The Void Within Plot Guide

The Battledome Guild Challenge is in full swing! Between now and August 31st at 11:59 PM NST, you should be battling like crazy to contribute to either your guild's or your individual Battledome score.

You can battle ANY 1-Player challenger—as long as you win! So get to beating up the Chia Clown... or the Snowager if your battle pet is so capable. For full details on how scoring works, see our guide.

It's too late for guilds to join, but you can still participate as an individual! A scoreboard will be posted on Fridays by TNT.

Also, recently announced: all individuals who rack up +2,500 Battledome points between August 8th and August 31st will receive a new avatar as a prize.

If you've been collecting all Void Essence daily since the plot return on August 4, today is the first day you can collect your weekly bonus prize. The prize pool has been refreshed with some original prizes still remaining. Some highlights from early reports include:


Collecting the bonus will still grant you an additional +20 plot points. If you have an active Premium subscription or an activated Plot Prize Fortune Cookie, you will receive a quantity of two of your prize.


If you receive a prize not currently listed in the guide, let us know which prizes you won in the comments! (Or write in!)

UPDATE, Aug 8th: This new game is not a daily—at least not right now. That may change in the future, but it seems that you will only get one chance at a playthrough for now. Per the FAQ, it should become a daily after the conclusion of Chapter 8.

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UPDATE: Our Lost in the Dark guide is now available, with a full list of prizes and solutions to make sure you hit that bonus treasure room. If you're just catching up, make sure you check out the new page addition to Chapter 8 below as well.

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Today, page 14 of chapter 8 has been made available under the Story tab. Reading the comic will grant you an additional +1 plot point (if you're below the 3,000 point chapter maximum), and opens access to a new mini game: Lost in the Dark.


This game is similar to Faerie Caverns, but Styx the Doglefox is there to help you guide Luxinia and Baelia out of the caves—look for the direction his ears are pointing in to guide the way! However, there is some nuance here, so see our Lost in the Dark guide for more info.


On the way out of the cave, you may encounter a lucky treasure chest, with a prize inside. (If you do, let us know what you got in the comments!)

For exiting successfully, you'll receive Neopoints, a themed prize, an avatar, and +20 plot points if you have not already reached the chapter maximum of 3,000 points.



We will have a guide up with full prizes and walkthrough shortly, stay tuned! Let us know which prizes you won in the comments! (Or write in!)

As of 10:00 AM NST, the plot is again live!

First things first, visit the hub and click into the story to begin reading Chapter 8 to unlock prizes and a new BD challenger.

One of the biggest changes is that each chapter now has a 3,000 plot point limit in earnings. In turn, all activities can generate "unlimited" plot points—up to 3,000 in total over the next two weeks. So, enjoy earning plot points for the activities you want to participate in.

We will be making updates to our plot guide over the course of today. We will also be adjusting our Void Within Plot Checklist Tool to accommodate this new point-earning style.

Here's what's new, and live (keep watch on this list as we update):

• 3,000 point earning limit during Chapter 8, which should be 2 weeks long
• Daily Void Essence collection and achievements don't count towards the 3,000 points
• Read all of Chapter 8 to earn +13 points
• Collect your Void Essences for +50 points
• Volunteer at the Hospital, unlock a new shift slot after reading Chapter 8, page 4 (and this also unlocks the first Act III shift); shifts now award +60 points each
• Fight in the Battledome, unlock Wretched Wisp after reading Chapter 8, page 4
• Voidworks, Cosy Campfire Collection, and Tea Time with Tavi currently do not award plot points, and it's unknown if they will in the future
• Lots of new item prizes available in the Prize Shop
• New trophy tiers added, up to 100,000 points now
• Dr. Landelbrots Void Attractor Prototype is for sale in the NC Mall, which automates Daily Void Essence collection for 7 days

This morning, a short video for the upcoming next episode of The Void Within has been posted to the official Neopets YouTube channel (as well as other social media):

The video shows begins by showing the protagonists where we left them in the Haunted Woods before the hiatus. A medley of disparate potential plot elements are then presented one by one.


As a reminder, TNT announced in the July monthly update that the plot will be returning tomorrow (Monday, August 4th), a date that is reaffirmed in the trailer video's description. In our interview with TNT Dom at SDCC 2025, Dom shared that TNT has made some changes to the plot to make it "easier and less grinding" to enable players "to experience the plot at their own pace." You can get a peek of some of these changes on the recently updated official TVW FAQ.