Interstellar Epic Quest

The free-to-play and free-of-RNG way to obtain the Interstellar base applicator is now available for everyone! A new area is now unlocked on the Crossroads map, called "Adventuring". There, you will be able to enter/view your current epic quests - the first one added is the "Journey to the Vredefort Crater" - which begins a very long, exhausting quest to obtain Interstellar Remains item.

The quest will take weeks to complete even by hardcore players. There's multiple Lioden game mechanics that players will interact with to complete quest stages - exploring, battling, visiting Dens and so much more!
The story introduces a new NPC that ties up some celestial lore and will lead you through every step of the adventure. Every time a quest section is completed, you will receive "residue" - you will need 30 to proceed to final stage. Not all quest stages require rollovers, but most do.

Here's some break-down information:
- The quest is only CLAIMABLE in July. You can begin it even on the last day of the month. Once July ends, it will not be claimable until next year.
- Once started, you can finish it even in 40 years afterwards, the game doesn't care about your pace. Take your time and have fun!
- The quest can be completed only once per account, it's then disabled forever. You cannot repeat this adventure.
- If you miss it in 2019, the quest will be claimable anually, so you will have a chance in 2020 again!
- The requirements to begin the quest are very demanding - this is for dedicated players, while new peeps can have a goal to reach!
- The whole quest is very time-consuming to complete and the only reward is the applicator. There's no exp, impression, decors, nothing like that. The goal is set!
- The wiki will update along with community discovering new steps - we will not reveal it in advance.
- To clarify, when we say "free to play" we mean that the questline at no point requires any gold beetles or other real expenditure.
(if there's more good questions after news, we'll edit this section with more info!)

We hope you will enjoy this alternative to the rare encounter drops! We had fun writing/coding/drawing it!

Our roadmap for adventures cannot fit the August/Solaris quest so soon after the incredible amount of work we put into this update. It will have to wait until next year!

The Lion King premiere?
In order to celebrate the live action The Lion King movie coming out next week, we're holding a giveaway on Facebook! - OUR FACEBOOK! For a chance to win either a single The Lion King plushie from Build a Bear, or the entire set of 5 plushies, just answer the following question:

Who is your favourite The Lion King character?

(respond to this on the Facebook post!)

Winners will be pulled randomly on the 21st July, please INCLUDE YOUR LIODEN ID when you post so that we can contact you in-game if you win. Don't forget to share with friends and family so that they can enter too!

Images used are listed on the sale page at https://www.buildabear.co.uk/stuffed-animals/shop-by-character/lion-king and do not belong to Lioden. This contest, and Lioden itself, are not sponsored by or affiliated with Build a Bear, The Lion King (Disney) or Facebook. Staff and relatives of staff of Lioden are disallowed from entering. Prizes will be sent out after winners are picked to anywhere in the world, please be comfortable that if you win, you will need to share your address with us so that we can send your prize.

There's small tributes that will be active from today on, until and on 21st:
* New background "Moon Walk" in Monkey Business background shop.
* We have re-enabled our 20th anniversary encounter dropping a decor "Two Little Rascals", with new text!

For familiarity to our userbase, the Two Little Rascals encounter uses the Americanised version of a Zulu song called "Mbube (Lion)" that dates back centuries. You can read more about the interesting history behind this song HERE or listen to a recorded rendition of it HERE.

In Tefnut's Temple, the NPC from the July Epic Quest can be bought as a decor!


The Demiurge


New Craftables:

Tail Wrap [Black] 20x Snake Skin - Dark and 10x Shiny Black Stone

Tail Wrap [Brown] 20x Snake Scents, 10x Vulture Feathers and 10x Shiny Black Stones

Feast in the Shade 30x Carcass BG

New Beetle:
* Habrodera nilotica is a new common explore beetle!

Issues fixed:
* Celestial Scorpio not showing up
* Shard Growth Decor not showing up on males
* Babelomurex Neckwrap for Diabolic males
* Cream Ringed marking showing as Barbary on other manes
* Slithering Interitus not showing on Teen Males
* Slithering Void not showing on Kind pose
* Any other Slithering decors that seemed to not be working might have been temporary server issues
* Some enemy crocodiles did not count towards Reptile quests

We're excited to announce that most important art project for Lioden and next few months is catching up with any missing files!

Raffle Lioness

Congrats skipperdoodles (#104966)! You have won last week's Haze lady, woo!
A new Slate lady with Feline 4 Silver, Dim Blue, and the ninth Mount Kilimanjaro background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area linked here!

Tags!
Shad has added new tags this week in the Appreciation and July categories!

Poll Results - Thank you for voting on the July raffle markings concept. Seeing the response in the community and the poll picks being close to 50/50, we'll probably think of something different entirely to deal with celestial raffles in future.

NEW POLL - Vote for the way to obtain Lilac Mane markings!

Next Update: Community Update - July 19th!
Next big Update: August 9th!!

As usual, we greatly appreciate all suggestions from the community. Thank you for helping us improve the game to make your experiences more exciting every month!