Site News

Happy March, Andrasians!

I hope everyone's doing well and the weather is improving where you are!

This month, it seems the weather isn't quite right in Andras; there are strange, magical patches of spring popping up in wintry places! You've been tasked with investigating the issue by the Spring Caravan Queen, Lark. Check out the prompt here!

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This month, we're just running the one event prompt as usual while we're still preparing for Dryad Merriment next month.
We will probably have smaller prompts in between larger festivals like this going forward to give everyone a break and prepare for the next festival.
This will be one of our biggest festivals yet with lots of different things that we're still working on for you all, please look forward to it!

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February's raffle is still going on until March 8th! Check it out here!

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Check out the general store to get some limited time bunny themed wrapping paper!

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There will be no new sales this month!

Hello everyone! We wanted to check in and talk about a few important things. Those of us on the moderator team wanted to share some news about what we’re working on for the future, and we want to share some information about what goes on behind the scenes. We hope that this news post can clear up some questions that you may have!

First and foremost…

what we're working on

Those of us on the team would like to share some information about what’s in development for the ARPG! Some things are being worked on more actively, and other things are being worked on, although a bit slower. Here’s what to expect in the future with the group:

• A dryad festival in April! One of our owners, Key, has taken the lead on this project. We’re fleshing out the dryad legendary subtype by giving them a little more lore, a festival akin to the solstice festivals for Amiyn and Mazri Andrasians, and brand new traits. Along with this, we plan on introducing a few other surprises for the event. Stay tuned!
• Festivals for the sea-touched and seraph legendary subtypes. Similar to what we’re doing with dryad Andrasians, we’re planning on creating a yearly festival/event prompt centered on these unique subtypes. Please keep an eye out over the next year to see these subtypes get some love!
• Shard adoptables. This is something we would love to introduce to the group, and it is in the works. We would love to give players the opportunity to purchase designs with the group currency: shards. 
• Discord raffles. We have done a few test runs with our giveaway bot, and we’re aiming on holding these more often! Please make sure to sign up for the raffles role on the discord! Similarly, we’re looking into doing scavenger hunts on our Lorekeeper!
• New art for traits, items, and more. This is something that is happening more slowly, but we’re trying our best to update as many things as we can. 
• A mount/companion size chart. We know some players would like to see how large (or tiny!) the creatures of Andras are in comparison to woolynes and faelidh. This is lower on our to-do list, but it is certainly something that we would like to tackle in the future.
• New items, traits, companions, and customization options for Andras characters and creatures. Ever since launch, the mods have made an effort to introduce new items, traits, and companions each month/prompt so that old (and new!) players can have some fun with the ARPG. We’ve seen a lot of interest in creating items that allow players to customize mounts and companions further, so we’re brainstorming ways to allow this! We’re thinking about options similar to the sparkle nikyak potion. Stay tuned while we work on these features!
• Guides are being worked on by the lovely Herboreal. She’s working hard to make the site easier to understand, and she’s working to make certain systems and game aspects clearer. 
• There are certainly other things we’re working on! Right now, these things are aspects that we’re more actively trying to develop. We hope that you’re excited about what’s to come!

What goes on behind the scenes?

This is a subject those of us on the mod team would like to broach, and we would like to touch base with everyone. We understand that some players would like some more transparency about what goes on behind the scenes, and why some things might be moving at a slower pace. This is important, and we would like to share some stuff about what’s going on, how things work, and what to expect from the ARPG. We hope this clears up some questions!

To begin with, we’d like to address how development works. Currently, we have a small mod team. All of us work to keep Andras up and running in our free time as volunteers, and any work we do is done for free. Because we work on Andras in our free time, we try to do as much as we can, but we can’t typically host events to the degree that some groups do. As a note, we don’t have plans in the near future to expand our team -  right now, we would prefer to keep our team on the smaller side. However, it is something we may consider down the line.

When woolynes were created, the idea for the group was to be a casual ARPG, and when we later rebooted as Andras, we aimed to keep that same style of ARPG and gameplay. As such, we aren’t planning on having multiple story-heavy prompts going on at once, but rather monthly prompts with some new lore and the occasional larger event. Previously, large events were held once per year (like the Rift, or the Search for the Arcanum), and we would love to host similar events, but it requires a lot of development and work behind the scenes, as events like these have many moving parts. While we do plan on having more larger storyline events, we ask for your patience as we’re a small team developing the ARPG in our spare time. We appreciate everyone’s participation in our monthly prompts, training prompts, exploration prompts, and mini prompts, and we love to see what you guys create with the lore and prompts in the meantime!

Another concern that our players have had in the past is new features for our Lorekeeper. While we love the idea of adding new extensions, it’s often costly and time-consuming to install new features. Freya, our site developer, helps us in her spare time, and some features require custom coding that isn’t possible for her to do for us at the moment. Costs for site upkeep also comes out of our own pockets, which can also be a challenge when considering anything Lorekeeper-related. We sincerely apologize if we’re missing a feature you’d like added! We may add more in the future, but in the meantime, we appreciate your patience!

Furthermore, one thing we would like to shine some light on is how we develop events, prompts, items, and lore, and how we tackle basic site upkeep. Currently, all mods pitch in with prompt, MYO, and design approvals. You might have seen our lovely mod Drake help with a lot of approvals (thank you Drake!). Fayeskies typically writes our monthly prompts, and she brainstorms new item and companion ideas with the team, but Key has taken over for a bit while Fayeskies finishes up college. Gale and Fayeskies both work on art assets for the site, such as trait images, Lorekeeper images, companion art, item art, and more, with Noctli assisting in creating some images for our shops and items. Naye and Alley help us a lot with discord moderation (thank you guys)! Key helps with many features on our site, including helping plan new prompts/events, guest artist events, and new lore. Herboreal helps out with a lot of stuff behind the scenes, like guides, the masterlist, and creating other things for the Lorekeeper site. 

When it comes to brainstorming ideas for new prompts, lore, traits, and more, all of our mods come together to bounce ideas off of each other. Similarly, we all discuss new features we’d like to implement and suggestions with each other. Sometimes, we have certain prompts or events that some mods take the lead on, such as our upcoming dryad festival. Key and the other mods are very excited about this event!

Wrapping Up

We hope that some of the information here helps answer some questions that you guys have! Those of us on the mod team enjoy seeing the amazing art and writing that you guys create within the Andras universe. In the future, we have some fun events planned, and we hope that you’re excited to see some new prompts, items, traits, and companions from us as well. 

Before you go, please feel free to fill out this survey about the Andras ARPG. All of your responses are anonymous! We would love to hear from you! Check out the survey here. 

Happy February everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is keeping warm and cozy!

This month, we have a new legendary-trait-themed festival celebrating Gembond! Check out the prompt here!
Along with the new prompt, we're introducing a new full legendary transformation called Gemsworn.

Gemsworn: Gems have consumed your andrasian's body and turned them semi-immortal. They now have a heart of lyss and can regenerate their gem-body if they're damaged.
They can pull gem-weapons out of their body and turn stone into geodes and gems. Gemsworm can turn wherever they walk into gems as well.

Gemsworn andrasians would be the primary protectors in the ancient times since they're semi-immortal; they're seen as symbols of protective love.

It's thought that the recent activity of the Arcanum has reawoken the gemsworn.

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We'll be fleshing out some of the other legendary traits/transformations in the future, please look forward to it!

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Reminder: The chocolate gift woolyne is still up for raffle! Ends February 8th at 11:59 EST.

-February 14th will have a baby andrasian gacha sale!!! We look forward to seeing you there!!!!!!

Happy December, andrasians!
I hope you all are ready for advents, gifts and celebrations galore!

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We now have gift wrapping!
You can buy wrapping paper in the general shop and use it to wrap gifts and spread cheer around the site!
We will periodically have limited edition wrapping papers, this month's limited edition paper is the Holiday Wrapping Paper!!

We've also added custom values to andrasians profiles!
Go to edit profile -> add custom values and you can add things like titles, family names, etc.

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The new event prompt is here!
This winter solstice festival has introduced two new items! A tricksy little aurora spirit companion and a gorgeous aurora halo!
You can also grab elkins, solstines, winter crowns and maybe if you're extra lucky or work extra hard, you could get a full amiyn transformation!!!
Happy celebrating!

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A reminder that Secret Santa art shouldn't be shared until December 25th and is due December 31st!
Please let us know as soon as possible if you need a backup artist!
There is a dedicated gallery for Secret Santa art and there will be a prompt turn in available December 31st to claim your prizes!

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There will be a staff sale December 9th themed around Snow Angels!

There's also a 12 days of andrasians holidays advent coming up! Here's the schedule:
December 14 - A cookietrice in a pear tree (Key)
December 15 - Two cheerikeets (Sunnii_Side)
December 16 - Three French chicerns (Ducc)
December 17 - Four calling eitraven (Nopal)
December 18 - Five golden pies! (Naye)
December 19 - Six lumiars laying (Sunnii_Side)
December 20 - Seven selpies swimming (Pixdoodles)
December 21 - Eight maids a workin (Ducc)
December 22 - Nine woolyne dancing (Gale)
December 23 - Ten faelidhs leaping (Herboreal)
December 24 - Eleven fel-vern piping (Clem/Wulfwata)
December 25 - Twelve solstines scampering (Drake)

Happy holidays, everyone!!!!!!

Happy November, everyone!

The monthly event prompt has been updated!
Everything in Andras has been getting cold faster than normal and everyone is being asked to pitch in and help! Check out "Winter is Coming" under Event Prompts!
The Mystery Seller's shop has been updated with this month's event prompt items!

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I know it's too early to start playing Christmas music but we're doing signups for the Andrasians Secret Santa!
Please reply to the comment below to sign up!

-Participants will get a prize for participating in the Secret Santa as well as their exchange art.
-Secret Santa entries must be at least half body and coloured.
-You can enter with any Andrasians species (faelidh or woolyne).
-Signups will end November 16th.
-Secret Santa exchanges will be due December 31st.

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We're now hiring Guest Artists!!!

Please read the Terms and Conditions for becoming a guest artist before you apply!: Here

-Applications will be open until November 15th.
-We'll announce the chosen artists November 21st so that we can start thinking about the winter advent!
-Form is located here: https://forms.gle/4sYxAsHRZerBjC7k6

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As always, let us know if you have any questions! Stay warm!

Hello everyone and welcome to the world of Andrasians!

We’re so excited to relaunch woolynes as well as faelidhs and hope you are as excited as we are!

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-The ARPG is officially under new management! Key, Fayeskies and Gale will be in charge of running the ARPG from now on.

-Not only do we have a nice new lorekeeper site but we have also overhauled the exp system and changed the cost of some items. Additionally, we made some things easier to earn and legendary traits rarer.

-We have some new mods on-board! Please welcome TinyNaye, Herboreal and DrakElias!!

-Legendary traits will no longer be available in the shard shop; they will be available for ethereal shards during their respective festivals as well as being a random drop from the respective festival. 

-Ethereal shards no longer disappear per special prompt; you can keep them from festival to festival if you want to save up for something special.

-Elementals and minor lyss mutation potions will only be available via exploration. 

-The prices of MYOs has been significantly reduced along with the prices of shop items being lower slightly.

-General art no longer earns you exp; training prompts or special events will now be the only way to earn exp.

-All general art can be claimed for shards now.

-Registration is no longer required (but here are the reg sheets if you still want to).

-The maximum exp cap is now 250 exp and characters with the “mastery” title get a bonus of 1 shard per prompt/art you include them in (you have to own the character though).

-Faelidhs can now hone their skills as an artisan or traveler! Master Artisans can make an enchanted accessory at max level that will be available in shops and the owner will get 5 copies of the accessory to sell/keep/trade/gift.  Master travelers will get a bonus exploration roll when exploring.

-If you notice that a masterlist entry is incorrect (including traits) or needs to be transferred to someone else, please use the “submit claim” function on lorekeeper to let us know. Please do not ask in discord/DM mods; we need to keep everything organized!

-For inventory/character transfers, we have a form to fill out located here.

-We will have a “Welcome Autumn” sale including guest artists later today (10/1), so keep your eyes peeled!

-Speaking of guest artists, we’ll be hiring some once everything settles down; guest artists will be kept on for one year and will have the ability to take customs and make adopt batches. More information coming soon.

-This month’s special prompt is Hallowoolyne! Get you a creepy companion or maybe a lyss mutation!

-Check out the general shop for a welcome back gift!

-Check out our discord server and hang out with the community!

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Thank you so much for joining and checking everything out! Things will be busy for a few weeks while everyone gets settled in and everything gets updated and transferred, please be patient with us in the meantime.