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To 'celebrate' Grey Day, a new colour is now available for Vandagyres!

Over the past few months, the new Match-3 mobile app Neopia Movie Studio has been non-functional in the closed beta it had on both platforms. However, this morning a new build has been released, and the app has undergone a major change, down to both name and theme.


It is now called Faerie's Hope, and it appears the central idea of rebuilding a movie studio has been completely scrapped. Instead, the game now centers on an amnesiac Light Faerie who has been frozen in time since before the fall of Faerieland, and her efforts to restore her memories and rebuild her home.


Much of the match-3 gameplay remains the same with a few tweaks, however.


Note that, at present, this beta is only available on Android, and it appears only for the original closed beta testers there. There is no iOS build uploaded to the TestFlight app for the previous iOS closed beta. The new Android build contains monetisation elements, which may explain why there is presently no iOS beta version. Players of Island Builders may remember that all iOS beta versions have had their paid elements disabled in beta.


Many of the previous characters still appear, though with different names and different stories.


We'll keep you updated with any additional changes!

This year's Festival of Neggs has launched! To begin, click on Kari on the Festival page.


There's no prerequisite quest this year—you'll jump right into hunting for your first negg! However, you'll listen in on a conversation between Kari and the Crumpetmonger about some mysterious going-ons in Neovia...

For a full rundown of where to go (if you want to skip the hunting yourself), check out our guide for solutions:


As is usual for this event, the first day will be "day 1.5" and run through April 13th. You will be able to hunt for the second negg starting on Thursday, April 14th.

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UPDATE: The Festival's NC portion, Dip & Bob Apples run by Bart, is now live as of April 19th!

Update: Moltara worm quest is now fully active!

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At long last, the much-awaited v.0.4.9 beta update is here!


This round of updates includes new maps for several locations, updates to various pet-related pages, and a few exciting miscellaneous upgrades.

New HTML5 Maps:

• Faerieland & Faerie City
• Haunted Woods, Deserted Fairground, & Neovia
• Kreludor
• Krawk Island
• Meridell
• Moltara City & Caves

The Moltara worm quest is on its way back to functionality, but it's still a work-in-progress:

If there are worms, they may be a little disoriented right now.

Pets & Petpets:

• Pet lookups now show static images instead of RIP Flash notice (as of a few weeks ago).
• Quickref page itself is not converted, but static pet images now appear, as well as the option to convert UC pets.
• Alphabetical pet order is now rolling out across user lookups and (more slowly) Quickref pages.
• You can now efficiently book all your pets in a single reservation at the Neolodge, though the page itself is not converted.
• You can now visit your petpets and petpetpets from the homepage (the interaction page is also fully converted):

Miscellaneous:

• NC Collectible Case has been converted.
• The Almost Abandoned Attic has returned!
• Avatar item drop rates at the Meridell Rubbish Dump appear to have increased significantly.
• Neoboard preferences link is now available in the "Settings" dropdown on the left menu (when clicking your active pet), as well as on your classic site preferences page.

Check out the release notes for full details on bug fixes and upcoming plans.

A newsletter email went out earlier this morning with some new information on this year's Festival of Neggs event. It looks like the event will be hosted in Neovia:

The 2022 Festival of Neggs is coming this month... 🌻 And this year, the highly-anticipated event will bring us to Neovia. A spooky on-site scavenger hunt awaits us this April! Are you ready to venture down the rabbit hole? 👀 Keep your eyes peeled…

You can read the newsletter in full here. (Mostly information about merch, including newly announced digital trading cards.)

And in case you missed last week's Editorial #957, Aesop provided a few more details about the upcoming Festival:

Very excited to say that yes there will be a Festival of Neggs soon!

Kari has mentioned trying something different this year, hinting that she has already found a brand new locale where she will be hosting the Festival! She also warned us that setting up in a new location is taking more time to prepare, which means the Festival will be taking place a tad later than usual this year. However, it sounds like it will be well worth the wait!

Oh! And we did hear through the neggvine that one of the neggs this year will in fact be giving out an album item... ~~Aesop