Galore's gift of the Lovebird Chest from the Love is in the Air update expires tonight (Thursday the 18th) at 22:00 server time.

The Fiona Feats are available year-round. But the ability to trade or brew the sweetheart and enamored swans is limited until the 18th before they cycle out again.

Apologies that the recipe change was not noted in the update. This and some encounter rate changes to stormcloud harpies and clouddancers are now noted in the main post!

The budgies have been changed to greyback sparrows so they're a little more farmable within the short timeframe. Thanks for the feedback everyone!

A new tea set, scene, and familiar join this seasonal event in today's update!




Love is in the Air
From now until February 18 at 22:00, the following seasonal items will be available, after which time they will cycle out until love is in the air once more~

Galore may have some tokens of affection that he wishes to give you. Be sure to visit him during this special event!

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Trickmurk Circus Skin & Accent Contest

The eighth annual Trickmurk Circus will begin February 21, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Click here for more information!

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Additional Updates:

• The Fiona Feat, Deathly Afraid, now requires Relaxed bonding level. It was incorrectly marked as Companion previously.
• Several typos across the site have been corrected here and here.
• The recipe for Scene: Lovebird Landscape now requires greyback sparrows instead of black capped budgies, so they will be more easily farmable in the timeframe
• Stormcloud Harpies and Clouddancers have had their encounter rates in the Coliseum increased for the duration of the Love event.

Thank you for the report. This has been corrected!


Thank you for the report. We do not consider this a bug or typo, so it will remain unchanged.

This has been corrected. Shy is an allowed name, but it looks like the random name generator had "shy" entered with one space after it, and spaces are not allowed!


Thank you for the report. As this is a part of the programming of the site and not a line of data I can modify on my own, I am unable to correct this. I have forwarded this onto the engineers, who work with the programming!

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This has been corrected. Thank you for the report.

Thank you. This has been corrected.


This has been corrected. Thank you for bringing it up.


Thank you for the report. We do not consider this a typo.


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Thank you for the report. This is not considered a typo. Each item in Flight Rising (aside from skins) must have a unique name so they can be searched in the database and linked in the forums. We already had a Brilliant Psywurm Crate, so the second had to have a unique name, hence the contracted version!

I don't know if another admin got to this before me or not, but it appears to be fully capitalized when I look at its text field.

Andesine

Minerals & Ores

Beautiful in the raw or when polished.

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Wow, that one must have been around for a while. The first year Flight Rising's tooltips didn't handle special characters well. I don't think this was ever updated! It should be corrected now.

I don't know if another admin got to this before me or not, but the text field looked correct when I went to edit it. I deleted and reentered it for good measure in case there was some invisible character there I wasn't seeing.

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Thank you. This is corrected now.


Thank you for the report. This has been corrected, but it may take up to an hour for the site's internal cache to show the changes.


Thank you. This has been corrected.

Haha, yeah, they don't auto-change. Updated!


THank you for the report. These have been standardized.

Indeed it should! This has been corrected.


I have removed this name from the generator. Thank you for the report.

Thank you for the report. This has been corrected! Sorry that all the Tomo ones that have previously been listed as corrected keep cropping back up. It turns out that the CMS that we use to edit these things wasn't really applying the changes... Should be fixed for real now!


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The dragons of Sornieth explore new vistas!

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Forum & Bio Vistas
Three new vistas are now available to accessorize your forum avatar, or the biography area of your dragons' profiles. Vistas are applied to your account and can be used on multiple dragon profiles at once!

Vista: Blighted Pines has a chance to stock in the treasure marketplace. Vista: Corgi Sploot is now available in the gem marketplace. Vista: Avian Anatomy can be brewed by alchemists level 25 and above at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew.

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New Emojis

A set of adorable Skydancer emojis are now available!

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Jigsaw Additions

There are 6 new jigsaw puzzle images available for the Jigsaw Game in the fairgrounds. These may not begin appearing until rollover tonight.

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Flowering Wasteland Scene
New life has bloomed on a seeming wasteland: Scene: Flowering Wasteland now has a chance to stock in the Treasure Marketplace. Scenes can be used on dragon profiles to place your dragon in strange and wondrous locations!

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Trickmurk Circus Skin & Accent Contest

The eighth annual Trickmurk Circus will begin February 21, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Click here for more information!

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Additional Updates

• Would you like to join the Flight Rising team? We are currently seeking an Illustration Generalist for contract work. Please click here for more information!
• Several Baldwin Recipes have had changes implemented.
  • Glass Beaker (2) 25 XP ---> 35 XP
  • Glass Beaker (2) 4 Broken Bottles ---> 3 Broken BOttles
  • Venom Rogue Belt 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Vest 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Bracers 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Cape 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Footpads 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Trousers 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Hood 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Mask 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Tail Binding 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Gloves 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Venom Rogue Wing Guard 400 XP ---> 650 XP
  • Primary Gene: Poison 2000 XP ---> 2500 XP
  • Primary Gene: Poison 720 min ---> 540 min
  • Secondary Gene: Toxin 2000 XP ---> 2500 XP
  • Secondary Gene: Toxin 720 min ---> 540 min
  • Carbon Cushion Colony 400 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Duskcheer Colony 330 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Duskcheer Colony 3 Orange Ooze ---> 3 Yellow Ooze
  • Fairy's Tears Colony 330 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Marshwisp Colony 330 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Mossy Maze Colony 330 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Mossy Maze Colony 3 Orange Goo ---> 3 Green Goo
  • Noxious Colony 425 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Rubycap Colony 425 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Twilight Colony 425 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Infused Fragment 150 XP ---> 400 XP
  • Poison Dart Frog Companion 600 min ---> 480 min
  • Iron Golem 330 min ---> 240 min
  • Iron Golem 600 XP ---> 700 XP
  • Rusty Golem 330 min ---> 240 min
  • Rusty Golem 600 XP ---> 700 XP

with all due respect you have no idea what you're talking about

The marketplace is one of the areas slated to be revamped to get off of legacy code and brought up to our current code standards. We're absolutely taking feedback we've received from the suggestions forum into account for that. As with most of our code updates, it's not just a port, but a QOL revamp using all of what we've learned and the feedback we've received over the years!

More parallel genes are appearing on ancient breeds, and alchemists discover a new scene!

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Parallel Genes for Ancients

Several parallel genes are now available for ancient breeds! Clown and Eye Spots are now available for Banescale, Gaoler, and Veilspun. Ripple and Current are now available for Banescale and Gaoler. Falcon and Peregrine are now available for Banescales. Giraffe and Hex Are now available for Banescales and Veilspun. These genes can be found in the Treasure Marketplace.

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Serpent Shrine Scene
Alchemists who have learned of the wonders of the serpent shrine's poisons and alchemy have endeavoured to recreate it. Alchemists levels 25 and above can brew Scene: Serpent Shrine at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew!

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Additional Updates

• Swiftstride Soldier and Stonestomp Spearmaiden have had their hand artwork adjusted to better convey that they are aiming their javelins and not be perceived as performing a hateful salute. Players may need to clear their cache to see this change.
• Ripple and Current are now both uncommon genes in terms of inheritance. Previously they were mismatched as common/uncommon.

*cough* Yes, yes. We are very clever and that was completely intentional.

We're working on some genes today. No need to be worried! They're going live as added, so feel free to play around with them!

Sorry not sorry


@SlyphOfHeart

It's been stuck in my head all morning apropos of nothing. @Laluzi

Pixel dragons on Friday
Share your pixel dragon plans for the weekend, weekend!


(sorry not sorry)

Segmented armor sets are being donned by dragon clans in preparation for battle in even more hues.

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Chitinous Armor
Not one to waste a valuable resource, dragons have begun finding uses for some of the inedible carapaces that have been piling up behind the lair. Chitinous armor is now appearing in the treasure marketplace, and rarely from randomized chests and Pinkerton!

Galore may also have acquired some pieces that he'd be willing to share! Galore's gift will expire on January 18th at 23:59 server time, so make sure to collect it!

Corroding Chitinous Armor is now craftable over at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew for alchemists level 8 and above!

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Crystalline Gala Skin & Accent Contest

The eighth annual Crystalline Gala will begin January 24th, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Click here for more information!

Thanks all!

I can’t say 100% that mydmp is either a cause or symptom of the problem, but if it’s not showing up for most other players, that’s a hint that something isn’t right.

A malware scan from a program other than McAfee may help. It also could be a perfectly legitimate plugin making the call, although I believe @AnpuRa has already tried to disable plugins. Or it could even be McAfee itself, although I find it more likely something just snuck by.

@AnpuRa - Yup, that provides a shortened list of network calls, which is what I wanted to see.

One problem is that the 4th record is obscured by a popup text box, so I can't read it. However, I suspect it's also a "mydmp.exelator" call - note how that record has a status of "307" which is a type of redirect.

When I check that page, I do not see "mydmp" in my network calls. That doesn't mean it's malware - it could be a legitimate call that happens with some of our ads, but I think it may be more than that.

Would players following this thread be able to confirm whether or not "mydmp" shows up in their network calls as well, or if this appears to be something only on @AnpuRa's screenshots?

While we're waiting for others to test this, let's continue with the plan to temporarily turn off McAfee.

Excellent, yes. Assuming these screenshots were taken one right after the other, and I have no reason to doubt that, we can see that the hoard page is definitely adding new network calls.

I don't know why this wasn't the case originally, but it's precisely the sort of thing we need to dig deeper.

As you can see, there are a LOT of records that jumped into the list. So many records that the specific ones I'm looking for were probably scrolled off screen. I'd like to try to filter the list down a bit so we can get to just the records we need.

On the Network tab, you'll see a series of filters near the top:
All | HTML | CSS | JS |XHR | Fonts | Images | Media | WS | Other


Currently, "All" is selected. Please switch that to "XHR" and reload the hoard.

When things work correctly, you SHOULD receive at least one new record named "get-items" with a long string of random-logging text after it. Please include a screenshot of that result, regardless of whether or not that specific record was added to the list.

If the list contains more items than we can see, even after we added that filter, still include what you can in a screenshot. You may be able to increase the size of the developer console to show more.

That's some good news, for sure! I promise the code didn't change, so we had some sort of cache issue, perhaps.

Scene code is relatively simple compared to hoard. It doesn't shock me that it would be the easier fix.

I have a theory that combines several of the items we've covered, although I can't say for sure it's right. Disabling McAfee would still be the next test.

After that, I also remain suspicious of some of those network calls. The good news is that you were able to obtain a screenshot of your developer console network tab - which is more info that we had before, and very helpful!

Can you do that again, but this time note that records are in the network tab before you visit the hoard, then note what records, if any, are added to the list after you visit the hoard? I want to be sure that what I'm seeing is new Flight Rising network calls.

@AnpuRa - Great! Now that the scene showed up for you, can you provide an updated screenshot of the exact same page while logged in?

Please include the entire header for the site, just in case there's something higher up in the page that could be causing a problem.

Can you also confirm that hitting that scenic mode button gives you the more vibrant mode? If so, does it work both logged in and logged out? Or neither?

The code that controls scenic mode is MUCH simpler than the hoard code, but it's the only easy test I can think of that works both when logged in and logged out.

Thanks!

@AnpuRa

We can't know for sure, of course, but McAfee remains a prime suspect. The one piece of evidence that counts against it is that you've seen the problem on multiple computers which, we assume, don't all have the same extensions.

While I doubt the problem is with your account. we can test that fairly easily:

1. Sign out of your account
2. Clear your browser's cache again (just to make SURE you're 100% signed out)
3. Check @Darksilverhawk's dragon again to see if the scene shows up

If the scene shows up, at least some of the problem may be related to your login status. If it doesn't show up, then your account almost certainly has nothing to do with it.

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I noticed in your screenshot that several records in the network tab are listed as "mydmp.exelator". I wasn't familiar with this domain, but a quick Google search indicates that it MAY be redirect malware. That would match up with the issue we're seeing.

To put it as simply as I can: When you click on an item, your browser is supposed to contact the site to get a list of possible actions to perform. But a bit of malware interrupts that signal and tries to redirect you to some other site. Fortunately, the way we've coded it, that redirect fails... but it still interrupted the intended action.

TLDR, my first recommendation is to try disabling McAfee as a test. Ideally with a complete uninstall, but disabling might be good enough. My second recommendation is to use a different malware detection tool to make sure McAfee didn't miss this exelator thing.

Hello all, we have made some changes to the way the Organize Party page communicates with our servers. This change specifically affects the act of modifying your Coliseum party (adding/removing/rearranging dragons). We hope this will fix the issue you're experiencing (Norton generating a false positive) as a result, and without requiring you to manually whitelist Flight Rising. Please let us know if this has improved things for you or not. We understand this has been a very frustrating issue interfering with many players' enjoyment of the Coliseum during Night of the Nocturne and we want to thank you for your patience as we work towards a solution.

The chest drop rates from gathering and coliseum remain unaltered. RNG at work. I hope your luck perks up!

Regarding smirch, we rebalance the chests every year so that they are weighted towards newer items. Smirch's odds are reduced as a result. The other change we made was eggs and scrolls are in a second pool, so you get them in addition to other drops, rather than instead of, though individual experience will vary with the RNG.

@pokemoncha I believe that that's from hiveworks itself, to be transparent and let you know how ads work and is required for GDPR. I'll verify to make sure. I know that we do have the pop up, but since I've already accepted I forgot what it looks like!

Edit: Verified with Jojo. Yes, that's Hivework's message. Basically when you visit the website your IP and the browser/device version is visible, and ads will use cookies.





@CheshireGata Yeah, that's really not appropriate...

Whoops! The coordinates have been fixed!

The event ends the third. The chests disintegrate 3 days later.

From the veiled brambles and branches of the Tangled Wood, the elusive Nocturnes are beginning to spread across the realm. These oft-hidden dragons are again leaving the comfort of their dreary habitats and traversing Sornieth under the cover of darkness. On this, the shortest day of the year, Nocturne dragons rule the skies.

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Night of the Nocturne is the annual celebration of one of Flight Rising's Limited breeds. Once a year, Nocturne breed change scrolls become available exclusively during this event! Nocturnes have a 30-day breeding cooldown and eat Meat and Insects.

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Event Details

From now until January 3, 06:00 server time, it will be possible to obtain Nocturne Dragons in the following ways:

• Finding rare Unhatched Nocturne Eggs.
• Finding very rare Breed Change: Nocturne scroll items.

The items above will be found in Strange Chests--baffling containers left by the breed during their only two weeks of activity. Nocturnes aren't keen to just shower the realm in gifts, however. Several of these chests have a vicious mind of their own, and some are now known to be under the protection of some new clever and camouflaged foes...

In order to find these chests, use any gathering skill in any elemental region or battle Mimic monsters in the Coliseum. Mimics can be encountered in all Coliseum areas, with higher level mimics having a greater chance to drop a chest. New this year, all coliseum enemies will have a low chance of dropping event items, but mimics will have a much better chance than a normal opponent. If you can't battle, don't worry! Baldwin is always seeking new alchemists to help him craft the perfect brew to unlock the secrets of these chests.

It will also be rarely possible to find Unhatched Nocturne Eggs while scavenging in any elemental region.

After two weeks have passed, Nocturnes, their eggs, and their Strange Chests will become scarce until next year, when they again return.



To help kick off the event, we have granted all players an additional 15 Gathering Turns for today only! We recommend using them right away, because if they aren't, they'll disappear after the next rollover.

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Nocturne Lore

Engineered by the Shadowbinder herself to be covert, hidden, and adaptable, Nocturne dragons have the incredible ability mimic the sounds, motions, and behaviors of other dragons and creatures. This interesting adaptation can have its drawbacks, though. Find out more about the Shadowbinder's sneaky sentinels in the lore article below:

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What's New This Year?

Another year brings new chances at unique Night of the Nocturne exclusive items! Here are some of the new items you can expect to see as part of the event.


Strange Chests

In addition to previous years' prizes, the following items now also have a chance to appear within Strange Chests:




Treasure Marketplace

The following items have a chance to stock in the Treasure Marketplace:





Gem Marketplace

The following items have stocked in the Gem Marketplace:




Baldwin's Bubbling Brew

The following new items can now be crafted within Baldwin's cauldron:


Level 7:


Level 11:

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Returning Items

While everyone will no doubt be hunting for the new items, you'll also have a chance to get your hands on items from past incarnations of Night of the Nocturne!

Strange Chests

The following items will be making an reappearance within Strange Chests. Most of these items will show up at a lower rate than that of newer items above.









Treasure Marketplace

The following items have a chance to make a reappearance in the Treasure Marketplace:







Gem Marketplace

The following items have restocked in the Gem Marketplace:






Baldwin's Bubbling Brew

The following returning items can once again be crafted within Baldwin's cauldron:


Returning Level 1 Recipes:
Returning Level 2, 3 Recipes:
Returning Level 4 Recipes:
Returning Level 5 Recipes:
Returning Level 6 Recipes:
Returning Level 7 Recipes:
Returning Level 8 Recipes:
Returning Level 9 Recipes:
Returning Level 10 Recipes:

Swipp's Swap Stand

Not to be outdone, Swipp, Pipp, and Tripp are rolling their cart throughout the realm, taking advantage of the festivities. They'll once again have the following trades available:

We've had Hiveworks look into the situation and we're tentatively turning ads back on to see if the solution has worked. If you see any inappropriate ads, please let us know!