The Void Within Plot Guide

Both the Void Paint Brush and Void Petpet Paint Brush reactivated last night, and are once again both useable and tradeable!


These items were briefly available on August 22, 2025, from the Alien Aisha Vending Machine. This was seemingly a mistake by TNT as they were deactivated later that day, causing them to be frozen invisibly in place wherever they were at that time. If you had one in your inventory or SDB back then, you probably have it back once more!

This time, TNT have changed the rarities of both brushes to r170, which is too high to be awarded from the Vending Machine. This means there is no known source of the brushes at this time, though perhaps one will be appearing soon?

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Alongside this reactivation, three Neopet species are now paintable in the Void colour! Void, now that it is activated, is available as a Rainbow Fountain colour for those who have completed Fountain Faerie quests.


The Aisha collar does not appear to be activated yet at the time of writing.

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All previously released Void petpets are now paintable at the Petpet Puddle as well. There is also one new Void petpet released: the Kadoatie!

This morning, some users got notifications that their pets had finished volunteering at the Void Within's Volunteer Centre. This appears to have only been sent out to users who had shifts waiting to be redeemed when the plot went on hiatus, and not to all of those users (so don't worry if you did have shifts waiting and did not get the notifcation).

At the Volunteering Centre page, there is now a new button that allows you to collect the rewards from shifts that started prior to the hiatus. This frees up the pets so they are no longer 'stuck' volunteering.


Importantly, this button will award both the item prize and the 40 plot points for each pending shift. Meaning that if you had all 8 shifts waiting, an additional 320 plot points are now available.

Note that each time you click the button, it will only award 1 pending shift at present. If you have multiple shifts pending, the button will grey out as if it is not working, but the items and plot points will be awarded. You will have to refresh the page to claim each pending shift. Only the final shift award correctly displays the popup message.

If you did not have any pending shifts when the plot went on hiatus, you will not see the new button. There is no way to start additional shifts once you have claimed them while the plot is on hiatus, so this appears to be a one time award.

UPDATE, JANUARY 5: Faerieland and Altador are no longer grey. (The Lost Desert remains grey.)

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Three more lands have now turned grey!


At the time of writing, there does not appear to be any updates at The Void Within hub. TNT has not specified precisely when Episode 3 will begin. The official FAQ says "towards the beginning of 2026." A roadmap shared in August specified "end of January" 2026. These greying lands were perhaps automatic, prescheduled changes. We'll update you if TNT indicates otherwise!

UPDATE, ~6:30AM NST: TNT appear to have removed the ability to gain extra points, suggesting this was a glitch/error.

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Today, all activities at The Void Within have unexpectedly reactivated. Up to 4,000 points are now earnable for Chapter 12.

This was not pre-announced by TNT. In fact, TNT had announced the plot won't be returning until early 2026. So, this may be a glitch or TNT error. We'll update you if TNT makes an announcement!

Today is the final day to begin plot battles and volunteer shifts.

This means these activities will NOT be available tomorrow! If you are counting on them to fill out your plot points, make sure you are wrapped up by the end of today!


According to the official FAQ, battles and shifts that are started today can still be completed after today, though it's unclear if they will still award plot points. Daily void essence collection will continue as usual for one more day tomorrow, with the plot going fully on pause at the end of the day tomorrow.