It looks like "Rose Time" will debut in January, after the Cream Waltz re-run has concluded.
Pretty sure this is the first time I've seen them mention two re-run banners in one official Heartopia post, so they're doing us a favour giving us information quite far in advance this time round so you can plan occordingly.

This banner is all about elegance, The build materials and furniture pieces are really charming. And have you seen that gigantic tree with the chair swing?? It comes in pink! (As well as green and purple ofc but omg the pink...)

I think the hair looks cute. But I've already seen some people on the CN server complaining that this is one of the lesser detailed hair in the game. Personally, and I'll be completely honest, this was actually one of my more anticipated hair styles! It's long, it's cute and when you run it's literally flowing in the wind. Plus it comes with a crown so you can be a little princess.. AND the fringe, it's a hime cut! And not at all completely choppy.

Not a huge fan of the girl's eye shape or the pupils so that's a bit of a sadness for me BUT the guy's eyes... It's literally one of my favourite ones in the game. I'm shocked they're bringing this out after they just had the similar eye shape debut from the Starspell guy's range.

And they're FINALLY giving us another shorter knee length dress! I prefer the shorter dresses so think about the length of the Forestbell dress, it's a bit like that.

The watering can as an elegant teapot is really cute.

Again I'm interested in the building materials for this set!
I like the stairs. You could definitely use them for décor pieces and not only functional stairs.

The bay window is more squarish like the one from the Oasis banner but this time it has glass without any curtains shown.

Also interested in the pillars, they're giving us a few nice ones here with this set. To summarise I like the build set.

I haven't seen yet what the profile decoration or the new collector's items will be for finishing each set so let's wait and see.

What do you think about this banner? If you're interest in elegance, will you be pulling?

[October 31st 2026 - January 1st 2027!]

WOW! So my dream of creating a sickly sweet gingerbread/candy house is actually becoming less and less like a dream each day!

Check this out! They're literally bringing back a banner called "Cream Waltz" that's already been featured on the CN servers and now having a new re-run!

Please check out all the cake themed décor, it's so sweet looking.

I'm so interested in the build materials!
Look at the rooves!
We get a new bay window!
The stairs that curve omg, it's elegant for sure with the ribbon detailing!
The canopy to detail certain parts of the house is also pretty cute.
Even the balcony part material with it's ribbons!
This will also be our second revolving door as we just got one included in the Starspell range!

Also when it comes to the clothes what do you think?

Did you know that the umbrella can actually open? It's not completely functionless!! When it opens there's your character does a cute little spin and a few small details (petal-like) fall out! It's not like the one from our previous wedding banner that's just sat straight above your head creating an insane shadow, we'll hold it at a nice little angle too once it's open as it's resting on the shoulder.

Then there's the whisk that comes from the guy's set. I think it's a staff.
Also the spoon from the female set is another axe skin.

I like the colour themes with pink for strawberry, green and brown for the mint, yellow maybe vanilla (?) I think food related décor and clothing is always sooo cute.

Anyway what do you think? This is actually something I've asked for for so long so... Obviously this is a need for me because these pieces are definitely going towards my ultimate dreamhouse in game!

(TL;DR they need to strengthen the block feature because people are getting around it by using it to their advantage)

The current block system has a few loopholes that make it extremely easy for persistent players to track others across towns. I'd like to share these observations so that we can raise awareness and hopefully see some quality of life improvements to player safety.

Firstly, when you block someone:

- It removes the ability for them to see you physically in the town. That means that you become completely invisible to them and vice versa, you don't see them, they don't see you.
- You can't see any artwork on any canvases they put down to display.
- You can't see anything they say (which is normal anyway if you aren't friends), but I don't know if the same rules also apply if you're both in a mutual friend's private town and they happen to be in there. Does someone know if you'd be able to see their speech if the owner's set it to see all?
- You can't see any photographs they choose to display on any of their frames on their plot.
- You can't receive post cards from them.

BUT

- You can still see exactly where their character is on the map via the bus stop (literally go to any of the bus stops in town where you'd ordinarily fast travel, and you'll be able to find that person's position on the map barring when they're out of bounds)
- You can also override the block to check their position again by using your camera. Take it out, and when you're close to an invisible blocked person, the square reticle used to focus on names of pets/friends/people's houses/animals etc will focus on the blocked person if they are nearby.
- People can use the block feature to find you even after changing towns to try to avoid them. How can they do this? When you block someone, on the main page before you join a town, it literally shows you that there is a person you have blocked within that town! It comes up with a red person with the block indicator next to their name. So rather than the game just not show you the town altogether, it still allows you to rejoin a town/lobby with that very person you chose to block and vice versa as it gives a warning message before you join too.
- There is a limit for only 6 available slots on the blocked list which means you can't get rid of someone if they go out of their way to make more accounts.
- They can still go to your plot, see your house, click on your mailbox and view your profile with each and every update you make to it and your house.
- Although you can't see any books that person displays in their home, the moment someone else picks up a book, you're still able to see the cover photo image which is bad because if the book has an artwork cover that is made for the sole purpose of harassment you have no way to personally reporting the book itself as the game wont let you pick the content up as they have you blocked. So you can't use the report menu from within the book.
- Also even if someone has you blocked and you can't see their books at their plot, you're still able to go and buy any of their books if you don't have them blocked yourself and also if they're in your town. Two of theirs will still show up in the bookstall.

This is bad because even when you have people blocked, the point is that you'd prefer to distance yourself from said person and their content. It's your right to that choice and the game should support and facilitate that.

But if a person also has you blocked and wants to rejoin your lobby to put out player made content you no longer wish to view they can use the information the game gives them about there being a blocked person within a particular town and they can continue to rejoin your session and display whatever they like to those around you without you being able to see what they've shared unless you have a friend that shares it with you outside of the game.
You genuinely have no other way of getting away from it other than to rejoin a new town but even then the same thing happens again and again, over and over when the person is persistent enough.
Plus constantly creating private towns just to avoid harassment and stalking eventually requires you to spend money, which you shouldn't have to do just to get away from someone you no longer wish to interact with.

If anyone wishes to create content that I disagree with then they can but if I choose to remove myself out of their sphere, There should be options given to me to maintain and enforce that distance. I'm not talking about reporting or taking things down that other players create in this case, just for there to be a way to completely remove yourself away from harassment etc.

I believe it's normal to fall out with people, I believe it's normal to write things down/produce art, but I also am in full support of someone being able to make the decision to distance themselves from others that make them uncomfortable and make it feel like you're under surveillance 24/7. What I'm experiencing now is the game's own mechanic going directly against the player's ability to create and maintain the very distance they deserve the moment they press the block button.

(I Included a video to showcase the ways the bus stop and camera helps you locate a blocked player in your town, and also what it looks like when you can no longer view player made content with the ways you can kind of go around that too. At the end, I showcase the way a player that has you blocked can use that to their advantage by finding you within the town selection screen).

- Please note that I haven't shared anyone's player created media as it's unhelpful to the overall discussion and very specific to my own situation. The main point is that someone I wish to be away from is actively following me from one town to the next in rapid succession, then putting down media that other people can view knowing that I can't see it personally and I want to understand how to remove myself away from the situation since the block feature isn't remedying anything in this case.

Genuinely how would we be able to report this to a moderator if there are a multitude of different alts being made to target someone? Even with proof, it would be the alt that gets removed, not the main player's account.

Appearance

Hairstyle: N/A
Eyebrows: Star-Shaped Eyebrows (Lustrous Parade - Floral Note)
Eyes: Dreamy Downturned Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Eyes > Pupils: Heartbloom (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Face Paint:  Sunburn Blush (Scorching Heat 3rd Day Reward)

Clothes

Jumpsuit: Rarity Cape Sleeves Dress (Rainbow Power - Rarity)
Hat: Satin Bow Veil (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Accessories > Earrings: Arrowplume Earrings (Heartbond Vow - Purple Lightplume)
Accessories > Back & Waist: Windbloom Pearl Chain Bag (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Accessories > Bracelet: Windbloom Prism Ring (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Shoes: Snowflake Rhinestone Tall Boots (Polar Hymn - Conductor)
Handheld [Tool - Watering Can]: Lovebirds Flower Basket (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)

So recently there was that update where they included a few new things to research at the lab. Today my research finally finished and I bought one of the control consoles to test out how it works.

It makes interacting with things a lot more convenient.

It can turn on/off lights, water feature items (like fountains) and also other interactable items/electronics. I tried to demonstrate this in the video.

It can literally only be connected to 10 items at a time though so it means you'd have to buy multiple of them if you have a lot of lights that you want to turn on/off in each room but tbh I actually think this is a really great addition. The only downside is that they're 50 wishing stars so I guess it can get expensive.

As lights have a quick animation, you can essentially spam the master controls as much as possible (in consideration of the cooldown), to turn off and on rapidly but with the interactable items with longer animations, you have to wait until their animation is over before the master controls can affect them again.

How to connect:
You have to go into build mode to hook it up to each item. It shows a small circle recital on the items that can be linked to it but you don't click that in order to link it, click on the item itself. Then click the confirm button to add it to the cable link circuit. That threw me off a little bit at first because it keeps saying "aim at the target" or something like that but yeah you have to take it literally.

There may be items obstructing when you're trying to link each item, so you have to change your perspective or move that obstructing item away so you can accurately click on the main item you want to link and you can always bring it back the way it was afterwards.

[It's a visual bug]

On my way home from daily tasks yesterday, I noticed my cat was way further from home than usual lol! But then as I got closer to her, I'm realising that she's also phasing in and out of existence. It's a pure white cat, wearing the angel outfit T T
So now not only can she walk through walls at home but she can also walk through rocks and turn invisible too :')

It seems to be somewhat related to getting in and out of the vehicles with the way it's showing up! There are A LOT of graphical glitches, artefacts, low res polygons and the like with this recent update I've noticed, even on pc with ultra settings. Hopefully it gets fixed during the next update but for now I guess I'll enjoy my ghost cat.

Appearance

Hairstyle: Half-UP Curly Twin Tails (Western Legends - Brown Wanderer)
Eyebrows: N/A
Eyes: N/A
Eyes > Pupils: N/A
Face Paint: N/A

Clothes

Top: Accolade Pleated Tailcoat (Whimsical Tea Party - Red Duke Bunny)
Bottoms: High-Rise Swim Shorts (Acorn Store - Weekly Selection)
Hat: Gold Sand Drift Traveler Hat (Golden Mirage - Traveler)
Accessories > Face Decor: 

1. Simple Mask (Dorothee's Store)
2. Card Earrings (Whimsical Tea Party - Wandering Traveler)
3. Fairy Sleep Mask (Orange Jungle Fairy - Awoken)

Accessories > Backpack: Wandering Lace-Trimmed Shawl (Whimsical Tea Party - Red Wandering Traveler)
Accessories > Gloves: Lightplume Leather Gloves (Heartbond Vow - Black Lightplume)
Socks: Hundred Flavors Asym Socks (Secret Recipes - Red Taste Relishing)
Shoes: Twig Strap Leather Shoes - Heartbond Vow - Black Lightplume)
Handheld: N/A

My dog Meringue, who was lowkey starving, was wearing the Gold Sand Noble Attire from Golden Mirage.

Since today was one of those "scorching hot" days, I wanted to try to create a Yukata inspired outfit. We had the Vernal Prayers event a couple of months ago in the spring and it came with a longline skirt that really fits the theme.
At the moment there's also some Summer wear in the Exhibition Store that really clicks nicely when coupled with the outfit pieces from the Vernal Prayers set depending on the colour scheme. The key is to always mix and match from both the female and male sets, always.

Did you realise that if you pair the skirt with the elegant ribbon tail piece that you get from the Heartbond Vow set, you can really make it look like the Obi Musubi (the knots on the backs of the Yukata often tied into decorative bows). I don't have a sash accessory piece to function as the actual obi so... Sad times but it's all good. Have to make do with what you have after all

Anyway I wish there was a toggle function for clothes where you could choose to have them "tucked in/out", it would've made the whole piece look more presentable but obviously the top didn't come with with skirt so it's understandable.

Showing pics with and without that Huge garland on the back. It looks better without it but I'm extra so....

Anyway, what do you think? What was your style for today? The bandaid, I forgot to remove it so just imagine the look without it haha. Eye's could've been cuter but I chose something edgy today lmao.

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Appearance

Hairstyle: Twin Bun Tails w/ Ahoge (Secret Recipes - Pink Taste Relishing)
Eyebrows: N/A
Eyes: Sharp Phoenix Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Lightplume)
Eyes > Pupils: Heartbloom Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Face Paint: Sunburn Blush (Scorching Heat 3rd Day Reward)

Clothes

Tops: Summer Frames Personalized Shirt (Lemon Coast - Purple Summer Frames)
Bottoms: Misty Ramie Tube Skirt (Misty Riverside)
Hat: Windbloom Bow Headwear (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Accessories > Face Decor: 

1. Octopus Bandage (Summer Fashionwave Store)
2. Windbloom One-Sided Eyepatch (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
3. Windbloom Earrings (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)

Accessories > Backpack:

1. Heartbond Arrow Garland (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
2. Windbloom Vow Train (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)

Accessories > Gloves: Windbloom Prism Ring (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Socks: N/A
Shoes: Woven Platform Sandals (Lemon Coast - Pink Summer Embrace)
Handheld: Teardrop Leaf Umbrella (Raindrop Song - Pink Drift) OR [Tool: Watering Can] Lovebirds Flower Basket (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)

Appearance

Hairstyle: Pearl & Floral Spray Updo (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Eyebrows: N/A
Eyes: Dreamy Downturned Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Eyes > Pupils: Heartbloom Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Face Paint: Sunburn Blush

Clothes

Jumpsuit: Firefly Serenade Suit (Forestbell Spell - Purple Firefly)
Hat: Lightplume Winged Crown (Heartbond Vow - Purple Lightplume)
Accessories > Face Decor: Arrowplume Earrings (Heartbond Vow - Purple Lightplume
Accessories > Backpack:

1. Starlight Sheer Butterfly Wings (Forestbell Spell - Purple Firefly)
2. Windbloom Vow Train (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)

Accessories > Gloves: N/A
Socks: Windbloom Anlet (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Shoes: Bow Strap Leather Shoes (Heartbond Vow - Purple Windbloom)
Handheld: Floral Lace Umbrella (Heartbond Vow - Purple Lightplume)

I've been somewhat avoiding Bob's Store for a couple days.
Today I checked and I'm glad I did because finally he's got the pink café set for sale this week!
I guess wishing on the stars during the meteor shower really does help XD

Hey guys I kinda miss posting fashion pics.

My duo and I had a little photoshoot the other day and I wanted to share some of the photos I managed to take.

I have such a high affinity towards techwear, street fashion, cyberwear, gothic, and various other alt looks in general but I hardly ever dress my character in anything but cutesy pastels or elegant chic lmao.

Anyway what do you think of our looks? I think he should've used the other half cape that has the black on the outside but maybe we still pulled it off.

Appearance

Hairstyle: Neat-Medium Length Hair (Highlights)
Eyebrows: Star Shaped Eyebrows (Lustrous Parade - Floral Note)
Eyes: Semicircle Eyes (Dorothee's Store)
Eyes > Pupils: Heartbloom Eyes (Heartbond Vow - Windbloom)
Face Paint: Snowflake Face Paint (Fashionwave - Winter Frost Season Catalog)

Clothes

Jumpsuit: Graffiti Buckle Jumpsuit (Graffiti Channel - Purple Unconventional)
Hat: Kuromi Headphones (SANRIO CHARACTERS - Kuromi) OR Kuromi Headband (SANRIO CHARACTERS - Gacha Machine Event)
Accessories > Face Decor: 

1. Simple mask (Dorothee's Store)
2. Lustrous Dazzling Mic (Lustrous Parade - Feather String)
3. Graffiti Chain Eye Protector (Graffiti Channel - Brown Unconventional) OR Monocle Eyepatch (Acorn Store - Midnight Suit Purple)

Accessories > Backpack:

1. Fantastical Cheshire Cat Back Decor (Whimsical Tea Party - Wandering Traveler)
2. Lustrous Starry Tail (Lustrous Parade - Feather String)

Accessories > Gloves: Lightplume Leather Gloves (Heartbond Vow - Black Lightplume)
Socks: Lightplume Asym Socks (Heartbond Vow - Black Lightplume)
Shoes: Twig Strag Leather Shoes (Heartbond Vow - Black Lightplume)
Handheld: Heartbond Juice Glass (Heartbond Vow - Purple Lightplume)

My cat Caviar; the world's best photobomber as of late, she's wearing Cupid Plush from Heartbond Vow - Lightplume.

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed.
Please forgive me in advance for the double post but I just woke up and was excited to share.

It seems that the official Heartopia tap tap account over on the CN side has just posted about a Lanyue festive so I'm sharing with you the promotional image that was published.

Let's help to translate each picture before they release the official English version because I need a reference to keep lmao otherwise I'm just going to forget to keep checking back.
There is a TLDR at the bottom of the post so you can just read the highlight instead.

Picture 1:

兰月夜系列 活动速览 - Lán Yuè Yè Series – Event Overview. Lan Yue Ye is the name of the event/theme. It literally means Orchid Moon Night.

今夕何夕 (jīn xī hé xī) literally means "What night is this?" It's a famous line from a classical Chinese poetry expressing amazement or joy at such a beautiful evening. A more natural translation would be perhaps "what a wondrous night"

兰月夜集 - Orchid Moon Night
集 - It could mean collection, gathering, edition etc

Altogether the title could be interpreted as: "What a beautiful night - Orchid Moon Night Collection."

Picture 2:

乞巧游园会 - Qixi Garden Fair (or "Qixi Festival Garden Event")

乞巧 - Qǐqiǎo - It refers to the traditional Chinese Qixi Festival, sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day.

It's also saying that the event period is from 15th of August, 6am - September 7th, 5:59am.

The event description is as follows:

Once the event begins, players can enter the Qixi Garden Fair through the event page.
Move around the event map by rolling dice, earning Orchids (兰花) as you advance. As you travel around the board, landing on or passing certain spaces will trigger different random effects. The Orchids you collect can be exchanged in the Event Shop for limited-time rewards. For detailed event rules and the effects of each board space, please refer to the Qixi Garden Fair event page.

So basically, if you remember the ButterBear dice game that we had, it's basically the same mechanics as that, just to simplify it.

Picture 3:

Complete Resident Requests and the current event missions on the task panel to earn free dice.

You can also obtain dice by:

- Purchasing the limited-time event packs, or
- Exchanging Heart Diamonds (心钻).

During the event you can also obtain Special Items:

- Remote-Control Dice (遥控骰子)
- Double Orchid Boost (双倍兰花)

After reaching certain cumulative roll milestones, you'll receive bonus dice.

There is also a Premium Reward Track so if you spend 180 Heart Diamonds to unlock the Premium Reward Track: you'll earn additional Orchids as you reach roll milestones, and after making 100 total dice rolls, your 180 Heart Diamonds will be refunded. So if you complete 100 rolls during the event, the premium pass effectively pays for itself.

The Orchids you collect can be exchanged in the Event Shop for limited-time rewards such as:

- Furniture
- Recipes
- Other exclusive event items

It also says that the Event Exchange Shop will remain open from August 15, 6am - September 14th, 5:59 am

Notice that the shop stays open one week longer than the gameplay event, giving players extra time to spend any remaining Orchids after the event ends.

Picture 4:

The title says:
兰月夜鹊桥之上，和好友一起，借这出传统浪漫戏，共同许下美好愿景吧！
An acceptable translation could be: On the Magpie Bridge beneath the Orchid Moon Night, join a friend and take part in this traditional romantic tale. Together, make your wishes for the future!

This is in reference to the famous Qixi Festival legend of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, who meet once a year on a bridge formed by magpies.

The smaller text beneath translated is about performing a face to face two player interaction with a friend each day. After interacting for a total of 7 days, you'll unlock a new exclusive two player emote/interaction. "Leaning on each other" with that specific friend. Please note that the interaction isn't just unlocked globally. It becomes exclusive to that specific friend in particular who you completed the event with.

Picture 5:

During the event period, the limited-time scene "Cloud Island" makes its debut!

Everyone can head to the north side of Whale Mountain to cross the bridge and reach Cloud Island.

We welcome everyone to join their friends under the glowing twilight or starry skies to create exclusive memories together!

Guys, this is basically just the same as the MLP cloud island that we had, except it's now going to be even cuter in pink with a cherry blossom tree omigahhh... The photo ops!

August 15, 6am - September 7th, 5:59am.

Picture 6:

The Acorn Store will simultaneously feature two limited-edition outfits:

"Decree of Fulfilment, Gathering Wishes" (如意令·采愿) and "Decree of Fulfilment, Whispered Words**"** (如意令·撷语).

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TL;DR: There is a new event coming from 15th of August, 6am - September 7th, 5:59am. Its game mechanics are much like the previous game board style map that the ButterBear Collaboration had, in fact let's be honest, it's basically the same thing but a different skin. During this event period, there is a new 2 player emote that you can unlock with each friend that you interact with cumulatively over a 7 day period. In addition to that, cloud island will now open back up and you can use the bridge that will be at the North side of Whale Island Mountain to reach it. The acorn store, during this period will debut TWO different limited edition outfits.

Thanks for reading and as always, even though yes it's very likely that we'd get this on the global servers, I'd like to reserve the right to state that unless there is a global post which has been translated officially, we can't just assume we'll 100% get this. Even though let's be real. It's incredibly probable.

Hi guys. Hopefully you don't mind discussing the upcoming "secret forest" banner with me.

It's still unclear whether this is a globally available gacha banner as of yet as there hasn't been an official statement from the Global X account or the YouTube account clearly confirming a global release; but over on the CN side of things, it's actually already been discussed as appearing on the 15th of August.
They've spoken before about wanting to harmonise both the CN and global servers so that we're both getting the same things at the same time. It may well be the case that we do receive this on the 15th of August as well.

That date is coming up very soon, we've just had the release of our Heartbond Vow banner so for those who've already bought that, this new one will be an even more expensive banner to buy into if you're looking for the 100% completion of each banner as this time round, there are two sets of furniture/build banners.
Also to go along with the new furniture/build material sets, there is now the introduction of TWO new profile frames and decors that will be awarded upon completing each build material/ and furniture banner.
It's the same as how we currently are awarded the floral themed profile frame and décor for completing the Heartbond Vow furniture and build materials set.
On top of that, they're also awarding two new items upon completion of the banners too. Much like the moon chair for completing the original female fashion set from heartbond vow set and the heartbond memory frame for completing the male set. We will get more interactable décor pieces to incentivise the completionists among us. (please check the video I added in the comments as you can see for yourselves the awarded items. It's the butterfly/flower fairytale book and the acorn seating area. Again looks like its awarded upon completion of either fashion sets respectively).

Please note that this is a rerun for the CN server but IF we're graced with getting this on the global servers it'll be our first time having this particular banner and they've stated that the female, male + both furniture/build material sets will be released all at the same time. It's likely we'll get this and it'll run alongside the already live, Heartbon Vow banner sets.

On the initial CN release, the female and male fashion banners were released a month apart with the phrasing "the other little demon is still sleeping" (sorry but I'm just translating the literal Chinese since there was no official English post at the time, it's a quirky way of hyping up to the other half of the release in reference to the fashion set).
They also chose to release ONE furniture + build material set at a time.
(So it was 1 fashion banner + 1 build banner released, then a month later the other fashion set and build banner would be released).

It was their way of pacing the banner's release.
This time, because it's obviously already been released prior to the rerun, there's no need to tease the banners for the CN server audience. So if there is a global release I'm pretty sure we'd just get both furniture banners at the same time too.

There is no official news that this will be coming to the Global servers at the time of me posting this but so many people are talking about this, so I thought I'm just going to share all the things I've already seen about this banner in particular since it seems to be super popular.
Please don't shoot the messenger.

I'm going to include the official video trailer for this rerun, so please check it out. It'll be in the comment section but I'll share the photos on this main post since it lets me share more photos than videos at once and you can't share both videos and pics at one time. Also drop some more photos if they don't all fit in the post.

(When I use the term "global servers", I mean any Western server that isn't the CN server or its beta test server. It includes Global, America, Sea etc)

After a long day of underwater exploration, I try to ride home on my bike to check on my crops only to find that my bike has broken down! (le gasp)

My hazards are on...
I've pulled over on the side of the road....

...Doesn't Whale Island have any mechanics?
Tried asking Andrew but even as a retired stunt driver, he's useless.

(it's a joke btw. Just thought it was funny how the lights actually look like they're blinking.)

Hey guys!

It's week 4 now of the Summer Fashionwave Event and they've released the new group game mode today "Ocean Cleanup Event".
Oliver's ocean pollution collector can gather nearby marine pollutants for a short time once it's activated and you work together with your friends to cleanup in Whalefall.

I speculated towards the beginning of the Summer Fashionwave that they'd bring out a group version and I'm so glad they did.

What do you guys think of it?

I think it's a pretty decent way to grind xp for the Ocean Cleanup hobby and also grind seashells such as the heart cockle to maximise on your efforts when going for the mastery certificates.

There are a lot of really helpful buffs that you can collect from the bubbles with the green arrows in them during the group type events! My favourite ones for this event are:

1. "Recharge the Cleaner" (the cleaner's suction has been enhanced) - It allows you cleaner to vacuum pollution much faster than the normal base speed rate.

2. "Swift Stride" (increases movement speed by 40% for 30s) - It's invaluable! Relying only on the small boost you get if you press shift key on pc to essentially sprint underwater has the cooldown, so you're limited, but when you have a huge team that's constantly popping bubbles and allowing for this skill to remain active, it's a god send.

Also wanted to mention that it's best to remain shielded during the boss pollutant stage.
You can tell if you're in the yellow shield bubble because the edges of the screen glow yellow.

Anyway, while it doesn't immediately drain energy on it's own for pushing you back, the debuff (contaminated) makes it so that every time you use your cleaner it drains 2 energy instead of just 1. It doesn't sound like much but during the game your energy drains super fast and I'm constantly eating and sharing food. So if you're constantly having to micromanage food due to low energy but then also repair kits because the cleaner's capacity is so low too then it wastes a lot of time that you could be grinding xp overall.

My friends and I played a few times this morning and it seems like they added a few new achievements. "No Corner Left Behind" (for triggering the hidden phase 10 times), "Licensed & Ready" (for removing the large pollutants a total of 60 times) and a "???" award (it seems there are many things to do besides cleaning itself). Do you know what the requirements for that is?

I think it's pretty easy to get to the second phase of the event. Just pop as many bubbles as possible during the regular round, vacuum as much pollution as possible, during the boss phase - many people shielding for a nice near perfect run and obviously cleaning it before the timer runs out. Pretty easy tbh and I think the requirements are flexible either way so it'll be no trouble at all.

So they added harps to the game and one of my musically inclined friends was excited about it because she said it has the exact same keys as the piano. Can't wait to hear her music.

But earlier today I actually visited someone else and she had already made some music using the harp... Um... Guys, why is the harp so gosh darn loud???

And also spatial audio apparently isn't a thing with it because no matter how near or far you are from it, as long as you're in the radius of the person's home plot (and apparently according to this audio cue, that extends far longer than I initially thought), it will be SO SUPER LOUD. No matter the distance or the direction of the music player on their home plot!

It's only the harp that shows up as this loud.
Yes I've reloaded the game, and yes I've asked other people if it's the same for them, the answer is yes - check it out in game for yourself.

I think maybe an audio bug that they will fix?

When you're actually playing the harp and others are listening to the music, I'm not sure how that sounds as I didn't actually concentrate on that, more so just when you're passing by another plot with the harp as an instrument used for the music in the music player it's so dramatically loud omg. LOL! And it lasts for ages, literally I was back at my own house and still heard the music.

I guess the wedding ceremonies are going very well and everyone's enjoying their celebrations but dang.

But literally they were all dupes. Wow.
I wanted to keep pulling to complete the set so I needed the last epic tier item which was the floral updo.
The "congratulations" at the end really gets me lol.
A whole 10 pull full of dupes lmao even though 3 epics... in a row btw.

lmao. I love my luck.

(also sry about the audio my mic was unmuted and picking up audio twice hence the echoing type of noise.)

The day 11 whale is found by looking on some coral in the South Easterly corner of Whalefall, so take a picture of it. You can then find the bubble near the Central area where the jelly fish pop up coffee umbrella is.

These photos were taken by people that play on the Chinese test server, the photo quality will probably be low res so excuse me for that but some people asked to see the male variants a little closer so I'm sharing what I've found.

So it turns out that the umbrella cannot be retracted and rest on your arm. This is the same kind of functioning as the parasol from the Polar Hymn collection. This umbrella has animated petals that will fall from the inside. But as I said in a previous post, this umbrella has no other special effects.

The cupid's bow, has 3 different colour schemes. It's not show in these previews. Let me explain the functioning from what I understand. You can aim it at people and hit them with an arrow, depending on the colour bow set you have the petals produced will be different. (the white one = yellow petals, purple one = purple petals, pink/black themed one = pink petals).
The end animation produces pink hearts that come out of the player that's hit by the arrow. Regardless of the bow you choose, the hearts will always be pink. Apparently, there's a cooldown.
Shooting the bow normally without a target has no special effects.

There are two different styles of capes for the guys. One is a half cape.

The wedding ring produces a proposal action. Imagine all the cute photos with that.

I also wanted to show some of the stuff from the girls banner at the end because I don't want to make another separate post lol.

The watering can skin; although I haven't seen the animation myself, from all the pictures I've seen so far it looks like when you water, you throw petals out from the bouquet.

There is also a ring type of accessory that causes butterflies (the same motif from the pool) and petals to fly around the character.

There is also another flower handheld bouquet that has a special action too.