Announcements & News

[center][permalink][img alt="The overlaid text reads - Thundercrack Carnivale - Lightning festival familiar, apparel, scenes and genes! The image depicts a gryphon made up of a combination of vulture and hyena. Lightning spires run down its humped back and cables curl over its wings. In the background, lightning strikes are in the sky"]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/updates/thunder2024.png[/img][/permalink][/center] This month, all of dragonkind come together to participate in the [i]Thundercrack Carnivale[/i]. This festival celebrates the [b]Lightning Flight[/b]. [center][permalink][b]Click here to read more about this update.[/b][/permalink][/center] [more] ------------------- [center][item=Charged Sprocket][/center] The [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/thundercrack-carnivale-shop]Festive Favors holiday stall[/url][/b] is now open for the duration of the holiday and you may trade in [gamedb item=891] for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on [b]Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 6:00 server time[/b]. Our most prized possession, [b]Charged Sprockets[/b], can be found by found by doing activities across the site, and neutral and lightning-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=Stormsilk][item=Lightning Gryphon][item=Lightning Sword][item=Ancient Gene Parchment: Thundercrack][item=Scene: Stormcatcher'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 Thundercracks in Festive Favors. The Thundercrack gene has expanded to Aberration and Veilspun dragons, and copies of these genes and previous Thundercrack 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=duskfall scavenger][/center] --------------------- [br][br][b][size=4][i]Thundercrack Carnivale[/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] [*]@angiereal [*]@DDDFirefox [*]@Kaenith [*]@lemongems [*]@Misadapt [*]@MythicalViper [*]@Onalew [*]@OnyxStreak [*]@Radiations [*]@Silience [*]@Sucrose [*]@Talonmaster [*]@Thanatomorphose [*]@theNightmareKing [*]@Thunderwyvern [*]@Uniformshark [*]@Volpe [*]@XinY [*]@Yoruko [*]@Zexeos [/LIST][/indent] For the remaining duration of holiday, [b]18[/b] of these skins will be [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/thundercrack-carnivale-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 lightning 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=58590][skin=58591][skin=58592][skin=58593][skin=58594][skin=58595][skin=58596][skin=58597][skin=58598][skin=58599][skin=58600][skin=58601][skin=58602][skin=58603][skin=58604][skin=58605][skin=58606][skin=58607][skin=58608][skin=58609][/center] There were so many amazing entries, we had to take note of several [b]honorable mentions[/b]. A special thanks to: [indent][LIST] [*]@888 [*]@an0nim00se [*]@Arkenrall [*]@BrokenVessel [*]@Caecilius [*]@Carnivores [*]@crabstronaut [*]@electricblue1024 [*]@Felidre [*]@GHOSTGUTS [*]@katrina [*]@LittleParade [*]@marr0w [*]@mievenus [*]@Naleli [*]@Opalite [*]@Owleics [*]@qvq [*]@rndzvs [*]@Shadeyrain [*]@SylverFyre2003 [*]@WhiteRaccoon [*]@Xylidriv [/LIST][/indent] [center][img alt="An image of the teal lightning banner with the lightning strike emblem inexpertly stitched onto it."]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/lightning_contest1.png[/img][/center] ----------------------------------- [br][br][b][size=4]Additional Updates:[/size][/b] [LIST] [*]The [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/game-database]Game Database[/url][/b] has been updated for [b]improved screen reader support[/b]. [*]The [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/wiki/wiki/article/flight-rising-event-calendar]Flight Rising Events Calendar[/url][/b] has been updated with events through June 2025. [*]You can now [b]preview the effect of a Reflection Scroll[/b] by clicking the item icon in [b]forum posts[/b], [b]dragon profiles[/b], and other BBCode locations. [*][b]Clan Profiles[/b] have been updated for improved [b]screen reader[/b] support. [*]You can now [b]reread[/b] all of [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/effort/archive/1]Dustcarve Dig[/url][/b] and [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/effort/archive/2]Unfathomable Odyssey[/url][/b] in a new [b]archived[/b] format. [/LIST]

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