Announcements & News

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3465748/1][img alt="The overlaid text reads SpringSwarm, March 5-9, Insect Food Loot + Battle XP Loot! The logo is surrounded by butterflies and uses a bee's nest for the letter A. There are two moss covered boar familiars. One is orange with monarch butterfly markings and the one on the left is grey with beetle markings. Behind them is a meadow scene."]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/media/buzz-buzz-buzz-SpringSwarm-2026.png[/img][/url][/center] Have you heard what the buzz is all about? [b]Insects are swarming across Sornieth[/b], and bug-loving dragons everywhere are [b]taking advantage[/b] of it! [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3465748][b]Click here to learn more about this update.[/b][/url][/center] [more] ---------- [b][size=5]Springswarm[/size][/b] [emoji=insect size=1] [b]Springswarm[/b], one of [i]Flight Rising's[/i] quarterly "micro-holidays", is in full swing! From [b]Thursday, March 5th[/b] (06:00 Server Time) to [b]Monday, March 9th[/b] (06:00 Server Time), all players will experience a couple of battle-related [b]boosts[/b]! [size=5][b]Bountiful Battles[/b][/size] For the duration of Springswarm, [b]all Coliseum enemies will have the chance to drop insect food items in addition to their normal loot[/b]. Other site activities such as [b]gathering, breeding, bonding, brewing[/b], and [b]visiting[/b] some of the trading post dragons will also yield a chance at collecting some of the swarm! Dragon clans everywhere are taking this time to [b]stock up[/b] on ants, bees, cicadas, caterpillars, butterflies, worms, beetles, and more to keep them satisfied until the summer time. [center][item=buzzing rotwood][item=teeming loghive][/center] [size=5][b]Battle EXP Boost[/b][/size] During the event, all battles will yield [b]50% additional EXP[/b], so now is a perfect time for dragons to train. Grab your newest team and head out into battle! [size=5][b]A Swarm of Treasures![/b][/size] Dragonkind are not the only ones taking advantage of the swarm. As the forests, jungles, and fields teem with life, enterprising critters rummage through the undergrowth. A few clever species of boar add their talents to this bug bonanza, using the moss and dirt to shimmy themselves into the perfect hiding spots among [b]newly emerged Swarm Sovereigns and Devourers[/b]. For the duration of Springswarm, the boars will [b]drop occasionally in the Coliseum and rarely during Insect Catching[/b]. The swarm companions will also drop from the Coliseum and rarely from all type of gathering activities. Once the swarms have subsided, the swarm will migrate onwards, but there's a chance dragons may still encounter one or two boars while [b]Insect Catching[/b]. A vista and scene have a chance to drop in the coliseum and many other site-related activities. [center][item=swarm sovereign][item=swarming devourer][item=Undergrowth Shovelsnout][item=Mossy Beetleboar] [item=scene: springswarm][item=vista: springswarm][/center] [center][img alt="Two boar familiars without a background have a piece of bark on their backs, spider webs on their tails and insects swarming around them."]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/prev_oinkers.png[/img][/center] ---------- [b][size=5]Mistral Jamboree Skin Contest[/size][/b] [emoji=wind rune size=1] The twelfth annual Mistral Jamboree will begin on March 23, 2026, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Please note that the contest [b]ends on Wednesday March 18th,[/b] as we announced in [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3464332#post_3464332]a prior update![/url][/b] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3464323] [b]Click here for more information![/b][/url] [/center] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3464323][img alt="Mistral Jamboree text logo and light green wind clouds on a parchment background."]https://flightrising.com/dropbox/wind_contest.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [I]Edit: Pulled copy from the 2025 announcement regarding Fiona to reduce confusion regarding familiars and feats.