May 14, 2026 6:28 PM NST
Undead Fyora made me giggle thank you for that
by portmaw on May 14, 2026 6:36 PM NST
Oh, and they "unretired" the PBs that Colours still exist, that's also great! Like, okay, I get the Faerie PB was removed from the Hidden Tower, but it still felt odd. Though, I also think it's kind of odd we still have the PBs for Glass and Stone even though they don't do anything (at least the Lutari Island PB has the excuse that it's kind of a Colour in limbo which TNT could do something with anytime now, we've got plenty of examples of what Lutari Islanders look like).
by pikachu315111 on May 14, 2026 7:50 PM NST
I'm perfectly fine with this. In fact, let's throw all the rare paint brushes into the tower!

Or better yet, have a dedicated paint brush store. This includes PPPBs.
by powerwingamber on May 14, 2026 7:54 PM NST
People are really quick to blame bad actors, but to a degree there is just... increased demand. The LD paint brush surged when the very nice Desert Varwolf dropped, and invisible is very popular with customisers. Sometimes items go up in price, at least in part, because authentic demand goes up more than supply does.

There are people driving things up on purpose, but sometimes things are expensive because more people want them than there is available supply. Not everything is a malicious conspiracy.
by plaguemd on May 14, 2026 7:58 PM NST
Finally, easier access to Faerie/Lost Desert/Invisible pets.
by kevin2763 on May 14, 2026 8:15 PM NST
Kind of ironic how Fyora ousted Drakara for making "unfathomably dangerous weapons" that could destroy the world, yet she's selling items like "Focus of Imminent Destruction" in the Hidden Tower
by gamergirl33119 on May 14, 2026 8:15 PM NST
Do we know if there is a time frame for this?
by sp4de on May 14, 2026 8:33 PM NST
this is such a good move as these brushes are relatively mundane but were inflating to 15~20m+ and were becoming absurd to find. i was hoping they'd rerelease them in the quest log or something but this is a way better, more permanent solution and i'm really pleased! having invisible be so easily accessible especially is great because invisible is one of the most fun colors to play with for customization.

i'm really glad tnt was paying attention to this situation and took action to resolve it.
by jellybeanfish on May 14, 2026 9:17 PM NST
SO happy the invis pb is in the HT now. i was dreading spending 15m+ for one and im so glad i waited!!! i was holding out hope for the quest log to give some out... or for a ffq lol
by nymbra on May 14, 2026 9:23 PM NST
TNT release items i need instead of items I have challenge rating Impossible
by goalkeeper50 on May 14, 2026 9:42 PM NST
Yeah no.... What a let down, those PB's were already pretty affordable & retired means nothing. Plus the NC Archives prizes update is just another way of eliminating NC trading and tanking values. But whatever. And if the Baby PB is going for 300k via players shops then TNT needs to lower the price in the Hidden Tower or remove it altogether. Yet the items & avatars that were given out years ago and only in extremely small numbers or even just 1 player receiving them, we can't finish stamp collections, attain avatars and the R85+ stamps are outrageously priced. Then there are the people who have boons and can get all of those items first. Neopets is just becoming too costly to play anymore.
by sunnshinegrrl on May 14, 2026 9:49 PM NST
SUCH!!! A GOOD DECISION!!! I always thought it was goofy that they retired paint brushes of active (& desirable!!!!) colors
by bluestar on May 14, 2026 9:56 PM NST
Oh excellent! Those pbs were ridiculously overpriced, and having a permanent place for them? Good move. Heck, even if they rotate them every so often with other overpriced brushes that'd be good.

Glad they unretired some, though odd they didn't throw faerie back in the HT. Wasn't it there before? (also: ah, memories... I got a faerie pb in a RE waaaay back when I first started playing - I didn't even know that particular random event still existed!)
by goldennightfox on May 14, 2026 10:49 PM NST
Story hypothesis: It wouldn't surprise me if they retire Fyora at this point and Baelia rises as the new Faerie Queen once she gets her new name.

Easier access to some Paint Brushes is neat though ^^
by apophis324 on May 14, 2026 11:44 PM NST
I thought It was weird when I saw those two brushes In hidden tower
by maninshi on May 15, 2026 5:56 AM NST
How can Queen Fyora sell anything from the Hidden Tower right now? Drakara threw her off pretty definitively. If anything she might be throwing out the PB's so no one can have any color except Grey.
by kitsunethedj on May 15, 2026 7:16 AM NST
Good, that Lost Desert PB was ridiculously high and I have no idea why. Same with that invisible PB it was crazy. I agree some items should maintain high value but PB's should be available in some way to those on the site wanting to paint their pets. I think 1-10m is reasonable but past that is difficult for most to afford or even work towards if they want to just paint their pet.
by tycooncorb on May 15, 2026 7:42 AM NST
Wow, TIL about the creative contest pools. I think my Desert PB as a kid must have been a Fruit Machine win!
by lordplaza on May 15, 2026 7:52 AM NST
"Zombie? Undead?" She's fine, she's still falling
by amethyst43217 on May 15, 2026 8:02 AM NST
Rip my retired gallery now having random pbs that aren't retired in it :/
by gigglingdeath on May 15, 2026 8:55 AM NST
Speedrunning the classic comic book "death" fakeout.
by jerkplayz on May 15, 2026 6:06 PM NST
Pretty happy with the speed TNT addressed this with after it being brought to their attention, as well as the outcome (:
by tani on May 16, 2026 7:56 AM NST
This ought to help with inflation a bit.
by claytonskitten on May 16, 2026 8:59 AM NST

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