Halloween Run 2018 Recap

Hey everyone!

Wowza! Yesterday was the day of the Halloween Run and it was so much fun!  You can see a recap in White Tiger's video below.

We kicked off the stream at 12pm CDT and we already had a few areas of people at that time.  After some time dancing, we headed off to farm Lord Nightshade and Nosferabbit for a bit.

After the farming, we had lots of other activities such as Hide and Seek and a Skeletal Pirate Raid.  We also brought everyone Trick or Treating around Wizard City where everyone present received codes for skeleton keys, crowns, mega snack pack, and a jack o'lantern pet!  It was so much fun and I think everyone that was there would agree with me! But even after all that, we still had one more trick up our sleeves.  Everyone received a rare 1-Day Bone Dragon mount courtesy of Kingsisle!

Photo courtesy of Victoria

We ran all the way through Wizard City and then it was time for the after parties! There were three houses.  One was a maze by Sarah Skystrider, which was aMAZEing! The other two were my house and Gabby's house, where we had housing games, pvp, and contests.  Gabby even had a dance off which looked like a lot of fun, and I had Pumpkin Tic-tac-toe! :)

Photo courtesy of Chrissy

I really think this was one of our best events ever! I had so much fun with everyone from the community and I can't wait until our next event!  Speaking of which.....we announce the dates for the Turkey Run and Santa Run at the end of the stream! You can see those dates below.  See you soon!

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The Great Detective Bundle Available at Gamestop

Hey everyone!

Wizard101 has released a new bundle called the Great Detective bundle!  This bundle is available at Gamestop and gamestop.com for $29.  It is "Sherlock" themed and includes lots of great items.

1.  Hot Air Balloon Ride - This is a super awesome housing item that allows you to go in the basket of the balloon and get a bird's-eye view of your house.

2.  Gyrocycle Mount - This mount is currently one of my favorites in the game.  You are essentially riding around in a giant wheel! It looks really cool and is lots of fun to ride around in.  Kingsisle did a great job on this mount!

3. Baskerville Hound Pet - I haven't trained this pet yet, so I'm not sure what stats it gives, but it definitely looks awesome!  For those of you wondering, it is a myth pet and gives 2 stun block cards.

4.  Sherlock's Outfit and Eyeglass- Your wizard can now look like a detective with this gear!  The default color is red, but it can be dyed, which is nice.  There are 13 different tiers that you can choose from when you redeem it.

5.  5,000 Crowns or 1-Month Membership

This is a really fun-themed bundle and a great value at $29.  My favorite parts of the bundle are the balloon ride and the mount.  Those alone make the bundle worth it to me, but everything in it is really awesome! As I said above, it is available at Gamestop, but if your local store doesn't have it, you can get them online at the Gamestop website.  We are also giving one away for our Halloween Run 2018 Video Guide Contest so you can enter that before Sunday, October 28th for a chance to win! Just click the link for the rules.  As always, thanks for reading and see you soon!

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Community Corner Post #1

Hello everyone!

A couple weeks ago, I made a Community Corner post asking you all what baby animal you would like to see added to Animal Cove.  A couple of you answered and here's what you had to say:

"We need the hedgehog as a pet from the Animal Cove puzzles, complete with its cute little noises!" -Iridan Willowglen

"Snow owl or a mystic garden owl." -Janet Alley

As for me, now that Animal Cove has added the mythical animals, I would love to see a baby dragon or a baby pegasus added.  I think that would be super awesome! The baby dragon could be all cute and harmless, but think he is fierce and if he tries to breathe fire, puffs of smoke could come out of his mouth instead.

Anyway, thanks to those of you who participated!  I will be posting more topics soon, possibly even today! Keep your answers coming! It's never too late to reply to any topic.  See you soon!

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Halloween Run Guide Contest

Hey everyone!

It's almost that time! The Halloween Run is this Sunday, October 28th, 2018! Every time we have an event, we make a guide video that shows where we will be going and what we will be doing throughout the run. It helps a lot to watch this video before the event.  You can view it below.

We are having a contest for everyone who watches the video.  All you have to do is watch the video and write down the entire path we follow during it.  That's it! One random winner will receive an Accursed Play Gauntlet bundle, Great Detective bundle, and 10,000 crowns! Here's how to enter:

Watch the Halloween Run Guide video below

Write down all the areas we visit in the correct order while you watch it.

Send an email to ATSWELContests@gmail.com

Please include your wizard name, your list, and the subject "Guide Contest"

All entries must be submitted no later than Sunday, October 28th at 3:00pm CST

That's it! All emails who have the correct path and follow all the guidelines above will be entered into a random draw and the winner will be emailed codes for an Accursed Play Gauntlet bundle, Great Detective bundle, and10K crowns!  Here is the video:

Good luck to everyone who enters!  For more chances to win awesome prizes, visit Edward Lifegem's post and enter his raffle!  We hope to see you at the Halloween Run!

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Stream Recap - October 19th

Hello everyone!

Time for another stream recap post.  On Sunday we fought Medulla with help from @CTheDeathWizard.  We died A LOT, but we did manage to make it through.  I once again forgot to take pictures, but you can see our struggles by clicking here: Medulla Stream

Wizard101 Group Questing

Tuesday was another group questing stream in Wizard101 and this time we all transformed into Krokomummies! We were working our way through the Krokosphinx and we got about halfway done with it, maybe a bit further.  This time I did remember to take some screenshots, thanks to @Iridian_Willow reminding me! Thank you, Iridian! You can see the quest we left off at down below.  If you would like to visit the stream, you can see it here: Wizard101 Group Questing

 Next Stream: Tuesday, October 23rd @ 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT

Realm: Kelvin

Quest: Gladiator Games

Stream Link: www.twitch.tv/edwardlifegem

Pirate101 Group Questing

Thursday was another group questing stream in Pirate101 and we made it to a new skyway! We finished Volcano and recruited Ratbeard to our crew and then headed off to Puerto Mico in the Tradewinds Skyway.  Unfortunately throughout this stream Discord was messing up, so I wasn't able to talk as much at the end of the stream, but it was still a fun stream.  You can see where we left off below and watch the stream here: Pirate101 Group Questing

Next Stream: Thursday, October 25th @ 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT

Realm: One-Eyed Jack

Quest: Rumble in the Jungle (At Sacrifice Cave)

Stream Link: www.twitch.tv.edwardlifegem

So yeah, I am definitely having a lot of fun questing through both games with all of you and I hope you guys are too! Remember that everyone is welcome to join us, even if you have a higher level wizard or pirate and want to just come to hang out and help us.  And if you are a lower level than us and need help catching up, just let us know! New friends are always welcome! I hope to see you next week as we continue our adventures.  Also, we will be having an NXP party in Pirate101 on Sunday (tomorrow) so join us for that as well! See you soon!

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Stream Recap - October 12. 2018

Hey Everyone!

Sunday, October 7th

Sunday night's stream was focused on doing a few different low-level dungeons.  We started out with the Sunken City, Helping Marla prove to Cyrus that Grubb really is real.  There were four of us in this dungeon, so we breezed through it with no problem, although we did get caught a few times.  However, before we knew it, we were at Grubb and we were able to defeat him within a few rounds!

After completing Sunken City, we headed to the Haunted Cave to fight the Nosferabbit.  This dungeon had quite a few fights, but we were able to make it through without any issues.  This is probably because we had a couple higher levels tagging along. Thanks, you guys!  SO yeah, the Veggies and Rabbit didn't stand a chance against us!

After we defeated the Nosferabbit, we were messing around with the transformations a bit and took the picture below as manders.  Then we headed to Jack's house to do the Winterbane Gauntlet, which neither Ed or I had ever done before.  It was fun, even though Edward and I both died.  Luckily we could flee and run back into the battle.  We were on our level 20 characters, so it was good that we had Jack and Talon with us to help out! We never would have made it by ourselves! And we got to level up to level 21 at the end of the dungeon, so that was awesome!  I think this stream was my favorite Sunday night stream so far, so thank you all for coming out and making it so much fun!

Tuesday, October 9th

On Tuesday we started Krokotopia with our new wizards! We actually made it through all of the main quests in the pyramid of fire.  There are also a bunch of side quests that everyone can catch up on this week.  Anyway, we had to defeat a bunch of Nirini bosses, but it wasn't too difficult with the group.  I think everyone had fun questing through this area...More fun than questing through Crab Alley anyway! Much fewer instances of getting caught.  We left off right when we got to Krokosphinx, so that's where we will be starting on Tuesday.

Next Stream: Tuesday, October 16th

Quest: Fandango

Realm: Kelvin

Stream Link: www.twitch.tv/edwardlifegem

As you may have noticed, I forgot to take screenshots once again. Oh well.  I will remember one of these days :D  One thing we did decide on during the stream is that we will be questing through Grizzleheim and Wysteria as a group, so if you would like to participate in that, be sure to level up with side quests!

Thursday, October 11th

Thursday was exciting because it was the first week in awhile we weren't questing through the Traitor's Cave quests!  We got to go to Jonah Town and talk to the Frogfather.  He sent us to the Presidio, where we collected some rare spices for him.  We also earned a new companion (I got the crab companion) as well as a new ship!

After that, the Frogfather gave us information about where we could find the map to get Gunn's Gold.  That led us to Ratbeard, but he escaped! So we ended up chasing him to Bounty Island, which is a fun little dungeon to do.  We found out that Ratbeard brought the gold to the Volcano, so that's where we left off for next week.

Next Stream: Thursday, October 18th

Quest: Gunn's Gold

Realm: One-Eyed Jack

Stream Link: www.twitch.tv/edwardlifegem

Anyway, lots of fun stuff going on!  I hope we will see you all during our streams this coming week! Next week I will be trying a different format for these posts, since making one big post on Friday doesn't seem to be working for me.  Instead, look for posts on Wednesdays and Fridays. Until then, have fun questing!

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Stream Recap - October 5, 2018

Hey guys!

I know this is late again.  I think I have a plan for this coming week so it will be easier for me to start getting the posts out on Fridays.  Anyway, here is what happened last week in our streams.

Sunday, September 30th

During the first half of the stream, we helped some people with Lost Pages.  We didn't get too far with it but made a little progress.  Then we hopped over to Pirate101 and helped some of the new Pirates catch up with the last dungeon we left off at, the Marie Celestia.  It was a pretty fun time!

Tuesday, October 4th

We quested a lot on Tuesday and we were able to finish up all of Wizard City, except Sunken City! This means we fought Nightshade and then ventured into Crab Ally where we rescued King Thermidor.

Crab Ally is usually fun for me, but this past stream, while I had fun questing with everyone, I kept getting caught and was getting extremely frustrated. However, we ended up making it through and then it was finally time to go to Krokotopia! So long, Wizard City and your beautiful new graphics!

Next Stream: Tuesday, October 9th

Quest: Krokotopia

Realm: Kelvin

Stream: www.twitch.tv/edwardlifegem

Thursday, October 4th

So we did it! We finally finished up the Traitor's Cave quests! While they are fun and Kingsisle did a great job on them, they definitely lasted a long time and I think the entire group is ready to move on. Next up is Jonah Town!  That means we will be doing the quest to get our Presidio companions soon.  I can't wait! Getting new companions is always exciting!

Next Stream: Thursday, October 11th

Quest: The Most Dangerous Catch

Realm: One-Eyed Jack

Stream: www.twitch.tv/edwardlifegem

So that's it for this week's update.  I am still trying to figure out the best way to make these posts so I can add more info as well as be able to post on Fridays.  Like I said, I think I have a plan so we will see if it makes any difference this week.  Until then, I hope to see you all in tonight's stream for some Halloween questing, which will be a ton of fun!  

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An Exciting Announcement

Hey Everyone!

I am super excited to announce that this site was added to the list of official Wizard101 fansites today!  As excited as I am, I think I am still in a state of shock as I write this though!  I feel honored to be included amongst so many other talented site owners! You can click the image below for links to all of them.  Be sure to check them out!

So you may be wondering what this means for the site.  As far as content goes, I already had some plans to update a few things as well as some brand new surprises which I am currently working on.  Those things will not change.  I have also tried to be an inclusive site, working with Edward Lifegem on our streams and events to provide fun activities for everyone to enjoy.  That is something that will also continue and I hope we can continue to come up with new ways to bring the community together.

I need to give a huge shout out to the new Community Manager, Mathew aka Sparck, for accepting my site! I also need to give a huge thanks to Edward Lifegem, who was actually my inspiration for creating my blog in the first place and has been telling me for years that one day I would be an official Wizard101 fansite.  Thanks for never giving up on me!  Seriously, thank you to everyone who has supported my site and stuck by me for the past 7 years! Your support means the world to me!

Anyway, here's to many more years of fun, events, guides, and randomness!  See you all around! :)

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Announcing Community Corner!

Hey Everyone!

I am super excited to share a new project with all of you.  I have decided to call it Community Corner.  Keep reading to find out more about this brand new section of my blog, made especially for all of you!

In the past, many people have requested that I add some sort of forum to this site.  However, I don't have the resources, time, or knowledge for something like that, since I am a one-person operation with a lot of things going on in real life.  However, the idea of giving you guys a space to have your own ideas and opinions be heard has been intriguing to me for a while now.  During my Relaunch Contest, a few people suggested allowing guest posts.  I thought this was a great idea, so here we are.

Once or twice per month, depending on the response from all of you, I will be posting a new topic under the new Community Corner section of the site. The link to this new section can be found in the menu bar. I will announce on social media when this happens, with frequent reminders.  Then the rest is up to you guys! Email your thoughts to me at secretsofthespiral@hotmail.com and I will repost them in a blog post, giving you guys the credit.  All the topics and links to the associated posts will be listed on the Community Corner page so people can easily access them.

I will be providing topics for both Wizard101, Pirate101, and Animal Cove. I will also be accepting suggestions for topics ideas from all of you at times as well.  This is meant to be an interactive experience for all of you, a way for your voices to be heard. The first topic has already been posted on the Community Corner page, so let's hear your thoughts! If you are interested in submitting your thoughts and ideas, please review the guidelines first.

That's it! I hope you all enjoy this new way of sharing your insights about the games.  I can't wait to read and share what you guys have to say! See you soon!

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