Announcements & News

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3411712][img alt="The overlaid text reads Wavecrest Saturnalia - Water festival familiar, apparel, scenes, and genes. The banner features the water gryphon, a curious creature that is a mix of penguin and otter. It wears a mantle of seashells and seaweed."]https://flightrising.com/dropbox/updates/wavecrest2025.png[/img][/url][/center] This month, all of dragonkind come together to participate in the [i]Wavecrest Saturnalia[/i]. This festival celebrates the [b]Water Flight[/b]. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3411712][b]Click here to read more about this update.[/b][/url][/center] [more] ------------------- [center][item=giant sand dollar][/center] The [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/wavecrest-saturnalia-shop]Festive Favors holiday stall[/url][/b] is now open for the duration of the holiday and you may trade in [gamedb item=895] for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on [b]Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 6:00 server time[/b]. Our most prized possession, [b]Giant Sand Dollars[/b], can be found by found by doing activities across the site, and neutral and water-aligned monsters also have a chance to rarely yield these items as drops [b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum]in the Coliseum.[/url][/b] They may be crafted at [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/trading/baldwin/create][b]Baldwin's Bubbling Brew[/b] [/url] using alchemy reagents. [center][item=shipwreck scraps][item=Water Gryphon][item=Water Sword][item=Ancient Gene Parchment: Wavecrest ][item=Scene: Tidelord's Domain][/center] [info] This year the Apparel and Familiar item will cycle into Joxar's Spare Inventory Crates as per usual, while the Sword, Gene Parchment and Scene will return each subsequent year for future Wavecrest Saturnalia in Festive Favors. The Wavecrest gene has expanded to Auraboa and Everlux dragons, and copies of these genes and previous Wavecrest genes are available through [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/g-and-g-genuine-genes]Glass and Gloss[/url][/b] in exchange for the Ancient Gene Parchment.[/info] --------------------- [b][size=5]Joxar's Spare Inventory[/size][/b] Joxar continues to expand his offerings for those who want to buy spare inventory! New creations have appeared at [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/joxars-spare-inventory]Joxar's Spare Inventory[/url][/b]: [center][item=ballad of the eastern breeze][/center] --------------------- [b][size=4][i]Wavecrest Saturnalia[/i] Skin & Accent Contest[/b][/size] The results are in. Congratulations to all of our winners! This year our winning entries have expanded to 20 (up from 16), with two of those being dedicated hatchling slots. [indent][LIST] [*]@777ti8o687 [*]@ALmostADragon [*]@carroi [*]@DDDFirefox [*]@discoelysium [*]@Dosshie [*]@DuckDuckDragon [*]@ExpectancyGate [*]@Guardy [*]@Illuna [*]@Kaleidostrophic [*]@KneeThief [*]@lovelost [*]@macintalk [*]@MythicalViper [*]@Owleics [*]@puq [*]@rubylith [*]@Talonmaster [*]@XXVeil [/LIST][/indent] For the remaining duration of holiday, [b]18[/b] of these skins will be [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/wavecrest-saturnalia-shop]available at the Festive Favors holiday stall[/url][/b] and [b]eight[/b] of them will very rarely [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=gather]gathered by digging in the water territory[/url] or by battling in the Coliseum. [b]2[/b] of these skins will be exclusive to [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/trading/baldwin/create][b]Baldwin's Bubbling Brew[/b][/url]. [center][skin=63115][skin=63116][skin=63117][skin=63118][skin=63119] [skin=63120][skin=63121][skin=63122][skin=63123][skin=63124] [skin=63125][skin=63126][skin=63127][skin=63128][skin=63129] [skin=63130][skin=63131][skin=63132][skin=63133][skin=63134][/center] There were so many amazing entries, we had to take note of several [b]honorable mentions[/b]. A special thanks to: [indent][LIST] [*]@Bluedragon [*]@Collect [*]@Lightehouse [*]@liquidcrystal [*]@Mekhalive [*]@mPhish [*]@Murkshroom [*]@Natron [*]@Olaxis [*]@oO3Oo [*]@Raire [*]@Reumang [*]@reybrella [*]@SageSilentfire [*]@Saxophony [*]@Sirrus [*]@zweis [/LIST][/indent] [center][img alt="An image of a piece of draped blue cloth with the water emblem on it. This used to hang in Joxar's original artwork during the Wavecrest Saturnalia"]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/water_contest2.png[/img][/center] ------------------------ [b][size=5]Greenskeeper Gathering Skin Contest[/size][/b] [emoji=nature rune size=1] The twelfth annual Greenskeeper Gathering will begin on May 25, 2025, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Please note that the contest [b]ends on a Tuesday,[/b] as we announced in [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3378654]a prior update![/url][/b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3411711] [b]Click here for more information![/b][/url] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3411711][img alt="Greenskeeper Gathering text logo and green bubbles on a parchment background."]https://flightrising.com/dropbox/nature_contest.png[/img][/url][/center]